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NPP supporters chase out Annoh-Dompreh over rejected Nkawkaw stadium [Video]

https://youtube.com/shorts/aQcItDLnJPY?feature=share Some Nkawkaw supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) allegedly drove away Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, and his entourage over an abandoned stadium...

High Court quashes CHRAJ report on former PPA boss A.B. Adjei

In a significant judgment delivered on July 13, 2023, the High Court, presided over by Justice Audrey Kocuvie-Tay, has quashed a report by the...

NPP Parliamentary primaries: Abanga picks nomination forms to contest Aowin seat

A former New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Youth organizer aspirant, Abanga Yakubu Fuseini, has picked a nomination form to contest in the party's parliamentary...

Poet and playwright Ama Ata Aidoo laid to rest

A solemn and befitting state burial service was held Thursday, July 13 at the Forecourt of the State House in Accra for the illustrious...

Social media craze: Parents, traditional & religious leaders urged to ‘save’ youth

Minister for Works and Housing, Dr Freda Prempeh, has called on parents, traditional, opinion and religious leaders to redirect the youth, especially ladies to...

Akufo-Addo-led government is committed to improving NHIS – Okoe-Boye 

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, has said the President Akufo-Addo-led government was committed to...

Gyakye Quayson’s continuous trial could strain arms of govt relationship – Prof Gyampo

Senior Political Science lecturer, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has predicted a confrontation between the legislature and the judiciary if the trial of Assin North Member...

Atta Mills Library to operate in 3 months as tourist and intellectual centre

Mamdev Ghana Limited, the contractor in charge of the late Former President, Professor John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills Presidential Library in Cape Coast has...

National Cathedral debate: Rev. Kusi Boateng fails to gag Okudzeto Ablakwa

The Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court has dismissed an application by Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng, aka Kwabena Adu-Gyamfi, which sought to...

Architect behind KNUST unity hall and cedi house celebrates 95th birthday

Ghanaian Professor John Owusu Addo, born in 1928, has emerged as a prominent figure and mastermind behind captivating architectural designs in Ghana, particularly on...

Police will play role in free elections – IGP assures ECOWAS elections team

The Inspector+1÷General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, and members of the Police Management Board (POMAB) have assured an ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions...

Teacher Licensure Exams: Ntim Fordjour chairs committee to probe mass failures

The Ministry of Education has set up a seven-member committee to investigate the recent mass failures that characterised the Teacher Licensure Examination. The Committee, chaired...

Tano Forest police officer shot dead

Some unknown assailants have shot dead a police officer stationed at the Tano Forest checkpoint. The deceased, who has been identified as Sergeant Titus Avoka...

Robber who attacked Legon student gets 36-year jail term

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 24-year-old man, identified simply as Amaning, who robbed and attacked a University of Ghana (Legon) student. Amaning was...

Drama as fetish priest curses traffic officer for alleged extortion

Drama unfolded on the Kronom-Offinso highway in the Ashanti Region when an enraged man directed curses at a motor traffic officer he accused of...

Minister expresses gratitude to God as Parliament passes NACOC bill

The Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Acheampong, has expressed his gratitude to God for touching the hearts of Members of Parliament to pass the Narcotics...

Immigration Commanders validate new strategic plan

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has validated a seven-year strategic plan to improve on its services.  The seven-year Strategic Plan (2023-2029) was drafted by a...

Leaked IGP’s tape mere distraction – Nana Yaa Jantuah

The General Secretary of the Convention People's Party, Nana Yaa Jantuah, has said she believes the leaked tape on an attempt to remove the...

Govt to sell Bolgatanga meat factory, 16 others

The Ministry of Public Enterprises has announced its intention to divest 17 non-operational state-owned enterprises. Among these entities are the State Construction Company, Bonsa Tyre...

Many in critical condition after accident at Assin Fosu

Many passengers, including children, have been injured in a ghastly accident at Assin Fosu on the Cape Coast - Kumasi Highway in the Central...

ECG disconnects TOR again

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) National Taskforce has once again disconnected the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) from the national power grid for failure...

Mary Chinery-Hesse re-appointed as University of Ghana Chancellor

The University of Ghana has announced Mary Chinery-Hesse as Chancellor for a second term. This decision was taken after a meeting held by the...

‘One Village, One Dam’ project at Bongo can’t hold enough water for residents

Earth dams constructed under the One Village One Dam project in Bongo, Kassena Nakana West and Talensi districts all of the Upper East Region...

ECG disconnects customers owing over ¢700K

As part of the ongoing revenue mobilisation drive by the Electricity Company of Ghana, dubbed “Operation Zero,” the Musahamat Banana Farm at Aveyime and...

ECG drags five customers to court over illegal connection

Five customers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) including PrinMoss Pharmacy at Sefwi Asawinso in the Sefwi Wiawso Municipality of the Western North...

Ho Central MP appeals for urgent support for flood victims

Ho Central Member of Parliament (MP), Benjamin Komla Kpodo, has called for immediate support for residents in the Ho Municipality after torrential rains last...

Transport Minister announces Tamale Airport opening date

The Tamale International Airport will be opened on the 31st of July 2023, to facilitate travel in the Northern part of Ghana, Transport Minister,...

IGP takes ‘quality of service tour’ to East Legon, Legon, Airport Police stations

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, on Thursday took his working tour to assess the quality of service the public...

CHASS expresses worry over food shortages in Upper East Region schools

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) says it is concerned that the agitation by students of the Binduri Community Day School...

Special Prosecutor closes case against Juaben MCE nominee

The Office of Special Prosecutor has closed its case in the trial of the embattled Municipal Chief Executive aspirant for Juaben, Alexander Kwabena Sarfo-Kantanka. The...

Nana Yaa Jantuah suggests review of constitution over leaked tape

General Secretary of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Nana Yaa Jantuah, has proposed that the law which allows the President to appoint the Inspector-General...

Akufo-Addo only appoints competent people – Dep. Information Minister

Deputy Information Minister, Fatimatu Abubakar, says President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo in the past years has prioritised competence and capacity over political affiliations when it...

Wee cultivation will remove toxins from farm lands, water bodies caused by galamsey – Hempire Ghana

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Hempire Association of Ghana, Nana Kweku Agyemang,has disclosed that the cultivation of cannabis for industrial purposes will help in...

Scores injured in multiple vehicular accident on Accra-Cape-Coast highway

Two passengers are in critical condition while 55 others have sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident at Gomoa Okyereko on the Kasoa...

Ato Forson trial: CJ petitioned to remove Judge from case

Businessman Richard Jakpa has petitioned Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo asking that she stops Justice Afia Serwaa Asare Botwe from handling the faulty ambulance trial....

Lighthouse Chapel revokes car gift to former bishop, drags him to police

The Lighthouse Chapel International (LCI) has withdrawn a car it gifted a former bishop of the church, Kwame Yirenkyi Ampofo, during his service to...

Decomposing body of 72-year-old man found in his room

A Ghanaian-born US citizen has been found dead in his room in Takoradi in the Western Region of Ghana. The sad incident was confirmed by...

Policeman found dead in bizarre state at check point

A police sergeant has been found dead in a bizarre state while on duty at a checkpoint at the Bia-Tano Forest in the Ahafo...

Final year OPASS science student allegedly lynched

A final year science student of Ofori Panin Senior High School (OPASS) in the Eastern Region has been lynched in Koforidua by unknown assailants....

Burning Issues: Sweeping homes causes flooding – Local Governance Expert

An expert in Local Governance, Amon Kotei, has revealed that constant sweeping of homes is a contributing factor to flooding in the country. Speaking to...