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Deputy Registrar of Bolga Technical University shot dead by gunmen

A Deputy Registrar of the Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU), Alhassan Azumah has been shot dead by gunmen who are yet to be identified. The deceased...

Security high in Bawku after gunmen killed 2

Security has been heightened in the Upper East Region following a reported attack by unidentified gunmen in Bawku. The shootings resulted in the death of...

Eugene Arhin pays medical bills of 17 accident victims at Awutu Fianko

One person has been confirmed dead with 17 others injured after a vehicle rammed into them during jogging at Awutu Fianko in the Awutu...

Senior Staff Association of Universities unable to meet NLC

The Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG) has asked the National Labour Commission (NLC) to reschedule a meeting which was set for Thursday, January...

10th anniversary: Late Komla Dumor’s sister shares fond memories of their early morning drives

In the quiet pre-dawn hours of Kwabenya in Accra, a unique bond between siblings was forged on the familiar route from home to the...

One dead, five injured in shooting incident at Bawku

One person has been confirmed dead with five others injured in a sporadic shooting incident at Bawku in the Upper East region. The unfortunate...

Housing project: Emotional moment granny presented her ‘widow’s mite’ to Ablakwa

A 78-year-old, Florence Aning, has presented her heartfelt contribution to the Safe Alternative Housing Project led by Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel...

National malaria elimination plan launched

A Malaria Elimination Strategic Plan has been launched in Accra, aimed at achieving zero malaria incidence across the country by 2028. The document was launched...

Trade Minister engages cement manufacturers over rising prices         

The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoTI) and the Chamber of Cement Manufacturers, Ghana (COCMAG) have agreed to periodically hold consultative meetings with industry...

8-year-old ghosts receive LEAP

The Auditor-General has indicted the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Management Secretariat (LMS) for paying deceased beneficiaries, some of them up to eight years...

Parent Associations can fundraise to support Free SHS policy – GES

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that Parents Associations (PAs) can fundraise in support of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy.  According...

Ekumfi MP replies Akufo-Addo

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ekumfi, Abeiku Crentsil, has expressed dissatisfaction with President Akufo-Addo's reasons for neglecting development in the area. Though Mr...

Cocoa Bills: Wake up to your responsibilities – Senyo Hosi to COCOBOD, government

Former Convener of Individual Bondholders Forum, Senyo Hosi, has taken a swipe at the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and the government over the non-payment...

Kente weaver, 27, remanded over murder

A 27-year-old kente weaver, Prosper Ayirebi has been remanded into prison custody by a Kpando District Court for his alleged involvement in the murder...

OSP chases ‘ghost’ names, others on govt payroll system

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) says it has commenced an investigation into ghost names on the government’s payroll system. The investigations seeks...

Fire outbreaks in Eastern Region decline in 2023

Annual fire outbreak statistics of the Eastern Regional Command of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) in 2022/2023 show a 10.77 per cent decrease...

John Jinapor questions Minerals Commission’s exclusion from GRA-SML deal

Ranking member of Parliament's Mines and Energy Committee, John Abdulai Jinapor has questioned how the Minerals Commission will be excluded from the contract awarded...

Disregard 20% fare increment – Transport Ministry

The Ministry of Transport has asked the public to disregard reports of a purported transport fare increment nationwide. The Ghana Private Road and Transport Union...

Gory accident on Adenta-Dodowa road [Video]

https://youtu.be/jVB1pgVUWO4 Many are feared in a gory accident on the Adenta-Dodowa road in the Greater Accra region. Several others have also sustained various degrees...

OSP half-year report: 152 cases under investigations

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is currently investigating 152 corruption and corruption- related cases.  The details of the cases according to the OSP...

Broadcasting Bill under review – Oppong Nkrumah

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the Broadcasting Bill is not before Parliament yet because portions of it are currently under review. According to...

Cocoa Bills Exchange Programme: Customers demand full payment of funds

Some holders of cocoa bills who did not participate in the Government of Ghana Cocoa Bill Exchange programme are asking Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD)...

OSP probes SML-GRA deal

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) says it has commenced probe into the controversial contract between Strategic Mobilization Ghana Limited (SML) and the...

Why I have no opinion on anti-LGBTQ Bill – Nana Kwame Bediako [Video]

https://youtu.be/3pB8Ku_i-5g Presidential hopeful, Nana Kwame Bediako, has refused to comment on the anti-LGBTQI+ Bill which is before Parliament for consideration. The founder of the New...

Over 137K SHS students yet to report to school in Western North

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) in the Western North Region has revealed that a significant number of Senior High School(SHS)...

Students evacuated from Sudan demand integration into Ghanaian universities

Some Ghanaian students who were evacuated from Sudan have petitioned Parliament to support their request for integration into tertiary institutions in the country. The...

Headmaster begs govt, GES to make Worawora SHS a STEM center

The headmaster of Worawora Senior High School (SHS) in the Biakoye district of the Oti Region, Michael Damesi, has appealed to the government and...

Senior Staff Association of Universities declares indefinite strike

The Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG) and the Federation of Universities Senior Staff Association of Ghana (FUSSAG) have declared a nationwide strike. The...

Gomoa Dominase residents demand dismissal of Potsin Polyclinic staff over alleged medical negligence

Some residents of Dominase in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region took to the streets to demonstrate over what they say is...

Let’s put our house in order – Awingobit appeals to PNC ‘feuding’ factions

Flagbearer aspirant of the People's National Convention (PNC) Sampson Asaaki Awingobit, has called on the national executives to put its house in order and...

Driver convicted for offering car owner’s vehicle for sale

A Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced a 33-year-old driver accused of offering his car owner’s vehicle for GH¢80,000 without his approval to seven years imprisonment in...

Disregard GES guidelines on PTA – National Council to members

The National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (NCPTA) has called on its members to disregard any directive from the Ghana Education Service (GES) on operational...

Create new Cantonments, don’t overburden old site – Kwame Gyan

Private legal practitioner and land expert Kwame Gyan says government should end its obsession with Cantonments in Accra and instead spearhead the development of...

Some roads lack good mapping, affecting safe driving – NRSA

The Director of Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation at the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) says some roads lack basic safety elements such as road...

Council rejects Parents Associations; wants PTA maintained

The National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (NCPTAs) has called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to immediately reverse the name Parent Association (PA) imposed...

Chiefs fight over who qualifies to be Otumfuo’s chief palmwine tapper

Goaso in the Ahafo Region is 'boiling' with a war of words over royalty as the current Omanhene is insisting the immediate past Omanhene ...

Government land redevelopment policy most abused – Ablakwa

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has called for an end to the Accra redevelopment policy. According to him, the policy has...

Lawyer gives update on Charles Bissue’s application to stop OSP from arresting him

Private legal practitioner, Nana Agyei Barfour Awuah has denied media reports that the former Secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles...

Minerals Commission distances itself from questionable SML contract

The Minerals Commission says it “did not play any role in the award of the contract” to Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML), an offshoot of a timber...

Sabronum: Angry residents set ablaze truck allegedly transporting excavator to forest

Some angry residents of Sabronum in the Ahafo Ano South East District of the Ashanti Region on Monday, January 15, 2024, blocked and set...