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Cocaine production reaches record levels as West Africa emerges trafficking hub – UN report

According to a recent report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the global production of cocaine has surged to unprecedented...

Ghana ranks 1st in Africa’s highest outstanding loans to IMF

Ghana is the most indebted African country to the International Monetary Fund though the country’s debt to the Fund was unchanged at $1.70bn in...

Immediately assist Kejetia fire victims – Duffuor to govt

A flagbearer hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr Kwabena Duffuor, has commiserated with traders at the Kejetia market following a fire outbreak....

Kejetia fire: Scary moment as mother escapes on a rope with her baby [Video]

A nursing mother showed her bravery when she escaped the Kejetia fire outbreak on a rope with a baby tied to her back. A viral...

Defence and Interior committee to visit Ashaiman today

The Defence and Interior Committee of Parliament will today, Thursday, March 16 pay a visit to the Ashaiman community following military brutalities in the area. The visit...

Kejetia market to be shutdown after fire outbreak

The Management of Kumasi City Market Limited (KCML) has announced the Kejetia Market Complex will remain closed on Thursday morning until 12:00 pm. This comes on...

Driver dead, others injured in accident on Agona Nyarkrom road

A taxi driver has been reported dead with three others injured in a gory accident at Agona Mensahkrom on the Agona Swedru- Agona Nyarkrom...

Police congratulate two officers who received national award

Two Police officers have been given national awards by President Nana Akufo-Addo in recognition of their contributions towards the fight against Covid-19. They were awarded...

Lawyer Fui Tsikata explains why he rejected national award

A senior partner at Reindorf Chambers, Fui Tsikata, has explained why he rejected his nomination for the national award. According to the lawyer, he...

Bondholders Groups welcome payment of delayed coupons but…

The Coalition of Individual Bondholders Groups has welcomed the commencement of payments of matured bonds and coupons to its members, confirmed by most of...

I earned my first substantial money from football through Christian Atsu – Former boss

The President of Cheetah Football Club and late Christian Atsu’s benefactor, Abdul Hayye Yartey, has revealed how the late footballer has helped in developing...

Kejetia market fire: Eyewitness gives account of how it started

While rescuers work around the clock to get the Kejetia fire under control, details are emerging about how the inferno may have started. The inferno...

Ghana’s constitution performing ‘tremendously well’ – Nhyiaeso MP

Nhyiaeso Member of Parliament (MP), Dr Stephen Amoah, has lauded Ghana's Constitution, saying it has performed “tremendously well” in protecting and managing the country's...

Kwasi Twum, other Trustees of Ghana Covid-19 Private Sector Fund receive national award

https://youtu.be/gn-ENiMjkU4 The Multimedia Group CEO, Kwasi Twum, who is also a Trustee of the Covid-19 Private Sector Fund, has been awarded the Order of the...

Former COCOBOD workers petition parliament over unpaid benefits

A group of aged men who are former workers of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) have petitioned parliament over their unpaid benefits. The group members,...

Drama as court remands visually impaired man who killed wife in her sleep

The Nkawkaw Magistrate Court has remanded two weeks into Police custody a 72-year-old visually impaired man, George Mudor, who killed his wife in her...

Fake fire officer arrested with 10 gallons of palm oil

A man, believed to be in his late 20s in a Fire Service uniform, has been nabbed and beaten to pulp for stealing palm...

Deputy Metro Mass MD embarks on operational tour [Photos]

The Deputy Managing Director of Metro Mass Transit Ltd in charge of Operations and Technical, Nana Osei Bamfo, has embarked on an operational tour...

Fire guts Kejetia market [Video]

https://youtu.be/xXD1qUlJVnU Fire has gutted parts of the Kejetia market in Kumasi of the Ashanti region. The fire, which cause is yet to be established, occurred late...

Why Marietta Brew, Fui Tsikata rejected national honours

It has emerged that former Attorney-General, Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong and Fui Tsikata rejected national honours conferred on some Ghanaians for their meritorious services, hard...

Covid-19: Agyemang Manu, Oppong Nkrumah don’t deserve national honours – Minority

The Minority Caucus is demanding answers on why President Nana Akufo-Addo conferred national awards on the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu and Information Minister,...

What is Rent Control Department doing? – John Dumelo asks

Ghanaian actor and politician, John Dumelo, has lashed out at the Rent Control Department in Ghana for failing to live up to their mandate....

Gold for oil: Fuel prices will go down further – Bawumia

Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has described the Gold-for-Oil policy as a game changer that will push fuel prices down. According to him, prices of...

Drivers will not work if road tolls are not scrapped – Alliance of drivers threaten

The Alliance of Drivers has raised concerns about government’s re-introduction of road tolls. This comes on the back of proposed road toll rates for the...

Minority makes fresh demands over National Cathedral project

The Minority in Parliament has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to abrogate the National Cathedral Project since a year after the commencement of the...

Assin South MP mourns with family of murdered pregnant teenager

The Assin South Member of Parliament, John Ntim Fordjour, together with members from the District security council, have visited the family of a pregnant...

Toll reintroduction: NPP MP proposes annual collection

Member of Parliament for Bortianor-Ngleshie-Amanfrom, Sylvester Tetteh, has suggested government in its bid to reintroduce road tolls must make the collection annually. The lawmaker is...

Soldier’s murder: Kwesi Pratt lauds IGP

Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has commended the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr Akuffo Dampare and the entire service for...

Assin Abodweseso: Chainsaw operator killed by tree he was felling

A 50-year-old chainsaw operator, Kweku Essuman, met his untimely death after he was crushed by a tree he was felling at Assin Abodweseso in...

Reintroduction of road tolls: I will not support anything less than ¢5 – Parliament’s Roads Committee Chairman

The Chairman of Roads and Highways Committee in Parliament, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, says he will reject any proposed road tolls that is below GH¢5. According...

Sad as doctors in Wa West use phone torch to perform surgeries

Theatre lamps at the Wa West district hospital have not been working for almost two years. Doctors are, therefore, left with no choice but to...

Christian Atsu: How orphanage children have lost the man they called ‘father’

The head of an orphanage supported by Christian Atsu has revealed how children there used to call the Ghana midfielder ‘father’. The 31-year-old, who had...

Ban on substandard electrical appliances starts Nov. 1

Effective November 1, 2023, imported electrical appliances that do not meet the minimum energy efficiency performance standard requirements will be banned.  The standards are contained...

GH¢1m fraud: Fake businessman jailed 18 years

A 55-year-old man who posed as a Marketing officer of the West Africa Monetary Agency (WAMA) and successfully defrauded a retired UK lecturer of...

National Honours: See list and photos of award winners

Some Ghanaians who have excelled in their various fields of national endeavour over the years on Tuesday received national honours and were presented with...

UPSA commissions 1,664 bed hostel, names it after Nii Amon Kotei

The University of Professional Studies Accra has commissioned a 1,664-bed hostel to expand residential accommodation for students of the University. The facility, which is situated...

Four feared dead, others injured in gory accident on Techiman-Kumasi Highway

Four persons are feared dead with three others injured in a gory accident at Kuntunsu along the Techiman-Kumasi Highway in the Bono East Region. The...

Minerals Commission speaks on Lithium mining in Cape Coast

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Minerals Commission, Martin Kwaku Ayisi, has hinted at plans by Ghana to commence lithium mining by 2024. According to...

KNUST students train 300 pupils of Poasi-New Takoradi to make detergents, reusable pads [Photos]

Eight Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) students have trained about 300 pupils at Poasi-New Takoradi in the Western region on how...

Excitement as Samira Bawumia bags Master of Laws degree from University of London

Ghana's Second Lady, who is the wife of Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has bagged her law degree. Revealing this on her Instagram handle, Samira...