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Jasikan hospital gets mortuary amid calls for completion of abandoned maternity block

Authorities at the Jasikan Government Hospital in the Buem-Jasikan Municipality of the Oti Region are appealing to the government to immediately intervene in the...

Nkoranza: Family of suspect who died in Police custody rejects compensation

https://youtu.be/d2x0xFA6bwg?t=103 The family of a 28-year-old trader, Albert Donkor, alleged to have suffered police brutality leading to his death in Nkoranza have rejected compensation paid...

20 arrested for illegal power connection in Kumasi

The Electricity Company of Ghana(ECG) has arrested 20 people for their alleged involvement in illegal power connections in the Ashanti region. The suspects, all...

Jospong Group supports National Chief Imam to observe Eid-ul-Fitr

The Jospong Group of Companies has donated 100 bags of rice, boxes of oil and an undisclosed amount of money to the National Chief...

Family demands justice for woman shot by ‘boyfriend’

The family of a 26-year-old woman, shot and killed in cold blood at Adum in Kumasi last Thursday, has called for justice for the...

Greater Accra Regional Minister denies selling Ga lands

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has denied selling government lands at Agbogbloshie after it was reclaimed from onion sellers and is planning...

Nungua Interchange: How a stalled project is creating worry

The view from above is exhilarating. Long, intersecting bridges fly over the fleets of cars on the ground. But the project has stalled and...

 UCC Senior staff suspend strike

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) chapter of the Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana has called off its industrial action after a...

Galamsey report: Oppong Nkrumah replies Prof Frimpong-Boateng

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has dismissed allegations against him by former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, in the...

Election 2024: NDC agents to receive tea and biscuit

To ensure effective monitoring and collation of results, former President John Mahama has assured agents of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who will be...

UPSA dismisses student caught flogging mate in viral video

The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) has dismissed a senior student filmed canning a level 100 student for allegedly spreading untrue statements about...

‘Galamsey’ was happening in garden of Akufo-Addo’s Kyebi home – Report

It appears the blatant nature in which some illegal miners plied their trade is more worrying than many assumed. The garden of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s...

Aboagye Da-costa tipped to win Kumawu NPP Primary

Dr Aboagye Da-Costa, the Director of Health Promotion at the Ghana Health Service, who is aspiring to become the next New Patriotic Party (NPP)...

Why Akufo-Addo can’t ban ‘galamsey’

A legal practitioner, Kwame Jantuah, has stated President Nana Akufo-Addo is unable to ban small-scale mining and ‘galamsey’ because he can’t create jobs in...

People who commit suicide are being selfish – Psychiatrist [Video]

https://youtu.be/WELc0eYPKO0 A community psychiatric nurse specialist at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Francis Yeboah, says people who commit suicide are being selfish. He said some of the victims...

Allotey Jacobs reacts to IGP’s meeting with NPP, NDC leadership

A former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has urged politicians to stick to clean campaigning. He stated that aspirants...

Tarkwa gold robbers arrested

The Western Regional Police Command has arrested three armed men who attacked K.K Gold, a gold-buying agency at Tarkwa in the region and robbed...

Henry Quartey explains why over 5,000 houses on govt lands cannot be demolished

Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has justified why certain structures cannot be demolished in the region despite being illegal. According to him,...

One week observation arrangements announced for late Kumawu MP

The one-week observation for late Kumawu Member of Parliament (MP), Philip Basoah, has been scheduled for Thursday, April 27, 2023. The ceremony will take...

Minister saves life of boy, 4, involved in an accident

The Upper West Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, broke his convoy protocol and saved the life of a four-year-old child who was involved...

Ga Mantse honours UCC Medical student who swept 16 out of 22 awards

Young medical doctor, Dr Nathaniel Nii Cudjoe, is still basking in the moment of his glory after sweeping 16 awards out of 22 at the...

14 communities at Sehwi unite to fix deathtrap roads after gov’t’s neglect

Some 14 communities on the Bowobra to Piase road in the Sehwi Wiawso municipality have organised communal labour to fix their deplorable stretch. This is...

NDC’s Women Organiser, chiefs, spotted as Joana Gyan launches campaign at Amenfi Central [Video]

Parliamentary candidate for Amenfi Central Hopeful, Mrs Joana Gyan Cudjoe, has successfully launched her campaign after several setbacks that nearly had her out of...

Sir John was the greatest danger to Ghana’s forest – Prof. Frimpong-Boateng

Former Environment and Science Minister, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has stated in a report how he once referred to former Forestry Commission boss, Kwadwo Owusu...

Attorney General appeals restarting Opuni’s trial

The Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has filed an appeal against the decision of an Accra High Court to restart the trial of former...

Woman, 26, shot dead at Adum

Police are on a manhunt for the killer of a 26-year-old woman, Victoria Maame Adwoa Dapaah, who was shot in front of her home...

Ato Forson to call 9 witnesses

A former Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, will call nine witnesses as part of his defence against a criminal case of...

Asian African Consortium partners UCC to boost rice production in Ghana

The Asian African Consortium (AAC), a subsidiary of Jospong Group of Companies, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Cape Coast...

Health Ministry clears air on Agyeman-Manu’s NHIS, Zipline comment

The Ministry of Health has said the comments of the sector Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, about the National Health Insurance Scheme(NHIS) were not to talk...

Lord Commey rubbishes Frimpong-Boateng’s explosive galamsey report

Director of Operations at the Presidency, Lord Commey has dismissed claims by the former Environment Minister, Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng that he is involved in...

Ban on drumming and noise-making effective May 15

The Ga Traditional Council (GTC) has placed a ban on drumming and noise-making in the traditional area effective Monday, May 15 to Thursday, June...

ECG to refund bills paid by John Mahama – ECG Managing Director

The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) says the company is in discussion with the office of former President John Mahama...

Galamsey: Former Manso Nkwanta MP chases Frimpong-Boateng

Former Member of Parliament for Manso Nkwanta, Joseph Albert Quarm, has dismissed claims by former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena...

Police refute claims of alleged power theft at Osu barracks, Kumasi Central police station

The Police Administration has refuted claims of alleged illegal connection and power theft at Osu Police Barracks and the Kumasi Central Police Station. The Police...

Meet the newly ordained auxiliary bishops of Accra Diocese of Catholic Church

The Catholic Archdiocese of Accra now has two auxiliary bishops. The two, both Catholic priests, the Most Rev. Anthony Narh Asare, Titular Bishop of Castellum...

Chased twice by elephant – Incredible experience at Mole National Park

I never thought 40 seconds was such a long period until my tour group and I were chased twice by an untamed elephant.  In those...

Navy engineer found dead after losing family home

A Royal Navy engineer was found dead after his family lost their "forever" home over a complaint about a garden fence. Robert Minshull, a senior...

Modestus Zame: Tears flow at one-week observation for late Lead Camera Technician [Photos]

It was an emotional moment when staff from all departments of the Multimedia Group Limited gathered to honour the memory of their departed colleague,...

Awoshie-Ablekuma highway: Drivers kill pedestrians here like ‘animals’ – Residents lament

Some residents along the Awoshie-Ablekuma highway in Accra are alarmed about the incessant knockdowns of pedestrians on zebra crossings by over-speeding drivers. A zebra crossing...

Court grants bail to an alleged robber

An electrician, who allegedly robbed a waiter of his bag containing an iPhone 7 mobile phone valued GHS1,500.00, has been granted a GHS70,000.00 bail...