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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...

National Security Ministry refutes claims that displaced Burkinabes are being forced out of Ghana

The Ministry of National Security has rejected media reports and publications alleging the Ghana Armed Forces is forcing Burkinabe refugees out of Ghana.  The Ministry...

Burning Issues: We sometimes do ‘shoddy’ work due to insufficient funds – Contractor admits

The President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Ghana, Henry Kwadwo Boateng, has admitted that contractors sometimes do 'shoddy' work due to insufficient...

We will miss you – Akufo-Addo mourns Ama Ata Aidoo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed profound sadness as he mourns the passing of renowned Ghanaian author Ama Ata Aidoo at her memorial service. The memorial...

Lawyers for cop who shot girlfriend in Kumasi fail to show up in court

A Kumasi High Court failed to take the plea of a Police Inspector standing trial for the alleged murder of his girlfriend at Adum...

Teacher butchered for allegedly chasing another man’s girlfriend at Agogo

A Basic School teacher at Asante Akyem Agogo in the Ashanti Region has been brutally killed for allegedly pursuing another man’s girlfriend. The victim, Maxwell...

Agyapa deal: It’s far from over – GII on ECOWAS court ruling

The fundraising manager of the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Michael Boadi, remains undeterred by the recent dismissal of a lawsuit against the Government of...

Minority’s parliament boycott: Stop being biased – Ablakwa to critics

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has told persons asking the Minority Caucus to stop boycotting parliament to also speak against...

Not all marriages are ordained by God – Pastor whose daughter was murdered by husband in US speaks

Father of 33-year-old woman, Winifred Boakye, allegedly murdered by her husband in the United States of America (USA) has shared heartbreaking details of circumstances...

2 seriously injured, 55 escape in triple collision on Kasoa-Cape Coast highway

Two passengers are seriously injured while 55 others managed to escape unscathed in a gory accident on the Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway in the Central...

Give us evidence to probe Frimpong-Boateng’s report – CHRAJ to MP

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has written to South Dayi MP, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, demanding a litany of evidence to enable...

Speaker Alban Bagbin honoured with Suma Adinkra Sword

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has been presented with the Suma Adinkra Sword, the highest award of the Suma Traditional Council. A...

NPP parliamentary candidate installed chief of Suaman

The 2020 parliamentary candidate for the NPP in the Suaman Constituency of the Western North Region, Frederick Addy, has been installed as the Development...

People’s Forum: No road no vote: residents at Doryumu chant

The chiefs and people of Doryumu in the Shai-Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region have threatened to boycott the 2024 general election over...

Distribution of nude pictures: Agradaa, three others to stand trial 

The Police say Patricia Asiedua aka Nana Agradaa and three others will stand trial at the High Court for allegedly distributing visual recording of...