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Listen: NAGRAT Prez clashes with Minister

The studio of Asempa FM was turned into an arena for trading insults when President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) attempted...

Audio: Court orders teachers to call off strike

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has secured an interlocutory injunction from the Accra High Court 2, Labour Division to restrict teachers from continuing with...

‘Y’asem Nie’: Tailors explain why they disappoint clients [Audio]

Tailors and seamstresses in the country have explained why they have become known for the unpopular tag of disappointing their clients.Cobby Dodoo, a tailor...

Ghana Cedi Depreciation: Importer fingers banks; here is why

The Executive Secretary to the Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana, believes the Central Bank of Ghana is gradually losing control over the activities of illegal forex...

Watch: Pupils at Ejisu take to fishing over teachers’ strike

Some pupils at Ejisu in the Ashanti region have taken to fishing in the Afiesu stream after they went to see their classrooms locked...

Audio: Demand for debt payments not your fight – GRIDCo workers told

The Africa Centre for Energy Policy has said it is not within the powers of the workers of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) to...

Justice Torkornoo calls for national action against corruption

One of the three Supreme Court Justices nominees, Gertrude Torkornoo, is calling for a sustained national action on the fight against corruption in Ghana.To Justice Torkornoo,...

Mamprugu Chiefs sign MoU to end feud with Fulani ethnic group

 A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between members of the Fulani ethnic group in the Mamprugu traditional area and the local chiefs...

Listen: GRIDCo begins sit-down strike

Staff of Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) have from today, Wednesday, December 11, 2019, begun an indefinite sit-down strike.The sit-down strike is to seek for...

Rachel Appoh donates to Gomoa Youth in Agric

Rachel Appoh, the former Deputy Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has, as part of this year’s Farmers Day celebration, donated to the...

GRIDCo makes shocking revelation about 1966 equipment [Audio]

The Akosombo Branch Chairman of the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo), Asante Guggisberg, has made a shocking revelation about equipment used by the power...

Y’asem Nie: Shortage of tailors, seamstresses to hit Ghana

Some dressmakers and designers have predicted that it would be difficult for Ghana to boast of tailors and dressmakers in the near future.According to...

Assembly Elections: Aspirant promises free daily breakfast for the youth

Assembly member aspirant from Adukrom Nima in the Ashanti region, Nana Adabor Ibrahim Issah Ampim, has promised to provide free daily breakfast for the...

Just In: GH₵49m released to pay striking teachers

The Ministry of Finance has ordered the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) to release an amount of GHS49,998,626.72 to the Ghana Education Service...

Six remanded over Mankessim shooting [Audio]

The Cape Coast District Court  2, presided by her honour, Gloria Mensah Bonsu, has remanded into police custody six suspects in connection with the...

Teenage student jailed for making sexual advances at stepmother

A Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Tuesday, sentenced a teenage student, Anas, to one year imprisonment over sexual encroachment on,...

Police arrest 9 including spiritualist and imposter ahead of yuletide

The Accra Region Police says it has made giant strides in clamping down on crime after the arrest of seven hardened criminals, a spiritualist...

Man arrested for stabbing his uncle to death

Police in Nsawam have arrested Kwame Alibo, a 32-year-old unemployed of Oparekrom, a suburb of Nsawam for allegedly stabbing his uncle, Sampson Kumi, to...

Forestry guard dies in a gory accident at Tamso

A thirty-five-year-old forestry guard, Emmaunel Manu has died in a gory accident that happened at Tamso in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality at the weekend.The driver,...

Former burglars share their top tips for keeping your home safe

Our homes are filled with some of our most prized possessions and even more so as the festive season rolls around and we stash gifts for...

Fake Police officer in trouble

The Enchi District Magistrate court on Tuesday imposed a fine of 1,200 Ghana cedis on a 41-year-old pastor who posed as a police officer...

Bagbin unhappy with ‘peanuts’ given to Ministry

Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Bagbin, has lamented over government’s budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Works and Housing describing it as...

Audio: Bagbin proposes establishment of “ways and means” committee

Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has proposed to parliament the establishment of a ‘ways and means’ committee.Speaking on the Floor of the...

Eastern region wins Ghana library awards

The Ghana Library Authority has adjudged the Eastern Regional Library as the best library in Ghana with its Akim Oda branch emerging the best...

Photos: Man banished for impregnating daughter

Residents of Okofia, Otolo Nnewi in Anambra state have banished a man in his 60s for allegedly impregnating his daughter twice. In photos shared on...

Awudu Tijani, the man who directed traffic in Accra for two decades dies

For 20 years, Rahman Awudu Tijani directed traffic without pay, without respect. Rain or shine, he put his life on the line to make...

Why 80% of Persons Living with HIV are Christians – Pastor explains [Audio]

A man of God is not surprised about reports that 80 percent of Christians have been infected with the dreaded Human Immune Virus (HIV).Rt....

Teachers’ strike: School prefects assume role of teachers

Prefects of the Zo-simli Girls Junior High School in Tamale, capital of the Northern Region of Ghana, assumed role of teachers on Tuesday following the three...

NLC orders teachers to call off strike

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has asked striking teachers to call off their ongoing strike.It follows a mediation meeting with the teacher unions, Ghana...

‘Dumsor’ during Xmas likely as GRIDCo staff declare indefinite strike

Staff of Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) have announced a sit-down strike beginning Wednesday, December 10, until further notice.READ: Ekumfi Juice sparks social media stormThe...

I wish judges wear African print, not black suit – Justice Torkornoo

Appeals Court judge, Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, has backed calls for reforms in the dress code of the judiciary to reflect values and conditions...

Yeji: Residents living in fear as robberies, murders surge [audio]

Residents of Yeji in the Pru East District of the Bono Region are reportedly living in fear over recent robberies and murders in the...

Legendary broadcaster Cyril Acolatse goes home, details out

Veteran Journalism icon Cyril Acolatse will be laid to rest on Friday, December 13 , 2019. Mr Acolatse died on Monday, October, 20, 2019 at...

Deputy Minister speaks on teachers’ strike

Deputy Minister of Information, Pius Enam Hadzide, has urged teachers to exercise restraint over government’s failure to pay their legacy arrears.According to him, the...

Students stranded at Obuasi as teachers’ strike enters day two

Students in some basic and junior high schools at Obuasi in the Ashanti region are still left stranded as the indefinite strike of the...

New Twist: Family of teacher reportedly killed by robbers wants her husband arrested

The confusion surrounding the death of a female teacher in Walewale in the North East Region has taken a new twist as family and friends...

Share best farmer prize money among all farmers – Kwaku Boahen

National Deputy Director of Communications for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Anthony Kwaku Boahen, has suggested to the government that prize monies given ‘national...

CHRAJ set to shut down witch camps by Dec 20

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, (CHRAJ) says it is working to reintegrate alleged witches in some witch camps in the Northern...

Why did you watch Major Mahama’s viral video – Defence lawyers grill Pathologist

Two Defence lawyers in the trial of persons accused of murdering Army Major Maxwell Adam Mahama on Tuesday spent hours questioning the Specialist Pathologist who carried...

Queen Mother demands share of national cake

The Queen Mother of Amantin Traditional area in the Bono East region, Nana Serwaa Bonsu Brakatu II, has called on government to give Amantin...