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Arise Ghana Demo: Police mount human wall to block protesters

Police have mounted a human wall to block Arise Ghana protesters from using the Ring Road route towards the Jubilee House for their demonstration. Leaders...

Tear gas fired at Arise Ghana demo

Reports reaching Adomonline.com indicate a tear gas has been fired at the ongoing demonstration by pressure group, Arise Ghana. Although it is unknown what may...

Don’t approve utility tariff increases – TUC tells PURC

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has entreated the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) not to approve the proposed tariff increases presented by the utility...

Social media users jubilate over E-levy target failure

Social media users have gone agog over speculations that the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy) is not meeting government’s expectations. A leading member of the New...

Motorists, traders along Tema DVLA lament over bad roads

Drivers and traders who ply the road leading to the Head Office of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) in Tema are lamenting...

Traders, transport operators tell govt what’s causing price hikes

The government has met the leadership of some trade groups and transport operators as part of a series of engagements with key sector players...

Ghanaians just don’t want to pay taxes – Gabby Otchere-Darko E-levy target flop

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has defended the government’s decision to implement the Electronic Transactions Levy (E-levy). Gabby Otchere-Darko said although...

Arise Ghana demo: IGP sends strong message to officers deployed

The Inspector-General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has told officers deployed to provide security for the Arise Ghana demonstration to treat the protesters...

Nine Ministers to answer questions on national concerns

Nine Ministers of state are scheduled to appear before the House this week to answer questions on a number of issues bordering on various...

Tears as DCE’s sister-in-law is shot dead over GH¢350 debt

The wife of the brother of the District Chief Executive for Kwahu Afram Plains South District in the Eastern Region has been shot dead...

Arise Ghana to defy High Court ruling on protest

Pressure group, Arise Ghana, will defy a High Court ruling ordering it to stage but restrict its protest on June 28 and 29 to...

Islamic SHS protest: Teacher allegedly assaulted by police shares ordeal

A 40-year-old teacher has been recounting how he was allegedly battered by crowd-control Police during the protest by students of Islamic High School in Kumasi...

Arise Ghana challenges High Court ruling on protest

Pressure group, Arise Ghana, has filed a suit at the Court of Appeals, asking it to set aside a ruling by the High Court on...

Arise Ghana to protest worsening economic conditions

Pressure group, Arise Ghana, is set to hit the streets today to express its displeasure about worsening economic conditions in the county. The group had...

Tension at Krobo as Nuaso residents confront military, ECG team

There is tension at Nuaso, a suburb of the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region following a confrontation between some agitating residents...

KMA desilts Kejetia drains to avert market flooding

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) is working with construction firm, Contracta, to desilt drains in and around the Kejetia Market. This is to free the...

Order registrar to serve Otuo Serebuor, family with injunction – New Juaben chiefs to Chieftaincy Minister

One of the royal gates of the Yiadom-Hwedie family of Old and New Juaben has kicked against the planned swearing-in of John Gyamfi, the...

You can only demonstrate from 8am to 4pm – High Court tells Arise Ghana

An Accra High Court has ruled that pressure group, Arise Ghana, can stage its protest only between the hours of 8am to 4pm. The court...

Health Students Association begins strike

The National Executive Officers of the Health Students Association of Ghana have embarked on an indefinite strike action starting June 27. In a statement issued...

Narcotics Control Commission to regulate growth, use of cannabis

The Narcotics Control Commission (NCC) says it is considering regulating the growth and distribution of cannabis across the country while exploring its commercial benefits. It...

Lady who turned lawyer after 11-year struggle shares emotional story

A lady who struggled for about eleven years to become a lawyer has revealed that though she seemed composed during the period, she was...

Special prayers to be held for victims of Ejura incident

A special prayer event will be held on Thursday, June 30 for victims and persons who lost their lives in the Ejura disturbance between...

Two brothers burnt to death at East Legon

Two boys, Nana Amo, age eight and Nana Boadi, age five, met their untimely death when the room they were sleeping in was gutted...

Land guards attack Dome residents, homes destroyed

An attack by land guards on property on a land at Sawmill Down at Dome Pillar Two in Accra on Sunday morning has left...

Record label owner ‘CEO Pryme’ donates to parents who lost children in East Legon fire

Founder and CEO of EZ Street Records, CEO Pryme, has donated some cash to the parents of East Legon fire victims. The American-based business mogul...

NDC’s National Organiser hopeful escapes death in ghastly accident

A member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and National Organiser Hopeful, Henry Osei Akoto, has escaped death in an accident. Reports have it...

World Trade Centre, Accra announces partnership with Altkom Akademia to offer Professional Education in Africa

World Trade Centre Accra (WTC Accra) has partnered with Altkom Akademia to offer live professional education and capacity building programmes in West Africa over...

DVLA defends position as best procurement institution in public sector

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has made a strong case that its procurements in the last couple of years ranked it as...

A/R: criminal activities force residents to compile names of landlords to track criminals

Criminal activities have been on the increase at Meduma in the Kwabre-East District of the Ashanti Region. Residents say they come under armed attacks, especially...

Sehwi Asafo residents live in darkness over stolen ECG transformer [Photos]

The Asafo community, a suburb of Sehwi in the Western North Region, has been plunged in darkness after unidentified persons stole the entire ECG...

GIJ holds training for students on news reporting, editing

The skills and expertise needed to write on educational issues are important to all student journalists. This has been an interest of the School...

Don’t launch YouStart until you pay us – NABCO trainees to govt

A group of trainees, under the National Builders Corps (NABCO), has called on the government to halt the implementation of the YouStart initiative until...

E-levy: Govt fails to meet revenue target

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has disclosed that the Electronic Transactions Levy (e-levy) has generated less than ¢60 million, close...

Very soon we may have to borrow to pay wages – Gabby Otchere-Darko

A leading member of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Gabby Otchere-Darko, is hinting government may soon have to borrow to pay wages if measures...

Reckless motor rider crashes to death

Excessive speeding has reportedly caused the death of a motor rider and severe injuries to another person at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region. Mumuni Saani,...

Gabby Otchere-Darko sparks IMF debate

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, has said he is not against the government seeking economic support from the...

Ex-convict in court over fraud

Businessman Charles Oppong Kyekyeku, who was jailed in the UK for fake invoices totaling £245,000 to Jones Lang LaSalle over two years, has been...

Human Trafficking: Ghana Police rescue 9 victims on Lake Volta

The Ghana Police, in collaboration with the Department of Social Welfare, have rescued nine trafficked victims from Yeji in the Pru East District of...

School Feeding: Juliana Cudjoe blames Minister for her dismissal

President of the Greater Accra School Feeding Caterers Association, Juliana Cudjoe, has blamed the Greater Accra Regional Minister for the termination of her contract...

Cape Coast – Twifo Praso road to be closed for repair works on Jukwa bridge

The road linking Cape Coast to Twifo Praso in the Central Region, which collapsed on Sunday, June 19, will be closed to traffic today...