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Turn blind eye sometimes – Kwesi Pratt to Akufo-Addo

Kwesi Pratt Jnr, the Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, has expressed his views on President Akufo-Addo's response to the national anthem incident during...

Pressure mounts on Keta Municipal Chief Executive over allocation of premix fuel

The Keta Municipal Assembly (KeMA) is currently experiencing heightened tension due to allegations of misuse of premix fuel allocation by the Municipal Chief Executive...

Historic Achievement: Senior military officer attains PhD from leading UK university

Major Patrick Peprah Obuobi (Dr), a senior officer in the Ghanaian Army, has achieved a significant milestone by earning a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil)...

Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo abhors people without integrity – Friend

Erika Mamley Osae, a close friend of the newly sworn-in, Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo, says her friend abhors people without integrity. She remarked that the...

Burning Issues: I’m worried about challenges at TOR – NPP presidential hopeful

Kwadwo Poku Nsafoa, one of the candidates in the New Patriotic Party's presidential race, has raised concerns about the financial losses incurred by the...

1D1F: Full list of companies who have received GHS14.4m govt funds

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Kobina Tahir (KT) Hammond, has given a detailed account to Parliament of entities which have benefitted from the...

Angry Ashaiman residents chase MCE over poor roads [Video]

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Ashaiman, Albert Boakye Okyere, has been chased out by his residents at Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region...

Galamsey menace: Minority calls for public inquiry, halt to community mining

https://youtu.be/KugHIowORu8 The Minority in Parliament is calling for a public inquiry into the activities, reports and fallouts of the erstwhile Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining...

KNUST College of Health Sciences donates PPEs to 22 teaching sites

The College of Health Sciences (CHS) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has supplied Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and other...

Govt building new modernised public JHSs nationwide – Education Minister

The government, through the Ministry of Education, has begun building modernised Junior High Schools (JHS) across the country, sector minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum,...

Agric Minister promises to reform sector

The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Bryan Acheampong, is promising to reform the agricultural sector. According to him, his administration will work assiduously to...

Calm returns to Nkrankwanta after youth ransacked Immigration office

Calm has returned to the Nkrankwanta community in the Dormaa West District of the Bono Region following the destruction of office items belonging to...

Saglemi Housing Trial: Defence to study witness statements filed by State 

An Accra High Court has adjourned the trial involving Alhaji Collins Dauda, a former Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing and four others...

Four arrested in connection with viral video on abuse of female victim

The Police have arrested four suspects at Kupelga in connection with the viral video in which a female victim is seen being subjected to...

Kpando: Second suspect involved in firearm brandishing during football match arrested

Police have arrested Selorm Buta alias Dangotey, the second suspect in connection with the possession of firearms without lawful authority during a football match...

Francis-Xavier Sosu: Madina roads require urgent attention

Improved road infrastructure would increase the attractiveness of Madina, stimulate economic activities, attract new investments and businesses, which would lead to increased employment opportunities...

NPP Chairman airlifted to Accra for treatment after motor accident

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bono East Regional Chairman, Ibrahim Baba Bukari, is currently in critical condition after a speeding vehicle crashed into his...

Special Prosecutor declares Charles Bissue wanted

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has declared former Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles Bissue, wanted. This comes after...

Data Protection Commission warns public against online loan applications

The Data Protection Commission has cautioned the public to refrain from downloading applications that request access to their personal and private space. The Commission also...

Thieves challenge trader over missing GH¢97k

Two members of an alleged gang of thieves have challenged a trader’s claim that GH¢97,000 of his trade capital was stolen at the Rawlings...

Koku Anyidoho sends goodwill message to Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo

Chief Executive Officer of the Atta Mills Institute, Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has congratulated the new Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo on her appointment. The former Deputy...

Operation Halt II seizes 5 excavators, burns mining equipment in Bosomtwe forest reserve

The Operation Halt II team has seized five excavators and burnt mining equipment in the Bosomtwe Range Forest Reserve in the Bekwai Forest District...

SSNIT unhappy about growing number of workers not on pension scheme

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has expressed worry about the growing number of workers not on pension scheme. Out of the over...

Brilliant student who got 5As and 3Bs in WASSCE now a ‘galamseyer’

A brilliant student who recorded outstanding results in the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in 2021, Stephen Koomson, is now involved in...

Ketu South flooding: Schools shut down as MCE appeals for relief items

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Ketu South constituency in the Volta Region, Maxwell Lugudor, says the Assembly is working with traditional authorities...

I prefer to join my maker than to see LGBTQ legalised in Ghana – Bagbin

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has indicated that he prefers to die than to see the legalization of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and...

National Anthem brouhaha: Akufo-Addo wasn’t angry at Henry Quartey – RCC

The Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council (GARCC) has dismissed reports that President Nana Akufo-Addo was angry at the Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, after the...

Osofo Kyiri Abosom claims to have destroyed countless deities, benefiting many

Christian Kwabena Andrew, popularly known as Osofo Kyiri Abosom, founder and leader of the Life Assembly Worship Centre, has made remarkable claims about his...

How to avoid romance scams

The Cyber Security Authority has cautioned the public against engaging in activities that expose them to romance scams. The Authority in a statement dated June...

NCCE urges Ghanaians to respect national symbols

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has raised concern over the increasing disregard for patriotic values among the citizenry. In a statement signed by...

Child labour: Over 400,000 children aged 5 to 17 engage in economic activities – GSS

The 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) report reveals that 419, 254 children aged five to 17 are engaged in economic activity in the country. Out...

GUTA congratulates Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has congratulated, the new Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, on her nomination and subsequent unanimous approval by...

Free SHS: Food suppliers to picket at Buffer Stock today over GH¢200m unpaid arrears

Members of the National Food Suppliers Association are expected to picket at the premises of the National Food Buffer Stock Company on Tuesday, June...

Roads Ministry announces traffic interruption over Motorway flyover construction

Vehicular traffic on a number of key routes in Accra is to be interrupted from Tuesday, June 13 to October 31, 2023, to make...

Checkout alternate routes for the Flowerpot roundabout

The Ministry of Roads and Highways has announced a disruption to traffic flow at the Flowerpot Roundabout from June 13 to October 31, 2023...

2 in court for illegal possession of firearms, pepper spray at Kasoa

Kasoa Akweley District Court presided over by his Honor Stephen Ofori Akrasi has remanded two suspects for possession of firearm, pepper spray without lawful...

How President Akufo-Addo reacted after Mempeasem chief refused to stand for national anthem [VIDEO & PHOTOS]

A viral video of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo telling the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, to put the chief of Mempeasem in...

Lawyer clears air on ‘Charles Bissue will not turn himself in’ statement [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · BISSUE LAWYER DENIES Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah Esq, lawyer for Charles Bissue, the former secretary to the inter-ministerial committee on Illegal mining, has...

Green Ghana: Compassion Ghana Int’l calls for comprehensive monitoring tool

Compassion Ghana has called on the government to roll out a comprehensive monitoring tool to ensure the sustenance of trees planted as part of...

Mempeasem chief explains why he did not stand to observe national anthem at event

The chief of Mempeasem in Accra, Nii Torgbor Obodai Ampaw, has apologised for not standing up to observe the national anthem at last Friday's...