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Health Minister donates $1.5m equipment to Ga North Municipal Hospital

The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has presented medical equipment worth $1.5 million to the Ga North Municipal Hospital, reaffirming government’s commitment to...

Incompetence, not corruption, is Africa’s biggest challenge – Paul Adom-Otchere

Former Board Chairman of the Ghana Airports Company Limited and General Manager of Metro TV, Paul Adom-Otchere, has argued that incompetence, rather than corruption,...

Abronye to reappear in court today

The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, is expected to reappear before the Accra...

Ghana still reigns as Africa’s gold king with 4.8 million ounces in 2024 – Chamber of Mines

Ghana is still holding on to its position as the biggest gold producer in Africa, according to the President of the Ghana Chamber of...

Probe launched into Rabotec’s $28m asset destruction

The Minerals Commission has launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the destruction of heavy mining equipment across Asanko Gold Mines’ concessions in Amansie...

Gbinyiri Conflict: 38 displaced persons flee back to Sawla camp days after returning home

Some 38 victims of the Gbinyiri conflict, mostly women and children, have fled back to the Sawla camp, only a few days after returning...

Kofi Akpaloo released from EOCO custody 

Leader of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Percival Kofi Akpaloo, has been released from custody eight days after his arrest over alleged financial...

“How do we feed our families?” – Widows of Gbinyiri conflict share their struggles

As tensions from the Gbinyiri conflict linger, many widows are left grappling with unimaginable loss, mourning their husbands while struggling to provide for their...

President Mahama spoke the truth on galamsey – Paul Adom-Otchere

Journalist and host of Good Evening Ghana on Metro TV, Paul Adom-Otchere, has defended President John Mahama’s stance on illegal mining, insisting that the...

Bawumia pledges duty-free zones across all regional capitals

Former Vice President and New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has pledged to transform every regional capital into a duty-free zone...

Former Minister reveals reasons for switching support from Bawumia to Kennedy Agyapong

Former Western North Regional Minister, Joojo Rocky Obeng, has announced that he has shifted his support from Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to Kennedy Agyapong, citing...

Afenyo-Markin urges Mahama to curb security excesses against NPP members

Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has called on President John Dramani Mahama to rein in what he described as excesses by state security agencies against...

Kpandai MP pledges entire Common Fund to local development

Member of Parliament for Kpandai, Mathew Nyindam, has pledged to dedicate his entire share of the Common Fund to development projects in KojoBoni and...

Many delegates shifting support from Bawumia to Kennedy Agyapong – Rocky Obeng

Former Western North Regional Minister and member of Team Ken 2026, Joojo Rocky Obeng, has claimed that many New Patriotic Party (NPP) delegates are...

President Mahama urges Ghanaians to protect nation’s religious harmony

President John Dramani Mahama has urged Ghanaians to safeguard the nation’s long-standing culture of religious tolerance, describing it as a “precious asset” that must...

Grassroots welfare at the centre of Ken Agyapong’s campaign – Rocky Obeng

Former Western North Regional Minister, Rocky Obeng, has commended New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant Kennedy Agyapong for placing the welfare of the party’s...

Kennedy Agyapong is the only aspirant boldly championing unity – Rocky Obeng

Former Western North Regional Minister, Joojo Rocky Obeng, has commended New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant Kennedy Agyapong for being the only contender boldly...

Kumasi trader jailed five years for stealing tricycle and bread

A 63-year-old trader has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by the Kwadaso Circuit Court in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti Region for...

I’m most marketed, prepared and winnable candidate among the others – Bawumia to NPP

New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has appealed to party delegates to retain him as flagbearer, arguing that consistency in candidate...

US seizes $237k stolen bulldozer in Baltimore before shipment to Ghana

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Baltimore have intercepted a stolen heavy-duty tractor-bulldozer valued at about $237,000 that was being shipped to...

Chief of KojoBoni calls for unity and development at 2025 Kojogyie Festival

The Chief of KojoBoni, Nana Obuideing II, has urged residents of the farming community in the Kpandai District of the Northern Region to remain...

Mahama’s galamsey response disappointed many Ghanaians – Vanderpuye

The National Coordinator for the District Roads Improvement Programme (DRIP), Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has said President John Dramani Mahama’s recent comments on illegal...

GTEC to undertake forensic audit of appointments at C.K. Tedam University

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), as part of its campaign to sanitise the use of unearned academic credentials in Ghana, has decided to...

Education must drive Ghana’s economic transformation – Adutwum

NPP presidential aspirant, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has underscored the need for education to be treated as the driving force behind Ghana’s economic transformation. Speaking...

Ashanti Regional Minister to visit Mpatuam after deadly clashes [Audio]

Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, has announced plans to visit Mpatuam in the Amansie West District after violent clashes between residents and military...

Amansie West DCE details how military clashes left two dead in Mpatuam [Listen]

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Amansie West, Maurice Manu, has provided clarity on the recent violent clashes between residents and military personnel in...

MASLOC confirms recovery of three gov’t cars from Chairman Wontumi

The Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Abigail Elorm Mensah, has disclosed that three government vehicles have been retrieved...

Mahama lists 10 things being implemented by government

In a candid and wide-ranging interaction with the media on Wednesday, September 10, President John Dramani Mahama outlined 15 key initiatives currently being implemented...

Photos: Mahama engages journalists in first media interaction of second term

President John Mahama on Wednesday, September 10, held his first media engagement since beginning his second term in office. The session brought together journalists from...

Bawumia vows constituency-based budget framework if elected President

Former Vice President and New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential hopeful, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has pledged to overhaul Ghana’s budget system by making it constituency-based...

Sampa under lockdown after deadly chieftaincy clashes

Calm has returned to Sampa in the Jaman North District after violent clashes over a chieftaincy dispute on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, left a...

Mpatuam Shooting: Youth’s violence condemnable but Asanko Mines cannot escape blame – Otumfuo Brempong

Otumfuo Brempong, the chief of Tetrem in the Ashanti Region, Nana Akwasi Oko II, has held Asanko Mine partly responsible for the tensions that...

Yagbonwura dedicates 2025 Damba to helicopter crash victims and Gbeniyiri casualties

The Damba festival, celebrated annually by the Gonja people to commemorate the birth of Prophet Mohammed (S.A.W) and to promote unity, culture, and development...

Focus on issues, not insults – Adutwum tells NPP aspirants

New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has cautioned his fellow contenders in the party’s flagbearer race against the use of...

Mahama is fumbling – NPP General Secretary aspirant

General Secretary aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Eugene Boakye Antwi, has criticised President John Dramani Mahama, accusing him of lacking clarity and...

Mahama to launch ‘Big Push programme’ with road projects next week

President John Dramani Mahama has announced that government will next week break ground at three sites to officially commence the implementation of the ‘Big...

Olam Agri launches ‘Raising Generations Initiative’ to drive economic growth in Ghana

Olam Agri, a leading food, feed, and fibre agri-business, has officially launched the Raising Generations Initiative, a flagship sustainability programme designed to empower communities...

Ken Ashigbey confirms strict tracking of imported excavators for large-scale mining firms

The Ghana Chamber of Mines CEO, Kenneth Ashigbey, says imported excavators for large-scale mining firms are subjected to rigorous tracking and clearance procedures at...

Military deployment alone won’t end galamsey – Adutwum

New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, says addressing unemployment is the most effective way to tackle illegal mining, popularly known...

Student jailed for 18 months for snatching mobile phone

The Tarkwa District Court Two has sentenced a student to 18 months' imprisonment for snatching the mobile phone of a student at the University...