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Don’t use elevator on Tuesdays and Thursdays – Health Ministry directs staff

The Ministry of Health has restricted its staff from the use of elevators in the facility from the 1st to the 3rd floor. The Ministry...

Trader remanded over ¢147k GIS recruitment scam

A 47-year-old trader who is accused of collecting GH¢147,000 under the pretext of recruiting 27 persons into the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) but failed,...

Odumase JHS closed down after youth attack teachers for canning pupils

Odumase basic school in the Obuasi East district of Ashanti region has been closed down following a violent attack on teachers by irate youth. The...

Intersection of law and finance is critical to sustainable development – Dr Agyemang-Budu

The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration's Law Faculty is collaborating with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants - ACCA to improve the quality...

Prices of petrol to go up by 2%, diesel to drop by -5.58% – COPEC

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) is predicting a 2.01% increase in the price of petrol at the retail pumps from 16th April 2023. COPEC...

Group praises GES Director-General for recruitment

The Coalition of Backlog of Trained Teachers (CBTT) has expressed profound gratitude to the Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr...

Taxing sanitary pads means denying girls right to education – Dzifa Gomashie

The Member of Parliament for Ketu South in the Volta Region, Dzifa Gomashie has called on government to scrap taxes on sanitary pads. According to...

Man in critical condition after violent attack at Akropong Zongo

A 24-year-old man has suffered severe facial injuries and is battling for his life at the hospital after three people attacked him with machetes....

FDA arrests 9 persons in possession of unregistered products

Nine persons have been arrested by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in some parts of Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital for selling unregistered...

Man, 25, sentenced for defiling friend’s 4-year-old daughter

A Jasikan Circuit Court has sentenced a 25-year-old man identified as Stephen Kwame Asamoah to 12 years imprisonment for defiling a four-year-old girl in...

Three suspects who escaped from Nkwanta police cells jailed

Three accused persons who escaped from the Nkwanta Police cells but were re-arrested from their hideout have been jailed. The three are to serve two...

Death trap bridge poses threat to Bibiani residents

Residents of Sehwi Bibiani in the Western North region are protesting against authority's failure to fix a broken footbridge in the area. The bridge, which...

Court to deliver judgement on contempt case against Ablakwa on May 5

The contempt case against North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa in relation to Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng/Kwabena Adu Gyamfi’s national cathedral scandal...

Man breaks up with girlfriend for deleting his video gaming characters

What would you do if your personal space was abused by your partner? Well, this unidentified man found himself in such a predicament when...

Tenant pours hot water on neighbor over GH¢18 electricity bill

An injured woman, Augustina Boniki is seeking justice as a neighbor who poured hot water on her is walking free. According to the 40-year-old trader,...

K Monsi Industries builds new classroom block for Tapa Amanya RC Primary School

K Monsi Industries, a Ghanaian manufacturing company based in the Oti Region, has recentlyconstructed a three-unit classroom block for Tapa Amanya RC primary school....

UHAS clears ECG debt

The University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) in the Volta Region has paid all debt owed the Electricity Company of Ghana. At the beginning...

UCC senior staff embark on indefinite strike

Senior staff of the University of Cape Coast has embarked on an indefinite strike over delay in working on their negotiated allowances, conditions of...

Cobbler jailed 10 years for having sex with minor in bathroom

An Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced a 25-year-old cobbler to 10 years imprisonment for having sex with a 15-year-old girl in the bathroom. Kwabena Appiah...

Man inflicts cutlass wounds on wife’s ex-husband at Ekumfi Abontsi

A 25-year-old man, Samuel Hagan, is battling for his life after his ex-wife’s husband butchered him at Ekumfi Abontsi in the Central Region. The suspect,...

JB alleged killer’s mini-trial over, court delivers ruling April 18

The High Court in Accra will on April 18, 2023, determine the admissibility or otherwise of the charged and cautioned statements obtained from Daniel...

Colleges of Education teachers excel in licensure exam — Study

Trained teachers from the Colleges of Education performed better than those from the universities in the Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination (GTLE) so far conducted,...

FDA seizes GH₵700,000 worth of unregistered products from Alabar shop

The Ashanti Regional office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has confiscated some products estimated to be worth GH₵700,000. This was a result of...

Recruitment process cause of police indiscipline, introduce police liability insurance – Criminologist 

A criminologist with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is attributing the insurgence of police indiscipline largely to weakened recruitment processes....

Woman robbed in broad daylight at Kasoa while returning from bank

A 28-year-old woman, Naana Abban has been robbed in a daylight robbery at Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central region....

Muslims, Christians come together for Iftar at Jubilee House

The 2023 edition of the Jubilee House Iftar has been held in Accra, with a host of dignitaries from diverse religious backgrounds attending. Vice President...

Chief Justice pledges to act on cases of extortion and harassment against judicial officers

Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah has cautioned the citizenry against yielding to what he calls unlawful demands by judicial officers and staff. He describes as cruel...

Widow whose husband has been abandoned in morgue for 3 years cries for help

An elderly man has been abandoned at the morgue for three years due to family misunderstanding and financial challenges. The body of Agya Kofi ...

Akwamu Adumasa youth honour Gifty Anti [Photos]

The youth of Akwamu Adumasa in the Eastern region have honoured ace broadcaster, Oheneyere Gifty Anti, the wife of their chief, Nana Ansah Kwao...

Lady murdered in a fight over a man, 3 in police remand

Three people have been remanded in police custody for the alleged murder of a 28-year-old lady at Dwinase near Kokotro in the Bekwai Municipality...

Multimedia Group commiserates with GRA boss

The Multimedia Group Limited and other sympathizers have commiserated with the Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Rev. Dr Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah at the...

Ghana restricted free expression, abused gays among other infractions – US Dept of State 2022 Country Report claims

Ghana has been described as a nation with significant human rights violations in a report published on the US Department of State website. According to...

A/R: Thousands of structures go down as GRIDCO clear way for reconstruction of power lines

Thousands of structures sited in the way of a high tension voltage transmission line are being demolished in the Ashanti region. The exercise which has...

Ghana first to approve Oxford’s malaria vaccine

Ghana has become the first country in the world to approve a new malaria vaccine from Oxford University, with children under the age of...

Three including 2 women allegedly murder 27-year-old lady

The Bekwai Magistrate court has remanded three persons for their alleged involvement in the murder of 27-year-old Vida Ennin at Dwenase in the Bekwai...

Buy only FDA registered bottled water – Ghanaians cautioned

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has urged the public to buy packaged and bottled water the outfit has registered and approved. This comes...

TEWU threatens to withdraw services [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · TEWU Threatens To Withdraw Services The Teachers and Education Workers Union (TEWU) have announced plans to withdraw its services nationwide effective Saturday, April...

Former DCE for Sawla passes on

A former District Chief Executive (DCE) of the Sawla district in the Savanna Region, Mandariwura Isaac Dramani Mumuni, has passed on. The politician passed away...

Former NPP Director of Finance and Administration appointed deputy Ghana Water MD

Immediate-past Director of Finance and Administration of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been appointed deputy Managing Director of Ghana Water Company Limited in...

52 nabbed for illegal connection in Accra West

The Electricity Company of Ghana Ltd (ECG), Accra West Region, has uncovered the activities of 52 customers engaged in various forms of illegal connections. The...