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Law has completely broken down at Adisadel College – Parent narrates

A concerned parent of a student attending Adisadel College in Cape Coast has narrated a distressing tale of how law and order seem to...

Kadjebi residents hopeful iron ore mining will create job opportunities

Residents of five farming communities at Kadjebi of the Oti Region are elated about the discovery and exploration of Iron ore deposits in the...

You couldn’t manage 100K graduates how much more a nation? – NABCO trainees rubbish Bawumia’s presidential ambition

Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the Coalition of Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) Trainees, Eric Nana Tachie, has downplayed the presidential ambition of Vice President...

Cecilia Abena Dapaah reported a robbery, so why was she arrested?

A government minister in Ghana must have thought she was doing the right thing by going to the police to report a theft at...

US$1m, €300,000, millions of cedis saga: OSP’s move knee jerk response – MP

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Anyaa Sowutuom has described as knee jerk, the move by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to...

Cecilia Dapaah’s stolen money: BoG Governor ‘worried’

Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Ernest Addison, mhas expressed concerns over the issue of hoarding huge amounts of cash at home. Commenting...

Exclusive photos from 11th anniversary of Atta Mills’ death

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Monday, July 24, commemorated the 11th anniversary of the death of late President Professor John Evans Atta Mills....

It’s terrible – Kofi Adams on viral Adisadel College assault video

Member of Parliament (MP) for Buem, Kofi Adams, has stated that the increase in acts of violence in secondary and tertiary schools is alarming. His...

Adisadel: Victim suspended, culprit dismissed over violent assault

Management of Adisadel College has suspended a student who was caught on a viral video being violently assaulted by his colleague for not reporting...

Forestry guard who went missing in Sunyani found on refuse site at Nkawkaw

A Bono Regional Forestry Commission guard, Vitus Yuordong, who went missing in the Sunyani municipality, has been found at a refuse site at Nkawkaw-Asona...

Nigerian jailed 10 years for trafficking 16.5kg of cocaine at KIA

A Nigerian national based in Brazil, Ernest Nnajuiba Ukechukwu, was on Thursday, July 13, 2023 sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Accra High...

Cecilia Dapaah granted bail after OSP’s detention, search

Former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, who was arrested by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), was subsequently granted...

Akufo-Addo announces review of PFJ after six years

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced a review of the government’s flagship agric programme, Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ). President Akufo-Addo says...

Most banks have purchased ‘bulletproof’ bullion vans – BoG Governor

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Ernest Addison, has confirmed that the majority of banks in the country have complied with...

Hundreds throng re-developed Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park for sightseeing

Lots of Ghanaians and non-Ghanaians on Monday thronged the redeveloped Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park to have a feel of the new park as well...

Adisadel housemaster suspended over violent assault

Ekow Holman, the housemaster of Quaque House where an Adisadel College student was captured on a viral video violently assaulting his colleague, has been...

Bekwai Forestry Commission seizes 3 vehicles, 5 gold detectors and burns 23 changfans

The Bekwai Forestry Commission in an operation in the Oda River and Supuma forest reserves has seized three cars, three motorbikes, and five gold...

Alleged Coup: Accused person convicted for contempt

The fifth accused person in the ongoing trial of the case in which the remaining nine persons are standing trial for plotting to overthrow...

Two killed by electrified metallic drying line at Twifo Eduabeng

Two persons met their untimely death after they were electrocuted at Twifo Eduabeng in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa District of the Central Region on Monday. According...

GES reacts to viral video of violence at Adisadel College

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says its attention has been drawn to a disturbing video of a violent assault involving two students of Adisadel...

Mahama, Bagbin, Mills’ son, others commemorate 11th anniversary of Atta Mills’ death

A wreath-laying ceremony was on Monday held at the Asomdwee Park in Accra to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the passing of former President...

Victim of Dagomba Line police brutality had blood in abdominal cavity – Autopsy report reveals

An autopsy report on Slahadeen Tafipe, a victim of an alleged police brutality, indicates he died of massive blood in his abdominal cavity.  He also...

Today is the last time you’ll cry in my court – Judge warns Aisha Huang

A High Court Judge hearing the galamsay trial of Chinese National, Aisha Huang, has cautioned her to desist from crying in court consistently. This...

GWCL threatens to shut down its plants in areas impacted by galamsey

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) says it will not relent in shutting down its plants in areas impacted by illegal mining when the...

Allow parents to bear feeding cost of free SHS – GNECC tells govt

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) is calling on the government and the Ministry of Education to consider a revised approach to the...

ECG, MTN, Ecobank, others win big at 2023 Project Management Excellence Awards

Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), MTN Ghana, Ecobank Ghana, Absa, Asanko Gold, and the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) won big at the...

250 SHSs to contest in the 2023 edition of National STEMNNOVATION project

A total of 250 second-cycle institutions in the country have registered to participate in the 2023 edition of the National Science, Technology, Engineering and...

It’s a worry to us – BoG governor on individuals keeping dollars at home

The governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Ernest Addison, has expressed concern over the practice of individuals keeping large volumes of foreign...

Hit and run driver destroys popular waakye joint at East Legon

In a harrowing account shared on Twitter by @jaymukasechic, the owner of the popular waakye joint, Mukase Chic, recounted a devastating incident that occurred...

2 killed in robbery attack, 3 injured at Kwame Danso

Armed men on Saturday night at Kwame Danso in the Sene West District took advantage of a brief power outage and robbed mobile phone...

NCA kick-starts Digital Audio Broadcasting trial in Accra, Kumasi

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has commenced its Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) trial in Accra and Kumasi. This technology will allow FM stations involved...

Those calling Cecilia Dapaah a thief lack intellectual insight – Mr Logic

Artiste manager and entertainment pundit, Emmanuel Barnes, popularly known as Mr Logic, has asserted that those labelling former Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation,...

Angry sawmill operators stage protest against Swedru Police

Angry sawmill operators at Agona Swedru in the Central Region are demonstrating at the Agona Swedru Divisional Police Command. Their action, according to them,...

Cecilia Dapaah knows in her heart that she has committed an offense – Nyaho Tamakloe

Elderly statesman and founding member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has reacted to recent reports of an alleged theft of...

Okyeame Kwame, 500 students petition parliament on climate change

Musician Okyeame Kwame organised about 500 students to walk from Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to Parliament to petition the climate caucus to be more...

Man in critical condition after motorbike knocks him down on Kasoa highway

A 24-year-old man is battling for his life after a motorbike knocked him down at water works on the George Walker Bush highway in...

Public Health Alert: Suspected black flies invade Dawhenya

Some insects suspected to be black flies have invaded some communities in the North Dawhenya Electoral Area of the Greater Accra Region.  The flies have...

Nyaho Tamakloe threatens to expose ministers ‘stealing’ state money

Ghanaian statesman and politician, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has revealed that he has information that implicates some ministers who are hoarding public funds. Reacting to an...

Ghana makes progress in human trafficking prosecution

Ghana has made significant progress in prosecuting cases of human trafficking over the past five years. A total number of 210 individuals, out of 221...

PharmAccess, HeFRA honour SafeCare assessors and health facilities

The Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) has praised the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) for its unwavering commitment to enhancing the quality of...