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Man arrested for attempted murder of father over transportation

A 34-year-old man, Waris, has been arrested by the Sawla district police command for attempting to kill his father with a knife over transportation. According...

You can only demonstrate from 8am to 4pm – High Court tells Arise Ghana

An Accra High Court has ruled that pressure group, Arise Ghana, can stage its protest only between the hours of 8am to 4pm. The court...

Health Students Association begins strike

The National Executive Officers of the Health Students Association of Ghana have embarked on an indefinite strike action starting June 27. In a statement issued...

Narcotics Control Commission to regulate growth, use of cannabis

The Narcotics Control Commission (NCC) says it is considering regulating the growth and distribution of cannabis across the country while exploring its commercial benefits. It...

Lady who turned lawyer after 11-year struggle shares emotional story

A lady who struggled for about eleven years to become a lawyer has revealed that though she seemed composed during the period, she was...

Special prayers to be held for victims of Ejura incident

A special prayer event will be held on Thursday, June 30 for victims and persons who lost their lives in the Ejura disturbance between...

Two brothers burnt to death at East Legon

Two boys, Nana Amo, age eight and Nana Boadi, age five, met their untimely death when the room they were sleeping in was gutted...

Video of Stonebwoy grinding MzVee on stage causes stir

Ghanaian reggae-dancehall musicians, MzVee and Stonebwoy were caught on camera 'grinding' each other passionately during a performance on stage. MzVee held a concert for...

Wife pays assassins to kill husband for failing to sleep with her for 9 years

A housewife has been arrested for hiring a man to assassinate her husband for failing to perform his sexual marital duties for nine years. The...

Land guards attack Dome residents, homes destroyed

An attack by land guards on property on a land at Sawmill Down at Dome Pillar Two in Accra on Sunday morning has left...

Record label owner ‘CEO Pryme’ donates to parents who lost children in East Legon fire

Founder and CEO of EZ Street Records, CEO Pryme, has donated some cash to the parents of East Legon fire victims. The American-based business mogul...

NDC’s National Organiser hopeful escapes death in ghastly accident

A member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and National Organiser Hopeful, Henry Osei Akoto, has escaped death in an accident. Reports have it...

World Trade Centre, Accra announces partnership with Altkom Akademia to offer Professional Education in Africa

World Trade Centre Accra (WTC Accra) has partnered with Altkom Akademia to offer live professional education and capacity building programmes in West Africa over...

High ranking judicial officer resigns over corruption allegations

Nigeria’s highest-ranking judicial officer Justice Tanko Muhammad has resigned from his position. Multiple local reports say Mr Muhammad, Nigeria’s Chief Justice, resigned on the grounds...

DVLA defends position as best procurement institution in public sector

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has made a strong case that its procurements in the last couple of years ranked it as...

A/R: criminal activities force residents to compile names of landlords to track criminals

Criminal activities have been on the increase at Meduma in the Kwabre-East District of the Ashanti Region. Residents say they come under armed attacks, especially...

Sehwi Asafo residents live in darkness over stolen ECG transformer [Photos]

The Asafo community, a suburb of Sehwi in the Western North Region, has been plunged in darkness after unidentified persons stole the entire ECG...

GIJ holds training for students on news reporting, editing

The skills and expertise needed to write on educational issues are important to all student journalists. This has been an interest of the School...

Don’t launch YouStart until you pay us – NABCO trainees to govt

A group of trainees, under the National Builders Corps (NABCO), has called on the government to halt the implementation of the YouStart initiative until...

Players without Ghana Card won’t be registered for 2022/23 season – GFA

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) says players who do not possess a Ghana Card, will not be registered for the 2022/23 season. As part of...

E-levy: Govt fails to meet revenue target

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has disclosed that the Electronic Transactions Levy (e-levy) has generated less than ¢60 million, close...

Very soon we may have to borrow to pay wages – Gabby Otchere-Darko

A leading member of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Gabby Otchere-Darko, is hinting government may soon have to borrow to pay wages if measures...

Reckless motor rider crashes to death

Excessive speeding has reportedly caused the death of a motor rider and severe injuries to another person at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region. Mumuni Saani,...

Gabby Otchere-Darko sparks IMF debate

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, has said he is not against the government seeking economic support from the...

37 million people in Japan urged to switch off lights

Japan's government has urged people in Tokyo and its surrounding area to use less electricity on Monday, as it warned that supplies will be...

Ex-convict in court over fraud

Businessman Charles Oppong Kyekyeku, who was jailed in the UK for fake invoices totaling £245,000 to Jones Lang LaSalle over two years, has been...

Human Trafficking: Ghana Police rescue 9 victims on Lake Volta

The Ghana Police, in collaboration with the Department of Social Welfare, have rescued nine trafficked victims from Yeji in the Pru East District of...

AU calls for probe on migrants’ death at Spanish enclave

The African Union (AU) has called for an immediate investigation into the death of at least 23 migrants who died on Friday when a huge...

School Feeding: Juliana Cudjoe blames Minister for her dismissal

President of the Greater Accra School Feeding Caterers Association, Juliana Cudjoe, has blamed the Greater Accra Regional Minister for the termination of her contract...

Cape Coast – Twifo Praso road to be closed for repair works on Jukwa bridge

The road linking Cape Coast to Twifo Praso in the Central Region, which collapsed on Sunday, June 19, will be closed to traffic today...

Fraudsters using Sammy Awuku’s name in recruitment scam arrested

A 73-year-old businessman, Emmanuel King Opare, a known member of the ruling New Patriotic Party and a 55-year-old teacher, Elizabeth Manukure, both residents of...

Akufo-Addo boarded train from France to Belgium – Presidency

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo boarded train from Paris to Brussels, Belgium says the Presidency. This is contrary to claim by the National Democratic Congress Member...

Man jailed for defiling neighbour’s daughter

The Sogakofe Circuit Court has handed a seven-year prison term in hard labour to Richard Atim, a 25-year-old mechanic who defiled an 11-year-old girl. The...

27 teachers sacked over fake appointment letters

Twenty-seven teachers in some basic schools in the North East Region have been dismissed by the Ghana Education Service (GES) for allegedly joining the...

Police in court over Arise Ghana demo

The Police are seeking a court ruling on the time and location of an intended protest by a group, Arise Ghana. This, the Service said...

FDA destroys expired, unwholesome products worth over GH¢300,000

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has safely disposed of some expired and unwholesome products worth GH₵312,720.00 in the Upper East Region.The disposal was...

Ukraine war: Uk joins ban on imports of Russian gold

The UK, US, Canada and Japan will ban imports of Russian gold in an effort to hit Moscow’s ability to fund the war in...

Tiler gets 7 years for defilement; claims victim forced him to have sex with her

Patrick Mawunyega, a 24-year-old tiler, who defiled a 15-year-old girl after helping her with her homework, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by...

IMANI Africa’s 10 challenges with National Cathedral

In its most recent policy document, the IMANI Centre for Policy and Education has identified some challenges with the National Cathedral project. This document from...

Top GRA official dies as car plunges into Boti River

A man, identified as Richard Frimpong, has been confirmed dead after a car he was driving plunged into river Boti on the Akyem Oda-Nkwanta...