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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...

Lands Minister inaugurates 10-member COP28 committee

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has inaugurated a 10-member committee to plan and facilitate Ghana’s effective participation in the...

Good news for Ghanaian tailors, seamstresses

In the coming days, the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) will support over 500 tailors and seamstresses in the country with GHC10,000. According to the Chief...

GUTA lauds gov’t over Pokuase housing scheme

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has expressed gratitude to the government for the inclusion of traders as beneficiaries in the Pokuase housing...

KMA ‘pragya’ restrictions: Asawase MP threatens to lead demo if…

Member of Parliament (MP) for Asawase Constituency has assured commercial tricycle operators in Kumasi of his preparedness to lead a peaceful demonstration against recent...

Bridge on the Nwomoa River collapses; drivers, passengers stranded

A critical incident has occurred on the Atebubu-Yeji road as the bridge spanning the Nwomoa River at Nwomoase has collapsed, resulting in drivers and...

43-year-old mother of five writes BECE in Oti region

A 43-year-old mother of five, Rita Quayson of Apesokubi D/A Junior High School (JHS), is among hundreds of pupils who are writing the 2023...

North East: Tunguri community submerged after heavy rainfall on Wednesday

The Tunguri community on the Walewale Nalerigu highway in the North East Region have been submerged in water following heavy rainfall in the early...

NPP primaries: Former Deputy Agric minister to contest for New Edubiase seat again

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for New Edubiase Constituency, George Oduro, has submitted his nomination forms at the office of the New Patriotic Party...

GNCCI pledges to work with Multimedia Group Limited to drive economic development

The Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI) has pledged its commitment to deepen collaboration with Multimedia Group Limited to help in articulating...

Show respect to ‘pragya’ riders to end resistance – Kofi Jumah to KMA

Former Chief Executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Maxwell Kofi Jumah, says the restriction of commercial tricycles to the central business district will not...

Ato Forson withdraws recusal application against judge

Minority Leader Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has withdrawn his application for recusal against the judge hearing his case of allegedly causing financial loss to...

Cecilia Dapaah’s case: 3 more arrested, new houses found

The Ghana Police Service says three more persons have been arrested in addition to the four people standing trial in the theft case involving...

OSP freezes Cecilia Dapaah’s bank accounts

Embattled Former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah’s bank accounts which hold substantial amounts in both dollars and cedis have been frozen. The action was taken...

45-year-old barber remanded for defiling 14-year-old girl

A 45-year-old barber has been remanded into police custody for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl. This incident is contrary to section 101 (2) of...

Anger at Tuabodom as DCE allegedly stops NDC MP from installing traffic light

There is confusion at Tuobodom in the Techiman North District of the Bono East Region following an attempt by the District Chief Executive of...

NPP would’ve equally called for BoG Governor’s head – Minister

A Deputy Minister of Trades and Industry, Dr Stephen Amoah, says the Minority’s demand of the Central Bank’s Governor to resign in 21 days...

Drug theft: 3 Bolgatanga Hospital staff remanded

Three staff of the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital have been remanded by the Circuit Court for allegedly stealing medicines belonging to the health facility. The accused...

2023 BECE: 7 teachers arrested for exam malpractice; check out names, schools

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), with the assistance of security personnel, has picked up seven teachers, one of them an invigilator, at different...

Pragya restriction: 12 riders remanded for attacking security officials

The Akropong Magistrate Court in the Ashanti Region has remanded 12 commercial tricycle riders into police custody following a violent protest at the premises...

BoG replies NDC on bankruptcy claims

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has said it cannot be insolvent or bankrupt, as claimed by the National Democratic Congress (NDC). This comes barely 24...

Niger coup: Gov’t should not contribute any soldiers for ECOWAS intervention – NDC

"Where was ECOWAS in the events leading to the coup? No Ghanaian soldier should be sent to Niger as an intervention force," Chairman of...

SSNIT retrieves GH₵132M from employers through court action

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) says it has retrieved 132 million Ghana Cedis from 2,272 cases filed at the law court...

Alcohol intake on the rise in Ghana

A recent report by the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey has revealed that the use of alcohol is prevalent among youth between the ages...

 NDC blasts Council of State over EC petition dismissal

Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande, has expressed his disappointment about the Council of State’s dismissal of its petition...

Goodwill message for Education officials of Effia Kwesimintsim Municilipality

Member of Parliament for Kwesimintsim Constituency, Dr Prince Hamid Armah, has sent a goodwill message to officials in charge of the Basic Education Certificate...

Fire razes down about 15 wooden structures at Ashaiman

A raging fire destroyed about 15 wooden structures at Official Town at Ashaiman on Friday, August 4 at about 5 pm. One of the victims,...

Africa Bar Association confers Medal of Merit in Leadership Award on Akufo-Addo

The Africa Bar Association has conferred a Medal of Merit in Leadership Award on President Nana Akufo-Addo. According to the President of the Association, Hannibal...

Cecilia Dapaah’s case: Five remanded; two granted GH¢2m bail

The Accra Circuit Court has remanded five of the accused persons in the Cecilia Dapaah case and granted bail to two lactating mothers to...

Two BECE candidates ‘vanish’ after science exam in Accra; leaving authorities baffled

Two candidates participating in the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in Accra left authorities and officials dumbfounded as they run off shortly after...

Akyem Abuakwa traditional council dismisses alleged destoolment of chief Osabarima Kofi Boateng III

The Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council has urged residents and citizens of Akwatia and Okyeman to disregard the alleged deposition or destoolment of chief Osabarima...

Zongo Killings: Youth ask police to change approach towards dealings with Zongo communities

Some youth of Aboabo in the Asokore Mampong Municipality in the Ashanti region have called on the Inspector-General of Police to caution personnel on...

Cecila Dapaah’s case: 3 more dragged to court; father of first accused discharged

Three more persons have been arraigned in addition to four others who were initially charged with counts of stealing and dishonestly receiving monies stolen...

Dag Heward-Mills disclaims suggestions he ‘targeted’ court case in sermon

The Founder and Presiding Bishop of the United Denominations Originating from the Lighthouse Group of Churches (UD-OLGC), Dag Heward-Mills, has distanced himself from claims...

Lawyer questions mysterious resurfacing of Cecila Dapaah’s case as new details emerge

Prominent legal expert, Kweku Yamoah Paintsil, has raised suspicions surrounding the recent developments in the case of former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah. In an interview...

Assemblyman for Emena attributes mysterious deaths in community to desecration of cemetery

Residents of Emena in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti region are worried about what they suspect to be mysterious deaths in the community...

National Food Suppliers Association gives ultimatum for payment of outstanding arrears

The National Food Suppliers Association has given a 14-day ultimatum for the payment of all arrears for both 2022 and 2023. In a statement signed...

Saglemi Housing Project: Asenso-Boakye replies Mahama

Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has vehemently countered recent allegations made by former President John Dramani Mahama regarding the Saglemi housing project. The...

Onion scarcity looms as importers remain stranded in Benin

The closure of the Benin border in the wake of the coup in Niger is anticipated to lead to an increase in onion prices...