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Kanfakrom Youth Association formed to advance community development

Once upon a time, in a picturesque village named Kanfakrom in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region, nestled deep within the lush...

Agenda 111 has created more employment opportunities – Dr Nsiah-Asare

Presidential adviser on health, Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare has said government’s Agenda 111 project has served as a significant source of employment for the people...

IGP not involved in police officer’s promotion – Adam Bona

Security Analyst, Adam Bona has challenged the assertions made by Superintendent George Asare that Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr. George Akuffo Dampare influences...

Leaked tape probe: IGP appears before committee today

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, is expected to appear before the committee probing a leaked plot to remove him...

GBA rebukes Akufo-Addo

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has voiced its disapproval of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's use of its conference platform to engage in political...

Shama explosion: I’m upset, someone must be sued – Former MP

"I am upset, this is not the time for dialogue but action," These are the words of former Evalue Gwira Ajomoro Member of Parliament...

Swine fever: Sale of pork banned in Kwawu West

Authorities in the Kwawu West Municipality have imposed a ban on the movement of pigs and the sale of pork within the affected area...

Meet the 40-year-old cocoa farmer with 101 acres of cocoa farm

Kwame Alex, a cocoa farmer in Prestea Huni Valley, has welcomed government's decision to raise the farm gate price of cocoa beans for the...

Planting for Food and Jobs: Akufo-Addo sends important message to chiefs

President Akufo-Addo has appealed to chiefs and other traditional leaders to make lands easily available for large scale agricultural activities in the country. As custodians...

Eastern REGSEC bans public gatherings in Adoagyiri

The Eastern Regional Security Council has banned all public gatherings in the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipality as part of measures to ensure public safety and stability. Chairman...

Delta Airlines explain emergency landing

A mechanical issue with the backup oxygen system is what forced the emergency landing of a Delta Airlines from Accra to New York flight,...

Limited voters registration exercise will begin on Tuesday – EC

The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that it will proceed with the limited voters registration exercise on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, despite the National...

Adom News correspondent, Illiasu Abdul Dabre honored

The Paramount chief and people of the Sanguli Traditional Area in the Tatale-Sanguli District of the Northern region have recognised the contributions of Adom...

Minerals Commission, EPA should be held liable for quarry site explosion –  Dr Kwabena Donkor

Former Power Minister, Dr Kwabena Donkor, says the Minerals Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should be held liable for the massive explosion...

Shama explosion: REGSEC sets up 9-member committee

The Western Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has set up a nine-member committee to investigate the explosion that occurred at the Anto-Aboso quarry site in...

Court sentences thieves who stole Vodafone Ghana cable 7 years each

Mathias Duayin and Albert Edor, two individuals arrested on charges of cable theft in Akosombo, have been found guilty and each sentenced to a...

Illegal miner arrested for defiling 9-year-old girl at Akrokere

The police have apprehended a 24-year-old illegal miner for allegedly defiling a little girl at Akrokere in the Adansi North District of the Ashanti...

Full text: Akufo-Addo’s speech at the Ghana Bar Association Conference in Cape Coast

I am grateful to the Bar Council for the invitation and opportunity to address this year’s Bar Conference, my seventh time of doing so...

Motorway tunnel: Highway Authority starts stolen bolts replacement

Workers from the Bridge Maintenance Unit of the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) last Saturday started replacing the bolts holding the corrugated metals in the...

EPA declares Anto-Aboso quarry ‘no-go area’

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has declared Anto-Aboso quarry site, where an explosive claimed five lives and left others injured, a no-go area. The...

My govt has taken boldest initiative to fight corruption since independence – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo says his government has waged the strongest fight against corruption since Ghana attained independence. According to him, his government has taken the...

Your responsibility is not to probe conduct of IGP – Kwesi Pratt tells committee

Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has criticised the parliamentary committee probing the leaked tape recording of an alleged plot to...

Leaked tape probe: IGP invitation necessary if… – Maj. (Rtd) Derrick Oduro

Former Deputy Defence Minister, Major (Rtd) Derrick Oduro is not enthused about the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, appearing before...

Fire destroys shops at Ashaiman market

The Ashaiman market was on Sunday, September 10 gutted by fire. The unfortunate incident is reported to have destroyed over 40 shops. Even though no...

2023 WASSCE: Various counts of malpractices recorded

The West African Exam­ination Council (WAEC) says it has detected various malpractices in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), with some...

Shama explosion: Company’s operation was illegal – Minerals Commission

The Minerals Commission has said the operation of the Anto-Aboso quarry site where an explosion claimed four lives and left others injured was illegal....

Prosecute persons culpable for Anto-Aboso explosion – BPS

The Bureau of Public Safety(BPS) has called for criminal proceedings against individuals whose actions and negligence contributed to the explosion that occurred in Anto-Aboso, situated in...

Customs uncovers falsification of documents by shipping companies, agents

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority(GRA) has uncovered the activities of two shipping companies and clearing agents involved in the alleged falsification...

Why couldn’t death spare you? – Mother of KETASCO NSMQ star

The final funeral rites of 2021 KETASCO National Science and Maths (NSMQ) James Lutterodt, has been held. James was buried on Saturday, September 9,...

Nursing mother, 21, found dead at Koforidua

The family of a 21-year-old nursing mother, Regina Asamoah, killed by an unknown assailant at Koforidua Asokore in the Eastern region, is calling for...

GHS interdicts three Bolgatanga Hospital staff over drug theft

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has interdicted the three members of the Upper East Regional Hospital’s staff involved in massive thefts of government drugs....

GaDangme Council reacts to attack on Nii Odoi Kwao Family at Nima

The GaDangme Council has condemned attacks on members of the Nii Odoi Kwao Family who had gone to Nima to perform traditional rites during...

Stop politicising leaked IGP tape – Security analyst

Security analyst, Emmanuel Kotin has asked Ghanaians to stop politicising the leaked tape capturing an alleged plot to oust the Inspector General of Police...

We’re retooling security agencies to secure maritime space – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that the government will retool the security agencies to secure the country's maritime domain. At the...

Plot to remove IGP: Dampare to appear before committee on September 12

Chairman of the ad-hoc committee probing the leaked plot to remove IGP, Samuel Atta Akyea has revealed the Committee has invited Dr George Akuffo...

Morocco Earthquake: Akufo-Addo extends condolences

President Akufo-Addo has offered their deepest condolences to King Mohammed VI, and people of the Kingdom of Morocco, in the wake of a devastating...

Abu Zein receives double doctorate awards

In a momentous event held during the 15th Holy Convocation Honorary Doctorate Award ceremony, His Excellency Abu Zein, Deputy Chairman of the International Human...

Shama explosion: Anto-Aboso quarry operators will face the law – Minister

The Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah, has asserted that quarry operators at the Anto-Aboso quarry site will be held accountable under the...

Akufo-Addo presents 5 boats to Ghana Navy; commissions oil spill vessel

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Saturday, September 9, commissioned five boats for the Ghana Navy Fleet and an oil spill response vessel for the Ghana...

Build your team and it will build you – Co-Founder of QI Group highlights the power of teamwork

A Co-founder of the QI Group of Companies, Vijay Eswaran has shared valuable insights into the journey of building the global conglomerate and emphasised...