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We will purge Ghana off all criminals – IGP assures

The Inspector-General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has given the strongest indication yet of his resolve to ensure that the country is purged...

GWCL pays GH¢2 million out of GH¢17.5 million ECG debt in Volta Region

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) in the Volta Region has paid GH¢2 million out of its GH¢17.5 million electricity debt. The debt was...

ECG MD sends strong warning to power thieves

The Managing Director (MD) for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, says customers caught engaging in power theft will be forced...

Akufo-Addo commissions newly constructed Kwabenya police barracks [Photos]

President Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, 19th April 2023, commissioned the Kwabenya Police Barracks Project for the officers, men and women of the Ghana Police Service. Addressing...

Ghana cited as transit point for illicit gold trade – Report

Ghana has been cited as a major transit point for the illicit shipment of gold. Originally, a safety standards oriented company, on its illicit trading...

Former NPP Chairman proposes review of three-year SHS duration

A former New Patriotic Party (NPP) New Juaben North Chairman has called on government to consider a possible change in the duration of the...

Flood early warning system for Accra completed

Ministry Of Works and Housing says it has made significant progress in efforts to mitigate flood risks and reduce the incidence of flooding in...

Energy Minister leads ECG’s debt recovery effort

Energy Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has endorsed the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG)’s revenue mobilisation exercise to retrieve every pesewa owed them. Napo, as...

4 suspects involved in murder of Mujipe chief put before court

The Savannah Regional Police Command has arraigned four suspects before the Tamale Magistrate Court on Wednesday, with a provisional charge of murder. This was over...

Global Action Week of Education 2023 launched

The 2023 Global Action Week (GAW) of Education, one of the major annual activities of the Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition(GNECC) which celebrates education,...

Roads Minister rescues accident victim on Tema motorway

The timely intervention of Roads Minister, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, on Wednesday saved a yet-to-be-identified man who was involved in an accident on the Tema Motorway....

If you want to keep your ex-husband’s name after divorce, then go to court and buy it – Lawyer

Lawyer and family life counsellor, Kweku Yamoah Paintsil, says women who still want to keep their ex-husband’s name after divorce can go to court...

AirtelTigo reacts to ‘misleading’ reports of owing ECG GH₵ 1m

Telecommunications company, AirtelTigo, has described as misleading some reports that they owe the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) GH₵ 1million. Days prior, AirtelTigo was caught...

Supreme Court quashes injunction placed on NDC Youth Organiser

The Supreme Court has quashed a ruling by the Koforidua High Court injuncting Eastern Regional Youth Organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC), Richard...

He is innocent – Fijai PTA defends interdicted headmaster

The Parents Association (PA) of Fijai Senior High School (SHS) has jumped to the defence of interdicted Headmaster, Kenneth Agbomadze. The Association has indicated he...

GNECC chases govt for special schools’ grant

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has called on government to, as a matter of urgency, pay grant due special schools to ensure...

Surrender all stolen vehicles by May 31

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has directed all vehicle dealers and individuals in possession of 95 luxury vehicles, suspected to have been...

FDA to name and shame health facilities that give fake medications to patients – Agyeman-Manu

Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has disclosed that some public health facilities in the country are administering fake and falsified medications to patients in the...

Ablakwa offers sponsorship for Bookworm Reading competition finalist

Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has offered sponsorship to a brilliant finalist of the Bookworm National Reading Competition. The lower...

You will be punished – TOR MD warns workers against strike

The Managing Director (MD) of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Jerry K. Hinson, has described attempts by some workers of the company to embark...

JHS pupil beaten with iron rods for allegedly stealing GH¢50

A first-year Junior High School (JHS) pupil of the Koforidua Sarkodea Basic A school has been assaulted by his guardians for allegedly stealing GH¢50. The...

2 cable thieves jailed 27 years

Two scrap dealers who burgled an uncompleted house and stole electrical cables have been jailed for a total of 27 years in hard labour...

Ambulance trial: Ato Forson to call 9 witnesses

Minority Leader and former Deputy Minister of Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson, has indicated his intention to call nine (9) witnesses in the ongoing trial...

NHIS: I pay cash for healthcare because of extortion – Health Minister

Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, is unhappy at what he describes as extortion by some service providers under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). He says...

Meet Adam Adamu – Ghana’s leading female sanitation entrepreneur and honoree of iDE’s ’40 Under 40 Campaign’

iDE's '40 Under 40' campaign is an inspiring initiative that highlights 40 exceptional entrepreneurs under 40 who are making a significant impact in their...

Hundreds displaced by tidal waves at Agorkedzi, schools closed

Hundreds of residents of Agorkedzi in the Anloga District of the Volta Region have been displaced by tidal waves after a downpour in the...

Sports betting killing our youth – Mental Health Authority boss

The Chief Executive Officer of Mental Health Authority, Dr Kwasi Osei, is advocating for a ban on all forms of sports betting in the...

One person still missing after canoe capsises on River Offin

One person is still missing after a canoe carrying 11 illegal miners capsized at the Assin Ewusem stretch of River Offin. Since the incident, which...

Suspend seizure of 95 cars – Chamber of Automobile Dealership Ghana tells EOCO

The Chamber of Automobile Dealership Ghana (CADEG) has called on the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) for the immediate suspension of the order...

Social media users to support boy studying under streetlight

A young boy who was captured studying under a streetlight has caught the attention of netizens. The one-minute video posted by @teikoszn on Twitter has...

What ECG MD said after realising Mahama pays his own electricity bills

The Managing Director (MD) of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, has confirmed that former President John Dramani Mahama pays his...

Agyemang-Manu laments over lawsuits against doctors

Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has decried the rate at which health professionals are sued by the public for alleged poor service delivery and medical...

Thieves raid visually impaired department of Okuapeman SHS

Some thieves have managed to steal 14 computers belonging to the Visually Impaired Department of the Okuapeman Senior High School in the Akuapem North...

TOR workers to go on strike to demand revamp of refinery

The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) workers have given notice of their intention to embark on a series of actions, including picketing at the Jubilee...

Woman allegedly kills husband at Nabdam, flees with children

Agyei Abanga, a 39-year-old mason at Logre in the Nabdam District of the Upper East region, has allegedly been killed by his wife, Bogpoka...

Aisha Huang re-entered Ghana because she had missed her husband – Court told

Alleged galamsey kingpin, Aisha Huang, re-entered Ghana because she had missed her husband, a Police investigator told an Accra High Court on Monday. Mounting the...

Presidential Advisor explains why La General Hospital reconstruction has stalled

Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr. Nsiah Asare has explained why construction work on the demolished La General Hospital has stalled. According to him, work has...

NEDCo cuts power supply to BTU, Bolga NTC over indebtedness

The Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) has cut power supply to two educational institutions in the Upper East Region over their indebtedness to the...

University senior staff to declare nationwide strike

The Senior Staff Association of the Universities of Ghana has hinted it will declare a nationwide strike on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, in support...

Female suspected armed robber, 2 others arrested

Police have arrested three suspected armed robbers including a female for snatching a vehicle from a driver at a cemetery on the Breman Kokoso...