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GES to sanction SHS heads who inflate prospectus

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has warned heads of Senior High Schools (SHS) to desist from tampering with the approved prospectus for first year...

GNAT’s take on GES’ directive to SHS heads over sale of items on prospectus

General Secretary for the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Thomas Tanko Musah, has said its members have been cautioned to desist from anything...

2025 Africa Cup of Nations: Morocco confident of bid to host tournament

Moroccan officials remain confident the North African country can launch a strong bid to replace Guinea as hosts of the 2025 Africa Cup of...

One dead, 23 injured in accident at Gomoa Anteadze

One person has died in a fatal accident at Gomoa Anteadze on the Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway in the Central Region. About 23 others are...

High Court convicts McDan with contempt

An Accra High Court has convicted Dr Daniel McKorley, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of McDan Group of Companies for contempt. The Businessman was found...

Tema Metro records 23 maternal deaths in 2022

The Terna Metropolitan Health Directorate in 2022 recorded a total of 23 maternal mortalities, a marginal reduction from the 2021 figure of 25, Priscilla...

Election 2024: Driver jailed for accusing NDC of hoarding weapons

The Assin Fosu District court has sentenced a 32-year-old driver to nine months in jail for deceitfully accusing a police officer and the National...

Titus-Glover makes passionate appeal over unpaid student loans

Former Member of Parliament for Tema East Constituency, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, has appealed to management of the Student Loans Trust Fund to secure...

100 nurses leave Pantang hospital for greener pastures

Nearly 150 experienced nurses and other health professionals from the Pantang Hospital have left the shores of the country in search of greener pastures...

Lands Commission stealing syndicate busted after siphoning GHC100m

Sixteen out of 21 members of a syndicate mastered in stealing draft cheques meant for Land Commission have been arrested by the officials of...

Ghana First Company kicks against ministerial nominee’s approval

A sanitation management company, Ghana First Company Limited, has petitioned the Appointments Committee of Parliament not to approve the Minister of State-designate for the...

Galamsey: COCOBOD loses ¢4.8 billion in Western Region

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says it has lost GH¢4.8 billion worth of investment in 35 hectares of cocoa farms to illegal mining (galamsey)...

35-year-old man drowns

A 35-year-old man, Kwasi Nkrumah, has drowned at Ayerdo in the Central Region. The death of the young man has been declared sudden by his...

Ada Traditional Council appeals for monument in Atsu’s honour

The Ada Traditional Council has requested that the government erects a monument in honour of late Ghanaian footballer, Christian Atsu. According to the family, Christian...

SHS freshers report to school

Trunks, ‘chop boxes’, mattresses, pillows, brooms and brushes moved from one second cycle boarding school to the other as first-year students start reporting to...

Defunct Beige Bank CEO’s trial adjourned over misunderstanding with lawyer

The Economic and Financial Crime Division of the High Court in Accra has adjourned the trial of former Chief Executive Officer of defunct Beige...

Chereponi, Wenchiki at risk of famine following community clashes

The North East Regional Minister, Yidana Zakari, has expressed fear that communities in conflict-ravaged Chereponi district, especially Sakou are on the brink of famine...

Wife of late Rev. Anthony Boakye breaks silence on his death

The estranged wife of the late founder of Resurrection Power New Generation, Rev. Dr. Anthony Kwadwo Boakye, has spoken on his sudden demise. Rev. Mrs....

Mahama congratulates newly elected king of Gonjaland

Former President John Dramani Mahama has congratulated the newly elected king of Gonjaland, Tulewewura Amonebafe Borenyi I, on his nomination as Yagbonwura. Tulewewura Amonebafe Borenyi...

NCA to disconnect SIM cards with incomplete registration

The National Communications Authority (NIA) will begin disconnecting sim cards with incomplete registration from March 10, 2023. The NCA has, therefore, warned that if subscribers...

Police on manhunt for 2 for stealing $1,600 at Accra Mall

The Police are looking for two people for allegedly stealing an amount of 1,600 dollars from a forex bureau at the Accra Mall. The two...

Savannah region NPP congratulates Yagbonwura-elect

The Savannah Regional New Patriotic Party (NPP), led by Alhaji Iddrisu Sulemana, has congratulated Yagbonwura-elect, Soale Mbemah Amonebafe Borenyi I, for his elevation to...

President appoints Joseph Kumah Mackay as CEO of Middle Belt Authority

The president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has appointed Joseph Kumah Mackay as the New Chief Executive Officer for the Middle Belt Development Authority. Mackay Kumah...

Man arrested for alleged fraud at SHS placement centre

A man claiming to be an agent for the Ghana Education Service (GES) has been arrested by the Police at the Free Senior High...

Meet the new Overlord of Gonja land

Kingmakers of the Gonja Kingdom in pursuant to the tradition and custom have announced and outdoored Amonebafe Borenasa I as the new Yagbonwura. This was...

Govt is ready to assist Christian Atsu’s burial – Akufo Addo assures family

President Nana Akufo-Addo has assured the family of Christian Atsu that government is ready to support the burial of the former Ghana winger. Atsu, who made...

Woman busted for attempting to secretly bury dead husband in a bush at Mankessim

A woman in her 50s has been busted and nearly lynched for attempting to bury her dead husband in a bush at Mankessim in...

Christian Atsu’s death: Family visits Akufo-Addo

The family of late Black Stars player, Christian Atsu, has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo at the seat of government to officially inform him...

March 6 declared public holiday

Government has declared Monday, 6th March, 2023 as a statutory public holiday. The holiday marks Ghana’s 66th Independence Day anniversary. This is contained in a press statement signed...

Muntaka mourns after being hit with sad news

Member of Parliament (MP) for Asawase, Muntaka Mubarak, has taken to social media to mourn the death of a member of the Tijaniyya Movement...

EC fights off Jean Mensa’s ‘disrespect’ for Parliament

The Electoral Commission (EC) is fighting off claims by Parliament that its Chairperson, Jean Adukwei Mensa, disrespects the House. The Commission has said Mrs Mensa will not disrespect any...

Nigerian election: Koku cautions Ghanaian media

A member of the Ecowas Observer team for Nigeria’s election, Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has cautioned the media to be circumspect with the reportage on...

NLA’s Good Causes Foundation donates four boreholes to Abotakyi Community

The Corporate Social Responsibility wing of the National Lottery Authority (NLA) has provided the Abotakyi Community in the Akuapem North District of the Eastern...

He marked my forehead with a screwdriver – Skrewfaze narrates how he got his moniker [Video]

Ghanaian musician Jehoshaphat Kwabena Eshun, popularly known as Screwfaze, has recounted a foul incident that led to his stage name, 'Skrewfaze'. According to him, during...

The church doesn’t hang in the sky; speak truth to power – Mahama urges clergy

Former President John Dramani Mahama has called on church leaders to speak truth to power. According to him, the church, which serves as the moral...

Farouk Aliu Mahama supports over 70 students with scholarships

The Farouk Aliu Mahama Educational Care Fund (FAMEC-FUND), a scholarship fund set up by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Yendi, Alhaji Farouk Aliu...

It’s totally wrong for an investigative journalist to entrap people with money – Francisca Enchill

Multiple award-winning Ghanaian investigative journalist with Corruption Watch, Francisca Enchill, has shared her candid view about entrapment. The reigning GJA best investigative and female...

I will rather listen to Becca’s ‘You lied to Me’ than read Matthew Chapter 5 – Kyiri Abosom

The Founder and General Overseer of Life Assembly Worship Centre, Reverend Christian Kwabena Andrews, popularly known as Osofo Kyiri Abosom, has described the Bible...

Kofi Adams backs Mahama’s statement on EC 

Member of Parliament (MP) for Buem Constituency, Kofi Adams, has supported former President John Mahama’s statement that the Electoral Commission (EC) lacks transparency. Having a...

Why Elon Musk has unblocked everyone on Twitter and want others to do the same

Tesla CEO and the new Twitter head Elon Musk announced that he has unblocked everyone he blocked in the past on the microblogging platform. On...