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Chamber of Construction Industry pays courtesy call on Roads Minister

The Ghana Chamber of Construction Industry has paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, to discuss pressing...

We can’t afford to lose our indigenous languages – Atwima Nwabiagya North MP

The Member of Parliament for Atwima Nwabiagya North, Frank Yeboah, has called on Ghanaians to prioritise the preservation of their indigenous languages, emphasising their...

Greater Accra Regional Minister gives MMDAs 50-day period to fix streetlights

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Linda Akweley Ocloo, has tasked Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to fix and maintain street lights within their...

Fire destroys 20-bedroom apartment in Upper Denkyira

A two-storey building containing 20 bedrooms in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region has been ravaged by fire, leaving significant destruction...

OneGhana Movement and UPSA Law School announce 5th Annual Constitution Day Public Lecture 

The OneGhana Movement, in collaboration with the UPSA Law School, has officially announced the fifth edition of the annual Constitution Day Public Lecture, a...

Police deny claims of neglecting injured officer at KATH

The Ghana Police Service has refuted allegations circulating on social media that it has neglected Police Inspector, Alfred N. Kuuzaa, who is currently receiving...

Volta RCC issues alert on contamination of River Tordze

The Volta Regional Co-ordinating Council (RCC) warned residents living near the River Tordze about its contamination following an agrochemical spill. In a statement, the Chief...

Bush meat traders in Ashanti region pledge to protect pangolins, end sales

Bush meat traders in the Ashanti region have made a commitment to stop selling pangolins to conserve the endangered species. The group has further pledged...

Court convicts three Salaga SHS students to non-custodial sentences

The Salaga Magistrate Court in the Savannah region presided over by His Worship Edward Essel has convicted all three accused persons to a non-custodial...

Oti Regional Minister calls on youth to embrace irrigation initiative

The Oti Regional Minister, John Kwadjo Gyapong, has urged the youth in the Biakoye district and Krachi East Municipality to fully embrace the government's...

Minority rejects 10% public sector wage increase

The Minority in Parliament has criticized the 10% salary increase for public sector workers, arguing that it is insufficient given the rising cost of...

GIBA urges broadcasters to comply with NCA authorization requirements

The Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) has reminded its members and all broadcasters to strictly adhere to broadcasting authorization requirements as the National Communications...

Majority blocks Akwatia MP from making statement in Parliament

The Majority in Parliament on Friday blocked Akwatia MP, Ernest Yaw Kumi, from making a statement in the chamber. The resistance followed the Koforidua High...

Chopbox Technologies announce availability of ‘Skool Boxes’ on the market

ChopBox Technologies Ltd, the pioneer of student-focused plastic boxes in Ghana, has announced the availability of the 'Skool Boxes' on the market, following months...

Minority demands Sam George’s summoning over radio station shutdowns

The Minority in Parliament is calling for the summoning of the Minister for Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, to explain the...

Two jailed 8 years for exhuming 10-year-old boy’s body for rituals at Awutu Adawukwa

The Kasoa Ofankor Circuit Court, presided over by Her Worship Linda Amissah, has sentenced two suspects to eight years in prison for exhuming the...

Walewale curfew: MP appeals for revocation over negative impact

The Member of Parliament for Walewale, Dr. Tia Abdul Kabiru Mahama, has appealed to the Minister for the Interior to revoke the curfew imposed...

Two found dead at Tono riverbank in Navrongo

A motorcyclist and a pillion rider have been found dead at the Tono riverbank in the Kasena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region. Accra-based Citi...

5 suspects arrested in connection with murder of MoMo vendor at Nkrankwanta

The police at Nkrankwanta in the Dormaa West District of the Bono Region have arrested five suspects in connection with the killing of a...

44 of Ghana’s Forest Reserves under siege by heavily armed illegal miners – Lands Minister

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has revealed that 44 of Ghana’s forest reserves are under severe threat from heavily...

GNFS calls for clinic and trauma facility to support firefighters

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has appealed to the Government for support in constructing a clinic and trauma facility to cater to the...

2 killed, several injured in clash between hunters and farmers in Zabzugu

A clash between hunters and farmers in Kumtumbiliyili, a community in the Zabzugu District of the Northern Region, has claimed two lives and left...

Man seeking healing at prayer camp found dead in bush

The residents of Assin-Bosomadwe in the Assin South District of the Central Region were left in shock on Tuesday morning following the discovery of...

Energy Minister John Jinapor visits WAPCo station in Tema

The Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, has visited the West African Pipeline Company (WAPCo) station in Tema amid growing pressure...

Dr. Atuahene sends strong message to Ghanaians on bank thefts

Banking consultant Dr. Richmond Atuahene has raised concerns over the involvement of financial institution staff in cash theft, cautioning customers against blindly trusting bank...

Tidal waves threaten to cut off coastal communities in Ketu South

Residents of Salakope, Agavedzi, Amutsinu, and other coastal communities in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region are facing an imminent disaster as...

Mahama announces National Emolument Committee to address salary gaps

President John Dramani Mahama has announced the establishment of a National Emolument Committee to tackle salary disparities and ensure fairness in Ghana’s public sector...

Kasoa Opeikuma residents clash with police, landguards over forced eviction

Over 150 residents of Kasoa Kumbe, a suburb of Opeikuma in the Awutu Senya East Municipality, have clashed with police and individuals believed to...

Court dismisses WAEC’s stay of execution, orders release of withheld WASSCE results

An Accra High Court has dismissed an application by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) seeking a stay of execution on an earlier ruling...

Teacher Unions urge GES to reconsider revocation of appointments

Teacher unions, including the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers Ghana...

Gregory Afoko granted GH₵500k bail after almost 10 years on remand

After nearly a decade in detention, Gregory Afoko, a key suspect in the 2015 murder of former Upper East Regional Chairman of the New...

Economic challenges weakened my government’s popularity – Akufo-Addo

Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has acknowledged that economic difficulties and frequent public protests during his tenure played a significant role in his...

Why labour accepted 10% salary increment instead of 25% – Angel Carbonu [Listen]

The President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Eric Angel Carbonu, has stated that the 10% salary increase for public sector workers...

Akufo-Addo urges Nigeria to lead Africa’s economic integration

Former President Nana Akufo-Addo has called on Nigeria to take a leading role in driving Africa’s economic integration, emphasizing the need for bold leadership...

Nii Lantey Vanderpuye appointed as National Coordinator for DRIP

President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, former Member of Parliament for Odododiodio, as the National Coordinator for the District Road...

‘Streamline VAT or businesses will suffocate’ – AGI warns gov’t

The President of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has charged government to urgently reform the Value Added Tax (VAT) system, describing it as...

Work to resume on Saglemi Housing Project – Minister

Contractors will soon return to continue with work on the Saglemi Affordable Housing project, the Minister of Works, Housing and Water Resources, Kenneth Gilbert...

GRA probes Sogakope checkpoint shooting incident

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has commenced an investigation into a shooting incident at the Sogakope Customs checkpoint that left a bystander injured on...

Two teenagers remanded over GH¢41,000 gold theft

The prosecutor in the teenage gold theft case has told the court that police suspect a larger criminal syndicate with several possible accomplices involved...

Fix VAT first before celebrating tax cuts – AGI President tells government

The President of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), Dr. Humphrey Ayim-Darke, has raised concerns over the country’s current Value Added Tax (VAT) system,...