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All you need to know about the SOCO project

Director of Local Government Services at the Office of the President, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has shared key details about the Gulf of Guinea Northern Region...

District Level Elections: Media urged to report on female aspirants

Journalists have been urged to give female candidates participating in the upcoming local government elections better visibility in media reportage. By giving women aspirants positive...

2 companies to produce anti-snake venom

A Ghana-based vaccine manufacturer, Atlantic Lifesciences Limited, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a leading Indian biological company, Vins Bioproducts, to produce...

2020 National Best Teacher shortlisted for Global Teacher Prize

The 2020 National Best Teacher, Eric Asomani Asante, is one of 10 shortlisted finalists for this year’s Global Teacher Prize Award. Mr Asante is one...

Fishing activities in Keta Lagoon temporarily banned

The Keta Municipal Security Council has put a temporary ban on fishing activities in the area. This directive is a result of the high water...

Video: Many people in Ghana live in mass misery – Yaw Nsarkoh

A member of the Ghana Institution of Engineering, Yaw Nsarkoh, has highlighted the importance of taking action to address pressing social issues. The Institution's Annual...

NPP vice chairman dies in motor accident 

The First Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Offinso South constituency of the Ashanti Region, Dauda Afriyie, has been killed...

“Stop peddling lies in my presence” – Otumfuo fumes at ‘queen mother’, declares Anyenyere stool vacant

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has chastised the self-acclaimed queen mother of Anyenyere, a suburb of Atwima over false entitlement to stool lands...

32-year-old delivers quadruplet at Eastern Regional Hospital, appeals for help

32-year-old Sabina Acheampong has given birth to quadruplet at the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua. The babies were 33 weeks old in the womb and...

Akosombo Dam spillage: Floods recede at Mepe

The Deputy Director-General of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Seji Saji Amedonu has said the flood has receded by more than three feet...

Multimedia Group secures 8 nominations at 27th GJA Awards

Eight journalists from The Multimedia Group have been nominated for the 27th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards slated for Sunday, October 29, 2023. The...

GRIDCo announces power outage

The Ghana Grid Company Ltd, (GRIDCo), has announced power cuts in parts of the country as a result of limited gas supply to Tema.  In...

Accident at NPP office: Driver, mate fled scene – Fire Service

ADO1 Alex Nartey with the Ghana National National Fire Service (GNFS) Public Relations Department, has given further details about the accident at the New...

Baby thief grabbed at Kasoa America Town

A 27-year-old woman has been arrested by the Kasoa Divisional DOVVSU Command for allegedly stealing a six-month-old baby girl at Kasoa American Town in...

I welcome criticisms – Akufo-Addo says as he interacts with Association Int’l school pupils

President Akufo-Addo says he welcomes criticisms because they keep him on his toes. According to him, no man knows everything so it is...

SOCO project is a game-changer – Miracles Aboagye

Director of Local Government Services at the Office of the President, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has touted the Gulf of Guinea Northern Regions Social Cohesion...

UCC’s team ‘Badwenba’ crowned winners of 2023 StatsBank Hackathon

Team Badwenba from the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has been crowned winners of the 2023 National StatsBank Hackathon. It was a three-day event which...

Women urged to participate in breast cancer screening for early detection

In a bid to promote breast cancer awareness and early detection, the Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has provided education and essential health screening to...

Sanitise your thoughts – Ablakwa tells Sanitation Minister

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has criticised the Sanitation Minister, Freda Prempeh for saying that the flood victims refused evacuation....

GNAT urges swift govt action to restore education in Akosombo Dam spillage-affected communities

The leadership of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is calling on the government to expedite its efforts to provide alternative means of...

Ambulance case: Ato Forson drops 3 defence witnesses 

Three defence witnesses of former Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, will no longer testify in the ambulance case before the Accra...

Court sets aside injunction against Ga Manye’s funeral

An Accra High Court has set aside an injunction against the funeral of the Ga Manye, Naa Dedei Omaeduru II. Some seven on Wednesday...

Sekondi-Takoradi youth to demonstrate over bad roads

Concerned residents of Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western region will, on Friday, October 27, 2023, hit the principal streets in the area to protest the...

16 drug peddlers including 3 women arrested at Boti

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Eastern Regional Police Command has arrested 16 suspected drug peddlers in the Boti area of the Yilo...

Latest on Charles Bissue’s case

A Human Rights Court has struck out a motion of the OSP seeking to dismiss an application filed by former secretary of the Inter-Ministerial...

UAE plants drought-tolerant trees in Ghana ahead of Climate Change conference

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has planted drought-tolerant trees in Ghana ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 28 scheduled to take...

2023 NSMQ grand finale rescheduled

Primetime Limited, the organisers of the National Maths and Science Quiz (NSMQ) has rescheduled the finale for the 2023 edition to Monday, October 30, 2023. The finale,...

We’ll give Ghanaians an overdose of security during Christmas – IGP assures

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has assured that the police are ready and prepared to deal with all persons planning...

Photos: A night at a shelter housing Akosombo Dam spillage victims

As the sun sets over Mepe, a solemn moment of reflection descends upon the victims of the recent flooding caused by the spillage of...

Akosombo Dam spillage: Dano Milk supports Adom FM/TV’s relief campaign with products worth GH₵22K

Dano Milk Ghana, a subsidiary of Arla Foods Limited, a leading dairy company in the world, has donated products worth GH₵ 22,000 in support...

Sam Pyne gives new face to sanitation at KMA

The Metropolitan Chief Executive of Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Sam Pyne, has said he is on course to make the metropolis a clean hub....

NRSA to commence regulation of commercial transport 

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) is set to commence regulation of the commercial road transport space in Ghana with the use of technology. A...

Lands Minister allays fears over 15-year mining license to Atlantic Lithium

Deputy Lands Minister, George Mireku-Duker, has said there is no cause for alarm over a mining license granted to Atlantic Lithium. This...

Volta lake: Over 328 people displaced in Mpraeso constituency

Over 328 residents, including children, have been displaced in the Mpraeso constituency of the Eastern region as a result of flooding. Mpraeso Member of Parliament...

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...