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Asantehene marks ‘Kuntunkuni Dae’ in black and brown without ornaments

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu the second on Sunday, August 17, 2025, observed the sixth Akwasidae festival, marked in black and brown attire without...

Auditor-General uncovers GH¢139bn overstatement of public debt

The Auditor-General has reported significant misstatements and weaknesses in the 2024 Whole-of-Government Accounts (WGA), including an overstatement of Ghana’s public debt by GH¢138.91 billion,...

GPRTU threatens sit-down strike over Pokuase-Nsawam road

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has declared that it will only suspend its planned sit-down strike if the government resumes repair works...

Gunfire erupts as police foil bank robbery at Gomoa Pomadze

A dramatic gun battle broke out at Gomoa Pomadze in the Central Region when armed robbers attempted to break into the Microfin Rural Bank...

37 new Mpox cases recorded; total hits 409

The Ghana Health Service have confirmed 37 new Mpox cases in Ghana, bringing the country’s total number of confirmed cases to 409 as of...

Mother faces Ho court for allegedly burning son over lost pen

A 25-year-old mother is on trial after allegedly burning her 11-year-old son with a heated pressing iron in Ho. The brutal act, carried out as...

3 Chinese ‘galamseyers’ busted in Akyem Abaam

The Kwaebibirim Municipal Security Council (MUSEC) has arrested three Chinese nationals for engaging in illegal mining (galamsey) along the Birim River in the Eastern...

Asutifi South NADMO boss calls for resources to boost disaster preparedness

The Asutifi South District Director of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Johnson Opoku Tawiah, is calling for more resources to strengthen the agency’s...

Govt settles $1m fees for Ghanaian students at University of Memphis, averts deportation

A financial crisis threatening the academic future of nearly 200 Ghanaian students at the University of Memphis has been temporarily averted. The University of Memphis...

Asante Akyem Praaso Adontenhene donates to Konongo Odumase fire Station

The Adonten Hene of Asante Akyem Praaso, Nana Kankam Nyame Appiah, has extended his support to the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) at Konongo...

GNFS saves the day as car bursts into flames near fuel station

Swift intervention by personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) at Mankessim on Saturday night averted what could have been a major disaster...

KNUST Obuasi campus appeals for buses, e-learning centre

The Obuasi campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is grappling with infrastructure challenges that continue to hamper effective teaching...

Luv FM, Komfo Anokye Blood Bank hold blood donation exercise in Kumasi

Luv 99.5 FM, in collaboration with the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) Blood Bank, has organised a successful blood donation exercise at the forecourt...

Five dead, several injured in Kumasi–Accra highway crash at Asuboi

A tragic accident on the Kumasi–Accra highway at Asuboi, near Suhum in the Eastern Region, has left at least five people dead and several...

Gov’t to install 3,000 LED streetlights in Tema – Ebi Bright

The Mayor of Tema, Ebi Bright, has announced that the government plans to install 3,000 LED streetlights across the city to improve visibility and...

8 Wives, 8 voices – Love woven through

Thousands of mourners from all walks of life, on Friday converged on the Black Star Square, to pay their last respects to the eight...

IET-GH President urges gov’t to protect VRA

The President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Ghana (IET-GH), Engr. Henry Kwadwo Boateng, has made a passionate call for the protection of...

Creativity and commitment: The springboard for education – Obomenghene

Brain Hill International School, one of Accra’s steadily growing private institutions, has inaugurated a new annex at Weija Gbawe, along the western corridor of...

Colourful scenes from this year’s Homowo

The Ga people have once again observed the annual Homowo Festival, a cultural celebration rooted in the remembrance of a historic famine that struck...

Canoe capsizes in Tolomedzi after hippopotamus attack; all passengers rescued

A dramatic incident occurred in Tolomedzi, a picturesque community known for its rich wildlife and serene waterways, when a canoe carrying eight people capsized...

Galamsey Fight: Lands Ministry hints at possible repeal of LI 2462 in renewed measures

The Media Relations Officer at the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Paa Kwesi Schandorf, has hinted at a possible repeal of Legislative Instrument...

Adele Traditional Council performs libation after helicopter crash

The Adele Traditional Council in the Oti Region has performed a ceremonial libation to honor the victims of the recent helicopter crash and to...

10 passengers injured in Esarkyir Junction collision

At least 10 passengers sustained serious injuries after a Toyota Hiace collided with a Toyota Vitz at Esarkyir Junction on the Apam–Cape Coast highway...

Nkwanta South police Charge Office battles severe leakage

The Nkwanta South police charge office in the Oti Region is in urgent need of attention due to severe leaks. Constructed many years ago, the...

Police arrests 18-year-old for allegedly stealing three tricycles

An 18-year-old who stole three unregistered apsonic tricycles valued at GH₵74,000 has been arrested by the Bono Regional Police Command. The suspect, Fuseini Ibrahim, was...

Driver jailed 5 years over cutlass attack in piglet dispute

The Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court has sentenced a 27-year-old driver, Nartey Tetteh Adjei, to five years in prison for attacking a farmer with a cutlass. The...

Mahama urges Ghanaians to support children of eight fallen heroes

President John Mahama Friday, encouraged Ghanaians to show love to the children of the eight victims of the August 6 helicopter crash, through financial...

Kojo Asante calls for review of GAF resources after helicopter crash

Director of Programmes and Policy Engagement at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Dr Kwame Pumpuni Asante, has called for a comprehensive review of...

We must have an independent 3rd party look into the helicopter crash – Fuseini Inusah

Former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Inusah Fuseini, has called for an independent third-party investigation into the recent military helicopter crash at Adansi...

Galamsey fight: We’ll withdraw our cooperation if… – Miracles Aboagye to NDC gov’t

Aide to former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Miracles Aboagye, has warned the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government that it risks losing the cooperation...

Galamsey fight: Declare state of emergency now – Miracles Aboagye to Mahama gov’t

Aide to former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Miracles Aboagye, has called on the Mahama administration to immediately declare a state of emergency to...

What have you been doing till now? – Miracles Aboagye questions gov’t on renewed galamsey fight

An aide to former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Miracles Aboagye, has questioned government’s sincerity in announcing a renewed fight against illegal mining, popularly...

Community mining was an escalated form of galamsey – Fuseini Inusah

Former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Inusah Fuseini, has described the community mining initiative introduced under the Akufo-Addo government as an “escalated form...

Mahama gov’t has taken steps to end menace; state of emergency will be declared when necessary – Fuseini Inusah

Former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Inusah Fuseini, has stated that the Mahama administration had already taken significant steps to address the menace...

Helicopter crash victims were on mission to promote responsible mining, not to fight galamsey – Inusah Fuseini

Former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Inusah Fuseini, has clarified that the victims of the recent military helicopter crash in the Ashanti Region...

Ghana is not broke, we’re just spending wrong – ACEP boss tells journalists

Ghana has the money to build world-class roads, hospitals, and schools — but the problem, according to Benjamin Boakye, Executive Director of the Africa...

I don’t see any serious commitment to end galamsey – Awula Serwah

Coordinator of Eco-Conscious Citizens, Awula Serwah, has expressed disappointment at what she describes as a lack of seriousness on the part of government in...

Galamsey fight: We’ve wasted a lot of efforts pretending to fight it – Darly Bosu

Deputy National Director of A Rocha Ghana, Daryl Bosu, has criticised Ghana’s approach to tackling illegal mining, saying the country has wasted years “pretending...

Winneba: Police foil attempted robbery at bank

The Anti-Armed Robbery Response Unit (AARU) of the Ghana Police has foiled an attempted robbery at the MRB Rural Bank in Winneba, Central Region. According...

EPA cautions against state of emergency approach to galamsey

Deputy Chief Executive in charge of Operations at the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), Professor Michael Ayamga-Adongo, has cautioned against depending solely on the declaration...