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2021 Best Fish Farmer yet to receive 2-bedroom house reward

Minority spokesperson on Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has revealed the 2021 Best Fish Farmer" has still not received a two-bedroom house which was...

Why do we call him Special Prosecutor instead of Special Investigator? – Domelevo quizzes

Anti-corruption crusader and former Auditor General, Daniel Domelovo, is not the least pleased that the Office of the Special Prosecutor appears to have been...

Resign if… – Former NPP Chairman to Special Prosecutor

A former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Constituency Chairman for New Juaben North, Kwadwo Boateng-Agyemang, has advised the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng to resign. According to...

2023 school placement records highest enrollment despite challenges

Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has touted the achievement of his Ministry in placing 95% of 2023 Junior High School graduates into various...

Parliament directs Health and Energy Ministries to find lasting solutions to power cuts at hospitals

Parliament has urged collaborative efforts between the Ministries of Energy and Health to find a lasting solution to matters surrounding electricity supply to health...

Missing Children Ghana holds seminar to commemorate gender-based violence activism

Non-governmental organisation (NGO), Missing Children Ghana, has held a sensitisation seminar to commemorate the global 16 days of activism against Gender-Based Violence(GBV). Titled Boys and...

Missing Children Ghana unveils new office [Photos]

Missing Children Ghana (MCG) has opened its new office in the heart of Accra, toward a significant stride in championing the rights of children...

Pressure mounts on gov’t over lithium deal

Pressure group, Mass Action for Sustainable Development in Africa (MASDA) has joined calls on government to reconsider the lithium deal with Barari BV....

218 illegal miners arrested – Forestry Commission

The Forestry Commission has arrested 218 persons illegally mining in forest reserves across the country. Out of the number, 24 have been prosecuted and jailed,...

Teshie Numo Nmashie Family not owners of over 72,000 acres of land in Accra — Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has clarified that the Numo Nmashie Family of Teshie in Greater Accra Region cannot hold themselves as owners of 70 villages,...

Collapse building kills man at Kasoa Opeikuma while chasing bird

A 59-year-old man, Peter Owusu, has died after an uncompleted building collapsed on him at Kasoa Opeikuma in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of...

Research commissioned to support RTI implementation

In a significant move to fortify the implementation of Ghana's Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Information Ministry has undertaken a comprehensive research initiative....

Adom TV Asukɔdɔ gets results: Independence Square undergoes renovation [Video]

https://youtu.be/XAZRY3QViFU Barely four months after Adom TV Asukɔdɔ titled Independence Square in disarray which shed light on the dilapidated nature of the national monument, renovation...

GNAT engage GES boss over interdiction of headteachers

The leadership of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has met with the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) Dr. Eric Nkansah. The meeting on Tuesday which...

Road Minister cuts sod for dualisation of Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway

The Minister of Roads and Transport, Kwasi Amoako-Atta has cut sod for the dualisation of Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway to reduce accidents and traffic. The...

Karpowership Ghana unveils 3-Bay Premix Shed for fisher folks in Takoradi

Karpowership Ghana has inaugurated a 3-bay premix shed at the Albert Bosomtwi-Sam Fishing Harbour in Takoradi. This purpose-built facility provides a dedicated space for fisher...

First class graduate appeals for support to undergo kidney transplant

A 24-year-old man has made a passionate appeal to Ghanaians for financial support to aid his kidney treatment. The patient, Kenneth Adom is in critical...

IET urges swift action on Anto-Aboso quarry site explosion

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has urged the Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah, to swiftly implement the comprehensive recommendations by...

Caterer jailed 20 years for sodomy

The Tarkwa Circuit Court in the Western Region has sentenced a 36-year-old caterer, Isaac Tweneboah Koduah to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour for...

More employers hiring from social media – Report

A new report published by the Chartered Institute of Human Resource Management and auditing firm, KPMG Ghana has shown a shift in the ways...

Minority describe as inadequate GH₵33m allocated to Legal Aid Commission

The Minority in Parliament says the GH₵33 million allocated to the Legal Aid Commission is woefully inadequate. The Commission ensures equality of access to justice...

Ablakwa slams gov’t for prioritizing $20million judgment debt over flood victims

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa has condemned the government for prioritizing the payment of judgment debts over providing emergency housing...

Teenage boy who threatened mother with knife granted bail   

The Gbetsile Circuit Court has granted bail in the sum of Gh₵50,000 with three sureties to Joshua Narh, a 19-year-old unemployed, who threatened his...

Amnesty International threatens legal action against Anti LGBTQI+ Bill

Amnesty International has stated that, it will institute a legal action against the LGBTQI+ Bill if passed by Parliament. This comes after the Commission of...

Adam Bonaa proposes solution to Bawku crisis

Security analyst, Dr. Adam Bonaa has stated that, a public enquiry into the Bawku crisis can help resolve the long conflict in the area. This...

It’s too early to call for OSP’s cancellation – Kofi Bentil

Senior Vice President of IMANI-Africa, Kofi Bentil, has called on Ghanaians to be patient with the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP). According to him,...

What Bawumia told Bawku Naaba during visit to his palace

The Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has visited the overlord of Kusaug traditional area, Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II at his Palace in Bawku...

Renowned CEO exonerated in tax evasion case

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of K-Ofori Limited and Kwadwo Boachie Enterprise, has been exonerated of any wrongdoing in a suspected tax evasion and...

It won’t be in the interest of any party to scrap the OSP – Inusah Fuseini

Former Member of Parliament’s Constitutional and Legal Committee, Inusah Fusieni has shotdown attempts by critics to downplay the importance of the Office of the...

Menzgold: Prosecution bets on 11 witnesses in Nam 1’s case

The prosecution in the trial in which the CEO of Menzgold Ghana Limited, Nana Appiah Mensah aka NAM1 and two of his companies have...

I almost lost hope after 3 universities rejected me – KETASCO NSMQ contestant

Keta Senior High School NSMQ contestant, Bright Senyo Gadzo has revealed he lost hope after he was rejected by three out of the four...

KETASCO NSMQ contestant secures scholarship to study in USA

Bright Senyo Gadzo, the promising student and contestant of Keta Senior High School during the 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), has secured...

Bawumia, National Chief Imam present as Prophet Nakoa coronated Development Chief

The Leader of Prophets and Spiritual Churches Council, Ghana Nakoa Prophet Nazareth Ansah Jamson has been coronated as the 'Nor Yaa Mantse' - the...

Medical negligence: Couple sues St. John Hospital & Fertility Centre for ₵5m

A couple has sued St. John Hospital & Fertility Centre for medical negligence leading to the death of their baby, demanding GH₵5 million for...

Court jails farmer 5 years for threatening to kill Chereponi DCE

The Circuit court in Yendi in the Northern Region has sentenced a 45-year-old farmer to 5 years imprisonment for threatening to kill the District...

Are you even a woman? Dafeamekpor mocks transgender Angel Maxine

One of the Members of Parliament sponsoring the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021, Rockson-Nelson Defeamekpor, has responded...

Join calls to demand better lithium deal for Ghana – Sam Okudzeto tells Ghanaians

A Member of the Council of State, Sam Okudzeto has joined calls for government to reconsider its lithium deal with Barari BV. Sam Okudzato says...

Construction Ambassadors relocate 300 flood victims in North Tongu to new homes

Over 300 flood victims in North Tongu, previously seeking refuge at St Kizito Senior High School, have been successfully moved to newly constructed housing...

Anti-LGBT Bill not necessarily seeking to imprison people – Dafeamekpor

One of the eight Members of Parliament sponsoring the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021, Rockson-Nelson Defeamekpor, has...

What does he want the press to do for him? – Ayikoi Otoo quizzes Special Prosecutor

Former Attorney General during the Kufuor administration has counselled the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to refrain from organising press conferences to criticise...