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13 dead, 59 injured in Apiate explosion

A total of 13 people have been confirmed dead in the Appiatse explosion near Bogoso in the Western Region. The incident which occurred as a...

Mahama commiserates with victims of Bogoso explosion

Former President John Dramani Mahama has commiserated with the victims of the Apiate explosion which occurred in the Bogoso District of the Western Region,...

Apiate explosion: Interior Minister issues orders to explosive manufacturer

Ambrose Dery, the Minister of Interior, has ordered the management of MAXAM, one of the world’s leading explosives manufacturer and technical services provider, operating...

Apiate explosion: Sue mining company for damages – Kwaku Azar

A US-based Ghanaian lawyer and scholar, Prof. Stephen Kwaku Asare, has bemoaned the lack of implementation of rules and regulations in the country in...

Committee to probe Bogoso-Apiate explosion

The Lands and Natural Resources Ministry has announced a committee will be set up to probe the fatal explosion at Apiate near Bogoso in...

GES directs teachers to pay GH¢10 for appointment letters

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced the release of about 1,000 appointment letters to newly-trained teachers in the country. The beneficiaries, according to the...

Foreign Affairs Minister holds discussions with UN Secretary-General on Africa security

Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration on Tuesday held discussions with the UN Secretary-General on the security situation in the Sahel and...

Ghana Police Service introduces new phase of DOVVSU

Director of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU), Chief Supt Owusuwaa Kyeremeh, has said that the Ghana Police Service has introduced a...

Sad: 15-month-old baby among deceased in Apiate explosion

The aftermath of the horrific explosion that happened at Apiate, near Bogoso in the Western Region is still being felt. Thursday’s incident occurred when a...

Bawumia, Dampare, other govt officials visit Apiate [Video]

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has led a delegation to commiserate with residents of Apiate near Bogoso in the Western Region. This follows a...

Apiate: Victims of explosion speak for the first time [Video]

Affected victims have shared their horrifying accounts on the cause of explosion at Apiate, on Thursday, January 21. Buildings and other facilities at Apiate near...

Sepaase insecurity; Police call on assembly to complete police station

The Atwima Nwabiagya South District Assembly has been asked to immediately complete an ongoing police station project at Sepaase to help combat crime effectively. The...

CLOGSAG calls off strike; directs members to resume work on Monday

Members of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) have called off their strike. The industrial action, which started this morning, was...

The Police know where they are- NPP member wades into Nima clash

Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alhaji Kamal-Deen Abdulai, has alleged that the Police have information on the whereabouts of the...

Waste-to-Energy plant to provide power to local ginger processing company

A six million euro waste-to-energy plant will supply power to a local ginger processing company at Gyankobaa in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of...

Nima clash could escalate to other rival groups if… – Spokesperson of Chief Imam [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Nima feud could escalate to other rival groups if not dealt with – Spokesperson of Chief Imam The Office of the National Chief...

Semester calendar will not affect contact hours – Education Unions told

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has urged cool heads among Education Unions over the semester-based academic calendar as it will not affect contact hours. According...

Strong economic growth, domestic revenue mobilisation being pursued- Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has spoken on the pursuit of domestic revenue mobilisation to rebound the economy from the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking...

Dodo Fie D/A Basic School in tatters

The lives of pupils and teachers of Dodo Fie D/A Basic School in the Kadjebi Akan District of the Oti Region are in danger...

GITFiC’s outlook projects Ghana’s economy in first quarter of 2022

Trend analysis by the Ghana International Trade and Finance Conference (GITFiC) has projected Ghana’s economy will not achieve any huge success gap in the first quarter...

Bogoso: What mining truck driver told residents prior to explosion [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · TARKWA MP ON BOGOSO EXPLOSION Member of Parliament (MP) for Tarkwa-Nsuem Constituency, George Mireku Duker, has made a shocking revelation following the explosion...

Apiate is dead, no human can live there – NADMO [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Apiate Is Dead, No Human Can Live There – NADMO Apiate near Bogoso in the Western Region where an explosion occurred which left...

Polluting education environment worrying – All Teachers Alliance Ghana

All Teachers Alliance Ghana (ATAG) says many happenings in the education sector have culminated into falling standards and teacher demotivation across the country. In a...

Akufo-Addo reacts to Bogoso explosion

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reacted to the sad news of an explosion that happened at Apiate in the Western Region. Many are feared...

Cause of Bogoso explosion revealed

Preliminary investigations by the Police found that Thursday’s blast at Appiatse in the Western Region was caused by a collision between a vehicle carrying...

Scores feared dead in explosion at Bogoso [Video]

Scores including children are feared dead in an explosion at Apiate near Bogoso in the Prestea-Huni Valley Municipality of the Western Region. The...

Ya-Na commiserates with Mahama [Photos]

Former President John Mahama on Wednesday received a delegation from the Overlord of Dagbon, Ya-Naa Abukari II. The delegation was present at Mr Mahama's...

CLOGSAG begins indefinite strike today

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG), will from today, Thursday, January 20, 2022, begin a nationwide indefinite strike. The industrial...

MP reportedly escapes Highway robbery attack

The Member of Parliament for Lambussie constituency, Bright Baligi, has reportedly escaped a robbery attack on the Bole-Bamboi Highway in the Savannah Region. The incident...

20-year-old arrested for motorbike robbery [Photos]

A 20-year-old, Eyram Botwe, is assisting the Akatsi District Police with investigations after he attempted to rob a Haojue Motorbike from an Okada rider. The...

E-Levy: Check out transactions to be affected and exempted

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, says he is working out modalities to resubmit the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy) to Parliament for approval. The tax,...

Danger looms as Bolgatanga Assembly locks up abattoir

The Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly has locked up the main abattoir in the Municipality after butchers declined to relocate to a newly constructed modern one...

Man jailed over sexual assault of woman in the bush

An Asamankese Circuit Court has convicted a 38-year-old unemployed to 30 months imprisonment for indecently assaulting a farmer. Stephen Anane Ayitey was also convicted...

5 dead, 14 including Immigration officer injured in Kintampo-Techiman accident

Five persons have been confirmed dead and 14 others injured in a crash that happened on the Kintampo-Techiman road, close to the Tuobodom Senior...

Ofosu-Ampofo, Boahen’s trial adjourned to February 17

The trial of Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo and Anthony Kwaku Boahen, National Chairman and a Communication Director, respectively, of the National Democratic Congress has been adjourned...

COVID-19 booster vaccination starts today

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) will begin the administration of booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines from today Thursday January 20, 2022. The move forms part...

COVID-19: 3 more deaths recorded by GHS

In 24 hours, three more lives have been lost in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the recent data released by the...

Chief Imam condemns deadly clash between Nima and Maamobi youth

National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu has condemned in no uncertain terms, the deadly clash between the youth of Nima and Maamobi. The violent...

Lands Minister bemoans lack of technology in Ghana’s international timber trade

The Lands Minister has bemoaned the lack of deployment of technology in the country’s external timber market. Samuel Abdulai Jinapor said Ghana has the capacity to do more in...

Court orders sale of NAM1 properties

The Financial and Economic Crimes Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice Afia Serwaa Asare Botwe has granted express permission to...