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1D1F: 17 completed, 16 under construction in Eastern Region – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has backed the One-District, One-Factory (1D1F) initiative, under the broader industrialisation agenda of government, as a basis for developing a...

Someone should sue Akufo-Addo for causing financial loss to the state – Prof Gyampo

https://youtu.be/u5-PLJmNdZQ Political Scientist, Professor Ransford Gyampo, says President Akufo-Addo’s refusal to reshuffle his Ministers is an unnecessary dissipation of the limited human resources the country...

Two civilians arrested after one posed as policeman in viral video

Two civilians have been arrested after a video with one of them wearing black attire with police insignia went viral. The two, according to the...

NSMQ2022: OWASS ends Volta campaign as KETASCO goes home

Opoku Ware School (OWASS) has ended the campaign of Volta Region schools in the 2022 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) after defeating Keta...

Driver’s mate kills barber as he rams into shops

A driver's mate of a cargo truck has killed one person with another injured after he rammed into several shops at Tutuka Obuasi in...

Man beats 24-year-old girlfriend to death with pestle

A 27-year-old man, Richard Galewosi, has reportedly beaten his girlfriend to death at Dodo Amanfrom in the Kadjebi Akan District of the Oti region....

7 arrested for illegal power connection at Bekwai

Seven individuals have been arrested in the Bekwai municipality of the Ashanti region for allegedly tapping power from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG)...

Lifeline for customers affected by ECG prepaid vending failure

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced that customers who were affected by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) prepayment system failure will...

Labour Commission orders university labour unions to call off strike

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has ordered the four major Labour Unions in public universities in Ghana to, with immediate effect, call off the...

Masked man found dead in farm at Bole

A yet-to-be identified man has been found dead in a mango plantation at Bole in the Bole district of the Savannah region. The deceased, suspected...

Education Ministry hits back at Teacher Unions over new GES boss

The Education Ministry has hit back at teacher unions opposing the appointment of the new Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES). Dr Eric Nkanasah...

3 Chinese illegal miners and 2 Ghanaians arrested

Three Chinese illegal miners including a female and two Ghanaians have been arrested in Atiwa West Municipality in the Eastern region. The illegal miners were...

US Embassy reduces wait time for non-immigrant visa appointments

The United States Embassy in Ghana says the waiting time for appointments after non-immigrant visa applications has been reduced. The new waiting duration, according to...

GPRTU to increase transport fares on Monday

The Ghana Road Transport Union (GPRTU) says it will increase transport fares on Monday, October 24.  The Union has attributed the need for the increment...

Western Regional Minister explains why he responded to ‘missing GH¢17m galamsey money’ report

https://youtu.be/lySlvP5jN7U?t=132 The Western Regional Minister has explained why he responded to a social media post alleging a missing GH¢17 galamsey money. The post, which went viral on social...

Akufo-Addo begins 3-day tour of Eastern Region

President Nana Akufo-Addo will begin a three-day working visit to the Eastern Region today, Friday, October 21. The tour will enable the President to commission...

77% of Ghanaians say country is headed in the wrong direction – Survey

A survey by Global Info Analytics has found that 77 per cent of Ghanaians believe the country is heading in the wrong direction as...

NHIA sends message to Ghanaians over ‘cash and carry’ system

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has assured it is working to address the concerns of the pharmaceutical industry which has resulted in a...

Demons and principalities running away from Ghana due to hardships – Sam George

Ningo-Prampram MP, Samuel Nartey George, says demons and principalities are leaving the country due to the current economic crisis.  According to the MP, everyone in...

Govt will reclaim all stolen lands – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has cautioned all encroachers of lands belonging to public universities to vacate the lands, asserting that “the government is now prepared...

Bawumia pays National Chief Imam surprise visit

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has paid a surprise visit to the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu. The visit to the Chief Imam's...

7 illegal miners arrested at Asuogya

The taskforce of the Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Mining (GNASSM) and the Ahafo-Ano South-West Assembly have in a joint operation arrested seven suspected...

Suspension of Bosome Freho DCE meaningless if Wontumi … – NDC

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region has called for the arrest and prosecution of Bernard Antwi-Boasiako aka Chairman Wontumi. Their call comes...

2 Chinese ‘galamseyers’ arrested in Oda Forest Reserve [Video]

https://youtu.be/jl63FvXJlgE The Ashanti Regional Forestry Commission has arrested two Chinese illegal miners at compartment 127 of the Oda river forest reserve in the Ashanti region. The...

Akufo-Addo didn’t hear anything – Eugene Arhin on Ashanti booing

The Director of Communications at the Presidency has refuted reports that President Nana -Addo was booed during his tour in the Ashanti Region. Eugene...

¢14.50 equals $1 as cedi depreciation continues

The Ghana cedi continued its free fall, losing value twice within a day to sell at ¢14.50 to one US dollar. This translated to 5.45%...

Scramble for dollar at forex bureaus increases; panic, speculation worsen cedi depreciation

Joy Business report indicates large corporates that depend largely on dollars for transactions, particularly transfers overseas are scrambling for the US dollars, a situation,...

Cash and carry for medicines could cause collapse of NHIS – GMA

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has described as worrying, the decision by the Ghana National Chamber of Pharmacy (GNCoP) to sell drugs only on...

Suame Interchange a political gimmick to save Mensah Bonsu’s face – NDC

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region has described the sod-cutting for the construction of the Suame Interchange project as a gimmick...

Man drowns in Tano River

A yet-to-be-identified man has drowned in the Tano River at Ahafo Tanoso in the Ahafo Region. The incident, according to reports, occurred on Thursday afternoon. It...

First witness testifies against embattled Juaben MCE nominee

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), has presented in court, its first witness in the trial of  Alexander Kwabena Sarfo-Kantanka, a failed Municipal...

Ghanaian students in Hungary appeal to govt to pay their stipends

The Ghana Association of Scholarship students in Hungary (GASH) is unhappy that 20 of its members have not yet received their stipends for several...

Banks themselves sell the dollars to us – Black Market dealer

Dealers in Foreign Currency Exchange, popularly known as Black Market, has alleged that banks in the country sell the dollars to them for their...

I woke up at Awudome cemetery after a night at a client’s house – Former sex worker

Charity, 34, has disclosed her reason for quitting prostitution after years of working in the sex trade industry. In an interview on Ghetto Life Story,...

It is a political appointment – NAGRAT Prez fires govt over new GES boss

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has lashed out at the government over the appointment of Dr Eric Nkansah as the Director-General of...

Ofori-Atta reacts to cedi depreciation

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has urged Ghanaians not to panic or put further pressure on the cedi, as the cedi continues its...

Pharmaceutical companies return to ‘cash and carry’ basis

The Ghana National Chamber of Pharmacy (GNCoP) has revealed the current economic challenges have affected the pharmaceutical industry. According to the Association, the industry is...

GUTA suspends strike

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has suspended its industrial strike action. Members of the association on Wednesday, October 19, declared a strike to...

Photos: Day 2 of GUTA strike

The closure of shops in the Central Business District of Accra by the Ghana Union of Traders Associations (GUTA) due to economic hardship entered...

NAGRAT rejects new GES boss

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has expressed reservations about President Nana Akufo-Addo's new Director-General appointee for the Ghana Education Service (GES). According to...