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Four tertiary students in Asante Akyem Wenchi receive scholarship package

The Ama Owusuaa Foundation, a non-governmental organization, has awarded scholarships to four tertiary students in Asante Akyem Wenchi in the Ashanti region. The support...

Tipper truck runs over 7-year-old boy in Tamale

Residents of Jisonayili, a suburb of Tamale, are in grief over the untimely death of a 7-year-old boy on Friday. The boy, identified by an...

40-year-old man in court for alleged involvement in car theft

A 40-year-old man is standing trial at the Asokore Mampong District Court for his alleged involvement in a car theft after National Security installed...

Govt develops policy to regulate Artificial Intelligence

The Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation (MoCD) is in the process of developing a comprehensive policy document to regulate the use of Artificial Intelligence...

Auditor-General transfers GH¢9.5m into Consolidated Fund

The Auditor-General has remitted into the Consolidated Fund GH¢9.5 million retrieved from disallowed expenditures captured in different reports.   This brings to GH¢19.5 million the...

NEIP CEO Kofi Nkansah in fresh trouble

Anti-corruption crusader, Vitus Azeem has urged the Special Prosecutor to conduct a thorough investigation into the personal bank accounts and assets declaration records of...

UTAG warns of strike action over Conditions of Service

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) says it remains determined to proceed with its scheduled nationwide strike, citing the government's perceived lack of...

Multimedia Group shows gratitude to God with Thanksgiving service [Photos]

Management and staff of the Multimedia Group on Friday, January 12 held the 2024 edition of the annual thanksgiving service. The moment of joy,...

Newage Agric Solutions empowers youth farmers in Volta Region for seed production

Vakpo and Ho, Volta Region - Newage Agric Solutions Limited, in collaboration with Greenland Seeds Limited and the Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Department...

Standard Chartered opens applications for Cohort 4 of the SC Women in Technology incubator programme

Standard Chartered Bank Ghana PLC is pleased to announce the opening of applications for Cohort 4 of the Standard Chartered Women in Technology (SCWIT)...

Woman charged with attempted murder after trying to run over boyfriend’s wife

A businesswoman who allegedly tried to run over her boyfriend's wife during a fight over the man and the house where the couple lives...

Did he have to die? Boy killed by his uncles over missing bag

A 17-year-old boy has been allegedly beaten to death by his step-uncles over a missing bag. The boy was found by his grandmother, Grace Kaguna lying...

Court grants pastor GH₵10k bail over unlawful damage

An Accra Circuit Court has granted a GH₵10,000.00 bail to a pastor for allegedly damaging a wooden shed, the windscreen and side mirrors of...

Two in court over alleged forged Letters of Administration

Two persons have been put before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly possessing forged Letters of Administration for their father's estate. Rutherford Agbeshie Laryea aka...

Make payment of nursing trainee allowances obligatory for every govt – Nurse-Midwife trainees

The Ghana Nurse-Midwife Trainees Association (GNMTA) is urging the government to make the payment of nursing trainee allowances mandatory by making it a government...

Hajj Board Chairman signs agreement with Saudi Hajj Ministry to confirm Ghana’s participation in 2024 Hajj

The Chairman of the Ghana Hajj Board, Alhaji Ben Abdallah Banda has signed a 2024 Hajj agreement with Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Hajj and...

Asantehene destools queen mother of Offinso

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has destooled the queen mother of the Offinso Traditional Area, Nana Ama Serwaa Nyarko over her gross insubordination...

We’re waiting for approval of our budget to pay allowance – NSS

The National Service Secretariat is calling for calm as agitation among 2023/2024 service personnel grows following the Secretariat’s inability to pay their monthly allowances. The...

Let him rest in peace – Ajagurajah reacts to BBC’s documentary on TB Joshua

Leader of the Ajagurajah Movement, Bishop Kwame Asiamah has defended late Prophet TB Joshua following a recent documentary released by the British Broadcasting Corporation...

NDC will inherit a difficult economy in 2025 – Mahama

John Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has voiced his frustration regarding the state of the economy he anticipates inheriting if...

We’ve not reversed plans to increase fares by 60% – GPRTU

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has refuted media reports that it has rescind its decision to raise transport fares by sixty...

Unlicensed Cybersecurity Service Poviders barred from operating in Ghana

The Cyber Security Authority (CSA), has barred Cybersecurity Service Providers (CSPs), establishments and professionals without a license or accreditation from operating in Ghana. The action...

Family calls for justice after car crashes into house, kills three siblings

A grief-stricken Akpabli family in Abenyinase in the Agotime Ziope District of the Volta Region, is demanding justice for their three children tragically killed...

GRA boss breaks silence on claims of absconding from Ghana

The Commissioner General of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, has debunked allegations that he and his entire nuclear family have absconded Ghana...

‘Dumsor’: What WAGPCo officials told John Jinapor [watch]

The Ranking Member on the Mines and Energy Committee, John Jinapor, has revealed that, employees of the West Africa Gas Pipeline Company (WAGPCo) are...

Expectant mothers facing complications over poor, bumpy Oforikrom roads

Pregnant women face delicate health risks worsened by plying deplorable roads in the Oforikrom municipality of the Ashanti Region. The bumpy, dusty and pothole-induced...

Pru East prison appeals for support

The Chief Superintendent of Ghana Prisons Service (GPS) for Yeji camp in the Bono East Region region, Eli Buatsi, has appealed to philanthropists and...

How Shalimar Abbiusi became New Force Spokesperson – Cheddar

Nana Kwame Bediako, the visionary leader of The New Force movement and a hopeful candidate for the presidency, recently shed light on how Shalimar...

Why refund GH₵10k, when we paid GH₵30k for Black Star Square – Cheddar asks government

Ghanaian businessman, Nana Kwame Bediako, popularly known as Cheddar, has revealed that he paid GH₵30,000 to secure the Black Star Square for The Convention...

Nkwanta South: Adele, Akyode, and Challa chiefs pledge to smoke peace pipe

The chiefs of Adele, Akyode, and Challa in Nkwanta South, Oti region, have pledged to allow peace to prevail in the municipality after years...

Akufo-Addo hosts students from Harvard Business School

On Wednesday, January 10, 2024, President Nana Akufo-Addo received a delegation of students from Harvard Business School at the Jubilee House as part of...

SSNIT increases monthly pension payment by 15%

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), in consultation with the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has indexed monthly pensions upwards by 15%...

There isn’t ‘Dumsor’ to warrant load-shedding timetable – Egyapa Mercer

Deputy Energy Minister Andrew Egyapa Mercer has insisted that there is no "dumsor," necessitating a load-shedding timetable. The Sekondi Member of Parliament stated that the...

Kasoa murder case: First accused recounts how 11-yr-old boy was killed

Felix Nyarko, the first accused person in the alleged murder of a 11-year-old boy in Kasoa, Ishmael Abdallah, has given a heart-wrenching account of...

We can’t continue to bear FWSC’s unfairness – UTAG

President of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) says its members cannot continue to bear the brunt of the Fair Wages and Salaries...

Prof. Adei opposes power consumption VAT

A former Board Chair of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Prof. Stephen Adei, has kicked against the newly introduced  Value Added Tax (VAT) on...

TOR Board Chairman reacts to calls for his dismissal

The Board Chairman of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), David Adomako has dismissed calls by the General Transport, Petroleum and Chemical Workers’ Union (GTPCWU)...

Landguards destroy CHPS compound construction site at Fetteh Kakraba

Over 30 landguards have allegedly destroyed the foundation of a CHPS compound under construction at Fetteh Kakraba in the Central region. Aside from the destruction,...

Ghana’s unemployment rate to remain at 4.0% in 2024, 2025 – Fitch Solutions

Ghana’ unemployment rate is expected to remain flat at 4.0% in 2024 and 2025, Fitch Solutions has stated in its Employment Outlook. This rate...

KNUST reacts to death of level 400 student

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) community is in mourning following the untimely death of Epiphany Asare, a promising level 400...