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Missing 14-year-old girl found at Sehwi Asawinso

A 14-year-old girl, Tayibatu Zakaria, who went missing on Thursday after close from school, has been found alive at Sehwi Asawinso. Zakaria reportedly refused to...

Rainwater no longer safe to drink anywhere on earth – Study

Rainwater is no longer safe to drink anywhere on earth, due to 'forever chemicals' linked to cancer, study suggests. Rainwater is no longer safe to...

Scores of mourners pay last respects to late Abesim Queen-mother

The pre-burial funeral and funeral of the late Nana Yaa Pomaa, the 'Abesimhemaa' (Queen-mother) ended peacefully, at Abesim, near Sunyani over the weekend. Osagyefo Oseadeeyo...

Govt delivering on promise to equip military – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo says his government, since assuming office in 2017, has been delivering on its promise to retool and re-equip the Ghana Armed Forces,...

8-year-old girl drowns in cesspit in Wa

An eight-year-old girl, on Saturday night, drowned in a cesspit. The incident happened at Bamahu in the Wa municipality of the Upper West Region. The cesspit...

We promise to support you – Bawumia to Ga state

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has declared support for sustainable development and a united Ga state on the occasion of this year’s Homowo festival...

Juaben MCE promises to run an open-door administration

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Juaben in the Ashanti Region, Omane Aboagye, has promised to run an open-door administration to drive development in...

Ga Mashie celebrates Homowo in style [Photos+videos]

The weekend, the people of Ga Mashie took their turn in the Homowo festivities for this year. The streets of Jamestown were filled with the...

New police officers can swim and drive – IGP

All new officers who pass out of the police training school can now swim and drive as the Police training module has been reviewed...

Hilla Limann Technical University defaults in employees pension contributions

The management of the Hilla Limann Technical University in Wa has failed to pay statutory Tier One and Two pension contributions of some casual...

Railway Workers Union threatens strike

The Railway Workers Union has threatened a strike action effective August 22, 2022, over issues with the management of the Ghana Railway Company. In a...

‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ actually in need of more aid – Bokpin [Video]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has since he was sworn into office, pledged to rid the country of the need for hand-outs. He touted his administration...

Why pay us less? – Teachers in nursing training schools fume as 7-day protest begins

https://www.youtube.com/embed/pag1mVqgEBg The Nurse Educator’s Group, a specialised group under Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association, has commenced a seven-day industrial action targeted at drawing the...

Labianca case: Special Prosecutor’s findings not surprising – GII

The Programmes Manager of Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) is not surprised about the Special Prosecutor’s claim of alleged corrupt activities involving Labianca Group of...

Family of UEW driver who crushed Apostolic pastor to death speaks

The family of the driver of the University of Education Winneba (UEW), Ajumako Campus, who crushed an Apostolic Pastor at Ajumako Techiman to death,...

Govt reacts to claims foreigners have Ghanaian passports

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has started investigations into claims that some foreign nationals in the United Arab Emirates and other...

Scores displaced in fire outbreak at Adjiringanor [Photos]

Fire has completely destroyed over 200 wooden structures at Adjiringanor, East Legon in Accra. The incident, which occurred on Friday night, has left scores...

Man arrested for allegedly mixing corn dough with poisonous substance [Photos]

A 35-year-old man, Felix Yawso, has been arrested for allegedly mixing a poisonous substance with corn dough that his mother sells in the market....

Mensah Sarbah Hall alumni to replace stolen bust

Alumni of the Mensah Sarbah Hall are taking steps to erect a statue in honour of John Mensah Sarbah in replacement of the bust...

The new Ashanti Regional Hospital at Sewua [Photos+Video]

https://youtu.be/nSCCsuLr9TU This is the Ashanti Regional Hospital, located at Sewua in the Bosomtwe District. Physical works on the 250-bed capacity hospital have been completed awaiting the provision of...

Machine explosion kills SHS student at Abesim

A vulcanising machine explosion has killed an 18-year-old Senior High School (SHS) male student at Alaska Junction, Abesim near Sunyani in the Bono region....

We use torchlights to learn at night – Krobo Girls SHS students [Video]

https://youtu.be/_OAcbZWd6js Just like townfolks in the Yilo and Manya Krobo municipalities, students of Krobo Girls Senior High School (SHS) at Odumase are suffering the brunt of...

GJA condemns ban on Radio Ada

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has described the decision by the Ada Traditional Council to ban Radio Ada from providing coverage of the Asafotufiami Festival...

Abirem North DCE speaks ‘on death, rape of 3 mentally challenged women’

District Chief Executive (DCE) of Abirem North, Raymond Nana Damteh, has refuted claims that some women with mental challenges were raped and killed under...

John Mensah Sarbah’s bust still missing at UG

The bust of John Mensah Sarbah has not been found a week after it was vandalised and stolen during a clash between students affiliated...

Transport operators in Takoradi angry

Joint Transport Operators in Takoradi, led by Metro Mass Transit Limited, have accused the Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah, of abusing his...

Jealous boyfriend allegedly inflicts cutlass wounds on co-worker over chop money

A road construction labourer is currently in critical condition at the Our Lady of Grace Hospital at Breman Asikuma after a co-worker inflicted cutlass...

Farmer chops off his scrotum while asleep

A farmer at Assin Akomfode in the Central Region is in critical condition after accidentally chopping off his scrotum while asleep. According to the farmer,...

IGP aims to reduce police response time to 10 minutes

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, is attempting to bring down the average police response time to ten minutes. This commitment...

Qualified family members to replace police officers who die in line of duty – IGP

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare has revealed that officers who die in line of duty will be replaced by qualified...

Railway Workers Union threatens to seize Accra to Tema route from August 22

The Railway Workers Union has threatened to seize running the Accra to Tema and Takoradi to Tema routes from Monday 22nd August, 2022, if...

Prepaid meters in Lower Manya Krobo MP’s house missing

JoyNews/AdomNews · I had 250 worth of credit on my prepaid meter - Lower Manya Krobo MP Prepaid meters installed at the residence of the...

Economic problems could trigger unrest if… – Nunoo-Mensah

A former Chief of Defence Staff has warned that riots may break out in Ghana if immediate action is not taken to address the...

Mother burns 4-year-old daughter in hot water over missing sandals

A four-year-old girl is in critical condition after her mum dipped her in hot water for misplacing a new pair of sandals she bought....

Krobo ‘dumsor’: Odumase residents charge phones in mortuary [Video]

https://youtu.be/HYTRyPzKuFw It has emerged that some residents of Odumase in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality now charge their phones in the mortuary due to the...

Police investigate dumping of 8,000 tree seedlings

The Asante Mampong police are investigating circumstances under which over 8,000 seedlings of different tree species were dumped at a public refuse site at...

Electrical technician fined GH¢5,400 for illegally installing ECG meters

An electrical technician, Henry Teye Adjirackor, was on Thursday sentenced to a fine of GH¢5,400 by the Circuit Court in Accra, for illegally installing...

35-year-old foreign national arrested on suspicion of being a terrorist

A 35-year-old foreign national is in the grips of the Zabzugu police on suspicion of being a terrorist. According to the youth in the town,...

National Cathedral Board of Trustees reacts to resignation reports

The Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral project has dismissed reports of some members resigning. According to the Executive Secretary of the Board, ...

French Ambassador enstooled queen mother of Osu [Photo+Video]

Ambassador of France to Ghana, H.E. Anne Sophie Ave, has been enstooled as Development Queen mother of Osu in Accra. Madam Ave will serve under...