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Truck carrying galamsey equipment crashes into Sehwi Juaboso Magistrate court [Photos]

A KIA Rhino truck with registration number AS 9184-20, allegedly loaded with mining equipment has crashed into the Sehwi Juaboso Magistrate Court at Juaboso...

Ambulance case: Judge warns parties to tone down on commentary outside of court

The judge sitting on the ongoing ambulance purchase trial, Justice Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe, has warned parties involved in the case to tone down their...

Chiefs and residents of Kwadwo Addaikrom demand completion of abandoned projects

The chiefs and people of Kwadwo Addaikrom in the Asunafo North Municipality of the Ahafo Region are unhappy about uncompleted projects in the area. The...

Appiatse Support Fund commends Chamber of Mines for donation

The Appiatse Support Fund (ASF) has commended members of the Ghana Chamber of Mines for their generous contributions towards the reconstruction of the Appiatse...

Kumasi: Eyewitness makes shocking revelation about Pico Restaurant fire outbreak

Four shops including popular fast food joint, Pico Restaurant have been burnt in a fire which broke out close to Top-High in Kumasi Tuesday. An...

About 20 injured in accident on Gomoa Potsin road

About 20 people have sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident at Awutu Bonsuoko on the Senya Bereku-Gomoa Akotsi road in the Central...

Pwalugu dam: Minister joins call for probe says $12m can’t go waste

Deputy Sanitation and Water Resources Minister, Amidu Issahaku Chinnia, has called for accountability regarding the funds allocated for the Pwalugu Multipurpose Dam project in...

Ambulance trial: Case for A-G’s resignation unnecessary – Nana B [Audio]

The National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye has said the calls for the Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame to...

AG’s spokesperson may have lied when he said Dame was unaware of meeting with Jakpa – Samson Lardy

Private Legal Practitioner, Samson Lardy Anyenini has said claims that the Attorney-General, Godfred Dame was ‘ambushed’ at the residence of a Supreme Court Judge...

Ambulance case: Sack AG if he doesn’t resign – Prof. Appiagyei to Akufo-Addo

An Associate Professor at the University of Ghana School of Law, Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua, has asked the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah...

Hajj Board sends strong message to pilgrims

The Ghana Hajj Board has said it is collaborating with security agencies in Saudi Arabia to arrest Ghanaians who travel to perform this year’s...

Fire destroys four shops at Ayigya

A fire outbreak has reduced four shops to ashes at Ayigya in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The incident occurred around 7 PM...

Cyber Security Authority raises alarm over WhatsApp scams

The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) says it has noticed a significant increase in incidents of individuals falling victim to social engineering, resulting in unauthorised...

Peasant farmers in despair over $12m spent on Pwalugu Dam

The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana has expressed shock over the payment of $12 million to a contractor for the Puwalugu Dam in the...

GH¢15bn debt leaves contractors in poor health, economic state

The Ghana Chamber of Construction Industry, has decried the state of many of its members due to unpaid GH¢15 billion debt owed it by...

NDPC to launch Ghana Vision 2057

The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) has completed a 32-year-long term national development perspective framework to guide the development of all sectors of the...

Palace guard on bail over illegal possession of Police uniform

An Accra Circuit Court has granted a GH₵10,000 bail with a surety to a palace guard accused of illegally possessing a police uniform and...

Concerned Small Scale Miners demand resignation of executives

Some members of the Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners (GNASSM) are calling for the resignation of their executives. The concerned members have said the...

Four officials of Somé Senior High School remanded

The Tokor Circuit Court has remanded four staff of the Somé Senior High School(SHS) in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta region into...

SSNIT must come clean – Majority Leader demands transparency on hotel sale

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has urged the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to release documents related to the sale...

First batch of 2024 Hajj pilgrims departing today

The first batch of pilgrims for the 2024 Hajj is set to depart from Tamale International Airport to the holy city of Mecca in...

GN Bank to revive operations as Dr Nduom seeks to retrieve banking license

Groupe Ndoum (GN) has initiated steps to recover its banking license in a bid to revive operations across Ghana. At a gathering addressed by Dr...

Government can intervene to resolve rising cost of cement – Yusif Sulemana

Ranking Member on Parliament's Trade and Industry Committee, Yusif Sulemana, firmly believes that government can do more to reduce the cost of cement rather...

Fire guts restaurant near SG Mall in Kumasi [Video]

A devastating fire broke out at Pico Restaurant, located near SG Mall in the Top High area of Kumasi. The incident occurred Monday evening with...

Thief forced to sing, dance to Shatta Wale’s music after failed operation

In a bizarre turn of events, a thief was forced to sing and dance to Shatta Wale's music after his failed operation. The suspect was...

2 dead, others injured after truck somersaults on Winneba-Accra road

Two people have died, and several others have been injured following a truck accident on the Winneba-Accra highway. The truck, heavily loaded with tomatoes and...

Aggrieved Deputy Directors of Education kick against new GES service scheme

The Coalition of Aggrieved Teachers on the Rank of Deputy Director is kicking against the newly drafted scheme of service that seeks to limit...

NLA boss wins overall Public Sector CEO of the Year Award for 2 consecutive years

The Director General of the National Lottery Authority, Samuel Awuku, has once again secured the prestigious Overall Public Sector CEO of the Year Award...

Nigerian sex worker jailed 5-years for trafficking young girls into prostitution

An Asokwa Circuit Court has sentenced a Nigerian commercial sex worker noted for trafficking young girls into prostitution in Konongo in the Ashanti region...

Health providers and NHIA discuss collaborative initiatives for progressive healthcare

In a move towards bolstering Ghana's healthcare landscape, key stakeholders in the health sector convened for exploratory talks aimed at jointly implementing preventive and...

Final-year Ghanaian students on govt scholarship in Morocco risk repetition [Audio]

Final-year Ghanaian students on government scholarships in Morocco are likely to stay another year in school due to the lack of money to fund...

Michael Akafia appointed new President of Chamber of Mines

Lawyer Michael Akafia of Gold Fields Ghana Limited has been appointed the new President of the Ghana Chamber of Mines. He is succeeding Joshua Mortoti...

Three-year-old dies in car crash involving actor Lil Win

The car crash involving actor Kwadwo Nkansah, also known as Lil Win, resulted in the tragic death of a three-year-old boy named Nana Yaw. The...

Three officers of Somè SHS interdicted over alleged theft

Three officials from Somè Senior High School in the Volta Region have been interdicted by the Ghana Education Service (GES) pending an investigation into...

Multimedia Group’s Ken Ansah adjudged CEO of the year 2023 in Media-Radio sector

For the third consecutive time, the Chief Operating Officer of the Multimedia Group, Ken Ansah, has been adjudged CEO of the Year 2023 in...

Kadjebi MP cuts sod for construction of TVET school at Dodo Amanfrom

The Member of Parliament for Kadjebi Akan constituency in the Oti Region, Engineer Yao Gomado has led a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of...

Afenyo-Markin dedicates birthday to Hepatitis B awareness; screens over 500 individuals

Majority Leader in Parliament who doubles as the Member of Parliament for Effutu Constituency, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has screened over 200 inmates and 300 officers...

Court slaps Nana Oye with GH₵5K cost, dismisses suit against ex-husband 

The High Court in Accra has dismissed the suit filed by former Minister for Gender, Children and Social, Nana Oye Bampoe Addo against her...

Guru reacts to Sarkodie’s endorsement of his UG SRC presidential bid

Rapper, Guru has expressed gratitude to fellow musician, Sarkodie for endorsing his SRC presidential bid at the University of Ghana, Legon. Sarkodie campaigned for his...

Deputy Works and Housing Minister defies heavy rains to inspect Kwesimintsim projects

The Deputy Minister for Works and Housing and Member of Parliament for Kwesimintsim, Dr. Prince Hamid Armah, braved a heavy downpour on Saturday to...