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Jobless Environmental Health Officers threaten to protest over delayed postings

Environmental Health Officers who have been unemployed since 2021 have threatened to demonstrate if government fails to give them financial clearance to work.Despite completing...

AIDS Commission raises alarm over antiretroviral drugs stucked at Tema Port

The Director-General of the Ghana AIDS Commission has raised worry about the delays in clearing key healthcare products, particularly critical antiretroviral treatments (ARVs), at...

No roads no votes – Amansie West youths stage protest for better roads

Residents of Amansie West District in the Ashanti region have staged a demonstration in demand for better roads. According to the protestors, they will not...

What Bawumia said after launching Ghana Card number at birth

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia officially launched the Ghana Card number at birth system on Thursday, March 14. According to Dr Bawumia, the system's launch...

Ghanaians share frustrations over internet connectivity challenges

Some Ghanaians have shared their views following the announcement of internet disruption as result of outages on multiple submarine optic fibre cables that come...

KATH doctors call off strike

Doctors at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have suspended their strike action after a series of meetings with stakeholders and management. In this regard,...

Anti-LGBTQI+ bill: Akufo-Addo is smart enough not to assent – Kofi Jumah

The Chief Executive of GIHOC Distilleries, Maxwell Kofi Jumah has said it is his wish that President Nana Akufo-Addo will not assent to the...

I would be walking naked to Circle if…. – Kofi Jumah

New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Maxwell Kofi Jumah, has said he would have been walking naked to Kwame Nkrumah Circle if there were no...

National Cathedral is a waste of state resources – Nyaho-Tamakloe

A founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe has said the National Cathedral project is a waste of state resources. Dr....

REGSEC lifts ban on Borteyman lands

The Greater Accra Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has lifted the ban restricting access to the Borteyman enclave and adjoining lands with immediate effect. The...

Bankers Association reacts to service interruption

The Ghana Association of Banks has notified customers of all banks the nationwide internet breakdown has interrupted service delivery. A statement signed by...

Thousands of fake passports, driver’s licenses, other national IDs uncovered

The technical partners of the National Identification Authority (NIA), in charge of producing the Ghana card, have uncovered thousands of fake national IDs. According...

GACL suspends proposed $20 round-trip passenger fee

The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has suspended its proposed $20 round-trip passenger fee following parliamentary scrutiny. Parliament, on Wednesday, March 13 summoned the Minister...

MTN Ghana apologises to subscribers for internet challenges

MTN Ghana has apologised to its subscribers for the challenges they faced in accessing data services and reaching its call center.The company assured...

Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria passes on

Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Rashid Bawa has passed on. He is said to have died in Nigeria on Thursday 14 March, 2024. The 83-year-old...

KNUST SRC hot for buying pickup for GH₵ 850,000

The Student Representative Council (SRC) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has stirred controversy following the purchase of a Toyota...

Internet connectivity challenges: NCA gives more details

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has explained the sudden internet connectivity challenges across the country, today March 14, 2024. The Authority in a statement said...

Telecoms Chamber reacts to internet connectivity challenges

The Ghana Chamber of telecommunications has attributed the difficult in accessing internet connectivity today March 14, 2024, to outages on multiple submarines optic fibre...

MP warns against social media fraud and fake job offers

The surge in social media fraud has been a concern for many, as innocent members of the public lose money to unknown persons. Members...

Midwives call for improved delivery beds and equipment

President of the National Association of Registered Midwives, Mary Ofosu, says the majority of midwives are experiencing waist problems. This she stated is due to...

Excitement as Bawumia is set to launch ‘Ghana card at birth’ today

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamud Bawumia has taken his digitalization agenda a notch higher to ensure biometric data of every Ghanaian is collected at...

31-year-old Nigerian jailed 10 years for human trafficking, illegal entry

A 31-year-old Nigerian, Okolo Chukwukadibia Jackson has been found guilty of trafficking a 16-year-old girl and three other females from Onitsha, Anambra State in...

GMA unhappy about happenings at KATH

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has raised concerns about the current state of affairs at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). The General Secretary of...

It’s their own cup of tea – KATH doctor hits back at those accusing them of politicizing strike action [Listen]

Chairman of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) branch of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr. Michael Leat, has slammed those who are politicising their...

Gary Nimako appointed Board Chairman of National Lottery Authority

The Managing Partner at Marfo & Associates, Gary Nimako Marfo, has been appointed by President Akufo-Addo to serve as the board chairman for the...

KATH management engaging with striking doctors

The management of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi is engaging with the leadership of the medical doctors at the facility to...

Dr. Bawumia launches Ghana’s First Online School Licensing and Inspection Management System

In a significant step towards enhancing the quality of education in Ghana, Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has inaugurated the School Licensing and Inspection...

Tempane Health Directorate laments inadequate funds for reproductive, child health education

The Tempane District Health Directorate has expressed concerns about inadequate funds to embark on public sensitization on reproductive and child health in the area...

Scrap dealer denied bail over alleged stabbing of security guard

A 27-year-old scrap dealer and herbal medicine peddler, Abdulai Sanusi, has been denied bail by the Tema Circuit Court ‘B’ for allegedly stabbing Vincent...

KATH refutes owing ECG GH₵27 million in unpaid bills

Management of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has refuted claims that it owes the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) GH₵27 million. According to them,...

Court remands three persons who assaulted fire officers on duty

The Kwadaso Circuit Court has remanded three persons into Police custody for allegedly attacking and assaulting fire officers on duty at the Race Course...

National Food Suppliers threaten to picket over unpaid arrears

The National Food Suppliers Association says it will soon picket to demand unpaid arrears spanning over a year. Following a protest staged at the National...

JB Killer’s case: Sexy Don Don seriously vomiting – Prison officers to Court

Continuation of the trial of Daniel Asiedu, affectionately called Sexy Don Don, the alleged killer of the late Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North,...

I have never in my life had an affair with anyone’s wife – Nigel Gaisie replies John Kumah’s widow

The founder and leader of Prophetic Hill Chapel, Prophet Nigel Gaisie, has denied accusations of engaging in extramarital affairs. These allegations were made by...

KATH doctors likely to resume work today

Barring any last minute change, doctors of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, might resume work on today, Thursday, March 14. ...

I have 10 questions for John Kumah’s wife – Oheneba Nana Asiedu

A presenter with Wontumi FM/Television, Oheneba Nana Asiedu, has said he has some 10 questions for the widow of late Ejisu MP, John Kumah....

MP proposes solution to hospitals’ indebtedness to ECG

Member of Parliament (MP) for Nabdam in the Upper East region, Mark Kurt Nawaane, has proposed that public hospitals should be powered by solar...

Four injured as car rams into food joint at Awutu Bereku

Four people are seriously injured after a private car ran into a food joint at Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya West District of...

Health Ministry responds to KATH doctors’ eviction notice

The Ministry of Health has responded to the eviction notice served doctors of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) on their residential apartments. ...

Shocking words of taxi driver in drunken state after accident [Video]

https://youtu.be/8SCaGAERAnQ A yet-to-be identified taxi driver captured in a drunken state is unperturbed about his actions after he ran into a shop at Kokomlemle. The...