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Commercial transport operators charge old fares despite 10% reduction directive

Days after the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) announced a 10% reduction in transport fares, some commercial drivers at Circle in Accra are...

Woman in police grips for burning niece with pressing iron

Social workers in Ho have taken a nine-year-old girl into care after she was burnt with a hot-pressing iron by her aunt with whom...

Damango: 2 babies die at St Anne’s Hospital due to power outage

Two babies have died at the St Anne’s Hospital at Damango in the Savanna Region due to a power outage as a result of...

Your Free SHS is poorly targeted – IMF tells govt

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has described government’s flagship Free SHS Senior High School (SHS) programme as poorly targeted. The Fund made this observation in...

University of Ghana ranked 2nd best University in West Africa

The University of Ghana has achieved a remarkable milestone by ranking among the top 6.1% of world-class universities, according to the prestigious 2023 edition...

Ghana’s oil production declines for the third consecutive year – PIAC

Ghana has for the third consecutive year seen a decline in crude oil production, according to the 2022 Public Interest and Accountability Committee’s (PIAC)...

Traders count losses after Circle fire

Parts of Ebony, a suburb at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in the Korle Klottey constituency in the Greater Accra Region, have been destroyed by...

Clergymen, Christians match against LGBTQI+ in Western region

Hundreds of Christians took to the major streets of the Sekondi–Takoradi Metropolis to register a strong stand against homosexuality and any other sexual behaviours,...

12-year-old boy drowns in Volta Lake at Yeji

A 12-year-old boy, David Tsitor, has drowned in the Volta Lake at Jaklai, a suburb of Yeji. Residents reported receiving news of the incident around...

Statement: Aggrieved Gold Coast fund customers hail Mahama over promises to pay them

The Aggrieved Customers of Gold Coast Fund Management wish to express unapologetic thanks to His Excellency the Former President John Dramani Mahama for his...

Okada rider, two others jailed for stealing a flat screen television

The Assin Fosu District Magistrate Court, presided over by His Worship Abdul Majeed Illiasu, has convicted three accused persons brought before the court for...

I’m not paid even GHc1 as minister – Kojo Oppong Nkrumah

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has debunked claims that ministers who double as Members of Parliament (MPs) under this government receive double salary. The Member...

Agric Ministry rolls out initiative to boost production

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture is set to roll out a credit system for agricultural inputs to enable farmers to boost food production and...

Comptroller-General promotes brave immigration officer

The Comptroller-General of Immigration (CGI), Mr Kwame Asuah Takyi (Esq), has promoted Assistant Immigration Control Officer II (AICO II) Nurideen Abdul-Ganiew Takra to the...

10 fire incidents recorded in Accra on Sunday

The Ghana National Fire Service says 10 fire incidents were recorded on Sunday, May 21, 2023, in Accra. This comes after a bakery and some...

Floods destroy homes and property at Aflao  

Torrential rains over the weekend destroyed houses and displaced hundreds of people at Duta and Agbawoeme, two adjoining communities near Diamond Cement at Aflao...

3 Immigration officers injured in attack at Aflao border

Three officers of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) have sustained serious injuries in an attack on the Aflao border in the Volta Region. The officers,...

Boy, 12, drowns while playing in Lake Volta, 2 rescued

A 12-year-old boy, David Tsitor, has drowned in the Volta Lake at Jaklai, a suburb of Yeji. In the early hours of Sunday, the deceased...

Akufo-Addo speaks on IMF bailout and economic management

President Nana Akufo-Addo says certain conditions that prevailed in the country forced his government to run to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a...

Floods destroy homes and property at Aflao

Torrential rains over the weekend destroyed houses and displaced hundreds of people at Duta and Agbawoeme, two adjoining communities near Diamond Cement at Aflao...

Yeji gets court after 19 years

The Yeji Traditional area can now boast of a district magistrate court after 19 years of being declared the capital of Pru East District...

1 dead, three injured in triple collision at Berekum

One person is confirmed dead while three others have sustained injuries in an accident involving a private car, and two tricycles (Pragya) at Berekum. Per...

Fire guts shops at Kwame Nkrumah Circle

Fire has razed down chains of shops behind the VVIP station at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in the Klottey Korle constituency of the Greater...

Police promotions not automatic after school – Promotions regulation reveals

Following reports that some 82 police officers have sued the Police Service and the Inspector-General of Police over what they say is the refusal...

Akufo-Addo, Bawumia, Duffuor attend Philip Basoah’s funeral in Kumawu [Photos]

The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, his Vice Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and other members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Saturday, May 20,...

How this hairdresser resigned from work after Father Bernard incident

A viral video showed Comfort Baaba Baisiwaa Jackson falling on the casket of Father Bernard during a burial ceremony. The incident gained widespread attention, with...

Driver’s mate narrates chilling moments before ghastly Bono Manso accident

A mate of the driver of a Kia Grandbird luxury bus that burnt to ashes Friday night when it collided head-on with a trailer...

Funeral bus crashes at Sehwi Afere; One dead, 23 injured [Photos]

Tragedy struck on the Sehwi Juaboso-Afere road in the Western North Region resulting in a gory accident that claimed one life and left 23...

15 passengers injured in accident at Gomoa Mprumem

Fifteen passengers have sustained serious injuries in an accident that occurred at Gomoa Mprumem on the Kasoa Cape Coast Highway. ACFO Adolf Ankomah Nuamah, the...

Tamale: One dead, others injured in renewed clashes at Yong Dakpemyili

One person has died and several others injured following renewed clashes at Yong Dakpemyili, a suburb of Tamale. Community members reported a prolonged gun battle...

ECG commences operation of cashless system in Volta and Oti Regions

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that its cashless system has taken off in the 11 operational districts of the Volta and...

Man, 63, jailed 10 years for defilement

The Cape Coast Circuit Court 1 has sentenced a 63-year-old farmer, Joseph Begyina a.k.a Yaw Esson, to 10 years imprisonment for defiling a seven-year-old girl...

Five burnt to ashes in crash on Techiman-Kintampo Highway

Five persons are reported to have burnt to ashes in an accident Friday night near Bono Manso, a town on the Techiman-Kintampo Highway in the...

3 perish after vehicle plunges into river near Enyiresi, E/R

Three persons have died after the vehicle in which they were travelling plunged into a river at Enyiresi along the Accra to Kumasi highway. They...

James Kofi Annan apologises to Afenyo-Markin over defamation case

James Kofi Annan, the defendant in a defamation case brought by Mr Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has issued a public apology and retraction. The case, which originated...

Family of boy who fell from 4th floor at St. Peter’s Mission School suspects foul play

The death of a 14-year-old British national, who reportedly fell from the 4th floor of the dormitory at St. Peter’s Mission school at Ogbojo...

Evans Mensah refutes fabricated claims against him

Journalist and host of Top Story/PM Express on Multimedia Group Limited platforms, Evans Mensah, has denied ‘fabrications’ and ‘spurious’ allegations against him contained in...

Small-scale mining fetched Ghana almost US$1.2 billion in 2022 – Minister

Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has stated small-scale mining has been contributing increasingly to the nation’s gold output as the sector produced...

Palm Oil Adulteration: FDA to kick-start implementation of palm oil traceability system

The Ghana Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Artisanal Palm Oil Millers and Outgrowers Association and stakeholders will meet to start the implementation of the...

2023 Adom Ena Pa Ye: A night of irresistible meals, goodies and smiles

This year's edition of Adom Ena Pa Ye ended with participants all-smiles as they walked away with goodies in celebration of Mothers' Day. Deviating from...