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Ekosiisen National Dialogue Series: Take your own destiny into your hands – Youth urged

The Chief Executive Officer of National Youth Authority (NYA), Pius Enam Hadzide, has challenged the youth to take their destinies into their own hands. This,...

New twist to Nana Agradaa’s case

The founder of the Heaven Way Champion Ministries International Church, Patricia Asiedua, known as Nana Agradaa, has been slapped with fresh charges at the...

Gambaga witch camp survivor shares experience in Norway

Suuk Laari lived in the Gambaga witch camp for 15 years. Like everyone from the camp, her story confirms that of other women there...

MTN Ghana Foundation marks International Day of Rural Women at Akuse

MTN Ghana Foundation has empowered rural women on modern ways of farming to improve productivity. The initiative to mark the International Day of Rural Women...

The struggle is real: Gabby on Ghana’s ailing economy

Private legal practitioner and member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, has acknowledged the harshness of the Ghanaian economy and its...

Ekosiisen National Dialogue Series: Govt alone cannot solve unemployment situation; take charge – Minister urges

The government alone cannot solve the problem of unemployment situations in Ghana, a Deputy Finance Minister, Dr John Kumah, has said. According to the Member...

Nana Agradaa’s arrest a camouflage – Kofi Akpaloo

The flagbearer of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Kofi Akpaloo, says the arrest of the founder of Heaven Way Church, Patricia Asiedua aka...

Fuel prices to go up from October 16 – IES

Fuel prices are expected to go up at the pumps from Sunday, October 16, 2022, the Institute for Energy Security (IES) has projected. This is...

Ekosiisen National Dialogue Series: Always be prepared; be a gorilla in your own space – McDan advises youth

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the McDan Group of Companies, Daniel McKorley, has cautioned the Ghanaian youth to always be ready for opportunities as...

Gunmen attack workers of Gomoa Fetteh Salt Industry as many get hospitalised

A group of gunmen numbering about 10 are reported to have attacked workers of the Gomoa Fetteh Salt Industry Limited, a wholly registered salt...

Sacked PPA boss’ trial begins Nov 29

The Office of the Special Prosecutor will on November 29, 2022, call its first witness in the trial of sacked former Chief Executive Officer...

Pentecostal and Charismatic Council threatens demo against ‘galamsey’

The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) says it will mobilise its members to embark on a massive protest to drum home their displeasure...

Agradaa’s ‘son’ faces off with journalist in court [Video]

There was drama at the Circuit Court in Accra hearing the case of self-acclaimed evangelist, Patricia Asiedua, aka Nana Agradaa, over an alleged money-doubling...

Galamsey fight: I’m totally blind to so-called powerful people – Abu Jinapor

Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has said he remains committed to the fight against illegal mining locally known as galamsey. According...

Cedi hits ¢12.10 to a dollar

The Ghana cedi has breached the ¢12 mark within just a week, selling at ¢12.10 at most forex bureaus or the retail market. A visit...

Top journalist passes on

The Managing Editor of Koforidua-based Joy Daddy Multimedia, Solomon Kwaku Nuwordu, has been reported dead. Mr Nuwordu, according to reports, died on Thursday morning at the...

We run schools on credit and borrowing – CHASS to govt

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) says the delay in the release of funds for the running of schools under the...

All miners flushed out of Tano-Nimri Forest Reserve – Lands Minister

Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, has revealed all miners have been flushed out of the Tano Nimri Forest Reserve. He noted...

Missing man found dead in river

The decomposed body of a 56-year-old man has been found in a river under a bridge at Ekumfi Akotsi in the Central Region. Kasapa FM...

Koforidua Jackson Park building collapses on 2 workers

Two construction workers working on the redevelopment of the Koforidua Jackson Park project are receiving treatment at the Koforidua Government Hospital after a section...

NMC stops 2 stations from hosting programmes

The National Media Commission (NMC) has directed two radio stations in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region to immediately cease hosting programmes that espouse religious...

Notorious robber killed as Police arrest two suspects in Ashanti Region

The Police have killed a notorious robbery suspect at Asuofia Asamang in the Ashanti Region with two others arrested. This was through a specialised intelligence...

NSMQ 2022: Here are the schools that have qualified for one-eighth stage

On Thursday, October 13, the final contests of the 2022 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) preliminary stage came off. On day four of the...

2022 BECE: Good news for candidates on selection of schools into SHSs

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has rolled out a new and easy strategy to aid parents and their wards who will be writing the...

GES sends strong warning to 2022 BECE candidates

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has cautioned candidates writing the upcoming Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) to refrain from cheating in the exams. The exams have been...

All set for 2022 BECE

The 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) will commence on October 17 and end on October 21, 2022. The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) announced...

St Peter’s SHS gets smart lab, E-library

A smart laboratory and an electronic-Library initiated to boost education have been commissioned for St. Peter's Senior High School (SHS) at Kwahu-Abetifi in the...

World Food Day: Consume local food – Minister urges Ghanaians

The 42nd World Food Day has been celebrated in Ghana with a call on food scientists, vendors and players to make food safe for...

Moroccan Ambassador to visit Yendi

Moroccan Ambassador to Ghana, Her Excellency Imane Quaadil, is scheduled to pay an official visit to Yendi from 15th-18th October, 2022 as part of...

GRA shuts 16 businesses

Assistant Commissioner of the VAT Administration wing of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Philip Acquah, says 16 businesses have been closed for non-compliance with...

Gifty Anti mourns after being hit with sad news

Ace broadcaster and media personality, Gifty Anti, is heartbroken over the loss of a beloved friend who she also calls a sister, Dr Ophelia Akosua...

Doreen Avio visits pupils of Luom Presbyterian Basic School on International Day of Girl Child

Media personality Doreen Avio has paid a visit to the Luom Presbyterian Basic School as part of the International Day of the Girl Child...

People’s Forum: Angry Tantra Hills residents chase MP for better roads

Residents of Tantra Hills, Black Market in the Amasaman constituency have lamented over the deplorable state of their roads. 'No construction of roads no votes'...

Four suspected kidnappers arrested at Abirem Ekumfi

Four suspected kidnappers have been arrested at Abirem in the Ekumfi District of the Central Region. They were carrying sharp cutlasses, hoes, and other weapons...

Media Coalition Against Galamsey calls for Wontumi’s arrest

The Media Coalition Against Galamsey has called for the immediate arrest of the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), for his...

To ban surface mining or not; Lands Minister sets records straight

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has said it will take extensive research and data finding for government to decide...

Freddie Blay did no wrong defending Aisha Huang’s accomplices but … – Abu Jinapor

Lands Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has asserted that former National Chairman, Freddie Blay, did no wrong representing four of Aisha Huang’s accomplices on trial...

NoToGalamsey: Military High Command receives list of licensed mining firms

A comprehensive list of all licensed small-scale mining companies nationwide has been handed over to the Military High Command. This forms part of new measures...

Nana Agradaa denied bail again

The Circuit Court in Accra has for the second time refused a bail application for self-acclaimed evangelist Patricia Asiedua, popularly known as Nana Agradaa. This...

Govt intentionally delaying my trial – Barker-Vormawor

#FixTheCountry Movement convener Oliver Barker Vormawor who is standing trial for treason felony is accusing government of unnecessarily delaying his trial. This, he says, is...