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Police to enforce 15% fare reduction in Kumasi

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has announced plans to deploy police officers on major roads to ensure strict enforcement of the 15% reduction in...

Washington Embassy saga: Fred Kwarteng is a bad boy – Former staff makes damning revelation [Video]

A former Head of Information and Public Affairs at the Embassy of Ghana in the United States, Kofi Tonto, says he is not surprised...

Robbery gang jailed over major attacks in Accra

The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has confirmed the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of a five-member robbery gang responsible for two major attacks in...

GHS confirms 10 new Mpox cases, total infections rise to 19

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed 10 new cases of Mpox, formerly known as Monkeypox, bringing the total number of recorded infections in...

Ho MCE vows to establish task force to combat flooding

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ho Central, Hon. Stephen Adom, has announced plans to set up a dedicated task force to address the...

Missing ECG containers retrieved

The Ministry of Energy has recovered 2,637 containers belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), more than double the number previously reported as...

Menstrual Hygiene in schools: Atiwa West MP calls for clean changing facilities for girls

The Member of Parliament for Atiwa West, Korkor Asante, has called for intensified menstrual hygiene education and the establishment of dedicated safe spaces for...

Wontumi has never done anything wrong – Paul Yandor

The Ashanti Regional Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Yandor, has mounted a strong defence for the party’s regional chairman, Bernard...

Chief Justice Torkornoo begs Supreme Court to halt removal process

Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has appealed to the Supreme Court to intervene and stop what she describes as a coordinated and degrading campaign to...

Kennedy Agyapong offers to stand as surety for Prof Ameyaw-Ekumfi

Former Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong, has volunteered to serve as one of the sureties for Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Ekumfi, the former Board Chairman of...

Chairman Wontumi to report to CID again today

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, is expected to report to the Criminal...

Woman who stole church TV at Military Barracks jailed 12 months

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 24-year-old woman to 12 months' imprisonment for stealing a 50-inch television at the Teshie Military Barracks in...

CID releases Chairman Wontumi

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has granted bail to the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP),...

Man, 30, arrested for possession of harmful drugs, firearm in Sabon Zongo

The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old man for trading harmful drugs and possessing an unlicensed firearm. The suspect, Aminu Amidu Mohammed...

NHIA disburses approximately GHS 260 million claims to healthcare providers

The National Health Insurance Authority has disbursed nearly 260 million cedis to healthcare providers under the insurance scheme for May 2025. The new amount, paid...

Judge cautions against premature plea bargaining in Adu-Boahene’s case

The trial judge in the ongoing case involving the immediate past Director General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene and two others...

17 arrested in anti-galamsey operation in Samreboi 

The Special Police Anti-galamsey Taskforce from the National Police Headquarters has arrested 17 suspects in connection with illegal mining activities, commonly known as galamsey...

Nursing mother found dead in uncompleted building at Awutu Bereku

A four-month-old nursing mother has been found dead at Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region. The deceased has been...

National Day of Prayer will transform Ghana – Local Government Minister

The Minister for Local Government, Rural Development, Chieftaincy, and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, has described Ghana’s newly declared National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving...

Why rush to social media? Minority questions Ablakwa over Washington Embassy saga

The Deputy Ranking Member on the Foreign Affairs Committee, Nana Kwame Asafo-Adjei Ayeh, has criticized Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa for prematurely announcing...

2021 Juaben MCE nominee acquitted and discharged

The Kumasi High Court has acquitted and discharged Alexander Kwabena Sarfo-Kantanka, former nominee for Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) in 2021 under President Nana Akufo-Addo’s...

Over 30,000 unemployed Allied Health Professionals demand immediate recruitment

The Coalition of Unemployed Allied Health Professionals Association of Ghana has voiced deep frustration over their prolonged joblessness since 2019. More than 30,000 of these...

GREDA urges reduction of building materials prices as cedi gains strength

The Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA) has raised concerns over the persistent high cost of building materials, despite the recent appreciation of the...

Herbal medicines in pharmaceutical grade capsules, tablets to hit local market

Some members of the Herbal Manufacturers Association of Ghana have commenced processes to convert liquid mixtures into other modernized medications. Pharmaceutical grade capsules, tablets and...

Nhyiaeso MP outlines initiatives to deal with drug abuse, robbery and other illegalities perpetrated by youth

Member of Parliament for the Nhyiaeso Constituency, Dr. Stephen Amoah, is instituting measures to fight rising abuse of drugs and anti-social behaviors among the...

New KATH Board and CEO pay courtesy call on the Asantehene

The newly constituted Board of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), led by its Chairman, Nana Prof. Oheneba Boachie-Adjei Woahene II, has paid a...

Wanderlust Ghana closes Congo car saga, sets sights on Accra–Beijing–Copenhagen road trip

After months of legal wrangling, shipping setbacks, and Interpol red flags, the daring Wanderlust Ghana team has finally brought closure to a dramatic vehicle...

Agona West GNAT appeals to gov’t to decentralize promotion centres

The Agona West Municipal Chairman of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Daniel Lavoe, has appealed to the government to decentralize the administration...

Godfred Dame joins Chairman Wontumi as he honours CID’s invitation

Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi and the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has honoured an invitation to...

Ofie Market 3.0 draws historic crowds, empowers Ghana farmers

Thousands of shoppers streamed onto the Amanokrom Durbar Grounds before sunrise on Saturday, transforming the quiet Akuapem hills into a carnival of colour, commerce...

Prof. Ameyaw-Ekumfi pleads not guilty in Sky Train Project trial

Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Ekumfi, former Board Chairman of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), has pleaded not guilty to all four charges brought against him...

Asante Professionals Club celebrates 10th anniversary, champions development of Asanteman

The Asante Professionals Club (APC) has launched its 10th anniversary celebrations with a colourful ceremony in Accra under the theme “Honouring Our Roots; Shaping...

Pedato Foundation donates sanitary pads at Adagya D/A School to fight period poverty

At Adagya D/A School in the Bosomtwe District of Ashanti Region, the daily realities of school life for many female students are defined not...

Osei Tutu SHS wins 2025 ACE Spoken Word contest

The KNUST Great Hall erupted with loud cheers and wild jubilations after Osei Tutu Senior High School clinched the ultimate title at the 2025...

Velocity Conference 2025: Propelling hearts and minds towards purpose and destiny

Reign House Chapel is pleased to announce the highly anticipated "Velocity Conference 2025," a transformative event scheduled to take place from May 29th to...

Sky Train scandal: Prof. Ameyaw-Ekumfi granted GH₵10m bail

Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Ekumfi, former Board Chairman of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), has been granted bail in the sum of GH₵10 million with...

We’ve done our part; Police must ensure strict compliance – GPRTU on 15% fare reduction [Audio]

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has stated that while drivers have been urged to implement the 15% fare reduction, strict and full...

First Lady launches Ghanasco’s 65th anniversary, praises school’s legacy

First Lady Lordina Dramani Mahama officially launched the 65th anniversary of Ghana Senior High School (GHANASCO) on Saturday in Tamale, emphasising the school’s legacy...

Sky Train scandal: Accra High Court to hear plea of Prof. Ameyaw-Ekumfi today

The High Court in Accra is expected to take the plea of Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Ekumfi today, Monday, May 26, in the much-anticipated trial over...

Police recruit 140 anti-drug watchdogs in Zongo communities

The Ghana Police Service has initiated processes to recruit 140 people as anti-drug watchdogs in Zongo communities nationwide. The move is in line with a...