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President Akufo-Addo’s alma mater appeals to him for support

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s alma mater, Kinbu Senior High Technical School in Accra, has appealed to him to assist in reclaiming encroached lands...

Update on Kan Dapaah, Barker-Vormawor case

The National Security Minister, Albert Kan-Dapaah, has applied to the High Court asking for an order to allow him to use substituted service to...

Stephen Appiah donates to victims of Akosombo dam spillage

Former Black Stars captain, Stephen Appiah, has donated relief items to victims of the Akosombo dam spillage in the Volta region. Appiah, together with Wembley Construction made...

A whole Ghanaian state lacks capacity to stop galamsey? – Justice Atuguba quizzes

A retired justice of the Supreme Court, William Atuguba, has expressed shock at the inability of the state with all the power and resources...

Stop abusing sickness clause in the Oath of Allegiance –  Otumfuo to Chiefs

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has warned chiefs in the Asante Kingdom to halt exploiting the sickness clause in the oath they took...

Zoomlion Foundation, partners marks health and handwashing awareness campaign

Zoomlion Foundation has observed this year's Global Hand Washing Day with 3000 Zoomkids Club members at Nii Sowah Din Cluster of Schools in Adentan...

GWCL drags 85 Tamale customers to court

Eight-five institutions and individuals in the Tamale Metropolis have been hauled before the Tamale District Court by the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), over...

Akosombo Dam Spillage: Don’t disenfranchise affected residents in 2024 elections – Retired judge

Former Justice of the Court of Appeal, Justice Kwaku Gyan, has expressed deep-seated concerns about the potential impact of the recent Akosombo Dam spillage...

Fashion policies to improve basic education – Speaker urges Education Ministry

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has urged the Ministry of Education and stakeholders to fashion effective policies to improve quality at...

Ga Manye funeral: Traditional Council reacts to injunction

The organizers of the funeral service for the late Ga Manye, Naa Dedei Omaedru III, say they will proceed with the ceremony on Saturday,...

We have been sidelined – Late Ga Manye’s family justifies injunction

The family of the Ga Manye, Naa Dedei Omaedru III, has threatened to stop the Ga Traditional Council from going ahead with the funeral...

Gender Minister cautions soothsayers against witchcraft accusations

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), Lariba Zuweira Abudu, has said soothsayers in the communities have contributed significantly to accusing people...

Middle-aged man found hanging on tree near Volta River

A man suspected to be in his 50s has been found hanging on a tree near the Volta River at Kpong in the Eastern...

There’s no way God will honour Kennedy Agyapong – Nigel Gaisie

The founder and leader of Prophetic Hill Chapel, Prophet Nigel Gaisie, has prognosticated that Kennedy Agyapong will never emerge as the flagbearer of the...

I only disagree with Mahama on partisan balance of judiciary appointments – Atuguba

A retired justice of the Supreme Court, William Atuguba, has stated that former President John Dramani Mahama has every right to address the growing...

Regularise migration of nurses abroad to earn foreign exchange – GRNMA to gov’t

The President of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Madam Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo, has asked the government to turn the negative narrative of...

Photos: Life on water in now-flooded Mepe after Akosombo Dam spillage

Mepe, situated in the Volta Region, is one of the towns enduring these dire conditions. It is among the towns significantly impacted by the flooding...

Ga Manye funeral in limbo over injunction

Seven people have filed an ex-parte motion for injunction against the funeral of the late Ga Manye, Naa Dedei Omaedru III. The Ga Manye...

Korle Bu performs successful bladder repair surgery

A team of urologists at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, led by the Head of the Department of Surgery, Professor J. E. Mensah, has...

Akosombo dam spillage: Buipewura defends Akufo-Addo

The Paramount chief of Buipe Traditional Area, Buipewura Mahama Abdulai Jinapor II, says President Nana Akufo-Addo’s comment at Mepe in the Volta Region was...

Akosombo dam spillage: We’re satisfied with health conditions – GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has expressed satisfaction with the health conditions in the affected Tongu Districts, despite the recent flooding and subsequent water...

TUC lauds IGP Dampare

The Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Anthony Yaw Baah, has commended the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr George Akuffo Dampare,...

Kasoa teenagers buried 11-year-old boy alive – Investigator tells court

The investigator in the case in which two teenagers are standing trial for allegedly murdering an 11-year-old boy for money ritual at Kasoa has...

Ga Manye funeral: GES speaks on closure of schools

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced the amendment of an earlier letter from the Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiku Tsuru II, on the...

Road contractors react to Prof Adei’s allegations

A group of road contractors in Ghana have expressed readiness to help the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to investigate an allegation of...

Akosombo dam spillage: GNAT unhappy with pace of resolving academic work

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) says it is not happy with the government’s slow pace of response to challenges confronting schools in...

Israeli Ambassador seeks face of God at Cedar Mountain Chapel over Hamas conflict

The Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Shlomit Sufa, has visited Cedar Mountain Chapel at East Legon in Accra to worship and seek prayer for her...

Akosombo Dan spillage: Govt will restore livelihoods

The government has pledged its commitment to distribute relief items to people and communities that were affected by the spillage of the Akosombo and...

NSMQ 2023: Road to the finale; story of Achimota School

Achimota School (Motown) had their last taste of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) finale back in 2009, where they engaged in a...

Bawumia, Ya-Naa cut sod for $150 million SOCO projects in Northern and Oti regions

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has signaled the beginning of construction works on all the 582 projects under the Gulf of Guinea Northern...

Justice in the digital age: Ghana’s judges urged to embrace e-law evolution

In a bid to keep up with the ever-evolving landscape of e-law and to ensure the fair and effective delivery of justice, Chief Justice...

Cecilia Dapaah case: CJ rejects OSP’s request to remove judge

The Chief Justice has requested a request by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to remove Justice Edward Twum from Cecilia Dapaah's case. The...

Fire destroys 8-bedroom house at Tesano

An eight-bedroom house has been completely destroyed after a fire incident at Tesano-Apenkwa near the Charleston Hotel in Accra. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning....

GES ‘chases’ JHS 1 and 2 pupils who sat for 2023 BECE

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has taken steps to identify unqualified Junior High School (JHS) pupils in Forms One and Two who skipped classes...

Ga Many3 funeral: All you need to know about the suspension of commercial activities

In a solemn gesture of respect and farewell to the late Ga Many3, Naa Dedei Omaedru III, Queen Mother of the Ga State, the...

Adom FM/TV support brain tumour patient with GH₵9,200

The Akan brands of Multimedia Group Limited, Adom FM/TV, through the benevolence of its audience, has donated GH₵9,200 to Esther Adzam to undergo brain...

You can’t win souls through condemnation – Kaywa tells Christians

The Chief Executive Officer of the Highly Spiritual Record Label, David Kojo Kyei, popularly known as Kaywa, has urged Christians to stop condemning their...

NAM1 reacts to decision of police to deposit GH₵2.‎5m at BoG

Embattled Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Menzgold Ghana Limited, has stated that he will go back to the Ghana Police Service and take his...

Western Togoland Secession trial: Six convicted

An Accra High Court has convicted six persons for their various involvement in activities to break away the ‘so called’ Western Togoland from Ghana.   The convicts...

Where Ghana stands now a cause for grave lamentation – Justice Atuguba

Former Justice of the Supreme Court, William Atuguba has bemoaned the current state of Ghana’s judicial sector. Speaking at a public lecture organized by Solidaire...