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Latest on LGBTQI+ Bill [Video]

https://youtu.be/cLKwfuQcgCY The Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has revealed that the controversial Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, is expected to be passed...

National Road Safety Authority launches TransportGhana

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) in collaboration with road transport service providers, has unveiled TransportGhana. This is a digital transport system aimed at transitioning...

Deputy Roads Minister promises to fix Ekye Amanfrom and Donkorkrom roads

Deputy Minister of Roads and Highways, Stephen Pambiin Jalulah has pledged to improve the road conditions from Ekye Amanfrom to Donkorkrom in Afram Plains...

Rent Control Department to digitalise its operations

The Rent Control Department is set to commence the digitisation of its operations next month following the successful installation of state-of-the-art equipment. This will enable...

 Prison officer reported dead after 6th March parade rehearsal

A 40-year-old prison officer, Lance Corporal Paul Badu has reportedly died after falling sick during the 6th March rehearsal parade in Koforidua. The deceased...

Ho MCE appeals for support to resolve acute water shortage

The Ho Municipal Chief Executive, Divine Bosson has appealed to the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources to help resolve the acute water shortage,...

Court remands man who stole over GH₵200K to cure ailing mother

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into police custody a 30-year-old man accused of stealing GH₵292,534 belonging to his employer. Henry Hoyle is said to have told...

‘Trotro’ driver stabs passenger over 50 pesewas

A 51-year-old ‘trotro’ driver, Michael Oppong, has been remanded into Police custody by the Ashaiman Circuit Court for stabbing a passenger with a knife over 50 pesewas...

MPs make strong appeal to govt over water shortage in Tamale

Members of Parliament representing the Tamale Metropolis and surrounding areas have raised alarm over a severe water shortage in the area as they called...

FDA to shut down unlicensed canteens

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has warned that it may close canteens and food service units of public institutions if they operate without...

Brilliant but needy SHS graduate who dreams of becoming a doctor sells plantain chips to survive

The traffic jam in most of Accra’s busy highways usually frustrates commuters, as long as productive hours are wasted in traffic daily. But, that...

ECG reacts to recent outages in Ashanti Region

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has explained the recent intermittent power cuts in the Ashanti Region. The ECG attributed the outages to internal faults...

GJA President replies NMC boss over media blacklist directive [Video]

President of the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA), Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, has responded to the Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC), Yaw Boadu Ayeboafo. His...

Ayorkor Botchwey’s candidature well-received – Malawian President

Malawian President, Lazarus Chakwera says the candidacy of Ghana’s foreign minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, for Commonwealth Secretary-General has been “well-received.” President Chakwera whose country is...

40% of journalists have fallen victim to attacks on duty – Survey

The University of Ghana’s School of Communications 2023 survey has revealed that about 40 per cent of journalists have fallen victim to attacks while...

If you can’t tolerate journalists, stay away from them – GJA President warns

The President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Albert Dwumfuor, has cautioned public officials to refrain from engaging journalists if they can't be civil...

Ghana Gas to acquire Cylinder Manufacturing Company by end of first quarter

Ghana Gas Company is in the final stages of acquiring Ghana Cylinder Manufacturing Company Limited. In April 2023, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo approved the...

Bawumia’s small-scale mining policy a game-changer – Mireku Duker

The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources responsible for Mines, George Mireku Duker, has elaborated extensively on the policy strategy of the Vice...

Dampare and his team have failed the media – GJA President [video]

President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Albert Dwumfuor has said the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and his team have let the media...

Check out how much govt spent on suspended Agyapa Royalties deal

It has emerged that, the government spent $12 million on the suspended Agyapa royalties deal. The CEO of the Minerals Income Investment Fund, Edward...

Lawyer reveals how he transported a ‘mentally challenged’ person from Tema to Pantang

Former Police officer and legal practitioner, Twum Barimah has recalled how he single-handedly transported an individual with serious mental challenges from an area in...

Traders, fishers confirm ‘sex for fish’ along coastal communities

Some fishers, traders, and people who have associations along the beaches of the Western Region have confirmed the growing phenomenon of exchanging sex for...

Ayawaso West by-election violence: Victim paralysed in the left leg and forgotten

The morning of January 31, 2019, in Accra was calm, with people going about their normal duties. But, in the Ayawaso West Wougon Constituency,...

Many of Ghana’s laws outmoded — Prof. Atuguba

The Dean of the University of Ghana School of Law, Professor Raymond Akongburo Atuguba, has said many of the country’s laws are outmoded, making...

Small Arms Commission raises alarm over 1.1 million unlicensed weapons in circulation

The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons has revealed that over 1.1 million small arms and light weapons in Ghana cannot be...

Intermittent power cuts due to internal faults – ECG justifies recent outages

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has attributed recent power cuts in the Ashanti Region to the restoration of redundancies in power distribution. Parts of...

John Dumelo to provide internship opportunities for 200 students

Renowned Ghanaian actor and politician, John Dumelo has announced an initiative to provide internship opportunities for university students in his constituency, Ayawaso West Wuogon....

Jubilation as man who broke free from drug addiction gets enrolled at Legon

A man with a troubled past of drug addiction, Prince Aniewu, has been enrolled as a mature student at the University of Ghana, Legon,...

Konongo residents attack fire officers for arriving late to an outbreak

Some angry residents in Konongo, within the Asante Akim Central Municipality of the Ashanti Region, attacked fire officers and caused damage to a tender. The...

NACOC seizes 4,734.34kg varieties of Tramadol tablets

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has intercepted several capsules and tables of tramadol at the Tema Port. A total of 1,035,000 tablets and capsules...

Water shortage in Tamale: MPs appeal to National Security and Water Resources Ministry to deploy water tankers

Members of Parliament has made an appeal to the National Security and Ministry of Water Resources to deploy water tankers to Tamale which is...

SSNIT donates GH¢1m for pensioners’ healthcare

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has continued its support for the National Pensioners Association (NPA) by presenting a cheque of GH¢1...

Accident victims have up to 3 years to claim benefits – Lawyer

Lawyer and Chartered Insurer, Jeffery Koranteng, says that persons injured in a road accident have up to three years to put in a claim...

Military clash with irate Kasoa youth over land

Tension erupted at Awutu Prison Junction in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region as over 200 irate youth clashed with military...

Fire guts 8-bedroom house at Obuasi Anyimadukrom

A devastating fire has ravaged through 8 bedrooms, reducing them to ashes, in Obuasi Anyimadukrom, located in the Obuasi East district of the Ashanti...

NaCCA assigns QR codes to approved textbooks

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has introduced Quick Response Codes (QR codes) on textbooks to help users differentiate between approved and...

We didn’t discuss seeking spiritual assistance – Kasoa teenager tells court

The 18-year-old arrested in connection with the Kasoa murder case has denied that he and the 15-year-old accused person discussed how to seek spiritual...

Ayeboafo responds to GJA: Blacklisting politicians is not “part of democratic culture”

The Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC),Yaw Boadu Ayeboafo continues to disagree with the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) over a directive issued by...

NMC’s comment on GJA blacklisting of politicians unfortunate – Sulemana Braimah

The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, has described comments by the Chairman of the National Media Commission...

Fetish priest, two others arrested over murder at Akatsi South 

The Akatsi Police in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta Region, has arrested three suspects for allegedly killing a 31-year-old man at Wlitey-Agamakope   The...