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Gomoa Ojobi chief bans mini skirts

Traditional authorities at Gomoa Ojobi in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region have threatened to punish ladies who will wear mini skirts...

Bird flu outbreak: More than 24,000 birds destroyed in Sunyani West

Veterinary Services Department in the Bono Region has destroyed 24,803 birds and 973 crates of eggs, following the outbreak of the Avian Influenza in...

I am working on a new bill on disability – Sam George

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo-Prampram constituency, Samuel Nartey George, has said a new bill on disability is underway to support people with disability...

Sene MP donates items to youth in his constituency

Member of Parliament (MP) for Sene West in the Bono Region, Kwame Twumasi Ampofo, has initiated a solidarity move by donating items to the...

It makes no sense to give tax waivers to foreign contractors over local ones – Sam George [Video]

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo-Prampram constituency, Sam George, says it is completely absurd to give tax waivers to foreign road contractors while local...

Akufo-Addo, Bawumia, others to receive Otumfuo Commemorative Gold Coin

President Nana Akufo-Addo and Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia will be presented with the Otumfuo Commemorative Gold Coin. Following the launch of the Otumfuo Gold Coin...

Apeatse explosion: Resettlement of survivors starts

Resettlement of displaced victims of the Apeatse explosion in the Western region starts today Thursday, January 27, 2022. This comes a week after the explosion...

Another Rastafarian child denied admission by Saltpond-based school

A Saltpond-based school has allegedly denied an eight-year-old Rastafarian boy admission. Kofi Munko who announced this on his Facebook page identified himself as the...

Fetish priest arrested for shooting man’s testicles over woman

 A 25-year-old man, Akwasi Peter, has been hospitalised after a fetish Priest allegedly shot his testicle at Dwenewoho in the Ashanti Region on Monday....

Five carjackers convicted on own pleas

Five of the six-member car snatching syndicate arrested in connection with a robbery incident in Tamale last Sunday were convicted on their own pleas...

Apiate explosion: Chief throws challenge to vehicle that caused explosion

The controversy about whether there was a police escort with the vehicle that caused the explosion at Apiate in the Western Region may not...

E-levy likely to encourage ‘armed robbery economy’ – Haruna Iddrisu

Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu has asked the government to be mindful of the levy imposed on electronic transactions as it can minimize the fast-growing...

Why I drew a knife at my friend while at KNUST – Sam George

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo-Prampram, Sam Nartey George, has recounted how he drew a knife on one of his friends when he was...

Ghana Cares programme yielding anticipated dividends – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo says the ¢100 billion Ghana Covid-19 Alleviation and Revitalisation of Enterprises Support (Ghana CARES) ‘Obaatampa’ Programme, to create jobs and prosperity for...

EC Chair, deputies file suit to halt impeachment proceedings

Chairperson of the Electoral Commission Jean Mensa and her two Deputies Dr. Bossman Eric Asare and Samuel Tettey have filed a suit at the...

Three students of Ejisu SHTS stabbed in three separate incidents

Three students of Ejisu Senior High Technical School have been stabbed in three separate incidents between Monday and Tuesday. On Monday, an 18-year-old form two...

Let peace prevail at Bawku – Akufo-Addo appeals to Bawku Naaba, others [Audio]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has pleaded to the Bawku Naaba, Asirfi Azorka Abugrago II, to help government ensure peace in the area. President Akufo-Addo made an...

One-month-old baby survives Apiate explosion

A 19-year-old mother, Janet Amartey, is grateful for the life of her one-month-old baby who escaped death after a building collapsed on her at...

Hopeson Adorye sends harsh message to Ken Attafuah over Ghana Card [Audio]

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party, Hopeson Adorye, has slammed the Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Professor Kenneth Attafuah,...

Rice millers, others worried over suspension of benchmark value discount policy

The Rice Millers Association of Ghana has expressed dissatisfaction over the indefinite suspension of the benchmark reversal value discounts. The Ghana Revenue Authority on January...

Ejisu Municipal Assembly investigates use of skidder to dangerously cart log

Ejisu Municipal Assembly is investigating the circumstances under which a skidder was used to dangerously cart timber at a busy traffic intersection on the...

How Bagbin’s new outfit boosted Parliament’s Facebook page for the first time [Listen]

The Director of Public Affairs of the Parliament, Kate Addo, has said for the first time, the Parliament of Ghana has had massive reactions on...

Apiate explosion: This is how much govt is losing weekly over Maxam shutdown

Most mining companies that receive supply of explosives from Maxam may have to cut production if moves to get Maxam to resume production is...

NABCO trainees under Chieftaincy Ministry ‘retired’

Personnel of the Nation Builders Corp (NABCO) serving under the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs have been permanently retired. This is per a letter...

UTAG strike: We can’t build Ghana on an empty stomach – Lecturer tells govt

A political scientist at the University of Ghana, Dr Kwame Asah-Asante, has expressed worry over the government’s posturing in the strike by the University...

Man, 38, arrested for threatening to kill ECG staff

A resident of Nzema in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Frank Mensah, is in the grips of the police for threatening to...

Pupils forced to learn under palm branches at Tokuroanu

Pupils and teachers of St. Francis Anglican M/A Junior High School (JHS) at Tokuroanu in the Krachi-East Municipality of the Oti Region are being...

NDC executive loses 2 daughters to fire incident

The Builsa North National Democratic Congress (NDC) Organiser, Robert Agaae, has reportedly lost his two daughters to a fire incident. Though the cause...

Victims count their losses as fire consumes compound house in Tamale

Residents of Kobilimago, a suburb of Tamale Metropolis are counting their losses after fire razed down a compound house. The fire that started around 7:00...

Govt will continue to engage on E-levy – Oppong Nkrumah

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has stated that government will continue to engage on the the proposal to introduce a levy on electronic transactions. He...

Why Speaker of Parliament is trending on social media

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, is trending on social media due to his new outfit. On Tuesday, the Speaker ditched his usual ceremonial outfit...

2 quack doctors arrested

The police, in collaboration with the Medical and Dental Council (MDC), have arrested a 29-year-old man, alleged to be a quack doctor. The suspect...

Scary as Ejisu commuters panic as heavy log-lifting machine drive through busy traffic intersection

Some residents in the Ejisu Municipality in the Ashanti region are incensed at a dangerous scene of a heavy-lifting machine carrying timber in a...

Victims of Apiate explosion want to commit suicide – PAG reveals

The Psychiatric Association of Ghana (PAG) says its preliminary assessment of victims of the explosion at Apiate in the Western Region has revealed some...

Our main priority is fires that are easily preventable – Fire Service

Director of Public Relations for the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), ACFO Timothy Osafo Affum, has raised concerns over the numerous fire outbreaks experienced...

Ghana to sign vaccine production agreement in Germany on Feb 16 – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has announced that the government will be signing an agreement in Germany towards the production of Covid-19 vaccines in Ghana. According to him,...

No need to reinvestigate banking sector crisis – Special Prosecutor told

Anti-Corruption crusader, Vitus Azeem, says the Special Prosecutor’s decision to investigate the 2017 to 2020 financial sector crisis amounts to double investigations as the...

Jospong appointed member of UG ANYSC Corporate Advisory Team

Executive Chairman of Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has been appointed member of the University of Ghana's (UG) Annual New...

Fake ‘mallam’ jailed 5 years for fraud

A Cape Coast Circuit Court has sentenced Jibril Yahaya, 27, to five years imprisonment in hard labour for posing as a mallam and defrauding...

Assin Worakese Traditional leaders seize 450-acre land leased to Cocobod for Cocoa Research Station

Traditional leaders at Assin Wurakese in the Assin Fosu Municipality of the Central Region have asked the Ghana Cocobod to vacate a 450-acre land...