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Ghana Meteo warns of intense harmattan in December

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) is urging Ghanaians to prepare for an intense Harmattan season in December. It attributed the intense dry season to the...

Legal expert explains implication of landmark ruling in Boi Stool v. Daniel Addo Quaye & Ors [Watch]

Legal expert, Kwame Gyan, has been explaining the implication of the landmark ruling in the Boi Stool v. Daniel Addo Quaye & Ors case. In...

Kusahene destools queen mother and Abusuapanin over their alleged involvement in galamsey

Kusahene Kwae Pinsan II, in the Adansi North district of the Ashanti region has destooled the queenmother, Nana Kwartemaa Kanin II, and the Abusuapanin,...

Tricycle rider dead in bizarre accident in Jaman South

A 30-year-old tricycle rider identified as Kwabena Mintah has tragically lost his life in a bizarre accident in the Jaman South Municipality of the...

Why hospitals are unable to pay electricity bills

Democracy and Development Fellow on Public Health at the Centre for Democratic Development Ghana (CDD-Ghana), Kwame Sarpong Asiedu, says the inability of public hospitals...

NHIS to cover mental healthcare – Akufo-Addo

Treatment for mental health will now be added to the benefits of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) from 2024 President Nana Akufo-Addo has...

The young lawyer who battled his former lecturer in court and received praises from the CJ and SC judges

In just two years at the Bar, the highly intelligent lawyer George Adabadze, also known as Alaska, made a significant impact in the case...

10 including soldier injured in accident at Kasoa

Ten people including a military officer have been injured in an accident at Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region....

Former GWCL employee arrested for stealing iron pipes

A 52-year-old man who resigned from the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) in 2022, Abraham Asare, has been arrested by the police in Larteh-Akuapem...

St. John Hospital & Fertility Centre reacts to ₵5m suit

The St. John’s Hospital & Fertility Centre has debunked allegations of medical negligence that led to the death of a baby boy. Solicitors for the...

Police exhume body of woman killed by son over GH¢500

The police have exhumed the remains of a 60-year-old retiree from the Ghana Highway Authority allegedly killed by her son, Gideon Asomani. Mercy Oforiwa's...

ECG cannot pay its debts, it has no business buying motors for police – Kwabena Donkor

Former Minister of Power, Dr Kwabena Donkor, has criticised the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) for donating 200 motorbikes to the Ghana Police Service....

41-year-old announced as new paramount chief of Jirapa traditional area

Kingmakers of the Jirapa traditional area in the Upper West region have proclaimed a 41-year-old educationist as the new paramount chief for the Jirapa...

K.T Hammond justifies tax exemptions to 1D1F companies

The Trade and Industry Minister, Kobina Tahir Hammond is fighting back accusations that the government is bringing to Parliament too many tax waivers running...

35-year-old fisherman feared drowned at Gomoa Fetteh

A 35-year-old fisherman, Kofi Wei, has reportedly met his untimely death after he drowned at Gomoa Fetteh in the Gomoa East District of the...

OSP releases list of criminal trials since August 2021

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has released a list of individuals who are standing trial for corruption and corruption-related offences since August...

Muorso chief spearheads Atiwa land reclamation

An initiative to reclaim arable land destroyed by illegal gold miners in the Muorso, Kwabeng and Abomosu enclaves of the Atiwa West District in...

2 firemen arrested, others on the run over alleged killing of 27-year-old man

Two male officers of the Ghana National Fire Service in Damongo in the Savannah Region are in Police custody over the death of a...

2021 Best Fish Farmer yet to receive 2-bedroom house reward

Minority spokesperson on Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has revealed the 2021 Best Fish Farmer" has still not received a two-bedroom house which was...

Why do we call him Special Prosecutor instead of Special Investigator? – Domelevo quizzes

Anti-corruption crusader and former Auditor General, Daniel Domelovo, is not the least pleased that the Office of the Special Prosecutor appears to have been...

Resign if… – Former NPP Chairman to Special Prosecutor

A former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Constituency Chairman for New Juaben North, Kwadwo Boateng-Agyemang, has advised the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng to resign. According to...

2023 school placement records highest enrollment despite challenges

Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has touted the achievement of his Ministry in placing 95% of 2023 Junior High School graduates into various...

Parliament directs Health and Energy Ministries to find lasting solutions to power cuts at hospitals

Parliament has urged collaborative efforts between the Ministries of Energy and Health to find a lasting solution to matters surrounding electricity supply to health...

Missing Children Ghana holds seminar to commemorate gender-based violence activism

Non-governmental organisation (NGO), Missing Children Ghana, has held a sensitisation seminar to commemorate the global 16 days of activism against Gender-Based Violence(GBV). Titled Boys and...

Missing Children Ghana unveils new office [Photos]

Missing Children Ghana (MCG) has opened its new office in the heart of Accra, toward a significant stride in championing the rights of children...

Pressure mounts on gov’t over lithium deal

Pressure group, Mass Action for Sustainable Development in Africa (MASDA) has joined calls on government to reconsider the lithium deal with Barari BV....

218 illegal miners arrested – Forestry Commission

The Forestry Commission has arrested 218 persons illegally mining in forest reserves across the country. Out of the number, 24 have been prosecuted and jailed,...

Teshie Numo Nmashie Family not owners of over 72,000 acres of land in Accra — Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has clarified that the Numo Nmashie Family of Teshie in Greater Accra Region cannot hold themselves as owners of 70 villages,...

Collapse building kills man at Kasoa Opeikuma while chasing bird

A 59-year-old man, Peter Owusu, has died after an uncompleted building collapsed on him at Kasoa Opeikuma in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of...

Research commissioned to support RTI implementation

In a significant move to fortify the implementation of Ghana's Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Information Ministry has undertaken a comprehensive research initiative....

Adom TV Asukɔdɔ gets results: Independence Square undergoes renovation [Video]

https://youtu.be/XAZRY3QViFU Barely four months after Adom TV Asukɔdɔ titled Independence Square in disarray which shed light on the dilapidated nature of the national monument, renovation...

GNAT engage GES boss over interdiction of headteachers

The leadership of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has met with the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) Dr. Eric Nkansah. The meeting on Tuesday which...

Road Minister cuts sod for dualisation of Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway

The Minister of Roads and Transport, Kwasi Amoako-Atta has cut sod for the dualisation of Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway to reduce accidents and traffic. The...

Karpowership Ghana unveils 3-Bay Premix Shed for fisher folks in Takoradi

Karpowership Ghana has inaugurated a 3-bay premix shed at the Albert Bosomtwi-Sam Fishing Harbour in Takoradi. This purpose-built facility provides a dedicated space for fisher...

First class graduate appeals for support to undergo kidney transplant

A 24-year-old man has made a passionate appeal to Ghanaians for financial support to aid his kidney treatment. The patient, Kenneth Adom is in critical...

IET urges swift action on Anto-Aboso quarry site explosion

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has urged the Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah, to swiftly implement the comprehensive recommendations by...

Caterer jailed 20 years for sodomy

The Tarkwa Circuit Court in the Western Region has sentenced a 36-year-old caterer, Isaac Tweneboah Koduah to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour for...

More employers hiring from social media – Report

A new report published by the Chartered Institute of Human Resource Management and auditing firm, KPMG Ghana has shown a shift in the ways...

Minority describe as inadequate GH₵33m allocated to Legal Aid Commission

The Minority in Parliament says the GH₵33 million allocated to the Legal Aid Commission is woefully inadequate. The Commission ensures equality of access to justice...

Ablakwa slams gov’t for prioritizing $20million judgment debt over flood victims

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa has condemned the government for prioritizing the payment of judgment debts over providing emergency housing...