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Bawumia named among 100 most influential Africans

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has been named among the 100 most influential people on the African continent. The exclusive list of transformational African...

Appointments Committee approves 2 out of 4 Supreme Court Justice nominees

Parliament’s Appointments Committee has approved the nomination of two out of four Justices President Nana Akufo-Addo nominated to the Supreme Court. The approved nominees are...

Driver’s mate killed, 2 in critical condition in gory accident at Gomoa Dominase

A driver's mate died on the spot with two others in critical condition in a gory accident at Gomoa Dominase Junction in the Gomoa...

Community Protection Assistants allegedly attack YEA Operations Manager

The Eastern Regional Operations Manager of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), Samuel Kwame Kodua, narrowly escaped death after he was brutally attacked and had...

‘Ghetto’ set on fire as Police arrest suspected Indian hemp smokers

The Wenchi police in the Bono Region have arrested eight suspected Indian Hemp smokers and peddlers, in a swoop conducted in the Municipality on...

Dashboard: Mobile money transactions in Ghana

Mobile money is money in one’s electronic wallet. The mobile money service makes it possible for users to store, send, and receive money using their...

Finance Ministry has no respect for organised labour – GMA [Listen]

President of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr Frank Serebour, has bemoaned that the Ministry of Finance has no regard for any organised labour...

Three farmers arrested for eating suspected human meat

Three farmers from Nasoyiri in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region have been arrested by the Sawla police for eating suspected human meat....

Tertiary education in Ghana heading towards danger – NUGS

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has urged the Ministry of Education and other stakeholders to find amicable resolutions so that academic work...

Work progresses on Boankra Inland Port

Work is progressing on the $330 million Boankra Integrated Logistics Terminal (BILT), popularly known as the Boankra Inland Port, project in the Ejisu municipality...

Security man killed in fuel station robbery

Unidentified assailants, suspected to be armed robbers, have gunned down a security guard at the Mobik Energy Fuel Filling Station along the Tarkwa-Banso road...

Fuel prices to go down again from next week; this is why [Listen]

Prices of petrol and diesel are expected to go down again from Friday, 16th December 2022. Energy policy analyst, Benjamin Nsiah, made this known on...

Oxford University partners Ghana Gold Expo to promote CSR

Director of African Studies Center at the Oxford University, Professor Miles Lamer says a major way of ensuring optimal benefit of the mineral resources...

Court adjourns Saglemi case over poor health of accused

The health condition of one of the accused persons facing trial over the Saglemi Affordable Housing Project compelled the trial judge to adjourn the...

Fake soldier arrested at Burma Camp

Military Police personnel have arrested one Rufai Abubakar for posing as a senior officer and trying to access a military installation inside Burma Camp. The...

Armed robbers shoot mobile money vendor; bolt with GHS 30,000

A mobile money vendor, Ebenezer Amoquandoh, is receiving medical treatment after sustaining gunshot wounds during a robbery attack. Ebenezer was shot when two armed men...

Unhappy MTN customers besiege office

Some upset customers whose SIM cards and Momo accounts have been blocked since Thursday have besieged the MTN office at Darkumam Junction in Accra. They...

General Supt. of Assemblies of God, Ghana pays courtesy call on IGP and Director-General of National Signal Bureau

The General Superintendent of Assemblies of God (AG) Ghana, Rev Stephen Wengam, has paid glowing tribute to the contribution of the church in Ghana...

Odododiodoo NDC walks for victory 2024

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Odododiodoo Constituency has organised a health walk themed 'Rep Your Ward' to mark the end of the...

Bereaved families of youth murdered in Sunyani appeal to IGP

The bereaved families of the two young people allegedly murdered at Brosankro-Aprakukrom in the Sunyani West Municipality have appealed to the Inspector General of...

Beautiful photos drop as Volta Regional NPP Secretary ties knot with Deputy Women’s Organiser

When faithful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) met at Dzodze over the weekend, it was not for political reasons but to witness and...

Driver jailed for bribing police officer with Ghc 5

Many commercial drivers have normalized, if not justified bribing police officers to get away with committing road traffic offences.A taxi driver, David Ayensu, who...

Akufo-Addo commissions Afienya road over bridge on Tema-Mpakadan railway line

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 6th December 2022, commissioned the Afienya Road Over Bridge, a key component of...

Academic City engineering students invent ventilators to support health care

Nicholas Adjabn, head of Biomedical Engineering unit, has commended engineers for venturing into innovation field to explore opportunities to design and develop technologies to...

Adrobaa school bus accident: Chief performs rituals after death of 5 pupils

Traditional leaders at Adrobaa, a farming community in the Tano North Municipal of the Ahafo Region have performed rituals to pacify the land after...

Road tolls: We will no longer be paying 50 pesewas and ₵1 – Roads Minister

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amoako-Atta, has said that road tolls will no more be collected by human beings when the levy...

Tamale Teaching Hospital Acting CEO resigns

The Tamale Teaching Hospital has announced the resignation of Dr Kareem Mumuni as the Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Hospital. It is unclear...

All you need to know as Bank of Ghana upgrades GH¢1 coin

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has upgraded the GH¢1 coin with some enhanced security features. According to a statement issued by the Central Bank on...

GWCL to cut water supply to parts of Accra; check out affected areas

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has announced a 48-hour interruption in the supply of water to certain parts of Accra. The development, according...

Forget it! We’ll not reduce transport fares – GPRTU

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union(GPRTU) has stated categorically that it has no intention of reducing transport fares following the recent reduction in fuel...

I won the award not because of my father’s position in govt – 2022 National Best Farmer

Nana Yaw Sarpong Siriboe, the 2022 National Best Farmer, has denied winning the award because of the designation of his father, Daasebre Nana Otuo...

GIJ merges with 2 other institutions to become UniMAC

The Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), Ghana Institute of Languages (GIL), and National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) will now be known as the...

Phase 2 of Tema Motorway Roundabout expansion works begin

Construction work on phase two of the three-tier interchange at the Tema end of the Accra-Tema Motorway has commenced. Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on...

YEA increases monthly allowances for CPAs

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has increased the monthly allowances paid to the Community Protection Assistants (CPAs) by about thirty percent. This was revealed by...

Nurses and Midwives upset over govt’s Debt Exchange Programme

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has expressed displeasure over the government’s debt exchange programme. The Association has described the programme as unfair...

Ghana to earn £‎1,000 per nurse in trade with UK – Health Minister

The Government of Ghana has announced a bilateral agreement with the British Government to send trained nurses to the United Kingdom (UK) in exchange...

Economic crisis: Be cautious, we’re in this together – Ofori-Atta to media

Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has warned the media to be cautious and disseminate accurate information regarding the current economic crisis and its debt...

Sunyani Regional Hospital to be upgraded into teaching hospital by April 2023

The Sunyani Regional Hospital will be upgraded to a teaching hospital by the end of the first quarter of 2023, the Health Minister has...

Tracker exposes motorbike thief granted bail by court

A motorbike sprayer who was arrested through a tracker installed in a motorbike which he allegedly stole, is before court. Sulemana Haruna, 37, the accused person, was...

Phone owners without Ghana card have not been blocked – Ursula

The Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has dismissed reports that mobile subscribers without a Ghana Card which is the main document for the SIM...