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COLA: Public sector workers to withdraw their services on this date

The Public Services Workers Union is set to strike from July 19 to demand a 20 percent Cost of Living Allowance. The union will be...

Senior High Schools risk shutdown as food shortage worsens

Senior High Schools across the country are on the verge of being shut down as the shortage of food supplies worsens. The Education Ministry had...

Nsoatreman FC appoints Mohammed Gargo as head coach

Nsoatreman FC has confirmed the appointment of Mohammed Gargo as the club’s new head coach ahead of the 2022/3 Ghana Premier League season. The former...

Police certified riding ambassadors inaugurated

As part of the road safety campaign of the Ghana Police Service, the Police Certified Riding Ambassadors (POCRA) initiative has been inaugurated to help...

Twitter sues Elon Musk over $44bn purchase deal

Twitter is suing billionaire Elon Musk to try to force him to buy the social media firm, setting up a legal battle with the...

Nollywood actress Jennifa announces intent of going into politics

Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele Bello, popularly known as Jenifa of Jenifa’s diary fame, has declared her intention of venturing into politics. The popular actress and...

Doctor caught on camera sexually assaulting pregnant woman while she gave birth

An anesthetist who allegedly raped a pregnant woman during a cesarean may have assaulted two other mothers on the same day. Giovanni Quintella Bezerra, 32,...

Ex Rwandan official jailed over genocide role

The man who planned one of the bloodiest single episodes of the Rwandan genocide has been found guilty of complicity by a French court...

I never sat down to write ‘Friday Night’ – Lasmid

“I didn’t sit down that I am coming to write something, I just did it,” Ghanaian musician, Lasmid Owusu Nathaniel, popularly known as Lasmid,...

GRIDCo commences demolishing exercise; check out areas to be affected

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has began a demolishing exercise on it's Right of Way, in some parts of Accra. The exercise, it said...

Sulley Muntari declares readiness to extend Hearts of Oak stay

Accra Hearts of Oak midfielder, Sulley Muntari, has expressed his desire to extend his current contract with the club and join the team in...

Man Utd thrash Liverpool in Thailand friendly

Erik ten Hag enjoyed a dream start to life as Manchester United manager with an emphatic 4-0 pre-season victory over weakened rivals Liverpool in...

Pay GRA ¢10k for your frivolous application – Supreme Court to Barker-Vormawor

A seven-member Supreme Court panel on Tuesday slammed #FixTheCountry Convener Oliver Barker-Vormawor for his role in a case filed by the group and two...

Police admit planting an informant in Oliver Barker-Vormawor’s cell

The Ghana Police Service has opened up about allegations of planting a ‘stranger’ in the cell of a convener of the #FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver...

COLA: Senior Staff Association of Universities in Ghana declares strike [Listen]

All senior staff of public universities across the country have been directed by their leadership to lay down their tools . The action is to...

Raphinha: Leeds agree deal with Barcelona for Brazil forward

Leeds United forward Raphinha is set to join Barcelona after the two clubs agreed a deal. The move for the 25-year-old Brazil playmaker is reportedly...

COLA Strike: Negotiations must be fair – Eduwatch

A Revenue and Financing Fellow with the Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) has said that the ongoing discussions between government and striking teacher unions over...

NAGRAT, GNAT walk out of negotiations; Teachers still on strike

Representatives of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and the National Graduate Association of Teachers (NAGRAT) have walked out of the negotiation with...

ECG to undertake planned maintenance in parts of Accra on July 13

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that it will carry out planned maintenance work to improve service delivery in some areas of...

KUMACA commissions ultramodern Science Lab to support STEM education

Past students of the Kumasi Academy Senior High School have commissioned an ultramodern science laboratory to promote STEM education at the school.  After a nine-year...

Articulator truck driver who allegedly caused accident that killed Bibiani-Anwhiaso-Bekwai MCE missing

The Police in the Eastern Region are searching for the driver of the Articulated truck who allegedly caused the accident that killed the Municipal...

MCE for Bibiani-Anwhiaso-Bekwai, driver killed in crash

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai in the Western North region, Alfred Amoah, and his personal driver have been reported dead in a...

Majority Leader proposes scrubbing of the Presidential system in checking corruption

Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, is proposing the adoption of the Westminster system of government for Ghana, where a Prime Minister leads government...

Arms deport attacked, Ukraine claims

Ukraine's military says it has destroyed a Russian ammunition depot in the southern city of Nova Kakhovka, killing dozens of soldiers, in an attack...

Galamsey pit kills two miners at Manso Muano

Two people have drowned in a galamsey pit at Manso Muano in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti region.The incident occurred on Monday,...

Don’t blame Education Minister for food shortages in schools – Eduwatch

Executive Director of African Education Watch (Eduwatch), Kofi Asare, has advised Ghanaians not to blame the Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, for the...

UPNMG procures motor bikes for regions to cater for transportation needs

The Union of Professional Nurses and Midwives, Ghana (UPNMG), in response to the transportation needs of its various branches, has procured motor bikes for...

GRIDCo demolishes illegal structures under high tension lines at Bawaleshie [Photos]

Officials of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) and a team of security personnel on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, embarked on a massive demolition exercise...

Arise Ghana protester confirmed blind in right eye – Organisers

The leadership of civil advocacy group, Arise Ghana have disclosed that one of the protesters in its June 28 demonstration has been confirmed blind...

Speaker tasks 5 committees of Parliament to investigate concerns of school feeding caterers

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has tasked 5 committees of Parliament to investigate the concerns of school feeding caterers. The Speaker also charged the committees...

IMF bailout: Why govt can’t cancel free SHS, school feeding – Kate Gyamfua explains

The incumbent National Women's Organiser of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kate Gyamfua, has stated that government can't afford to cancel the free...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope delivers deepest and sharpest infrared images of the distant universe so far

The dawn of a new era in astronomy has begun as the world gets its first look at the full capabilities of NASA’s James...

Woman mauled to death by two pit bulls days after mum warned her to stop petsitting them

A woman was mauled to death by two pit bulls days after her mum warned her to stop petsitting the dogs, it has been reported. Trena...

Marry a woman with a Ghanaian mindset, not a western mindset – US-based Ghanaian

US-based Ghanaian, Wofa Kay, has stated that he always prefers a Ghanaian woman to an American because he does not believe in the western...

Man arrested for allegedly stealing 21 sheep

South African police have arrested a man after intercepting a minibus taxi carrying 21 sheep suspected to have been stolen. They said preliminary investigations showed...

Strike: Teaching and learning halted at Labone Senior High School

The Teacher Union's strike is in full force here at the Labone Senior High School as teaching activities have halted. However, second year students, who could...

6 arrested for lynching man they said looked like a murderer

The Central Region Police Command has arrested six persons suspected to be linked to a lynching incident at Aburansa. According to eyewitnesses, some residents beat...

Man, 51, marries son’s ex-girlfriend

A woman who met her husband while dating his son as a teenager has shared an insight into their relationship. Sydney Dean, 27, from Ohio,...

Food shortage, teachers’ strike bite hard as SHS heads convene crucial meeting

The woes of students in Senior High Schools (SHS) have worsened in the past few weeks. Initially, there were complaints across the country about inadequate...

Supreme Court preserves key evidence against former SSNIT boss Ernest Thompson

The Supreme Court has, in a unanimous decision, dismissed a case filed by former Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT),...