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22 battling for their lives after accident on Mamfe Hills

About 22 persons are currently battling for their lives at the Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital, Mampong after the vehicle in which they were travelling...

Driver, mate remanded for trafficking narcotic drugs after accident

The Jasikan Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody, Raphael Agbele, a 42-year-old driver, and Daniel Sakyi, a 26-year-old student for trafficking 410 parcels...

SHS student jailed for defiling class six pupil

A 23-year-old Senior High School (SHS) form two student, identified as Seth Nayo, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment in hard labour for...

Scores injured as tipper truck runs into Asamankese lorry station

Scores are reported injured after a tipper truck run into Asamankese lorry station, Friday. According to reports, the truck failed its brake, veered off the...

OMCs predict significant hikes in fuel prices by last quarter of 2023

The Chief Executive of the Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMC), Kweku Agyemang-Duah, is warning that prices of petroleum products may go up significantly...

Govt announces new DDEP for U.S dollar denominated domestic bonds

Government has announced a new Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) for U.S dollar denominated domestic bonds. A statement from the Ministry of Finance dated July...

Parliament’s probe of leaked tape plotting IGP’s removal much ado about nothing – Paul Boateng

A Security Analyst, Paul Boateng, has said the decision by Parliament to investigate the revelations made in a supposed secret tape about Inspector-General of...

Chinese ‘galamseyer’ attempts suicide in prison

A female Chinese national who was arrested along with a Chinese male and a Ghanaian for illegal mining in 2022 has attempted suicide in...

Death penalty appeals more to victims’ families than life imprisonment – Cletus Avoka

Scrapping the death penalty in Ghana will embolden criminals to commit more heinous crimes, the Member of Parliament for Zibilla East Constituency in the...

NPP parliamentary primaries: Daakye takes lead to pick nomination forms at Akwatia

A security consultant, Nana Obeng-Danquah, has picked up forms to contest the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primary in the Akwatia constituency in the...

Sex toy injuries on the rise among wealthy women

A medical practitioner has revealed that an increasing number of wealthy women who engage in lesbian sex are visiting hospitals due to unusual discharge...

Ayawaso Central gets new MCE

The President’s nominee, Archibald Cobbina, has been confirmed the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE)  of the Ayawaso Central Municipal Assembly following an overwhelming endorsement by...

Former Speaker, Second Lady sign Ga Manye’s book of condolence

A former Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, and a former Second Lady, Mrs Amissah Arthur, have joined numerous mourners in expressing their...

Our customs frown on such activities – Nat’l House of Chiefs on LGBTQ+

President of the National House of Chiefs, Ogyeahohoo Yaw Gyebi II, has called on Members of Parliament (MPs) to fiercely resist any attempt to...

Police officer killed in Ablekuma bullion van robbery posthumously promoted

The Police officer who was murdered in the Ablekuma Bullion Van Robbery incident has been posthumously promoted from General Lance Corporal to General Corporal. The...

Gyakye Quayson heads to Supreme Court to halt criminal trial

Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, has set in motion multiple legal processes including a fresh action at the Supreme Court...

NPP supporters chase out Annoh-Dompreh over rejected Nkawkaw stadium [Video]

https://youtube.com/shorts/aQcItDLnJPY?feature=share Some Nkawkaw supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) allegedly drove away Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, and his entourage over an abandoned stadium...

High Court quashes CHRAJ report on former PPA boss A.B. Adjei

In a significant judgment delivered on July 13, 2023, the High Court, presided over by Justice Audrey Kocuvie-Tay, has quashed a report by the...

NPP Parliamentary primaries: Abanga picks nomination forms to contest Aowin seat

A former New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Youth organizer aspirant, Abanga Yakubu Fuseini, has picked a nomination form to contest in the party's parliamentary...

Poet and playwright Ama Ata Aidoo laid to rest

A solemn and befitting state burial service was held Thursday, July 13 at the Forecourt of the State House in Accra for the illustrious...

Social media craze: Parents, traditional & religious leaders urged to ‘save’ youth

Minister for Works and Housing, Dr Freda Prempeh, has called on parents, traditional, opinion and religious leaders to redirect the youth, especially ladies to...

Akufo-Addo-led government is committed to improving NHIS – Okoe-Boye 

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, has said the President Akufo-Addo-led government was committed to...

Gyakye Quayson’s continuous trial could strain arms of govt relationship – Prof Gyampo

Senior Political Science lecturer, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has predicted a confrontation between the legislature and the judiciary if the trial of Assin North Member...

Atta Mills Library to operate in 3 months as tourist and intellectual centre

Mamdev Ghana Limited, the contractor in charge of the late Former President, Professor John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills Presidential Library in Cape Coast has...

National Cathedral debate: Rev. Kusi Boateng fails to gag Okudzeto Ablakwa

The Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court has dismissed an application by Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng, aka Kwabena Adu-Gyamfi, which sought to...

Architect behind KNUST unity hall and cedi house celebrates 95th birthday

Ghanaian Professor John Owusu Addo, born in 1928, has emerged as a prominent figure and mastermind behind captivating architectural designs in Ghana, particularly on...

Police will play role in free elections – IGP assures ECOWAS elections team

The Inspector+1÷General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, and members of the Police Management Board (POMAB) have assured an ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions...

Teacher Licensure Exams: Ntim Fordjour chairs committee to probe mass failures

The Ministry of Education has set up a seven-member committee to investigate the recent mass failures that characterised the Teacher Licensure Examination. The Committee, chaired...

Tano Forest police officer shot dead

Some unknown assailants have shot dead a police officer stationed at the Tano Forest checkpoint. The deceased, who has been identified as Sergeant Titus Avoka...

Robber who attacked Legon student gets 36-year jail term

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 24-year-old man, identified simply as Amaning, who robbed and attacked a University of Ghana (Legon) student. Amaning was...

Drama as fetish priest curses traffic officer for alleged extortion

Drama unfolded on the Kronom-Offinso highway in the Ashanti Region when an enraged man directed curses at a motor traffic officer he accused of...

Minister expresses gratitude to God as Parliament passes NACOC bill

The Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Acheampong, has expressed his gratitude to God for touching the hearts of Members of Parliament to pass the Narcotics...

Immigration Commanders validate new strategic plan

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has validated a seven-year strategic plan to improve on its services.  The seven-year Strategic Plan (2023-2029) was drafted by a...

Leaked IGP’s tape mere distraction – Nana Yaa Jantuah

The General Secretary of the Convention People's Party, Nana Yaa Jantuah, has said she believes the leaked tape on an attempt to remove the...

Govt to sell Bolgatanga meat factory, 16 others

The Ministry of Public Enterprises has announced its intention to divest 17 non-operational state-owned enterprises. Among these entities are the State Construction Company, Bonsa Tyre...

Many in critical condition after accident at Assin Fosu

Many passengers, including children, have been injured in a ghastly accident at Assin Fosu on the Cape Coast - Kumasi Highway in the Central...

ECG disconnects TOR again

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) National Taskforce has once again disconnected the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) from the national power grid for failure...

Mary Chinery-Hesse re-appointed as University of Ghana Chancellor

The University of Ghana has announced Mary Chinery-Hesse as Chancellor for a second term. This decision was taken after a meeting held by the...

‘One Village, One Dam’ project at Bongo can’t hold enough water for residents

Earth dams constructed under the One Village One Dam project in Bongo, Kassena Nakana West and Talensi districts all of the Upper East Region...

ECG disconnects customers owing over ¢700K

As part of the ongoing revenue mobilisation drive by the Electricity Company of Ghana, dubbed “Operation Zero,” the Musahamat Banana Farm at Aveyime and...