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Dambai IRECOP to create jobs -Oti Regional Minister

Oti Regional Minister, Joshua Makubu, has said that the Integrated Recycling and Composting Plant (IRECOP) in the region will directly and indirectly generate about...

Reinstate WASS headmistress – NAGRAT tells GES

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has urgently appealed to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to reinstate the headmistress of West Africa Secondary...

Two injured in violent clash between tricycle operators and task force officials in Tamale

Two people have received machete wounds following a clash between Tricycle operators and staff of Mahas Global Company Ltd Task Force in the Tamale Metropolis. There...

Latest on interdiction of West Africa SHS headmistress

The interdiction of Shine Agatha Ofori, the headmistress of West Africa Senior High School (SHS), by the Ghana Education Service (GES) has caused quite...

Full text: Human Rights Court dismisses Rev. Kusi Boateng’s case against Ablakwa

The Human Rights Court on Thursday, July 13, dismissed an application by the Founder and General Overseer of the Power Chapel Worldwide, Reverend Victor...

It is wrong to withdraw MTTD officers from highways – Ashanti NRSA boss to IGP  

The Ashanti Regional Director of the National Road Safety Authority says it is a wrong directive by the Inspector-General of Police to withdraw officers...

Tamale High court registrar’s misconduct referred to CJ

The Tamale High Court has directed the Regional Administrative Officer of the Judicial Service to refer the conduct of Mohammed Musah, a Registrar of...

15 passengers injured as Metro Mass bus collides with articulator truck on Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway

A collision between a Metro Mass bus and an articulator cargo car loaded with onions has resulted in serious injuries to 15 passengers at...

High port charges: Vehicle importers now going into farming

Chamber of Automobile Dealership Ghana has revealed that people who import vehicles into the country have now decided to invest in farming. This decision,...

Residents, travellers stranded as road linking Suaman-Juaboso floods

The heavy rainfall in the Western North Region has caused flooding that has led to the bridge connecting Juaboso and Suaman Dadieso to be...

British Columbia College holds 7th Graduation and Achievers’ Awards in Accra

The British Columbia College (BCC) has held its 7th Graduation and Achievers’ awards ceremony at the Madina campus with a passionate call on the...

Dumping of dead bodies in front of Nkwanta South Assembly: Regional Minister demands sanctions

Regional Minister for Oti, Joshua Makubu, has taken decisive action following an unfortunate incident in which six decayed bodies were found dumped in front...

The People’s Forum: Residents of New Legon at risk as bridge turns death trap

Residents of Adentan New Legon in the Greater Accra region are appealing for an expansion of their main bridge with immediate effect to avoid...

Nduom secures Supreme Court ruling in quest to reclaim GN Bank

The Supreme Court on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, affirmed the decision of the High Court that it has jurisdiction over the lawsuit filed against...

EC has been ineffective in ensuring parties declare sources of funding – Asah-Asante

A Political Science Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr Kwame Asah-Asante, has said that the Electoral Commission (EC) has not been active in...

Local Govt Ministry to embark on household travel survey

The Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development says it will be embarking on a Household Travel Survey within 29 Metropolitan, Municipal and...

Support our quest to transform economy – Akufo-Addo to Portugal

President Nana Akufo-Addo has called on the developed world, especially Portugal, to assist Ghana to turn back on its old economy which is dependent...

GES interdicts West Africa SHS headmistress

The headmistress of West Africa Senior High School (WASS), Dr Mrs Shine Agatha Ofori, has been interdicted for an unauthorised collection of money from...

Abesim Murder: Footballer to stand trial at High Court

Richard Appiah, a footballer, who allegedly murdered two minors and kept their body parts in a refrigerator at Abesim in the Bono Region, has...

Death penalty mostly a weaponised tool for political vindictiveness – Francis-Xavier Sosu

Proponent of the bill seeking to repeal the death penalty, Francis-Xavier Sosu, says the death penalty is mostly weaponised for political vindictiveness, thus, its...

Man jailed for stealing 32-inch television

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced an unemployed man to nine months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing. Joshua Alarbi stole a-32-inch LG television set,...

Land guards brouhaha: Lands Ministry’s Chief Director makes u-turn

The Chief Director of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Professor Patrick Agbesinyale, has refuted claims that he had said that government engages...

Trade war: Asaki clashes with GUTA President for pampering govt

Executive Secretary of the Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana has launched a salvo at the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) for being...

Ahafo Regional Minister Commissions Goaso Integrated Recycling and Composting Plant

The Ahafo Regional Minister, Hon. George Boakye, has commissioned the Goaso Integrated Recycling and Composting Plant in Ahafo. Located at Akrodie in the Asunafo North...

Anti-LGBTQ bill: UCC researcher withdraws contempt suit against Bagbin

A researcher from the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Dr Amanda Odoi, has withdrawn her contempt application filed against Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin,...

High inflation pushed 850,000 Ghanaians into poverty in 2022 – World Bank report

A report released by the World Bank has revealed that high inflation rates in 2022 pushed an overwhelming 850,000 Ghanaians into poverty. The report indicated...

Parliament calls for concerted efforts to end child trafficking

Parliamentarians have called on state agencies to better collaborate to fight child trafficking and misrepresentations leading to falsehood. Members of Parliament spoke against the criminality...

Medical negligence: Group fights for parents who lost 10-day-old baby at KNUST hospital

Parents of the10-day-old baby who died at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Hospital in Kumasi during circumcision can heave a...

Ghanaians celebrate Azumah Nelson on 65th birthday on social media

Some Ghanaian social media users on Wednesday, July 19, celebrated former boxing legend Azumah Nelson on his 65th birthday. In a career spanning 28 years...

Asokore Mampong Assembly reacts to claims of hiring land guards to evict traders

The Asokore Mampong Municipal Assembly in the Ashanti Region has dismissed claims of hiring land guards to evict traders at Akwatia line. A clash...

We’ll publish unaccredited programmes run by universities – GTEC

The Deputy Director General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), Prof. Ahmed Abdulai Jinapor, has expressed concern about some public universities’ continuous running...

Taskforce clashes with tipper truck drivers at Gomoa; 2 injured

Two persons have been injured in a clash involving the Gomoa East Assembly Taskforce and a tipper driver at Gomoa Ojobi in the Central...

Dead bodies dumped at Nkwanta South Assembly office over GHS100 fuel money

Environmental Health Service Officers at Nkwanta South in the Oti Region have deposited six decomposing bodies at the Assembly office. These were unidentified decayed bodies...

Aisha Huang weeps in court

Illegal mining kingpin, En Huang, popularly known as Aisha Huang, on Tuesday broke down in tears before an Accra High Court while under cross-examination...

GNECC calls for nationwide sensitisation on LGBTQ+ bill before passage

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has called for a nationwide public sensitisation on the LGBTQ+ bill before it is passed into law. The...

Bawumia’s aide reacts to alleged Islamic group funding his campaign

The Campaign team of the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has dismissed reports ACF, an Islamic group in Nigeria, is funding his bid for...

Govt warned against secret removal of Lands Ministry Chief Director

Former Ablekuma MP, Theophilus Tetteh Chaie, has cautioned the government of any clandestine move to get rid of Lands Ministry's Chief Director, Prof Patrick...

2 injured as traders clash with suspected land guards in Kumasi

Two people have sustained injuries after traders clashed with a group of men suspected to be land guards at Akwatia Line in Kumasi. The traders,...

Joe Ghartey denies authorising $2m payment for Accra Sky train project

Former Minister of Railways Development and Presidential aspirant for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Joe Ghartey, has emphatically denied payment to AI Sky or...

Supreme Court throws out injunction against anti-gay bill

A nine-member Supreme Court panel presided over by Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo has dismissed a request that it halts Parliament’s consideration of the anti-gay...