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Lawyer sues Chief Justice, GLC and Judicial Secretary

A private legal practitioner, Kwame Aning Fosu-Gyeabour has sued the Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo, General Legal Council (GLC) and the Judicial Secretary. The legal action...

Akufo-Addo addresses migration and security challenges at 2024 Kofi Annan forum

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has highlighted several critical issues at the opening of the 2024 Kofi Annan Peace and Security Forum (KAPS Forum)...

Thieves vandalise ECG transformers, steal copper windings [Video+Photos]

Some unidentified persons have vandalised and stolen copper windings from a transformer belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana Ltd (ECG). This has plunged the...

Over 600 parents storm WAEC to demand release of their children’s results

Over 600 parents stormed the office of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) in Sunyani in the Bono region to demand the release of...

Robbers shoot two people after robbing gas station in Gomoa Besiase [Photos]

Two workers of a gas filling station at Gomoa Besiase are in critical condition and receiving treatment at Agona Swedru Government Hospital after seven...

Anti-LGBTQI Bill passed

Parliament has passed the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 popularly known as anti-LGBTQI Bill on Wednesday February 28, 2024. The...

Taskforce cracks down on smuggled vegetable oil in Accra markets

A taskforce comprising the Tree Crop Development Authority, the Oil Palm Development Association of Ghana, the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, and...

Let’s promote our Ghanaian language for inclusive education and social change – NCCE

As part of activities to mark International Mother Language Day, the La Municipal Office of the NCCE in collaboration with UNESCO, Ghana Book Development...

Supreme Court dismisses case seeking to clear street children

The Supreme Court has dismissed a case brought against the state by Child Rights International, seeking among other things, that the government of Ghana...

Boarding schools should be abolished – Franklin Cudjoe [watch]

President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe wants boarding schools to be abolished. He said Ghana should shift away from boarding schools towards a more localized,...

GNECC lauds Akufo-Addo’s call for review of Free SHS policy

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his recent call to review the Free Senior High...

6 persons remanded again over the murder of Jirapa Dubai CEO

The Wa District court, presided over by His Honor Maxwell Titirico Maxbrain, has remanded six individuals for the second time in connection with the...

Kennedy Agyapong vs Anas: Supreme Court dismisses Anas’ suit against High Court

The Supreme Court has dismissed an application filed by undercover journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, requesting for a judgement passed by an Accra High Court...

Dr. Da Costa Aboagye appointed NHIA CEO

President Akufo-Addo has appointed the Ghana Health Service’s Director of Health Promotion, Dr. Da Costa Aboagye as the new Chief Executive of the National...

Buduburam demolition: Affected residents ‘hijack’ classrooms [Photos]

Some affected residents of Gomoa Buduburam, known as Liberia Camp, have hijacked Buduburam Point Hope D/A Basic School. They are using classrooms as their bedrooms...

Gomoa Buduburam demolition renders hundreds homeless

About 600 Liberians and Ghanaians have been rendered homeless as a result of a demolition exercise carried out by the Gomoa Fetteh Traditional Council...

Ghana to produce 4.5 million ounces of gold annually – Akufo-Addo 

Ghana is projected to ramp up gold production to some 4.5 million ounces annually, says President Akufo-Addo.  The country’s ambition is buoyed by the current...

PURC reduces electricity tariff by 6.56% for some residential consumers

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has reduced the electricity tariff for residential consumers by 6.56 percent. However, it clarified that there will be...

Ex-Assembly member allegedly squanders GH₵500k meant for road construction

Nii Armah Ashitey a former Assembly member, who was allegedly given GH₵500,000 by a foundation to construct road and drainage but failed has appeared...

2024 SONA: Ablakwa takes on Akufo-Addo for ignoring flood victims

North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP) Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has expressed disappointment in President Nana Akufo-Addo for ignoring the victims of the Akosombo dam...

Attorney General has saved Ghana GH¢10trilion – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has lauded the efforts of the Attorney-General's (AG) office in saving the country from judgment debts. In his State of...

Free SHS: Akufo-Addo’s call for improvement not same as Mahama’s review – Richard Ahiagbah

The Director of Communications for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah, has stated that President Akufo-Addo's call for an improvement in the...

Businessman on bail over alleged threat of death

The Amasaman Circuit Court has granted a businessman a GHC50,000.00 bail with two sureties for allegedly threatening to kill a businesswoman. The Court presided...

GEIG commemorates a decade of impact and transformation

Non-governmental organisation (NGO), Girls Education Initiative of Ghana (GEIG) is joyfully celebrating a decade of impact and transformation in society. The initiative seeks to provide...

Ghana’s macroeconomic indicators are not pointing to the right direction – Prof Bokpin

A professor of Finance at the University of Ghana Business School, Godfred Bokpin has contradicted President Akufo-Addo's claim that Ghana's macroeconomic indicators are heading...

17,340 out-of-school children reintegrated into mainstream schools in 2023

President Akufo-Addo says 17,340 out-of-school children have been reintegrated into mainstream formal schools through the Ghana Education Outcomes Project (GEOP). “The goal of GEOP...

Mason convicted for defiling primary four pupil

The Tarkwa Circuit Court has convicted a mason to 15 years Imprisonment for defiling a primary four pupil in an uncompleted building at Himan-Prestea in...

BoG revises balance, transaction limits of MoMo wallets upwards

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has revised the balance and transaction limits of customers' mobile money wallets upward, effective March 1, 2024. A statement...

Jospong breaks into Africa… signs deal to build waste treatment plants in Lagos

The Jospong Group of Companies (JCG) has entered into agreement with the Lagos State Government through the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources to...

Do not assent to anti-LGBTQI+ Bill – CDD urges Akufo-Addo

The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development is urging President Akufo-Addo not assent to the anti- LGBTQI+ Bill. The Bill which when passed into law will...

Mason arrested for stealing three goats

A 42-year-old mason, Bodai Kipo has been apprehended by the police at Horiyiri, a farming community in the Sawla district of the Savannah...

2024 SONA: Govt to rename Kumasi and Tamale airports

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced that, government will rename the Kumasi and Tamale International airports. The Kumasi International Airport will be renamed the...

7 siblings drop out of school as father suffers strange illness

The Abban family of Breman Eduosia is grappling with a heartbreaking ordeal, as seven siblings dropped out of school due to circumstances beyond their...

Clampdown on crime: Buduburam ghettos, Liberia camp demolished

Traditional leaders at Gomoa Fetteh in the Central region have led an exercise to demolish ghetto in Liberia Camp in Buduburam. The exercise is to...

Bawku conflict: Peace Council urges media houses to be decorous

Chairman of the National Peace Council, Dr Ernest Adu-Gyamfi has expressed contentment with the recent closure of some radio stations in Bawku. The affected media...

SONA 2024: Success of Free SHS has silenced critics – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has said the successful implementation of the Free Senior High School policy has silenced critics. According to him, not only has the implementation...

No more free pepper soon — Ga kenkey sellers

Patrons of Ga kenkey in Accra must brace themselves for extra expenditure if they want to continue enjoying their delicacy. This is because some sellers...

Mentally challenged man beheaded at Odumasi

An unidentified man believed to be mentally challenged was reportedly found beheaded by unknown assailants. A tragic incident happened in Odumasi, Asante Akyem Central. Adom News’...

SONA 2024: Akufo-Addo reacts to Bawku conflict [Video]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed concerns regarding the expenditure incurred in resolving the Bawku conflict. He lamented that, the funds could have been...

SONA 2024: Gov’t secures alternative funding for La General Hospital

President Akufo-Addo has announced that the government has secured an alternative funding source for the reconstruction of the La General Hospital project. He made this...