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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...

8 arrested for failing to issue VAT invoice to customers

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has arrested eight shop caretakers for failing to issue the authority’s VAT invoice to customers. The Compliance Enforcement Unit of...

GPRTU sends important message to drivers over new transport fares

Road transport operators and drivers are currently having issues as the promised 10 percent fare reduction, initially scheduled for implementation on May 17, 2023,...

2 persons injured as gunshots fly in over chieftaincy authority

Sporadic gunshots last night at Yong Dakpemyili over aged chieftaincy disturbances in the community injured two people. The chieftaincy issues in Yong Dakpemyili Community in...

GMA warns Ghanaians over heavy rains, thunderstorms

Partly cloudy weather conditions are expected over the country with cases of thunderstorm and rains over parts of the coastal sector. Thunderstorms and rains will...

Asantehene reaches agreement with King Charles III to reclaim Ghana’s degraded lands

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has reached an agreement with King Charles III for a reclamation exercise on Ghana’s degraded lands and forest...

IMF deal: We are not sure what ‘haircut’ external creditors will take – Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has expressed uncertainty about the extent of debt relief that external creditors will offer to Ghana as part of its...

Concerned youth of Garu, Tempane demonstrate over ‘dumsor’

Concerned youth of Garu and Tempane districts of the Upper East Region have held a peaceful demonstration over frequent power outages which have been...

‘Wee’ seller beaten to death for pocketing cash

A 30-year-old man, Kwadwo Afful, has been beaten to death at Sehwi Ahibenso in the Bodi District of the Western North Region for refusing...

Police Hospital morgue stinks; lab shuts down

The Police Hospital morgue is stinking like a sewer, compelling the Hospital’s laboratory to shutdown. The stench from the morgue engulfs the laboratory and reaches...

Farmer shoots girlfriend over ‘chop money’ at Breman Nkonya

A 38-year-old farmer has shot his 45-year-old girlfriend at Breman Nkonya near Breman Asikuma in the Central Region over housekeeping money (chop money).A misunderstanding...

Money doubling gone bad as fetish priest allegedly kills secondhand clothing dealer

A fetish priest, Agbeko Acumalt, has been accused of killing a second-hand clothing trader at the Kantamanto Market in Accra. The deceased is reported to...

Truck kills pedestrian at Assin Fosu

An Articulated truck fully loaded with wooden boards has killed a pedestrian at Assin Fosu Masalakyi “Roud About“. According to eyewitnesses, the long vehicle with...

Number 12 exposé: Anas declines to show his face to Kwesi Nyantakyi

Undercover journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has refused to comply with an Accra High Court order to allow former Ghana Football Association President, Kwasi Nyantakyi,...

Parliament to petition Local Govt on behalf of Akyemansa district

Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee in Parliament, James Klutse Avedzi, has expressed the committee's intention to petition the Local Government and the Administrator...

Water tariffs to go up from June 1

Effective June 1, 2023, the cost of water services will see an upward adjustment for all consumer groups. This follows a review and approval by...

Thursday’s downpour: Man cheats death after being pulled from drain at Gbawe

A video shared on social media on May 18, 2023, depicts a man's near-death experience during a heavy rainstorm in Accra. The footage, shared by...

Scrapping tax exemptions, adjustment of levies on fuel can boost revenue mobilisation – IMF to govt

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has identified scrapping of tax exemptions, adjustment of levies on fuel, and an increase in income tax as some...

No. 12 Exposé: Anas allowed to testify in open court in disguise

Renowned investigative journalist and leader of private investigative firm, Tiger Eye PI, Anas Aremeyaw Anas will testify in an open court with his usual...