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Food suppliers partly responsible for delayed payment – Minister

Deputy Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Amidu Issahku Chinnia, has opined members of the Food Suppliers Association are partly to be blamed for...

How Ghana’s hospitality and tourism sector can improve – Okraku- Mantey reveals

Deputy Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Mark Okraku- Mantey, has shared some tips on how Ghana's hospitality and tourism sector can improve. Speaking...

I would have quit God’s work if Aginasare had gone to Nogokpo shrine – Popular pastor

Lead Pastor and General Overseer of the Prophetic Prayer Palace International, has said he would have quit serving God if Archbishop Charles Agyinasare had...

Food Suppliers Association disowns ‘convenor’

The National Food Suppliers Association has distanced itself from one Benitos Amedome who parades himself as a convenor, stating unequivocally that this said individual...

Hotels usually fully booked before December – Tourism minister

Deputy Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Mark Okraku-Mantey, has disclosed that hotels in Accra are fully booked prior to various December events. Speaking...

Boakye Agyarko opens up on controversial Ameri deal and dismissal

Former Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, has spoken out about his dismissal in 2018 following the controversial Ameri Power Plant deal. In an interview with...

Buffer Stock must be collapsed – Amaliba

The Director of Legal Affairs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abraham Amaliba, has called on the government to collapse the National Food Buffer Stock...

Geologist reveals cause of rockfalls on Aburi Mountain

A geologist at the University of Ghana, Dr Prince Ofori Amponsah, has attributed the falling of rocks from the Aburi mountains to heavy construction...

We’ll sit and build consensus if the witch-hunt ceases – Ablakwa

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, says the Minority in Parliament is not ready to back down on its...

Bolt driver and passenger trade blows over dispute on ride fare

A physical altercation erupted between a Bolt driver and a passenger due to a disagreement over the cost of a ride. The confrontation began...

Minister sends strong message to property owners on Ayi Mensah-Peduase road

Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Kwame Acheampong, has asked all developers working on the Ayi Mensah-Aburi hill to comply with building regulations. Stones and debris...

Food Suppliers begin cooking at Buffer Stock premises [Video]

Members of the Food Suppliers Association have demonstrated they are in no time backing down on their picketing at the National Food Buffer Stock...

Buffer Stock to hold emergency meeting over suppliers’ arrears

The National Food Buffer Stock Company has announced plans to hold an emergency board meeting to address the concerns of the food suppliers association....

Push court hearing of Quayson’s case to Mondays or parliamentary recess period – PNA Director

Executive Director for Parliamentary Network Africa (PNA), Sammy Obeng, has called for consensus between the political leaders and the leadership of the court to...

MP accuses Buffer Stock of dishonesty in dealings with food suppliers

The Ranking Member of Parliament’s Education Committee, Peter Notsu-Kotoe, has accused the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) of dishonesty in its dealings with...

Unemployed jailed for stealing money box

An unemployed man who stole a money box with an amount of GH₵135.00 has been sentenced by an Accra Circuit Court.  Joshua Alarbi, is also...

IGP accompanies three children who run away after seeing personnel to school

The saying "The police is your friend" is often used by law enforcement officers to promote a positive relationship with the community. However, this sentiment...

Carpenter jailed four years for biting off driver’s right ear 

An Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced a 42-year-old carpenter to four years imprisonment for biting off the right ear of a commercial driver during...

MMDAs in Ashanti Region flouting directive to desilt and dredge waterways

Some local assemblies in the Ashanti Region defied a directive by the Regional Coordinating Council to dredge and desilt waterways ahead of the rainy...

Quayson’s application for stay: President Akufo-Addo’s audio played in court

A portion of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's audio recordings capturing his remarks about James Gyakye Quayson during a campaign rally ahead of the...

Akatsi murder: Three suspects arrested over death of motor rider

The Ghana Police Service has arrested three suspects in connection with the recent incident of robbery and shooting that took the life of one...

Gyakye Quayson’s stay of proceedings application adjourned to July 11

The High Court in Accra has adjourned the case involving the Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson to July 11 to...

Mfantseman: Over 100 goats, sheep arrested

Police in collaboration with the Mfantseman Municipal Assembly have arrested over 100 goats and sheep in some communities in the Municipality of the Central...

Some staff of MMDAs in Ashanti region interdicted over missing general counterfoil receipt books

Some staff of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies in the Ashanti Region have been interdicted over missing general counterfoil receipt books. Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon...

St Joseph Catholic hospital gets oxygen facility

As part of efforts to improve quality healthcare delivery, St.Joseph Catholic Hospital in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region has been provided...

Being in power is transient – Sammy Gyamfi jabs AG

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has cautioned the Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Justice, Godfred Dame,...

Exodus of health professionals hits Ashanti region

“It’s basically just like a rapture. You meet certain nurses and by the next day, you can’t find them.” These are the worried words of...

Martin Amidu exposes assassination attempts on his life

Former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has revealed he has lived under threats of assassination, armed robbery, and the burning of his house, since 16...

Aggressive media campaign has led to less fire outbreaks – GNFS

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) Command has attributed the consistent drop in fire outbreaks recorded in the country from January 2023 to the...

Respect PAC or face our wrath – Avedzi cautions Adutwum

Chairperson for the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), James Klutse Avedzi, has issued a warning to the Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Adutwum, over his...

Suame Interchange: Authorities begin removing structures along streets

Authorities have begun removing structures situated along streets as part of the process to begin the construction of the Suame Interchange Project in the...

Martin Amidu chides Attorney General over gagging citizens

Former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, says the description of some statements as ‘prejudicial commentary’ by the Attorney-General, Godfred Dame, is part of attempts by...

NDC MPs boycott parliament to support Ato Forson, Quayson in court

The Minority in Parliament has announced plans to boycott parliamentary sittings on Thursday, July 6 to accompany two colleagues, Ajumako Enyan Essiam Member of...

Stop double charging for services and medicines – Dr Okoe Boye

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has cautioned health facilities against double charging for services and medicines provided to...

Patient dies at Aflao hospital over ‘cash and carry’ demands

The Central Aflao Hospital in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region and two nurses of the facility are under investigation for alleged...

Ghana must invest in quality school infrastructure to support playful learning

The average classroom in a public school in Ghana is everything but spacious and children can barely stretch their arms either way without hitting...

We feel safer at Buffer Stock office than our homes – Food Suppliers Association

Despite National Association of Suppliers’ picketing and sleeping at the outskirt of buffer stock office over government's inability to pay two years arrears, the...

Two men drown in well while working

Two men died in the wee hours of Saturday shortly after they had been rescued from a well they got trapped in at a...

Bullion van attack: Funeral date for murdered police officer announced

The final funeral rites and burial of Callistus Amoah, the police officer killed in a bullion van attack at Ablekuma in Accra, will take...

93% sexually active university students don’t use contraceptives — Study

A study conducted in three selected public universities in the country has revealed that 93 per cent of sexually active adolescents in public universities...