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Police probe 14-year-old boy’s involvement in robbery at Potsin

The Central Regional Police Command is investigating a 14-year-old boy for his alleged involvement in a robbery that led to him sustaining deep machete...

Racism is a crime against humanity – Asantehene

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, wants racial abuse and racial discrimination to be characterised as a crime against humanity through a new universal declaration...

Ofori-Atta’s ‘turning the corner’ comment does not mean end of the game – Deputy Finance Minister

Deputy Finance Minister, Dr John Ampontuah Kumah, believes the recent “turning the corner” comment made by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, during the 2023...

More coups may occur if we allow… – Appiagyei-Atua

An Associate Professor at the University of Ghana School of Law says there will be more coups in West Africa if corruption-related activities and...

Police investigate death of Bekwai MCE’s daughter

The Police have commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a female adult, Akua Serwaa Kyei at Atwima Bebu in the...

NPP primaries: Mark Okraku-Mantey submits nomination forms to contest at Ayensuano [Video]

Mark Okraku-Mantey, the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Creative Arts, has taken a significant step by submitting his nomination papers for the New...

NPP primaries: Adenta Kumi files nomination to contest Adentan parliamentary seat

Ghanaian politician and business consultant, Alfred Ababio Kumi, also known as Adenta Kumi, on 3rd August 2023, filed his nomination forms to contest the...

Many injured in accident involving 2 cars on Obuasi road

An accident, which has occurred at Dadwene Kyekyewere, involving two vehicles, has left scores of passengers in critical condition on the Obuasi-Anhwiankwanta highway. The cars...

Man allegedly kills 7-year-old niece for money rituals

Residents of Wassa Nkyirifi, a farming community in the Western Region, woke up on Friday morning to the horror of a suspected murder of...

Ghana Immigration Service interdicts 27 officers

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has taken disciplinary action against 27 officers, comprising three senior officers and 24 junior officers. The action is over their...

Ablekuma bullion van robbery suspect faints in cells

The Police on Thursday could not produce Hope Osaze, the third accused person in the Ablekuma bullion van robbery, in court. This is because he allegedly...

Treason Trial: NIB should be commending me, not… – ACP Agordzo

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Dr Benjamin Kwasi Agordzo, says the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) should be commending and not charging him with treason.  He...

Obra show: Man angrily gives away 5-bedroom house to partner [Video]

https://youtu.be/VMp0F9-guCM Joshua Bortey, who has been cohabiting with Akua Afriyie at Boankra in the Ashanti region for eight years, has angrily handed over a five...

Bawumia’s UK supporters construct borehole for Banso basic school

United Kingdom-based (UK) supporters of New Patriotic  Party (NPP) Presidential hopeful, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, have begun the  construction of a bore-hole  facility for Banso...

Ghana School of Law SRC eulogises Director of Legal Education for his distinguished leadership

The outgoing 2022/2023 Executives of the Students Representative Council ( SRC)  of the Ghana School of Law, have eulogised the Director of Legal Education...

1 dead, another injured in accident at Wassa Akropong

One person has died and two others have sustained degrees of injuries in a ghastly crash at Wassa Akropong. The accident involved a white Toyota...

Truck crashes man to death at Wenchi

A tragic accident at Wenchi has claimed the life of a man believed to be in his late fifties. The devastating incident occurred around...

Parliament passes the Ghana Commission for UNESCO Bill

Parliament has passed the Ghana Commission for UNESCO Bill, 2022, which seeks to help the country achieve the aims and objectives of the United...

Let’s continue to appreciate our forefathers by celebration Founders’ Day

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo delivered a national address on the occasion of the 4th anniversary of the celebration of Founders' Day, urging Ghanaians...

Identity of man crushed by heavy duty truck at Wenchi revealed

The identity of the man who tragically lost his life in the gory accident at Wenchi has been revealed. The victim has been identified...

Parliament unanimously approves probe into National Cathedral

Parliament is set to conduct an independent probe into the National Cathedral Project.  The approval followed the passage of a motion sponsored by the North...

Ejura-Sekyedumase: Police investigate death of 38-year-old teacher few weeks to marriage ceremony

The police have initiated investigations into circumstances that led to the death of a headteacher at Sekyedumase in the Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipality of the Ashanti...

Akufo-Addo commissions $6.6 million Ashaiman and Bankuman Sewerage and treatment plants

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, 2nd August 2023, commissioned the ultra-modern Simplified Sewerage Facility and Treatment Plant at...

Alleged police brutality: Concerned Youth of Asawase reject autopsy results of deceased resident

A group calling itself the Concerned Youth of Asawase is dismissing findings suggesting that a victim of alleged police brutality in the area died...

BECE candidates cautioned against sending foreign materials to examination halls

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Nkwanta South in the Oti Region has issued a stern warning to candidates ahead of this year's Basic...

IMF bailout: Govt meets second release conditions

The government has met all benchmarks of structural reforms for the release of the second tranche of the $3 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

National Labour Commission directs CETAG to call off strike

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has directed the College of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) to call off its strike and appear before...

You need free education on English language – Sammy Gyamfi fires Ofori-Atta over ‘turn the corner’

The criticism of the Finance Minister over his proclamation that the government has turned the corner in its management of the Ghanaian economy, does...

Police arrest two suspects in stone quarry robbery at Gomoa Ojobi

Two individuals suspected to be involved in a robbery attack at a stone quarry have been apprehended by the Central East Regional Police Command....

My life has been better since I abandoned Ghana for UK – Ghanaian nurse narrates

A Ghanaian nurse working in Birmingham has shared her remarkable journey and how her life has transformed since she swapped Ghana’s health system for...

NCA Scandal: Akufo-Addo pardons former Deputy National Security Coordinator

President Nana Akufo-Addo has granted a presidential pardon to Alhaji Salifu Mimina Osman, the former Deputy National Security Coordinator during the John Mahama administration....

Lifeless body of young man found by roadside in Teshie

A grim discovery was made near Soja Bar in Teshie, within the Ledzokuku Municipal Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, where the lifeless body...

Police officer, journalist and lecturer remanded over robbery

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a Police Officer, freelance Journalist, and a Lecturer into Police custody for one week over an alleged robbery. The...

Opuni Trial: 7th Defence Witness has traveled outside jurisdiction – Lawyer for Opuni

An Accra High Court has ordered the Counsel for Dr Stephen Opuni to produce the travel documents of the Seventh Defence Witness of Dr...

Organised Labour rejects Asogli’s monetary compensation for sacked union executives

Organized Labour has rejected an offer for a monetary compensation package from Sunon Asogli Power Limited rather than reinstating its dismissed local union executives...

Building collapses around Ofankor-Amasaman stretch

A storey building located on the Ofankor-Amasaman stretch is reported to have collapsed with persons trapped in the building. Firefighters from the Abelemkpe fire station...

WAEC to serialise some subjects in 2023 WASSCE

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has confirmed that it will serialise some selected questions in the 2023 West Africa Senior High School Certificate...

Christian Atsu, Oracle Academy honored at Mentorship & Volunteerism Excellence Summit and Awards

Oracle Academy, the esteemed global philanthropic educational program, has been bestowed with the prestigious Mentorship Impact Award for Corporate Philanthropy at the recent Mentorship...

You’re overstepping – Dan Botwe told amidst Naa Torshie feud

The Parliamentary Committee on Local Government and Rural Development has thrown its support behind the Administrator of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF), Irene...

Shocking revelations in AG’s advice on Cecilia Dapaah’s missing money case

The Office of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice has furnished legal advice to the police regarding the theft case involving former sanitation minister,...