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Trader dies, others injured in accident at Kintampo

A trader has died and about five other persons injured in an accident on the Kintampo road Tuesday morning. The heavy truck loaded with foodstuffs...

Judges lack understanding of Parliament – Bagbin

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has said lack of information about the function of the legislature by judges has resulted in many “erroneous decisions”...

Funeral date for late Krachi East MCE announced

The mortal remains of the late Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Krachi East in the Oti region, Francis Kofi Okesu, are to be laid...

Labour Unions still on strike

The National Leaders of striking Labour Unions on the campuses of public universities in Ghana have announced the continuation of their strike action. Their industrial...

4 dead, 19 injured in accident on Mankessim-Apam road

A vehicular accident around Essuehyia on the Mankessim - Apam stretch of the Cape Coast - Accra highway on Monday afternoon has claimed four...

PRINCOF appeals to Education Minister to allow teacher trainees to feed themselves starting November 7

The National Conference of Principals of Colleges of Education – Ghana (PRINCOF) is requesting for teacher trainees to start to fund their own feeding...

Foreign Affairs Ministry clears air on UAE visa ban

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has dispelled rumours that Ghana has been slapped with a visa ban by the United Arab...

New twist to story of man who died over GH₵2 fare increment

New details emerging suggest no death has been recorded at the Lapaz bus terminal over fare increment. One of the executives at the terminal,...

Sad news hits NDC’s Ofosu-Ampofo

The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has lost his mother, Mary Gyawubea Badu. Auntie May as she was popularly...

Woman killed, 3 others injured in gory accident at Offinso

A mother of seven children has been killed in a gory accident on the Offinso – Aboffour highway. Three others sustained severe injuries in...

Govt’s assurance of no ‘haircuts’ covers just principal – Oppong Nkrumah

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has explained that President Akufo-Addo's assurance of no ‘haircuts’ with investments in bonds will cover just the principals. The Minister...

Why Akufo-Addo did not speak on Ofori-Atta’s sack in address

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has indicated President Akufo-Addo's address on Sunday was to focus on measures to turn the economy around amid the...

Akufo-Addo’s speech touched on everything except… – Sulemana Braimah

The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, says President Akufo-Addo’s address on Sunday evening, did not address the...

Excerpts from 1D1F Documentary: We have no raw materials for Komenda Sugar Factory – Minister

Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Michael Okyere Baafi has admitted to the lack of raw materials to feed the Komenda Sugar Factory despite...

Ban ritualists from TV to reduce ritual killings – Fetteh Kakraba chief to Akufo-Addo

The Chief of Fetteh Kakraba in the Central Region, Nana Essel Amoaquandoh III, says ritualists plying their trade on television are a major cause...

Akufo-Addo should have apologised to Ghanaians in his address – Okudzeto Ablakwa

North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has berated President Nana Akufo-Addo's address to the nation on the economy. The lawmaker says...

9-year-old girl whose hand was boiled by stepmother undergoes surgery

After close to six months in the hospital, the nine-year-old girl whose hand was literally boiled by her stepmother at Goaso in the Ahafo...

VALCO workers protest continuous stay of retirees

Workers of Tema-based Volta Aluminum Company (VALCO) are protesting the continuous stay in office of some top management personnel who they described as retirees. According...

Teacher Unions divided over appointment of new GES Director

The teacher unions in the country are divided over the suitability of Dr Eric Nkansah as acting Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES)....

Dr Siaw Agyepong adjudged CEO of the Decade

The Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has been awarded the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the...

I think Akufo-Addo owes Ofori-Atta – KKD

Media personality, Kwasi Kyei Darkwah (KKD), has alleged that the President’s inability to sack the Finance Minister could be due to an undisclosed indebtedness...

Man commits suicide at Konongo

Police at Konongo have retrieved the body of a man believed to be in his forties who allegedly committed suicide. The deceased, whose identity is...

Residents block road, accuse Bawumia and MP of deception

Chiefs and residents of Nyamekrom, a suburb of the New Juaben South Municipality in the Eastern Region, on Monday blocked a bypass road to...

Former Chief Fire Officer Ekow Blankson laid to rest [Photos]

A former Chief Fire Officer (CFO) of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), Edwin Ekow Blankson, has been laid to rest in a solemn...

13 galamseyers arrested in Dormaa East

Thirteen persons have been arrested in the Dormaa East District of the Bono Region, for engaging in illegal mining, popularly called galamsey. They were grabbed...

Star Assurance wins Best CIMG Insurance Company (General) 2021 Award

Star Assurance Company Ltd., one of Ghana's leading insurance providers, has been named the Insurance Company of The Year 2021 (General) by the Chartered...

Cedi strengthens again to the dollar; one dollar now ¢13.60

The rate of depreciation of the cedi slowed down for three days running as the local currency is now going for ¢13.60 to one...

Man arrested for stealing street lights at Effutu

A 25-year-old resident of Effutu in the Central Region has been arrested for stealing street lights in the area. The area has since four days...

Armed robbers inflict cutlass wounds on man and wife at Kintampo

A man and his wife narrowly escaped death when armed robbers suspected to be of Fulani descent attacked them at Atta Akuraa in the...

Suspected Boko Haram fighter arrested at Bolga

Security and defense forces have arrested in Ghana a suspected fighter of the Nigerian dreaded jihadist group Boko Haram. The suspect, Hassan Hussein, was arrested...

Man shot dead over alleged witch-hunting at Kpassa

A man in his 60's has been shot dead by unknown assailants over alleged witch-hunting at Kpassa in NKwanta North district of the Oti...

Ghana assumes UN Security Council presidency

Ghana will assume the presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council on November 1, 2022. As President of the council, Ghana will hold a...

Brokenhearted man commits suicide at Juansa

A man, believed to be in his late thirties, has allegedly committed suicide at Juansa, a suburb of the Asante Akyem North district in...

Cedi value higher than Akufo-Addo’s address – Manasseh Azure

Award-winning investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure, says the value of the local currency is weightier than President Nana Akufo-Addo’s address to Ghanaians on Sunday. In a...

Social media reactions to Akufo-Addo’s speech on economy

Netizens have welcomed President Nana Akufo-Addo's address on the economy with mixed feelings, as they remark that their expectations have not been met. Ahead of...

We’re working to reach deal with IMF by end of the year -Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo is full of hopes that the negotiations with the International Monetary Funds (IMF) will be secured by the end of the...

Govt to review standard of import, support farmers for mass production

The standard required for imports into the country will by May next year undergo review, President Nana Akufo-Addo has stated. According to him, the current...

Western Togoland leader Papavi laid to rest

Leader of Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF), a separatist group in the Volta region fighting for independence, Charles Kormi Kudjordjie, has been laid to...

One dead, nine injured in gory accident at Eguase

One person died while nine others sustained injuries in an accident at Eguase near Cape Coast in the Central Region on Sunday afternoon. The accident...

At least 141 dead after suspension bridge collapses in India

At least 141 people died when a pedestrian suspension bridge collapsed in India's western state of Gujarat. A local official said most of those who...