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Dormaahene clears weeds on roadside [Video]

The Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, has led some residents to clear overgrown weeds at Gonokrom in the Dormaa Central Municipality of the Bono...

Licensure exams: Examine teachers on their areas of expertise – Agogo Presbyterian Women’s College Principal to NTC

Principal of Agogo Presbyterian Women’s College in the Ashanti Region, Dr Rev Grace Sintim Adasi, has passionately appealed to the Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination...

Support developing countries meet their net-zero targets – Energy Minister to developed countries

Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh is urging developed countries to support developing countries meet their net-zero targets. This, according to the Minister can be...

GHA announces road diversion after heavy rains cut off Bamboi-Wa highway

The Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) has advised motorists traveling from Wa and its surroundings to the south to turn off at Sawla and the...

Heavy storm cuts off Bole-Sawla road [Video]

https://youtu.be/evXWWYjWRvY A heavy downpour in the early hours of Sunday washed away the Doli bridge at Bole in the Savannah Region, cutting off the Upper...

Ada: Search for 2 missing fishermen suspended, one more body found at Anloga

The search for two missing fishermen in last Thursday's canoe disaster at Ada has been suspended. Out of the 19 fishermen who were involved in...

Five ‘galamseyers’ jailed 125 years for mining in River Ankobra

Five illegal miners locally referred to as galamseyers who were caught mining in the Ankobra river without authority have been sentenced to a total...

Zanetor visits CMB after fire incident

Member of Parliament for Korle Klottey, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has sympathised with victims of the CMB market fire. She was at the market on...

Ghana’s educational system in disarray – Prof Naana Opoku-Agyemang

The 2020 NDC running mate to former President John Dramani Mahama, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has said the educational system in Ghana, especially the...

339 officer cadets graduate from the Fire Academy and Training School

339 officer cadets comprising of 210 males and 129 females have graduated from the Fire Academy and Training School (FATS). This is after nine months...

Lady, 18, found dead in uncompleted building at Anwiankwanta

The lifeless body of an 18-year-old apprentice identified as Georgina Agyeman has been discovered in an uncompleted building at Anwiankwanta in Bekwai Municipality of...

Over 300 shops destroyed as fire guts CMB market

Over 300 shops have been burnt to ashes when fire broke at CMB market, behind Kantamanto in Accra. The Sunday dawn fire resulted in the...

KNUST thrown in mourning as student passes on during childbirth

Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has confirmed the passing of one of its students identified as Mrs Henrietta...

DNA exonerates man after ex-lover accused him of neglecting their child

https://youtu.be/MVSJKfntvk4 Agya Peter, who was accused by his ex-lover on Nhyira FM’s Obra show of making love with her in the backyard of their house,...

Families of three persons killed in Savannah region demand justice

The families of three persons who were allegedly killed by the police in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district of the Savannah Region are demanding justice from...

Man killed by hit-and-run driver on Accra-Kumasi Highway

A hit-and-run driver has crashed a man to death at Konongo Habitats on the Accra-Kumasi Highway. The incident, according to reports, occurred at about 11...

Former Lighthouse pastor charged for stealing freed

Pastor Lawrence Nii Narku Odonkor, former pastor of Lighthouse Chapel International (Akyem Oda branch), who was accused of stealing over GH¢7,000 belonging to the...

Women in Ghana paid 34.2% less than men – GSS

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that women earn 34.2% less than men among paid workers in the country. This data, GSS noted, is...

Ghana Airports adjudged ‘Best ERM-compliant Institution’ 2023

Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has emerged as the “Best ERM Compliant Institution” in the SoEs Category of the Internal Audit Agency’s...

Otumfuo tours World Golf Museum in St Andrews, Scotland

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, is on a three-day official visit to Scotland. As part of his visit, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, who is...

Over 4k Ghanaians studying in US

The U.S. Embassy has reemphasised its commitment to supporting many West African youth to realise their dreams of furthering their education in world-class colleges...

Sanction an inquiry into auction of medical equipment meant for TTH – NDC to Bawumia

The Northern regional branch of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the office of the Vice President to immediately sanction an...

Ghana Armed Forces not interested in coup – CDS [Video]

https://youtu.be/ujfW9lDx1Ps The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has given an assurance that there will not be a coup d’état in the country. The Chief of Defence...

Suhum residents angry over land grabbing

Some residents in the Suhum Municipality of the Eastern Region are up in arms against the Akyem-Abuakwa Traditional Council for ordering the grading of...

Akufo-Addo leaves for Cuba, US and Austria

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has at the invitation of the President of Cuba, Miguel Mario Diaz-Canal Bermudez left Ghana to participate in a...

Ghana lost ¢64m to fire outbreaks in 2022 – Bawumia

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said Ghana lost more than GH¢64 million to 6,796 fire outbreaks in 2022, resulting in 50 deaths...

EPA to develop policy to address high levels of lead in cooking utensils

As part of efforts to deal with lead exposure, the Chief Executive Officer of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),Dr. Henry Kwabena Kokofu is working...

Jean Mensa honoured

The Internal Audit Agency has honoured the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Adukwei Mensa, at the just-ended Internal Audit Conference. She was adjudged...

Fisherman drowns, 10 rescued in another canoe accident at Senya Bereku

A fisherman has drowned and two others injured after a canoe capsized at Senya Bereku in the Awutu West District of the Central region....

Two arrested in connection with murder of businesswoman

The Police, through a targeted intelligence-led operation on September 14, 2023, arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of a 35-year-old woman identified...

Ghana to halt importation of metal caskets – Mortuaries Agency CEO

The Mortuaries and Funeral Facilities Agency (MoFFA) has revealed its intention to prohibit the importation of metal caskets into the country as part of...

Quantities of explosives retrieved at another quarry in Shama

The Shama District Security Council, together with the Minerals Commission have discovered quantities of Ammonium substances and some explosives in the tranches of the Anto...

Sophia Akuffo takes on Mahama over judiciary comment

Former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo has criticised former President John Mahama over his assertion that, courts are being packed with New Patriotic Party (NPP)-inclined...

Ada boat disaster: Two fishermen rescued, one dead, four still missing

Two out of the seven fishermen who were declared missing after a boat disaster at Ada have been rescued alive, while one person has...

Property tax dispute: GRA addresses concerns of Asokwa Assembly members

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has responded to the concerns of Assembly members within the Asokwa Municipal Assembly who are threatening to collect property...

Rebecca Foundation hands over library to Osenase cluster of schools

The Rebecca Foundation has handed over an ultra-modern library to the Akyem Osenase cluster of schools in the West Akyem Municipality of the Eastern...

Court discharges man accused of defrauding parents in SHS placement

A Kaneshie District Court has discharged Jim Orleans Brown who had been accused of defrauding parents and guardians over the Senior High School (SHS) placement...

Family of murdered businesswoman wants security company probed

The family of a businesswoman who was allegedly killed by her security guard in Kumasi is calling on the police to investigate the operations...

Three grabbed for selling SIM cards registered in the names of others

Three mobile phone operators have been put before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly selling pre-registered assorted SIM cards to the public at Kwame Nkrumah...

Special task force deployed to protect mining companies

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has deployed a special task force of police officers to protect large-scale mining companies from invasion by...