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NLC appeals to teacher unions over strike action

The Executive Secretary of the National Labour Commission (NLC) has appealed to all the four teacher unions who commenced a strike action on Monday...

38-year-old bar operator stabbed to death over alleged chieftaincy dispute

There is uneasy calm at Adum Afrancho in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region as a 38-year-old bar operator has been killed...

Hundreds of ECG customers rush to ECG offices over metering challenges

Hundreds of Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) customers are rushing to the ECG offices to get their metering challenges rectified in order to avoid...

Ghana in crisis: IMF team lands today, negotiations begin July 6

A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will hold series of meetings with government officials on Ghana’s economic recovery programme, beginning Wednesday July...

Accra flooded again after Tuesday’s heavy downpour

Torrential rains have left some parts of Accra flooded again. Tuesday morning’s downpour has been ongoing for about three hours now. Some commuters in the capital...

Teenage lifeguard dies in car crash leaving family devastated

A heartbroken family has paid tribute to their “most wonderful” son who died in a car crash. Jack Stabler, 17, was the passenger in a car which collided...

Family of murdered Nkoranza trader demands independent autopsy

The family of a 28-year-old trader and footballer allegedly picked from his home and killed by police at Nkoranza is demanding an independent autopsy...

Govt pushes for rent reforms as stakeholders meet to review existing laws

The efforts by the sector Ministry to address problems associated with rental housing received a major boost as stakeholders, made up of industry players...

Ada Kope residents call on govt for community clinic

Residents of Ada Kope in the Krachi West district in the Oti region are calling on government and corporate entities to provide the community...

Akufo-Addo decided to go to IMF without consulting NDPC – Director-General

National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) Director-General (DG), Kodjo Essiam Mensah Abrampa, says the President chose to go to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) without...

Teacher unions declare indefinite strike

Four teacher unions have declared an indefinite nationwide strike – effective Monday, July 4 – over demands for the payment of the Cost of...

Ghana needs righteousness: not churches, leaders – Apostle Eric Nyamekye

The Chairman of the Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, has said what the nation needs are not leaders and churches but righteousness exhibited...

Checkout how much Ghana will get from IMF

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the government is likely to receive about $2 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after deliberations on...

If you extort, you’re gone! – Operation Clean Your Frontage taskforce warned

JoyNews/AdomNews · ‘If you extort, you’re gone!’ – Operation Clean Your Frontage taskforce warned The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has warned personnel deployed...

NABCO personnel will be moved to YouStart programme

There is a glimmer of hope for beneficiaries of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) despite the economic challenges of the country. According to the Information...

3.6m Ghanaians are food insecure – GSS

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has called on the government to be keen on ensuring food and nutrition security in the rural areas of...

GAF warns public against sale, use of military-pattern uniforms, accoutrement without permit

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) says it is putting in place measures to curb the unlawful sale and use of military-pattern uniforms and accoutrement...

Ghana’s Victoria Kwakwa gets top World Bank post

The World Bank has appointed Victoria Kwakwa as the new World Bank Vice President for Eastern and Southern Africa, effective July 1, 2022. Mrs Kwakwa, an economist and...

IMF engagement: E-levy was the bait – Think Tank

The government’s decision to introduce the Electronic Transaction Tax, popularly known as E-levy, was to pave the way for it to seek a bailout...

Anglogold Ashanti trains teachers in Obuasi on new curriculum

400 Junior High School teachers within the Obuasi Municipal and Obuasi East District have undergone training to prepare them adequately to adapt to the...

IMF bailout: Akufo-Addo still has confidence in Ken Ofori-Atta – Oppong Nkrumah

It appears that calls for Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta’s head over Ghana’s current economic misfortunes may have come to naught. Government spokesperson, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah...

Police arrest 6 suspects over land, chieftaincy dispute in Ashanti Region

The Ghana Police Service (GPS) has arrested six persons in the Ashanti Region who are suspected to be connected to a land and chieftaincy...

GES Director-General advises staff to prepare for retirement

The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, has counseled staff members to make proper retirement plans. He encouraged them not to...

IMF will impose needless hardship on workers – TUC

The Director of Labour Research and Policy Institute at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) fears the government’s decision to seek financial support from the...

Ban single-use plastics — Prof. Akosa

Ban single-use plastics in the country, a former Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Prof. Agyeman-Badu Akosa, has said. He said this would help...

TDC wins maiden Public Enterprises League Table Awards

The Tema Development Company Limited (TDC) was crowned the overall 'Specified Entity of the Year', the maiden edition of the Public Enterprises League Table...

Dr Ibn Chambas withdraws as ECOWAS envoy to Guinea

Special Envoy of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to Guinea, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has communicated his intention to withdraw as...

Kofi Adams celebrates 1st indigenous catholic priest of Gold Coast

The member of Parliament for Buem in the Oti Region, Mr. Kofi Adams, has joined the Roman Catholic Church of Ghana and the diocese...

8 dead, others sustain injuries in accident

Eight persons died on the spot, while others sustained injuries following an accident on the Kwapong-Nobekaw road in the Asunafo South District in the...

Some have made it a life mission to frustrate me – Barker-Vormawor cries

A lead convener of the #FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, says some people have sworn to make life unbearable for him due to claims that...

Some Hajj pilgrims demand refund after being left stranded

Some Muslim pilgrims expected to travel to Mecca have expressed disappointment in their leadership after they were left stranded at the Accra Hajj Village...

Mahama mourns wife of late Gen Akuffo, Emily Akuffo [Photos]

Former President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday, July 2, led a delegation of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to the burial service of the...

IGP orders arrest of truck driver for insecure loading

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has ordered the arrest and prosecution of a driver for insecure loading. According to the Police...

IMF bailout: Ghana will be ungovernable if… – Prof Gyampo

A political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof Ransford Gyampo, has warned that the country will be ‘ungovernable’ if government accepts any...

My wife visited me in Norway while pregnant for another man – Norway-based Ghanaian

Norway-based Ghanaian, Charles Asare, aka Togo Delicious, has revealed that his ex-wife was four weeks pregnant with another man’s baby, but she kept it...

Ministry of Health threatens to discharge cured mental health patients in forensic wards

Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has called for an immediate intervention to discharge the huge number of persons sent by the law courts to...

Kumasi kidnappers trial nears end

An Accra High Court has concluded the trial of four persons put before it for allegedly kidnapping two Canadian ladies in Kumasi in 2019...

Akufo-Addo’s boy, Thomas Amoani blows course in UK University

The 19-year-old boy, who had 8As in his West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) at Adeiso and was given a scholarship by President...

22-year-old narrates how he survives on gari daily, takes GH¢400 as a security guard

A 22-year-old man, Eric Mensah, has narrated how he survives while working for a security company as a house guard here in Accra.He narrates...

Two drown in River Birim

Two young men, Larbi Grant and Bless Damptey, have drowned at the tributary of the Nsuapemso River in the Fanteakwa South District of the...