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9-year old-boy electrocuted at Jei Krodua

A 9-year-old boy named Hidayatu Ardey has been electrocuted at Jei-Krodua in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region. According to reports, the...

It’s time to understand homosexuality – Cardinal Peter Turkson

Cardinal Peter Turkson has that said LGBT people should not be criminalised because they have committed no crime. He has often been tipped as a...

Publishers were not ready for the new curriculum – NaCCA over delayed distribution of textbooks

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) is attributing the delayed distribution of new textbooks for public and private basic schools to the...

Hundreds displaced in Dawhenya over spillage of irrigation dam

Hundreds of residents at Dawhenya near Prampram in the Greater Accra Region have been displaced following the flooding of their homes caused by the...

2-year-old boy found in bush handed over to Social Welfare

The 2-year-old boy who was on the verge of being sacrificed for ritual purposes at Senya Bereku in the Central region has been handed...

Parents prioritise farming over schooling for their wards – Boankra M/A Headteacher bemoans

The headteacher of Boankra M/A primary and JHS in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Kojo Frimpong, has bemoaned the low enrolment of...

Nkwanta South traders take to the streets amidst ethnic clashes

Traders in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region took to the main streets on Monday, a week after ethnic clashes led to...

Labianca case: Special Prosecutor rejects court verdict

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) says it does not agree with the ruling of the Accra High Court on the Labianca case. Early...

COCOSHE sends reminder to COCOBOD over mosquito, torch lights distribution

The Ghana Cocoa, Coffee and Shea nut Farmers Association (COCOSHE) has called out the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) over the distribution of mosquito nets...

Mahama Ayariga condemns Bawku killings

The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has condemned the killing of two persons in Bawku in the Upper East Region. Driver Razak...

Hunter, police rescue 2-year-old boy from ritual abduction in Senya Bereku

A hunter and police officers have successfully rescued a 2-year-old boy with autism from an attempted ritual abduction. This unfortunate incident took place in Senya...

Man butchers friend at Millennium City

The Central East Regional Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old man, Kofi Richard popularly known as "Ofon Nye Owuo" for killing his friend at...

Labianca Case: Col. Damoah, another, secure restraining order against OSP

Colonel Kwadwo Damoah, a former Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, and Joseph Adu-Kyei, a Deputy Commissioner of the Division,...

Bryan Acheampong chairs Cote d’Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative 

The Chairmanship of the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI) has been assumed by Bryan Acheampong, the Minister of Food and Agriculture, during the 5th...

Suma Traditional Council enstools Bagbin as chief

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has been enstooled as Nana Adasuoko l, by the Suma Traditional Council in the Bono Region. ...

Nserewa Roadshow 2.0:  Where farming meets fun

Ghana’s agriculture potential has been enormous for ages, supporting the country’s economy as one of its mainstays all this while. However, the workforce is...

Commercial vehicle ambushed in Bawku, driver feared dead

A commercial vehicle has been ambushed in Bawku of the Upper East region. The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday, 27 November 2023. The...

Cardinal Turkson reiterates position on LGBTQI+

Vatican's Cardinal Peter Appiah Turkson, has reiterated his position on why Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI+) should not be an imposition. In...

GUTA, 5 other groups petition parliament over import restriction bill

Six business groups including the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) have petitioned Parliament to reject the Trade Ministry's proposed import restrictions bill. The...

Tackle security loopholes in 24 hour economy proposition – Adib Saani

Security Analyst, Adiib Saani has recommended doubling Ghana’s Police Force to accommodate potential challenges that may arise with the implementation of a 24-hour economy. According...

Ghana to introduce credit scoring next year

Ghana is set to introduce credit scoring system next year to allow Ghanaians access to personal loans and help financial institutions control allocation of...

‘I pray a lot against’ becoming Pope – Cardinal Turkson

Cardinal Peter Appiah Turkson is seen by some as a candidate to become the first African Pope in about 1,500 year, but reacting to...

2023 Farmers Day: Agric Ministry announces closure of these roads

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has announced a five-day roadblock within the Ministries enclave as part of the 2023 Farmers’ Day celebrations....

Man, 27, arrested after botched ritual killing at Ayanfuri

A 27-year-old illegal miner, Baba Haruna, has been arrested at Ayanfuri in the Central region following a failed ritual killing. Baba, said to be...

Dam spillage: Gov’t must resettle affected communities – Dan Botwe 

The Minister of Local Government, Decentralization and Rural Development, Dan Botwe says communities affected by the spillage of Akosombo Dam need to be resettled to...

Man fined GH¢40K for illegal sand winning, building without permit

Peter Kobia, unemployed has appeared before the Amanfro District Court last Thursday, charged with winning sand without per­mit, building without permit and threat of...

Two more killed in Nkwanta South conflict

Two more people have been killed in the ongoing conflict at Nkwanta South in the Oti region. One of the deceased have been identified...

Welder fined GH¢6,000 for stealing

The Gbetsile Circuit Court has fined a welder, Emman­uel Baffour, GH¢6,000 for stealing two half steel plates, one wheelbarrow, and an angle bar on...

Aged, widows smile as Seidu Agongo, Class Group donate GH¢231,000 to flood victims

It was all smiles and joy for more than 1,150 aged and other vulnerable residents of Mepe in the Volta Region when businessman and...

What has 24-hour economy got to do with not sleeping with your wives? – Apaak asks Minister

The Builsa South MP, Clement Apaak has condemned comments made by the Upper East Regional Minister, Stephen Yakubu over former President John Mahama’s 24-hour...

Ecobank-JoyNews Habitat Fair ends with discount offers [Photos]

The 2023 edition of the Ecobank-JoyNews Habitat Fair which kicked off at the Accra International Conference Centre came to a close on Sunday, November 26,...

Let’s leave legacy of better tomorrow – Alban Bagbin

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has advised the youth to bequeath the next generation the legacy of a better tomorrow. “Forging...

Judges are decorated servants of the people – Justice Kulendi

Supreme Court Judge, Justice Emmanuel Yonny Kulendi, says a judge is a servant of the people. According to him, the judge is mandated to...

Tema ECG embarks on meter replacement exercise

The Tema Regional Office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has started a mass meter replacement project to provide customers with upgraded prepaid...

Over 16,000 people in Volta Region estimated to be living with HIV

Estimates of the 2022 HIV/AIDS show that some 16,996 persons are living with the disease in the Volta region. The majority constituting 68 percent...

Another Ghanaian fisheries observer missing

Another Ghanaian fisheries observer has disappeared again. Samuel Abayitey was aboard a tuna vessel, Marine 707.  His work was part of a government effort to...

We will continue to go to IMF until we develop agriculture – Prof Oquaye 

Former Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye, says the country will continue to run to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for financial support...

51-year-old carpenter remanded for fraud  

The Gbetsile Circuit Court in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, has remanded Benjamin Akpabla, 51, a carpenter, into custody for knowingly...

Over 70,000 people in Ashanti Region estimated to be living with HIV 

A total of 72,429 people in the Ashanti Region are estimated to be living with HIV, according to the Ghana Aids Commission 2022 report. Out...

Fire destroys structures behind Arts Centre in Accra

A fire outbreak has razed structures behind the Arts Centre in Accra, resulting in the destruction of several properties. Belongings such as mattresses, personal documents,...