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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...

KNUST students develop instrument to measure temperature and light energy from the sun

Some students at the Mechanical Engineering Department of KNUST have developed a relatively cost-effective digital instrument for measuring ambient temperature and light energy from...

2 women in court over alleged assault on Besease M/A JHS teacher

The Ejisu District Court has remanded into prison custody, one of two women who assaulted a teacher at the Besease M/A JHS in the Ashanti Region for...

Galamsey: NDC calls for prosecution of Wontumi, Charles Bissue, others

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to prosecute his appointees and party officials found complicit in illegal mining also...

Koforidua floods could have been dire if … – New Juaben South MCE

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for New Juaben South, Isaac Appaw Gyasi, has revealed that but for proactive measures taken under his leadership, Koforidua...

A-G advises Interior Ministry to compensate Ejura shooting victims

The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has advised the Ministry of the Interior to pay compensation to three victims of the...

36 suspected scammers arrested at Ejisu [Video]

https://youtu.be/LoPOs18_N0Y The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has arrested 36 people suspected to be engaged in illegal network marketing activities in the Ejisu Municipality of the...

Increase price of bag of cocoa to ¢1,500 or we smuggle it – Farmers to govt

Cocoa farmers have lamented about the government’s 21 per cent increase in the producer price for cocoa They said this is not enough. According to them,...

One person found dead in Weija floods

One person has been found dead in the Weija floods. The body of the male adult was discovered in a house at Tetegu on...

Parliament warns Herald Editor to cease exposés on controversial GNPC/Genser Energy contract

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Mines and Energy has served the Editor of The Herald newspaper, Larry Alans Dogbe, notice that he risks Contempt...

New Juaben Traditional Council bans some funeral activities

The New Juaben Traditional Council in the Eastern Region has banned some activities that come with funeral rites in the area. These include the conveyance...

Stolen cattle exposes drug dealer

A narcotics dealer in a remote cottage near Kwamang in the Ashanti Region, has been exposed and arrested after he stole eight cattle from...

Fire guts shops at Makola [Video]

Fire has destroyed some cosmetic shops near the White Chapel building at Makola in Accra. The cause of the incident, which occurred on Wednesday, is...

Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program celebrates decade of developing young leaders

The Mastercard Foundation celebrates the decennial anniversary of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program. Launched in 2012, the program began as a $500 million initiative to...

Ghana’s 2nd Lady to speak at WHO’s energy meeting

Ghana's Second Lady, Her Excellency, Mrs Samira Bawumia, a champion of clean and safe cooking methods, is on the WHO list of eminent personalities...

Man confesses to using fiancé’s panties for love charm on live radio

 After an end to a 12-year sexual relationship, a 30-year-old lady says she has not been attractive to any other man, because of a...

Man arrested with bones at Assin Bereku

A man, Akwasi Broni, has been arrested by the Police at Assin Bereku in the Central Region after a quantity of yet-to-be-identified bones was...

Gary Nimako heads NPP Legal Directorate

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has on Thursday, October 6, set up a Directorate for Legal Affairs. The party has subsequently appointed Lawyer Gary Nimako...

Address challenges to sustain gains of ongoing clean-up operation

An Environmental Health Analyst at the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Joseph A. Asitanga, has hinted that until some challenges were addressed, the gains made...

Martin Amidu writes: IMF a smokescreen to ram austerity budget down the throats of Ghanaians

There is a saying that: “to be forewarned is to be forearmed.” It is also said that: “history does not repeat itself but it...

Kaaka’s family unhappy with prosecution’s delays

JoyNews/AdomNews · ‘We’re nothing but a poor family’ – Kaaka’s family unhappy with prosecution’s delays The family of late social activist, Ibrahim Mohammed aka Kaaka,...

Akufo-Addo must resign for failing in galamsey fight – Martin Kpebu

Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, says President Akufo-Addo must resign over his failure to end illegal mining, otherwise known as galamsey in the country. The...

NDC’s Rachel Appoh honoured

Former Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central constituency, Rachel Appoh, has been honoured by National Democratic Congress (NDC) Youth and Friends in Maryland, USA. This...

Assistant Headmaster of Mpatasia D/A drowns in galamsey pit

The Assistant Headmaster of Mpatasia D/A Junior High School in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region, Akwasi Anane, has died after falling...

Bosome Freho DCE hot over alleged involvement in galamsey

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Bosome Freho in the Ashanti Region, Yaw Danso, is hot following allegations of illegal mining, commonly called 'galamsey'...

E-levy affecting govt’s digital agenda – Telecoms Chamber

The Chief Executive of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, Ken Ashigbey, has disclosed that the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy) is slowing government’s own digital...

Address poverty, rising inequalities – Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference to govt

Most Reverend Philip Naameh, the President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, has called on the government to address the rising poverty levels and...

Only real action will help us win galamsey fight – Concern Small Scale Miners

The Concerned Small Scale Miners Association says the fight against illegal mining cannot be won with mere words. The Association insists only a concerted effort...

Rachel Appoh marks 40th birthday with breast cancer awareness

Former Deputy Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection in the erstwhile Mahama administration, Rachel Appoh, marked her 40th birthday with a breast cancer...

Galamsey: I will deal with govt officials found complicit – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has vowed to deal with persons within his government who may be found complicit in illegal mining activities. The President said the...

CHRAJ probes 428 cases of non-declared assets

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) says it is investigating some 428 public office holders for failing to declare their assets.   Mr...

Stella Gyimaah Larbi adjudged 2022 National Best Teacher

A teacher at the Adentan Community Junior High School (JHS), Stella Gyimaah Larbi, has emerged as the overall best teacher for 2022. She was awarded...