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Nurse killed as building collapses, four others injured at Amanfrom [Photos]

A building under construction has collapsed, resulting in the untimely death of Hannah Lomotey, a dedicated nurse and owner of Restoration Health Birth Care...

Traditional leaders at Assin North join calls for Gyakye Quayson’s criminal trial to be halted

Traditional leaders in the Assin North Constituency of the Central Region are also appealing to President Nana Akufo-Addo and the Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah...

Fire officer jailed two days for beating court bailiff

The Accra High Court has sentenced a Fire Service Officer, Emmanuel Ayitah Quansah, to two days imprisonment for beating a court bailiff. Ayitah was found...

Refurbished Nkrumah Memorial Park to attract one million tourists – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the redeveloped Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park will attract some one million domestic and international tourists. President Akufo-Addo assured of...

NPA closes 16 illegal ‘Gao Gao’ fuel stations in Upper East region

The Upper East Regional office of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has embarked on an exercise to clamp down on 16 illegal reseller outlets...

Father of late Ketasco NSMQ star breaks silence on his death

The father of the late Ketasco NSMQ star, James Lutterodt, who passed away on Monday, has spoken out about his relentless efforts to save...

Worawora gov’t hospital appeals for mobile -ray machines and caregivers facility

The nursing manager at Worawora Government Hospital in the Biakoye district of the Oti Region, Obed Yaw Darko, has appealed to benevolent organizations and...

Ato Essien granted another lifeline to redeem indebtedness to the state

The Commercial Division of the High Court has handed the founder of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien yet another lifeline to redeem his...

Dormaahene only made an appeal unlike Akufo-Addo – Lawyer

Communications member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Edudzi Tamakloe, has said the Dormaahene, Oseadeeyo Agyeman Badu II, only made an appeal with his...

Gyakye Quayson’s criminal case adjourned to July 6

The criminal trial of the Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, has been adjourned to Thursday, July 6. This is due to...

Coalition of Individual Bondholders to picket Finance Ministry

The Coalition of Individual Bondholders Groups has announced plans to picket the premises of the Ministry of Finance on Thursday, July 6, 2023. The...

Oti Boateng old students donate to NSMQ team ahead of national championship

The Oti Boateng Old Students Association (OBOSA) has presented items and cash worth GHS7,000 to the school's National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) team...

Three SDA nursing trainees suspended over leaked sex tape

The management of Kwadaso SDA Nursing and Midwifery Training College in the Ashanti Region has taken disciplinary action against some of its students. This was...

Commentary on high-profile criminal cases exceeds limits of free speech – AG

The Attorney-General (AG) and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has warned Ghanaians against commentary on what he has described as high-profile criminal cases...

MP defends Dormaahene over comment on Gyakye Quayson

The Ranking Member on Parliament’s Constitutional and Legal Committee says he disagrees with claims that comments by the Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II calling for...

Be fair in response to comments on Gyakye Quayson trial- AG told

Private legal practitioner, Bobby Banson, has advised Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Godfred Dame, to be fair in addressing the public remarks made...

Adaklu chief sends all-important message to Akufo-Addo over failed campaign promises

The Paramount Chief of Adaklu Traditional Area, Tobgega Gbogbi Atsa V, has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo, to as a matter of urgency, fulfill...

IMF deal: Trainee allowances will not be scrapped – Osafo-Maafo assures

Senior Presidential Advisor, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has assured that government’s allowances given to trainees in Colleges of Education will not be scrapped.  Many have raised concerns...

Martin Amidu: Akufo-Addo must stop unleashing thugs on citizens who exercise right to speech

Did I read from Ghana Web a report yesterday that the New Patriotic Party communicationdirectorate has told their communicators that: “Communicators should not attack...

OSP half-year report: 150 cases under investigations

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is currently investigating 150 corruption and corruption- related cases.  The Office says the details of the cases will...

Shama queen mother chases Roads Minister over bad roads

Protest over bad roads at Shama in the Western Region took a dramatic turn when the acting Paramount queen mother led enthusiastic youth to...

Abesim murder case: Accused fit to stand trial – Court rules

A Kaneshie District Court will start committal proceedings against Richard Appiah, the footballer who allegedly murdered two minors at Abesim and froze their body...

Motor rider burnt to death in gory accident on Haatso-Atomic road

A yet-to-be-identified motor rider has reportedly been burnt to death in a fatal accident on the Haatso-Atomic road in the Greater Accra region. The incident...

Carlos Ahenkorah incurs wrath of Adjei Kojo residents

A group calling itself the concerned citizens of Adjei Kojo has threatened to prevent Member of Parliament for the Tema West Constituency, Carlos Ahenkorah,...

Farmer found dead at Tei Nkwanta

A farmer, Ebenezer Tettey-Wayo, 41 years of age, has allegedly committed suicide at Tei Nkwanta near Koforidua in the Eastern Region. The victim was...

It’ll be a good thing to enter a nolle prosequi in Quayson’s case – NPP guru

A former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Nii Ayikoi Otoo, has joined calls for the prosecution of Assin North MP-elect, James Gyakye Quayson to...

Kwabena Agyepong wins 3rd Ghana Chicken Festival contest

New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential hopeful, Kwabena Adjei Agyepong, over the weekend won the 2023 Ghana Chicken Festival competition and called on the government...

I won’t intervene if you are caught in illegal mining – MP cautions constituents

Member of Parliament (MP) for Atwima Kwanwoma, Kofi Amanankwah-Manu, has made it clear that he will not intervene on behalf of anyone caught engaging...

28 batches of FanYogo recalled over poor texture

FanMilk has recalled 28 batches of FanYogo following consumers concern over their poor texture. According to FanMilk, while the products are totally safe for consumption,...

Renovated Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park to be re-opened to the public today

The renovated and redeveloped Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park will be re-opened to the public today, July 4, 2023. This is after President Nana Nana Addo...

OSP completes Charles Bissue, Adu Boahen probe

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has concluded investigations into allegations of corruption against a former Minister of State at the Ministry of...

ECG can’t pay 100% for power it buys – John Jinapor

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee, John Jinapor, has faulted the Chamber of Independent Power Producers and the Electricity Company of Ghana...

TUC to meet NLC today over strike against Sunon Asogli 

Leadership of Organized Labour of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) will today, July 4, meet the National Labour Commission (NLC), following the former’s planned...

Complete development projects initiated by your predecessors – Dormaahene   

Paramount Chief of Dormaa Traditional Area, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, has urged successive governments to endeavour to continue and complete development projects initiated...

Energy Minister to be honoured at 14th MTN Pulse Africa Role Model Awards

Energy Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, popularly known as ‘Napo’, is scheduled to receive an honourary award at the 14th MTN Pulse Africa Role Model...

Bullion van attack: Two suspects remanded

The Kaneshie District Court has remanded into Police custody two persons for their alleged involvement in the attack of a bullion van, which led...

NSMQ reacts to death of 2021 Ketasco finalist James Lutterodt

The National Science & Maths Quiz (NSMQ) has been deeply saddened by the sudden passing of James Lutterodt, one of the bright contestants who...

GWCL to shut down Weija treatment plants; check out areas to be affected

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has announced the shutdown on Tuesday, July 4 of two of the three treatment plants at the Weija...

Dormaa chief should be sacked as a justice of the High Court – Sam Okudzeto

The Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, should be sacked as a justice of the High Court for making public utterances on matters pending...

Stop throwing missiles, bullets at each other – Bawumia, Alan’s teams told

Frederick Opare-Mensah, a member of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia's campaign team, has commented on the incident involving the interruption of Alan Kyeremanten's speech...