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Births and Deaths Registry records 663,223 births in 2023

The Births and Deaths Registry recorded 663,223 births between January and December, 2023, Mr Adam Zig-Naa Abudulai, Public Relations Officer (PRO), Births and Deaths...

PAC criticises Interior Ministry over private security firms

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has criticized the Interior Ministry for inefficient monitoring of private security companies in the country. The 2022 Auditor General’s...

Lands Commission to eradicate ‘middlemen’ in registration space using Ghana Card

The Lands Commission says it is working closely with the National Identification Authority (NIA) to eliminate undesirable "middlemen" in the land registration space using...

50 KNUST students involved in accident [Video]

A bus conveying level 400 students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been involved in an accident. The incident...

Man, 39, found dead after going missing

A 39-year-old man has been found dead on a farm close to River Asuo Kofi at Kwawu Asona in the Kwawu West Municipality of...

UTAG demands apology from UNIMAC Vice Chancellor

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) is demanding an apology from the Vice Chancellor of the University of Media, Arts and Communication (UniMAC),...

Jospong Group to sponsor 600 students to study in Russia

Over 600 Ghanaian students are to benefit from scholarship packages from the Jospong Group of Companies to study at the RUDN University in Russia...

Newmont supports over 1,000 farmers in Ahafo Region

The Ahafo Region is prolific for its agriculture contribution to Ghana’s economy and food security. Earning the description, “the food basket of Ghana”, the...

Asantehene to receive first batch of looted objects from Britain

The first batch of seven objects looted in the third Anglo-Asante War of 1874 has arrived in Ghana on board a United Airlines flight...

Akufo-Addo nominates 26 new MMDCEs

President Akufo-Addo has nominated 26 new Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to be voted on by Assembly members of their districts. If...

LPG Marketers Association welcomes new mode of importation

The Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Marketers Association of Ghana has welcomed the maiden Open Competitive Tender for LPG imports into the country. According to the...

First boat to be built at Regional Maritime University

Managing Director of Lamar Marine Services, an agency of the Regional Maritime University (RMU), Mohamed Saleh Alshareef, has announced that the first boat will...

64% of Ghanaian workers financially stressed – Old Mutual Financial Services Monitor

Sixty four percent of working Ghanaians are financially stressed, particularly amongst lower income earners (below GH¢3,000 per month) and those working in the informal...

Companies laying off workers due to numerous taxes – GNCCI

The Chief Executive of the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI), Mark Badu-Aboagye, has bemoaned the rate at which companies are collapsing...

Fishermen in Jamestown call on gov’t to provide resources to deal with growing waste

The shores of the James Town coastal community, once a safe haven for fishermen, are undergoing a rapid transformation. Plastic bags have emerged as...

Akufo-Addo reacts to Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger’s exit from ECOWAS

President Akufo-Addo has expressed his disappointment over the unfortunate choice made by Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso to withdraw from the Economic Community of...

Major General Onwona takes over as new Chief of Army Staff

Major General Bismarck Kwasi Onwona has taken over as the new Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). This...

Electricity VAT: Next time they’ll tax the number of children we have if… – TUC

The Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Dr Anthony Yaw Baah has justified the union's decision to resist the 15 per cent...

House help accused of killing 83-year-old employer moved to prison

The Asokwa District Court has approved a police request to transfer 22-year-old house help, Marku Kuame, from their custody to prison. This move comes as...

15-year-old develops anti-sleep device for drivers after losing father, brother

Mary Manu, a 15-year-old girl, has birthed the development of a device that could help lessen the bloodshed on Ghana's roadways. The name...

Afoko retrial: Don’t rely on your memories, take notes – Defence lawyers urge jury

Defence lawyers in the case in which Gregory Afoko is standing retrial for the murder of New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Upper East Regional Chairman,...

UDS: Good news for students who were unable to complete their programmes

The Academic Board of the University of Development Studies (UDS) has declared amnesty for all diploma, degree, and postgraduate students who couldn't finish their...

Chamber of Real Estate to partner Chartered Institute of Realtors

The Chamber of Real Estate has announce its partnership with the Chartered Institute of Realtors (CIR). Chamber of Real Estate, is a conglomeration of real...

Loho residents storm police station over murder of musician by police

Aggrieved residents of Loho in the Nadowli-Kaleo District stormed the Upper West Regional Police Headquarters over the alleged murder of a 27-year-old musician, Amos...

Western North, Greater Accra top regions with most promiscuous men

Often, many men in Accra get bad press for supposedly having multiple sex partners. Their accusers were not exactly wrong as it turns out one...

Ghana Water reacts to alleged importation of ‘One Drop’ water treatment product

Ghana Water Limited (GWL) has responded to the recent claims made by Sam Nettey George, the Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram about the importation...

AAG appoints Isaac Cudjoe as Executive Director

Isaac Cudjoe has been appointed as the Executive Director of the Advertising Association of Ghana, effective February 1, 2024. The position was previously held by...

Organised Labour demo against electricity tax set for February 13

Organized Labour is set to embark on a nationwide protest against the government's implementation of a 15% Value Added Tax (VAT) on electricity. The union...

Puma Energy Ghana enabling energy access for clean cooking

Puma Energy Ghana, a leading energy company, has reiterated its commitment to enabling access to energy and specifically clean cooking solutions as the U.S....

600 students to benefit from scholarships as Jospong Group signs MoU with RUDN University

Over 600 Ghanaian students are to benefit from scholarship packages from the Jospong Group of Companies to study at the RUDN University in Russia...

TEWU and affiliated unions maintain strike after meeting with Finance Ministry ends in stalemate

Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) and other affiliated unions have communicated the outcome of their meeting with the Finance Ministry to their members. Despite...

My younger brother’s manhood is bigger than mine – Man cries on live radio [Listen]

How would you feel if your manhood became smaller and curved after circumcision? It's quite worrying, isn't it? That is the reality faced by a...

One feared dead in Tema motorway crash [Video]

A major gridlock has rocked the Accra-Tema Motorway on Friday afternoon, as the driver of a Hyundai truck with registration number GR 7015-N is...

‘Flag Akwankyerɛ’: Travel prophesy leads to US flag shortage in Ghana

Exactly a year ago, the Ghana Police Service cautioned pastors against prophecies on the night of December 31 that might create fear and panic...

Foreign Minister announces her candidacy for Commonwealth Secretary General

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has formally declared her interest to vie for the Secretary General position of...

Over half of physically, sexually abused women don’t seek help – GSS report

Over half of women who have been physically or sexually abused have not reported their abusers nor have they told anyone of their abuse. This...

16 drug addicts at Krofrom ‘Colombia’ in Kumasi submit to rehab

Sixteen drug addicts at 'Colombia', a popular den for drug addicts in Kumasi, have willingly submitted themselves to undergo rehabilitation. This follows an initiative by...

Police Service congratulates officer who graduated as valedictorian

The Ghana Police Service has celebrated Lance Corporal Richmond Nyarko Obeng for his exceptional academic achievements. The Police officer recently graduated as the valedictorian with...

Police officer interdicted for assault

Police officer, General Corporal Wise Bessey, has been interdicted by the Ghana Police Service for allegedly assaulting a civilian at Takoradi in the Western...

Man inflicts cutlass wounds on wife for alleged cheating at Sefwi Wenchi

A 51-year-old farmer, Yaw Takyi has allegedly inflicted cutlass wounds on his wife, Martha Takyi. He accused her of infidelity after 25 years of marriage...