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UTV attack: Let’s focus on the future – NMC

The National Media Commission (NMC) says the events that led to the arrest and prosecution of the NPP thugs who invaded the studios of...

Akosombo dam spillage: Prof. Gyampo’s take on Akufo-Addo’s comments

Senior Political science lecturer, Prof Ransford Gyampo has taken a swipe at President Nana Akufo-Addo following some comments made by the latter when he...

Ga State calls for calm ahead of queen mother’s burial

The Ga Paramount Stool House of the late Ga Manye, Naa Dedei Omaedru II, has called for a peaceful atmosphere to give her a...

Akosombo dam spillage: Ghana Meteo replies VRA

The Ghana Meteorological Agency has said it did not mislead the Volta River Authority (VRA) following the Akosombo and Kpong dams spillage. This is in...

Man weeps after life sentence for stabbing 19-year-old [Video]

Michael Tetteh, a factory hand has been sentenced to life imprisonment for stabbing Patrick Gyasi, an okada rider with a broken bottle during a...

We’ve made strong case against Major Mahama ‘killers’ — Prosecution

State prosecutors have impressed on a seven-member jury to find 14 persons guilty of murdering Major Maxwell Adam Mahama. Making the prosecution’s closing address at...

Ghana records increased cases of malnutrition, obesity

There is an increasing incidence of malnutrition, poor child growth, micronutrient deficiencies, adult overweight, and obesity in the country, the Director-General of the Ghana...

Anum gets new Omanhene after 7 years

A 33-year-old chartered accountant, Maxwell Kwabena Asare, has been enstooled Omanhene of the Anum Traditional Area in the Eastern region.  The new Omanhene with the...

Hundreds forced out of school by South Tongu floods

A total of 893 basic schoolchildren in the South Tongu district are now loitering at home after five basic schools were shut in the...

Sogakope bridge is safe despite rising water level – Amoako-Atta

Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, has assured travelers of the safety of the Sogakope bridge as water levels rise. The bridge is being...

National Cathedral: Okudzeto Ablakwa reacts to resignation of Duncan Williams, Eastwood Anaba

Member of Parliament (MP) for the North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has welcomed the resignation of Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams and Reverend Eastwood Anaba...

BKQ Foundation donates foodstuff, cash to Akosombo Dam spillage victims

An Accra-based non-governmental organisation, BKQ Foundation has donated food items and cash to the victims of the Akosombo Dam spillage in three constituencies. The spillage...

GMeT warns of more rains in lower Volta Basin area

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMeT) is warning of more rains in the flood-affected areas due to the spillage of the Akosombo and Kpong Dams. According...

Parliament to summon VRA over dam spillage after devastating floods – Ablakwa

Member of Parliament for North Tongu Member, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said Parliament will summon officials of the Volta River Authority (VRA) to answer...

One feared dead, driver injured in accident on Assin Fosu Dunkwa road

One person has been reported in an accident on the Assin Fosu-Dunkwa road in the Central region. The accident involved a taxi with...

Akosombo Dam spillage: Declare state of emergency – Assemblies of God Church to gov’t

In a heartfelt response to the ongoing crisis caused by the Akosombo Dam spillage, the General Superintendent of Assemblies of God, Ghana, Rev. Stephen...

1D1F: Akufo-Addo commissions Sinotruck’s Phase 2 Assembly Plant

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, under the government’s flagship 1-District-1-Factory initiative, commissioned the Second Phase of the Sinotruk Vehicle...

Integrated Science will no longer be core subject for science students – Education Minister

The Minister for Education, Dr Osei Yaw Adutwum, has revealed that the new educational curriculum for Senior High Schools (SHS) excludes science students from...

Not every leader is a thief; pray for the nation – Akufo-Addo to Christian Council

President Nana Akufo-Addo has called on the Christian Council and the Christian community in Ghana to pray for the nation. The President also asked the...

Voter registration: EC to publish names of persons who violated guarantor system

The Electoral Commission (EC) has reiterated that it will take action against guarantors who breached the law and guaranteed for more than 10 applicants...

Ghana achieves 50% reduction in Obstetric Fistula cases

The Ghana Health Service says Ghana has achieved a 50 per cent reduction in cases of obstetric fistula in five years under the Ghana...

NSMQ 2023: KETASCO dedicates win over AUGUSCO, TAMASCO to late James Lutterodt, displaced Voltarians

Keta Senior High and Technical School (KETASCO) has sent packing St. Augustine’s College and Lions of Tamale Senior High School to qualify for the...

Akosombo Dam spillage floods: Volta Health Network warns of epidemic

The Volta Health Network has warned of an epidemic following flooding incidents in the lower Volta area occasioned by the spillage of the Akosombo...

Missing excavators: Seth Mantey finally breaks silence

Seth Mantey, a former journalist with Accra-based Peace FM indicted in Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng's galamsey report, has denied any involvement in the sale of...

GNAT backs calls for state of emergency declaration over Akosombo Dam spillage

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has endorsed a call for the declaration of a state of emergency over the flooding caused by...

Speaker Bagbin leads delegation to commiserate with E.T Mensah’s family

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has led a delegation to mourn with the family of late former Ningo-Prampram Member of Parliament (MP) Enoch...

Akosombo Dam spillage: Prove to Ghanaians you care – Afaglo to gov’t

Chief Executive Officer of Marrer Ghana Limited, Susagtad Boat Building and Fishing Industry, Novihoho Afaglo, has appealed to President Akufo-Addo and Vice President...

Duncan-Williams, Eastwood Anaba resign from National Cathedral Board

Two eminent clergymen and members of the Board of Trustees of the controversial National Cathedral project have announced their resignation. The two, Archbishop Duncan Williams...

Relatives of Ejura robbery suspects demand their immediate release

Relatives of two suspects arrested by police at Ejura in the Ashanti Region are demanding their immediate release, denying reports linking them to a...

Major Mahama trial: Prosecution orally addresses jury

The prosecution in the trial of the alleged murderers of Major Maxwell Mahama has commenced addressing the seven-member jury in the case. The prosecution,...

Family of woman murdered by house help calls for expedited hearing

The family of the 35-year-old businesswoman who was killed by her house help at Sokoban in the Ashanti region has called on the Attorney...

Ghana abstains from vote as UN Security Council rejects Russian resolution on Gaza war

In a crucial session at the United Nations Security Council on Monday night, Ghana abstained from voting on a resolution proposed by Russia concerning...

We should’ve done a compulsory evacuation ahead of Akosombo Dam spillage – NADMO

The National Disaster Management Organization (NaDMO) says it should have implemented a compulsory evacuation plan to move residents from flood-prone areas ahead of the...

Illegal settlers around Weija Dam must learn lessons from Akosombo dam devastation – EPA boss

Following the devastating effects of the spillage of the Akosombo Dam in some communities in the Volta, Eastern, and Oti Regions, the Executive Director...

Volta Regional Minister stopped us from presenting a petition to Akufo-Addo – Mepe queen mother

Queen mother of Mepe, Mamagah Adzo Tsreku, has alleged that Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa, denied them the opportunity to present a...

GIS arrests 31 alleged prostitutes, human traffickers in Western region

The Western Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), has arrested 31 alleged prostitutes and human traffickers within the region.  The suspects were arrested...

MP, Deputy Information Minister ‘clash’ on live radio over Akosombo dam spillage

There was a heated argument between Member of Parliament for Keta, Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpey, and Deputy Information Minister, Fatimatu Abubakar over the state of...

Legon student mysteriously dies at Ewin Polyclinic in Cape Coast

A 19-year-old level 200 law student at the University of Ghana, Legon, has been reported dead at the Ewim Polyclinic in the Cape Coast...

Court orders NSS sidechick, banker to file submissions within seven days

The High Court in Accra has ordered banker, Ernest Kwasi Nimako to file his written submissions in his application seeking the dismissal of former...

High Court to rule on contempt case against EC

The Tema High Court will on November 24, 2023, deliver a ruling on the contempt case brought against the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission...