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Return Pokuase land to Nii Dodoo Clottey Family – Court orders ACP Estate 

An Accra High Court has ordered ACP Estate Limited (ACPEL) to return undeveloped portions of a 200-acre land that contains the ACP Estates at...

Why second-hand appliances should not be banned – GUTA

President of Ghana Union Traders Association (GUTA), Dr Joseph Oteng, says the Energy Commission has gone contrary to the initial understanding with his group. According...

Ghana Card: NIA sends important message as it starts printing over 500,000 backlog

The National Identification Authority (NIA) says it has commenced the printing of some 541,529 cards being the backlog of applications since July 2022. The backlog...

Govt to get tough on illegal timber trade

The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources in charge of Forestry, Benito Owusu Bio, has announced that government is getting tough on the...

Basic schools now run on credit, borrowing over capitation grant delays – CHOBS

https://youtu.be/HUeee2_7eqg The National President of the Conference of Heads of Basic Schools (CHOBS) has revealed that heads of basic schools now depend on loans and...

Prof Adei reveals Akufo-Addo’s biggest mistake

Economist Stephen Adei says incessant borrowing without the capacity to repay is one of the most significant contributors to the country’s economic turmoil. The former...

Police dispatch rider crushed to death at Pokuase

A police officer on Monday night met his untimely death at Pokuase in the Ga North Municipality of Accra. The Dispatch Rider, identified as L/Cpl....

NETCOWAS lauds Community-Managed Piped Water Services in Ghana

The National President of the Network of Community Water Services (NETCOWAS), has lauded the hundreds of rural communities and small towns in Ghana who...

Drivers in Kumasi speed on weekends – Research reveals

A research by the John Hopkins International Injury Research Unit has found drivers in Ghana are three times more likely to speed on weekends...

Education Minister sends important message to SHS freshers

The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has encouraged parents of students who just gained admission to senior high schools to take their wards...

Profile of late Dr Anthony Akoto Osei

Dr Anthony Akoto Osei was born in Sunyani to one Mr Osei, a distinguished statesman on April 18, 1953. He was a Member of Parliament...

Construction of $20m Ministry of Foreign Affairs annex begins

The construction work on a $20 million annex building for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration (MFARI), in Accra, has started and...

2022 BECE: Tears, miscarriage as WAEC cancels English paper

https://youtu.be/Ih8Q01aTEas A pregnant woman has reportedly suffered a miscarriage with some 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination graduates contemplating suicide in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa District of...

Court revokes bail for estate developer, two others

An Accra Circuit Court, presided over by His Honour Samuel Bright Acquah, has revoked the bail condition of estate developer, James Okine and two...

5 Western Togoland secessionists jailed

The Criminal Division of the High Court in Accra presided over by Justice Mary Maame Ekue Yanzuh, has sentenced five Western Togoland secessionists to...

Ghana Meteo warns farmers

As Northern part of the country starts witnessing some rainfall, the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has warned farmers in the area not to start...

Justice D. F. Annan: Man who shaped Ghana’s 4th Repulic as its 1st Speaker of Parliament

Justice Daniel Francis Annan is the subject of celebration for the Adom brands of the Multimedia Group Limited today for his outstanding services to...

Man found hanging dead in uncompleted building

A middle-aged man has been found hanging in an uncompleted building at Tanokrom, a community in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region. The lifeless...

ECG disconnects power to Ho Airport, GRA and KFC over debt

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disconnected the Ho Airport in the Volta Region for owing the power distribution company GH¢63,000. The regional office...

Court sets date to rule on Ato Forson’s ‘no case’

The Accra High Court will on March 30, 2023, decide whether or not the Attorney-General (A-G) has adduced sufficient evidence to warrant a former...

19 injured in accident on Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway

About 19 persons have sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident at Gomoa Onyaadze on the Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway. Three persons out of...

There is nothing wrong with exploiting natural resources, depletion is the problem – Dr Krugu

The National Coordinator of Landscape Restoration and Small Scale Mining Project has said that there is nothing wrong with exploiting natural resources in the...

New Gonja overlord enskinned

A 69-year-old farmer, Yagbonwura Be-Kunuto Jewu Soale, has been enskinned as the new overlord of the Gonja kingdom. The Yagbonwura will serve under the chieftaincy...

Bawumia, MPs mourn former Minister

Tributes have begun pouring in for former Old Tafo Member of Parliament (MP), Dr Anthony Akoto Osei. Dr Osei, who was also a former Deputy...

What caused Kejetia market fire revealed

The Ghana National Fire Service has said the fire outbreak at Kejetia market in the Ashanti Region was started by a trader who was...

Ghana drops in World Happiness ranking

Ghana's position on the latest World Happiness Report, a United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network publication, has dropped to 111th in 2022 from 95th...

Former Minister for Monitoring and Evaluation passes on

Former Minister for Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei passes on. According to sources, he is said to have died on Monday, March 20,2023. Former...

Major Mahama: I smashed soldier with stick when he was weak – 6th accused to court

The sixth accused person in the case in which some 14 persons are standing trial for the murder of the late Major Maxwell Mahama...

Appiatse support fund bags GHC62 million

The Chairman of the Appiatse Support Fund, Rev. Dr. Joyce Aryee, has disclosed that so far, the fund has received an amount of GHC62...

Ada boat disaster: Owner arrested for overloading boat – NADMO

The Director of Communications of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has revealed that the owner of the ill-fated boat which overturned and resulted...

Former MP, Anthony Osei Akoto passes on

A former Member of Parliament for the Old Tafo constituency in the Ashanti Region, Dr Anthony Osei Akoto, has died. This was announced via the...

ECG recovers GHȼ18.5m out of ȼ46.9m from 3 state institutions

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has recovered GHȼ18.5 million owned by three state institutions. The amount is part of a total of GHȼ46.9 million...

Pregnant woman fills potholes on Obuasi road [Photos]

A frustrated pregnant woman who is searching for her ‘missing’ husband in the last couple of months has resorted to filling potholes on the Obuasi-Domeabra...

ECG”s mass disconnection: Dial *226# to verify staff that come to your house

The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Mahama, says measures have been executed to ensure that people are not defrauded amid...

Youth in Bawku Central Constituency demand change and developmet

In the Upper East Region of Ghana lies the Bawku Central Constituency, a constituency in need of urgent development. The area has been experiencing...

Residents rejoice after gas tanker which fell on its side on Accra-Kumasi highway is removed

Residents of Duampompo in the Juaben Municipality of the Ashanti Region are heaving a sigh of relief after emergency services providers removed a broken...

Court issues bench warrant against man who escaped from police custody

The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice Lydia Osei Marfo has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of...

ECG throws more light on disconnection exercise 

Head of Communications for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), William Boateng, has affirmed that the company will embark on a disconnection exercise starting...

Media commended for Ghana month celebration

Government has commended the media for its dedication to developing Ghana-related content in celebration of Ghana's independence this month of March. The efforts of...

Christian Atsu’s wife, children sign book of condolence [Photos]

Photos of Maria-Claire Rupio, the widow of Christian Atsu, the late Chelsea and Newcastle star, signing a book of condolence in his memory, have popped...