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How big-people-sponsored-companies affected galamsey fight – Prof Frimpong-Boateng

The former Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Professor Frimpong-Boateng, says the Committee under his leadership had been successful in quelling...

Burning Changfans alone will not halt illegal mining – Prof. Frimpong-Boateng

Former Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, says while burning Changfan machines seem like a plausible way to...

Prof Frimpong-Boateng’s arrest: The inside story [Video]

A former Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Professor Frimpong-Boateng, has been recounting his arrest by the Office of the Special Prosecutor. According to him,...

I feel victimised – Prof. Frimpong-Boateng

A former Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Professor Frimpong-Boateng, says he feels victimised over his invitation by the Office of the Special Prosecutor...

Two in custody for assaulting ECG Officials

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into police custody two persons who allegedly assaulted two officials of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) at...

Halt laptops for SHS initiative – CSOs on education tell govt

Civil society organisations in education are calling for the immediate discontinuation of laptops for SHSs and ensure that basic schools have the full complement...

Upper East Regional Co-ordinating Council gives update on Anthrax outbreak

The Upper East Regional Public Health Emergency Management Committee has recommended a ban on the movement of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and donkeys and...

Failed abortion kills 12-year-old girl at Ellembelle

A 12-year-old girl has met her untimely death at Telekubukazo, a community in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region, after an attempted abortion...

Over 3,000 refugees from Burkina Faso registered – Ghana Refugees Board

The Ghana Refugee Board has revealed that the country has registered a total of three thousand two hundred refugees from neighboring Burkina Faso in...

Car snatcher jailed 20 years  

The Ashanti Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced a 38-year-old car snatcher to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour.   Yaw Adu Agyekum, alias ’18,’ a mason,...

Attorney General hints at bill to reform justice delivery system

Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, says his office has initiated steps to reform the justice delivery system to enable the courts to deal with...

Driver and mate narrowly escape as sprinter bus submerges in Okyereko river

Another accident has occurred at the spot where a yutong bus collided with a fuel tanker last week at Gomoa Okyereko on the Winneba-Kasoa...

13 traders severely injured in lightning strike at Awutu Bawjiase

Thirteen market women have sustained severe injuries after lightning struck a big tree at the Awutu Bawjiase market in the Central Region causing it...

Workers of Chinese cement company demonstrate against management over welfare [Video]

https://youtu.be/AJYqNeUMfjc Some workers of Unicem Cement Company at Bogyawe in the Bekwai municipality of the Ashanti Region have embarked on a demonstration against the management. Speaking...

NLC summons GBC staff over industrial action

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has issued summons to staff members of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC). This is in response to a threat of...

KCARP, Dredge Masters, others receive Excellence awards

The Jospong Group of Companies has once again excelled in its operations as executives and subsidiaries within the Group receive recognition for their unique...

Anthrax outbreak: FDA decries failure of butchers to stick to food safety standards

Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Roderick Kwabena Dade Adjei, has attributed the anthrax outbreak to the failure of...

Suame interchange project to start in August – Urban Roads director

Physical works on the Suame interchange project in the Ashanti region are expected to start in August, as designs for the project are being...

Opuni trial: Court of Appeal to rule on Opuni’s full records request June 14

The court of appeal has set June 14, to rule on an application by lawyers of former Cocobod CEO, Stephen Opuni, asking for full...

Parliament approves Gertrude Torkornoo’s nomination as Chief Justice

Parliament has finally approved the nomination of Gertrude Araba Essaba Torkornoo as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. This came after intense deliberation in...

Parliament to approve Chief Justice – Osei-Kyei-Mensah hints

Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu says he expects that Parliament will approve the nomination of Justice Gertrude Torkonoo as Chief Justice today. Speaking to journalists, the...

Fred Abenyo labels school feeding programme a ‘beautiful programme only on paper’

A former Deputy Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said the School Feeding Programme in Ghana is being classified as a...

EOCO hunts two suspects over fraudulent activities

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has launched a manhunt for two suspects on its wanted list. A tweet posted by EOCO on Tuesday,...

EC member dragged to Supreme Court over alleged NPP affiliation

An Electoral Commission (EC) member, Dr Peter Appiahene, has been dragged to the Supreme Court by South Dayi MP, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, over his alleged...

Gender Minister clears air on claims that all school feeding caterers are NPP members

Minister of Gender, Children, and Social Protection, Lariba Zuweira Abudu, has debunked claims that all caterers under the government’s School Feeding Programme are members...

Nogokpo remains the spiritual gateway to Ghana – Fiator Abgodzalu Amuzu

The Fiator of Nogokpo, Torgbui Agbodzalu Amuzu, has stated that Nogokpo is and will remain the spiritual gateway to the country and no one can challenge...

Kejetia traders call for implementation of fire recommendations by local govt

Traders at the Kejetia Market in Kumasi are calling on the local government ministry to start implementing recommendations from a committee’s report on the...

Federation of associations of Ghanaian exporters clears air on ‘chemical mango’ video

The Federation of Associations of Ghanaian Exporters (FAGE) has debunked claims made in a viral social media video that mangoes are being chemically injected...

Nogokpo spokesperson sends important message ahead of Agyinasare’s 14-day ultimatum

The people of Nogokpo do not appear ready to back down in what they claim to be a denigration of their reputation. A spokesperson for...

Nogokpo vs Agyinasare: National Peace Council calls for calm

The National Peace Council says it has commenced a process to broker peace between the Nogokpo Traditional Authorities and the founder of Perez Chapel...

Lonto residents joyous as police station finally opens after 7 years of lockup

After seven years of being locked up, the Lonto police station in the Kpandai District has finally been opened for use, eliciting joy among...

Fire outbreak at Bibiani College of Health leaves 186 students affected

Anhweaso, Western North Region - In a distressing incident, a fire outbreak at the Bibiani College of Health in Anhweaso has resulted in the...

Major Mahama’s Trial: l was at the wrong place at the wrong time – Accused

 Akwasi Asante, one of the 14 individuals accused of murdering Major Mahama, has refuted any involvement in the army officer's killing. "I did not shoot...

NPP confident of victory in Assin-North by-election

Takyi Mensah, the Central Regional Secretary for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), expressed optimism about the party's chances of winning the upcoming Assin-North by-election. Speaking...

Alban Bagbin’s SIM card deactivated despite re-registration – Sam George

Deputy Ranking Member on the Communications, Sam George, says the official sim card of the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, registered in the name...

Midwife delivers baby in speeding commercial vehicle

Before today, she had only read it in books or heard it in conversations but never had it occurred to her that she will...

If you have God, you have everything, you lose God and lose everything –Justice Jones Dotse

The Acting Chief Justice, Justice Jones Dotse, has in an emotional valedictory speech, acknowledged the hand of Almighty God in his upbringing, growth and...

Kumawu residents unhappy with pace, quality of work in roads construction

Some residents of Kumawu in the Ashanti region are unhappy with the pace of work in the construction of roads in the area. The concerned...

Kumawu traditional leaders, Wontumi storm parliament as MP-elect takes oath

Ernest Yaw Kumi, the newly elected Member of Parliament for Kumawu in the Ashanti Region, has taken his oath of allegiance and office. Officially, Ernest...

Stop the promise and fail – Pensioner Bondholders to govt

Members of the Pensioner Bondholders Forum are urging the government to fulfil its promise to pay them their matured coupons and principals. According to the bondholders, failure to...