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AngloGold Ashanti reacts to ‘unemployment’ demo by Obuasi youth

AngloGold Ashanti Ghana (AGAG) has reacted to unemployment concerns raised by the Obuasi Youth Community Mining Association through a demonstration. A group of irate...

Man, 30, arrested after 89-year-old woman was stabbed to death in her home

A man has been arrested after an 89-year-old woman was stabbed to death at home. Police were scrambled to the property in Croydon, South...

School feeding Caterers in Ashanti region begin cooking for wards

Some caterers in the Ashanti region have begun cooking for pupils at primary schools. This comes after the government settled the 68-day arrears owed to...

Floods on Takoradi-Agona-Tarkwa highway an engineering problem – Western Region Minister

The Western Region Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah has attributed the perennial flooding incident on the Takoradi-Agona-Tarkwa highway to an engineering problem. According to him, wetlands...

Presidential spouses emoluments case adjourned again

The Supreme Court has, for the second time, adjourned the case against presidential spouses and vice-presidential spouses being paid allowances to July 27. The first...

Sadio Mane joins Bayern Munich from Liverpool in £35m deal

Sadio Mane has completed a £35m move from Liverpool to Bayern Munich on a three-year contract. The Reds will receive 32m euros (£27.4m) with an...

Soldier, 26, dies in horror accident during exercise

A soldier has died during a routine exercise on Salisbury Plain after crashing with an armoured vehicle. Emergency services were rushed to the Wiltshire training ground on...

Singapore records first monkeypox case

Singapore has recorded its first recent case of monkeypox in a British flight attendant who entered the country last week. Authorities on Tuesday disclosed the...

I’ve had ‘beefs’ with almost everybody in Ghana – Kuami Eugene

Award-winning high-life singer, Eugene Kwame Marfo, popularly known as Kuami Eugene has said almost everybody in Ghana has a ‘beef’ with him because they...

Couple conspires to defraud company of $650k

Husband and wife, both shareholders of Onango Ghana Limited, have confirmed to the Police that they took $650,000 from the company of which they...

Greater Accra Minister leads security forces to reclaim CSIR lands

Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has led a team of security personnel to reclaim lands belonging to the Council for Scientific and Industrial...

Covid-19 expenditure: All 16 questions and how they were answered by Ken Ofori-Atta

With the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta appearing before Parliament today, he is expected to answer some 16 questions filed by some lawmakers. Aside from...

Checkout how much govt has spent on Planting for Food and Jobs

Agric Minister, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has disclosed that GH₵2.6 billion has so far been invested into government’s flagship programme in Agriculture, Planting for...

Supreme Court throws out Ato Essien

The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed an application filed by founder and Chief Executive Officer of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, seeking special leave...

Two arrested for tampering with ECG metres at Kpong

Two individuals who tampered with the newly installed prepaid meters by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) at Kpong in the Krobo district of...

50,000 Krobo customers being migrated to prepaid meters – ECG

Some 50,000 customers are billed to be migrated from postpaid to pre-paid metering in the Krobo area following a resolution of a standoff between...

My biggest regret was 2008 elections – NPP 1st Vice Chairman hopeful

New Patriotic Party (NPP) 1st Vice Chairman hopeful, Danquah Smith, says his biggest regret was after the party lost the elections to the opposition...

MPs refund ‘double salaries’

The Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD) has confirmed that monies paid to some Members of Parliament (MPs) as overpaid salaries have been refunded. The Kintampo...

Australia to lift electricity suspension as prices eases

Australia's energy market operator says it will lift its suspension of the country's main wholesale electricity market as its power crisis eases. The restrictions will...

Gun control bill clears US Senate hurdle

The US Senate has taken a first step towards passing what has been called the most significant new gun controls in a generation. Senators voted...

Minister leads soldiers to pull down all private property on 200 acres of CSIR land

Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has reported that “on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, I led members of the Regional Security Council (REGSEC) to...

US plans to reduce nicotine in cigarette

The amount of nicotine in cigarettes sold in the US is set to be reduced to minimal or non-addictive levels. The White House on Tuesday...

Canada MPs given panic buttons

Canada's Members of Parliament (MPs) will be given panic buttons to call police in an emergency, amid growing harassment, intimidation and threats of violence. The...

It is not wrong for women to pay bills – Manasseh Azure tells McDan

Award-winning investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, has stated that though women are entitled to the monies they earn, it is not wrong for them...

MP to sue govt over National Cathedral contract

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashaiman is heading to court over the government’s decision to sole-source the architectural design contract for the National...

Sad: Student in tears as parents ignore his graduation ceremony, says it is the saddest day of his life

While most parents would always make time to celebrate the education success of their kids, however busy their schedules are, it was not with...

Use of Omo, DDT, other illegal fishing methods will not be tolerated under my watch – Hawa Koomson [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · HAWA KOOMSON ON ILLEGAL FISHING Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has vowed to wage war against illegal fishing practices...

Interior minister sends a strong message to police service

The Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, has cautioned the Ghana Police Service personnel to stop collecting unlawful money from commercial drivers. According to him, he has...

No compensation for Kejetia flooding victims – Sam Pyne

The Chief Executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly says victims of Kejetia Market flooding cannot be compensated. Samuel Pyne, who serves as the board chairman...

Cement blocks used as chairs by Pechie Basic School pupils

Pupils of Pechie Basic School in the Krachi West Municipality of the Oti Region are forced to sit on cement blocks and on the...

Caged, neglected, plight of the Ghanaian prisoner

Everybody is a potential prisoner yet almost everyone enjoying freedom loses cognizance of the fact that we must rise up together and demand prisoners...

Govt to establish Grain Development Authority

The government, through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, is working on the establishment of a Grain Development Authority. The outfit, according to Agric...

Obuasi youth hit the street over ‘worsening’ unemployment rate [Photos]

Scores of residents within Obuasi in the Ashanti Region have embarked on a demonstration over what they described as worsening unemployment among the youth...

Many passengers in critical condition after head-on collision involving bus and truck at Nkawkaw

Many passengers are battling for their lives after a head-on collision between a commercial bus carrying passengers and an articulated truck.The accident occurred around...

Inter Milan to sign Lukaku on season long loan from Chelsea

Italian club Inter Milan have agreed a deal to sign striker Romelu Lukaku on a season-long loan from Chelsea. The Blues signed the 29-year-old from...

Thousands evacuated as flood raze south China

Hundreds of thousands of people in China have been evacuated in several southern and eastern provinces after unrelenting rains caused floods and triggered landslides. Two...

Black Starlets knocked out of WAFU B Championship by Burkina Faso

Following their 1-0 loss to Burkina Faso on Tuesday at the Cape Coast Stadium, host nation Ghana suffered elimination from the WAFU Zone B U-17 championships. The...

Scores wounded, others dead after earthquake hits Afghanistan

A powerful earthquake has killed at least 280 people and left scores injured in Afghanistan, according to the country's state news agency. Pictures show landslides...

Todd Boehly appointed as new Chelsea chairman

Todd Boehly has been confirmed as the new Chelsea chairman amid a series of new appointments to the club's board. A consortium led by American...

There’s grand scheme to rig GIMPA SRC election for Samini – Disqualified aspirant alleges

The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration’s Students Representative Council (GIMPA-SRC) election appears to be attracting tension over what a section of the...