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Agenda 111: Akufo-Addo’s advisor on health inspects projects in Western North region

The Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, has visited and inspected the progress of work on the Agenda 111 projects ongoing in the...

PPP petitions Parliament to investigate BoG losses

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has petitioned Parliament to summon and investigate the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Ernest Addison, and...

Check out polling stations for NPP’s special delegates conference

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced 17 polling stations where the Super Delegates Conference for its flagbeareship election will be held on August...

Obiri Boahen sues IGP Dampare, 8 other police officers

A private legal practitioner, Nana Obiri Boahen, has filed a writ at the Sunyani High Court in the Bono Region, praying the court to...

Illegal miners shoot forestry commission staff in the head, back

A staff of the Rapid Response Unit (RRU) of the Forestry Commission (FC), John Baba Konlan, has been shot in the head and back...

Fetish priest arrested in attempt to stop demolition at Nima [Video]

It was a dramatic turn of events after a yet-to-be-identified fetish priest attempted to stop a demolition exercise by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA)...

Upper East Region records highest case of elephantiasis

The Upper East region of Ghana has recorded the highest number of cases of elephantiasis, also known as lymphatic filariasis, in the country. According to...

GES Accountant in court over alleged GHc500K fraud

An accountant said to be with the Ghana Education Service (GES) has been arraigned at the Circuit Court in Accra and slapped with 33...

KsTU TUTAG resists attempts to impose ‘foreign’ Vice-Chancellor

Members of the Technical University Teachers’ Association (TUTAG), Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) chapter, are resisting attempts by the university’s governing board to impose what...

Court releases Ato Forson’s passport

The High Court in Accra has released to the Minority Leader and former Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, his passport to...

Ex-convict, driver remanded over burglary at Tesano

An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the remand of a 25-year-old unemployed man, Adolph Kosah, who broke into a residence at Tesano, making off with a television, laptop, and...

Fuel prices go up; petrol now selling at ¢13.50, diesel ¢13.90

Some oil market companies have started increasing prices of petroleum products at the pumps. TotalEnergies has increased the price of petrol to ¢13.50 from...

NDC to picket parliament, occupy gov’t agencies over 10% betting tax

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) youth wing has announced series of actions to express their displeasure with the government's 10% betting tax. A statement, signed...

Check out how much GRA will make from gaming tax

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is hoping to rake in some GH¢400 million from the new gaming tax.  The new tax seeks to charge 10...

Ex GN savings & loans employees send emotional message to Akufo-Addo

Concerned ex-employees of defunct GN Savings and Loans have appealed to President Akufo-Addo to issue an executive order for the Governor of the Bank...

Mahama speaks on 10% tax on betting [Video]

Ex-President John Dramani Mahama has touched on the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) imposing a 10 per cent tax on betting (cash-outs) in Ghana....

There was zero corruption in Agyapa deal – Gabby

A New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Gabby Otchere Darko, has asserted that the government's Agyapa deal was free of corruption and corruption-related activities. According to him, it is demoralizing and unfounded allegations of some Civil Society organizations(CSOs) that a network of connected individuals was stealing Ghana's gold reserves. He, therefore, finds the silence of Transparency International, Ghana Integrity Initiative, and the CSOs who pursued the Agyapa case before the West Africa regional court in Abuja, Nigeria, interesting. Taking to Twitter,...

NIA dismisses 10 officials over gross misconduct

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has dismissed 10 staff members following investigations into allegations of misconduct, extortion of funds from Ghana Card applicants, and...

Hairdresser jailed 15 years for human trafficking, to pay GH₵10K compensation to each victim

A Nigerian hairdresser who trafficked seven victims from Nigeria to Ghana to engage in prostitution has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment.  Promise Obianu...

Galamsey devours Asarekrom; community deity not spared

Asarekrom, a farming community in the Amansie West District in the Ashanti Region, is literally bleeding as the community has been completely taken over...

Energy Ministry staff arrested for allegedly stealing over GH¢287k from ADB

A Secretary at the Energy Ministry has been brought before the Accra Circuit Court on charges of allegedly embezzling an amount of GH¢287,775.47 from...

Ambulance driver, 2 others arrested with 250 bags of smuggled fertiliser [Photos]

Three people have been arrested for allegedly smuggling 250 bags of government-subsidised fertiliser meant for cocoa farmers. The three suspects are Seth Yeboah, driver; Smaila...

Court grants bail to frozen chicken alleged thieves  

The Tema Circuit Court B has granted bail to Eric Asante, Kojo Essuon and Theophilus Mensah in the sum of GH₵250,000 with three sureties.  They...

NaCCA introduces QR codes to combat unapproved textbooks

In a progressive step towards enhancing the quality of education in the country, the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has unveiled a...

Don’t send troops to Niger – Presby Church

There is growing public disapproval of Ghana’s involvement in contributing troops to the West African Standing Force to fight the military junta in Niger. Various...

Blossoming futures: The remarkable journey of the Ghana garden and flower show

In the bustling city of Accra, a seed was planted in the year 2013. A seed that would grow into a movement, a beacon...

I’m not surprised – Franklin Cudjoe on passport office corruption

President of Imani Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has said it's not surprising that the Passport Office falls among the top organizations indulging in corrupt activities...

Nigerien haulage truckers pull gun on Assemblyman

A disturbing incident unfolded a month ago, casting an alarming shadow over the peace of Tema Community 8 within the Sahara Electoral Area of...

Man wanted for inflicting cutlass wound on ex-girlfriend found dead

A man wanted for inflicting machete wounds on his ex-girlfriend at Aburi -Kitase in the Eastern region has been found dead in his room. Bernard...

GRA arrests two hotel managers for tax non-compliance

The domestic tax revenue unit of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has apprehended the managers of Regal Hotel at North Kaneshie and Kegali Hotel...

I never knew merely editing picture of a policeman could land me in prison – VIP worker

A worker with transport company VIP and father of three, Enoch Asante, who was jailed six months at the Kumasi Central prison says he...

Akyem Nsutam: Skeletal remains of barber suspected of killing high school girlfriend found in forest

A young barber named Akoumani Kwabena, also known as Emeka, has been implicated in the unfortunate death of his girlfriend, Abigail Asare at Akyem...

I take responsibility for the poor performance of MMDCEs – Henry Quartey

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has said he cannot absolve himself of the poor performance of some Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief...

28-year-old lady mysteriously dies after visiting boyfriend at Sehwi Mpomam

A 28-year-old woman named Maame Mra has met her untimely death in a fatal accident at Sehwi Dwenase, located within the Sehwi Wiawso municipality...

Man, 52, found dead in his home in bizarre state

Tragedy struck at Lashibi, a suburb of Accra, when a 52-year-old businessman, Alexander Osei Tutu, was found dead in his residence. The circumstances surrounding...

Man found dead in Densu river with eyes missing

A man, identified as Kwame Asante, has been discovered dead in the Densu River after being missing for three days. His body was found...

2 Saboba District officials killed in road accident

Two officials from the Saboba District Assembly have been killed in a road accident on the Tamale-Yendi road in the Northern Region. They are the...

22 assemblies spend GH¢2.4m, collect GH¢1.3m revenue

Twenty-two local assemblies have been indicted for inefficiencies in revenue collection. This is contained in the Auditor-General’s Report on the audit of the metropolitan, municipal...

Family demands justice as two police officers are accused of beating washing bay attendant

Two police officers have been accused of fatally assaulting a young washing bay attendant at a washing bay located at Mamanso, New Abirem, within...

Herdsman faces court for robbing at gunpoint

A herdsman, Beira Ba Assane, who allegedly committed robbery by forcefully taking the keys to a motorbike from a new caretaker at gunpoint at...