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Education Minister commiserates with family of late Aburi Girls SHS student

Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has sympathised with management of Aburi Girls Senior High School(SHS) and the family of the student who tragically...

NMC wades into GJA’s blacklisting of Hawa Koomson, Yendi MP

The National Media Commission (NMC) has described as dysfunction and unproductive, a directive by the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to media houses to blacklist...

OSP sensitises media on electoral corruption

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), in collaboration with the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) and its partners, organised a media awareness workshop on...

Isaac Mensah appointed spokesperson for Office of Attorney-General

A state attorney, Isaac Willberforce Mensah, has been appointed as the spokesperson for the Office of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice. Mr Mensah,...

Ministry of Local Government inaugurates District Assemblies today

The Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation, and Rural Development will today, February 12, 2024 inaugurate District Assemblies. The exercise in partnership with the Office...

ICU-Ghana suspends industrial action

The Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU) has joined Organised Labour to suspend its intended strike on February 13, 2024. This was due to...

Ghanaian teachers certified to work abroad – National Teaching Council

The Registrar of National Teaching Council (NTC), Dr. Christian Addai-Poku has revealed the license of teachers in Ghana has gained international recognition. Currently, Dr Addai-Poku...

Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers commend Bawumia

The Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers have lauded New Patriotic Party 9NPP) flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia's plans to implement a flat rate tax. The proposed...

Electricity VAT suspension victory for Organised Labour – ICU

The General Secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union(ICU) Morgan Ayawine, has commended Organised Labour for their position on the 15% Value Added...

Togbe Afede invited to Harvard’s Africa Development Conference 2024

The Agbogbomefia of Asogli, Togbe Afede XIV has been invited to be a “distinguished panelist” at Harvard’s Africa Development Conference (ADC). The conference is...

Trade Queen Africa launched in Accra

The AfCFTA Young Entrepreneurs Federation (AfYEF) has officially launched the maiden edition of the Trade Queen Africa (Miss Traq) project in Accra. Miss Traq takes...

UTAG defers strike after negotiations with gov’t

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has put off any industrial action until further notice following successful negotiations with the government over their...

Murder of Jirapa Dubai CEO: The inside story

Hours after the murder of Eric Johnson, the owner of the Royal Cosy Hills Hotel in the Upper West Region, went viral on social...

1 arrested as police commence investigations into death of Jirapa Dubai CEO

The Ghana Police Service has commenced investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Eric Johnson, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cossy Hill...

Owner of Jirapa Dubai resort reportedly stabbed to death

The owner of the Royal Cosy Hills Hotel, nicknamed Jirapa Dubai, in the Upper West Region, Eric Johnson has passed on. Reports indicate that, Mr...

Akosombo spillage: Ablakwa, partners hand over housing facility to victims

North Tongu Member of Parliament, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, with his partners, has inaugurated and handed over a housing unit to victims of the...

Jospong Group supports dialysis patients at the Bank Hospital

The Jospong Group of Companies has supported the Bank Hospital with a cheque of GH¢120,000. The gesture which forms part of the Group's corporate social...

Akosombo housing project: Ablakwa names block after Chief Imam

North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has named a block within the Akosombo housing project after the National Chief Imam, Sheikh...

Service providers e-registration starts next month – NRSA

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has called on commercial road transport operators to fully embrace and cooperate with the authority to successfully operationalise...

Akosombo dam spillage: Mahama calls for urgent resettlement plan for victims

Former President John Dramani Mahama has called on the government to initiate an urgent resettlement program for the victims affected by the recent spillage...

Armed robbers attack mining company, shoots over five Chinese at Akyem Akokoaso

At least five Chinese nationals have been shot, with three left in critical condition in a brazen armed robbery attack on a mining site...

Ofankor-Nsawam Road: Let’s exercise patience to ensure safety of all – Roads Minister to drivers 

The Minister of Roads and Highways has asked drivers who ply the Ofankor-Nsawam road to exercise some level of patience and caution to ensure...

Work on Ofankor-Nsawam road about 50% complete – Resident engineer

Construction work on the 33.4km Ofankor-Nsawam Road Project is about 50 per cent complete and will be done as scheduled, Kwabena Bempong, the Chief...

ACCESS Bank Group CEO, Herbert Wigwe reported dead in helicopter crash

The Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc and co-founder of Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe, has been reported dead. He was 57. The renowned Nigerian banker...

My life is under threat because I endorsed Bawumia – Kofi Bentil

Vice President of Imani Ghana Kofi Bentil says his life and businesses are under threat following his endorsement of 2024 NPP flagbearer Vice President...

Widow demands properties of late husband from in-laws [Watch]

A widowed mother of four is poised to fight for her deceased husband's properties. Her husband died 6 years ago, leaving behind a 5-bedroom uncomplicated...

Kasoa: Man remanded for allegedly killing 74-year-old stroke patient during robbery

20-year-old Mohammed Abdullah has been remanded by the Ofaakor Circuit Court for allegedly killing a 74-year-old stroke patient after robbing her in her three-bedroom...

Final funeral rites of J.B Danquah held after 58 years

After 58 years since the passing of Dr. Joseph Kwame Kyeretwie Boakye Danquah, the Ofori Panin Fie, under the leadership of Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia...

Agotime-Ziope: MP empowers 122 youth with business start-up kits

Some 122 youths, mostly women have received business start-up kits after successfully completing apprenticeship training in Agotime-Ziope. This was under the MP's Youth in Skills...

People will die if Korle Bu increases cost of dialysis – Renal patients

The Renal Patients Association of Ghana has issued a warning about loss of lives if Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) increases the cost of...

Sterile husband refuses to let wife go for artificial insemination [Video]

A woman is up against her husband for restraining her from going for artificial insemination even though doctors have declared him impotent. The couple has...

Rapist absconds after allegedly impregnating minor [Video]

A 14-year-old girl has become a teenager mother as a result of rape. The primary 6 pupil traveled to Bibiani for a vacation with her...

Man demands GH¢320,000 compensation for fathering a child for 16 years [Video]

Kwadwo Danso has played his role as father of a 16-year-old girl, only to be told recently that he is not the biological father. Kwadwo...

Father of Ga Mantse goes home today

The final rites towards the burial and funeral of Dr Ebenezer Nii Armah Tackie, the father of the Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru...

GACL begins repair works on ceilings at Kotoka Airport

The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has commenced repair works on the ceilings at Terminal 3 of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). In a...

CID probes death of Aburi Girls SHS student

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has began investigations into the circumstances that led to the death of a 16-year-old...

Galamsey: Mahama proposes legislation to halt activities on cocoa farms

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama has proposed legislation to end illegal mining activities on cocoa farms. This legislation according to...

Akufo-Addo hasn’t failed in fight against ‘galamsey’ – Atta Akyea

Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South and former Minister of Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, says that President Akufo-Addo has not failed in...

Import restriction bill will be back – Trade Minister

The Minister for Trade and Industry, K.T Hammond has disclosed that government will re-introduce the import restrictions bill to parliament in due time. According...

Two siblings remanded for verbally assaulting public officers

The Ashaiman Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody two siblings, Safianu Osumanu and Aishatu Osumanu, for verbally assaulting four public officers at the premises of the Ashaiman...