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Major maintenance to interrupt water supply in Eastern Region

The Ghana Water Limited (GWL) in the Eastern Region, has announced an interruption in potable water supply to the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipality and surrounding areas. According...

Some Elmina residents protest salt mining lease

Some residents of Elmina in the Central Region have taken to the streets to protest a salt mining lease granted to a private developer...

Kenya deepens ties with Ghana

Kenya is set to strengthen its relationship with Ghana by boosting trade, investment, agriculture, mining, tourism, and oil and gas. The initiative aims to unlock...

Unidentified men demolish Keta MCE’s private building on reclaimed land

Following unresolved issues surrounding the management of the Keta reclaimed land, amidst an accusation that the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) took the land meant...

Akufo-Addo to decorate National Honours and Awards recipients today

President Nana Akufo-Addo will today December 30, chair a National Honours and Awards ceremony, one of his final acts as he bows out of...

Groom dies at wedding ceremony in Akyem Anamase

A heartbreaking incident unfolded in Akyem Anamase near Oda in the Eastern Region last Friday when a groom, Chief Inspector Godwin Beniba, tragically passed...

Nkawkaw: Accra-Kumasi road blocked for over 5 hours after truck collision

Traffic on the Accra-Kumasi highway came to a standstill for more than five hours following an accident involving three long trucks from Burkina Faso...

Anloga: Chop bar operator killed in suspected robbery incident

A chop bar operator has been killed in a suspected robbery incident at Anloga Dornorgbor in the Volta Region. The incident happened in the night...

Police sergeant alleges Deputy IGP ordered defiance of administration directives

A sergeant of the Ghana Police Service has alleged, in a sworn court document, that Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Christian Tetteh Yohuno, instructed him...

Okada rider on bail over alleged attempted robbery

The Amasaman Circuit Court has granted a GH₵50,000.00 bail with two sureties to a commercial motorbike rider (Okada rider) over a robbery attempt. Hope Nunekpeku,...

Wenchi: Police gun down armed robber in shootout

The Police in Wenchi, Bono Region, have shot and killed a suspected armed robber during a gunfire exchange on the Wenchi-Wa Highway. The incident occurred...

Goaso queenmother empowers vigilante group ‘Salifu 11’ to deal with troublemakers following death of chief

The queenmother of the Goaso Traditional Area, Nana Afia Serwaa has empowered a vigilante group in the town, “Salifu 11” to provide security to...

Dr. Prince Hamid Armah graduates from GIMPA Law School

Member of Parliament for Kwesimintsim Constituency and Deputy Minister for Works and Housing, Dr. Prince Hamid Armah, has celebrated a significant academic achievement as...

Free SHS was good, but was rushed and poorly planned – Akyem Asoum chief

The Krontihene of Akyem Asoum, Nana Boadi Amponim Abodade III, has praised the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy introduced by President Nana Akufo-Addo...

Krofrom Assembly apologizes for clash between community and Fire Service

The Assembly Member for Krofrom East Electoral Area in Kumasi, Patrick Kwame Frimpong, has issued a formal apology following a clash between community members...

Bongo Naba appeals to Ya Na, Yagbonwura, others to intervene in Bawku crisis

The Paramount Chief of Bongo, Naba Baba Salifu Alemyaruun Atamale, has called for urgent intervention from the overlords of Dagbon, Mamprugu, Gonja, and Nanun...

UPSA justifies swearing-in of new Vice-Chancellor despite legal dispute

The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), has justified its decision to swear-in its newly appointed Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mawutor Avoke, despite a suit seeking...

New Nation School refutes claims of harsh treatment of students

The New Nation School has refuted reports that the Human Rights High Court in Accra has declared its disciplinary action against some of its...

Speaker Bagbin honoured for exceptional leadership

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Professionals Forum (ProForum), has presented a citation to the Speaker of Parliament, (2021-2024), Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, in recognition of...

Worawora welcomes new Paramount chief after a decade

After a decade-long wait, the Worawora Traditional Council in the Biakoye District of the Oti has finally installed a new Paramount chief, Nana Yaw...

Ablakwa alleges GH₵60m transfer to presidency for ‘special operations’

The Chairperson of the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) Team, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has alleged the transfer of GH₵60 million to the Office of...

NDC taskforce seizes over 3,000 bags of fertilisers at Agogo

The National Democratic Congress(NDC) taskforce in the Ashanti region has seized over 3,000 fertilizers allegedly hidden by the New Patriotic Party(NPP) in a warehouse...

Anti-cocoa smuggling taskforce impounds 400 bags in Kwahu Nketepa

The Anti-Cocoa Smuggling Taskforce of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has impounded two trucks loaded with 400 bags of cocoa at Kwahu Nketepa in...

Akufo-Addo commissions Accra STEM academy

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned the Accra STEM Academy, an institution dedicated to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education, on Friday,...

Okada rider granted ¢50k bail over alleged attempted robbery

The Amasaman Circuit Court has granted a GH¢50,000 bail with two sureties to a commercial motorbike rider (Okada rider) over a robbery attempt. Hope Nunekpeku,...

WAEC acknowledges receipt of additional GHS35m from Education Ministry

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has confirmed receiving an additional GHS35 million from the Ministry of Education (MoE) to facilitate the processing of...

Over 100 fires in one week: GNFS warns against festive season negligence

With a sharp rise in fire outbreaks this festive season, the Ghana National Fire Service is sounding the alarm for the public to be...

Rachel Appoh fetes 34 children named after her on Boxing Day

The former Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central, Rachel Appoh, ensured that thirty-four children named after her had a memorable Christmas as she threw...

Re-collation: NDC reacts to Supreme Court’s ruling

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed satisfaction with the Supreme Court’s ruling on the re-collation of parliamentary results in four constituencies. Speaking in an...

Krofuom residents attack GNFS personnel attacked as fire destroys Trinity TV and church

The Ghana National Fire Service in the Ashanti region is cautioning residents against rampant attacks on fire officers and their tenders over delays in...

Adidome chief alarmed over rising teenage pregnancy in Central Tongu

Chief of Adidome, Togbe Kwasinyi Kakaklolo Agyeman V, highlighted the growing issue of teenage pregnancy in Central Tongo during a special event at the...

Don’t turn on any light when you sense gas leakage in your homes – Public urged

The Ghana National Fire Service(GNFS) has cautioned the public not to turn on their lights or phone torches when they sense gas leakages in...

Prof John Mawutor inducted into office as new Vice Chancellor of UPSA

Professor John Kwaku Mensah Mawutor was on Friday inducted into office as the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA). He,...

Illegal Mining at Songor Lagoon thwarted by Electrochem Ghana Limited Security

On Monday, December 23, security personnel of Electrochem Ghana Limited successfully intervened in an illegal mining operation within the company’s concession at the Songor...

WAEC receives additional GH₵35M for WASSCE 2024 results processing

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has confirmed receiving an additional GH₵35 million from the Ministry of Education to aid in the processing of...

Fire razes Trinity TV station and church at Krofoum

A devastating fire has destroyed a local television station, Trinity Television, and a church at Krofuom, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. The...

Delayed WASSCE results will disrupt university academic calendar – Vice Chancellors Ghana

The Association of Vice Chancellors Ghana has expressed concerns over the delayed release of the results for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate...

Four dead, over 20 injured in accident on Takoradi-Accra road

A Yutong Takoradi-Accra bound bus has been involved in an accident at the Aggrey Memorial Senior High School(SHS), claiming four lives. Over 20 people have...

UPSA postpones Vice-Chancellor investiture amid potential legal dispute

The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), has postponed the investiture ceremony of its incoming Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Kwaku Mensah Mawutor. The ceremony, originally slated...

184 NPP members suspended in Yendi 

About 184 New Patriotic Party (NPP) members in the Yendi Constituency of the Northern region have been temporarily suspended. The development was contained in a...