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Ex-MASLOC boss challenges trial in absentia

Counsel for former Chief Executive Officer of Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, has filed an application to stay the trial...

Man shot dead over mangoes at Suhum

A man, identified as Oto Acquah, believed to be in his 50s, reportedly went the Suhum Police Station to report himself for shooting a staff...

Axim ‘galamsey’ gang prime suspect arrested

The prime suspect in the alleged case of police attack and extortion at Axim in the Nzema East Municipality of the Western Region, Kwame...

Dissah residents still traumatised 5 years after communal attack, arson

Abu Bavug, a 45-year-old man at Dissah, a farming community in the North Gonja District of the Savannah Region, had his entire household of...

Atu Mould’s luxury cars sold; proceeds used for legacy project at ADISCO

The family of the late business mogul, Miguel Atu Mould, has built and handed over a legacy dormitory project to his alma mater, Adisadel...

Allegations in Prof Frimpong-Boateng’s ‘galamsey’ report are at best hearsay – Presidency

The Presidency has described the allegations against some top government officials in his 'galamsey' report by former Minister for Environment, Prof Frimpong-Boateng, as hearsay. This,...

Labourer allegedly kills farm owner at Mawaninha

A man, believed to be in his early 40s, a farm labourer, has allegedly butchered his farm owner in a bush at Mawaninnha in...

Property in marriage presumed by law to be acquired jointly – Lawyer

Legal practitioner and a partner at Morrison, Twunasi & Partners, Reindorf Twumasi Ankrah, has indicated that the law presumes that assets acquired during a...

Matron, 4 others arrested for allegedly stealing foodstuff from Atebubu SHS

Five persons, including a matron and a landlord, have been arrested by the Police in the Atebubu-Amantin Municipality in the Bono East Region for...

Eid-ul-Fitr: Hawa Koomson feeds over 5,000 hawkers at Kasoa

Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has fed over 5,000 hawkers at Kasoa to mark this year's Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations. Madam Koomson, who doubles...

Police chase Inspector over Adum murder

The Ghana Police Service have embarked on a manhunt for Inspector Ahmed Twumasi over alleged murder a 26-year-old mother of one,  Maa Adwoa, at...

Adum shooting: CCTV footage reveals moment before fatal shooting

CCTV footage from a shop at Adum, Kumasi, has emerged, revealing the heartbreaking moment when Madwoa, a lady, was fatally shot. The video, which...

Young man rewarded for arresting robbers at Adansi Praso

The chief of Adansi Praso, Nana Kwame Agyemang Pemsan I, has rewarded a young man, Alex Donkor, with a position of Gyaasehene for his...

Lights in parts of Accra to go off as ECG undertakes maintenance works on Sunday

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has revealed that they would undertake planned maintenance on Sunday, April 23. The company indicated that the maintenance works...

Exciting scenes from 2023 Edi – fitr celebration

The 2023 Ramanda has been climaxed with Edi Fitr prayers at the independence square . The ceremony on Saturday attracted scores of Muslim families to...

Galamsey report: Parliament must exert its power – John Jinapor

A ranking member of the Mines and Energy committee, John Jinapor, has expressed his surprise about officials at the Presidency named in the report...

Jasikan hospital gets mortuary amid calls for completion of abandoned maternity block

Authorities at the Jasikan Government Hospital in the Buem-Jasikan Municipality of the Oti Region are appealing to the government to immediately intervene in the...

Nkoranza: Family of suspect who died in Police custody rejects compensation

https://youtu.be/d2x0xFA6bwg?t=103 The family of a 28-year-old trader, Albert Donkor, alleged to have suffered police brutality leading to his death in Nkoranza have rejected compensation paid...

20 arrested for illegal power connection in Kumasi

The Electricity Company of Ghana(ECG) has arrested 20 people for their alleged involvement in illegal power connections in the Ashanti region. The suspects, all...

Jospong Group supports National Chief Imam to observe Eid-ul-Fitr

The Jospong Group of Companies has donated 100 bags of rice, boxes of oil and an undisclosed amount of money to the National Chief...

Family demands justice for woman shot by ‘boyfriend’

The family of a 26-year-old woman, shot and killed in cold blood at Adum in Kumasi last Thursday, has called for justice for the...

Greater Accra Regional Minister denies selling Ga lands

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has denied selling government lands at Agbogbloshie after it was reclaimed from onion sellers and is planning...

Nungua Interchange: How a stalled project is creating worry

The view from above is exhilarating. Long, intersecting bridges fly over the fleets of cars on the ground. But the project has stalled and...

 UCC Senior staff suspend strike

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) chapter of the Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana has called off its industrial action after a...

Galamsey report: Oppong Nkrumah replies Prof Frimpong-Boateng

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has dismissed allegations against him by former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, in the...

Election 2024: NDC agents to receive tea and biscuit

To ensure effective monitoring and collation of results, former President John Mahama has assured agents of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who will be...

UPSA dismisses student caught flogging mate in viral video

The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) has dismissed a senior student filmed canning a level 100 student for allegedly spreading untrue statements about...

‘Galamsey’ was happening in garden of Akufo-Addo’s Kyebi home – Report

It appears the blatant nature in which some illegal miners plied their trade is more worrying than many assumed. The garden of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s...

Aboagye Da-costa tipped to win Kumawu NPP Primary

Dr Aboagye Da-Costa, the Director of Health Promotion at the Ghana Health Service, who is aspiring to become the next New Patriotic Party (NPP)...

Why Akufo-Addo can’t ban ‘galamsey’

A legal practitioner, Kwame Jantuah, has stated President Nana Akufo-Addo is unable to ban small-scale mining and ‘galamsey’ because he can’t create jobs in...

People who commit suicide are being selfish – Psychiatrist [Video]

https://youtu.be/WELc0eYPKO0 A community psychiatric nurse specialist at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Francis Yeboah, says people who commit suicide are being selfish. He said some of the victims...

Allotey Jacobs reacts to IGP’s meeting with NPP, NDC leadership

A former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has urged politicians to stick to clean campaigning. He stated that aspirants...

Tarkwa gold robbers arrested

The Western Regional Police Command has arrested three armed men who attacked K.K Gold, a gold-buying agency at Tarkwa in the region and robbed...

Henry Quartey explains why over 5,000 houses on govt lands cannot be demolished

Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has justified why certain structures cannot be demolished in the region despite being illegal. According to him,...

One week observation arrangements announced for late Kumawu MP

The one-week observation for late Kumawu Member of Parliament (MP), Philip Basoah, has been scheduled for Thursday, April 27, 2023. The ceremony will take...

Minister saves life of boy, 4, involved in an accident

The Upper West Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, broke his convoy protocol and saved the life of a four-year-old child who was involved...

Ga Mantse honours UCC Medical student who swept 16 out of 22 awards

Young medical doctor, Dr Nathaniel Nii Cudjoe, is still basking in the moment of his glory after sweeping 16 awards out of 22 at the...

14 communities at Sehwi unite to fix deathtrap roads after gov’t’s neglect

Some 14 communities on the Bowobra to Piase road in the Sehwi Wiawso municipality have organised communal labour to fix their deplorable stretch. This is...

NDC’s Women Organiser, chiefs, spotted as Joana Gyan launches campaign at Amenfi Central [Video]

Parliamentary candidate for Amenfi Central Hopeful, Mrs Joana Gyan Cudjoe, has successfully launched her campaign after several setbacks that nearly had her out of...

Sir John was the greatest danger to Ghana’s forest – Prof. Frimpong-Boateng

Former Environment and Science Minister, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has stated in a report how he once referred to former Forestry Commission boss, Kwadwo Owusu...