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Screen Burkinabes in Ghana to prevent terrorist infiltration – Former Deputy Minister

A former Deputy Interior Minister, James Agalga, has asked authorities of the Ghana Refugee Board to thoroughly screen the Burkinabes who are seeking asylum...

Police staff killed in ghastly accident

A Staff of the Ghana Police Service met his untimely death at Tema Community 25 Estate Junction on the Dawhenya stretch of the Tema-Aflao...

Husband flees after allegedly chopping off wife’s three fingers [Photo]

A young man identified as Robert Arhin is currently said to be on the run after allegedly chopping off three of his wife's fingers. Mr...

Irate Essipon residents apprehend cable thief

The alertness of residents of Essipon in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region has led to the arrest of a young man...

Luv FM journalists and driver attacked by purported security men of Sewua hospital

Two journalists and a driver of Luv FM, a subsidiary of the Multimedia Group Limited, have been attacked by purported watchmen of the Sewua...

Cancellation of road tolls: Deputy Roads Minister sets record straight

Deputy Minister of Roads and Highways, Stephen Jalula has explained that the government’s policy to cancel the collection of road tolls remains in force. His...

Police Officer who impersonated IGP granted GH¢100k bail

A Police Officer, who allegedly impersonated the Inspector General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare and Director-General of CID, COP Ken Yeboah, has been...

Four suspected armed land guards nearly lynched at Ashifla

Four persons suspected to be notorious armed land guards have escaped lynching at Ashifla in the Ga South Municipality. The men, armed with an AK-47...

K.T. Hammond’s wife appointed High Court judge

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed wife of Member of Parliament for Adansi-Asokwa constituency, Kobina Tahir Hammond Sahib, popularly called K.T. Hammond, as a Justice...

NSS releases codes for 2022/2023 service personnel

The Management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has released for registration a total of 127, 999 Pin Codes for eligible Ghanaians for the...

The state of economy is a painful one for me to report – Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has admitted that the Ghanaian economy is not in normal times. The situation, Mr Ofori-Atta, has blamed on the covid-19 pandemic...

Agenda 111: 87 hospitals at different stages of completion – Ken Ofori-Atta

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has revealed that about 87 hospitals under the government’s Agenda 111 initiative are under construction. According to him, about 87...

Free SHS under review or not: Ofori-Atta sets records straight

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said the Free Senior High School (SHS) and TVET education are not under review. Presenting the 2022 Mid-Year Budget...

Power theft: ECG disconnects power supply to Obaa hotel

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disconnected Obaa’s Golden Plaza, a hotel operating at New Abirem in the Birim North District of the...

Full text: Ken Ofori-Atta’s 2022 Mid-Year Budget Review speech

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has presented the 2022 Mid-Year Budget Review to Parliament for approval. Below is the full statement delivered on July 25,...

Ken Ofori-Atta sends important message to NABCO trainees

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has charged beneficiaries of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) to take advantage of the YouStart programme to build their...

Some Ghanaians frustrated as SIM card registration deadline beckons

Six days to the deadline for the registration of SIM cards, some Ghanaians have been left frustrated. A myriad of reasons have been hampering them...

Govt to re-introduce road tolls

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed government’s innovative strategy to raise funds to facilitate the construction, rehabilitation and extension of the Tema Motorway. According to...

Go and wipe my name from Atta Mills’ statue – Koku Anyidoho tells naysayers

Founder of the Atta Mills Institute, Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has sent a message to persons questioning why his name was engraved on a statue...

Koku Anyidoho reacts to Atta Mills’ name missing on new monument

Founder of Atta Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho, has reacted to late Prof John Evans Atta Mills' name missing on the new monument erected in his...

Finance Minister coming to mock God – MP on Mid-Year Budget Review [Video]

https://youtu.be/iHBuk0uxyow Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale Central, Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, has downplayed the content of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta's 2022 Mid-Year Budget Review later...

Trained nurses storm Parliament to demand urgent employment

Some aggrieved trained nurses have picketed at the Parliament House ahead of the presentation of the 2022 Mid-year budget review by Finance Minister, Ken...

Food shortage to hit Colleges of Education – TTAG

The Teacher Trainees’ Association of Ghana (TTAG) has indicated that, food shortage would be hitting the Colleges of Education (soon. Speaking at the Grand Durbar...

Minority sends strong message to govt over Atta Mills’ statue [Video]

https://youtu.be/cKPk6puoNbw Minority in Parliament is furious with the government over the absence of late former President Atta Mills' name on a bust monument erected in...

Ghana to revert to May/June WASSCE

Ghana will revert to writing the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in May/June in 2024, the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service...

Mahama commemorates 10th anniversary of Atta Mills’ death [Photos]

Former President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday commemorated the 10th anniversary of his former boss, John Evans Atta Mills. Accompanied by stalwarts and supporters from...

Latest on Kasoa ritual murder

The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court is today (Monday, July 25, 2020) expected to empanel a jury in the case in which...

Why Akufo-Addo can’t sack Ken Ofori-Atta – MP reveals [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · ABA Fuseini on why Ken Ofori Atta is still at post Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is allegedly breathing down the neck of President...

Fire destroys 16-bedroom house despite landlord fueling fire tender

https://youtu.be/FGmRNPnBudM Residents at Bugnateng, a suburb of Tempane in the Upper East Region, are counting their losses after fire swept through a 16-bedroom house. The frustrated...

Dr Omane Boamah: A great peaceful African democrat – John Evans Atta Mills

A decade ago, we lost a great peaceful African democrat while he was serving as President of the Republic of Ghana. John Evans Atta...

Marburg virus: One dead; 40 quarantined in Ghana

One more person has died of the Marburg virus with 40 others quarantined in the Savannah Region. The person died on Thursday, July 21, 2022. He...

SHS food shortage: Farouk Aliu Mahama supports Yendi SHS

Farouk Aliu Mahama, Member of Parliament (MP) for Yendi in the Northern Region, has made a donation of food items to the Yendi Senior...

Cadman Mills installed as family head

Brother of the late President Professor John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills, Dr Cadman Mills, was on Friday, July 22, 2022, enstooled as the head...

Security on high alert as Burkinabe refugees arrive in Ghana

Security at the Ghana-Burkina Faso border has been intensified after over 1,000 refugees from Burkina Faso arrived in the country. The Burkinabes, majority being women...

Koku Anyidoho reacts to rituals performed at Asomdwee Park

Founder of Atta Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho, has condemned rituals performed at the Asomdwee Park in Accra.  The ritual was performed on Sunday,...

Over 1,000 Burkinabe nationals flee to Ghana

Over 1,000 Burkinabe nationals, who fled terrorist attacks in the country, have arrived in Ghana. The refugees, most of them women and children, are said...

Check out statue made to keep late Atta Mills’ memory alive

A monument to keep alive the memory and legacy of late former President John Evans Atta Mills has been built at the Asomdwee Park....

Suspected thief stoned to death in front of Methodist church

A suspected thief has been stoned to death in front of the Ashtown Methodist Church in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region. The unidentified...

GWCL grants amnesty to customers in arrears

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has granted amnesty to all customers who owe the company or have issues with their connections. The amnesty is to...

Atta Mills’ death: I will take what I know to the grave – Brother

A brother of the late President John Evans Atta Mills, says he will go to the grave with the rest of what he knows...