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COCOBOD champions cervical cancer awareness among staff in Sunyani

The Bono Regional office of COCOBOD is championing the awareness of cervical cancer among female staff in Sunyani in a strategic move to help...

Judge on Charles Bissue, OSP case retires

It has emerged at the High Court in Accra (Human Rights Division) that Justice Nicholas Mensah Abodakpi who is handling the case involving the...

‘Insensitive’ vehicle emissions tax won’t prevent carbon emission – Ben Boakye

Executive Director of Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), Benjamin Boakye says that the new vehicle tax will not reduce carbon emissions. According to...

Invest in E-vehicles rather than taxing us – Online drivers

President of the Ghana Online Drivers Union, Francis Kweku Tengey, has advised the government to invest in electronic vehicles (e-vehicles). This way, there would be...

Use emissions tax to resource EPA – Gov’t told

University of Cape Coast Associate Professor Kofi Amegah, an expert in Environmental and Nutritional Epidemiology, has suggested that the government allocate the funds generated...

Nurse, 26, stabbed multiple times by ex-boyfriend

A 26-year-old nurse has been stabbed multiple times by her ex-boyfriend after a fight in the Pramso suburb of Sweduru in the Bosomtwe District. Kwasi...

New emission tax is double taxation – Okada Riders Association

The President of the Okada Riders Association of Ghana has expressed concerns about the emission tax, labelling it as double taxation. Michael Kofi Owusu explained...

Nhyira FM recognized with Silver Creator Award by YouTube for reaching 100,000 subscribers in 3 years

Nhyira FM has been recognized by YouTube after the company reached a record milestone of One Hundred Thousand subscribers in record 3 years. On March...

GPRTU to incorporate emissions tax into upcoming fare adjustments

Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has hinted at an increase in fares following the implementation of the Emissions Levy Act, 2023 (Act 1112). Despite...

NRSA to begin registration of road transport service providers effective March 2024

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has begun a process to register road transport service providers including transport companies, unions, transport departments of all...

Reckless lifestyle of the young accounts for increasing HIV cases – Kyeremeh Atuahene

The Ghana AIDS Commission attributes the increasing cases of HIV in the country to the reckless lifestyle of young people. According to the Commission, people...

Nkwanta North: DCE urges teachers to address falling education standards

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Nkwanta North in the Oti region, William Nawugma Kidinan, has called on teachers to intensify efforts to address...

Woman beats 97 students from KNUST, UCC to emerge agriculture champion

Agrihouse Foundation has presented a shop to Charlotte Yawa Sodzedo, the winner of the 6th edition Agricultural Student Boot Camp (AGSTUD), held at Adidome...

Korle Bu upgrades 30 wards as part of centenary celebration

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in Accra will renovate over 30 wards of the hospital as part of its centenary celebration this year. The exercise,...

ECG Ada District embarks on anti-bushfire advocacy

The Ada District of the Tema Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is appealing for public support against the prevention of bushfires,...

Government must be blamed for state of health facilities – Nabdam MP

Member of Parliament (MP) for Nabdam in the Upper East region, Mark Kurt Nawaane, has blamed the shortage of vital equipment in hospitals on...

PAC proposes ‘third layer’ to validate salaries of GES staff

The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, James Klutse Avedzi, has advocated a "third layer" within the Ghana Education Service to...

GAF holds pulling out ceremony for outgoing Chief of Defense Staff

The Ghana Armed Forces is holding a pulling-out ceremony for Vice Admiral Seth Amoama, the outgoing Chief of Defense Staff, who served for three...

Latest update on JB Danquah killer’s case

Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, the presiding judge in the case in which Daniel Asiedu is facing a jury trial for the murder of Joseph...

TEWU strike: Students denied access to facilities on campus

Students of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been left stranded on campus as they were denied access to some facilities...

Feyiase residents save driver trapped under his truck after accident

Residents of Feyiase in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region have saved a truck driver who was trapped in his car after an...

May they rot in jail – Late Major Mahama’s mother to killers [Watch]

The mother of the late Major Maxwell Mahama has reacted to the life sentence handed down to 12 individuals found guilty of her son's...

How surfing is challenging tradition in a Ghanaian town

It started with a magazine cutting. Appearing in Surfer, the article was titled 'Africa - Home of Surfing?' and illustrated with a heavy-handed caricature of...

Govt completes four toilet facilities in Oforikrom Municipality

The government has completed and commissioned four modern institutional toilet facilities with changing rooms under the Sanitation and Water Project within Oforikrom Municipality. The Municipal...

Tension as group breaks into stool room of Adwampong royal family

There is brewing tension in the New Juaben traditional area after a group of individuals, under the supervision of the New Juaben Divisional Police...

Who will take care of me now? – Father of jailed Denkyira-Obuasi assemblyman cries

John Kojo Baah, the father of the former Assemblyman of Denkyira-Obuasi has described as unfortunate the court’s decision to jail his son over the...

Major Mahama: Our children now school dropouts – Wife of former Assemblyman cries [Watch]

Yaa Ampofowaa, the wife of the former Assemblyman for Denkyira-Obuasi jailed for the murder of Major Maxwell Mahama says their children have dropped out...

TEWU to meet Finance Ministry on Friday

The Tertiary Education Workers Union of Ghana declared a nationwide strike effective February 1 over non-payment of allowances. Speaking in an interview on Adom FM's...

ECG to begin operation ‘No free consumption’ today

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is set to initiate a crackdown dubbed operation 'No Free Consumption' starting Thursday, February 1. During this period,...

My husband was not even around when it happened – Wife of jailed Denkyira-Obuasi Assembly member speaks

Yaa Ampofowaa, the wife of the former Assembly member of Denkyira-Obuasi, has broken her silence after her husband was jailed for the death of...

19% of Ghanaian women support husbands disciplining their wives for burning food while cooking

More Ghanaian women than men believe there is nothing wrong with domestic violence in relation to men beating their wives.  This is according to the...

It’s better to learn under trees than not to be educated – Vincent Assafuah

The Member of Parliament for the Old Tafo constituency, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has defended the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy, asserting that it...

NLC lashes out at teacher unions over ‘unmeritorious’ strike

The Executive Secretary of the National Labour Commission (NLC), Ofosu Asamoah, has criticised the ongoing strike by labour unions in the educational sector, branding...

Partner govt to exploit huge deposits of gold in Dollar Power – Lands Minister to investors

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor has called on the investor community to partner Government to establish a large-scale mining...

Euro-Africa Trade: New paradigm needed for increased investment – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo says a new paradigm hinged on structural transformation must be defined to allow African economies to trade at the high end of...

Major Mahama case: Families of convicts appeal for reduction in sentence

The families of the 12 suspects sentenced to life imprisonment for their involvement in the killing of Major Maxwell Mahama are pleading for clemency....

Former NDC official accused of incest, abortion acquitted

In a surprising turn of events, Emmanuel Kwasi Dawood Mensah, the former Central Regional Communication Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has been...

Gov’t taking measures to reform jury system – A-G

Attorney-General and Minister of Justice Godfred Yeboah Dame has said the government is taking measures to do away with delays in criminal prosecutions. According...

Major Mahama’s murder: Mother sends strong message

Veronica Bamford, the mother of the late Major Maxwell Mahama, has cautioned that no government should grant a presidential pardon to any of her...

Ghana signs MoU with UK for knowledge and technology transfer

Ghana has signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with the United Kingdom's (UK) Society of Motor Manufacturing and Traders’ Industry Forum and the Ministry...