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Korle Bu Teaching Hospital to hand over morgue to AMA

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in Accra is to hand over the hospital’s mortuary to the Accra Metropolitan Assembly to be used as...

Cyber Security Authority warns against Valentine’s day scams

The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) has warned individuals against malicious cyber actors who often use the Valentine's Day celebration to defraud unsuspecting victims. An amount...

PAC sets one-month deadline for Ken Attafuah to repay GH₵98K used for SSNIT penalty

Public Accounts Committee has instructed Prof. Kenneth Attafuah, the Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), to reimburse over GH¢98,000. The amount in question...

AMA meets GUTA over implementation of new Revenue Digitalization System

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has met the Business Committee of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) over the implementation of a new...

Agogo-based Salt FM remains shut as operations move online

Agogo-based radio station, Salt FM has transitioned its operations online following the disconnection of their equipment by the National Communications Authority (NCA). In response to...

Bepong residents angry over police treatment

Residents in Kwawu Bepong are unhappy with how the police is handling the turmoil in the area. They claim the officers deployed to the area...

Family demands justice for mother-of-five killed in Bepong police clash

A tragic clash between residents of Kwawu Bepong and police has resulted in the death of Abena Nyarkoa, a mother of five children. Her death...

GJA President alleges threat from Yendi MP

The President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Albert Dwumfuor, has alleged that, Member of Parliament for Yendi, Farouk Aliu Mahama has threatened him. According...

Eastern Regional Minister visits Kwahu Bepong

The Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Kwame Acheampong has paid a courtesy call to chiefs and family members of the victims in Kwawu Bepong. The visit...

GRIDCo system disturbance affecting regions in the North

The Ghana Grid Company has announced a system disturbance that occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, February 7, affecting power supply in all...

The video that triggered interdiction of Police Inspector [Watch]

The video that led to the interdiction of Chief Inspector Benjamin Doe Kuwornu has gone viral on social media. The interdiction was initiated to facilitate...

Manhyia Palace receives first consignment of looted objects

The Manhyia Palace in Kumasi has received the first batch of looted objects and artefacts from the American Museum. The Palace is expected to receive...

Manhyia drops list of prominent Asante chiefs who died alongside 4,000 soldiers in ‘Sangrenti War’

Several prominent Asante chiefs perished when the British Army clashed with soldiers of the Ashanti Kingdom at Amoaful near Asante Bekwai in 1874. The...

Hawa Koomson to meet GJA over assault case

The President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has said Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East, Mavis Hawa Koomson has called for peace. According...

Agogo residents protest over closure of Salt FM by NCA

There is an uneasy calm at Agogo in the Asante Akyem North District of the Ashanti region following the forceful closure of Salt FM. A...

60% of Ghanaians not saving for retirement – Report

Approximately 6 out of 10 Ghanaians are not saving for retirement, according to the 2023 Old Mutual Financial Services Monitor. This is significantly higher amongst...

Traders call for review of Nkwanta South curfew

Traders Association at Nkwanta South in the Oti Region have called on the Interior Ministry to review the curfew imposed on the township. According to...

Kasoa ritual murder: I don’t know anything about Ishmael’s death – 18-year-old speaks

The 18-year-old teenager who has been charged together with a 15-year-old juvenile has told the High Court in Accra that “I do not know...

Aburi Girls SHS student reported dead

A first-year student at Aburi Girls Senior High School (SHS) in the Eastern Region has tragically passed away. The student, who complained of severe stomach...

Veteran journalist passes on

A former Editor of The Mirror, Emmanuel Nii Okai Provencal has passed away, aged 79. He passed away on January 10, after a short...

Plot to remove IGP: Committee will not serve anyone’s interest – Atta Akyea

The Chairman of the Ad hoc Committee of Parliament investigating has the alleged clandestine plot to remove the Inspector General of Police(IGP) Dr George...

NIB officials stripped me naked – Agordzo

A former Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Benjamin Agordzo, who has been acquitted and discharged over an alleged coup plot has shared more harrowing experiences...

NGO raises concerns over Emissions Levy Act

A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Penplusbytes has express worry the taxation framework for vehicles outlined in the Emissions Levy Act. The organisation has said the...

Withdraw Public University Bill – UTAG to government

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) is calling for the immediate withdrawal of the Public University Bill, 2020. UTAG has described the Bill...

Amasaman accident: Truck driver arrested

The driver of the truck involved in a crash on Monday with a Sprinter bus around the China Mall stretch of the Amasaman-Nsawam road,...

Otumfuo Sir Osei Agyeman Prempeh II’s book on Asanteman History launched

After more than five decades after his death, a book on the History of Asanteman authored by Otumfuo Sir Osei Agyeman Prempeh II, has...

GNAT joins demo against electricity VAT

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has announced plans to participate in the demonstration against the 15% Value Added Tax (VAT) on electricity...

Another police officer interdicted

The Ghana Police Service has interdicted a Police Chief Inspector, Benjamin Doe Kuwornu for unprofessional conduct. Chief Kuwornu, stationed at Assin Fosu in the...

Bawku conflict: We’re no longer safe – Upper East Regional House of Chiefs

The Upper East Regional House of Chiefs says residents are now living in fear following the recent surge in violence in the Bawku municipality...

NCA, security officers shut down Salt FM

The National Communications Authority (NCA) accompanied by security officers has shut down Agogo-based Salt 95.9 FM in the Ashanti region. The radio station was shut...

Six illegal miners arrested for mining in river Tain

A task force against illegal mining at Wenchi in the Bono Region has arrested six persons who were reportedly mining in the river Tain. The...

GJA blacklist Yendi MP for assault on journalist 

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), has ordered all media houses to blacklist the Member of Parliament for Yendi, Farouk Aliu Mahama for allegedly assaulting...

Mahama criticises gov’t for ‘oppressing’ teachers

Former President John Mahama has criticised the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government for what he perceives as the oppression of teachers. He argued...

Finance Ministry reacts to ¢77m Contingency Vault media reports

The Ministry of Finance has described as inaccurate and unfounded a report by some media outlets suggesting that the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, took...

PRINPAG backs GJA’s decision to blacklist Yendi MP

The Private Newspapers and Online News Publishers Association of Ghana (PRINPAG) has backed the Ghana Journalists Association's (GJA) decision to blacklist the Member of...

Herdsman inflicts cutlass wounds on farmer

A farmer has been left with severe cutlass wounds following an altercation with a herdsman at Seripe, a farming community in the Bole district...

Two organizations support education at Ekurabadze

Two non-governmental organizations; Charity Trust Africa and Cyber1Defense Communications have teamed up to support education delivery at Ekurabadze in the Mfantsiman Municipality in the...

Fire burns 7 bedrooms, leaves several displaced at Mpatasie

Over twenty people have been displaced after fire destroys a seven-bedroom house at Mpatasie near Berekum in the Bono Region. Several properties have been damaged...

DVLA resolves online registration challenges – Registers 25,101 vehicles

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has resolved the initial challenges that affected the online registration of vehicles at the beginning of the...

Common core curriculum: Science students to skip Core Maths, Integrated Science

All Senior High School (SHS) Science students will no longer be required to study Core and Elective Mathematics as separate examinable subjects from the...