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NHIA reduces claims payments backlog to just one month

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has made additional payments of Ghs186 million cedis to credentialed healthcare service providers. The July 31, 2023 payments have...

Two drivers in coma after accident on Kasoa-Winneba Highway

Two drivers, whose vehicles got involved in an accident at Krispol City on the Kasoa-Winneba Highway, have gone into coma following the crash on...

Govt releases GH¢50.5million to WAEC to conduct BECE and WASSCE

The government has released GH¢50.5 million to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to conduct the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and...

Fetish priest accused of robbery lynched at Saltpond

A 21-year-old fetish priest who doubles as a taxi driver has been lynched near the Anglican Basic School at Saltpond in the Mfantseman Municipality...

Comprehensive master plan developed for Pokuase Housing Project – Asenso-Boakye

The Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye, says the government has developed a well-thought-out master plan for the Pokuase Housing Project. According to the...

Tamale Court slaps former NDC organiser with 20K fine after losing suit against his successor

The Tamale High Court presided over by his Lordship, Justice, Eric Ansah Ankomah, has slapped the immediate past Savannah Regional Organiser of the National...

Two arrested after failed robbery attempt at Yeji

Police at Yeji in the Pru East District in the Bono East Region have arrested two persons over an alleged plot to rob a...

Character education, discipline missing in Ghanaian schools – Prof Hammond

The Chairman of the Governing Council of Dominion University College, Professor Felix Nikoi Hammond, says a combination of character education and discipline is the...

Massive reaction as Otumfuo arrives at Trinidad and Tobago for Emancipation Day celebration

On Sunday, July 30, 2023, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, embarked on a significant journey to Trinidad and Tobago to participate in their...

He hit himself against a wall – Interior Minister refutes claims that police brutalised man who died at Asawase

Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, says 34-year-old Salahudeen Tafilu, who died at Dagombaline, was not brutalised and killed by the police. This was in response to...

Chief Justice sends strong warning to prospective students

Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo, has cautioned prospective lawyers against what she describes as obscene and offensive character. According to her, “to come into our space...

Lives of politicians in danger – John Kumah

Deputy Finance Minister, John Kumah, has described recent times as difficult for every politician in Ghana. His comment is in relation to the reports of...

GPHA statement on death of fishermen a cover up – Family head

Nii Armah Ashiboi has said the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority's (GPHA) statement on the death of two fishermen at Tema Newtown is a...

Just bring me $5K – MP on claims $45K was found in his car after accident

Juaboso Member of Parliament(MP), Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has dismissed claims $45,000 was found in his car after an accident on Saturday. According to him,...

Mintah Akandoh breaks silence after surviving ghastly accident

Juaboso Member of Parliament (MP), Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has broken his silence after being involved in an accident which almost claimed his life. The incident occurred...

Chief Justice wades into ‘Ama Governor’ and Law School saga

Chief Justice, Gertrude Araba Essaba Torkornoo, has justified the decision to deny Ghanaian YouTuber, Elorm Ababio aka Ama Governor’s call to the bar. The Chief Justice has questioned whether it will be...

CETAG embarks on strike

The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG), barring any last-minute change, will effective today, August 1, 2023, withdraw services. Their decision follows the...

Two arrested for selling fake ECG metres at Tarkwa

Two persons who posed as workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have been arrested by the Tarkwa Central Police and charged with...

Mid-Year Budget Review: 1D1F has created 160,000 direct and indirect jobs

More than 160,000 direct and indirect jobs have been created, especially for the youth, who have been mobilised to establish agro-processing factories in 58...

Tamale High Court acquits Savelugu MP

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Savelugu Constituency in the Northern Region, Alhaji Jacob Iddris Wunbenkpan, has been acquitted on both counts he was...

Treason trial: Colonel Gameli slapped with contempt

The Accra High Court trying nine persons for treason has sentenced Colonel Samuel Kwadzo Gameli to sign a bond to be of good behaviour...

MASLOC trial: Court orders Sedinam Tamakloe, another to respond to 78 charges

The Financial and Economic Division of the Accra High Court has ordered “absconded” former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre...

Two Police officers involved in accident at Gomoa Potsin

Two police officers have been admitted to the Potsin Polyclinic with severe injuries after being involved in an accident on the Kasoa-Winneba Highway. The...

Kitchen scandal: Okudzeto Ablakwa drags Gabby in latest GH¢187m deal exposè

New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Gabby Otchere-Darko, is the latest personality to be indicted in North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa's exposè on corruption....

‘First English slave fort in Africa’ uncovered on Ghana’s coast

The exact location of what is thought to be the first English slave fort in Africa may have been found – the BBC has...

How Apple AirPods led to the conviction of a thief

The Police had an easy task of locating an unwitty thief with the aid of an embedded tracking device in an Apple AirPods he...

Unemployed jailed three years for stealing cooking items

A 25-year-old unemployed young man, who stole cooking items valued GH₵1,450.00 has been sentenced by an Accra Circuit Court. Ebenezer Bortey unlawfully broke into the...

NHIA clears debts, arrears now stand at one month

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has made additional payments of GH₵186 million to credentialed healthcare service providers. The payment, which was made on...

Govt installs 37 automated premix fuel machines to curb shortage

The government says it has built 37 of a target of 50 automated premix fuel vending machines to stop the diversion and hoarding of...

Good news for families of Tema fisherman who died in boat incident

President of the Fishermen Association, Joseph Nii Armah Quaye, has assured he will engage the Fisheries Ministry on how to support the families of...

A/R: Patients seek healthcare elsewhere as physician assistants continue strike

Patients visiting health centres in the Ashanti Region to seek healthcare are being directed to major hospitals following the ongoing strike by members of...

Ghana Gas debunks claims of stolen money from staff at Russia-Africa Summit

The Ghana National Gas Company Limited has debunked claims that $500, €590 were stolen from officials of the company during the Russia-Africa Summit. The company...

Judges who comment on cases in court should be held for contempt – CJ

Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has said judges who comment on cases in court should be held for contempt. Speaking at GIMPA Law Faculty's 7th Annual...

Mid-Year Budget review: All School Feeding caterers’ arrears settled – Finance Minister

"We have settled all arrears owed to caterers under the School Feeding Programme, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said. Mr Ofori-Atta made this...

About 70% of cases thrown out of court are as a result of bad lawyers- CJ

The Chief Justice of Ghana, Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, says about 70% of cases that are thrown out of the court or are not...

ICGC’s Greater Works conference opens today in Accra

Greater Works 2023, the annual conference of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), opens today, July 31, in Accra.  The five-day conference is held...

Anomabo Fisheries College to be operational by end of 2023

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has revealed works are far advanced on the Anomabo Fisheries College for enrolment to begin. President Nana Akufo-Addo in 2019 cut...

Mid-Year Budget Review: There will be no supplementary budget – Finance Minister

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has announced government will not require a supplementary budget for the rest of the 2023 fiscal year. The decision...

Mid-Year budget review: Finance Minister reveals roads at various stages of completion

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has announced significant progress in enhancing mobility, accessibility, and safety along major trunk roads through various infrastructure projects. During...

59 dead people get over GH¢393K as pension; check out full list

The 2022 Auditor-General’s report on Ministries, Departments and Agencies has raised concerns over pension payments to the sum of GH¢393,315.06 made to 59 dead...