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Soldiers deployed to Krobo as ECG begins Prepaid meters installation

A contingent of 50 military personnel has been deployed to the Krobo area to provide security to the staff of the Electricity Company of...

NUGS to probe Kumasi Islamic SHS chaos

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has announced it is setting up a five-member independent committee of inquiry to investigate the riot at...

Education Ministry investigates Kumasi Islamic SHS chaos

The Ministry of Education has launched investigations into Monday’s chaos on the campus of Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi. At least 30 students of...

Murder suspect dies in police custody in Ada

A 31-year-old man who was arrested for allegedly killing his wife at Lufenya, a suburb of Ada in the Greater Accra Region is reported...

Green Ghana: Govt exceeds 20m seedling target – Lands Ministry

The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu-Bio, who doubles as the National Chairman of the 2022 Green Ghana Planning Committee, has...

FixTheCountry urges Police to stop violent crowd control

Social advocacy group, FixTheCountry Movement, has called on the Ghana Police Service to speedily investigate the recent shooting incident at the Islamic Senior High...

Kumasi Islamic SHS demo: Top regional officer removed, 2 others interdicted

The Ghana Police Service has admitted that a better approach to tackling the riot at Kumasi Islamic Senior High School (SHS) could have been...

IGP promises to look into conduct of police officers deployed to Islamic SHS

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has assured students and Management of the Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi that he will...

Ghana Highways Authority fixes bridges on Accra-Tema motorway

The Ghana Highways Authority started work on Monday to repair defective bridges on the Accra-Tema highway. In the process, many motorists have had to endure...

FDA makes shocking revelation after investigating Marwako food poisoning incident

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has disclosed the outcome of its investigation into the recent incidence of food poisoning at the East Legon...

Video of pallbearers carrying body of late Happy FM presenter to cemetery drops

A video of pallbearers carrying the remains of the late Happy FM presenter, Dr Cann to the cemetery for burial has stirred emotions on...

Two soldiers arrested for allegedly raping nursing student

Two military officers from the 155 Armoured Regiment based at Damongo are currently in police custody for allegedly raping a past student of the...

Akufo-Addo re-opens refurbished National Museum

President Akufo-Addo has reopened the renovated National Museum Gallery situated at Adabraka, Accra. The Museum, which was opened in 1957 to commemorate Ghana’s independence, was...

Islamic SHS: Video of police firing tear gas into protesting students pops up

https://youtube.com/shorts/ugfIW_3kIXk?feature=share Footage that gives a visual account of Police officers firing tear gas into protesting students of the Islamic Senior High School (SHS) has surfaced...

Old man allegedly scamming accommodation seekers finally arrested, several victims emerge

A syndicate of serial fraudsters led by an old man who for years has been scamming persons searching for accommodation in Accra has finally...

Islamic school chaos: There was no blood on any student – Ambulance Service boss

The Ashanti Regional Director of the National Ambulance Service, Sommit Duut, says police officers who responded to the protest at the Islamic Senior High...

Heavy security at Islamic SHS as parents troop there to withdraw their wards [Video]

https://youtu.be/rn5BzezYsS8 There is heavy security presence at the Islamic Senior High School (SHS) as some parents have trooped there to withdraw their children following reports...

Police allegedly shoot at Islamic SHS students during protest [Photos]

There is uneasy calm at the Islamic Senior High School (SHS) at Abrepo, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region after the police...

COVID-19: Over 20 staff of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital test positive

The Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital is on high alert for Covid-19 cases as 23 of its staff have contracted the virus. A notice issued by the...

Oti Regional Minister orders removal of trees planted by NDC on June 4 [Video]

The Oti Regional Minister, Joshua Makubu, has ordered the removal of trees planted by the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to commemorate...

Obuasi could be out of water supply anytime soon – Ghana Water Company warns

The Ghana Water Company Limited has hinted of possible water cuts to the Obuasi municipality in the Ashanti region if the activities of illegal...

There was no procurement process – Transport Ministry contradicts Paul Adom-Otchere on airport X’mas tree saga

The Ministry of Transport has stated that “there was no procurement nor bidding process for the award of contract” in the controversial Christmas tree...

Dampare heads to Kumasi over Islamic Senior High School incident

The Inspector-General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, is currently on his way to Kumasi following the protest by the Islamic Senior High School...

National Cathedral: Why Pastor Otabil left Board of Trustees – Ablakwa reveals

Founder of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Dr Mensa Otabil, is reported to have abandoned his work on the National Cathedral Board of...

Scrap Council of State – Prof Gyampo

A political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof Ransford Gyampo, has joined calls for the Council of State to be scrapped. He argues...

Ellembelle chiefs survive as unknown assailants set their vehicle ablaze

Three chiefs from Ellembelle and their driver sustained burns when the vehicle they were traveling in was set ablaze by unknown assailants. The chiefs are...

Govt may consider going to IMF for programme – John Kumah

Government may consider going to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a programme if the current home grown programme fails to bring the needed...

Minister orders removal of trees planted by NDC members

The Oti regional minister, Joshua Makubu, has ordered the removal of all the trees planted by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) as part of...

Be measured in expectation: Otumfuo to labour unions

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called on all labour unions and civil society at large to be measured in their demands on...

Jaman South MCE hot for allegedly blowing GH¢13,000 on alcoholic drinks

JoyNews/AdomNews · Jaman South MCE hot for blowing cash on acoholic drinks The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Jaman South in the Bono region, Andrews...

Heavy security at Kutula, one dead in new clashes

There has been heavy security deployment to Kutula, a community in the Savannah Region, following clashes which left one person dead. The deceased was allegedly...

National Cathedral expenditure: Ken Ofori-Atta breaks silence

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has revealed that just a little portion of government’s annual budget has been spent on the National Cathedral. Speaking on the...

Decomposing body of 39-year-old woman found hanging in locked kitchen

A 39-year-old woman, known as Maame Efua, has been discovered hanging in a locked kitchen at Abeadze Kyeakor in the Mfantseman Municipality of the...

Federation of deaf demands inclusion in ‘See Somthing Say Something’ campaign

The Ghana Federation of the Deaf has expressed displeasure with the inability of government to include the association in the ‘See-Something-Say-Something’ campaign despite the...

IGP to visit Kumasi for first-hand assessment of riots at Islamic SHS

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, is paying a visit to the Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi to get first-hand...

Ofoase SHS matron arrested for allegedly stealing foodstuff

The police have taken into custody a matron who worked at Ofoase Senior High Technical School (OSHTS), which is located in the Atwima Kwanwoma...

Video: Snakes invade St Paul’s SHS, 2 students bitten

https://youtu.be/vt0q1howHf4 Students of St Paul's Senior High School ( SHS) at Kwawu Asakraka in the Kwawu South Municipality of the Eastern Region are currently on...

Togbe Afede supports Volta Sea Erosion victims with GH¢300K

The Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV, has donated Gh¢300,000.00 to the Southern Volta Communities affected by the recent sea erosion. Togbe...

NSS introduces ‘Flair portal’ to create employment for personnel

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has introduced an online portal called ‘Flair’ to ensure personnel acquire employable skills and establish their own enterprises as...

Ghanaian doctors save a dying French passenger on flight to Ghana

Two Ghanaian medical doctors on Brussels – Accra flight received a standing ovation after they saved a French man who was dying from a...