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NLC orders NIA workers to call off strike

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has ordered workers of the National Identification Authority (NIA) to call off their strike and negotiate with the government...

Authorities using military to do dirty work to keep them in power – Col Aboagye

Security analyst, Col. Festus Aboagye, has stated that authorities heading security institutions are using the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) to perform questionable tasks to...

Minority issues 24-hour ultimatum to govt over uncleared medical supplies

The Minority in Parliament has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the government to ensure the containers of medical supplies stuck at the Tema port...

Non-subscribers of NHIS qualify for free dialysis treatment – CEO

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says the free and subsidized dialysis treatment is not limited to its subscribers. According to the Chief Executive Officer,...

Lecturer endorses Free SHS bill

A Development Studies Expert and senior lecturer at UniMAC-IJ, Dr Daniel Odoom, has endorsed the government's proposed Free Senior High School (SHS) bill. He expressed...

Akufo-Addo should have sacked COCOBOD CEO by now – Ofosu Ampofo 

Former National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo is surprised the CEO of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Aidoo Boahen...

Nation wreckers smuggling Ghana cocoa and selling to Russians in neighbouring countries – Cocobod CEO

Ghana Cocobod CEO Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has revealed a decrease in cocoa production in the first quarter of 2024 compared to last year, resulting...

Man, 23, sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for stealing vehicle

The Gbetsile Circuit Court in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra Region has sentenced 23-year-old Courage Akadro, to five years imprisonment in...

There must be stakeholder engagement on Free SHS bill when its content is known – Stephen Adei

A former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Prof Stephen Adei, has said once the content of the proposed...

Works and Housing Ministry engages media ahead of BENCHH 2024

Ahead of the maiden Built Environment National Conference on Housing and Hydrology (BENCHH 2024) conference, the Ministry of Works and Housing Ministry has engaged...

‘Death trap’ classroom poses danger in Amansie Central

Pupils of Mile 15 D/A JHS have appealed to government to refurbish their classroom block which has become a death trap. They are also appealing...

Decomposed body of fisherman found after drowning at Mumford

The decomposed body of a fisherman has been discovered after he drowned at Mumford in the Gomoa West District of the Central region. The body...

Hikes in gear prices collapsing our businesses – Yeji fishermen

Fishermen at Yeji in the Pru East District of the Bono East Region are lamenting over the hike in the prices of fishing gear,...

Minority demands roadmap for payment of GH₵300m debt owed WAEC

The Minority caucus on the Education Committee in Parliament has called for an urgent stakeholder meeting to resolve the government's indebtedness to the West...

NSMQ 2024: St John’s Grammar triumphs over Presby SHS, two others to qualify for national stage

Achimota-based St. John’s Grammar achieved an easy victory on the third day of the regional qualifiers in the Greater Accra region, securing a slot...

Members of locked-up investment bondholders’ forum hit the streets

Members of the Locked-up Investment Bondholders’ Forum protested again in the streets of Accra today, Wednesday, June 12, demanding the release of their funds. The...

Let’s work together to deal with youth joblessness – Bagbin urges MPs

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has voiced concerns over the growing youth unemployment crisis in the country. He cautioned that the high levels of...

Upgrade our roads – Chiefs in Kwabre East Municipality tell Bawumia

Chiefs in the Kwabre East Municipality have seized the opportunity of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s visit to reiterate their calls for improved road...

Onion seller electrocuted at Assin Dansame

A 37-year-old onion seller and mother of three has died tragically after she was electrocuted at Assin Dansame in the Assin North District of...

11 drown, 5 missing as boat capsizes on River Oti

Eleven people, including two minors, drowned on Tuesday evening when a boat in which they were travelling on the Oti River capsized. Six people have...

Free SHS bill targeted at NDC, other critics – UCC professor

A professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), George Kweku Toku Oduro, believes the government's decision to push through a...

Abena Osei Asare leads Ghana’s delegation to Afreximbank AGM

Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Abena Osei Asare is leading Ghana’s delegation to attend the 2024 Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Annual Meetings,...

Okada rider crashed to death, 3 injured on Accra-Kumasi Highway

An okada rider has been crashed to death with three others injured near Suhum Star Oil on the Accra-Kumasi Highway. The accident occurred on Monday,...

I feel ashamed and embarrassed for Godfred Dame – Lawyer

Private legal practitioner Nana Yaw Osei has taken it out hard on the Attorney General and Minister of Justice Godfred Yeboah Dame for refusing...

Asenso-Boakye pays working visit to Upper West Region

The Minister of Roads and Highways, Francis Asenso-Boakye has paid a day's working visit to the Upper West Region on June 11. He was accompanied...

NAM 1 to either walk free or open defence on July 10

When Nana Appiah Mensah, popularly known as NAM1, appears in court on July 10 this year, he will either be acquitted or compelled to...

COCOBOD made GH₵2bn profit in 2022/2023 – CEO

The Chief Executive Officer of Cocoa Board (Cocobod), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has revealed that his outfit has made a significant profit of over GH₵2...

Over 30 Ajumako Afransi Technical Institute students rushed to hospital over suspected food poisoning

Over 30 students of Ajumako Afransi Technical and Vocational Institute have been hospitalised over suspected food poisoning. According to reports, they complained of stomach discomfort...

Zoomlion shines with the latest recycling and compost plant in Sunyani

Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, has commissioned Zoomlion’s transformative Integrated Recycling and Compost Plant at Sunyani in the Bono Region. Addressing...

Latest update on missing penis case at Kasoa

The Awutu Bereku District Court, presided over by Naomi Kuntour, has once again remanded six suspects into police custody. Two of the suspects were granted...

Elderly patient allegedly dumped in bush at Gomoa Ojobi [Photos]

A patient believed to be in their late 60s with P.O.P on her legs have been dumped in a bush at Gomoa Ojobi. The action,...

ECG cautions customers against mobile money fraudsters

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has urged customers to be vigilant against fraudsters who request payments through mobile money platforms for accessing ECG...

Cancer survivors walk unites Accra

Accra hosted its inaugural Cancer Survivors Walk last Saturday, uniting hundreds of survivors, NGOs, medical practitioners, and other members of the public to raise...

Group threatens demo on June 25 over uncleared medical supplies at port

Members of the Country Coordinating Mechanism (Ghana CCM) of the Global Fund in Ghana have threatened to hit the streets on June 25, 2024,...

Ahafo GMSA concerned over Muslim students neglecting Islamic values

The Ahafo Regional Executives of the Ghana Muslim Students Association (GMSA) are concerned about how Muslim students at Senior High Schools in the region...

It’s unacceptable for our Ivy League State Attorneys to be operating from shipping containers – AG

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, says the dreadful infrastructural and logistic hardship facing his ministry were legendary as some...

Eduwatch reacts to Free SHS bill

Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), a prominent educational policy think tank, has raised concerns about the proposed government’s Free Senior High School (SHS) Bill. They claim...

Processes to bring back road tolls underway – Asenso-Boakye

The Ministry of Roads and Highways is currently engaging key stakeholders to finalize the decision to reinstate road tolls. Sector Minister, Francis Asenso-Boakye said it...

Free SHS Bill unnecessary – Nortsu-Kotoe

The Ranking Member on Parliament’s Education Committee, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, has criticised the government's proposal to lay a bill on Free SHS before Parliament, calling...

Three teacher unions threaten strike over vehicle maintenance allowance

Tertiary institutions in Ghana are poised to face significant disruptions in teaching and learning activities as three labor unions have announced plans to initiate...