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Political expert gives hint on Mahama’s running mate

Political Science Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr Kwame Asah-Asante, has expressed shock over the push for Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang to be changed...

ECOWAS has no power to order force against Niger junta – Diplomatic consultant

International Diplomatic Consultant, Farouk Al Wahab, has condemned the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) over its standby force against the Niger junta...

Court adjourns NLC and Sunon Asogli Power Ghana Limited case indefinitely 

An Accra High Court has adjourned sine die (indefinitely) the hearing of a motion on notice to enforce the National Labour Commission’s decision in a...

60% of Menzgold customers ineligible for payment after validation process

It has emerged that 60% of customers of the defunct gold trading company, Menzgold, are ineligible for payment after validation processes. According to the...

Dissolve 12-member BoG board for allegedly supervising corruption – Afaglo

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Marrer Ghana Limited, Susatgad Boat Building and Fishing Industries, Novihoho Afaglo, has added his voice to calls from...

China launches visa application centre in Accra

The Chinese Embassy in Ghana has inaugurated a visa application centre in Accra on Thursday, August 10, in an effort to simplify travel arrangements...

DVLA interdicts 13 staff, sacks 3

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has interdicted 13 employees, while three others have had their appointments terminated due to violations of staff...

Akufo-Addo assents to death penalty removal bill

President Nana Akufo-Addo has assented to the death penalty removal bill into law. The president assented to the bills on Wednesday, August 2, 2023. The...

KMA begins release of impounded tricycles to owners

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has announced it has begun releasing 100 impounded tricycles to their owners. These tricycles were impounded on Monday, August 7,...

 Court must work without fear or favour – GII on Cecilia Dapaah case

The Executive Director of the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Mary Addah, has asked the court to work without fear or favor relative to the...

Majority Leader justifies 10% withholding tax on betting, lottery winnings

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has justified the Ghana Revenue Authority’s 10% withholding tax on all gross gaming winnings scheduled to commence...

Education Minister sends important message to 2023 BECE candidates

A Deputy Minister for Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has assured adequate spaces to admit all 600,714 candidates writing this year's 2023 Basic Education...

IMF clarifies Bank of Ghana’s GH¢60 billion loss

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has addressed the concerns surrounding the Bank of Ghana's (BoG) GH¢60 billion loss incurred during the 2022 fiscal year,...

Roads ministry assesses extent of damage in North East Region

The Ministry of Roads and Highways has been assessing the extent of damage to road infrastructure in the North East Region following Wednesday's floods...

GWCL drags 22 customers to court over GH¢198k debt

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) in the Ashanti Region has dragged 22 customers to court for failing to pay their water bills. The...

27 suspected land guards at Borteyman remanded into Nsawam Prison

The Circuit Court in Accra has remanded some 27 suspected land guards involved in prohibited activities at Borteyman in Accra into Nsawam Medium Security...

ECOWAS orders immediate standby force against Niger junta [Video]

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has ordered its standby force to restore constitutional order in the Niger Republic. The President of ECOWAS,...

Tuobodom traffic light saga: DCE tackles MP over brass band

The Techiman North District Chief Executive (DCE) has justified move to stop the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament from installing traffic light...

Cecilia Dapaah: Courts sets August 17 to rule on extension of assets freeze

An Accra High Court has set Thursday, August 17, to rule on the confirmation or otherwise of the freezing of former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia...

Ofori-Atta, Addison are walking jailbirds – Sammy Gyamfi

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has stated that Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta and Bank of Ghana governor,...

Akufo-Addo joins other ECOWAS leaders at Abuja for emergency summit on Niger coup

President Akufo-Addo has joined other West-African leaders in Abuja, Nigeria to discuss the crucial political situation in Niger. The President, last week, agreed to a...

Cecilia Dapaah’s case is a tragedy for government, nation – Prof Agyemang-Duah

Former United Nations Senior Governance Advisor, Professor Baffour Agyemang-Duah, has described the former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah’s case as a tragedy for government and the...

I’m open to free wifi audit; there’s nothing to hide – Education Minister

Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has said he will welcome calls for an audit of the government's free wifi for Senior High schools...

People’s Forum: Strange underground water destroys homes at Afienya

The lives of residents at Afienya in the Ningo-Prampram District of the Greater Accra region are in danger over a mysterious underground that is...

Abugiss flats under lock and key – Teachers commute from Accra, K’dua to school

A fully completed residential building for teachers of Aburi Girls Senior High School (SHS) has been abandoned for the past four years, following the...

Onion traders use Nigeria route after Benin and Burkina Faso border closure

Onion traders in Ghana have now resorted to bringing what is left of the produce through Nigeria rather than waiting on Benin and Burkina...

BoG is solid; ignore NDC’s funny propaganda – John Kumah

Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr John Kumah, has jumped to the defense of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Governor, Dr Ernest Addison, and his...

Old Yakaase residents confiscate ‘galamsey’ equipment on River Disou

Residents of Old Yakaase in the Aowin municipality of the Western North Region have taken action against illegal mining activities by confiscating mining equipment...

Enough of the disrespect – Prof Gyampo to govt

Senior Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has said Ghanaians deserve an apology rather than the “brazen attempt” by...

Our current building not fit for purpose – BoG justifies $250m new project

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has disputed assertions by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the construction of its new $250 million headquarters is...

YEA makes passionate appeal to Police over Community Protection Assistants

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has called on the Ghana Police Service to kick-start a process for recruitment of its Community Protection Assistants (CPAs)...

Stop acting like KG pupils – Allotey Jacobs jabs Minority over BoG picketing threat

Former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has strongly criticized the Minority caucus in Parliament for their intention...

Teachers, pupils run for lives at Gumyorko over alleged shooting incident

There was a chaotic scene at Gumyorko a sub-community in the Binduri District of the Upper East Region following an alleged gunmen attack. One...

Popular MC accused of defiling 30 children remanded

The Wa Circuit Court presided over by His Honour Mr Jonathan Avogo, has remanded a suspected serial paedophile into police custody to reappear in...

We haven’t turned the corner – Kwame Pianim on economic challenges

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) enjoys substantial international regard, but its recent string of decisions has been called into question by economist and statesman...

Police honours fallen horse with posthumous promotion

The Ghana Police Service has honoured what it says has been one of its most distinguished horses, P/H Corporal Queen Mother with a posthumous...

Open defecation contributes to malnutrition among children – GHS

The Upper West Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has identified Open defecation (OD) as a contributing factor to the malnutrition situation...

Freezing of Cecilia Dapaah’s accounts cause for celebration – Martin Kpebu

Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has indicated that the freezing of former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Dapaah’s cedi and dollar accounts must be...

Cecilia Dapaah’s property can be returned if … – Prof Appiagyei-Atua

An Associate Professor of the School of Law at the University of Ghana, Prof. Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua, says the former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah’s property,...

FDA, GHS call for national legislation to protect breastfeeding working parents

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and the Ghana Health Service (GHS) have called for the enactment of national legislation to safeguard the breastfeeding...