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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...

Remove the Ghana flag from your neck – Judge orders Oliver Barker-Vormawor

A High Court Judge on Thursday morning ordered #FixTheCountry Movement convener, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, to “remove the Ghana flag from his neck.” The Cambridge PhD student...

School Feeding: Pupils forced to go home for food during break time

The Authorities of Pomposo Akaporiso Basic School at Obuasi have expressed concern over the neglect of pupils by officials in charge of the Ghana...

Passengers stranded as rains destroy portion of Sunyani-Techiman highway

Scores of commuters have been stranded for hours at the Kobedi stretch of the Sunyani-Techiman Highway after a thunderstorm destroyed portions of the highway. Several...

Ghana Chapter of World Bank-IMF Parliamentary Network launched

The Ghana Chapter of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Parliamentary Network has been launched. The network is a platform to provide...

Accident disrupts power supply in Oforikrom Municipality [Photos]

 A long truck transporting goods through Kumasi to Burkina Faso has hit high-tension electric poles at Oforikrom in Kumasi, causing a power outage to...

Govt engages 80,000 illegal miners under NAELP programme

Government has engaged about 80,000 people engaged in illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, under the Alternative Employment and Livelihood Programme (NAELP). The beneficiaries have...

Murder: Man jailed ‘by mistake’ freed after 33 years

A 75-year-old man, Emmanuel Tetteh, who was wrongly sentenced to death for murder has been finally released from prison after 33 years. Tetteh, Tengey ,...

Wontumi’s mining site in Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve set ablaze [Photos+Video]

Government is alleged to have ordered for the burning of the ‘galamsey’ site structures in the Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve. This follows a directive from...

IMF bailout: Budget to presidency should be cut – Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama says the budget for the Presidency should be cut as the government seeks assistance from the International Monetary Fund...

Dompim-Pepesa chief’s palace attack: Three suspects arrested

Police have arrested three suspects in connection with the Dompim-Pepesa chieftaincy disturbance.  The dispute resulted in severe injury to one person and damage to property. According...

Family house of Dompim-Pepesa chief burnt; body guard injured

The family house of a claimant to the Dompim-Pepesa stool, Nana Nyonwah Panyin IV, has been left in ruins following a chieftaincy related disturbance in...

Kumasi MMT staff join sit-down strike

Staff of the Metro Mass Transit Limited in Kumasi have joined their colleagues in Accra for a sit-down strike to demand payment of salary...

Why I quit as Agradaa’s lawyer – Effah-Dartey

Captain (Rtd.) Nkrabeah Effah-Dartey has revealed that he used to be the legal representative for Nana Agradaa, the embattled evangelist currently in police custody. The...

3 development chiefs inducted to lead dominating ethnic groups at Nungua

Nungua, a Ga community in Accra and dominated by other ethnic groups have inducted some chiefs and queen mothers to lead the groups. The dominating...

25 trafficked victims rescued, reunited with families at Ada East District

Some twenty-five (25) children have been rescued at Ada in the Ada East District of the Greater Accra Region. The victims, who were trafficked from...

Nhyira FM gears up for another edition of Akan Akansie

The second edition of Nhyira FM’s Akan Akansie is set to be staged on Nhyira FM and Adom TV, with the aim of educating...

12 suspected land guards with weapons arrested at Gomoa

The Central East Regional Police Command has arrested 12 suspected land guards at Millennium City in the Gomoa East District. The suspects, who were armed...

NSS releases postings for 2022/23

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has released postings for the 2022/23 service year. A total of 115,240 graduates from accredited tertiary institutions have been deployed...

Two Nigerians jailed 20 years for illegal mining

A Tarkwa Circuit Court Judge, Hathia Ama Manu, has sentenced two Nigerians to 20 years imprisonment for engaging in illegal mining, commonly known as...

We are ready to try Aisha Huang on a day-to-day basis – Attorney-General

The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice has said that his office is ready to prosecute ‘galamsey’ suspect, En Huang, popularly known as Aisha Huang. Godfred...

2024 Elections: We urge Parliament to pass new CI that backs EC to use Ghana Card – PPOP

Political parties without representation in Parliament have appealed to the members of the House to visit the Constitutional Instrument (CI) that backs the Electoral...

Metro Mass workers on strike, want MD out

The Divisional Senior and Junior Staff Union of the Metro Mass Transport Limited has declared a strike in protest against the Managing Director (MD),...

Former Groupe Nduom workers appeal for release of Provident Fund

Former workers of the defunct Groupe Nduom (GN) Savings and Loans Limited have appealed to the government to facilitate the immediate release of their...

Tema chief’s funeral slated for October 29

The final funeral rites and burial of the late Paramount Chief of Tema, Osonŋaa Nii Adjei Kraku II, will be held on Saturday, October...

Chinese boss who ‘slashed’ throat of Ghanaian employee hit with fresh charges

The prosecution in the case of a Chinese national accused of using a flip knife to slash the neck of a Ghanaian concrete mixture...

Jury ready for Kasoa teen ‘killers’ trial

The trial of two teenage boys who allegedly killed an 11-year-old boy at Kasoa last year for money rituals is set to commence following...

Why Kissi Agyebeng should recuse himself from ‘galamsey’ probe – Titus-Glover

Former Member of Parliament for Tema East Constituency, Titus Glover, has urged the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, to recuse himself from probing some public...

Decomposed body found at Kasoa-Opeikuma

The decomposed body of a 40-year-old man, Kwesi Alhaji, has been found at Kasoa Opeikuma high-tension in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the...

Weija-Gbawe MCE appeals to Akufo-Addo to operationalise Empire Cement Factory

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Weija-Gbawe in the Greater Accra Region, Patrick Kwesi Brako Kumor, has lauded the operations of the Empire Cement...

Freddie Blay reacts to defence for Aisha Huang’s accomplices [Listen]

A former national chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay, says his law firm is ready to defend the four accomplices of...

21 Nigerians repatriated

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) on Monday repatriated 21 Nigerian youth who were rescued from a group of Nigerian human traffickers that...

Nana B tackles GRA over tax collection approach in Ashanti Region

The National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, has taken on the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) over its tax collection...

15 injured in accident on Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway [Video]

https://youtu.be/HokOC-yfq9U Eight persons are in critical condition in an accident involving a Toyota Fish vehicle at Gomoa Odumase on the Kasoa- Cape Coast Highway in...

Transport Ministry backs Airports Company service charge review

A Deputy Minister of Transport, Hassan Tampuli, has backed the request of the Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) to have its user fees and...

Palace Mall, China Mall Managers abandon shops

Managers of popular retail shopping centres, Palace Mall and China Mall, have this week abandoned their shops after failing to comply with the new...

Do not associate Nana Agradaa’s case with religion – Convener of Menzgold customers

Convener of the Coalition of Aggrieved Menzgold Customers, Fred Forson, says security officials handling the Agradaa money-doubling scam should treat it simply as a...

FDA warns public against two contaminated sausage brands

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has cautioned the general public against the consumption of AIA Wudy and Pavo sausages. In a statement, FDA noted...

Free Zones Authority CEO embarks on regional tour to licensed free zone firms

The Chief Executive Office of the Ghana Free Zones Authority, Mike Ocquaye Junior, has embarked on a regional tour to licensed free zone companies...