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‘Free SHS food unfit for dogs’ comment ‘unpresidential, vulgar, low’ – MoE PRO tackles John Mahama

Spokesperson for the Ministry of Education, Kwasi Kwarteng has called on former President John Dramani Mahama to apologise to Ghanaian children for equating the...

Latest twist to West hills mall incident

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Defence and Interior is to write to the management of West Hills Mall in Accra to demand the raw...

Dr Opuni and others’ case before new judge

The case of Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni, former Chief Executive of COCOBOD, and two others standing trial on 27 counts of willfully causing financial...

Pay attention to professional conduct in social media exchanges – Akosua Manu advises

The Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of Finance and Administration at the National Youth Authority Akosua Manu, has advised the youth to exercise...

Chief of Mujipe shot dead, son in critical condition

75-year-old chief of Mujipe in the Tuluwe Traditional Area in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region has been shot dead at his...

Level 200 student dead, 3 others in critical condition in accident at Larabanga

A level 200 student of the Damongo Agricultural College in the West Gonja Municipality has died in a motor accident at the abandoned Larabanga...

Mfantsipim old boy donates laptops to school

A member of the Mfantsipim Old Boys 1989 Year Group, Mohammed Baakoe through his Canada-based company, DRW has donated laptops ¢250,000 worth to his...

Check out ECG’s load shedding timetable

The Electricity Company of Ghana has announced that there is a power generation shortfall as a result of maintenance works being carried out by...

Use of old shafts for community mining exposes Tarkwa to danger

There is looming danger in Tarkwa as local miners ignore warnings to use an old shaft located within Goldfields Ghana’s active mining zone for...

Ghana leads the way as UN’s largest contributor of female peacekeepers

Ghana has been lauded for its significant achievements including contributing the largest number of female peacekeepers to the United Nations (UN). The UN...

Ambulance case: Court orders Ato Forson to answer charges

Minority Leader Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has been ordered by an Accra High Court to open his defence in the ambulance case. Two others, former...

ECG to release load shedding timetable

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the coming days will release a schedule to guide consumers due to the shutdown of the Atuabo Gas Processing...

Good news for National Service personnel

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has stated that recent economic difficulties are not the cause of the delay in payments of allowances to service...

5 collapse, over 500 rendered homeless as police evict residents of Buduburam

Five persons were left unconscious, over 500 residents of Suncity, a suburb of Buduburam rendered homeless following their eviction by a litigant of a...

McDan Salt company reacts to debt owed ECG

The management of Electrochem Limited, a salt mining company owned by Dr Daniel McKorkely, has reacted to claims that it owes GH¢300,000 debt to...

Father Campbell builds mosque for Weija Leprosarium [Photos]

Rev Father Andrew Campbell has constructed a mosque for the Weija Leprosarium in the Ga South municipality of the Greater Accra Region. The project to...

Alleged coup plot: Court expunges late Mac-Palm’s testimony from its records

The High Court in Accra has expunged the testimony of the late Dr Frederick Mac-Palm from its records. This comes after the court received confirmation...

Okada rider jailed 23 years for rape, robbery

The Tema Circuit Court B has sentenced a 28-year-old man, Louis Dordzi Dzidefo, to a 23-year prison term with hard labour, for robbing and...

Russian Embassy in Ghana takes on Kamala Harris

The Russian Embassy in Ghana has disputed claims by US Vice President Kamala Harris that the Russian-Ukraine war has impacted African countries. According to the...

People’s Forum: Krobo Odumase residents raise alarm over high water bills

Residents of Krobo Odomase in the Eastern Region are up in alms with the Ghana Water Company over unjustified water bills. They claim their bill...

136 structures to be demolished at Ramsar sites

The Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council has been given the green light to demolish 136 structures encroaching within the core area of the Sakumono...

Green Ghana: Govt reacts to debt owed seedling contractors

The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources responsible for Lands and Forestry, Benito Owusu-Bio, has dismissed claims circulating in the media space about...

3 ECG employees charged for stealing GH¢2.1 million in prepaid credits

Three employees of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and seven others have been slapped with 20 charges bothering on money laundering and stealing...

Three arrested for brandishing guns on social media

Three persons have been detained by the police for unlawfully possessing firearms and engaging in acts of vigilantism. The suspects were arrested on Monday, March...

Genuine anti-corruption crusaders don’t hide behind masks – Martin Amidu to Anas

The High Court (General Jurisdiction 2) Accra, on 15 March 2023 after hearing the defamation action brought by Anas A. Anas against Kennedy Agyepong...

Kasoa ritual murder: Tears flow in court as mother gives testimony

The tearful mother of the 15-year-old juvenile offender who is standing trial with one another has given a chilling testimony in the case in...

Court confirms death of Dr Mac-Palm

The High Court in Accra has expunged the evidence of Dr Frederick Yao Mac-Palm who was standing trial together with nine others from its...

Ashaiman soldier’s murder: Police forward docket on suspects to A-G

The police have forwarded the docket on two suspects arrested in connection with the killing of 21-year-old soldier, Private Imoro Sherrif, at Ashaiman in...

Woman arrested over alleged human trafficking in Central Region

A 35-year-old woman has been arrested for alleged human trafficking at Biriwa in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. Information gathered indicates that...

Kamala Harris, husband honoured with Kente

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman, Douglas Emhoff received a traditional Kente cloth, from the Chief of Cape Coast, Osabarima Kwesi Atta...

IMF: Why it is crucial to pass 3 new tax bills – Oppong Nkrumah

The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, is pushing for the passage of new taxes in Parliament. This, he said, is to enable government secure...

Anti-LGBTQ Bill has not been diluted – NDC MP

Member of Parliament (MP) for North Dayi, Rockson Nelson Defeamekpor, has refuted claims made by President Nana Akufo-Addo that significant portions of the Anti-LGBT...

ECG disconnects McDan Salt Company over GH¢300k debt

Electrochem Ghana Limited, a salt mining company owned by Dr Daniel McKorley, has been cut off from the national power grid.  This was done by...

ECG threatens to disconnect Ho Teaching Hospital, Ho Municipal Hospital over arrears

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has threatened to disconnect the Ho Teaching Hospital and the Ho Municipal Hospital if they fail to clear...

Green Ghana project: Seedling contractors chase govt for GH¢28m

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has debunked claims that the ministry owes some seedling providers in the country over GH¢2.5 billion under...

Herdsman arrested for inflicting cutlass wounds on farmer

A Fulani herdsman is in the grips of Damongo police in the Savannah Regional capital for inflicting cutlass wounds on a farmer. The suspect assaulted...

Your indecisive posture on LGBTQI+ issues problematic – Akufo-Addo told

Samuel Narteh George, a lead Sponsor of the Anti-LGBTQI Bill, has urged President Nana Akufo-Addo to emulate his predecessors in making his position clear....

Check out committee to probe Kejetia market fire

The Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development on Wednesday inaugurated a five-member committee to probe the Kejetia market fire incident. The chairman...

Parliament to probe UG residential policy impasse

The First Deputy Speakerbof Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu, has asked the Education Committee of Parliament to investigate the impasse between the management of the...

Suicide now a mental health issue

Parliament has amended sections of the Criminal Offenses Act of 1960, which criminalised attempted suicide. Following the amendment which took place on Tuesday, any person...