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Hawa Koomson’s media blacklist: MFWA backs GJA

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has backed the call by the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on the media to avoid covering any...

Hawa Koomson threatens to sue GJA President

The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development and Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East, Hawa Koomson, is considering legal action against the President...

ECG transitions meter application and other services online starting February 1

The Electricity Company of Ghana Limited (ECG), has announced a digital shift for services like new connections, separate meters, and additional loads.  Starting February 1,...

National Security Ministry to fix dangerous potholes on Spintex road

The Human Security Department of the Ministry of National Security is actively working to tackle the issue of hazardous potholes affecting specific sections of...

Major Boakye-Djan laid to rest

A solemn yet colourful mass, laced with native and Christian rituals characterised the pre-burial ceremony of Osahene Major Kojo Boakye-Djan (retd), in Accra on...

KNUST student pays fees for 11 needy colleagues

A final year Human Resources (HR) student at the KNUST School of Business (KSB), Emmanuel Jason Asare, has made headlines for his commendable act...

Infographics: NPP MPs who lost or retained their parliamentary bids

Disappointments and surprises marked the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary primaries on Saturday, January 27, as several incumbent Members of Parliament lost their bids...

NPP primaries: Journalist arrested at Dome Kwabenya

A journalist from Oyerapa FM, Kwaku Ansah has been arrested in Dome Kwabenya while covering the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries. Reports reaching Adom...

NSS denies allegations of GH¢155 payment to service personnel

Management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has denied allegations of underpaying service personnel GH¢155 instead of the approved GH¢715.57. Recent reports suggested that personnel...

Police must investigate excesses in military raid at Ashaiman- Prof Appiagyei-Atua

Associate Professor at the School of Law, University of Ghana, Prof Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua, has called on the police to investigate the excesses admitted by...

Walewale: Six including 6-year-old injured as gunmen attack bus

A passenger vehicle traveling from Missiga in the Upper East Region to Kumasi has been attacked by gunmen. This has resulted in the hospitalisation of...

Bird flu outbreak: Over 22,000 birds destroyed in Takoradi

A total of 22,090 adult birds have been destroyed by the Veterinary Service in Sekondi-Takoradi of the Western Region, following an outbreak of bird...

Driver dead, another injured in accident on Adukrom Hill [Photos]

A driver has died with another person injured after an accident at Asenema in the Okere District of the Eastern region. The accident involved a...

Parliamentary committee presents report on Ashaiman military brutalities

The Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Interior, assigned to investigate the military brutalities against Ashaiman residents, has presented its report. In its report, the...

Full judgment on coup plotters’ case

The Accra High Court has released the official document in which it found six persons who were standing trial for an alleged coup plot...

Family announces one week celebration for Amma Busia

The one-week celebration of New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Amma Busia has been set for Friday, February 9, 2024. The ceremony will take place...

ADB and 5 others obtain authorisation to sell assets of PBC Ltd, including its head office

A court order has been granted to the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) and five other banks, namely Cal Bank, Bank of Africa, GCB, Universal...

Ghana to get alumina refinery as GIADEC announces strategic partner for Project 3A

Ghana is set to benefit from a new alumina refinery following the successful selection of a strategic partner that will work with the Ghana...

Four prisoners who passed 2023 WASSCE gain university admission

Authorities at the Sunyani Central Prison have expressed joy over four of their inmates' admission to read degree courses in three universities, as part...

Farmer loses over 1000 tubers of yams to bush fire

A farmer at Bale in the Bole district of the Savannah region, has lost over 1000 tubers of yams to a bush fire despite...

Aburonahia residents stage protest over illegal mining on their rivers

Residents of Aburonahia, a community in the Akontombra district of the Western North Region, have taken to the streets in protest against the ongoing...

West Legon Accident: 4 Firefighters on duty injured

Four firefighters have been injured, with two in critical condition, after the last floor of a two-storey building collapsed on them during a fire...

Be consistent under every administration – Mahama tells GBA

Former President John Mahama has called on the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) to shed its perceived partisan leanings and advocate for national interest, regardless...

Another distressing news hits Mepe

Mepe, a town already grappling with the aftermath of flooding caused by the Volta River Authority (VRA) spillage, has been struck by yet another...

Policeman dies in road crash on Kwahu-Omanpe Road

 A police Constable stationed at the Enchi District Police Com­mand has died in an accident on the Kwahu-Omanpe Road in the Aowin Municipality of...

Akufo-Addo announces plans to revive TOR at inauguration of Chinese-owned refinery

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has highlighted ongoing efforts towards the complete revitalization of the Tema Oil Refinery. This declaration came during the inauguration...

Man allegedly beheads father, injures mother at Assin Akrofuom

A 25-year-old man, Richard Manu, also known as Azonto, has allegedly beheaded his father, Kwaku Manu, at Assin Akrofuom in the Assin South District...

National House of chiefs send important message to govt over galamsey

The National House of Chiefs has reiterated its urgent appeal to the government to implement extensive measures aimed at effectively curbing the problem of...

Women don’t have money to enter politics – Women’s advocate

Susan Aryeetey, Executive Director of the International Federation of Women Lawyers in Ghana (FIDA-Ghana), has outlined key obstacles preventing women from active participation in...

Appeal my acquittal if you find it problematic – ACP Agordzo dares A-G

Assistant Commissioner of Police, Dr. Benjamin Agordzo, has thrown down the gauntlet to the Attorney General, daring him to contest his acquittal if he...

Ghana Boundary Commission to replace destroyed pillars in Oti region

The Ghana Boundary Commission has initiated a sensitisation programme ahead of its reaffirmation exercise to replace damaged boundary pillars in the Oti Region. Major General...

Wa East MP condemns military brutalities in Goripie and Manwe

Wa East Member of Parliament, Dr Godfred Seidu Jasaw has strongly condemned the reported military assault in Goripie and Manwe, communities located within the...

UCC: Police man graduates as best student in Social Behaviour and Conflict Management

General Corporal Paul Asare of the Ghana Police Service was the Best Graduating Sandwich student in Social Behaviour and Conflict Management for the 2022/2023...

2 jailed for stealing electrical cables

Two men who broke into an empty house at Sokode-Etoe, near Ho in the Volta Region, and made away with the fitted electrical cables...

NHIS chases health facilities over illegal charges

The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has threatened to suspend some accredited health facilities charging illegal fees. The NHIS in a statement said they have...

Education Minister appeals for GSTEP to be extended to all regions

The Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has appealed to the organisers of the Ghana Science and Tech Explorer Price (GSTEP) challenge to extend...

Oti Minister calls for an end to cocoa smuggling

The Oti Regional Minister, Joshua Makubu has expressed concern over the frequent smuggling of cocoa beans from the region to neighboring countries. He noted that,...

Health workers demand 8 month pension arrears  

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) and the Health Services Workers Union have petitioned the National Pension Regulatory Authority to release their...

I was recently denied US visa – Kofi Amoabeng

Businessman, Prince Kofi Amoabeng, has revealed he was recently denied a visa to the United States of America (USA). According to the co-founder of...

Fresh details on man killed in accident near Tantra Hill

It has emerged that the victim of Thursday morning's accident near Tantra Hill on the Accra-Nsawam highway is a popular resident of Krobo Odumase...