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Prof Aryeetey wins defamation case against his successor

An Accra High Court on Thursday ruled that Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, Immediate Past Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, was liable for...

Ken Ofori-Atta would have rotten in jail if … – Okudzeto Ablakwa

Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, says Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta would have rotten in jail if he was a...

Canada-based Ghanaian’s murder: Police pray for time to build duplicate docket

The Police say some documents needed to build a duplicate docket in the case of a Canada-based Ghanaian who was allegedly murdered by his...

Mahama wades into calls for Ofori-Atta’s dismissal

Former President John Mahama has added his voice to calls for Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta to be sacked from office. According to him, the...

Court releases passport of former PPA boss

The High Court sitting in Accra on Thursday, October 27 acceded to a request by the former boss of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA),...

AG takes over Aisha Huang’s case at Circuit Court

The Attorney General has taken over the case of En Huang, popularly known as Aisha Huang and three others, which is pending before an...

Case of Owusu Bempah, 6 others adjourned to November 30

The case involving Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah, leader of Glorious Word Power Ministry International and six others has been adjourned to November 30, by...

Akufo-Addo refusing to accept Charles Adu Boahen’s resignation – Ablakwa alleges

The Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu Constituency has alleged that President Nana Akufo-Addo is refusing the resignation of Minister of State at...

Stop using GES staff as invigilators, supervisors – WAEC told

The African Education Watch has called on the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to cease using staff of the Ghana Education Service (GES) as...

Eduwatch bemoans lack of urgency by Police in prosecuting WASSCE fraud suspects

The Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) says its efforts in getting the Police to prosecute suspects of examination fraud have not yielded any results a...

BoG revokes licences of 2 forex bureaus

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has revoked licences of Airport City Forex Bureau within the Atlantic Tower Building and Trade House Forex Bureau at...

NSMQ2022: Watch how Prempeh College returned the trophy

The journey to claiming the coveted trophy of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) is one participating schools do not downplay for any...

I never received GH¢5,000 bribe from failed Juaben MCE – Witness

The second assembly member to mount the witness box, in the trial of the rejected Municipal Chief Executive nominee for Juaben, has told the...

Chief escapes death after motorcycle crash on bad road

Chief of Manso Agroyesum in the Amansie South District in the Ashanti Region, Nana Tabi III, nearly met his untimely death due to bad...

Interesting twist to Major Mahama’s trial

The Assemblyman for Denkyira Obuasi, William Baah, who is standing trial together with 13 others for their respective roles in the lynching of Major...

I wasn’t served – Speaker takes on Supreme Court over cannabis judgment

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has faulted the Supreme Court for delivering judgment in a matter the legislature was a party to but not...

Ghana in a mess, but govt says ‘it wasn’t me’ – Ato Forson

The Minority spokesperson on Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson, has taken on government as it works to restructure the country’s debt. The Ajumako-Essiam Member of Parliament...

There is a strong temptation to say ‘I told you so’ but … Mahama tells Akufo-Addo

Former President John Mahama says Ghana wouldn't have been in the current economic crisis if his advice and caution to President Nana Akufo-Addo was...

Full Text: Mahama speaks on Ghana’s economy

Ghanaians in the past weeks have been expressing their frustration against the government amid the rise of the dollar against the cedi, fuel price...

Its unfortunate Ahmed Suale’s suspects have not been arrested – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo says he is unhappy with the lack of progress by the security agencies in identifying the culprits responsible for the murder...

The CEO who lost her hand after a fall [Video]

https://youtu.be/ezoyUzbUFH8 Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Debby Bless Foundation, Deborah Abrefi Addae, has sadly recounted how she lost her right arm after a fall. The incident,...

People’s Forum: Yeji residents share frustration over bad roads, price hikes

Traders and drivers at Yeji, capital of Pru East District of the Bono East Region are lamenting over the recent exorbitant prices of goods...

I don’t support attacks against journalists

President Nana Akufo-Addo says he does not in any shape or form accept attacks against journalists, even the ones who abuse him. That, he said...

Missing palm wine tapper found dead in his farm

A man, believed to be in his 40s, who went missing for weeks, has been found dead in a bush at Asante Akyem Mamponteng...

NSMQ: Meet the man who has been setting chemistry questions since 1993

The cheers, applause and appreciation were just overwhelming in the KNUST Great Hall when the longest-serving National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) chemistry consultant...

Over 22% of Ghanaians can’t meet food needs – ISSER

Despite significant productivity growth in major staples in the last decade or so, the food security situation in Ghana continues to deteriorate. According to the...

PhD women likely not to find men to marry – Studies

Education has been identified as one of the major factors that affect the marital decisions of women. Most women are caught between acquiring higher...

4,000 basic schools lack JHSs – GNECC

Non-Governmental Organisation which focuses on education, Ghana Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC), has hinted that some 4,000 primary schools in the country lack Junior High...

Teacher Unions threaten strike on Nov. 4 over new GES DG

The controversy over embattled Director-General (DG) of Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr Eric Nkansah, continues to deepen as four teacher unions threaten to go...

Driver jailed for stealing 38 fowls

A Circuit Court at Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Dormaa Central Municipality of Bono Region has convicted and sentenced two accomplices to a fine of 120...

Black market cannot dictate forex prices – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has described as unacceptable the role of the black market in determining forex prices. He has warned that government will not tolerate...

NSMQ 2022: Mother of PRESEC’s Alfred Ken-Nsiah shares touching story

Mother of one of the contestants for the 2022 NSMQ winners, Linda Lartieku-Nsiah, is overwhelmed by her son’s performance in the 2022 National Science...

Akufo-Addo to address the nation on Sunday

President Nana Akufo-Addo will on Sunday, October 30th address the nation. The address, which airs at 8:00 pm on all major news networks across the...

Some govt appointees, politicians involved in illegal mining – Asantehene

The Asantehene has accused some government officials and politicians of being complicit in the illegal mining menace, popularly known as galamsey. According to Otumfuo Osei Tutu...

Cabinet begins retreat on economy today

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his Cabinet will today, Thursday, October 27, 2022 begin a three-day retreat to deliberate on the economy as...

Citizens Coalition joins calls for Ken Ofori-Atta’s sack

The Coalition for Democratic Accountability and Inclusive Governance, also known as Citizens Coalition, says it endorses the call by 80 Members of Parliament (MP)...

Bawumia proposes solution to Ghana’s economic crisis

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says for Ghana to address its current economic crisis, it is imperative to restore fiscal and debt sustainability, limit...

Why Ofori-Atta’s dismissal will not solve our problem – Economist

A Development Economist, Dr George Domfeh, in an interesting twist to calls for Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta to be sacked says that will not...

Presec wins 2022 NSMQ

“We are still ‘seven’ a living God,” the students, old boys and other supporters of Presec chanted as the Legon-based school clinched a record-extending...

YEA partners Police Service to recruit 15,000 youth as Community Protection Assistants

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has kick-started a process for recruitment of some fifteen thousand (15,000) unemployed Ghanaian youth nationwide as Community Protection Assistants...