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Delayed allowance: Okudzeto Ablakwa donates salary to NSS office

North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has donated his two months salary to the National Service Scheme (NSS) District Office. The...

SIM registration deadline extended

The Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation has announced an extension of the deadline for the ongoing SIM card re-registration. The exercise was initially expected to...

Kindness is fading; people aren’t giving enough alms due to economic hardship – Beggars lament

Begging for alms has become a pain for many street beggars in the country’s capital due to the current economic hardships and the high...

Accra-Tema Motorway accident causes heavy traffic

A mild gridlock is being experienced on the Accra-Tema Motorway this afternoon. An articulated truck carrying bags of flour is currently stuck on the road...

TUC demands removal of taxes on fuel products

The Trades Union Congress (Ghana) has demanded that government suspends all taxes and levies on fuel products with immediate effect. According to the Union, fuel...

Court orders landlord to refund GH¢6,500 to prospective tenant

The Sunyani District Court ‘A’, on Monday, ordered one Mr Samuel Oteng, a landlord at Asuakwaa in the Sunyani Municipality, to refund an amount...

Asokwa Magistrate Court grants bail to 13 NPP members who unlawfully locked up party’s office

The Asokwa Magistrate Court in Kumasi has granted bail to 13 members of the New Patriotic Party to the tune of ¢15,000 apiece with...

One feared dead, driver in critical condition in Gomoa Dabenyin accident

A commercial bus conductor, known in local parlance as 'mate', is feared dead while his driver is in a critical condition following a road...

Akufo-Addo, Bawumia, others mourn with Kufuor [Photos]

The final funeral rites of Rebecca Akosua Addo Dodoo, a sister of ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor has been held. The solemn ceremony took place...

14 people including 2-year-old burnt in ghastly accident on Accra-Takoradi road [Video]

Fourteen people have reportedly been burnt to death in an accident at Asem Asa, a community at Tarkwa on the Accra-Takoradi Highway. The accident, according...

You’re free from criminal charges: AG drops case against UCC’s contractor

The Attorney General (AG) in Cape Coast in the Central Region has dropped a case involving Managing Director of Barony Construction and Tacoa Construction...

Okada rider shot by passenger at Assin Dunkwa

A 30-year-old commercial motorcycle rider, Kwame Prah, has been shot by a passenger he was travelling with at Assin Dunkwa near Assin Fosu. The suspect...

Latest twist to Assin North MP’s court case

A Court of Appeal in Cape Coast has struck out the appeal by embattled Assin North MP James Gyekye Quayson for non-compliance with court...

Two dead, others injured in accident on Accra-Kumasi highway [Video]

Two persons have been reported dead with others injured in an accident at Osino in the Eastern Region on the Accra-Kumasi Highway. The accident...

Massive clean-up of landing sites along Volta Lake begins

The Ministry of Transport, in collaboration with ZOIL (ECOZOIL), has launched an exercise to clean all landing sites along the Volta Lake. The exercise, which...

Wife chops off husband’s manhood after she caught him flirting with his niece

After catching him on spy camera demonstrating “strange” behaviour with his own niece, an enraged wife fully hacked off her husband’s penis. After the girl...

Fisheries Ministry contemplates additional one-month closed season for fishing fleets

The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD) is considering an additional one-month closed fishing season for all fishing fleets to help replenish the...

Thieves burgle New Times Corporation offices [Photos]

The Police have commenced investigations into a burglary at the New Times Corporation (NTC) premises near the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange (Circle) in Accra on...

EU supports TVET with €17m

The Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector has received a further boost, with the European Union (EU) investing €17 million in the...

Police nab 8, on manhunt for another in gold robbery

The Police are on a manhunt for a self-styled security man, identified only as Jonathan, who allegedly aided in a robbery attack on his...

Checkout how many of the trees planted under Green Ghana project survived

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources says 5, 950,000 trees, representing 85 per cent of seven million trees planted in 2021, survived. The Ministry...

Takoradi online drivers on strike

The Sekondi-Takoradi branch of the Ghana Online Drivers Association (GODA) has urged service providers to reduce their commission charges per trip on online drivers....

ECG to undertake planned maintenance works in Tema

The Electricity Company Ghana (ECG) has announced that it will undertake planned maintenance works to improve service delivery in the Tema Region. Areas to be...

Cedi depreciation cause of fuel hikes – Togbe Afede

The Paramount Chief and the Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV, has attributed the prevalent hike in the prices of petroleum products...

Sex workers in Accra increase charges [Video]

Traditional commerce seems not to be the only sector suffering Ghana’s economic meltdown. One of the oldest professions, sex work is also bearing the brunt...

Police arrest 8, hunt for killer in gold robbery

The Police are on a manhunt for a self-styled security man, identified only as Jonathan, who allegedly aided in a robbery attack on his...

Farmer allegedly commits suicide in Police cells after killing his wife

A 60-year-old farmer has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in the Agona Duakwa Police cells after he reported himself to the Police for...

Bawumia inaugurates first Islamic Nursing Training school [Photos]

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Saturday inaugurated the first Islamic Nursing Training College in Ghana. Dr Bawumia was joined by the leadership of...

Akufo-Addo to address Ghanaians on economic challenges

President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to address Ghanaians on measures taken to address the current economic challenges. Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, disclosed this in...

Teacher, 38, found dead in gutter [Video]

https://youtu.be/wcKhL5em0sU A 38-year-old teacher of Atobiase D/A basic school in the Adansi South District of the Ashanti Region, Francis Abu, has been found dead in...

NIA opens another premium centre for issuing Ghana Card

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has opened a new premium registration centre at the premises of the Head Office of CAL Bank on Independence...

‘Online’ drivers park cars in protest in the Western Region

Members of the Ghana Online Drivers Association (GODA) in the Western Region are giving ride-hailing app companies up to Wednesday, March 23 to address...

SSNIT exposes employees and employers over salaries

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has observed a worrying phenomenon of employees conniving with their employers to under-declare salaries. This has resulted...

Rainstorm destroys homes, schools, other property in Obogu community [Photos]

A rainstorm has wreaked havoc in the Obogu community in the Asante Akyem South District in the Ashanti Region. The storm lasted nearly three hours...

Work hard so we get more money in our next attack – Robbers tell victims

Some drivers and commuters travelling from Assin Fosu towards Kumasi direction suffered the full brunt of armed robbers at Assin Endwa in the Assin...

Women activist makes strong case for head of Births and Deaths Registry

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Afia Radio Sunshine in Cologne, Afia Pokuaa, has dismissed calls for the removal of Henrietta Lamptey as head of...

Zoomlion supports keeping Ashanti clean agenda with 13 garbage trucks

In support of the “Keeping Ashanti Region Clean and Green” agenda, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) has presented 13 brand-new state-of-the-art waste collection trucks to...

Beyi W’ano: MCE to order ‘shoot to kill’ cattle destroying Bono forest reserves

JoyNews/AdomNews · Sunyani West MCE to order shoot to kill cattle destroying forest reserves As part of efforts to save forest reserves in the Bono...

Govt needs to be more honest with Ghanaians – Dr Obed Asamoah

A former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr Obed Asamoah, has called on government to be 'more honest' following the numerous complaints by Ghanaians. According...

GPRTU to increase transport fares by 20 percent

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has revealed that it hopes to adjust transportation fares upwards by 20%. According to the Union, the decision...