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GIBA commemorates 2024 World Radio Day

In commemoration of the 2024 World Radio Day, the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) has urged all broadcasters to focus on the power of...

Demand action from police, judiciary over assault on journalists – Oppong Nkrumah to GJA

The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has urged the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to increase pressure on the Ghana Police Service and the Judiciary...

Gov’t hasn’t abandoned Akosombo flood victims – Volta Regional Minister

Volta Region Minister, Dr Archibald Lesta has debunked claims that victims of the Akosombo Dam spillage have been abandoned. This comment follows concerns...

Anger and shock as police probe Jirapa Dubai CEO’s death

Residents of Jirapa in the Upper West Region together with the family of respected entrepreneur and CEO of the Royal Cosy Hills Hotel, are...

MoMo vendor shot in Walewale

A mobile money (MoMo) operator was shot Monday evening at Walewale in the North East Region. The victim, identified as Rabiu, has since been...

Teacher unions to release Educational Policy Document

Teacher unions in the country are set to release a comprehensive policy document, addressing ways to enhance the conditions of service for teachers and...

Mahama mourns Access Bank CEO

Former President John Mahama has sympathised with the family of the late Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Access Bank, Dr Herbert Wigwe. Dr Wigwe was...

Jirapa Dubai CEO murder: Search for killers must cover family and friends – Criminologist

A Criminologist at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr Jones Opoku-Ware has suggested that investigations into the murder of the owner...

Chief of Staff inaugurates Suhum, Ayensuano district assemblies

The Chief of Staff Akosua Frema Osei-Opare has inaugurated the district assemblies in Suhum and Ayensuano in the Eastern Region. She underscored the significance...

NSS issues 13,353 PIN codes to newly-trained teachers

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has issued a total of  13,353 Personal Identification Number (PIN) Codes for enrolment of newly trained teachers from all...

GWL to shut down Kpong water treatment plant

The Ghana Water Limited (GWL) has announced a temporary shutdown of one of its treatment plants in Kpong that serves the Krobo-Somanya area. The planned...

Girls in Jomoro engage in sex for fish

There is a growing culture of teenage girls trading sex for fish in the coastal communities of Half Assini in the Jomoro District of...

Chinese inmate at Nsawam escapes while receiving treatment at Korle Bu Hospital

A prison inmate, said to be a Chinese national has escaped while receiving treatment at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. The inmate, who...

Berekuso: Ultra-modern private burial grounds Graceland Gardens inaugurated

On Saturday 10th February 2024, a newly constructed, most decently-rated ultra-modern, state-of- the-art facility meant to purposely serve as a private burial grounds, Graceland...

Include dress code in legal ethics for law students – Chief Justice

Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo has supported the incorporation of the study of legal ethics in the curriculum of law faculties. She said the initiative would...

Kasoa ritual murder: I never planned with first accused to seek spiritual help – 2nd accused

The 18-year-old teenager in the alleged Kasoa ritual murder case has denied State Prosecutors assertions that he planned together with 15-year-old juvenile to seek...

Ghana ranked 20th in Africa with the lowest cost of living

Ghana has been ranked 20th in Africa out of 24 countries with the lowest cost of living, a new data from Numbeo has revealed. It...

Man who murdered 74-year-old stroke patient sentenced to 50 years

A 20-year-old man, Abdullah Mohammed, who allegedly killed a 74-year-old stroke patient, Alice Kakari, after robbing her home, has been sentenced to 50 years...

Prempeh College old students congratulate new Chief of Defence Staff

Prempeh College Old Students have paid a courtesy call on the newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Lieutenant General Thomas Oppong-Peprah and congratulated...

Death of Jirapa Dubai CEO: Two more suspects grabbed

Two additional suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of the Chief Executive Officer of the Cossy Hill Hotel popularly known as...

American Bible University confers honorary doctorate on Oseadeeyo Nana Kumi Kodie I

American Bible University, located in Houston, USA, recently recognised the exceptional leadership qualities, humanitarian efforts, and divine activities of Oseadeeyo Nana Kumi Kodie I,...

How 20-year-old robbed and killed stroke patient, 74 at Kasoa [Watch]

A Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) footage of how 20-year-old Mohammed Abdullah allegedly killed a 74-year-old stroke patient after robbing her in her three-bedroom house in...

EOCO not under political pressure to investigate, prosecute cases – COP Tiwaa Addo-Danquah

The Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah says she is not under political pressure to...

Zoomlion Foundation launches ‘Agenda Zero Waste’, unveils Green Generation Champions

Zoomlion Foundation in collaboration with the Accra College of Education has launched Agenda Zero Waste as part of efforts to get everyone on board...

COCOBOD denies neglecting cocoa sprayers’ health concerns

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has reacted to claims that, it is not providing essential medical care to its contracted mass cocoa sprayers following...

Bad weather contributed greatly to Access Bank Group CEO’s helicopter crash

Preliminary information flowing from ongoing investigations into the helicopter crash that killed Dr Herbert Wigwe, CFR, the founding Group Chief Executive Officer of Access...

MMDAs to be inaugurated today

The Office of the President and the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation, and Rural Development have announced the inauguration of Metropolitan, Municipal, and District...

TEWUG urges members to continue strike

The Tertiary Education Workers Union of Ghana (TEWU-GH) is urging members to continue the industrial strike in spite of engagement with the government on...

Education Minister commiserates with family of late Aburi Girls SHS student

Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has sympathised with management of Aburi Girls Senior High School(SHS) and the family of the student who tragically...

NMC wades into GJA’s blacklisting of Hawa Koomson, Yendi MP

The National Media Commission (NMC) has described as dysfunction and unproductive, a directive by the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to media houses to blacklist...

OSP sensitises media on electoral corruption

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), in collaboration with the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) and its partners, organised a media awareness workshop on...

Isaac Mensah appointed spokesperson for Office of Attorney-General

A state attorney, Isaac Willberforce Mensah, has been appointed as the spokesperson for the Office of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice. Mr Mensah,...

Ministry of Local Government inaugurates District Assemblies today

The Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation, and Rural Development will today, February 12, 2024 inaugurate District Assemblies. The exercise in partnership with the Office...

ICU-Ghana suspends industrial action

The Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU) has joined Organised Labour to suspend its intended strike on February 13, 2024. This was due to...

Ghanaian teachers certified to work abroad – National Teaching Council

The Registrar of National Teaching Council (NTC), Dr. Christian Addai-Poku has revealed the license of teachers in Ghana has gained international recognition. Currently, Dr Addai-Poku...

Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers commend Bawumia

The Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers have lauded New Patriotic Party 9NPP) flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia's plans to implement a flat rate tax. The proposed...

Electricity VAT suspension victory for Organised Labour – ICU

The General Secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union(ICU) Morgan Ayawine, has commended Organised Labour for their position on the 15% Value Added...

Togbe Afede invited to Harvard’s Africa Development Conference 2024

The Agbogbomefia of Asogli, Togbe Afede XIV has been invited to be a “distinguished panelist” at Harvard’s Africa Development Conference (ADC). The conference is...

Trade Queen Africa launched in Accra

The AfCFTA Young Entrepreneurs Federation (AfYEF) has officially launched the maiden edition of the Trade Queen Africa (Miss Traq) project in Accra. Miss Traq takes...

UTAG defers strike after negotiations with gov’t

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has put off any industrial action until further notice following successful negotiations with the government over their...