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Police to enforce 15% fare reduction in Kumasi

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has announced plans to deploy police officers on major roads to ensure strict enforcement of the 15% reduction in...

Washington Embassy saga: Fred Kwarteng is a bad boy – Former staff makes damning revelation [Video]

A former Head of Information and Public Affairs at the Embassy of Ghana in the United States, Kofi Tonto, says he is not surprised...

Robbery gang jailed over major attacks in Accra

The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has confirmed the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of a five-member robbery gang responsible for two major attacks in...

GHS confirms 10 new Mpox cases, total infections rise to 19

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed 10 new cases of Mpox, formerly known as Monkeypox, bringing the total number of recorded infections in...

Ho MCE vows to establish task force to combat flooding

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ho Central, Hon. Stephen Adom, has announced plans to set up a dedicated task force to address the...

Missing ECG containers retrieved

The Ministry of Energy has recovered 2,637 containers belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), more than double the number previously reported as...

Menstrual Hygiene in schools: Atiwa West MP calls for clean changing facilities for girls

The Member of Parliament for Atiwa West, Korkor Asante, has called for intensified menstrual hygiene education and the establishment of dedicated safe spaces for...

Chief Justice Torkornoo begs Supreme Court to halt removal process

Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has appealed to the Supreme Court to intervene and stop what she describes as a coordinated and degrading campaign to...

Kennedy Agyapong offers to stand as surety for Prof Ameyaw-Ekumfi

Former Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong, has volunteered to serve as one of the sureties for Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Ekumfi, the former Board Chairman of...

Woman who stole church TV at Military Barracks jailed 12 months

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 24-year-old woman to 12 months' imprisonment for stealing a 50-inch television at the Teshie Military Barracks in...

CID releases Chairman Wontumi

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has granted bail to the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP),...

Man, 30, arrested for possession of harmful drugs, firearm in Sabon Zongo

The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old man for trading harmful drugs and possessing an unlicensed firearm.The suspect, Aminu Amidu Mohammed...

Judge cautions against premature plea bargaining in Adu-Boahene’s case

The trial judge in the ongoing case involving the immediate past Director General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene and two others...

17 arrested in anti-galamsey operation in Samreboi 

The Special Police Anti-galamsey Taskforce from the National Police Headquarters has arrested 17 suspects in connection with illegal mining activities, commonly known as galamsey...

Nursing mother found dead in uncompleted building at Awutu Bereku

A four-month-old nursing mother has been found dead at Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region. The deceased has been...

National Day of Prayer will transform Ghana – Local Government Minister

The Minister for Local Government, Rural Development, Chieftaincy, and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, has described Ghana’s newly declared National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving...

Why rush to social media? Minority questions Ablakwa over Washington Embassy saga

The Deputy Ranking Member on the Foreign Affairs Committee, Nana Kwame Asafo-Adjei Ayeh, has criticized Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa for prematurely announcing...

2021 Juaben MCE nominee acquitted and discharged

The Kumasi High Court has acquitted and discharged Alexander Kwabena Sarfo-Kantanka, former nominee for Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) in 2021 under President Nana Akufo-Addo’s...

Over 30,000 unemployed Allied Health Professionals demand immediate recruitment

The Coalition of Unemployed Allied Health Professionals Association of Ghana has voiced deep frustration over their prolonged joblessness since 2019. More than 30,000 of these...

GREDA urges reduction of building materials prices as cedi gains strength

The Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA) has raised concerns over the persistent high cost of building materials, despite the recent appreciation of the...

Wanderlust Ghana closes Congo car saga, sets sights on Accra–Beijing–Copenhagen road trip

After months of legal wrangling, shipping setbacks, and Interpol red flags, the daring Wanderlust Ghana team has finally brought closure to a dramatic vehicle...

Agona West GNAT appeals to gov’t to decentralize promotion centres

The Agona West Municipal Chairman of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Daniel Lavoe, has appealed to the government to decentralize the administration...

Prof. Ameyaw-Ekumfi pleads not guilty in Sky Train Project trial

Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Ekumfi, former Board Chairman of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), has pleaded not guilty to all four charges brought against him...

Sky Train scandal: Prof. Ameyaw-Ekumfi granted GH₵10m bail

Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Ekumfi, former Board Chairman of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), has been granted bail in the sum of GH₵10 million with...

We’ve done our part; Police must ensure strict compliance – GPRTU on 15% fare reduction [Audio]

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has stated that while drivers have been urged to implement the 15% fare reduction, strict and full...

First Lady launches Ghanasco’s 65th anniversary, praises school’s legacy

First Lady Lordina Dramani Mahama officially launched the 65th anniversary of Ghana Senior High School (GHANASCO) on Saturday in Tamale, emphasising the school’s legacy...

Sky Train scandal: Accra High Court to hear plea of Prof. Ameyaw-Ekumfi today

The High Court in Accra is expected to take the plea of Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Ekumfi today, Monday, May 26, in the much-anticipated trial over...

Police recruit 140 anti-drug watchdogs in Zongo communities

The Ghana Police Service has initiated processes to recruit 140 people as anti-drug watchdogs in Zongo communities nationwide. The move is in line with a...

We will not allow galamsey to ruin our community – Saamang chief warns

The Chief of Akyem Saamang, near Osino in the Fanteakwa South District of the Eastern Region, Barima Dr. Ofori Nyarko Tetepo, has launched a...

Meet Stanley Obeng Twene: The Ghanaian author and forex educator empowering a new generation of traders

Stanley Obeng Twene, popularly known as Stanleo or Dr. Stanley, is currently one of Ghana’s finest minds in the financial and forex space. Over the...

Motor rider crashed to death at Assin Nsuta

An articulated truck driver has run over a motorbike rider, killing him on the spot at Assin Nsuta in the Assin South District of...

TAC-GH launches new Church hymnal and App

The Apostolic Church-Ghana has officially launched its Church Hymnal and mobile app, marking a significant step toward digital transformation and the preservation of its...

Security Agencies must act with sensitivity in their operations – Prof. Appiagyei-Atua

An experienced legal scholar and Associate Professor at the School of Law, University of Ghana, Prof. Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua, has urged Ghana’s security agencies to...

Asempa FM’s Fire Lady donates to Ashaiman Future Leaders FC to mark birthday

Renowned sports broadcaster and executive producer of Asempa FM’s leading sports programme, the Ultimate Sports Morning Show, Mavis Amanor Avornyo — popularly known as...

Bryan Acheampong is a “symbol of victory” for the NPP – Appiah-Kubi

Former Member of Parliament for Asante Akim North, Andy Appiah-Kubi, has declared his strong support for Dr Bryan Acheampong, describing him as the ideal...

Rotational nurses and midwives declare strike

The Rotational Nurses and Midwives Association of Ghana has declared its intention to embark on a nationwide strike effective Monday, June 2, 2025, to...

Parliament to resume sitting on May 27 – Speaker announces

Parliament is set to resume sittings on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, following a recess, Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has announced. The session, officially referred...

Fire Service warns against recruitment scam

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has warned the public against a fraudulent recruitment notice circulating online. In a statement, the Head of Public Relations,...

Police nab another suspect in Aflao Momo vendor murder

The Volta Regional Police Command has arrested an additional suspect in connection with the robbery and murder of mobile money vendor Christopher Ahordor at...

Western Regional Minister orders crackdown on encroachment at Daboase Water Site

The Western Regional Minister, Joseph Nelson, has issued a strong warning against the growing encroachment on Ghana Water Company Limited’s (GWCL) lands at the...