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Rabid dog attacks 8 children at Awutu Senya, kills one

Awutu Bereku, located in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region, was shaken by a distressing incident when a rabid dog has...

RTI Commission fines Police Service ¢100k for flouting directives

The Right to Information (RTI) Commission has fined the Ghana Police Service GH¢100,000 for not complying with its orders.  According to the Commission, the Police...

Akyem-Abuakwa Traditional Council begins processes to destool Chief of Aworasa

The Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council has begun processes to destool the Chief of Aworasa, Barima Pobi Asomanin II. The embattled Chief who also claims to...

Denkyira Meretweso: Community where residents climb hills for cellphone reception

Denkyira Meretweso, a predominantly agricultural community in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the central region, is grappling with a lack of reliable telecommunication...

School Feeding Programme: Caterers propose increment to ¢3.50 per child

The National School Feeding Caterers Association is proposing ¢3.50 allocation per meal for school pupils under the School Feeding Programme. This, they said, will be...

District Court grants bail to 21 suspects over attack on Daboya Police Station

Twenty-one suspects who were arrested for their involvement in an attack on the Police Station in Daboya, located in the North Gonja District of...

Ada Traditional Council seeks state security for Songor Salt Project

The Ada Traditional Council (ATC) has urged the government to take strong action against illegal salt miners in order to safeguard the Ada Songor...

Parts of Ghana to experience rains today – Meteo warns

The coastal sector will be cloudy this morning with cases of rain and thunder, particularly within the Central and Western regions. Thunderstorms are anticipated for...

No basic school has new curriculum textbooks – Dr Apaak

A member of the Education Committee of Parliament, Dr Clement Apaak, has condemned the government for failing to deliver the full complement of textbooks...

I was subjected to name-calling for trying to expand law school to Kumasi – Ansa-Asare

Former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Kwaku Ansa-Asare, reflects on the challenges he encountered while striving to enhance accessibility to legal education...

Saglemi project: High Court gives Alhaji Yakubu 48 hours to show up 

The High Court in Accra has given Alhaji Ziblim Yakubu, a former Chief Director of the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing, 48...

Persons who invade or attack AngloGold Ashanti will be arrested and prosecuted – Abu Jinapor

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has reiterated the government’s commitment to protecting Anglogold Ashanti Obuasi Mine from any illegal...

Nogokpo vs Agyinasare: Let’s pray through obstacle to new levels of victory – Archbishop

With 11 days remaining on the 14-day ultimatum given by the chiefs and residents of Nogokpo for him to report and engage in peace...

Wives of arrested men in Gomoa Nyanyano clash plead for release

Over five women, whose husbands have been arrested in connection with the clash between Ghetto boys and some police officers at Gomoa Nyanyano, have...

Angry DCE blocks stone quarry with refuse container over permit issue

District Executive of Gomoa East, Solomon Darko Quarm, has taken a firm stance against Tonnisco stone quarry for conducting operations without a valid permit. Displaying...

Sammy Gyamfi responds to Supreme Court’s ruling on Assin North case

Sammy Gyamfi, the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has expressed his disagreement with the Supreme Court's decision to remove James...

Paramount Chief dissociates himself from 14-day ultimatum to Agyinasare

The Paramount Chief and President of the Some Traditional Council in the Volta Region, Togbui Adamah III, has distanced himself from the recent press...

‘Pampered’ boy jailed for stealing

Edmund Eghan, a 23-year-old man, has been a smoker since the young age of 10, leading a sheltered existence. Transitioning from smoking cigarettes to marijuana,...

Full judgment on Gyakye Quayson case

The Supreme Court has released the official document in which it declared as unconstitutional the election of James Gyakye Quayson as a Member of...

School feeding programme: Caterers reject proposed increment to ¢1.20 per child

National School Feeding Caterers Association has rejected a proposed 20 pesewas increment on the current ₵1 allocation per meal for school pupils under the...

School feeding programme: Caterers reject proposed increment to ¢1.20 per child

National School Feeding Caterers Association has rejected a proposed 20 pesewas increment on the current ₵1 allocation per meal for school pupils under the...

UEW staff write to Akufo-Addo to remove Governing Council Chair

Some staff of the University of Education, Winneba, are appealing to President Akufo-Addo to as a matter of urgency, withdraw the appointment of Nana...

Savannah Traditional Council working to resolve Gonja-Mamprusi conflict

The Savannah Traditional Council is collaborating with interest groups to facilitate dialogue between the feuding factions, following clashes in the Lukula and Mempeasem communities...

Parents urged to invest in education rather than clothing

The Catholic Priest at Jasikan Diocese, Reverend Father Ernest Backus Bempong, has advised parents to be more responsible and desist from wasting money on...

Drama at Amanfrom as traditional leaders force family to exhume body back to mortuary

Drama was witnessed at Ngleshie Amanfrom in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region when a family was forced to exhume a...

Ajagurajah wades into Agyinasare and Nogokpo saga

Controversial spiritualist Ajagurajah, also known as Kwabena Asiamah, has commented on Archbishop Charles Agyinasare's remarks about Nogokpo being demonic headquarters during one of his...

Five bills expected to be laid as Parliament reconvenes tomorrow

As Parliament reconvenes on Tuesday, June 6, series of financial bills, including the Revenue Administration Regulations, 2023, will be presented for consideration. In addition to...

Bail granted to 21 suspects arrested in connection with Lukula clashes

The Tamale District Court has decided to grant bail to 21 individuals who were apprehended in connection with the recent communal clash in Lukula,...

R.K Atikpo Foundation donates medical equipment and supplies to health facilities in Oti Region

R.K Atikpo Foundation (RKAF) under the auspices of the Member of Council of State, Richard Atikpo, in partnership with German Agency for International Cooperation...

Galamsey: Operation Halt II arrests 26 illegal miners at Patase

The Operation Halt II team has on Monday arrested 26 suspects, found operating at an illegal mining site, popularly known as galamsey, and also...

School Feeding Programme: Caterers’ arrears to be paid next week – Gender Minister

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Lariba Zuweira Abudu, has assured that the caterers working under the School Feeding Programme will receive...

Nogokpo saga: Perez Chapel Bishop declares week-long fast over controversy

The Presiding Bishop of Perez Chapel International, Benjamin Ohene Aboagye, on Sunday, June 4, declared a one-week fast with prayers for all members across...

NPA impounds 181,000 litres of crude oil, diesel in Western Region

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has confiscated 73,000 litres of crude oil and 108,000 litres of diesel from smugglers on the high seas in...

Police arrest 2 friends of suspect in SHS girl murder

Authorities from the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service have taken into custody two individuals who are friends of Osei Michael, the...

Best teacher in Tarkwa-Nsuaem constituency goes home with $14,500 vehicle

As part of the agenda to encourage teachers, the Member of Parliament for Tarkwa-Nsuaem constituency and a Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources,...

Stop giving cash to child beggars – Minister

The growing numbers of child beggars on the streets of Accra and other major cities in the country could be minimised if the public...

Daboya unrest: 49 suspects granted bail, others to appear in court on Monday

The Savannah Regional Police Command has granted bail to some 49 suspects who were arrested at Daboya in the Savannah Region following unrest in...

Newborn babies, pregnant women share same bed at Akyem CHPS compound

Pregnant women who are due for delivery and newborn babies share beds with men at the maternity ward at the Community-based Health Planning and...

50 church members injured in accident involving four cars

About 50 church members of Resurrection Power New Generation Church have sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident involving four cars. The incident happened...

COCOBOD, police intercept cocoa concealed in 35 oil drums, one arrested

Quantities of bags of cocoa beans concealed in 35 oil drums and being smuggled have been intercepted through a joint operation of Ghana Cocobod...