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Two more headteachers interdicted

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has interdicted the headteachers of Odomaseman Senior High School(SHS) and Berekum SHS in the Bono region. The interdiction...

Nurses in Oti Region rally for free sanitary pads

Nurses at the Dadoto CHPS compound in the Krachi East municipality of the Oti Region are urging the government, NGOs, and individuals to provide...

GHANASS headmistress breaks silence after interdiction

Interdicted headmistress of Ghana Senior High School (GHANASS) in Koforidua, Patience Naki Mensah has provided clarification on the sale of GH¢200 track suits to...

Oforikrom residents bemoan bad roads

https://youtu.be/_NXqNVT_UsY Residents of Appiadu, Apemso, Emina, and Kokoben in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti region have attributed the poor state of their roads to...

Parliament begins consideration of Anti-LGBT Bill

Parliament on Friday, December 8, commenced work on the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 also known as the anti...

Spokesperson for “The New Force” remanded

A Kaneshie District Court has remanded into lawful custody, a foreigner, Shalimar Abbiusi, believed to be associated with a new political group with the...

Dumelo makes clarion call to police over poor security at Legon

Renowned actor and politician, John Dumelo, has taken to social media to voice concerns regarding the security issues along the UPSA-Legon Business School stretch,...

Anti-LGBTQ Bill: If you politicise this Bill, it will drag the process – Majority to Minority

Chairman of the Constitutional, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs in Parliament has cautioned the Minority to be cautious in their criticism of the processes that...

Use indigenous solutions to solve Ghana’s problems – Jospong Group Chairman

The Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong has charged Ghanaians to seek indigenous solutions to turn Ghana's situation around. He explained...

GES to investigate two SHS heads over alleged fee charging, selling of items

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has taken a decisive step by instructing two Senior High School heads to step aside as it initiates investigations...

British High Commission donates 8 ambulances to GAF

The British High Commission in Accra has donated eight ambulances to the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) as part of its annual Security Dialogue. The ambulances...

Man electrocuted after climbing high tension pylon in search of crow eggs

A man believed to be in his thirties has been electrocuted after he climbed a high-tension pylon at Buokrom in the Ashanti region. The deceased...

Court fines Asamoah Gyan GH₵1m for malicious prosecution

The High Court has ordered Asamoah Gyan, former Black Stars captain, to pay GH¢1,000,000 to Ghanaian journalist Osarfo Anthony, following a lawsuit of malicious...

Your demo was needless; stop tarnishing our image – Effutu chief scolds residents

The Omanhene of Effutu Traditional Council, Nenyi Ghartey, has expressed disappointment in residents who on Tuesday protested the alleged possible sale of the Ramsar...

You have no powers over court – Judge ‘fires’ OSP

An Accra High Court has descended heavily on the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) for engaging in what the court described as over-stepping...

Drivers unions endorse Mahama’s 24-hour economy policy

The Concerned Drivers Association of Ghana has endorsed John Dramani Mahama’s 24-hour economy policy, believing it will significantly benefit commercial drivers. The Association’s leadership believes...

Senya Bereku chiefs and residents clash with military over land

Residents and chiefs of Senya Bereku in the Central region have clashed with military officers in their attempt to prevent the commissioning of lands...

Man found dead near river in Kumasi

The Abuakwa Police in Kumasi of the Ashanti Region, are investigating the death of a man, in his middle 40s suspected to have been...

Anaesthetists call for separation from Medical and Dental Council

The Ghana Association of Certified Registered Anaesthetists (GACRA) has called on the Ministry of Health to create a separate regulatory Council for Certified Registered...

GUTA reacts to suspension of import restriction bill

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has welcomed the government's decision to suspend the Export and Import Regulations 2023 Bill. The President of...

We will celebrate Christmas despite impact of Akosombo dam spillage – Mepe queen mother

The queen mother of the Mepe Traditional Area in the Volta Region, Mamaga Adzo Sreku IV, has said despite the impact of the Akosombo...

Heavy security at court as NAM1 pleads to fresh charges

Security at the entrance of the Financial and Economic Division of the High Court in Accra has been enhanced following court directives. This was...

Family of New Force spokesperson accuses government of kidnapping

The family of the spokesperson for the political movement, The New Force has accused Ghana's government of kidnapping their daughter. According to them, Shalimar Abbiusi...

Chinese national, 6 others arrested for mining in Oda forest reserve

A Chinese national and six Ghanaians have been apprehended by the Bekwai Forestry Commission for engaging in illegal mining known in local parlance as...

Opera Square traders storm Adom FM studios after clashing with AMA over eviction notice

Traders at Opera Square, an area within the Central Business District of Accra are up in arms with officials from the Accra Metropolitan Assembly...

Headteachers of O’Reilly and Ghana SHSs interdicted

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has interdicted the headteachers of O'Reilly Senior High School and Ghana Senior High School over alleged unauthorized activities. Separate letters,...

Miner in court over land fraud  

A 48-year-old Miner has been put before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding a school principal of GH₵286,500.   Hope Korbla Patamia collected the amount...

ECG to meet Sunon Asogli today over $60m debt

The management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is expected to meet with independent power producer Sunon Asogli Power (Ghana) Limited today, December...

3 dead, 9 injured in armed attack at Zuarungu

Three people have lost their lives, while nine others have sustained injuries in a random gunfire attack on a Yutong bus with registration number...

One feared dead as stationary truck runs into bystanders at Anloga Junction

One person is feared dead after a long truck run into a billboard at Anloga Junction in Kumasi. About three others sustained injuries after being...

Two jailed for robbery in Wa

A Wa circuit court has sentenced two persons accused of robbery to a combined prison sentence of 33 years. The accused, Ibrahim Kassim, 30, and...

Saglemi trial: Court accepts Speaker’s request to excuse Collins Dauda

A request from the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to the Accra High Court (Financial and Economic Division), seeking an excused duty for Collins...

Dam Spillage: UPSA Vice Chancellor donates to North Tongu flood victims

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Professor Abednego F.O Amartey, has donated relief items flood victims of North Tongu in...

Jospong Group to support dialysis patients at Korle Bu with over GH¢500,000

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility activities in thanksgiving to God for his unconditional mercies to the group for the year 2023, the...

Housekeeper jailed for stealing $16,000 from employer

The Accra Circuit Court One has sentenced a 27-year-old housekeeper to two and half years imprisonment in hard labour for stealing $16,000 from his...

We will not export lithium in raw state – Lands Minister

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor has assured Ghanaians that government will not allow the export of lithium in its...

Man jailed for ‘mistakenly’ robbing lover at gunpoint

The Wa Circuit Court has sentenced two persons accused of robbery to a combined prison sentence of 33 years. Ibrahim Kassim, 30 and Salifu Dauda,...

Upper East: Agric Director clears air on contract between Farmerline, rice farmers

The Builsa South Agriculture Director in the Upper East region, has admitted there was no written contract between rice farmers and Farmerline company for...

Starlink operations illegal in Ghana – NCA warns

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has announced that the operation of Starlink in Ghana is illegal. In a press release issued on December 7, 2023,...

Jinapor slams Sophia Akuffo over Lithium deal comment

The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has described as most unfortunate comments by the former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo on Ghana’s...