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Lifestyle Audit: High Court discharges 3 public servants charged by OSP

The High Court in Accra has discharged three out of the four public officers who were charged by the Office of the Special Prosecutor...

Don’t abandon duty post for all-night prayers, funerals – Police officers warned

The Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the Volta Region, (DCOP) Andrews Boadu-Ekumah, has warned police officers to desist from engaging in activities...

Galamsey report: Barker-Vormawor offers to be Frimpong-Boateng’s lawyer

#FixTheCountry movement Convener, Oliver Mawusi Barker-Vormawor, has offered to represent former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng in his court case with Gabby Otchere-Darko....

Two feared dead in accident on Elubo road

An accident on Saturday afternoon, April 29, 2023, involving an articulator truck and a cargo truck has claimed at least two lives and other...

GHANASCO community demands apology on ‘toilet turn dormitory’ story

Members of the Old Ghanascans Association (OGA) and the Parent Teacher Association have called on the journalist who reported on the purported toilet...

Man arrested for allegedly abducting 12-year-old girl

Police in the Upper West Region have launched investigations into the abduction of a 12-year-old girl in Wa, the regional capital. One person has so...

Otumfuo, wife to attend King Charles III’s coronation

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, and his wife Lady Julia, will grace the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and Her Majesty The...

Akufo-Addo must resign for failing to fight galamsey – Lawyer

https://www.youtube.com/embed/od5GmZZ9m1k A lawyer and ex-military captain says President Nana Akufo-Addo should resign in light of what has been described as a failure to win the...

Handling Gender Ministry is no joke – Otiko Djaba

Former Minister for Gender, Otiko Afisa Djaba, has revealed that despite being the most demanding ministry, the Ministry of Gender is the least funded. Speaking...

Mother and daughter killed after heavy rains at Sehwi Bekwai

A mother and her 11-year-old daughter, have lost their lives due to heavy rainfall that caused a building to collapse at Sehwi Bekwai, located...

Galamsey: Charles Owusu reacts to Prof. Frimpong-Boateng’s allegations

Former Head of the Monitoring Unit at the Forestry Commission, Charles Owusu, has described as mere hearsay allegations leveled against him by former Minister...

Weija Dam spillage to begin any time soon – GWCL

The Management of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has announced that it will begin spillage of excess water from the Weija Dam any...

Bar operator allegedly sets man ablaze over alcohol debt

A 35-year-old painter, named Dandu l, has allegedly set fire to Kofi Kumi, 39, in the Bibiani Ahwianso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North...

NPP honours GH¢100k pledge to Kejetia Market fire victims

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has presented a cash amount of GH¢100,000 to the traders who were affected by the Kejetia Market fire...

I had 3 side chicks, one of them was NSS person in my office – Man reveals

A young man from Dansoman, anonymously called Akwasi has shared his story of how he has had three side chicks despite the fact that...

Galamsey report: Gabby Otchere-Darko sues Prof. Frimpong-Boateng

Lawyer and member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has sued former Environment Minister, Prof Kwabena Frimpong Boateng for defamation and is...

PRINPAG exposes Prof Frimpong-Boateng

President of Private Newspaper Publishers Association of Ghana (PRINPAG), Andrew Edwin Arthur, has said the claims of Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng that Kojo Oppong Nkrumah,...

Asukodo – Ghana’s abandoned projects and how to complete them

Successive governments’ neglect of public projects is one major reason Ghana’s development has so much retarded. The canker now worries virtually every Ghanaian –...

Galamsey: Group fights Prof. Frimpong-Boateng for Gabby

A group calling itself Professional Friends of Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko (FFOGOD) is urging the general public to disregard the report by former Environment Minister,...

Akotoshi M/A basic school gets help 3 years after rains ripped off roof

Pupils of Akotoshi M/A Basic School in the Amasaman Constituency of the Greater Accra Region are heaving a sigh of relief. This is because aspiring...

Untreated toothache could cause death — Dentist

A dentist at the International Maritime Hospital (IMaH), Dr. Mensah Tabi-Amankwa, has indicated that it is possible for a person to die from a...

Ga West MCE sends important message to road contractors

Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ga West Municipal Assembly, Clement Wilkinson, has strongly advised contractors to decline contracts if they are incapable of completing...

Tenant beats landlord to pulp after catching him in bedroom with wife at Sehwi

A landlord, identified simply as Isaac, is receiving treatment at the hospital after being beaten to pulp by his tenant. The landlord, believed to be...

Two Chinese nationals in National Security cells over power theft

The Revenue Protection Taskforce of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) on Thursday, April 27 uncovered an underground illegal connection at Fenice Metal Technology...

Ga West MCE blames Lands Commission and Assembly for land encroachment

Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ga West Municipal Assembly, Clement Wilkinson, has criticised his outfit and the Lands Commission for granting permits and land...

Family of late Adams Mahama disappointed in Gregory Afoko verdict

Family of former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Regional Chairman, Adams Mahama, has described as disappointing, the verdict of a seven-member jury that trialed his...

Attorney General speaks on Gregory Afoko, Asabke’s case

The unanimous guilty verdict of the jury regarding the guilt of Asabke Alangdi for conspiracy to commit murder, whilst at the same time delivering...

Housewife granted bail for her alleged involvement in USD 1,600 theft

A Nigerien housewife, Rashida  Raouia Mohammed, has been granted bail by an Adentan Circuit Court for her alleged involvement in a USD 1,600 robbery...

DVLA to begin impounding vehicles of drivers without valid license from May 1

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) says it will be impounding the vehicles of drivers without valid licenses on the road. The exercise, which...

Over 4 million Ghanaians don’t use internet – GSS

A report by the Ghana Statistical Service has revealed that more than 4 million people in the working age bracket (15 to 60 years)...

Action Aid Ghana supports Kpandai residents with start-up kits to combat modern slavery

Action Aid Ghana has supported 20 female household heads with livelihood startups tools worth Gh¢ 112,797 in the Kpandai District as part of efforts...

It’s no surprising – Former JUSAG President on Justice Torkornoo’s CJ nomination

A former president of the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG), Alexander Nartey, has endorsed the nomination of Justice Gertrude Torkornoo as Chief Justice. He described...

Fight against galamsey shouldn’t be politicised – NPP MP

Afigya-Kwabre North Member of Parliament (MP), Collins Adomako-Mensah, has stated that it is high-time the issue of illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, is...

President’s cousin clears air over galamsey allegations at Kyebi Residence [Video]

Gladys Agyekumwaa, cousin to Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, has dismissed allegations made by former Environment Minister Prof Frimpong-Boateng that illegal miners destroyed parts of...

GRNMA justifies rural postings refusals

General Sec retary for Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), David Tenkorang Twum, has said his members' failure to accept postings to rural areas...

Accused person urinates profusely in dock at Ho Circuit Court

An accused person in a robbery at Ho Area 51 in the Volta Region, Yao Wlako, urinated profusely in the dock when he was...

Gregory Afoko to be retried, one other sentenced to death

State prosecutors are left with no other choice but to consider starting a fresh trial for Gregory Afoko. For Capital Offences including murder, the...

AAC, CSIR sign agreement to support rice production in Ghana

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has agreed to provide the Asian African Consortium (AAC) with scientific research to boost AAC's rice...

Murder of Adams Mahama: Jury retires to determine Afoko, Asabke’s fate

After four hours of summary of evidence by the presiding judge, a seven - member jury has retired to determine the fate of Gregory...

Pay your bills in 14 days or – Volta ECG to customers

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Volta Region, has warned its customers that they have 14 days to pay their bills or face disconnection...