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Construction of Assin Bereku astroturf progressing steadily ahead of bye-election

The Astroturf project at Assin Bereku, the Assin North District Capital, is progressing steadily ahead of the bye-election scheduled for June 27, 2023. The project,...

Rastafarian student nearly rejected by Achimota School may represent them at NSMQ

Social media has been buzzing since a photo of Achimota School’s potential team for this year’s National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) surfaced on...

NYA sensitises pupils on menstrual health at Sehwi Humjibre

The National Youth Authority (NYA) in the Western North Region has held a public sensitisation on menstrual hygiene and teenage pregnancy for pupils at...

Stop illegal mining along Birim River – Sanitation Minister appeals

The Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has called on residents living around the intake point of the Oda Water Treatment...

Accident at Nyinahin leaves 15 people in critical condition

About fifteen people are in critical condition after two Sprinter mini buses collided head-on at Akorabokrom close to Nyinahin in the Ashanti Region. Eyewitnesses say...

Accra West ECG recovers GH¢675k in revenue mobilisation exercise

The Accra West Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Limited recovered GH¢675,313 from some customers during its revenue mobilisation exercise from May...

Woman unleashes curses on partner after DNA test reveals he’s not the father

In a shocking incident that unfolded on Mama Efe's show on Nhyira FM, a young woman in her early twenties unleashed a torrent of...

Akufo-Addo receives highest international diplomatic award

In a ceremony held at the Jubilee House in Accra on May 30, 2023, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was honoured with the highest...

World Environment Day: Zoomlion cleans, creates awareness on clean environment

Zoomlion Ghana Limited has organised a massive clean up exercise at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra to create public awareness on environmental sanitation...

Mahama calls for calm over renewed Gonja-Mamprusi conflict

Former president John Dramani Mahama has expressed readiness to assist in any way possible to resolve the ongoing communal rivalry in some parts of...

Lifeless baby abandoned near Tesano Cluster of Schools’ dumping site

A lifeless newborn baby has been discovered inside a box near a gutter at the dumping site close to the Tesano Cluster of Schools...

Lecturer sends important message to Gyakye Quayson

A Corporate Governance lecturer, Dr Otchere Ankrah, has advised deposed Assin-North Member of Parliament (MP), James Gyakye Quayson, not to contest in the upcoming...

Gonja Youth besiege Yagbonwura’s palace; demand intervention in Daboya conflict

A group of Gonja youth has besieged the residence of Yagbonwura Bii-Kunutu Jewu Soale, the Overlord of Gonja, demanding his intervention in the ongoing...

GBC staff to strike in one week if allowances are not restored

The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) is facing a potential indefinite strike as staff members have threatened to lay down their tools if their allowances...

Man fined for attempting to sleep with friend’s wife

Philip Osei, a retired teacher who was caught in an attempt to have sex with his friend's wife at Bibiani-Natwikumye in the Bibiani Anhweaso...

We did not organise and pay market queen mothers to rally behind Alan’s presidential bid – Alan team

A member of Alan Kyerematen's campaign team, Nana Ohene Ntow, has strongly denied allegations that some market queen mothers were paid to file for...

We’re not cancelling BECE – GES

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has denied claims that it plans to cancel the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for junior high school students. GES...

Chiefs endorsing candidates and political parties unconstitutional – Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has, in a unanimous decision, declared that it is unconstitutional for Chiefs to endorse candidates or their party. The court, however, pointed...

Pastor held over murder of student nurse at Mankessim makes another shocking revelation

A Chief and a self-acclaimed pastor who confessed to killing and burying a 25-year-old student nurse at Mankessim in the Central Region last year,...

Man slashes wife for asking for divorce

A 39-year-old teacher has been hospitalised after her husband allegedly assaulted her with a machete at Pankese in the Birim North District of the...

Savannah Region: Police arrest 3 persons in connection with communal conflict

The police have arrested three persons and are currently pursuing others in connection with violent attacks on Mempeasem and Lukula communities in the Savannah...

Gonja-Mamprusi clash: Security personnel deployed to restore calm

The Regional Security Councils of Savannah and North East Regions have dispatched military and police personnel to the North Gonja town of Lukula following...

We won’t stop picketing until we’re paid – Pension bondholders tell Finance Ministry

Convener of the Pension Bondholders Forum, Dr Adu Anane Antwi, says pensioners will not stop picketing at the Finance Ministry until their coupons are...

46-year-old man lynched at Adansi Asokwa over alleged property damage

A 46-year-old man, Abraham Kwadzo Goka, has been brutally lynched at Adansi Asokwa. Family members are now pleading for the intervention of the Inspector-General of...

Minerals Commission CEO clarifies facts regarding Obuasi mines incursion

Martin Kwaku Ayisi, the Chief Executive Officer of the Minerals Commission, has clarified that a group of eighty-nine (89) illegal miners, not three hundred...

Shop managers in Ashiaman, Tema, face arrest for failing to provide VAT receipts to customers

In a crackdown on VAT compliance, six shop managers in Ashiaman and Tema are now in police custody. The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has been...

Renewed Gonja-Mamprusi clash claims 7 lives, leaves numerous others injured

At least seven individuals have tragically lost their lives, while several others have sustained injuries during a relentless clash between the Gonja and Mamprusi...

Doctors provide update on 16-year-old girl’s severe injuries following stepfather’s assault

Medical officers at Mother and Child Hospital have recently provided an update on the distressing case of a 16-year-old girl who fell victim to...

Asante Akyem man wields cutlass against wife in dispute over funeral contributions

A 50-year-old man named Moses Yakubu has been apprehended by the police after causing severe machete injuries to his wife in Akyem Pankese, located...

Parents advised to support children’s career choices based on interests and strengths

Education Technical Programme Manager in the Krachi West Municipality of the Oti Region, Andrew Ofosu-Dankyi, has advised parents against imposing their career choices on...

Former DCE of Akatsi passes on

The death is reported of Nicolas Coffie Negble, a former District Chief Executive for Akatsi,  under the erstwhile Kufuor Administration.  The Akatsi District, is now...

Ben Ephson foresees tough contest between NDC and NPP in Assin-North Bye-Election

Benjamin Emmanuel Ephson, pollster and Chief Editor of the Dispatch newspaper, has emphasized that the upcoming bye-election in Assin-North will not result in an...

Bono GES Directorate to establish ‘sanitary bank’ for deprived school girls 

The Bono Regional Girl-Child Coordinator at the Regional Directorate of Education, Ms Josephine Yalley, has announced her office’s preparedness to establish a ‘sanitary bank’...

Barker-Vormawor slapped with fresh treason charges

FixTheCountry convener, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has exercised his rights under Ghana’s laws to refuse to indicate whether he is guilty or not guilty in the...

87 illegal miners who invaded AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine rescued

All 87 illegal miners who invaded an underground pit of AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine have been rescued and handed over to the police. They include...

Alan has been ordained by God to lead Ghana – NPP MP

Member of Parliament (MP) for Mpraeso, Davis Opoku Ansah, has endorsed the candidature of former Trades Minister, Alan Kyerematen as the next New Patriotic...

Former regional minister slams businessman for burying father in Toyota Corolla [Video]

Former Upper East Regional Minister, Tangoba Abayage, has slammed businessman Norbert Atodio for burying his father in a Toyota Corolla at Navrongo.  Ms Abayage expressed...

Concerned UEW staff demand removal of Governing Council chairman

The troubles of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), are not going away anytime soon. An association calling itself the Concerned Staff of the...

Ghana Link Network Services Ltd donates GHC 500,000 to support Dialysis Centre construction

Executive Chairman of Ghana Link Network Services Ltd (Ghana Link), Nick Danso Adjei, has donated an amount of GHC 500,000 to support the construction...

Assin North bye-election: NDC’s Central Regional Chairman backs James Quayson’s candidature

Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) , Professor Richard Kofi Asiedu, has endorsed the candidature of James Gyakye Quayson. According to him,...