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Family announces 40th Day Adua for late former Defence Minister

The Smith, Boham and Hallab families of Accra wish to inform the general public that the 40th Day Adua Ceremony for the late former...

25 arrested after residents clash with police in Kwawu Bepong

25 people have been arrested in connection with an attack on police officers at Kwahu Bepong in the Eastern Region. The deadly clash which claimed...

Make investments attractive to investors while insisting on value addition – Land Minister to African countries

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor has urged African countries to make investment opportunities attractive for investors while insisting on...

Two feared dead, others injured as residents clash with police in Kwawu Bepong

Two people are feared dead and several others injured after angry youth clashed with police at Kwawu Bepong in the Eastern region. According to reports...

WODIF salutes KNUST final year student for exceptional humanitarian support

Renowned non-partisan civil organization, World Diplomatic Federation (WODIF) has commended Emmanuel Jason Asare highly for his exceptional benevolence to his mates. The final year Human...

Late herbal doctor Grace Boadu had a child – Brother reveals

The controversy about whether or not late popular herbal doctor, Grace Boadu, owner of Grace Gift Herbal Hospital had a child has been put...

Govt to drop 15% VAT on electricity

Government is set to drop the 15 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) on electricity. This decision, according to reports was reached at a Cabinet meeting...

Former gay shares transformation after giving his life to Christ [Video]

Former homosexual, Prophet Aaron Akrong has shared his transformation after giving his life to Christ. The Ghanaian prophet was once a heavy smoker who had...

Koku Anyidoho graduates from Galilee International Management Institute

The Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Atta-Mills Institute (AMI), Samuel Koku Sitsofe Anyidoho, as he ended 2023 bagging academic credentials, has began...

Hundreds of Kumasi residents participate in the 2nd edition of the Luv FM Fitness Walk

The second edition of the 2024 Luv FM and Nhyira FM Health and Fitness Walk has lived up to expectations as hundreds of excited...

Gory accident on Accra-Suhum road [Video]

Several passengers are feared dead with others injured after an accident on the Accra-Suhum road. The gory accident occurred on Friday with the cause...

Sacked DCE involved in accident

The immediate past District Chief Executive (DCE) for Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district, Barikisu Losina, has reportedly been involved in an accident.  The accident according to reports by...

Electricity VAT demo: We’ll only rethink our decision if gov’t… – CLOGSAG

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association Ghana (CLOGSAG), says it will only reconsider its decision to demonstrate if government withdraws its letter concerning...

National Ambulance Service Entity Tender Committee inaugurated

The National Ambulance Service has inaugurated a 10 member Entity Tender Committee to ensure procurement activities in the Service to follow due regulations. The Committee...

Births and Deaths Registry records 663,223 births in 2023

The Births and Deaths Registry recorded 663,223 births between January and December, 2023, Mr Adam Zig-Naa Abudulai, Public Relations Officer (PRO), Births and Deaths...

PAC criticises Interior Ministry over private security firms

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has criticized the Interior Ministry for inefficient monitoring of private security companies in the country. The 2022 Auditor General’s...

Lands Commission to eradicate ‘middlemen’ in registration space using Ghana Card

The Lands Commission says it is working closely with the National Identification Authority (NIA) to eliminate undesirable "middlemen" in the land registration space using...

50 KNUST students involved in accident [Video]

A bus conveying level 400 students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been involved in an accident. The incident...

Man, 39, found dead after going missing

A 39-year-old man has been found dead on a farm close to River Asuo Kofi at Kwawu Asona in the Kwawu West Municipality of...

UTAG demands apology from UNIMAC Vice Chancellor

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) is demanding an apology from the Vice Chancellor of the University of Media, Arts and Communication (UniMAC),...

Jospong Group to sponsor 600 students to study in Russia

Over 600 Ghanaian students are to benefit from scholarship packages from the Jospong Group of Companies to study at the RUDN University in Russia...

Newmont supports over 1,000 farmers in Ahafo Region

The Ahafo Region is prolific for its agriculture contribution to Ghana’s economy and food security. Earning the description, “the food basket of Ghana”, the...

Asantehene to receive first batch of looted objects from Britain

The first batch of seven objects looted in the third Anglo-Asante War of 1874 has arrived in Ghana on board a United Airlines flight...

Akufo-Addo nominates 26 new MMDCEs

President Akufo-Addo has nominated 26 new Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to be voted on by Assembly members of their districts. If...

LPG Marketers Association welcomes new mode of importation

The Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Marketers Association of Ghana has welcomed the maiden Open Competitive Tender for LPG imports into the country. According to the...

First boat to be built at Regional Maritime University

Managing Director of Lamar Marine Services, an agency of the Regional Maritime University (RMU), Mohamed Saleh Alshareef, has announced that the first boat will...

64% of Ghanaian workers financially stressed – Old Mutual Financial Services Monitor

Sixty four percent of working Ghanaians are financially stressed, particularly amongst lower income earners (below GH¢3,000 per month) and those working in the informal...

Companies laying off workers due to numerous taxes – GNCCI

The Chief Executive of the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI), Mark Badu-Aboagye, has bemoaned the rate at which companies are collapsing...

Fishermen in Jamestown call on gov’t to provide resources to deal with growing waste

The shores of the James Town coastal community, once a safe haven for fishermen, are undergoing a rapid transformation. Plastic bags have emerged as...

Akufo-Addo reacts to Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger’s exit from ECOWAS

President Akufo-Addo has expressed his disappointment over the unfortunate choice made by Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso to withdraw from the Economic Community of...

Major General Onwona takes over as new Chief of Army Staff

Major General Bismarck Kwasi Onwona has taken over as the new Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). This...

Electricity VAT: Next time they’ll tax the number of children we have if… – TUC

The Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Dr Anthony Yaw Baah has justified the union's decision to resist the 15 per cent...

House help accused of killing 83-year-old employer moved to prison

The Asokwa District Court has approved a police request to transfer 22-year-old house help, Marku Kuame, from their custody to prison. This move comes as...

15-year-old develops anti-sleep device for drivers after losing father, brother

Mary Manu, a 15-year-old girl, has birthed the development of a device that could help lessen the bloodshed on Ghana's roadways. The name...

Afoko retrial: Don’t rely on your memories, take notes – Defence lawyers urge jury

Defence lawyers in the case in which Gregory Afoko is standing retrial for the murder of New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Upper East Regional Chairman,...

UDS: Good news for students who were unable to complete their programmes

The Academic Board of the University of Development Studies (UDS) has declared amnesty for all diploma, degree, and postgraduate students who couldn't finish their...

Chamber of Real Estate to partner Chartered Institute of Realtors

The Chamber of Real Estate has announce its partnership with the Chartered Institute of Realtors (CIR). Chamber of Real Estate, is a conglomeration of real...

Loho residents storm police station over murder of musician by police

Aggrieved residents of Loho in the Nadowli-Kaleo District stormed the Upper West Regional Police Headquarters over the alleged murder of a 27-year-old musician, Amos...

Western North, Greater Accra top regions with most promiscuous men

Often, many men in Accra get bad press for supposedly having multiple sex partners. Their accusers were not exactly wrong as it turns out one...

Ghana Water reacts to alleged importation of ‘One Drop’ water treatment product

Ghana Water Limited (GWL) has responded to the recent claims made by Sam Nettey George, the Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram about the importation...