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1D1F: Deputy Trade Minister rejects claims of GH₵200m unaccounted for

The Ministry of Trade and Industry has dismissed claims that an amount in excess of GH¢200 million, being interest subsidies for beneficiaries under the...

Telcos to cut MoMo transfer charges to reduce e-levy burden

It has emerged that Telecommunication companies have agreed to reduce Mobile Money (MoMo) transactions charges by 25%. The development was announced by the Ghana Chamber...

Tears as bride dies hours after wedding

Police in Uganda are investigating circumstances under which a woman died hours after her wedding in Kampala. According to a police report, the lady, identified...

Suspected thief found dead under vehicle at mechanic shop

A suspected thief has been found dead under a parked vehicle at a mechanic workshop in Ago Egun area of Ogun State, Nigeria. The man...

National Security Minister refuses to make cost of Akufo-Addo’s foreign travels public

The Minister of National Security, Albert Kan Dapaah, has told Parliament that he is unable to make public, the details of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s...

Five lynched at Nyinawusu over robbery accusations

Five persons have died at Nyinawusu in the Atwima Nwabiagya Municipality of the Ashanti Region after they were beaten over suspicion of being robbers....

How MP rescued accident victim [Photos]

The Shai Osudoku Member of Parliament (MP), Linda Ocloo, has shared how she saved an accident victim after all efforts proved futile. Madam Ocloo...

48% of traffic lights in Accra are dysfunctional – NRSA

Research conducted by the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) on non-functional traffic signals and streetlights across the country has revealed that 48% of all...

Zuarungu cop murder: Families of late officers to receive psychological care

The Police say families of the two Zuarangu police officers who were killed by armed robbers on Wednesday will be offered psychological and trauma...

Police intercepts truck carrying bags of narcotic drugs [Video]

The Elmina Police Command in the Central Region has intercepted seven bags of substances suspected to be Indian Hemp on the Cape Coast Highway....

GIJ’s Rhodalene Amartey named Dean of the Year

The Dean of students of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), Mrs Rhodalene Amartey, has been named the Dean of the Year by the...

NASA spacecraft ‘touches’ the Sun for the first time ever [Photos]

Sixty years after NASA set the goal, and three years after its Parker Solar Probe launched, the spacecraft has become the first to "touch...

Fuel price to go down between 3% and 5% – IES

The Institute for Energy Security is projecting a 3% to 5% reduction in the price of fuel per litre at the pumps, despite the...

Scores displaced as fire razes homes, shops at Abuakwa Maakro [Video]

A ravaging fire on Thursday evening swept through several houses at Abuakwa Maakro in the Atwima Nwabiagya Municipality of the Ashanti Region. Eight shops...

Deputy Education Minister Ntim Fordjour highlights many positives of maiden National Standard Test

The maiden edition of the National Standard Test (NST) was conducted across public schools in the country today Friday, December 17, 2021. Deputy Minister for...

First National Exam for all Primary 4 pupils takes place today

The first edition of the National Standardised Test for all primary four pupils comes off today, December 17, 2021. About 470,768 pupils are expected to participate. The exam, which...

I was shocked – Hit-and-run driver says after being arrested 19 years later

Justice has finally caught up with an errant motorist who committed a hit-and-run accident 19 years ago. The accident, which occurred in 2002, resulted...

NRSA launches ‘Stay Alive Campaign’ in Bono Region

The National Road Safety Authority (NSRA) has launched the 'Stay Alive Campaign' to sensitize drivers against overspeeding during the festive season. The launch was...

PharmAccess marks 20th anniversary; calls for fast-tracking universal health coverage in sub-Saharan Africa

PharmAccess, the organization striving to make inclusive health markets work in Africa commemorates its 20th anniversary with a call to action to key healthcare...

Medical Credit Fund raises EUR 32.5 million to support health entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa

Medical Credit Fund (MCF), the only debt fund fully dedicated to the African health sector, today announced the completion of a EUR 32.5 million...

Price war as OMCs cut fuel prices

Consumers of petroleum products could be the biggest beneficiaries of fuel price reduction as leading Oil Marketing Firms (OMCs) slug it out by cutting...

Four children killed in horror house fire [Photos]

Four children who are believed to be two sets of twins have died in a tragic London house blaze. Eight fire engines and around 60...

Covid-19: 4 more die as Ghana’s death toll hits 1,255

Four more lives have been lost to the deadly coronavirus disease. According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), these casualties bring the country’s death toll...

Over 40 Abuakwa State College students suspended indefinitely

About 45 students of the Abuakwa State College in the Eastern Region have been suspended indefinitely by management for allegedly engaging in gangsterism. They...

Conference of Regional Chief Imams sends SOS message to MPs

The ongoing debate on the 2022 budget statement and economic policy of the government has been characterized by controversies due to the split number...

Elaine Alexis Attoh sweeps 3 awards at National Communications Awards

Actress cum Broadcast Journalist, Miss Elaine Alexis Attoh, took home three awards during the National Communications Awards over the weekend. The Morning Show Host of...

Police on manhunt for Zuarungu cop killers

The Ghana Police Service has commenced anti-robbery and intelligence-based operations at Zuarungu in the Upper East Region. Police say the move is aimed at arresting...

COP Maame Tiwaa’s son sets new record at UCC Medical School

Son of Director-General of Police Intelligence and Professional Standards Bureau, Maame Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, has set a new record at the University of Cape Coast...

Adentan Municipal Assembly tops 2020 District League Table

The Adentan Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region was ranked the highest district in the 2020 District League Table. The Adentan Municipality was followed...

Otumfuo rejects section of New Lands Act that demands accountability

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has rejected a section of the Lands Act 2020 that empowers the citizenry to take chiefs to court...

Zuarungu police murder: The inside story

The Ghana Police Service has shared detailed information about the gruesome murder of two police officers with the Zuarungu District Police Command in the...

Ketasco’s Francisca Lamini gains admission to University of Ghana Medical School

National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) poster girl, Francisca Lamini, is a step closer to becoming a medical doctor in future. The prodigy from the...

Adom FM’s Abednego Asante Asiedu elected student leader of Norway’s NLA University College

Adom FM’s Abednego Akwasi Asante Asiedu has been elected as the President of the NLA University College Student Council (SC) in Bergen, Norway. The Council...

We will protect Ghanaians at the peril of our lives – Police

The Ghana Police Service is not shaken by the recent killing of its personnel by armed robbers in the line of duty. They are resolved...

Gbagbo pays last respects to Rawlings

Former Ivorian President, Laurent Gbagbo, has expressed regret that he did not have the opportunity to extend his gratitude to his friend, President Jerry...

Former Liberian President calls on Nana Konadu

Former Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, called on Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings and her family on Thursday to commiserate with the family. Madam Sirleaf was in...

Mum-of-five breaks down in tears after finding new restaurant ‘destroyed’

A mother-of-five trying to launch her restaurant has been left "devastated and speechless" after finding her hard work had been destroyed. Muna Al Maflehi,...

Two teen brothers arrested at Bole for invading homes

Two teenage brothers are currently in police custody after breaking into people's homes and stealing their property at Bole in the Savannah Region. Reports...

Five die, others severely injured in an accident at Anyinasin

Five persons onboard a Toyota Haice bus have been confirmed dead in an accident at Anyinasin along the Accra- Kumasi highway on Thursday morning. The...

Akuapem Poloo settles GHS12k fine

Actress and video vixen, Rosemond Brown aka Akuapem Poloo, is free from the Nsawam Prison. This comes on the back of the latest ruling by a...