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Asamankese Obuodwan Festival ignites with grand ceremony [Photos]

The vibrant rhythms of tradition echoed through the air as the Asaman community commenced the annual Obuodwan Festival with a captivating ceremony. Osabarima Adu...

2023 WASSCE: GNECC demands swift probe into AI answers results

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has called on the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to swiftly probe the results of 2023 West...

How WAEC nabbed WASSCE candidates who used AI

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has revealed how it uncovered how candidates used Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms during the 2023 West African Senior...

Lithium deal: Is Ghana incapable of its own mining exploration? IET quizzes

President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Henry Kwadwo Boateng, is asking whether Ghana is incapable of doing its own mining exploration....

Prof. Ernest Aryeetey appointed first Emeritus Professor at ISSER

In a historic move, Professor Ernest Aryeetey has been appointed Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of...

Watch how Francis Sosu clashed with Immigration officers as New Force spokesperson is re-arrested

Francis-Xavier Sosu, lawyer for the embattled spokesperson for the New Force Movement, Shalimar Abbuissi clashed with officials of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) after...

Reactions on social media as Achimota Rasta student bags 8 As in WASSCE

Social media has been inundated with the news of Tyrone Iras Marhguy, the popular Achimota Senior High School student, after he passed his West...

How Achimota Rastafarian student reacted to his WASSCE results [Watch]

A video of how Achimota School of how Rastafarian student, Tyrone Iras Marhguy reacted to his WASSCE results has popped up on social media. Tyrone...

‘Side chick’ and banker ‘sugar daddy’ back in court over custody of vehicle

Deborah Seyram Adablah, the ‘side chick’ and her ex-lover, former Chief Finance Officer of a Bank, Ernest Kwesi Nimako return to court today, Tuesday,...

Drama as New Force spokesperson is re-arrested for repatriation after prosecutors dropped charges

The Ghana Immigration Service has revoked the residency permit of spokesperson for the New Force, Shalimar Abbuissi, to stay in the country. The Immigration...

Achimota Rastafarian student scores 8 A1s in 2023 WASSCE

The 2023 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results of Tyrone Iras Marhguy, who was nearly denied admission at Achimota Senior High School (SHS) have...

Koku Anyidoho inducted into Ghana Psychology Council

The founder and CEO of the Atta-Mills Institute, Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has been inducted into the Ghana Psychology Council (GPC). The event which took...

2023 Media Capacity Enhancement Programme opens in Accra

The 2023 edition of Ghana’s Media Capacity Enhancement Programme (MCEP) has commenced in Accra. The programme aimed at equipping journalists with essential skills and knowledge,...

Ablakwa accuses gov’t of concealing ECOWAS’s GHS2.4million for flood victims

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has accused the Akufo-Addo-led government of concealing an amount of US$200,000.00 equivalent to GHS2.4 million...

High Court dismisses motion by Deloitte, awards GH₵2000 cost

An Accra High Court has refused a motion filed by Deloitte and Touché to segregate two out of the 10 issues to be determined...

Minister urges Ghanaians to prioritise district Assembly elections

The Oti Regional Minister, Dr. Joshua Makubu, has urged Ghanaians to prioritise the upcoming district Assembly elections, emphasizing their crucial role in governance for...

SML contract is inimical to Ghana’s development – John Jinapor

The Ranking Member of Parliament's Mines and Energy Committee, John Jinapor has opposed the government's 10-year contract with Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML), describing...

‘This is thievery’ – IES on Finance Ministry’s 10-year SML contract

The Executive Director of the Institute of Energy Security (IES), Nana Amoasi VII, has described as ‘thievery’ the Finance Ministry’s 10-year contract with Strategic...

Nana Amoako Poku is Offinsohene-elect, introduced at Asanteman Council meeting

Nana Amoako Poku, a 68-year-old royal of Offinso Ahyirem Royal Family, has been named as the Offinsohene elect. His name came up at an Asanteman...

Sampa gets new paramount chief

History was made at Manhyia Palace, Kumasi on Monday when a 45-year-old Justice of the Court of Appeal swore the oath of allegiance to...

Latest on Kasoa ritual murder will shock you

A Pathologist at the Police Hospital, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Dr. Osei Owusu-Afriyie has told the High Court in Accra that Ishmael Mensah Abdullah,...

2023 WASSCE: Results of some students withheld over AI answers

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has explained why it is withholding some results of 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). In a...

Akufo-Addo will miss the biggest opportunity to remake history as Tema motorway remains funeral grounds

If contract duration, averagely is anything to go by, President Akufo-Addo and his government will miss fine the opportunity to make history. The confusion and...

FDA confiscates, destroys expired post pills, aphrodisiac, milk, others

The Western North Regional Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has confiscated and burned unwholesome items from various shops across the nine districts in the...

Trainee nurses and midwives to protest over arrears

The Ghana Nurse-Midwife Trainees Association (GNMTA) is threatening to protest over unpaid arrears. The Association claimed government is yet to fulfill its promise to pay...

Okyenhene install new Twafohene after 58 years vacancy

Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panie has elevated the Etwienana Hene of Kyebi Barima Kwaku Dua to the higher traditional office of Twafohene. The Twafohene stool occupied...

GNAPS donates GH₵50,000 to flood victims in lower Volta [Photos]

The Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) has emerged as a beacon of hope for the flood victims in the Lower Volta region...

WAEC releases 2023 WASSCE results; 4,878 blocked

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results of the 2023 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The Council, in a...

Ghana Air Force pilots abandoning service due to lack of aircraft

A report by Parliament's Defence and Interior Committee has revealed that a significant number of pilots in the Ghana Air Forces are leaving the...

Lithium deal signed without proper due diligence, consultations – UTAG-UG

The University of Ghana branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG-UG), has criticised the government for the Lithium deal with Barari DV,...

Ghana Navy intercepts canoe suspected to be carrying narcotics

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has announced that the Ada Foah Detachment of the Riverine Command of the Ghana Navy has intercepted a canoe...

Clergy charges politicians to serve with humility

In a thought-provoking sermon delivered at the climax of the four days Christmas convention by the Dansoman District Head of The Apostles’ Continuation Church,...

Prospectus, other expenses by parents outweigh cost under free SHS – Report

A study conducted by African Education Watch, an educational civil society organisation, has revealed that prospectus and other expenses by parents outweigh the cost...

91 ambulances imported in 2020 not operational – Akandoh alleges

The Ranking Member on the Health Committee of Parliament, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has disclosed that 91 out of the 307 ambulances imported and commissioned...

Pentecostal and Charismatic Council backs anti-LGBTQI+ Bill

The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) has thrown its weight behind the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021 that...

Mysterious fire outbreak at Bibiani: Over 15 rendered homeless

Over 15 persons have been rendered homeless in a mysterious house fire at at Bibiani Old Town in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipal of...

Fire guts Race Course market in Kumasi [Photos]

Traders at the Race Course market in Kumasi are counting their losses after an inferno gutted the market in the early hours of Monday...

The GH₵3 Billion Lie: Gov’t pays hundreds of millions to company despite false claims about its work

In a control room in Tema in the Greater Accra Region, officials of Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) tried to convince The Fourth Estate of its wild...

Migrant Watch and Skills Revolution Front marks World Migration Day

On the occasion of World Migration Day, the Migrant Watch and Skills Revolution Front (MWSRF) in Ghana underscores its unwavering commitment to advancing regular...

Anyaa Sowutuom MP working to augment infrastructure at Odorgonno SHS

Member of Parliament (MP) for Anyaa Sowutuom, Dr Dickson Adomako Kissi has admonished his colleague MPs to prioritize education of their constituents. Dr. Kissi is...