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Ahafo Peace Council chairman calls for government support

The Chairman of the Ahafo Regional Peace Council, Most Reverend Peter Kwaku Atuahene, has called on the government to provide adequate resources to enable...

Two arrested for murder in Tema

The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested two suspects linked to the murder of an adult male found within the Tema Harbour enclave. According to...

Man arrested in Western Region for illegal firearm possession

The Western Central Regional Police Command has arrested a suspect, Yahaya Seidu, for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition at Aponteng Krom in...

Mahama to launch ‘Green Agenda’ programme for Bono Region

President John Mahama has announced plans to implement a comprehensive programme dubbed the “Green Bono Agenda” to address emerging environmental challenges in the Bono...

Mahama vows to upgrade nursing and midwifery training colleges

President John Mahama has unveiled plans to upgrade selected nursing and midwifery colleges across the country into degree-awarding institutions. Addressing supporters during his Thank You...

Labour Ministry unveils first batch of Labour Compliance Inspectors

The Ministry of Labour, Jobs and Employment has unveiled the first cohort of 47 newly trained Labour Compliance Officers and Inspectors as part of...

Ofori-Atta unable to appear before OSP; seeks virtual session

Former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is seeking a virtual session with the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) for a scheduled interrogation today, June...

Bleached Babies: The toxic beauty obsession endangering Ghana’s children

A joint investigation by JoyNews and Nigeria Health Watch has revealed a troubling public health crisis in Ghana: parents are bleaching the skin of...

Kumasi, Tamale Airports get extended operating hours from June 1

The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) have announced the extension of operational hours at the Prempeh I...

CMCE boss urges gov’t to fix school facilities for menstrual hygiene in Ahafo

The Executive Director of the Coalition for Maternal Health and Citizens Empowerment (CMCE), Salaam Mahama, has called on the government to improve infrastructure in...

Awuroso chief appeals for new school block and road to avert JHS disaster

The community of Awuroso in the Adansi South District is facing a looming disaster as the Junior High School (JHS) block continues to deteriorate,...

Gomoa Assin Omanhene decries drug abuse, teenage pregnancy at Ahorbaa Kese launch

The Omanhene of the Gomoa Assin Traditional Council, Obrifo Ahunako Ahor Ankobea II, has expressed deep concern over the increasing prevalence of drug abuse—particularly...

IGP orders crackdown on galamsey; 38 arrested across 3 Regions

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) has initiated a series of coordinated operations targeting illegal mining activities, commonly known as galamsey, in towns notorious...

World Bank donates 2,000 seedlings to Adansi South farmers

The World Bank has donated 2,000 seedlings—1,000 coconut and 1,000 palm oil—to farmers in the Adansi South District as part of efforts to reduce...

Chief calls on police to crack down on reckless motorbike riding in Asutifi North

The Apersemakahene of Kenyasi No.1 in the Ahafo Region, Nana Yeboah Asuamah, has called on the Ghana Police Service to strictly enforce road safety...

Group accuses judiciary of undermining anti-corruption efforts

A youth-led anti-corruption organisation, the Bright Future Alliance, has accused Ghana’s judiciary of weakening the country’s fight against corruption through prolonged trials, legal setbacks,...

Minister of Communication unveils gov’t’s digital inclusion plan for PWDs

Samuel Nartey George, Minister of Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovation, has unveiled the government’s plan to promote digital inclusivity for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs). He...

Mahama pledges 200,000 hectares of new cocoa farms to revive industry

President John Dramani Mahama has unveiled an ambitious initiative aimed at reviving Ghana’s cocoa industry, pledging to add 200,000 hectares of new cocoa farms...

21 schools in Kpando receive sanitary pads 

The Kpando Young Ladies Association (K.Y.L.A)in collaboration with the Kpando Municipal Education Directorate has donated six sanitary pad banks and 650 sanitary pads to...

Diasporan investor pleads for justice after farm attack

Jamaican-American investor, Nigel Jordan, has lost his investment worth over GH¢1 million after an arson attack on his 50-acre coconut farm at Gomoa Oguakrom,...

There seems to be conflict about who represents Wontumi – Dr. Asante

A Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has suggested internal disagreements within the New Patriotic Party (NPP)'s legal team regarding...

Bawumia arranged sureties for Wontumi’s release – Hassan Tampuli

The Member of Parliament for Gushegu and Deputy Minister for Transport, Hassan Tampuli, has made claims that former Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia arranged for...

UHAS graduates 2,483 healthcare champions, urges them to transform Ghana and beyond

With hearts full of pride and eyes set on the future, 2,483 graduates of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) took their...

“You chose this path because it matters” – Prof. Gavua urges UHAS graduates to transform Ghana’s health sector

In an address that blended admiration with urgency, the Chairman of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) Council, Prof. Kodzo Gavua, called...

“Be a paragon in a rotting system” – National Vaccine Institute CEO charges UHAS graduates

The Acting Chief Executive Officer of the National Vaccine Institute, Dr. Sodzi Sodzi-Tettey, has delivered a stirring call to action to graduates of the...

Fuel shortage forces Takoradi-bound Passion Air flight to return to Accra

A domestic flight operated by Passion Air was forced to return to Accra shortly after takeoff due to what passengers have described as a...

Nkwanta North chiefs call on Oti Minister, leverage for development

In an important initiative aimed at promoting development in the Nkwanta North District, traditional leaders led by Ubor Konja Tassan VI have paid a...

Gov’t to sanction telcos over poor services

The Minister of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel George, has issued a stark warning to all mobile network operators to improve the quality...

Agogo tomato farmers appeal to gov’t for irrigation dam 

Tomato farmers at Agogo in the Asante Akyem North Municipality of the Ashanti Region are calling on the government to set up an irrigation...

37 Military Hospital to shut down Emergency Unit for fumigation

The 37 Military Hospital has announced a temporary closure of its Medical Emergency Unit (MEU) from Wednesday, June 4, to Saturday, June 14, 2025. The...

Three arrested with 5,950 slabs of Indian hemp on Volta Lake 

The Eastern North Regional Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with the transportation of 5,950 compressed and some non-compressed leaves suspected to...

Mentally challenged man beheads caretaker in Tema

A 35-year-old mentally challenged man, whose name has only been given as Ali, has murdered a 56-year-old man at the Tema main harbour railway. Ali...

I’m grateful; Bryan Acheampong filed documents exceeding GH₵50m bail – Wontumi’s Lawyer

The lawyer for embattled Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has revealed that former Agriculture Minister, Bryan Acheampong,...

Wontumi case: We’ve followed due process; critics blowing matters out of proportion – EOCO

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has defended its handling of the arrest and detention of the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New...

Scholarship Secretariat boss seeks Asantehene’s blessings and support [Photos]

The Registrar of the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat, Alexander Kwaku Asafo Agyei, on Friday, May 30, paid a courtesy call on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei...

NPP has no leadership; where is Chairman Wontumi? – Nyaho-Tamakloe questions amid arrest

A founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has criticised the party’s leadership for what he describes as poor handling...

Chairman Wontumi transferred to NIB; NPP supporters storm office

Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako—widely known as Chairman Wontumi—has been transferred to the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB)...

Two dead, others injured in Juaso-Nkawkaw Highway crash

Two people have died and several others injured in a tragic accident on the Juaso-Nkawkaw stretch of the Accra-Kumasi highway. Eyewitness Atta Pascaa told Adom...

Savannah Minister urges cement factory to cut prices, reclaim land

Savannah Regional Minister Salisu Be-Awurbe Esq. has urged the management of Savannah Diamond Cement Factory in Buipe, Central Gonja District, to reduce the price...

I wasn’t happy with Afenyo-Markin sitting on the floor at EOCO – Dormaahene

The Dormaahene and President of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs, Osagyefo Dr. Fredua Agyemang Badu II, has taken a light-hearted jab at Minority...