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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...

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...