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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,...

Nhyiaeso MP sets up soccer academy

Nhyiaeso Member of Parliament (MP), Stephen Amoah, has set up a soccer academy in Kumasi to nurture football talents among the youth. The Deputy...

Woman storms Lashibi SHS, invokes curses over son’s stolen phone [Video]

https://youtu.be/nKf-t8_OMzU An elderly woman has reportedly stormed the Lashibi Community Senior High School (SHS) to invoke curses over her son's missing phone. The angry mother...

My client hasn’t stolen any money – Lawyer for accused in Cecilia Dapaah’s case

The lawyer for the main suspect in the Cecilia Dapaah theft case says his client has not stolen any money. The accused, Patience Botwe –...

AG takes over Cecilia Dapaah’s case; directs police to probe ownership of $800k and its source

The office of the Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has announced that it is taking over the prosecution of the case involving the immediate past...

600,174 candidates to write 2023 BECE

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says all is set for the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) under its supervision. A total of 600,714...

Adisadel college student rejects charges against him in court

The case involving the bully at Adisadel College in Cape Coast will continue after the end of the 2023 West Africa Senior School Certificate...

7 tricycle operators arrested in Kumasi amidst ban

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has said it will continue to ensure the enforcement of the ban on the use of tricycles in the...

KNUST honours 3 students who saved colleague from taking his life

Three students from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, who successfully prevented a colleague student from committing what was...

Controversy over Rev Kwadwo Boakye’s burial

Preparations are underway for the burial of Rev Anthony Kwadwo Boakye on Saturday, August 5, 2023, in spite of a court injunction secured by...

Physician Assistants suspend strike action

The Ghana Physician Assistants Association has suspended its nationwide strike action in protest against a proposed legislative amendment of Act 857 initiated by the...

Closed season ends; sea officially reopens for canoe and inshore fishing

It’s the last day of the one-month-long closed season for canoe and inshore fishers in Ghana. The Closed season is enforced by the Ministry of...

Volta region goes all out for Kofi Akpaloo

Thousands of supporters and residents in the Afadjato South in the Volta Region thronged the streets to welcome the presidential aspirant of the Liberal...

I had over 15 IVFs – Former Minister

Special aide to ex-president John Dramani Mahama, and former Minister of Transport, Joyce Bawah Mogtari, has revealed how she struggled to give birth to...

Some fund managers owe SSNIT ¢483.3m – Auditor General Report

Some fund managers owed the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) ¢483.365 million as of the beginning of 2021, the 2022 Auditor-General Report...

Climate disaster: How erosion is sinking Accra’s Bortianor community [Photos]

Welcome to Bortianor in the Ga South municipality of Ghana’s capital, Accra – and if you have never been here, you may as well...

Here’s the Attorney General’s advice on Cecilia Dapaah’s ‘stolen money’ case

The Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has issued an advice on former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah’s “stolen money” case. This comes after the police forwarded...

Huge losses under debt exchange have significantly weakened banking sector’s capitalisation – Fitch

Rating agency, Fitch, has warned that the large losses imposed on bondholders under the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) have significantly weakened the banking...

Communities in Shai-Osudoku District protest bad roads [Photos]

Doryumu, Kordiabe, Agormeda, Asebi and neighbouring communities in the Shai-Osudoku District in the Greater Accra region have blocked roads linking these areas to some...

Ghana records 2% decline in new HIV infections rate for 2022

Ghana registered 16,574 new HIV infections in 2022 as opposed to 16,938 in 2021, the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has disclosed.   The figure represents...

Govt has not abandoned Saglemi – Miracles Aboagye

Presidential Staffer, Miracles Aboagye, has stated that government has not abandoned the Saglemi Housing Project. Speaking on Adom TV's Badwam Show, he explained that government...

Unexplained wealth should be criminalised – Haruna Iddrisu

Tamale South Member of Parliament (MP), Haruna Iddirsu, has called for criminalising unexplained wealth in Ghana. Contributing to a discussion on the floor of Parliament...

Bibiani market women cry out for better facilities and sanitation

Traders at the bustling market at Bibiani, located in the Bibiani Anhweaso Bekwai municipality of the Western North Region, are raising their voices in...

Four dead in accident at Nkenkensu on the Kumasi-Techiman highway

Four people have been confirmed dead and several others injured after a commercial bus and a trailer collided head-on at Nkenkensu on the Kumasi-Techiman...

23 persons remanded for attacking palace over sale of Kweiman land

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a group of 23 young men for allegedly assaulting some elders of Kweiman and attacking a palace over...