HomeNewsLocal News

Local News

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,...

Duffuor reacts to GHANASCO ‘toilet cubicle’ saga

Flagbearer aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is worried about the state of second-cycle education in the country. A recent report of students of...

GTPCWCU angry at government’s neglect, impending collapse of TOR

The General Transport, Petroleum & Chemical Workers Union (GTPCWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has bared its teeth at the government for its...

Henry Quartey joins Moslem constituents to break fast with sumptuous meals

The Member of Parliament for Ayawaso Central and Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has joined hundreds of Muslims in his constituency to break...

WAEC releases 2023 BECE timetable

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) Ghana, has released the timetable for the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).  Per the release, the exams will...

NYA commissions Abume D/A primary school

The National Youth Authority has renovated and commissioned the Abume D/A primary school in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region. The dilapidated school building,...

See list and VIN of 95 suspected stolen luxury vehicles from US hiding in Ghana

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

April 24 declared public holiday

The government, through the Ministry of Interior has announced Monday, April 24, 2023 a statutory public holiday. This is to enable the Muslim community mark...

Three teenagers drown in White Volta at Naaga

Naaga, a community in the Kassena Nankana Municipality in the Upper East Region, was last Saturday thrown into a state of mourning when two...

Akufo-Addo to appoint new Chief Justice

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to nominate Justice Gertrude Araba Esabaa Torkornoo, a justice of the Supreme Court, for approval by Parliament...

Oforikrom Municipal Assembly to turn decongested areas into green spaces

Areas in the Oforikrom Municipality affected by a decongestion exercise in Greater Kumasi are set to be converted to green spaces for beautification. Unauthorized...

Public Utilities Workers Union kicks against Collins Nuamah’s appointment as Deputy GWCL MD

Public Utilities Workers Union of the Trades Union Congress has registered their displeasure with the nomination of Collins Nuntwiri Nuamah as Deputy Managing Director,...

Govt’s latest debt exchange programme technically sound – Senyo Hosi

Convenor of the Individual Bondholders Forum, Senyo Hosi, has described the policy document of the government’s second round of debt exchange programme as a...

Cedi to exhibit mixed performance against dollar this week

The Ghana cedi is expected to exhibit mixed performance against the US dollar for the second week running. This is because of the uncertainty characterising...

Illegal miner arrested for stealing from his boss

A 27-year-old illegal miner, Evans Dakubo has been arrested for allegedly stealing GH6,000.00 at Kui a galamsey community in the Bole District of the...

Acting MD of Kuapa Kokoo in GH¢4m bail over alleged embezzlement

The Asokwa District Court in the Ashanti region has granted a GH¢4 million bail to the acting Managing Director and the Operations Manager of...

IGP meets NPP, NDC leadership

The Ghana Police Service has asked the two largest political parties, New Patriotic Party(NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) not to interfere with...

Government must lead by example – Senyo Hosi

Convenor of the Individual Bondholders Forum, Senyo Hosi, has urged government to lead by example as it calls on the general public to receive...

GES interdicts Fijai SHS headmaster

The Ghana Education Service(GES) has interdicted the headmaster of Fijai Senior High School (SHS) in the Western Region, Kenneth Agbomodze. The action which takes...

Pay our royalties or … Forest Reserve Fringe Communities in Volta warn Forestry Commission and contractors

Members of the Forest Reserve Fringe Communities have given the Forestry Commission and authorities till August to settle all outstanding payment due them. The Commission...

There is a price to pay to be a Christian – Dag Heward-Mills

The Presiding Bishop of Lighthouse Chapel International, Evangelist Dag Heward-Mills, has urged Christians to be ready to pay the full price for their fellowship...

Pastor, three others arraigned for assaulting alleged ‘witch’

Pastor Peter Ofori was arrested for allegedly assaulting 63-year-old Francisca Dzisi and branding same a witch, on November 25, 2022. After investigations, it was found...

Pay up or your light goes off – ECG MD warns debtors

The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, has called on institutions that owe the power company to settle...

LGBTQ+ community after our lives – Dafeamekpor cries out

The Member of Parliament for South Dayi in the Volta Region, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor has indicated that the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ+) community...

Driver, mate in critical condition in another accident on Cape Coast Highway

The driver and mate of an articulator cargo car loaded with soft drinks and mineral water are in critical condition after an accident at...

GHANASCO headmaster reacts to his interdiction over ‘toilet dormitory’ saga

The headmaster of Ghana National Senior High School (GHANASCO) in Tamale has expressed confidence he will not lose his job following reports of toilet...

UTAG rejects Finance Minister’s alternative debt restructuring for pension funds

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has rejected the government’s new proposed debt restructuring offer, which includes pension funds. The Association, in a release...