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232 mortuaries in Ghana operate illegally

No mortuary facility, public or private, has obtained the requisite licence to operate in the country as required under the Health Institutions and Facilities...

Interdiction of our client surprising – COP Mensah’s legal team

The legal team representing Commissioner of Police (COP) George Alex Mensah, a crucial witness in the ongoing investigation concerning an alleged conspiracy to remove...

Akufo-Addo to turn on valve to mark official first oil from Jubilee South East

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will visit the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah on Friday September 6, 2023 to turn on the valve and commemorate the...

Swine fever outbreak in Kwahu West; over 600 pigs killed

The Kwahu West Municipality in the Eastern Region has been hit by a devastating outbreak of Africa swine fever, resulting in the loss of...

Leaked tape: Supt Asare’s lawyer reacts to suspension of client’s interdiction

Lawyer for Superintendent George Asare, one of the police officers implicated in the alleged conspiracy to remove the Inspector General of Police, Supt George...

Three remanded for allegedly stealing school computers

The Assin Fosu District Court has remanded three suspected thieves into police custody for allegedly breaking into the ICT Laboratory of the Assin Juaso...

QIU Operating Officer urges African students to study environmental technology amidst climate crisis

Chief Operating Officer of Quest International University (QIU) in Malaysia, Nicholas Goh, has highlighted the importance of environmental technology education in rescuing the world...

Two jailed 20 years after threatening woman with cutlass, snatching mobile phone 

Two men who threatened a woman with a cutlass and robbed her of her mobile valued at GH₵650, have been sentenced to 10 years...

Court revokes Prince Tagoe’s bench warrant after he pays ₵71,000

An Accra Circuit Court on Wednesday revoked a bench warrant it issued for the arrest of Prince Tagoe, Ghana’s former Black Star player. Prince Tagoe...

Leaked tape scandal: Police suspends interdiction of 3 officers

The Ghana Police Service has suspended the interdiction of three officers, who were captured in a leaked tape allegedly plotting the removal of the...

Abandoned tollbooths on Accra-Tema motorway being removed at GH¢1million

An exercise to partially decommission the tollbooth structures on the Accra-Tema motorway has been started by the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA). The exercise, estimated at...

Another leaked video: Bugri Naabu talks about GH¢10,000 police monthly payment, contract

There is another leak in relation to the Bugri Naabu's conversation with some police officers and how to remove the Inspector General of Police,...

Interdiction of COP Alex Mensah, others surprising – Lawyer

Lawyer for Commissioner of Police (COP) George Alex Mensah, has described the decision by the Ghana Police Service to interdict his client as surprising. According...

IGP not obliged to promote any police officer – COP Bediako

Director-General of Services at the Police Head Office, COP Enoch Adutwum Bediako, has stated that, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) is not obliged...

Wenchi: GES probes teacher for allegedly forcing pupils to swear by deity over stolen phone

The Wenchi Municipal Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in the Bono Region has initiated an investigation into a troubling incident involving a...

Teenage girls urged not to use menstruation as excuse to skip school

The Programs Director for Women And Development Project(WADEP) in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region, Iris Kophy, has urged teenage girls not...

Car stolen from a driveway in Canada found in Ghana

In an astonishing turn of events, a car stolen from a Toronto driveway in Canada has been discovered parked in Ghana, approximately 8,500 kilometers...

One injured as car rams into bar at Odumase

An SUV vehicle is reported to have ran into a chop bar at Odumase in the Eastern Region. The driver is said to have accidentally...

How Mahama saved ICGC pastor’s life – Eastwood Anaba recounts

Founder and leader of Eastwood Anaba Ministries, has narrated how former President John Mahama saved the life of a pastor of the International Central...

Kwesi Pratt Jnr’s advice to African leaders over coup d’etats

Veteran journalist, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has admonished African leaders to desist from creating situations that would lead to coup coup d'état. The Managing Editor of...

Martin Amidu: Ghanaians need to wake up before the OSP becomes an unconstitutional unruly monster

Ghanaians ought to wake up to the fact that the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is gradually being turned by Kissi Agyebeng, the...

2000 Nurses seek greener pastures abroad — MoH

About 2,000 nurses working in state and mission health facilities in the country have migrated abroad in recent years, the Ministry of Health has...

Tema Motorway bridge closes for repair works

The Tema Motorway Bridge that connects Community 18 to Borteyman will be closed to traffic from Sunday, September 10 to Monday, September 11. The...

Man, 70, found dead at Assin Kushea

A farm labourer based in Assin Kushea in the Central region who has been identified as Opanyin Amissah has allegedly committed suicide. The deceased,...

Limited voter registration: We do not anticipate any challenges – EC

The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is not anticipating any challenges in its decision to undertake the upcoming limited voter registration exercise at its...

Fire destroys Senchi Ferry Health Centre

Fire has engulfed the Senchi Ferry Health Centre in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region, leaving behind a trail of significant destruction. The devastating...

Works on La General Hospital to begin soon – Health Minister

The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu says work on the La General Hospital will begin soon. He said that processes were being finalised to secure...

Kenyasi chiefs, residents threaten demo over abandoned roads

Chiefs and people of Kenyasi No.1, Kenyasi No.2, and Hwidiem in the Ahafo region are threatening to stage a massive demonstration over abandoned road...

IGP leaked tape: Superintendents Asare, Gyebi interdicted

The Ghana Police Service has interdicted Superintendents George Asare and Emmanuel Gyebi over their alleged involvement in a leaked tape plotting the removal of...

COP Alex Mensah interdicted over leaked tape

The Director General Technical of the Ghana Police Service, Commissioner of Police (COP) Alex George Mensah, has been interdicted by the Inspector General of...

Gomoa chief makes passionate appeal to IGP over land guard activities

Ankobeahene of Gomoa Nyanyano in the Gomoa East district of the Central Region, Nana Ayi Quaye, has sounded the alarm about the escalating activities...

Demolish tollbooths or we will do it ourselves – Drivers to government

The Concerned Drivers Association of Ghana (C-DAG) wants the government to either demolish all tollbooths across the country or resume the collection of road...

Nkwanta South residents unite to fix collapsed Dekyebu bridge

Residents in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti region have embarked on communal labour to fix the broken Dekyebu bridge serving as a...

Speak up against corruption – Sam Jonah charges Ghanaians

Statesman, Sir Sam Jonah has spoken about the current national economic challenges and corruption facing Ghana and has urged citizens to speak up. In a...

GNFS declares Accra-Tema motorway tollbooth as deathtrap

An accident at the Accra-Tema motorway toll booth over the weekend resulted in one death and five injuries, the Ghana National Fire Service's (GNFS)...

Police seek injunction against Odehye Kwasi Akuffo from parading as Okuapehene

The Ghana Police Service has filed a motion praying the Akuapem Mampong District Court for an order to stop Odehye Kwasi Akuffo “stool rival”...

Kumasi Technical University runs 32 unaccredited programmes — Report

The Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) is running 32 unaccredited programmes, including three new programmes, the 2021 Auditor General's Report has revealed. They include five Master...

Ghana is not immune to a coup d’état – Yaw Nsarkoh

Africa has seen a rise in coup d’état over the past few years, with many experts warning that there might be more to come.  Despite...

Sam Jonah’s thought-provoking question on Central Medical Stores fire

Business mogul, Sir Sam Jonah, is still seeking answers on the circumstances that led to the fire outbreak at the Central Medical Stores in...