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Hitz FM rolls out new weekend line-up with youth-focused programming

Ghana’s leading entertainment and lifestyle radio station, Hitz 103.9 FM, has announced a new weekend programming schedule, promising an energetic and engaging experience for...

19 injured in accident at Awutu Bonsuoku [Photos]

About 19 people have sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident at Awutu Bonsuoku on the Gomoa Ojobi–Senya Bereku Road in the Central...

Education Ministry secures additional $117.1m to expand GALOP interventions

The Ministry of Education has announced the allocation of an additional $117.1 million under the Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP) and its...

Gov’t begins payment of monthly allowances to Assembly Members

The Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy, and Religious Affairs has commenced the payment of monthly allowances to all Assembly Members across the country. Each Assembly...

Yamin is not involved in galamsey – Mustapha Gbande fires back [Video]

Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande, has dismissed allegations linking him and NDC National Organizer Joseph Yamin to illegal...

Akwatia NPP Youth group holds candlelight vigil in honour of Ernest Kumi

The Akwatia NPP Youth Movement has held a walk and candlelight vigil in honour of the late Member of Parliament (MP), Ernest Yaw Kumi. The...

Foreign Affairs Minister commissions modern classroom block at Aveyime to boost education

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has commissioned a modern, fully furnished kindergarten block in...

Mahama demands reparation for slave trade

President John Dramani Mahama on Monday, July 14, demanded reparations from countries responsible for the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the colonisation of Africa, stating...

NSMQ 2025: St. Charles Minor Seminary brushes aside rivals, calls contest “too simple” after winning

St. Charles Minor Seminary SHS cruised to a commanding victory in the second contest of the Northern Regional Qualifiers of the 2025 National Science...

Ofosu Nkansah slams scholarship boss over alleged mismanagement and student hardship

Former CEO of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Kofi Ofosu Nkansah, has launched a stinging criticism of the current head of the...

Asogli Yam Festival shines as a beacon of unity, culture, and leadership; Togbe Afede honoured

In a display of tradition, unity, and visionary leadership, this year’s Asogli Yam Festival is not only celebrating a successful harvest, it is reawakening...

Volta Regional Minister champions unity and development at launch of 2025 Asogli Yam Festival

The Volta Regional Minister, James Gunu, has emphasized the importance of national unity, truthfulness, and collective action as fundamental pillars for building a just...

Mahama scraps fuel allowances to all appointees

President John Dramani Mahama has ordered the immediate cancellation of fuel allowances and allocations to all political appointees as part of a broader government...

“SafeCare is changing lives”: Gradually redefining quality care in Ghana

At a glance, the transformation might seem modest: a Cleaner, more conscious of disinfection routines, a Nurse adhering to protocols for wound dressing, or...

Ministry of Defence withdraws military protection for former Ministers, other civilians

The Ministry of Defence has announced the withdrawal of military protection for all civilians, including certain public officials, former ministers, and businesspeople. The announcement was...

No vigilante group can defy a determined police force – CDD-Ghana’s Dr. Kojo Asante

The Director of Policy Engagement and Partnership at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Dr. Kojo Pumpuni Asante, says the Ghana Police Service has...

UG lifts ban on social gatherings amid improved COVID-19 situation

The University of Ghana, Legon, has lifted the ban on social gatherings that was imposed following a recent spike in COVID-19 cases on campus. In...

NPP bigwigs condemn top-down flagbearer election ‘plot’

Ghana's leading opposition party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), is facing internal push-back over a proposed reform that would, for the first time, see...

‘Adidome is not a town of ritual killers’ – Chief breaks silence, denounces allegations

The Dufia of Mafi Adidome, Togbe Kwasinyi Kakaklolo Agyeman V, has condemned what he describes as “barbaric, backwards, anti-social” and false allegations linking his...

We’ll win Akwatia by-election – Mustapha Gbande declares [Video]

Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande, has expressed confidence that his party will emerge victorious in the upcoming Akwatia...

NDC yet to decide on contesting Akwatia by-election – Mustapha Gbande [Video]

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it is yet to make a decision on whether to contest the upcoming Akwatia by-election following the death...

4 excavators burst into flames at Trassaco Paatang

A major fire outbreak at Paatang, located within the Trassaco Northern Quarters in Accra, led to the destruction of heavy machinery and property on...

Tano Deity Dispute: Bantamahene pardoned after offering plea of guilty to Asantehene

The Bantamahene, Baffour Amankwatia VI, has offered a plea of guilty to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, for his involvement in a dispute...

AAMUSTED hosts financial literacy summit to help students improve their understanding of money

The Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development is hosting a Financial Literacy Summit for students to understand money and the economy. The...

NDC executives named in operations of rogue anti-galamsey taskforce, but deny allegations

Some small-scale miners are fingering two national executives of the National Democratic Congress for allegedly fueling fake anti-galamsey taskforces to invade legitimate mining sites...

I’m not afraid of anyone in the NPP – Mustapha Gbande [Video]

Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande, has strongly rejected allegations linking him to violent incidents during the Ablekuma North...

Okada rider dies after alleged assault by galamsey taskforce at Amenam

A 29-year-old okada rider, identified as Kwasi Isaac, has reportedly died after being brutally assaulted by members of an illegal mining (galamsey) taskforce at...

Obra Show: Groom cries sabotage as goldsmith wrecks wedding plans

It was supposed to be the happiest day of his life — but for Peter Alloh, a groom-to-be, it turned into an emotional rollercoaster,...

Betrayed, Abandoned, and Cursed: Women cry for justice on Nhyira FM’s Obra Show

The Obra Show on Nhyira FM took a deeply emotional and spiritual turn as three women shared heartbreaking stories of betrayal, domestic abuse, spiritual...

GOLDBOD prices too low, we’re operating at a loss – Small-Scale Miners

A member of the Small-Scale Miners Association, Christopher Asiedu, has expressed concerns that the price set by the Ghana Gold Board (GOLDBOD) in the...

KNUST SMS, University of Utah mark 20 years of partnership in medical training 

The KNUST School of Medical Sciences (SMS) and the University of Utah have celebrated 20 years of collaboration in medical education and training, with...

Bosome Freho DCE launches educational foundation to support needy students and prevent child labor in Galamsey

The District Chief Executive of Bosome Freho in the Ashanti Region, Charles Appiah Kubi, has initiated an educational foundation to promote quality education in...

Azumah Resources distances itself from Bright Simons amid $100M gold project dispute

Azumah Resources Ghana Ltd has publicly disassociated itself from comments made by Bright Simons, Vice President of IMANI Africa, regarding the ongoing $100 million...

Full presentation: Bright Simons unpacks ‘flaws’ in high-stakes Black Volta gold fight

IMANI Africa’s Vice President, Bright Simons, has raised urgent concerns about the disputed ownership of Ghana’s Black Volta Gold Project, spotlighting alleged irregularities in...

Azumah Resources refutes claims of political influence in Black Volta Gold Project financing

Azumah Resources Ghana Ltd has dismissed suggestions that its financing discussions with the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) regarding the Black Volta...

Over 500 removed from security services after recruitment audit

More than 500 individuals have been removed from Ghana’s security services following a government review that uncovered irregularities in recruitment processes conducted before and...

Ablekuma North violence: Interior Minister calls Hawa Koomson after assault

The Minister for the Interior, Mubarak Mohammed Muntaka, has expressed sympathy to former Awutu Senya East MP, Mavis Hawa Koomson, following her assault during...

Ablekuma North re-run: All troublemakers will be arrested and punished – Interior Minister

The Minister for the Interior, Mubarak Muntaka, has strongly condemned the violent incidents that disrupted the Ablekuma North parliamentary rerun, promising that all individuals...

Trade Minister inaugurates 10-member GIPC Board

Minister for Trade, Agribusiness, and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has officially inaugurated a new 10-member Governing Board of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) to...

Ghana Link refutes claims of broken-down scanners at Kotoka International Airport

Ghana Link Network Services Ltd, operators of the Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS), has firmly denied media reports alleging that scanners at the Kotoka...