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Nogokpo vs Agyinasare: National Peace Council calls for calm

The National Peace Council says it has commenced a process to broker peace between the Nogokpo Traditional Authorities and the founder of Perez Chapel...

Lonto residents joyous as police station finally opens after 7 years of lockup

After seven years of being locked up, the Lonto police station in the Kpandai District has finally been opened for use, eliciting joy among...

Fire outbreak at Bibiani College of Health leaves 186 students affected

Anhweaso, Western North Region - In a distressing incident, a fire outbreak at the Bibiani College of Health in Anhweaso has resulted in the...

Major Mahama’s Trial: l was at the wrong place at the wrong time – Accused

 Akwasi Asante, one of the 14 individuals accused of murdering Major Mahama, has refuted any involvement in the army officer's killing. "I did not shoot...

NPP confident of victory in Assin-North by-election

Takyi Mensah, the Central Regional Secretary for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), expressed optimism about the party's chances of winning the upcoming Assin-North by-election. Speaking...

Alban Bagbin’s SIM card deactivated despite re-registration – Sam George

Deputy Ranking Member on the Communications, Sam George, says the official sim card of the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, registered in the name...

Midwife delivers baby in speeding commercial vehicle

Before today, she had only read it in books or heard it in conversations but never had it occurred to her that she will...

If you have God, you have everything, you lose God and lose everything –Justice Jones Dotse

The Acting Chief Justice, Justice Jones Dotse, has in an emotional valedictory speech, acknowledged the hand of Almighty God in his upbringing, growth and...

Kumawu residents unhappy with pace, quality of work in roads construction

Some residents of Kumawu in the Ashanti region are unhappy with the pace of work in the construction of roads in the area. The concerned...

Kumawu traditional leaders, Wontumi storm parliament as MP-elect takes oath

Ernest Yaw Kumi, the newly elected Member of Parliament for Kumawu in the Ashanti Region, has taken his oath of allegiance and office. Officially, Ernest...

Stop the promise and fail – Pensioner Bondholders to govt

Members of the Pensioner Bondholders Forum are urging the government to fulfil its promise to pay them their matured coupons and principals. According to the bondholders, failure to...

Burning Issues: Tenants not entitled to 3 months grace period – Rent Control reveals

The Head of Public Relations for Rent Control Department, Emmanuel Hovey Kporsa, has revealed that they do not have any law supporting three months...

SIM card Deactivation: Mobile money account holders cry out

When the National Communications Authority (NCA) fixed June 1 as the final deadline for the SIM card re-registration, Rita Sey took it with a...

Full text: Minority’s approval of Chief Justice-nominee Gertrude Torkornoo

Minority NDC MPs on Appointments Committee Statement on the Reasoning in the James Gyakye Quayson Case Thankfully the reasoning in the James Gyakye Quayson case...

6 injured in collision involving NHIA car at Sehwi Amoaya

A Kia Rhino with registration number GW 5398-28 has crashed a Toyota Hilux with registration number GV 86-16 at Sehwi Amoaya in the Bodi...

Maj. Mahama murder case nears judgement after 13th & 14th accused waive rights to give evidence

The case in which William Baah, the Assembly member of Denkyira Obuasi and 13 others have been accused of lynching young military officer, Major...

Rabid dog attacks 8 children at Awutu Senya, kills one

Awutu Bereku, located in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region, was shaken by a distressing incident when a rabid dog has...

RTI Commission fines Police Service ¢100k for flouting directives

The Right to Information (RTI) Commission has fined the Ghana Police Service GH¢100,000 for not complying with its orders.  According to the Commission, the Police...

Akyem-Abuakwa Traditional Council begins processes to destool Chief of Aworasa

The Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council has begun processes to destool the Chief of Aworasa, Barima Pobi Asomanin II. The embattled Chief who also claims to...

Denkyira Meretweso: Community where residents climb hills for cellphone reception

Denkyira Meretweso, a predominantly agricultural community in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the central region, is grappling with a lack of reliable telecommunication...

School Feeding Programme: Caterers propose increment to ¢3.50 per child

The National School Feeding Caterers Association is proposing ¢3.50 allocation per meal for school pupils under the School Feeding Programme. This, they said, will be...

District Court grants bail to 21 suspects over attack on Daboya Police Station

Twenty-one suspects who were arrested for their involvement in an attack on the Police Station in Daboya, located in the North Gonja District of...

Ada Traditional Council seeks state security for Songor Salt Project

The Ada Traditional Council (ATC) has urged the government to take strong action against illegal salt miners in order to safeguard the Ada Songor...

Parts of Ghana to experience rains today – Meteo warns

The coastal sector will be cloudy this morning with cases of rain and thunder, particularly within the Central and Western regions. Thunderstorms are anticipated for...

No basic school has new curriculum textbooks – Dr Apaak

A member of the Education Committee of Parliament, Dr Clement Apaak, has condemned the government for failing to deliver the full complement of textbooks...

I was subjected to name-calling for trying to expand law school to Kumasi – Ansa-Asare

Former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Kwaku Ansa-Asare, reflects on the challenges he encountered while striving to enhance accessibility to legal education...

Saglemi project: High Court gives Alhaji Yakubu 48 hours to show up 

The High Court in Accra has given Alhaji Ziblim Yakubu, a former Chief Director of the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing, 48...

Persons who invade or attack AngloGold Ashanti will be arrested and prosecuted – Abu Jinapor

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has reiterated the government’s commitment to protecting Anglogold Ashanti Obuasi Mine from any illegal...

Nogokpo vs Agyinasare: Let’s pray through obstacle to new levels of victory – Archbishop

With 11 days remaining on the 14-day ultimatum given by the chiefs and residents of Nogokpo for him to report and engage in peace...

Wives of arrested men in Gomoa Nyanyano clash plead for release

Over five women, whose husbands have been arrested in connection with the clash between Ghetto boys and some police officers at Gomoa Nyanyano, have...

Angry DCE blocks stone quarry with refuse container over permit issue

District Executive of Gomoa East, Solomon Darko Quarm, has taken a firm stance against Tonnisco stone quarry for conducting operations without a valid permit. Displaying...

Sammy Gyamfi responds to Supreme Court’s ruling on Assin North case

Sammy Gyamfi, the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has expressed his disagreement with the Supreme Court's decision to remove James...

Paramount Chief dissociates himself from 14-day ultimatum to Agyinasare

The Paramount Chief and President of the Some Traditional Council in the Volta Region, Togbui Adamah III, has distanced himself from the recent press...

‘Pampered’ boy jailed for stealing

Edmund Eghan, a 23-year-old man, has been a smoker since the young age of 10, leading a sheltered existence. Transitioning from smoking cigarettes to marijuana,...

Full judgment on Gyakye Quayson case

The Supreme Court has released the official document in which it declared as unconstitutional the election of James Gyakye Quayson as a Member of...

School feeding programme: Caterers reject proposed increment to ¢1.20 per child

National School Feeding Caterers Association has rejected a proposed 20 pesewas increment on the current ₵1 allocation per meal for school pupils under the...

School feeding programme: Caterers reject proposed increment to ¢1.20 per child

National School Feeding Caterers Association has rejected a proposed 20 pesewas increment on the current ₵1 allocation per meal for school pupils under the...

UEW staff write to Akufo-Addo to remove Governing Council Chair

Some staff of the University of Education, Winneba, are appealing to President Akufo-Addo to as a matter of urgency, withdraw the appointment of Nana...

Savannah Traditional Council working to resolve Gonja-Mamprusi conflict

The Savannah Traditional Council is collaborating with interest groups to facilitate dialogue between the feuding factions, following clashes in the Lukula and Mempeasem communities...

Parents urged to invest in education rather than clothing

The Catholic Priest at Jasikan Diocese, Reverend Father Ernest Backus Bempong, has advised parents to be more responsible and desist from wasting money on...