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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...

Govt still peddling falsehoods in the middle of a crisis – Ato Forson on ‘haircut’

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Finance Committee has described as a hoax government’s suggestion that there will be no haircuts on investments. According to Dr...

Ejura traditional council reaffirms intention to bar Fulani herdsmen

The Ejura Traditional Council has reaffirmed its decision to bar nomadic Fulani herders from entering communities in the traditional area with their cattle. Barima Osei Hwedie...

All Agenda 111 hospitals cannot be completed by 2024 – NPP MP

Chairman of the Health Committee in Parliament, Dr Nana Ayew Afriyie, has admitted that all the hospitals promised by government under the Agenda 111...

Preventing nomadic herdsmen from entering Ejura will negatively affect farmers – Fulani leaders

Any attempt to forcibly stop nomadic herders from entering the Ashanti regional town of Ejura during the upcoming dry season will have disastrous effects...

Labour unions kick against any ‘haircut’ on pension funds of workers

Labour unions in the country have vowed to kick against any attempt by the government to reduce the value of pension funds of public...

Bawumia launches MyNHIS app

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Monday launched a new comprehensive online self-enrollment portal, "MyNHIS app". The launch of the app held in Tamale is...

Cocoa farmer killed by fallen tree at Mankranso

A 65-year-old cocoa farmer has met her untimely death after a falling tree fell on her in a bush at Mankranso in the Ahafo...

Facial recognition metric app saved NSS GH₵112m – Executive Director

The Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Osei Assibey Antwi, has said the Scheme saved government an amount of GH₵112m after its...

Good news for Ghanaian nurses

The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, has revealed that engagements are underway to send trained Ghanaian nurses to the United Kingdom (UK) to work. According...

Minority kicks against debt restructuring programme

The Minority in Parliament has rejected government's proposed debt exchange programme which seeks to reduce high public debt. The Caucus has described the programme as...

Cedi strengthens in value against dollar; 1$ now ¢13.70

 The Ghana cedi strengthened in value against the dollar almost a day after the government launched the Debt Exchange Programme. The local currency also...

We’re shocked Akufo-Addo watched World Cup in Qatar despite economic crisis – Minority

The Minority group in Parliament says it is shocked by the President’s World Cup trip to Qatar despite the country’s economic difficulties. Addressing the press...

Poverty ‘drags’ watchman to early grave

"He called to tell me he had been paid his salary so he would be going to the hospital for treatment but he did...

Exempt education, health sectors from public job freeze – Govt told

Auditing firm, PwC, is appealing to government to spare the education and health sectors from the freeze on public sector employment. Though it supports government’s...

Who will monitor your appointees? Mahama quizzes govt on V8 ban

Former President John Mahama has questioned the practicality of government's decision to freeze the use of V6 and V8 in Accra by appointees. According...