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No MoMo or E-levy charges with cashless system – ECG to customers

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has indicated that transactions done with the ECG PowerApp will not attract additional charges. The Volta Regional PRO, Mr....

Airports Company Limited Board Chair Paul Adom-Otchere denies plotting to remove MD

Board Chairman of the Ghana Airports Company Limited, Paul Adom-Otchere, says he is not involved in any plot to remove the Managing Director of...

Chaos as ECG officials are detained by AMA task-force

A scene of chaos erupted late Thursday morning within the premises of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA). The confusion ensued as officials from the Electricity...

I drive pass any policeman who stops me at a dysfunctional traffic light – MP

Anyaa-Sowtwuom Member of Parliament (MP), Dr Dickson Adomako Kissi, has waded into the phenomenon of faulty and dysfunctional traffic lights in the Greater Accra...

Check out dignitaries who graced Akufo-Addo’s sister’s conferment [Videos]

Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, along with other esteemed dignitaries, displayed elegance in their beautiful attire during President Akufo-Addo's sister's conferment at the...

Woman accused of witchcraft beaten to death in North East Region

A 60-year-old woman, Konjit Duut, has been beaten to death after she was accused of being a witch at Bunbuna in the Yunyoo/Nasuani district...

The People’s Forum: Drivers angry over bad state of Odorkor-Mallam Highway

Deep cracks, potholes, and eroded portions are some of the defining features of the Odorkor-Mallam road, commonly referred to as the K.A. Busia highway....

Teenage boy and girl ejected from home after pregnancy

Two teenagers are in a state of despair after their families ejected them from home when their sexual escapade ended in pregnancy. The boy, 17...

31% of teachers fail promotional exam

The recently released results of the teachers’ promotional examination conducted by the Ghana Education Service (GES) have revealed a success rate of 69% among...

Gyakye Quayson drags AG to General Legal Council

Assin North MP James Gyakye Quayson has reported the Attorney General (AG) to the General Legal Council (GLC) for what he describes as “professional...

GNFS to trace and arrest prank callers

Residents who make prank calls would be tracked down and arrested, Divisional Officer III, Ebenezer Yenzu, the Public Relations Officer for the Ghana National...

I’m scandalised NDC is protesting over gaming tax – Pius Hadzide

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA), Pius Enam Hadzide, has lashed out at the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for...

Compassion Ghana holds capacity building seminar for child advocates

To foster learning and development among their staff and child advocates in the country, Compassion International Ghana (CIGH), a non-governmental organisation, held the maiden...

Police to launch technology to capture road traffic offenders in real time

The Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service has hinted of introducing an automated system,Traffitech-GH, to enforce road traffic laws. Traffitech-GH...

I could’ve vanished when I got arrested – Fetish priest cries out after demolition fiasco

A fetish priest who stormed Nima to stop a demolition exercise but got arrested has opened up about the incident which occurred on Tuesday, August...

Rt. Rev. Dr Abraham Nana Opare-Kwakye elected new Presby Moderator

Rev. Dr. Abraham Nana Opare-Kwakye has been elected as the next Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG). The new moderator will lead the...

Father of two jailed, fined for child neglect

The Awutu Bereku Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a 46-year-old mason, Nicholas Kofi Owusu, to two weeks imprisonment and a fine of GH₵300 for failing...

Niger Coup: Over 45 million cedis lost as trucks delivering onions to Ghana are blocked at Benin border

Over one hundred trucks loaded with onions are locked up in the border town between Benin and Niger following the border closure. Each truck is...

Vodafone cash subscribers to benefit from new partnership with Remitly

Vodafone Cash has announced a strategic partnership with Remitly Inc., a Seattle-based international money transfer company recognized on the Top 100 Cross-Border Payment Companies...

How to acquire Ghana Passport under emergency circumstances

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has instituted measures to help clear the backlog of Ghanaian passport applications. In a press statement dated...

No one should pay more than GH¢300 for a passport – Foreign Ministry

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has disclosed new guidelines for obtaining Ghanaian passports, aiming to simplify the process and eliminate excessive...

Prof Gyampo elected UTAG-UG President

A Senior Political Science Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, was on Thursday, August 17, elected as the President of the...

Court sentences ‘Shepherd’ for rearing cattle, sheep, and goat on premises

The Hohoe Magistrate Court has sentenced Jibril Awal, for rearing 16 cattle, some goats, and sheep on his premises and in an insanitary condition...

Cecilia Dapaah just found out her husband is under arrest

The husband of former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah, Daniel Osei Kuffour, is being held under arrest as part of ongoing investigations into alleged corruption...

19-year-old lady arrested for dumping newborn baby at Akatsi

A 19-year-old mother has been apprehended by the Akatsi police for allegedly abandoning her newborn baby girl at Zutaga, a suburb of Akatsi in...

Pregnant women lead demonstration at Assin South over bad roads

Some residents in the Assin South Constituency in the Central Region thronged some principal streets to protest over bad roads. Pregnant women led the demonstrators...

Tricycle operators comply with KMA’s restriction order in CBD

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has expressed confidence the restriction on the operations of tricycle riders in the Central Business District (CBD) will be...

Agenda 111: Akufo-Addo’s advisor on health inspects projects in Western North region

The Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, has visited and inspected the progress of work on the Agenda 111 projects ongoing in the...

PPP petitions Parliament to investigate BoG losses

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has petitioned Parliament to summon and investigate the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Ernest Addison, and...

Check out polling stations for NPP’s special delegates conference

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced 17 polling stations where the Super Delegates Conference for its flagbeareship election will be held on August...

Obiri Boahen sues IGP Dampare, 8 other police officers

A private legal practitioner, Nana Obiri Boahen, has filed a writ at the Sunyani High Court in the Bono Region, praying the court to...

Illegal miners shoot forestry commission staff in the head, back

A staff of the Rapid Response Unit (RRU) of the Forestry Commission (FC), John Baba Konlan, has been shot in the head and back...

Fetish priest arrested in attempt to stop demolition at Nima [Video]

It was a dramatic turn of events after a yet-to-be-identified fetish priest attempted to stop a demolition exercise by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA)...

Upper East Region records highest case of elephantiasis

The Upper East region of Ghana has recorded the highest number of cases of elephantiasis, also known as lymphatic filariasis, in the country. According to...

GES Accountant in court over alleged GHc500K fraud

An accountant said to be with the Ghana Education Service (GES) has been arraigned at the Circuit Court in Accra and slapped with 33...

KsTU TUTAG resists attempts to impose ‘foreign’ Vice-Chancellor

Members of the Technical University Teachers’ Association (TUTAG), Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) chapter, are resisting attempts by the university’s governing board to impose what...

Court releases Ato Forson’s passport

The High Court in Accra has released to the Minority Leader and former Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, his passport to...

Ex-convict, driver remanded over burglary at Tesano

An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the remand of a 25-year-old unemployed man, Adolph Kosah, who broke into a residence at Tesano, making off with a television, laptop, and...

Fuel prices go up; petrol now selling at ¢13.50, diesel ¢13.90

Some oil market companies have started increasing prices of petroleum products at the pumps. TotalEnergies has increased the price of petrol to ¢13.50 from...

NDC to picket parliament, occupy gov’t agencies over 10% betting tax

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) youth wing has announced series of actions to express their displeasure with the government's 10% betting tax. A statement, signed...