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AMA jails five food vendors, closes restaurant

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) in the last six months jailed five food vendors and closed down a restaurant for flouting food safety regulations....

Auditor-General uncovers GH¢15.1bn financial irregularities in public boards, corporations

More than GH¢15.1 billion irregularities have been uncovered in the operations of public boards, corporations and other statutory institutions for last year, the 2022...

Coalition of Aggrieved Menzgold customers calls for NAM1’s arrest

The Coalition of Aggrieved Customers of Menzgold is calling on the government to arrest the Chief Executive Officer of the defunct gold dealership company,...

Closed Season: The woes of women and children in fishing communities

The din of brisk fishing activity greets anyone who ventures onto the landing beach at Jamestown the Greater Accra Region and in coastal regions...

9-year-old boy slips, drowns in well while fetching water

A nine-year-old boy, Dodovi Sampson, has lost his life after falling into a well while trying to fetch water for his household at Akyem...

Latest on accident involving Kwabena Minta Akandoh

The driver and bodyguard of Juaboso MP, Kwabena Minta Akandoh, are said to be in critical condition after a Toyota Land Cruiser they were...

NAM 1 gives update on Menzgold’s transaction validation and payment

Management of defunct gold trading organisation, Menzgold, has provided a promising update regarding the payment process. In a press release, Menzgold said it is strictly...

3 suspected armed robbers arrested at Kankanfranse

The Obuasi police have successfully apprehended three suspected armed robbers in the town of Kankanfranse, located within the Amansie Central district of the Ashanti...

Prampram chief Nene Tetteh Wakah III calls for unity as Homowo is launched

The Paramount Chief of Prampram Traditional Area and President of the Traditional Council, Nene Tetteh Wakah III has appealed to indigenes of Prampram to...

Akosua Manu, a believer in education donates books to Otanor Presby school

Akosua Manu, aspiring parliamentary candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Adentan Constituency, has donated books worth thousands of cedis to...

Potsin: 15-year-old boy fights for life as two motorbike riders inflict cutlass wounds on him

A 15-year-old schoolboy, Philip Dadzie, is in critical condition after being attacked by two individuals on a motorbike on the road between Gomoa Dominase...

Ghana Police join retired detective to celebrate 90th birthday [photos]

Members of the Police Management Board, led by the Inspector-General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, Friday joined one of its retired detectives,...

Scrap dealer jailed 10 years for stealing car gearbox

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 25-year-old scrap dealer for stealing a Renault gear box and its housing belonging to a driver. Mohammed Mansur...

Yendi court remands man for stabbing his friend with scissors

The Yendi Circuit court, presided over by his honour Anthony Aduku-Aidoo, has remanded into police custody a suspect who allegedly stabbed his friend with...

NDC MP involved in ghastly accident [Photos]

Outspoken Member of Parliament (MP) for Sehwi Juaboso constituency, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has been involved in a tragic accident on the Nyinahin-Kumasi road in...

17-year-old girl found dead at Hweremoase

A 17-year-old girl, Sandra Anokye, has committed suicide at Hweremoase in the Adansi Asokwa district of the Ashanti region. The first-year student of Ghana International...

You can’t call anyone witch in Ghana; it’s a crime – Parliament

It is now an offence to accuse any person of being a witch in the country. This follows the passage of the Criminal Offences...

Anglogold Ashanti distributes 30,000 oil palm seedlings to reclaim destroyed lands

Mining giants AngloGold Ashanti, Obuasi Mine has distributed 30,000 oil palm seedlings to over 2,500 existing oil palm farmers across its host communities. The...

29-year-old bride dies in tragic accident just two weeks after wedding

The untimely demise of Portia Owusuaa Asante, a young Ghanaian bride, has shocked and saddened many on social media. Portia, who was only 29 years...

Dadease residents demand action from IGP after viral video of police brutality

Inhabitants of Dadease in the Sekyere Kumawu District of the Ashanti Region are calling on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to take drastic measures...

Court fines 24 commercial sex workers for sex soliciting

The La District Court has penalized 24 Nigerian commercial sex workers for soliciting sex in Osu, Accra. They are Favour David, 20, Nancy Victor, 23,...

Stop engaging illegal engineers – Ghanaians told

To help address the recent spate of building collapse in the country, Ghanaians are being urged to stop engaging unlicensed engineers for their engineering...

Wildlife Resources Management Bill 2022 passed

Parliament has passed the Wildlife Resources Management Bill 2022, after its third reading on Friday, July 28. Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources responsible...

Kumawu MP offers medical treatment to Dadease police brutality victim

Kumawu Member of Parliament(MP), Ernest Yaw Anim, has promised to provide medical treatment to Justice Afram, a young man who was assaulted by a...

Mother whose son suffered police brutality at Dadease speaks

Afia Owusuwaa, the mother of a 23-year-old man who was dragged on the ground at Dadease by a policeman during an arrest, has spoken...

Man dragged on the ground by policeman gives chilling account

Justice Afram, an alleged thief captured in a viral video being dragged on the ground by the police during an arrest, has spoken on...

Woman slits co-tenant’s throat in revenge fight

A 20-year-old woman is battling for her life after her co-tenant nearly chopped off her head in a fight at Awutu Bereku in...

The autopsy can wait – Families of deceased Tema fishers to MESEC

Families of two Tema deceased fishers have made their stance clear regarding preservation and autopsy processes on the bodies of their relatives. The families said...

Free SHS: PTA, boards and old students rendered useless – GNAT

The Ghana National Association of Teachers(GNAT) says the introduction of the Free SHS policy has rendered once vibrant PTAs, governing boards, and alumni useless....

Teenage girl allegedly harassed by aunt’s husband begs for GH¢470 to write BECE

A 16-year-old girl who alleges to be a victim of sexual harassment by her aunt’s husband is appealing to the public for financial assistance...

Court adjourns Adisadel College student’s case

The Cape Coast District Court 2 has adjourned the case involving an Adisadel College student who violently assaulted his colleague over a sim card. This...

Policeman interdicted after dragging man on the ground during arrest

The Police say it has interdicted one of its officers captured in a viral video dragging a suspect on the ground during an arrest...

Dadease Police brutality: IGP apologises to family of victim

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr Akuffo Dampare, has apologised to the family of 23-year-old Justice Afram who was brutally assaulted by a policeman...

Chaos at Labone SHS

The La-Dadekotopon Municipal Education Directorate has taken swift action to investigate the disturbance that took place at Labone Senior High School (SHS) on Wednesday. Viral...

Sister of man assaulted by police at Dadiesi speaks on his condition

Abena Yeboah, the sister of a young man who was brutally assaulted at Dadiesi by a yet-to-identified policeman, says he is not in a...

Stray bullet kills 14-year-old boy, others injured at Aboabo fire festival

A teenager has been confirmed dead after he was reportedly hit by a stray bullet during a fire festival at Aboabo in the Asokore...

Gospel presenter OB Nartey picks nomination form for Adentan NPP parliamentary race

Ghanaian broadcaster and gospel music advocate, Kwame OB Nartey, is running for the parliamentary primary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the Adentan...

IPPs contemplate shutting down plants as govt fails to settle $2bn debt

The Independent Power Producers in Ghana are facing an imminent crisis as they contemplate shutting down their power plants in the coming days if...

Atta Mills taught us it’s not how long you serve that matters but how well you serve – Prof Lumumba

Renowned Kenyan lawyer and activist, Professor Patrick Lumumba, has eulogised former President Prof John Evans Atta Mills for his service as President of Ghana,...

High Court sets date to rule on contempt case against KT Hammond

The High Court in Accra has set October 19, to deliver a ruling on the contempt case brought against Adansi Asokwa Member of Parliament,...