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Why work on Obetsebi Lamptey Interchange will not meet March 2023 completion timeline

Work on the Obetsebi Lamptey Interchange will not meet the March 2023 completion timeline in the wake of constraints that have compelled construction engineers...

Man, 30, mysteriously slumps and dies after alighting from motorbike

A 30-year-old man has mysteriously died on the street of Sehwi Kwasikrom in the Bodi District after he alighted from a motorbike. According to...

Provide life jackets to pupils in island communities – Eduwatch to govt

An education advocacy group is calling on government to provide life jackets to pupils and staff in island communities who commute by water. The call...

GRNMA allays fears of nurses on security of their pensions

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association has assured its members of the safety of their contributions to the health sector occupational pension scheme. President...

Finance Ministry to respond to Covid-19 expenditure in Auditor-General’s report

The Ministry Finance has assured that it will address all issues raised in the audit of the government’s Covid-19 expenditure Report released by the...

Dr Afriyie Akoto hands over Agric Ministry to Hawa Koomson [Photos]

Former Agric Minister, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has officially handed over the sector to caretaker minister, Mavis Hawa Koomson. This follows a directive from the...

Zipline commissions drone delivery center in Cross River State of Nigeria to improve UHC

Zipline has commissioned yet another facility in Nigeria to support the Cross River State government in delivering on its mandate to improve access to...

Eku Juice not shutdown – Management

The management of Ekumfi Fruits and Juices Factory in the Central Region has assured the public that the products of the factory will be...

Check out members of Committee to probe Krobea Asante riots

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, has inaugurated a five-member committee nominated to investigate the disturbances at Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational Institute. David Prah,...

Deloitte audits National Cathedral

The Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral has engaged the services of an international accounting firm, Delloitte to subject the project to a...

Ghana Meteo issues weather alert

Dry and hazy conditions are expected to persist over most parts of the country with varying intensities. According to the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet), Upper...

Missing twin: 37 Military Hospital claims scans were incorrect

The 37 Military Hospital in Ac­cra has said that the ultra-sound scans conducted on a woman be­fore delivery were error-ridden. According to the hospital, the...

Heavy rainfall uproots trees, pulls down buildings at Ahibenso

Heavy rainfall has razed down many buildings with a car destroyed at Sehwi Ahibenso in the Bodi District. The Tuesday night rainfall collapsed and...

Justin Bieber sells rights to songs for $200m

Justin Bieber has sold his share of the rights to his music to Hipgnosis Songs Capital for a reported $200m. The firm now owns the...

Alan Kyerematen woos clergy support for presidential campaign

Former Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen, says he will work closely with the clergy if elected as the Presidential Candidate of the New...

Nigerian jailed 450 days for attempting to acquire Ghanaian passport twice

A Madina District Court has sentenced Peter Michael Ifaenyi aka Peter Yaw Asare, a Nigerian Computer Engineer, to 450 days imprisonment for attempting to...

FDA issues alert on ‘laughing gas’

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has warned the public against the abuse of Nitrous Oxide, a party drug popularly known as laughing gas....

Health Ministry moves to renegotiate COVID-19 vaccine contract

The Ministry of Health has given an assurance that efforts are being made to renegotiate the vaccine acquisition contract with the African Vaccine Acquisition...

Immigration Service dines with retired personnel [Photos]

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has organised an end-of-year get-together for the Association of Retired Immigration Officers (ARIO). The event held on Wednesday was...

NDC must commend A-G’s office for transparency – Former MP

Former Member of Parliament for Ablekuma Central, Ebenezer Nartey, has asked the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to commend the Auditor-General. According to him, the...

A-G covid-19 transaction audit annoying – NDC’s Anim Piesie

A member of the Communications team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Anim Piesie, has stated that the report from the Auditor-General’s office...

Farmer jailed for defiling class 4 pupil

Francis Dzata, a 40-year-old farmer, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for defiling a 13-year-old class 4 pupil. The convict,vwho appeared before the Hohoe...

Affordable Housing case: Collins Dauda, 4 others slapped with 70 fresh charges

State prosecutors have pressed 70 fresh charges against Alhaji Collins Dauda, the former Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing and four others for...

Rioting students of Krobea Asante Vocational Institute remanded

Thirty-nine students of Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational Institute accused of involvement in Sunday's disturbances on campus have been remanded to one week in...

Eight pupils dead as boat capsizes on Volta Lake

Eight pupils from the Atikagome Community in the Sene East District of the Bono East region lost their lives when a boat they were...

Check out when first year SHS students will report to school

First-year students reporting to Senior High Schools (SHS) nationwide for the 2023/2024 academic year, barring any challenges, are expected to go in February. The...

National Cathedral Secretariat heeds to call for full-scale investigation

The National Cathedral Secretariat is set to commence processes to engage a private audit firm to undertake full-scale investigations into public funds used for...

Impact of play-based learning evident in Ghana – Sierra Leone’s Education Minister

The Education Minister at the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education in Sierra Leone says he is convinced about the impact of play-based...

Accra West ECG intensifies campaign to clamp down on power illegalities

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Accra West region, has launched an intensive campaign to crack down on users of fake and illegal electricity...

Assemblies of God Ghana pays courtesy call on Veep

The General Superintendent of Assemblies of God, Ghana, Rev. Stephen Wengam, has commended the Vice President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia for his instrumental role in...

Seven arrested in connection with death of Fulani herdsman

The Bole District Police Command has arrested seven persons in connection with the death of a Fulani herdsman on the Kiape- Sonyo Road in...

Auditor-General recovers ¢2.210bn as financial irregularities

The Audit Service headed by the Auditor-General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, has recovered a total amount of ¢2.210 billion as financial irregularities from public institutions,...

Information Ministry reacts to ¢151K Covid-19 allowance in Audit Report

The management of the Information Ministry has said the GH¢151,500 covid-19 risk allowance was paid to call centre operators and critical staff. In a statement...

Address challenges facing education system – GNECC to govt

The Ghana National Education Coalition Campaign (GNECC) has called on the government to address current challenges facing the education system in Ghana. The call,...

Woman inflicts cutlass wounds on man over land dispute at Awutu Bokotu

A 47-year-old farmer, Charles Oko, is battling for his life after a colleague farmer identified simply as Yaa Yaa inflicted cutlass wounds on him...

2 jailed for stealing GH¢420 worth of cocoa beans

Two men have been jailed for stealing a half bag of cocoa beans at Assin Fosu in the Central Region. The two, Michael Etuah, 23,...

Swiss nationals donate ultrasound machine to Ayikuma CHPS Compound

The Health Director at Shai Osudoku District, Rev Dr Ebenezer Asiamah and the medical officers at the Ayikuma CHPs compound have expressed massive delight...

MASLOC trial: Alex Mould, Gavivina Tamakloe to pay GH¢ 5m as failed bail bond

The Accra High Court has ordered the two securities who secured a GH¢5 million bail for former boss of the Microfinance and Small Loans...

GES reviews education in Eastern Region

The Eastern Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has concluded the regional education review forum in Koforidua for 2022, with recommendations to overcome future...

‘Side chick’ sues top bank official over breach of contract; demands cash, car as compensation

Former National Service Person for First Atlantic Bank, Deborah Seyram Adablah, has sued the Bank and her former boss, Chief Finance Officer, Ernest Kwasi...