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Implementation of new taxes begins today

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) will implement the new and revised taxes, which were introduced in the 2023 Budget, today, Monday, May 1, 2023. The...

Corruption ingrained in Ghanaian society like rituals Special Prosecutor

Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, says state capture, corruption and fraud are ingrained in the Ghanaian society much like rituals. Describing the aforementioned practices as “tri-malady,”...

Chief Justice commissions Circuit Court at Assin South

The Chief Justice (CJ), Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah, in conjunction with John Ntim Fordjour, Member of Parliament for Assin South and Deputy Minister for Education...

Bliss GVS Pharma supports malaria elimination efforts in Ghana

In recent years, there have been several promising developments in the fight against malaria. WHO has launched a new Global Technical Strategy for Malaria...

How ACFTA will improve Ghana’s fashion industry – Cecil Duddley Mends

Founder of CDM Fashion Couture and CDM School of Design, Cecil Duddley Mends, is a prominent figure in the Ghanaian fashion industry. He has...

I believe in the potential of the Ghanaian worker – Dr Afriyie Akoto

An aspiring flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has sent a heartfelt message to Ghanaian workers, congratulating them for...

Minority takes on COCOBOD after Mahama’s claims on cocoa sector

The Minority in Parliament has risen to defend former President John Mahama and his claims about the cocoa sector. John Mahama claims the country’s cocoa...

Two drown in Volta Lake

Rescuers in the Oti region’s Krachi West Municipality have retrieved the bodies of a man and woman who were believed to have drowned when...

Farmer, 29, jailed for stealing water pumping machines

The Hohoe Circuit Court has sentenced Bright Abri, 29, a farmer, to one-year imprisonment for stealing two old water pumping machines worth GH¢1,600. Abri pleaded...

Anti-LGBTQI Bill: Withdraw of investments threat will not deter Africa – Babgin

Africa is not deterred by the veiled threats of withdrawal of investments and international aid, Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has said. He noted that...

Ghana Water Company announces Weija Dam spillage

Management of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) will soon begin spillage of excess water from the Weija dam. This has become necessary because of...

NYA boss calls for a balance between climate change advocacy and work

Chief Executive Office of the National Youth Authority, Pius Enam Hadzide, has called for a balance between advocacy work on climate change and actually...

Lifestyle Audit: High Court discharges 3 public servants charged by OSP

The High Court in Accra has discharged three out of the four public officers who were charged by the Office of the Special Prosecutor...

Don’t abandon duty post for all-night prayers, funerals – Police officers warned

The Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the Volta Region, (DCOP) Andrews Boadu-Ekumah, has warned police officers to desist from engaging in activities...

Galamsey report: Barker-Vormawor offers to be Frimpong-Boateng’s lawyer

#FixTheCountry movement Convener, Oliver Mawusi Barker-Vormawor, has offered to represent former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng in his court case with Gabby Otchere-Darko....

Two feared dead in accident on Elubo road

An accident on Saturday afternoon, April 29, 2023, involving an articulator truck and a cargo truck has claimed at least two lives and other...

GHANASCO community demands apology on ‘toilet turn dormitory’ story

Members of the Old Ghanascans Association (OGA) and the Parent Teacher Association have called on the journalist who reported on the purported toilet...

Man arrested for allegedly abducting 12-year-old girl

Police in the Upper West Region have launched investigations into the abduction of a 12-year-old girl in Wa, the regional capital. One person has so...

Otumfuo, wife to attend King Charles III’s coronation

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, and his wife Lady Julia, will grace the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and Her Majesty The...

Akufo-Addo must resign for failing to fight galamsey – Lawyer

https://www.youtube.com/embed/od5GmZZ9m1k A lawyer and ex-military captain says President Nana Akufo-Addo should resign in light of what has been described as a failure to win the...

Handling Gender Ministry is no joke – Otiko Djaba

Former Minister for Gender, Otiko Afisa Djaba, has revealed that despite being the most demanding ministry, the Ministry of Gender is the least funded. Speaking...

Mother and daughter killed after heavy rains at Sehwi Bekwai

A mother and her 11-year-old daughter, have lost their lives due to heavy rainfall that caused a building to collapse at Sehwi Bekwai, located...

Galamsey: Charles Owusu reacts to Prof. Frimpong-Boateng’s allegations

Former Head of the Monitoring Unit at the Forestry Commission, Charles Owusu, has described as mere hearsay allegations leveled against him by former Minister...

Weija Dam spillage to begin any time soon – GWCL

The Management of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has announced that it will begin spillage of excess water from the Weija Dam any...

Bar operator allegedly sets man ablaze over alcohol debt

A 35-year-old painter, named Dandu l, has allegedly set fire to Kofi Kumi, 39, in the Bibiani Ahwianso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North...

NPP honours GH¢100k pledge to Kejetia Market fire victims

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has presented a cash amount of GH¢100,000 to the traders who were affected by the Kejetia Market fire...

I had 3 side chicks, one of them was NSS person in my office – Man reveals

A young man from Dansoman, anonymously called Akwasi has shared his story of how he has had three side chicks despite the fact that...

Galamsey report: Gabby Otchere-Darko sues Prof. Frimpong-Boateng

Lawyer and member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has sued former Environment Minister, Prof Kwabena Frimpong Boateng for defamation and is...

PRINPAG exposes Prof Frimpong-Boateng

President of Private Newspaper Publishers Association of Ghana (PRINPAG), Andrew Edwin Arthur, has said the claims of Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng that Kojo Oppong Nkrumah,...

Asukodo – Ghana’s abandoned projects and how to complete them

Successive governments’ neglect of public projects is one major reason Ghana’s development has so much retarded. The canker now worries virtually every Ghanaian –...

Galamsey: Group fights Prof. Frimpong-Boateng for Gabby

A group calling itself Professional Friends of Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko (FFOGOD) is urging the general public to disregard the report by former Environment Minister,...

Akotoshi M/A basic school gets help 3 years after rains ripped off roof

Pupils of Akotoshi M/A Basic School in the Amasaman Constituency of the Greater Accra Region are heaving a sigh of relief. This is because aspiring...

Untreated toothache could cause death — Dentist

A dentist at the International Maritime Hospital (IMaH), Dr. Mensah Tabi-Amankwa, has indicated that it is possible for a person to die from a...

Ga West MCE sends important message to road contractors

Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ga West Municipal Assembly, Clement Wilkinson, has strongly advised contractors to decline contracts if they are incapable of completing...

Tenant beats landlord to pulp after catching him in bedroom with wife at Sehwi

A landlord, identified simply as Isaac, is receiving treatment at the hospital after being beaten to pulp by his tenant. The landlord, believed to be...

Two Chinese nationals in National Security cells over power theft

The Revenue Protection Taskforce of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) on Thursday, April 27 uncovered an underground illegal connection at Fenice Metal Technology...

Ga West MCE blames Lands Commission and Assembly for land encroachment

Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ga West Municipal Assembly, Clement Wilkinson, has criticised his outfit and the Lands Commission for granting permits and land...

Family of late Adams Mahama disappointed in Gregory Afoko verdict

Family of former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Regional Chairman, Adams Mahama, has described as disappointing, the verdict of a seven-member jury that trialed his...

Attorney General speaks on Gregory Afoko, Asabke’s case

The unanimous guilty verdict of the jury regarding the guilt of Asabke Alangdi for conspiracy to commit murder, whilst at the same time delivering...

Housewife granted bail for her alleged involvement in USD 1,600 theft

A Nigerien housewife, Rashida  Raouia Mohammed, has been granted bail by an Adentan Circuit Court for her alleged involvement in a USD 1,600 robbery...