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It was not deliberate to see you suffer – Drivers union tell Ghanaians [Audio]

The Public Relations Officer (PRO) for True Drivers Union, Yaw Barima, says their strike which left many Ghanaians stranded was not deliberate. According to...

Covid-19: GHS records 8 more deaths

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says eight more lives have been lost to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Service made this known in its latest update...

FixTheCountry conveners send strong message to govt over drivers demo

#FixTheCountry conveners have asked the government to take immediate steps to address issues raised by commercial transport operators and their unions. The call comes in...

Drivers strike: Aayalolo deploys 110 buses to mitigate effect

Operations Manager of the Quality Bus System, popularly known as “Aayololo,” has said the company has deployed 110 buses to five routes in Accra...

Be thankful to your employer – Bishop Tackie-Yarboi urges workers

The Presiding Bishop of the Victory Bible Church International (VBCI), Bishop Nii Apiakai Tackie-Yarboi, has underscored the need for workers to be thankful and...

Otumfuo rekindles relationship with Awuah-Darko family [Photos]

The overlord of the Ashanti Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has rekindled the long-standing relationship with the Awuah-Darko family. This was at their private...

Agric Minister’s itinerary as he tours Northern, North East and other Regions

Minister for Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has commenced a 13-day tour of the five Northern regions of the country. The tour which began...

Prempeh College’s 2021 NSMQ star Eden to get full tertiary scholarship [Video]

The Deputy Railway Minister, Kwaku Asante Boateng, has pledged a scholarship to Eden Nana Kyei, one of the students of Prempeh College who represented...

Manasseh digs into Akufo-Addo’s Forbes African of the Year award

Senior investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, has taken to his social media platform to react after President Nana Akufo-Addo was adjudged Forbes African of...

This is not the time for strike – Titus-Glover to drivers

Former Deputy Minister for Transport, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, has kicked against the strike which took effect in the early hours of Monday, December...

Ejisu: Ex-police officer allegedly shoots at tenant over rent arrears [Photos]

A 37-year-old ex-police officer has been arrested by police at Ejisu for allegedly shooting at his tenant over rent arrears. Prince Nyarko was said to have...

Yaa Naa Abukari II commends B-Heck Africa NGOs Alliance for RoCHA Social Change Prize – Ghana

The Overlord of the Dagbon Traditional Area, Yaa Naa Abukari II, today commended the enactment of the RoCHA Prize Ghana Celebration while expressing his...

Commercial drivers call off strike

The Coalition of Commercial Transport Owners has suspended its indefinite strike on Monday, December 6, 2021. The decision was reached after President Akufo-Addo requested a...

Forestry Commission lifts ban on hunting in forests

The Forestry Commission has announced a lifting of the ban on hunting wild animals in Ghana’s forests. The ban, effected on August 1, 2021, is...

Akufo-Addo stops Ministers from travelling

President Nana Akufo-Addo has placed a month’s travelling ban on all ministers and their deputies except travels involving serious medical emergencies. The temporary ban, according...

Unidentified men kill security guard, injures 70-year-old woman

A security guard has died while a 70-year-old woman is receiving treatment after a yet-to-be-identified suspect attacked them at Chorkor in the Greater Accra...

Dagbon overlord lauds National Best Farmer

The Overlord of Dagbon, Ndan Ya-Na Abukari II, has praised the National Best Farmer for 2021, 44-year-old Alhaji Mohammed Mashud, who hails from Mion...

Teacher union to demonstrate over laptop deductions

A teacher union, known as All Teachers Alliance Ghana (ATAG), is set to embark on a demonstration on Wednesday, December 15, 2021. The protest, according...

Our drivers not part of strike – GRTCC

The Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC) has distanced itself from the ongoing strike action by commercial drivers. General Secretary of GRTCC, Emmanuel Ohene Yeboah,...

We’ll soon pay School Feeding caterers – Cecilia Dapaah assures

The caretaker Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cecilia Abena Dapaah has reassured that the remaining arrears owed to caterers of the Ghana...

Six arrested over illegal AK47 transaction

The National Operations Highway Patrol team has arrested six men for their alleged involvement in an illegal AK 47 rifle transaction. The first suspect,...

Police nab two suspects involved in East Legon robbery

Police in Accra have taken into custody two men on the suspicion of involvement in a robbery that rocked East Legon Hills. The suspects,...

Strike: Ashaiman ‘trotro’ drivers, conductors turn bus station into football pitch [Video]

In an interesting turn of events, drivers of commercial vehicles, popularly known as ‘trotro’, and their conductors, popularly called ‘mates’, have turned the Ashaiman...

Passengers stranded as commercial drivers embark on indefinite strike

The Coalition of Commercial Transport Owners has stayed true to its words and withdrawn its services until government scraps some taxes on fuel to...

Police will no longer display faces of suspects

The Ghana Police Service has resolved to no longer show or display faces of suspects who are yet to be convicted. It said the...

Two suspected thieves escape lynching at Awutu Bereku

Two young men, believed to be in their late twenties, narrowly escaped lynching for stealing at Awutu Bereku, a district in the Central Region....

Transport operators to embark on strike tomorrow if…

The Coalition of Transport Operators in Ghana has announced its decision to embark on a sit-down strike across the country on Monday, December 6...

E-levy: This is not time for jerky manoeuvres; hold more consultations – Pianim to govt

Economist and New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Kwame Pianim, has advised government to abandon its decision to introduce an electronic transaction levy (E-levy) as...

Two drivers, another dead; 7 injured in accident at Sege [Photos]

Three persons have been confirmed dead in a fatal accident at Sege in the Greater Accra Region. Seven others are said to have sustained...

Akufo-Addo, Ramaphosa joins hundreds to celebrate Otuo Siriboe

It was a display of a mixture of different Ghanaian cultures of drums and dance as Juaben re-enacted its traditional roots to climax a year-long...

Govt to recruit 1,100 veterinary officers

The government is set to recruit 1,100 veterinary officers into the Ministry of Food and Agriculture following Cabinet approval. President Nana Akufo-Addo announced this while...

They can come anytime and ask us to leave – Accra’s remaining farmers battling for land

“They can come and just say they want to build a house now and so we should all leave. They will give you one...

Forbes names Akufo-Addo as ‘2021 African of the Year’

Forbes has named Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo as the 'African Person of the Year 2021.' According to the pan Africa media company, President Akufo-Addo has repositioned the...

Senyo Hosi sends strong message to govt over Agric sector

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors, Senyo Hosi, has said that he does not think the country has a...

AMA clears air on prize for 2021 best farmer

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) says the 2021 best farmer, Naa Adjeley Mensah, was duly awarded at a durbar held at the St Theresa...

Bawumia leaves for Guyana

Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Friday, December 3, 2021, left Ghana for Guyana on a three-day official visit. Dr Bawumia, as part of his trip,...

Govt to procure patrol boats, research vessel for fisheries sector

Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has announced that Cabinet has approved the procurement of a research vessel and four patrol boats...

Govt to establish Land Information Bank – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced the government's plan to establish an Agricultural Land Information Bank. This, according to him, forms part of the ‘Ghana Cares...

Kumasi has had 55 power outages in 9 days – Energy Minister reveals

Minister of Energy, Dr Mathew Opoku-Prempeh, is sympathising with the people of the Ashanti Region over the recent power crisis known in local parlance...

PURC to probe Otumfuo’s complaints about ‘dumsor’ damages

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), as a matter of urgency, is launching investigation to ascertain the extent of damage power cuts have caused Asantehene Otumfuo’s...