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GPRTU threatens to ignore conventional transport fare adjustment system

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has threatened to boycott the conventional transport fare adjustment system if the government fails to address the...

Walahi! People are suffering – John Jinapor cries

The Ranking Member on the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, John Abu Jinapor, is feeling the brunt of what he described as a...

More than 150,000 merchants enrolled onto GhQR platform

More than 150,000 merchants have been enrolled on the GhanaQR platform introduced by the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement System (GhiPSS), a subsidiary of...

Fuel in Togo, Burkina Faso cheaper than Ghana – COPEC

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers, Ghana (COPEC) has revealed that fuel prices in neighbouring countries like Togo and Burkina Faso are cheaper than Ghana. They claim...

Azamati finishes 4th behind Olympic champion Andre De Grasse in Oslo

National 100m record holder, Benjamin Azamati, finished 4th on his Wanda Diamond League debut in Oslo on Thursday evening. Azamati, who had previously ran 9.90s,...

Russian gas supply to Italy cut by half

Italy has become the latest of a host of European countries to report further cuts in its Russian gas supply. Italian energy giant Eni said...

Kirin Cup: Black Stars showed character – GFA spokesperson

Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Henry Asante Twum, has lauded the Black Stars for the heroic display against Chile in the...

Liverpool’s Sadio Mane to join Bayer Munich in £35m deal

Liverpool have agreed a 41m euro (£35.1m) deal to sell Sadio Mane to Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich. The Reds will get a fixed 32m euros...

Tottenham sign Yves Bissouma on four-year deal

Tottenham have completed the signing of 25-year-old Mali midfielder Yves Bissouma from Brighton on a four-year deal. The 25-year-old becomes Spurs boss Antonio Conte’s third...

Stop rezoning wetlands for residential areas – SPD cautioned

The President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology Ghana, Henry Kwadwo Boateng, has expressed displeasure over the Spatial Planning Department (SPD) at the...

Police to file witness statement in case against Shatta Wale, others

Prosecution in the case of Charles Nil Armah Mensah, aka Shatta Wale, a dance hall artiste, and three others, has prayed an Accra Circuit...

Five gunned down as armed thugs invade Adanse Praso community

Five persons are currently on admission at the Assin Praso Presbyterian Hospital following an attack by a gang of armed thugs at Adanse Praso...

Gunmen kill driver, assault others, rob businessman of money

A gang of suspected armed robbers have invaded the house of Mr Atsu Makafui Kumordzi, a lotto operator, and shot to death a 51-year-old...

Akufo-Addo’s appointee apologises over ‘I’m dead’ comment

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Bosome Freho in the Ashanti Region, Yaw Danso, has rendered an unqualified apology to residents in the area. This...

From Nkrumah’s Cadillac to Kufuor’s Limousine – Why you must visit renovated National Museum

The National Museum, which was closed down for five years, has been reopened. This was after years of renovation which saw the facility move from...

2023 AFCONQ: Otto Addo never underrated our opponents – GFA

The Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Henry Asante Twum, has strongly defended Otto Addo's selection against the Central African Republic (CAR)...

Barcelona forward Memphis Depay meets Akufo-Addo [Photos]

Barcelona forward Memphis Depay paid a courtesy call on President Nana Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House on Thursday. The Ghanaian Dutch-born who recently had a successful campaign...

National Cathedral: Why construction has stalled

The Executive Director of the National Cathedral of Ghana has confirmed that construction of the religious edifice has stalled. Dr. Paul Opoku-Mensah explained that the...

New twist to Mensa Otabil’s ‘exit’ from National Cathedral Board of Trustees

The Executive Director of the National Cathedral project has refuted reports that Dr. Mensa Otabil, one of the Members of its Board of Trustees resigned...

Capital Bank trial: High Court dismisses Ato Essien’s Stay of Proceedings

The High Court in Accra hearing the case in which William Ato Essien and two others are standing trial for their roles leading to...

Law students receive Lebanese Community Scholarship

Ten final-year students at the Ghana School of Law at Makola, have received scholarships from the Lebanese Community in Ghana for the 2021/22 academic...

Glover Technologies launches its brand in Ghana

Nigerian-based digital gift card Transaction Company, Glover Technologies Limited, has launched its brand in Ghana. Speaking at the launch, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of...

Islamic SHS teacher alleged to have suffered police brutality to meet Parliament’s Defense and Interior Committee

A 40-year-old teacher has been recounting how he was battered by crowd-control police detailed to maintain law and order during a protest by students...

Driver who drove fuel tanker on fire to safety honoured

Nigeria's Delta state has honoured a man who was hailed a "hero" for risking his life by driving a burning fuel tanker away from...

Salisu will be better addition to Black Stars but… – GFA

The spokesperson of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Henry Asante Twum, has reiterated that Mohammed Salisu will be a great upgrade to the Black...

60-year-old groundnut farmer arrested for allegedly murdering wife

Mr. Robert Ayambile, a 60-year-old groundnut farmer, is in the grips of the Bono East Regional Police Command for allegedly murdering his 55-year-old wife,...

NSS staff arrested for issuing fake GES posting letters remanded

A Tamale Circuit Court has remanded a National Service person who was arrested for allegedly issuing fake Ghana Education Service (GES) appointments and posting...

Agric Minister praises private sector for massive industrial investment

Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has expressed satisfaction about the private sector initiative to transform industry and produce mass organic...

Three injured in near fatal gas explosion at Atonsu shoe factory [Video]

https://youtu.be/U81sVGMv6EQ A near-gas explosion at the Atonsu shoe factory in the Ashanti Region has left three people injured. The incident, which occurred in mid-morning on...

Man with restricted mobility dies after leaving flight

A passenger with restricted mobility has died at Gatwick Airport after leaving an aircraft. Gatwick said staff were helping to disembark three passengers with restricted...

COVID-19: Ghana heads for 5th wave

There has been a significant surge in Covid-19 cases in Ghana this month, putting the country on the path to its fifth wave since...

Man found dead with head missing at Kpetoe

Police in the Agortime Ziope District of the Volta Region is on a manhunt for a man believed to have murdered an old man...

Illegal miner stabs friend to death

Fisticuffs between two illegal miners at an Indian hemp (wee) base at Akyem Achiase to prove who is stronger has resulted in the death...

Latest twist to bullion van robberies case

The Circuit Court in Accra trying six alleged robbers, five being police officers, says it would strike out the case if the prosecution delays...

Akufo-Addo commissions library in honour of his father

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appealed to all Ghanaians to support his administrations drive to expand access to libraries across the country. This was...

Shocking as wartime love letters between commander and young woman is found in empty house

A bundle of forgotten wartime love letters has been found in an empty house prompting a search for relatives of the couple who wrote...

Court orders fraudster to sweep church for 6 months

A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Abuja has convicted and sentenced one Chibuike Omemgboji to six months of community service. He was convicted on...

Popular actor arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl

Nigerian actor Moses Armstrong has been caged by the police for alleged sexual assault of a minor. He was arrested on Thursday, June 16 by...

Tema Motorway reopened to traffic

The Accra-Tema Motorway has fully been opened to traffic following the completion of repair works on the dilapidated bridge. This was announced in a...

Islamic SHS shooting: Teacher unable to see due to police assault

An English teacher with the Islamic Senior High School at Abrepo, Kumasi, Kofi Antwi, is currently unable to see after he was assaulted by...