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You can’t force the employer to pay you – Austin Gamey on GRNMA strike

Labour expert Austin Gamey has weighed in on the ongoing strike by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), stating that the government...

Kumasi Central prisons present five inmates to participate in 2025 BECE

The Kumasi Central Prisons, as part of its reformation process, presented five male inmates to participate in the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The...

CJ Torkornoo is being robbed of her dignity; help restore it – Akosua Manu to Naana Jane

The 2024 New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for the Adentan constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Akosua Asaa Manu, has made a passionate...

Asante Gold Chirano Limited awards 31 tertiary scholarships to brilliant but needy students

The Chirano Sefwiman Foundation (CSF) and Asante Gold Chirano Limited continue to champion educational empowerment and community development with the successful hosting of the...

We’re tired; we can’t return to work – Retired nurse to Health Minister [Video]

A retired nurse has criticised the Health Minister, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, for urging retirees to volunteer their services as the strike by the Ghana...

Avoid exam malpractice – Education Minister urges BECE candidates

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has advised candidates sitting for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) to avoid any form of examination...

Ken Ashigbey appointed new CEO of Ghana Chamber of Mines

The Ghana Chamber of Mines has announced the appointment of Ing. Dr Kenneth Ashigbey as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective 1st June...

My fight against galamsey will continue, I only support responsible mining – Dr. Ashigbey pledges

The Ghana Chamber of Mines has officially introduced its new Chief Executive Officer, Ing. Dr. Kenneth Ashigbey, marking a strategic step in its mission...

Gov’t working behind the scenes to end nurses’ strike – Kwakye Ofosu

Government spokesperson and MP for Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, says the Mahama administration is quietly working behind the scenes to resolve the ongoing nationwide...

Chief Imam’s spokesperson sends important message to BECE candidates

The Spokesperson for the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Aremeyaw Shaibu, has encouraged all candidates sitting for the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) to...

Acherensua chief urges collaborative efforts to tackle exam malpractice in Ahafo Region

The Akyempimhene of Acherensua, Nana Aduse-Poku, has expressed concern over the Ahafo Region being identified among the top regions for examination malpractice. In an interview...

2025 BECE: Asutifi North MP supports 1,670 candidates with mathematical sets

The Member of Parliament for Asutifi North in the Ahafo Region, Dr. Ebenezer Kwaku Addo, has donated mathematical sets valued at GH₵33,400 to Basic...

Highway robbers shoot tipper truck driver in the eye at Gomoa Potsin

A tipper truck driver is battling for his life after he was shot in the eye by armed robbers during an operation at Gomoa...

Two arrested in attempt to smuggle 250 bags of cocoa beans at Elmina 

The Central Regional Police Command has arrested two individuals suspected of attempting to smuggle 250 bags of cocoa beans out of Ghana. The arrest was...

2025 BECE: 21 pregnant candidates, 17 nursing mothers write in Upper East Region

The Upper East Region is witnessing a concerning development as 21 pregnant girls and 17 lactating mothers are among the 19,523 candidates sitting for...

2025 BECE begins today

The 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) is set to begin today, Wednesday, June 11, and will run until Wednesday, June 18, 2025. According to...

Man arrested for attempted murder in North East

The Ghana Police Service has arrested Kwesi Bik Nelson in connection with an attempted murder following a stabbing incident. In a statement, the police confirmed...

We will not return to work; address the concerns of striking nurses – Retired Nurse

A retired nurse who worked for 40 years at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital has stated that the retired nurses cannot return to health...

Government scholarships are not for sale – Registrar

The Registrar of the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat, Kwaku Asafo Agyei, has announced a series of sweeping reforms aimed at restoring fairness, discipline, and purpose...

Kumasi Prisons begins manufacturing of FDA-approved sachet and bottled water

The Kumasi Central Prisons is harnessing the unique skills of its inmates after establishing a water manufacturing hub to produce sachet and bottled water. According...

Detailed account of OSP’s raid on SML’s offices [Listen]

  The Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) has confirmed that its offices were raided by security operatives from the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP). Dr....

Parliament summons GUTA, others over refusal to reduce prices

The Committee on Trade, Industry, and Tourism of Parliament has summoned the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI),...

Mahama swears in 11 new Police Council Members [Photos]

President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, swore in members of the newly reconstituted Governing Council of the Ghana Police Service at...

19-year-old dies in a galamsey pit, family suspects foul play

A 19-year-old man, Herod Cobbina, has tragically drowned in a galamsey pit at Sehwi Chiene, a farming community in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality...

Gov’t has been unfair to striking nurses but… – Minority

The Minority in Parliament has criticised the Mahama-led administration over its handling of the ongoing strike by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association...

We are receiving more bodies as a result of GRNMA’ strike – Mortuary workers

The Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) has expressed serious concern over a sharp increase in the number of bodies being brought to mortuaries...

How can retirees with weak knees carry patients? – GRNMA questions Health Minister [Audio]

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has ridiculed Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh's appeal for retirees to volunteer their services amidst the...

Security Analyst commends Cheddar’s swift action, calls for tighter regulation of bodyguards

A security analyst, Samuel Nana Appiah, has applauded the New Force Movement for its decisive response following a violent incident involving a member of...

Ghana launches FESTAC Africa 2025, pledges unity and innovation

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority, Mamee Efua Houadjeto, has officially launched FESTAC Africa 2025, positioning Ghana as the host of...

Interesting images from funeral of late Mamponghene Daasebre Osei Bonsu II

The Mampong Traditional Council, with the consent of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, held the burial rites for the late Daasebre Osei Bonsu II,...

Climate Change & Sustainability: Kenneth Awotwe Darko champions equitable forest finance at Hamburg Sustainability Conference 2025

At the Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC) 2025, Ghanaian moderator Kenneth Awotwe Darko steered a critical conversation on forest finance, ensuring Indigenous Peoples and Local...

KATH HR Manager’s office locked by unknown persons

The office of the Human Resources Manager at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) was locked with chains and padlocks by unknown persons under...

Support ongoing payroll audit to protect public funds – Finance Minister urges Teacher Unions

Minister for Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has called on tertiary education unions to support the ongoing national payroll audit aimed at eliminating ghost...

Your Book and Research Allowances have been captured in this year’s budget – Ato Forson assures Teacher Unions

Minister for Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has assured tertiary education unions that the 2025 Budget fully provides for the payment of Book and...

OSP searches SML’s offices in ongoing suspected corruption probe

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has conducted a court-ordered search at the offices of Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML), as part of...

Why OSP travelled to UK for Airbus interrogation – Sammy Darko explains [Audio]

The Director of Strategy, Research and Communication at the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), Sammy Darko, has defended the office’s decision to declare...

Data bundle allocations to increase across all networks – Communications Minister announces

Communications Minister, Samuel Nartey George, has announced significant increases in data bundle allocations across all telecommunication networks in Ghana, effective July 1, 2025. Speaking at...

Late Mamponghene was a unifier – Dr. Amofa

Renowned philanthropist and public health specialist, Dr. Mike Amofa Dankwah, has paid glowing tribute to the late Mamponghene and Krontihene of Asanteman, Daasebre Osei...

Miner handed 20 years in Tarkwa for defiling eight-year-old girl

A 26-year-old miner, Charles Amankwah, has received 20 years’ imprisonment with hard labour from the Tarkwa Circuit Court for defiling an eight-year-old girl through...

Lives of Staff and students of GLISS threatened by ECOMOG slum dwellers over impending demolition

Staff and students at the Ghana Lebanon Islamic Secondary School are living in fear after receiving death threats from individuals illegally occupying the ECOMOG...