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Akosombo dam spillage: Ofori-Atta sends good news to victims

Long-term relief measures for the victims of the Akosombo Dam spillage will be taken into consideration in the 2024 budget, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta...

We don’t want you again – Dome market women tell Adwoa Safo

Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament (MP), Adwoa Safo's visit to the Dome market took a different turn as some women booed and hooted at her....

Finance Ministry donates GH₵2m to Akosombo dam spillage victims

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, on behalf of staff at the ministry, has supported the victims of the Akosombo dam spillage with GH₵2 million....

WACCE rolls out initiative to deal with violent extremism in Northern Ghana

Ghana still remains unattacked in a region under terrorist siege for more than a decade. But it is important to acknowledge that violent extremism...

Ghana risks turning into a narco-state – Yaw Nsarkoh warns

The former Executive Vice President of Unilever Ghana and Nigeria, Yaw Nsarkoh, says Ghana risks being turned into a narco-state. Speaking at the Ghana Institute...

Sekondi-Takoradi residents stage massive demo over bad roads

Scores of Sekondi-Takoradi residents hit the streets to demonstrate on a myriad of issues confronting the metropolis. They enumerated a number of issues, including...

Fire sweeps through 21-bedroom house at Anloga

A fire that swept through a compound house and destroyed 21 bedrooms at Anloga in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti Region on Friday,...

Only 48% of Ghanaians consistently wash  hands with soap – Sanitation Minister

"Only 48 percent of Ghanaians consistently wash their hands with soap", Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Dr Freda Prempeh has said. Referencing a scientific...

Menzgold customers storm court ahead of NAM 1’s hearing

The police are having a tough time controlling a swarm of Menzgold customers who have stormed the court ahead of Nana Appiah Mensah’s (NAM...

Opuni Trial: High Court dismisses motion for stay of proceedings

An Accra High Court hearing the trial of Dr Stephen Opuni, a former Chief Executive of COCOBOD and two others has dismissed a plea...

You’re on the right track – Christian Council to Dampare

The Christian Council of Ghana says it is impressed with the leadership of the police service reaching out to key stakeholders in their bid...

Abortion in itself does not cause infertility – Doctor reveals [Video]

The Medical Director of the Accra Fertility Center at the MediFem Multi-Specialist Hospital, Dr. Nana Kwame Henaku-Larbi, has cleared the air on a common...

All you need to know about the SOCO project

Director of Local Government Services at the Office of the President, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has shared key details about the Gulf of Guinea Northern Region...

District Level Elections: Media urged to report on female aspirants

Journalists have been urged to give female candidates participating in the upcoming local government elections better visibility in media reportage. By giving women aspirants positive...

2 companies to produce anti-snake venom

A Ghana-based vaccine manufacturer, Atlantic Lifesciences Limited, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a leading Indian biological company, Vins Bioproducts, to produce...

2020 National Best Teacher shortlisted for Global Teacher Prize

The 2020 National Best Teacher, Eric Asomani Asante, is one of 10 shortlisted finalists for this year’s Global Teacher Prize Award. Mr Asante is one...

Fishing activities in Keta Lagoon temporarily banned

The Keta Municipal Security Council has put a temporary ban on fishing activities in the area. This directive is a result of the high water...

Video: Many people in Ghana live in mass misery – Yaw Nsarkoh

A member of the Ghana Institution of Engineering, Yaw Nsarkoh, has highlighted the importance of taking action to address pressing social issues. The Institution's Annual...

NPP vice chairman dies in motor accident 

The First Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Offinso South constituency of the Ashanti Region, Dauda Afriyie, has been killed...

“Stop peddling lies in my presence” – Otumfuo fumes at ‘queen mother’, declares Anyenyere stool vacant

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has chastised the self-acclaimed queen mother of Anyenyere, a suburb of Atwima over false entitlement to stool lands...

32-year-old delivers quadruplet at Eastern Regional Hospital, appeals for help

32-year-old Sabina Acheampong has given birth to quadruplet at the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua. The babies were 33 weeks old in the womb and...

Akosombo Dam spillage: Floods recede at Mepe

The Deputy Director-General of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Seji Saji Amedonu has said the flood has receded by more than three feet...

Multimedia Group secures 8 nominations at 27th GJA Awards

Eight journalists from The Multimedia Group have been nominated for the 27th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards slated for Sunday, October 29, 2023. The...

GRIDCo announces power outage

The Ghana Grid Company Ltd, (GRIDCo), has announced power cuts in parts of the country as a result of limited gas supply to Tema.  In...

Accident at NPP office: Driver, mate fled scene – Fire Service

ADO1 Alex Nartey with the Ghana National National Fire Service (GNFS) Public Relations Department, has given further details about the accident at the New...

Baby thief grabbed at Kasoa America Town

A 27-year-old woman has been arrested by the Kasoa Divisional DOVVSU Command for allegedly stealing a six-month-old baby girl at Kasoa American Town in...

I welcome criticisms – Akufo-Addo says as he interacts with Association Int’l school pupils

President Akufo-Addo says he welcomes criticisms because they keep him on his toes. According to him, no man knows everything so it is...

SOCO project is a game-changer – Miracles Aboagye

Director of Local Government Services at the Office of the President, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has touted the Gulf of Guinea Northern Regions Social Cohesion...

UCC’s team ‘Badwenba’ crowned winners of 2023 StatsBank Hackathon

Team Badwenba from the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has been crowned winners of the 2023 National StatsBank Hackathon. It was a three-day event which...

Women urged to participate in breast cancer screening for early detection

In a bid to promote breast cancer awareness and early detection, the Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has provided education and essential health screening to...

Sanitise your thoughts – Ablakwa tells Sanitation Minister

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has criticised the Sanitation Minister, Freda Prempeh for saying that the flood victims refused evacuation....

GNAT urges swift govt action to restore education in Akosombo Dam spillage-affected communities

The leadership of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is calling on the government to expedite its efforts to provide alternative means of...

Ambulance case: Ato Forson drops 3 defence witnesses 

Three defence witnesses of former Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, will no longer testify in the ambulance case before the Accra...

Court sets aside injunction against Ga Manye’s funeral

An Accra High Court has set aside an injunction against the funeral of the Ga Manye, Naa Dedei Omaeduru II. Some seven on Wednesday...

Sekondi-Takoradi youth to demonstrate over bad roads

Concerned residents of Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western region will, on Friday, October 27, 2023, hit the principal streets in the area to protest the...

16 drug peddlers including 3 women arrested at Boti

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Eastern Regional Police Command has arrested 16 suspected drug peddlers in the Boti area of the Yilo...

Latest on Charles Bissue’s case

A Human Rights Court has struck out a motion of the OSP seeking to dismiss an application filed by former secretary of the Inter-Ministerial...

UAE plants drought-tolerant trees in Ghana ahead of Climate Change conference

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has planted drought-tolerant trees in Ghana ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 28 scheduled to take...

2023 NSMQ grand finale rescheduled

Primetime Limited, the organisers of the National Maths and Science Quiz (NSMQ) has rescheduled the finale for the 2023 edition to Monday, October 30, 2023. The finale,...

We’ll give Ghanaians an overdose of security during Christmas – IGP assures

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has assured that the police are ready and prepared to deal with all persons planning...