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Africa Governance Centre signs MoU with COPPPAL and ICCAP

The Africa Governance Centre, organisers of the African Political Summit 2025, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Permanent Conference of Political...

VRA clarifies ownership of helicopter in Nkawkaw emergency landing

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has dismissed media reports suggesting it owns the helicopter with registration number 9G-AFW, which made an emergency landing in...

One dead, over 50 injured in just one week on Nkawkaw road – Fire Commander raises alarm

The Kwahu West Municipal Fire Commander, Samuel Mante, has raised serious concerns about the increasing number of accidents on the Accra–Nkawkaw–Kumasi road. In just...

Justice Oppong reassigned; Raymond Atuguba appointed GLC’s Ag. Director of Legal Education

Former Dean of the University of Ghana School of Law, Prof Raymond Atuguba, has been appointed Acting Director of Legal Education at the General...

EcoSecurities, Energy Quest Foundation partner to boost electric mobility in Africa

A global climate solutions company, EcoSecurities, and the Energy Quest Foundation have announced a strategic partnership to accelerate electric mobility adoption across sub-Saharan Africa...

Wildlife Division, NADMO respond to hippo invasion in Tolomedzi

In a proactive response to the recent invasion of hippopotamuses in Tolomedzi, a fishing community in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region,...

Helicopter crash probe will be transparent, nothing will be covered up – Defence Ministry

The Ministry of Defence has assured the public of a thorough and transparent investigation into the August 6 helicopter crash in Adansi Akrofuom, Ashanti...

Asunafo North Assembly Members raise alarm over rising firearms possession

Assembly members in the Asunafo North Municipality of the Ahafo Region have raised serious concerns about the growing trend of open firearms possession, especially...

BoG meets banks on foreign exchange auctions and liquidity challenges

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Johnson P. Asiama, has announced plans to engage the Ghana Association of Banks in the...

Retired Air Force officer downplays severe weather as possible cause of helicopter crash

Former Air Force officer Wing Commander Nelson Patrick Sorgbordzor has downplayed suggestions that adverse weather played a decisive role in a recent military helicopter...

NPP Youth Organisers pick nomination forms for Bawumia [Video]

Over 490 youth organisers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have collected nomination forms for former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia ahead of the...

My appointment was based on competence – Kojo Choi

Ghana’s Ambassador-Designate to South Korea, Kojo Choi, has denied claims that he is politically affiliated with the National Democratic Congress (NDC), despite his appointment...

Our last call lasted only 16 seconds – MCE on conversation with late Samuel Aboagye [Listen]

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Obuasi West, Faustilove Appiah Kannin, has shared emotional details of her last conversation with Samuel Aboagye, one of...

Obuasi West MCE speaks on rescue response after helicopter crash [Audio]

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Obuasi West, Faustilove Appiah Kannin, has shared details of the rescue efforts following the August 6 helicopter crash...

I was so confused, I didn’t know what to do – Obuasi West MCE on helicopter crash [Listen]

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Obuasi West, Faustilove Appiah Kannin, has shared how she first heard about the tragic August 6 military helicopter...

Ghana Water announces temporary supply interruption in parts of Accra

The Accra West Region of Ghana Water Ltd. (GWL) has announced an interruption in water supply to several areas of western Accra on Wednesday,...

Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings lays wreath in honour of helicopter crash victims

Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings has paid tribute to the eight public officials who died in last week’s military helicopter crash by laying...

Kpando MCE clears 38-year-old refuse dumps

The Kpando Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Killian Donkor, has successfully overseen the removal of decades-old refuse dumps in the municipality, including sites at Gabi...

Helicopter crash: Why remains were carried in sacks – Obuasi West MCE [Listen]

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Obuasi West, Faustilove Appiah Kannin, has responded to criticism over how the remains of the eight victims of...

If you are arresting my people, why will I help you mourn? – Ellen Ama Daaku on arrest of social media activists

A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) communications team, Ellen Ama Daaku, has criticised the timing of recent arrests involving NPP-affiliated social media...

Dormaahene wages war on illegal logging in forest reserves

The Paramount Chief of the Dormaa Traditional Area and President of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs, Osagyefo Oseadeayo Dr Agyemang Badu II, has...

There were multiple pickup location changes before helicopter crash – Obuasi MCE recounts [Audio]

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Obuasi West, Faustilove Appiah Kannin, has recounted her final conversations with Samuel Aboagye, one of the victims of...

Let’s not rush in choosing Murtala’s successor – Asiedu Nketia to NDC in Tamale Central

National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has expressed gratitude to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for deciding not to...

UK-based group condemns arrest, demands release of social media activists 

A group calling itself Concerned Ghanaians in the UK has condemned the arrest of popular TikTokers Prince Ofori and Yayra Abiwu by the Ghana...

NPP Youth wing condemns arrest of social media activists

The National Youth Wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has strongly criticised the Ghana Police Service over the arrest of TikTok personalities Fante...

DTI graduates Greater Accra master craft persons in grand ceremony, championing ‘precision quality at work’

The National Theatre of Ghana came alive today as over 1,000 master craft persons, artisans, and small business operators from across the Greater Accra...

MTN Ghana uses Afenorto Festival to promote post-disaster recovery and cultural resilience in Mepe

This year’s Afenorto Festival in Mepe carried a weight far beyond its colourful pageantry. For a community still reeling from the devastation of the...

NPA threatens closure and decommissioning of illegal fuel stations

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has issued a strong warning to operators of fuel stations without the required licenses, stating that such facilities face...

NACOC arrests prime suspect in KIA cannabis bust at Aflao border

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has arrested Lincoln Nii Okaija, the prime suspect linked to the seizure of 738 compressed parcels of suspected cannabis...

Nalerigu health workers treat patients in cramped ward after ¢4.5m Covid Centre stalls

Health authorities at Nalerigu’s Baptist Medical Centre are compelled to treat patients with various infectious diseases in a single makeshift ward because the contractor...

Fire Service saves UG Vice Chancellor’s residence

A potential tragedy was narrowly avoided at the University of Ghana when firefighters from the Legon Fire Station swiftly contained a blaze at the...

Asiedu Nketia requests prayers for Mahama after helicopter crash

National Chairman of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has called on Ghanaians to focus on offering prayers and encouragement to...

Man, 24, jailed 10 years for possessing firearms without authority

The Wa Circuit Court has convicted 24-year-old Mohammed Ali of possessing firearms without lawful authority. The court, presided over by Jonathan Avoogo, sentenced him to...

Prof. William Coffie appointed Ag. MD of Cocoa Processing Company Limited

President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Prof. William Coffie as the acting Managing Director of the Cocoa Processing Company Limited (CPC). This crucial appointment comes...

We cannot trade our children’s future for galamsey profits – Senyo Hosi

Convenor of the One Ghana Movement, Senyo Hosi, has warned against the growing temptation to weigh the country’s immediate economic needs against the destructive...

GAF cautions media against speculation on helicopter crash

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has appealed to media professionals, commentators, bloggers, and content creators to avoid spreading unverified or speculative information regarding the...

Preacher remanded over alleged incest and assault

A 40-year-old preacher, Godwin Asher, has been remanded into police custody by the Kwabenya Circuit Court for alleged incest and causing harm to his...

Soldier, 7 others remanded over fuel tanker robbery

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded seven individuals, including a military officer, for allegedly robbing a fuel tanker driver of his vehicle and its...

Court remands building contractor over drug exportation without license

The Accra Circuit Court 9 has remanded building contractor Prince Kwame Fiatsi over alleged exportation of drugs without a license. He is also facing a...

Mahama meets families of helicopter crash victims [Photos]

President John Mahama on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, met with the families of three military officers who died in last Wednesday’s helicopter crash. The solemn...