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Afoko Trial: State closes case after parading 16 witnesses

State Prosecutors have closed their case after parading 16 witnesses in the case in which Gregory Afoko and Asabke Alangde are standing trial for...

Irate Tamale residents pull down LGBTQI+ billboard

Some irate Tamale residents have removed a billboard in the area seeking to promote activities of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer  (LGBTQ+)...

One fire officer in Obuasi fire tender accident dead

The Obuasi Fire tender accident recorded on June 6, 2022, has resulted in the death of a young firefighter, the Ghana National Fire Service...

Prof Gyampo hit with sad news

A political science lecturer at the University of Ghana (UG), Prof Ransford Gyampo, has lost his father. His dad, Mr Sampson Bismark Gyampo passed...

Repair works ongoing on parts of Accra-Tema Motorway, alternative routes provided

Roads and Highways Ministry says it is undertaking emergency repair work on the Lakplakpa river bridge on the Accra-bound section of the Accra-Tema Motorway. This...

Angry Kejetia traders litter offices of market management over failure to repair burst pipe

Some traders at the Kejetia Market in Kumasi are up against the management of the facility over the failure to repair a burst pipe...

Two police officers promoted for arresting one of their own for possessing ‘wee’

The police administration has promoted two of its officers for effecting the arrest of another officer suspected to be carrying 84 parcels of compressed...

Armed men kill 1, others hospitalised at Akatsi South

One person has been killed, while four others have been hospitalized following a robbery incident at Makafui and Sons Lotto company at Ayitikorpe in...

ECG announces amnesty for customers with meter issues

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced an amnesty for all customers with electrical meter faults within its operational catchment. The utility company says...

DVLA rolls out eye test reforms

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) in compliance with Regulation 29 of the Road Traffic Regulation, 2012 (L.I. 2180) and in reinforcing its...

Driver’s mate dead, others injured in accident on Kumasi-Accra Highway

https://youtu.be/LPIJZdhrQjE A driver's mate has died in a fatal accident at Asankare in the Asante Akim South Municipality of the Ashanti Region. Scores have also been...

Ghana Digital Centres Ltd to launch Tertiary Digital Innovation Program

Ghana Digital Centres Limited (GDCL) is set to launch the Tertiary Digital Innovation Program (TDIP). The program is aimed at equipping tertiary graduates...

How digitalisation pushed passport office revenue from ¢1m in 2017 to ¢56m in 2021

The Presidency has touted an increase in the Passport Office’s revenue. It said the revenue increased from GH¢1m in 2017 to GH¢56m in 2021. The Presidency...

Ghana partners Finland to establish political consultations

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs & Regional Integration, Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Finland to establish political consultations. The meeting...

Temporary speed ramps installed in front of Islamic SHS

The Police administration and the Urban Roads Department have put anchor ropes on a section of the Abrepo Junction-Barekese road to reduce speeding and...

Akufo-Addo launches Development Bank Ghana

President Nana Akufo-Addo has launched the $750 Development Bank Ghana (DBG). He said DBG will support all banks in the economy to have access to...

Policeman under police guard after being involved in accident

A Police Sergeant, identified as Lotsu Agbeko, aged 36, working with the Form Police Unit (FPU) at Tesano has being involved in an accident....

Body of suspected illegal miner retrieved

The body of a suspected illegal artisanal miner that was missing has been retrieved from Newmont Ghana’s Ahafo mine’s operational area with the assistance...

Local organic fertiliser producers form association

To help bridge the shortage of fertiliser in the country caused by the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, local organic fertilizer producers have...

Clergy stunned by revelations from National Cathedral – Asiedu Nketia

The General Secretary of the main opposition NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, says the National Cathedral project is being executed on “sheer deception” by President...

Oppong Nkrumah visits 15-year-old girl molested at Ofoase

Ofoase Ayirebi Member of Parliament (MP), Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has paid a visit to a 15-year-old girl who was molested at Akyem-Ofoase in the...

Nat’l Cathedral: We’ll miss purpose, drag integrity of men of God in the mud if… – Prophet Kofi Oduro [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Kofi Oduro On National Cathedral Founder and leader of the Alabaster International Ministries, Prophet Dr Kofi Oduro, has expressed disgust about the manner...

I’m on a national assignment; I make enemies by the day – Popular Prophet [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · I'm on a national assignment; I make enemies by the day- Kofi Oduro Founder and leader of the Alabaster International Ministries, Prophet Dr...

Kumasi Islamic SHS: Up your professional antics and tactics – Annoh-Dompreh tells Police

The Majority Chief Whip has lambasted the Ghana Police Service over its tackling of the riot at Kumasi Islamic Senior High School on Monday,...

Bagbin orders parliamentary probe into Islamic SHS, Police clash

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has directed a fact-finding Committee to furnish the House with circumstances that led to a clash involving the...

I can track premix fuel distribution from my office – Hawa Koomson

The Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister says the smuggling of premix fuel in Ghana will soon be a thing of the past. Mavis Hawa Koomson...

National Cathedral CEO eats humble pie

The Executive Director of the National Cathedral project, Dr Paul Opoku-Mensah, has rendered an unqualified apology to the Coalition of Muslim Organisations (COMOG). This...

Two teenagers drown in pool at Aplaku Hill

Two families are calling for justice for their teenage children who mysteriously drowned in a pool at an event centre at Aplaku Hill. The victims...

Coalition of Muslim Organisations chases National Cathedral CEO

The Coalition of Muslim Organisations, Ghana, has refuted claims suggesting that the Government of Ghana spent state resources during the construction of the National...

Charcoal, pear and other items driving inflation in Ghana

Data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed the top 15 items, both food and non-food, driving inflation in the country. These items,...

FDA fined us ¢750k over food poisoning claims – Marwako Fast Food

The Management of Marwako Fast Food says the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has already fined them ¢750,000. This is according to its Public Relations...

John Kumah reacts to 50 Immigration Service slots for constituents

Ejisu Member of Parliament (MP), John Kumah has denied claims he secured 50 slots in the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) for constituents. According to the...

Chief shot by unknown assailants at Gyengyen

The Chief of Gyengyen, a community in the Krachi West Municipality of the Volta Region, has been shot by unknown assailants at his residence. It...

Peter Amewu sends strong message to rail thieves as govt installs anti-theft devices

Minister of Railway Development, John-Peter Amewu, says the government will soon arrest and punish individuals stealing components for fittings of the tracks on the...

Constituents chase MP over GHC800K job scam

A growing number of fraud victims in the Atwima-Nwabiagya South Constituency who were duped in a GHC800, 000 job scam are chasing after the...

Marwako reacts to FDA’s report on food poisoning incident

Management of Marwako Fast Food Limited says it welcomes the report of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) into the cases of suspected food...

Bawumia cuts sod for Tatale-Yendi-Tamale highway [Photos]

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Monday cut the sod for the construction of the Tamale through Yendi to Tatale highway in the...

Motorists stranded on Accra-Tema motorway as Ghana Highways renovates bridges

Motorists and commuters are stranded on the Accra-Tema motorway as the Ghana Highways Authority (GHA) races to fix bridges on the stretch. The Authority said...

Central Regional GPRTU Chairman interdicted over nearly ¢400k embezzlement

The chairman of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) branch in the Central Region has been interdicted by the union’s National Executive Council...

Govt will continue to encourage farmers to organic fertilisers – Agric Minister

The Minister for Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has re-affirmed that the government will continue to encourage farmers to use and...