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GNECC chases govt for special schools’ grant

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has called on government to, as a matter of urgency, pay grant due special schools to ensure...

Surrender all stolen vehicles by May 31

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has directed all vehicle dealers and individuals in possession of 95 luxury vehicles, suspected to have been...

FDA to name and shame health facilities that give fake medications to patients – Agyeman-Manu

Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has disclosed that some public health facilities in the country are administering fake and falsified medications to patients in the...

Ablakwa offers sponsorship for Bookworm Reading competition finalist

Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has offered sponsorship to a brilliant finalist of the Bookworm National Reading Competition. The lower...

You will be punished – TOR MD warns workers against strike

The Managing Director (MD) of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Jerry K. Hinson, has described attempts by some workers of the company to embark...

JHS pupil beaten with iron rods for allegedly stealing GH¢50

A first-year Junior High School (JHS) pupil of the Koforidua Sarkodea Basic A school has been assaulted by his guardians for allegedly stealing GH¢50. The...

2 cable thieves jailed 27 years

Two scrap dealers who burgled an uncompleted house and stole electrical cables have been jailed for a total of 27 years in hard labour...

Ambulance trial: Ato Forson to call 9 witnesses

Minority Leader and former Deputy Minister of Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson, has indicated his intention to call nine (9) witnesses in the ongoing trial...

NHIS: I pay cash for healthcare because of extortion – Health Minister

Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, is unhappy at what he describes as extortion by some service providers under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). He says...

Meet Adam Adamu – Ghana’s leading female sanitation entrepreneur and honoree of iDE’s ’40 Under 40 Campaign’

iDE's '40 Under 40' campaign is an inspiring initiative that highlights 40 exceptional entrepreneurs under 40 who are making a significant impact in their...

Hundreds displaced by tidal waves at Agorkedzi, schools closed

Hundreds of residents of Agorkedzi in the Anloga District of the Volta Region have been displaced by tidal waves after a downpour in the...

Sports betting killing our youth – Mental Health Authority boss

The Chief Executive Officer of Mental Health Authority, Dr Kwasi Osei, is advocating for a ban on all forms of sports betting in the...

One person still missing after canoe capsises on River Offin

One person is still missing after a canoe carrying 11 illegal miners capsized at the Assin Ewusem stretch of River Offin. Since the incident, which...

Suspend seizure of 95 cars – Chamber of Automobile Dealership Ghana tells EOCO

The Chamber of Automobile Dealership Ghana (CADEG) has called on the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) for the immediate suspension of the order...

Social media users to support boy studying under streetlight

A young boy who was captured studying under a streetlight has caught the attention of netizens. The one-minute video posted by @teikoszn on Twitter has...

What ECG MD said after realising Mahama pays his own electricity bills

The Managing Director (MD) of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, has confirmed that former President John Dramani Mahama pays his...

Agyemang-Manu laments over lawsuits against doctors

Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has decried the rate at which health professionals are sued by the public for alleged poor service delivery and medical...

Thieves raid visually impaired department of Okuapeman SHS

Some thieves have managed to steal 14 computers belonging to the Visually Impaired Department of the Okuapeman Senior High School in the Akuapem North...

TOR workers to go on strike to demand revamp of refinery

The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) workers have given notice of their intention to embark on a series of actions, including picketing at the Jubilee...

Woman allegedly kills husband at Nabdam, flees with children

Agyei Abanga, a 39-year-old mason at Logre in the Nabdam District of the Upper East region, has allegedly been killed by his wife, Bogpoka...

Aisha Huang re-entered Ghana because she had missed her husband – Court told

Alleged galamsey kingpin, Aisha Huang, re-entered Ghana because she had missed her husband, a Police investigator told an Accra High Court on Monday. Mounting the...

Presidential Advisor explains why La General Hospital reconstruction has stalled

Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr. Nsiah Asare has explained why construction work on the demolished La General Hospital has stalled. According to him, work has...

NEDCo cuts power supply to BTU, Bolga NTC over indebtedness

The Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) has cut power supply to two educational institutions in the Upper East Region over their indebtedness to the...

University senior staff to declare nationwide strike

The Senior Staff Association of the Universities of Ghana has hinted it will declare a nationwide strike on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, in support...

Female suspected armed robber, 2 others arrested

Police have arrested three suspected armed robbers including a female for snatching a vehicle from a driver at a cemetery on the Breman Kokoso...

GHANASCO ‘toilet dormitory’ saga: Take it easy – GNAT tells GES

The General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Thomas Musah Tanko has criticised the Ghana Education Service (GES) for asking the...

STC apologises after accident on Accra-Cape Coast highway

The State Transport Company (STC) has expressed remorse over Monday’s road crash involving one of its buses on the Accra-Cape Coast Highway. Scores of passengers...

Accused persons weep uncontrollably as Court orders their detention

Two persons accused of robbing a nurse of her Toyota Corolla valued at GHS150,000.00 and an iPhone valued at GH¢3,500.00 have been remanded into...

ECG to sell its debt to private companies – Managing Director

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) says other alternatives are being considered to retrieve funds from defaulting customers. According to the company’s Managing Director, Samuel...

GRA sets April as month of tax and good governance

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has designated April as the month for extensive education on tax payment procedures and good governance. The GRA aims to...

Ghana Digital Centres CEO blames ECG for huge debt accumulation

The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Digital Centres, Kwadwo Baah Agyemang, has expressed disappointment with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) for tarnishing the...

GNAT reacts to interdiction of GHANASCO headmaster, housemaster

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has expressed displeasure about the interdiction of the headmaster and housemaster of Ghana Secondary School (GHANASCO) in...

Carpenter, 24, jailed for stealing motorbike

A 24-year-old carpenter, Yahaya Abdul Fatau, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for stealing a Haojue motorbike valued GHS8,500. The accused was sentenced by...

Prison officers angry over retirement contribution

Some officers of the Ghana Prisons Service have expressed dissatisfaction about contributions between ¢15.00 and ¢25.00 they have been asked to pay as retirement...

Investigations begin into toilet dormitory: GHANASCO authorities refute report

A fact-finding mission, led by the Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in charge of Management Services, Stephen Kwaku Owusu on Monday...

One dead as canoe carrying illegal miners capsizes on river Offin

Residents of Assin Ewusem in the Central region are in shock after a canoe carrying eleven illegal miners, also known as "galamseyers," capsized on...

JB Danquah murder: Jury abandons duties over unpaid allowances

The jury in the murder case of the late Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North J.B Danquah has served notice of their absence from...

Akufo-Addo nominates new Krachi East MCE

President Nana Akufo-Addo has nominated Bernard Aboakoja Mensah as the Krachi East Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) in the Oti Region. This was contained in a...

24-year-old mother of 3 who sells kenkey needs GH₵700 to start a business

A 24-year-old mother of three who treks within Greater Kumasi to sell Fante Kenkey needs GH₵700 to expand her business to care for her...

NDC Women’s Organiser accused of mixing ‘husband’s food with broken bottles

https://youtu.be/l3wU9wElwG4?t=3992 The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Women's Organiser in the Mfantseman Constituency, Maria Hattum has been accused of plotting the death of his baby daddy,...