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Central region floods: One confirmed dead, scores trapped

One person has been confirmed dead and scores of people trapped in their homes at Amamoma in the Central Region. Nearly a thousand people who...

Floods: We are in distress – Central Regional Minister

Central Regional Minister, Justina Marigold Assan, has said the region is in distress following heavy rains in the area. According to her, many areas are...

Bahamas Prime Minister’s son to be installed chief at Ahanta West

The wife of the Prime Minister of Bahamas, Anne-Marie Davis, will on Saturday attend the enstoolment of her son, Christopher Davis as 'Safohene' in...

COVID-19: GHS records three deaths in two days

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has reported three covid-19 related deaths after the country began recording new cases over the past weeks. The three deaths...

Cheapest electricity cost: Ghana ranked 1st, 9th in West Africa, Africa

Ghana has been ranked 1st in West Africa and 9th in Africa with the cheapest cost of electricity for household.   According to Global Petrol...

I need my money for surgery – Visually-impaired Menzgold customer cries

Nearly three years ago, the Attorney-General commenced the prosecution of Menzgold’s Chief Executive Officer, Nana Appiah Mensah. He is accused of defrauding thousands of customers...

Akufo-Addo leaves for Brussels, Kigali

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Sunday to attend the 15th Edition of the European Development Days Forum...

Husband arrested over murder of wife dies in custody

A man suspected of murdering his wife at Ada has died in police custody. The middle-aged man by the name of David Ayornu, who...

Recruitment scam hits Immigration Service

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has cautioned against a fraudulent recruitment exercise on a fake Facebook account bearing the name of one Kwame Asuah...

Woman paralysed, baby in critical condition after house collapses at Yamoransa

A 35-year-old fashion designer, Adwoa Manda, has been left crippled after a building collapsed at Yamoransa in the Central Region during a downpour on...

Couple dies in fatal accident at Konongo [Photo]

A couple has perished in a ghastly accident at Konongo -Odumasi Three Line in the Ashanti Region. The accident involved a Toyota Corolla car...

More than 1,000 homes affected in the Komenda floods

Latest reports indicate that over 1,000 households have been affected after heavy rains hit parts of the Central Region. The rain, which started on Saturday...

ECG invests GH¢4.6m on system improvement

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Central Regional office has invested GH¢4,605,589.49 on system improvement across its operational districts from January to May 2022. According...

Photos: Adom FM excites listeners on Fathers’ Day

Adom FM, Ghana's number one radio station celebrated some fathers of some listeners in a unique way. The selected dads and their children engaged...

Celebrating fathers: Meet the single father nursing twins [Video]

Forty-two-year-old Edmund Tetteh Akrofi lost his wife almost a year ago after giving birth to twins. She left him a widower to take care...

Reggie Rockstone wades into LGBTQI debate

Musician Reggie Rockstone has waded into the LGBTQI conversation. He says in spite of everyone’s sexual orientation they should be treated with respect. “When you talk...

Fingerprints expose JB’s alleged killer

The prime suspect in the murder of JB Danquah-Adu, murdered Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North in the Eatern Region, has been identified...

Exporting ‘wee’ cannot save Ghana – NDC MP

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Adaklu has shot down suggestions to leverage the export of cannabis to resolve the challenges impeding the development...

Floods: Over 100 houses at Komenda destroyed [Photos]

More than 100 houses in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abirem Municipality in the Central Region are estimated to have been flattened following the overflow...

Sanitation Minister commends Zoomlion for reclamation of Oti landfill

The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Mrs. Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has applauded Zoomlion Ghana Limited for the rapid reclamation of the Oti Landfill. She...

GWCL cuts water supply to over 20 houses at Chorkor over illegal connections

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has disconnected 20 houses at Chorkor from the national water supply system after the occupants were found to...

Kasoa teen murder case: Judge sheds tears while reading brief

A High Court Judge, Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, on Thursday, shed tears when she read out the chilling accounts of how two teenagers allegedly...

Use Cape Coast-Yamoransa road to Twifo Praso – Ghana Highways Authority

The Ministry of Roads and Highways has advised motorists travelling between Cape Coast and Twifo Praso to use the Cape Coast-Yamoransa route. This follows the...

Let’s allow gays to be – Freddie Blay

The National Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddy Blay, has called for gays to be allowed to express their desired sexual...

Ghana Airports Company reacts to death of passenger at Kotoka

Management of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has confirmed the death of a middle-aged male passenger at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). The passenger, according...

Islamic SHS protest: Heads must roll at Urban Roads – Parliament’s fact-finding committee

Parliament’s Defence, Interior and National Security Committee has faulted the Urban Roads Department for failing to act on a request by authorities of Islamic...

Islamic SHS protest: I was assaulted and denied access to hospital – Teacher recounts

A 40-year-old teacher has been recounting how he was allegedly battered by crowd-control Police during the protest by students of Islamic High School in Kumasi...

Do we have a new name for Black Star Square?

The Black Star Square in Accra remains one of Ghana’s most iconic landmarks. Completed in 1961 to coincide with the state visit of Queen Elizabeth...

ECG announces power outages; check out affected areas

Parts of the Volta Region will on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, experience a power outage from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The Electricity Company of...

Road crashes reduce by 4% for 2022 first quarter

Road traffic accidents for the first half of 2022 have seen a four percent decline as compared to the same period in 2021. The...

SOS message to travellers en route Cape Coast-Twifo Praso road

The Ghana Highway Authority has cautioned commuters and motorists after hours of rainfall resulted in flooding in some parts of the Central Region. In a statement, the...

Kasoa ritual murder: Judge sheds tears in court

A High Court Judge, Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, Thursday, shed tears when she read out the chilling accounts of how two teenagers allegedly killed...

My retired JHS teacher in the village can’t afford basic necessities of life – Bokpin on high cost of living

Economist and Professor of Finance at the University of Ghana, Godfred Bokpin, says the high cost of living in the country is having an...

Part of bridge linking Cape Coast-Twifo Praso road caves in [Video]

https://youtu.be/UagDH8KiAmw A heavy downpour in the Central Region has washed away portion of a bridge linking the Cape Coast-Twifo Praso road cutting it into two. The...

Statement issued by National Cathedral secretariat insincere – Ablakwa

The North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has reacted to clarifications made by the Executive Director of the National Cathedral, Dr Paul Opoku-Mensah, to...

Prisons officer feared drowned in Cape Coast flood

A prisons Officer, whose identity is yet to be known, is feared drowned in Cape Coast following hours of downpour in the Central Region....

National Cathedral – meet the Board of Trustees

In the wake of the controversy surrounding the relevance or otherwise of the National Cathedral, and the purported resignation of one of the members...

Convert National Cathedral into a big hospital – Govt told

A panelist on JoyFM‘s GhanaConnect, Edwin Appiah, has suggested that government should abandon the construction of the National Cathedral and use the land earmarked for the...

68-day arrears owed school feeding caterers settled – Cecilia Dapaah

Caretaker Minister for the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, says the 68-day payment arrears owed school feeding caterers have...

GPRTU threatens to ignore conventional transport fare adjustment system

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has threatened to boycott the conventional transport fare adjustment system if the government fails to address the...