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Two arrested for robbing NPP Women’s Organiser

Police at Somanya in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region are holding two suspected robbers for allegedly robbing the Constituency Women’s Organiser...

Sorbonne University to honour Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Saturday 8th October, 2022 to Paris, France, for a six-day working visit. As part of the trip, the President...

NLA PRO Goodfellow Ofei opens up on deal with Hearts of Oak SC

The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), Goodfellow Ofei, has refuted reports circulating that his outfit has ended their partnership...

Iron ore discovered in Oti Region

The Oti Regional Minister, Joshua G. Makuba, has revealed that iron ore has been discovered in the Region. Addressing the media on Sunday, he said...

26-year-old female undertaker shares story [Video]

A 26-year-old Sandra Donkor has recounted some heartbreaking and frightening experiences she has been through with dead bodies after she started working as an...

Missing nine-month-old baby found dead

A nine-month-old baby, who was reported missing for three days at Asankrangwa in the Wassa Amenfi West Municipality of the Western Region, has been...

Mahama honoured with Global Leaders Award

Former President John Dramani Mahama has been honoured by Liberty University, Virginia, USA with a Global Leadership and Economic Impact Award. The award, presented after...

Police probe Nana Agradaa over alleged money doubling scam

The Ghana Police Service says it has begun investigations into an alleged money doubling scam which was perpetrated by Patricia Asiedua, popularly known as...

Akonta Mining saga: The inside story – Kwaku Baako writes

The Company was granted a reconnaissance licence over an area of 135.87 square kilometres at Samreboi, on June 15, 2011, for a term of...

Help improve security at Agogo Presbyterian Women’s College – Principal appeals to NGOs & Entrepreneurs

The Principal of Agogo Presbyterian Women's College of Education (APWC), Rev. Dr Mrs Grace Sintim Adasi, has made a passionate appeal to philanthropists, NGOs...

Police arrest Nana Agradaa

The Police have arrested Patricia Asiedua, alias ‘Nana Agradaa’ following allegations of money doubling scam levelled against her by some members of the public. The...

Man allegedly murders 55-year-old friend over goat meat

A man, only identified as Azulay, has allegedly hit his 55-year-old friend, Buley to death with a stick over goat meat. The sad incident happened...

Nana Agradaa allegedly dupes church members

Some members of the Heaven Way Church in Weija have accused their leader, Evangelist Mama Pat, popularly known as ‘Nana Agradaa’, of cleverly deceiving...

First Lady launches breast cancer awareness campaign

Ghana’s First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Add, has launched a social media campaign as part of efforts to create awareness on breast cancer. The initiative is...

Anas exposé: The envelope was a donation from Wontumi – Charles Bissue claims

Former Secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles Bissue, has reiterated he committed no crime during his tenure of office. According to him,...

Galamsey fight: Posterity will judge Akufo-Addo if… – Gabby

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, has reiterated that posterity will judge President Akufo-Addo and the current generation if...

Six dead in gory accident at Apirede

A gory accident at the Apirede mountain in the Okere District of the Eastern Region has claimed the lives of six persons. It involved a...

Ukraine to establish Embassy in Ghana

Ukraine plans to establish an embassy in Ghana in future as part of efforts to expand its presence in Africa. This was disclosed by Ukraine's...

IMF officials conclude visit to Ghana

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) team has concluded its discussions with government on policies and reforms that could be supported by a fund lending...

Illegal mining activities in the Bosome Freho District [Photos]

Deputy Lands Minister, Benito Owusu-Bio, on August 22, 2022, revealed that illegal mining is endemic in the Bosome Freho District of the Ashanti Region,...

FDA seizes, destroys substandard medicines worth ₵10 million

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has impounded bottles of bynillin nicotine, cartons of Postinor-2; an oral contraceptive for women, cosmetics, medical devices, Chinese...

Galamsey: I’m clean, ask Martin Amidu – Charles Bissue tells NDC

A former secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on illegal mining says he has had enough of the name-calling, especially by persons in the opposition...

Govt doesn’t owe you a job, find it or create it – GIMPA Rector tells youth

Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Samuel Kwaku Bonsu, has admonished the youth to eschew the notion of...

Public sector overpopulated; people are paid for doing no work – GIMPA Rector

Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Samuel Kwaku Bonsu, has argued that Ghana has a seeming overburdened public...

I will personally lodge a complaint for Wontumi’s arrest – Martin Kpebu

Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has called on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to arrest the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party...

Akonta mining has vacated ‘galamsey’ site at Tano Nimiri forest reserve – Minister

Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, George Mireku Duker, has disclosed that Akonta Mining firm has vacated its ‘galamsey’ site in the Tano...

AFES Consult organises training on waste management for municipalities in Accra

A data collection training aimed at equipping the various municipalities within the Greater Accra Region with skills in data gathering on sanitation has ended. The...

Salaries of some public sector workers suspended

The Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD) has announced the suspension of payment of September 2022 salaries to some public sector workers. The decision, according to...

Gender Ministry reacts to video of man whipping toddler

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has condemned a viral video which captured a yet-to-be-identified man assaulting a toddler. According to the Ministry,...

Anas’ galamsey exposé: Tiger Eye PI replies Charles Bissue

The Tiger Eye PI Investigative team, led by Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has refuted claims by former Secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining...

GRA locks up popular event center ‘Underbridge’

Popular event center ‘Underbridge’ at East Legon in the Greater Accra region has been locked up by enforcement team of the Ghana Revenue Authority. The...

Crime Check launches Meena Breast Cancer Awareness Project [Photos]

Crime prevention and advocacy organisation, Crime Check Foundation (CCF) has launched the Meena Breast Cancer Awareness Project. The project under CCF's Health Check Series is...

NADMO distributes relief items to Ashalaja flood victims [Video]

https://youtu.be/G2tdoK-20Sw Some relief items have been delivered to Ashalaja residents in the Ga South Municipality displaced by a downpour in the area. The items procured by...

Mason drowns in abandoned quarry pit at Kasoa Opeikuma

A mason, believed to be in his late 20s, has drowned in an abandoned stone quarry pit at Kasoa Opeikuma in the Awutu Senya...

Ghana’s debt stock up ¢9bn to ¢402.4bn in July 2022 – BoG

Ghana’s public debt stock went up by ¢9 billion in July 2022 to ¢402.4 billion, the October 2022 Bank of Ghana(BoG) Summary of Economic...

Police deny arrest of man in viral video who whipped toddler 21 times

A man captured in a viral video lashing his infant child has not been arrested contrary to earlier media reports. Reports suggested the man was...

FDA reacts to WHO’s caution against 4 paediatric medicines found in The Gambia

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has confirmed the World Health Organization's (WHO) identification of four substandard medicinal products in The Gambia. The four products...

ECG has not agreed to any percentage with Hubtel – ECG MD

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has reacted to speculation that there was an attempt to hand over the ECG App to Hubtel Company...

‘Horrible and terrible’ – German Ambassador on ‘galamsey’

German Ambassador to Ghana, Daniel Krull, has described the widespread devastation of Ghana’s environment by activities of illegal miners as horrible and terrible, with...

Galamsey: NDC has no evidence to prove my involvement – Ellembelle DCE

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Ellembelle, Kwasi Bonzo, has debunked the National Democratic Congress' (NDC) allegations of his involvement in ‘galamsey’ activities in...