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Huge losses under debt exchange have significantly weakened banking sector’s capitalisation – Fitch

Rating agency, Fitch, has warned that the large losses imposed on bondholders under the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) have significantly weakened the banking...

Communities in Shai-Osudoku District protest bad roads [Photos]

Doryumu, Kordiabe, Agormeda, Asebi and neighbouring communities in the Shai-Osudoku District in the Greater Accra region have blocked roads linking these areas to some...

Ghana records 2% decline in new HIV infections rate for 2022

Ghana registered 16,574 new HIV infections in 2022 as opposed to 16,938 in 2021, the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has disclosed.   The figure represents...

Govt has not abandoned Saglemi – Miracles Aboagye

Presidential Staffer, Miracles Aboagye, has stated that government has not abandoned the Saglemi Housing Project. Speaking on Adom TV's Badwam Show, he explained that government...

Unexplained wealth should be criminalised – Haruna Iddrisu

Tamale South Member of Parliament (MP), Haruna Iddirsu, has called for criminalising unexplained wealth in Ghana. Contributing to a discussion on the floor of Parliament...

Bibiani market women cry out for better facilities and sanitation

Traders at the bustling market at Bibiani, located in the Bibiani Anhweaso Bekwai municipality of the Western North Region, are raising their voices in...

Four dead in accident at Nkenkensu on the Kumasi-Techiman highway

Four people have been confirmed dead and several others injured after a commercial bus and a trailer collided head-on at Nkenkensu on the Kumasi-Techiman...

23 persons remanded for attacking palace over sale of Kweiman land

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a group of 23 young men for allegedly assaulting some elders of Kweiman and attacking a palace over...

Farmers at Nkwanta South plead for tractors and other farming machinery

A group of female farmers at Nkwanta South of the Oti Region have appealed to government and other agencies to support them with farming...

2 more suspects arrested in connection with money stolen from Cecilia Dapaah’s home

Two more suspects have been arrested in the ongoing investigations into the stolen funds from the residence of former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah. The development...

Details of prices of Pokuase National Affordable Housing project revealed

See the prices of the recently announced National Affordable Housing project at Pokuase. Studio - $13,800 One bedroom - $20,700 Two bedroom - $34,500 Three bedroom - $42,550 The...

Latest on Cecilia Dapaah’s ‘stolen’ monies

Police prosecutors, on Wednesday, failed to present the accused persons in the case of the alleged theft of over one million dollars belonging to...

37 Military Hospital to hold mass burial

The 37 Military Hospital in Accra is set to hold a mass burial exercise for some unidentified and unclaimed corpses at the facility’s morgue. According...

Amasaman MP advocates for support for Homowo festival celebrations

Member of Parliament (MP) for Amasaman Constituency, Akwasi Afrifa Mensah, has called for support for custom and institutions for the traditional leaders, especially during...

Auditor-General has no power to audit public companies like ECG – Kwabena Donkor

Former Power Minister, Dr Kwabena Donkor, says the Auditor General does not have the power to audit companies including public companies like the Electricity...

Tricycle operators block major road leading to Kejetia over KMA ban

Tricycle operators in the Ashanti Region have escalated their protest against a directive to restrict their movement in parts of the Central Business District...

Airport Residential robbery: Court orders prosecution to file documents’

An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the prosecution in the case in which eight people are facing charges over an alleged robbery of a...

NPP announces new dues payment system; check out amount

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced a new dues payment system for its members following approval by the National Council. The party Chairman, Stephen...

Ambassador speaks fondly of Ghana unions in Germany

Ghana's Ambassador to Germany, Gina Blay, has spoken highly of Unions of Ghana Associations in the country. Madam Blay has said they have immensely...

Ghana’s Ambassador to Germany opens up on state of citizens

Ghana's Ambassador to Germany, Gina Ama Blay, has revealed there are a lot of Ghanaians who are thriving and living a successful life in...

Akufo-Addo govt committed to completing Saglemi Housing Project and others – Asenso-Boakye

The Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye, says President Akufo-Addo is committed to completing all housing projects started by previous governments. He says the...

Treason trial: I was not part of alleged coup plot meeting – Airforce Corporal Seidu Abubakar

Airforce Corporal, Seidu Abubakar, the seventh accused person out of the nine persons standing trial over an alleged high treason, says he was not...

Akufo-Addo cuts sod for Pokuase housing project

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has broken ground for the construction of an ambitious 8,000-unit housing project at Pokuase. In his address, the President...

NSS releases pin codes for 2023/2024 general enrollment

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has officially released the PIN Codes for a total of 142,381 final year students from 125 accredited tertiary institutions...

Tension mounts as Akyem Abuakwa State serves notice to protest gruesome murder of Odehye Kwame Sarkodie

The Akyem Abuakwa State has served notice to demonstrate against the gruesome murder of Odehye Kwame Sarkodie, a member of the Dwumana Royal family...

NHIA reduces claims payments backlog to just one month

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has made additional payments of Ghs186 million cedis to credentialed healthcare service providers. The July 31, 2023 payments have...

Two drivers in coma after accident on Kasoa-Winneba Highway

Two drivers, whose vehicles got involved in an accident at Krispol City on the Kasoa-Winneba Highway, have gone into coma following the crash on...

Govt releases GH¢50.5million to WAEC to conduct BECE and WASSCE

The government has released GH¢50.5 million to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to conduct the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and...

Fetish priest accused of robbery lynched at Saltpond

A 21-year-old fetish priest who doubles as a taxi driver has been lynched near the Anglican Basic School at Saltpond in the Mfantseman Municipality...

Comprehensive master plan developed for Pokuase Housing Project – Asenso-Boakye

The Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye, says the government has developed a well-thought-out master plan for the Pokuase Housing Project. According to the...

Tamale Court slaps former NDC organiser with 20K fine after losing suit against his successor

The Tamale High Court presided over by his Lordship, Justice, Eric Ansah Ankomah, has slapped the immediate past Savannah Regional Organiser of the National...

Two arrested after failed robbery attempt at Yeji

Police at Yeji in the Pru East District in the Bono East Region have arrested two persons over an alleged plot to rob a...

Character education, discipline missing in Ghanaian schools – Prof Hammond

The Chairman of the Governing Council of Dominion University College, Professor Felix Nikoi Hammond, says a combination of character education and discipline is the...

Massive reaction as Otumfuo arrives at Trinidad and Tobago for Emancipation Day celebration

On Sunday, July 30, 2023, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, embarked on a significant journey to Trinidad and Tobago to participate in their...

He hit himself against a wall – Interior Minister refutes claims that police brutalised man who died at Asawase

Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, says 34-year-old Salahudeen Tafilu, who died at Dagombaline, was not brutalised and killed by the police. This was in response to...

Chief Justice sends strong warning to prospective students

Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo, has cautioned prospective lawyers against what she describes as obscene and offensive character. According to her, “to come into our space...

Lives of politicians in danger – John Kumah

Deputy Finance Minister, John Kumah, has described recent times as difficult for every politician in Ghana. His comment is in relation to the reports of...

GPHA statement on death of fishermen a cover up – Family head

Nii Armah Ashiboi has said the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority's (GPHA) statement on the death of two fishermen at Tema Newtown is a...

Just bring me $5K – MP on claims $45K was found in his car after accident

Juaboso Member of Parliament(MP), Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has dismissed claims $45,000 was found in his car after an accident on Saturday. According to him,...

Mintah Akandoh breaks silence after surviving ghastly accident

Juaboso Member of Parliament (MP), Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has broken his silence after being involved in an accident which almost claimed his life. The incident occurred...