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There’s no evidence Ato Forson authorised payment of ambulances – Health Minister

The Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has told the High Court in Accra that he has not seen any document that Dr Cassiel Ato...

Ghana’s Cardinal to undergo heart surgery

Ghana’s Cardinal Richard Kuuia Baawobr is expected to undergo heart surgery in Rome by the end of this week, according to the spokesman for the Ghana Catholic...

Mahama, Nana Konadu, Alan mourn with Haruna Atta as he buries wife [Photos]

Former President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday joined veteran journalist, Haruna Atta, to pay their last respects to his wife, Nana Yaa Agyeman. The final...

GCAA loses cables, signal equipment under threat as encroachers damage installations

The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is losing some of its sensitive installations in Accra, including cables used to direct pilots during landing and...

Akufo-Addo’s itinerary as he tours Central Region

President Nana Akufo-Addo, will from Friday, September 2, 2022, begin a two-day tour of the Central Region. He is expected on this tour to...

Cable thieves plunge Kumasi into darkness

A group of unknown cable thieves has reportedly invaded Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, with their illegal activities. These hoodlums have started a grand...

KNUST reacts to A-G’s report over unaccredited courses

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is allaying fears of stakeholders over an Auditor-General's report that revealed majority of programmes offered...

Ghana needs a spiritual leader – Kumchacha on presidential ambition

Popular prophet, Nicolas Osei, popularly known as Kumchacha, has explained his motivation to vie for president in the 2024 general election. According to him, given...

Eastern Regional Hospital laboratory receives accreditation in medical testing

The Quality And Accreditation Institute has assessed and issued a Certificate of Accreditation to the Eastern Regional Hospital Laboratory.  This international accreditation (ISO 15189:2012) was issued after...

Full speech: NPP Chairman’s address at Baffour Akoto’s commemorative book launch

History, they say, has a way of repeating itself. Today is exactly 52 years when His Excellency Mr Edward Akufo-Addo of blessed memory took...

Customs Staff Association accuses GRA of intimidation

The Customs Staff Association (CSA) has accused the management of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) of subtly bullying its members following the Special Prosecutor’s...

Presec Legon adjudged winners of ‘2022 Onga Jollof Battle’

As part of activities marking this year’s World Jollof Day celebration, leading culinary brand, Onga, has organised the second edition of the Onga Jollof Battle.  This year’s Jollof battle, which was...

Over 100 arrested for dumping refuse on Kasoa highway

Awutu Senya East Municipal Assembly Taskforce has arrested over 100 people for dumping refuse on the Kasoa main Highway at night. They were arrested during...

50-year-old man found dead in his farm [Video]

https://youtu.be/lMQzl6Hvyqo A 50-year-old man, identified as Akwasi Aboagye, has been found dead in his farm at Mampamhwe Domeabra in the Obuasi East District of the...

The People’s Forum: Traders, trotro drivers at Nii Boi Town adopt ‘hand-to-mouth’ strategy to survive

Traders and commercial drivers at Nii Boi Town, a suburb in the Greater Accra Region, have adopted a new strategy to surmount the socio-economic...

Alan consoles Hackman Owusu Agyemang [Photos]

Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyerematen, has visited the Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Hackman Owusu Agyemang, to commiserate with him following...

Kejetia traders fume; call on management to give metering contract to ECG

Traders at the Kejetia Market in Kumasi are calling on managers of the facility to contract the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to install...

Driver’s mate sentenced to 9 years imprisonment for stealing

A Circuit Court in Koforidua has convicted a 29-year-old driver’s mate to nine years imprisonment for breaking into a five-bedroom vacant apartment at Okorase. The...

NADMO caused over 490k financial loss to the state – Auditor-General

The Audit Service has revealed that the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) caused financial loss to the state between 2019 and 2021. According to the...

Deputy Lands Minister, Forestry Commission Board storm Accra Zoo after lion killed man

Following a meeting between the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and the Forestry Commission Board on Wednesday, 31st August 2022, the Deputy Minister...

NYA boss admonishes NSS personnel to venture into entrepreneurship

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Youth Authority (NYA) has admonished national service personnel to position themselves to leverage on the opportunities...

It takes only GHS8 a year to access healthcare with NHIS card – Okoe Boye [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · It takes only GHS8 a year to access healthcare with NHIS card - Okoe Boye The Chief Executive officer (CEO) of the National...

AIDS kills 932 in six months

The National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) has indicated that 932 people died of HIV/AIDS in the first six months of 2022. According to the NACP...

GJA, PIAC rekindle collaboration to attain PRMA objectives

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) and the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) have rekindled their commitment to fostering greater collaboration towards the attainment...

Polio vaccination begins in Northern Region

The Northern Regional Health Directorate has launched a polio vaccination campaign after detecting cases at Kobilimagu in the Tamale Metro and Nyanshegu in the...

Okudzeto secures jobs for NABCo trainees as programme ends

North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced job opportunities for 97 Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo) trainees in his constituency. The jobs, he explained, follows...

SHS graduate remanded for stealing fuel from tanker

A 24-year-old Senior High School (SHS) graduate, Isaac Gakpetor, has been remanded into police custody by the Bole Magistrate for stealing gallons of fuel...

35% adult population in Ghana hypertensive

Data available to the Ministry of Health indicates that approximately 35 per cent of the adult population of the country are hypertensive, the disease...

Ghana Standards Authority makes major statement about Suzuki S-Presso

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) says the Suzuki S-Presso hatchback vehicle model is certified, approved and passed the country’s safety standards. The vehicle on...

Akufo-Addo promotes top Prisons Directors

President Nana Akufo-Addo has approved the promotion of some senior officers to the Prisons Directorate. Four of them have been promoted from the rank of...

New electricity tariffs take off

The 27.15 per cent power tariff increment for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), as approved by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), takes...

One killed as police arrest Wassa Akropong bank robbery suspects

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with a robbery attack on the Upper Amenfi Rural Bank at Jukwa near Wassa Akropong. The two...

Haruna Atta celebrates late wife

Ghana’s former Ambassador to Namibia, Alhaji Haruna Atta, has said his late wife, Nana Yaa Ofosuhemaa Agyeman, had a very successful life. “My wife’s funeral...

Jehovah’s Witnesses worldwide resume door-to-door ministry

Jehovah’s Witnesses worldwide will on Thursday, September 1, 2022, resume their well-known door-to-door ministry. A special global campaign will be launched to offer members of...

Thieves ransack NIA office at Tano North

Thieves have broken into the Tano North Municipal Office of the National Identification Authority (NIA) in the Ahafo Region and made away with some...

Bagre Dam spillage: NADMO issues flood alert

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has issued flood alert after authorities in charge of the management of the Bagre Dam indicated that water...

COVID-19: Checkout new guidelines at Kotoka International Airport

The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has revised Covid-19 guidelines for passengers entering and those leaving the country through the Kotoka International Airport. In a...

Akufo-Addo approves inclusion of nuclear energy into Ghana’s power generation mix

President Nana Akufo-Addo has now incorporated the inclusion of nuclear technology into the country’s power generation mix. The move, according to him, is in consonance...

Morso Traditional Council honours NSMQ’s Eden of Prempeh College

The chiefs and people of Morso in the Asante Akyem South Municipality have held a grand durbar in honour of Eden Nana Obeng Kyei,...

Traditional healers request to be engaged in healthcare system

The Regional Chairman for Afrikania Traditional Healers, Jijiri Wajah, has entreated government to preserve the nation’s cultural heritage by integrating traditional healers into the...