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Akufo-Addo accepts Cecilia Dapaah’s resignation

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has accepted the resignation of Cecilia Abena Dapaah from her portfolio as the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources. The...

Court directs Bissue to file triable issues as OSP fails to respond after 36 days

The Human Rights Division of the High Court in Accra has directed the former Secretary to the dissolved Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM),...

Ho Medical Waste treatment plant to safeguard public health

The Deputy Minister of Health, Mahama Asei Seini, has indicated that the Ho medical waste treatment facility will solve public health concerns in the...

I want to be a househelp for Ghanaian Minister – Delay

Renowned TV personality, Deloris Frimpong Manso, widely known as Delay, has expressed interest to be a househelp to a Ghanaian minister. Delay disclosed this on...

Sanitation Minister’s background proves she cannot earn the kind of money stolen from her – Sam George

The Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Samuel Nartey George, says the Sanitation Minister’s background does not show that the huge sums of monies...

Prayer alone is not enough – Bishop tells Ghanaians

Ghanaians are being advised to stop using productive hours praying and waiting for miracles to happen. The General Overseer of Rohi Global Ministries, Bishop Chris...

Sad scenes from one-week observation of KETASCO NSMQ star [Photos]

It was a sad moment for family and friends as they mourned late James Lutterodt, a notable participant in the 2021 National Science and Maths...

It could be funeral donations – NPP man on US$1m, €300K, millions of cedis in Minister’s room

A New Patriotic Party (NPP) communicator has claimed the US$1m, €300,000, and millions of cedis allegedly stolen at the Sanitation Minister's residence at Abelemkpe could be...

NDC parliamentary aspirant directs traffic in heavy rainfall

A National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary aspirant for Kwesimintsim Constituency in the Western Region has been seen acting on the statement “Don’t be a...

NPP plotting to amend charge sheet to reduce ‘stolen’ amount in Cecilia Dapaah’s case – Sam George alleges

Ningo Prampram Member of Parliament (MP), Sam George, has alleged a plot by some New Patriotic Party (NPP) bigwigs to amend the charge sheet...

GNPC completes Adentan Astro Turf [Photos]

The people of Adentan community in the Greater Accra region are the latest beneficiaries of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC)’s Sports Infrastructure Project,...

Cecilia Dapaah resigns as Sanitation Minister

The Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has resigned. The Minister has said her action is to avoid the matter from...

Pharmacy Council shuts down OTCMs for illegally dispensing tramadol

The Pharmacy Council has shut down a Mamprobi-Agege-based Over-the-Counter Medicines (OTCM) facility found to be illicitly dispensing tramadol to a drug addict. A statement issued...

Kumasi drivers suspend services to Bawku

Drivers at the Kumasi-Bawku bus terminal have suspended their services in protest of a dawn attack on one of their buses at Walewale in...

Foreign Exchange Act doesn’t stop people from keeping bulk cash – Banking consultant

A Banking consultant, Dr Richard Atuahene, has stated that Ghana’s Foreign Exchange Act does not restrict people from keeping any specific amount of cash...

Man loses 4 bedroom house over disputed land

A cleaner and bakery owner, whose four-bedroom house at Mpehuasem in the Greater Accra Region was demolished, is seeking justice a year after the...

Lands Ministry and Ghana Army move to clear illegal miners off the Black Volta

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, says the government has taken drastic, decisive and pre-emptive steps to protect the Black...

Enough is enough; stop embarrassing school heads – GNAT tells GES

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has taken a swipe at the Ghana Education Service (GES) over what it says is an embarrassment to...

Sanitation Minister breaks silence on US$1m, €300,000, millions of cedis saga

The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has reacted to public outcry over US$1m, €300,000, millions of cedis allegedly stolen...

Asante Akim Central to hold maiden August Festival

The maiden edition of the Asante Akim Central August Festival has been dully launched on the theme 'Connecting, Projecting and Developing.” The main event...

Bugri Naabu’s comments justify our call for probe – Minority

The Minority in Parliament has said comments made by the former Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bugri Naabu, justify the...

Revealed: How 18-year-old househelp spent money stolen from Cecilia Dapaah

An 18-year-old house help, Patience Botwe, stands accused of extravagant spending after allegedly stealing millions of Ghana Cedis and personal items from the home...

Man arrested at Obuasi for stealing ‘koobi’

A young man from the Central Region has been nabbed for stealing ‘koobi’, a popular salted fish/tilapia in Ghana at the Obuasi Central Market...

OSP, CHRAJ and GRA must probe Cecilia Dapaah over ‘stolen money’ – Vitus Azeem

An anti-corruption crusader, Vitus Azeem, wants the Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah, fully investigated by the relevant state institutions over reports that huge amounts of...

Ayawaso West Wuogon Assembly, MLGRD clear 3 dumping sites to prevent flooding

The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) in collaboration with the Ayawaso West Wuogon Municipal Assembly has cleared three dumping sites in...

Sack Cecilia Dapaah – NDC MPs tell Akufo-Addo

Some National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MPs) are asking President Nana Akufo-Addo to immediately sack the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources,...

Social media users react to Cecilia Dapaah’s househelps ‘stealing’ $1m, €300k & millions of Cedis from her bedroom

Ghanaians have been left in disbelief as news of Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah, taking legal action against her househelps broke, amidst allegations of a...

Man allegedly murders lover at Dunkwa-On-Offin

A man in his late 30s has brutally murdered his 28-year-old girlfriend at Dunkwa-On-Offin in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality in the Central Region....

Minister tops social media trends over $1m and €300k stolen in her house

Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah, is currently topping social media trends after news broke of an alleged theft of US$1 million, €300,000, and millions of...

Court slaps NSS ‘side chick’ with GH¢6,000 cost 

The High Court in Accra has awarded cost of GH¢6,000 against  Deborah Seyram Adablah, the young woman who has sued former Chief Finance Officer...

This is scandalous – Mahama on US$1m, €300,000 and millions of cedis missing in Minister’s house

Former President John Mahama has expressed shock at the huge sums of money reportedly stolen from Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah's Abelemkpe residence. Taking...

My death was announced on Facebook while asleep at home – Sefa Kayi

Renowned Ghanaian media personality and host of Peace FM’s morning show, Kokrooko, Kwami Sefa Kayi, has recounted how family and friends were left devasted...

3 fishermen arrested for fishing during closed season

Three fishermen are in the grip of the Denu Police in the Volta Region for fishing during the closed season. They have been identified...

Prepare for the worse – Inusah Fuseini to Quayson over govt’s ‘persecution’

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini, has advised Assin North MP, James Gyakye Quayson, to brace himself for the worse...

NSS ‘side chick’ case: High Court to give ruling today

The High Court is set to deliver its judgment on a captivating case involving Deborah Seyram Adablah, the plaintiff, who has sued the chief...

NPP will lose 2024 election if… – Amansie South DCE

District Chief Executive (DCE) of Amansie South, Clement Opoku Gyamfi, has stated the utterances of some supporters of the presidential aspirants of the New Patriotic...

Mortal remains of soilder who died in India arrive in Ghana [Photos]

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has received the mortal remains of a soldier who died in India, Warrant Officer Class One (WOI), Sani Victor...

Aflao SHS: Transformer dismantled, underground cables stolen

Some unknown persons have broken into the premises of the Aflao Senior High School (SHS) and dismantled the electricity transformer that feeds the school...

Five arrested over lynching of 2 persons accused of witchcraft

Police in the Northern Region have arrested five suspects in connection with the murder of two persons accused of witchcraft at Zakpalsi in the Mion...

Commuters stranded after cargo truck overturns on Accra-Kumasi Highway

Scores of commuters from Accra to Kumasi and those from the opposite direction were stranded after a cargo truck overturned at the Duampompo stretch...