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Schools in five deprived Asunafo North communities receive learning materials

The Asunafo North Co-operative Cocoa Farmers Union has donated textbooks and exercise books to basic schools in five deprived communities within the Asunafo North...

Minister calls for renewal of Volta Lake Safety Project

The Oti Regional Minister, Hon. John Kwadwo Gyapong, has commended Ecozoil Limited for its dedicated efforts to improve safety and protect lives on the...

GAFtiNC President urges Ghanaian Youth to join tree planting efforts to fight climate change

The President of the Global Alliance for Technologies in Nature Conservation (GAFtiNC), Opoku Emmanuel, has urged Ghanaian youth to take an active role in...

Sampa Chieftaincy Dispute: Police engage Muslims for peace building

The Bono Regional Police Command has engaged Muslim worshippers at the Sampa Mosque in the Jaman North District of the Bono Region to promote...

Pupils sit on bare floors as furniture shortage hits Abuakwa South Basic Schools

Headteachers of Akyem Adukrom Basic School and Kyebi Islamic Basic School in the Abuakwa South Municipality have made an appeal to government authorities and...

Agordome Water Plant shutdown due to poor water quality

The Ghana Water Limited (GWL) has temporarily shut down the Agordome Water Treatment Plant in southern Volta Region, due to the deterioration in the...

Mason, 50, killed; body parts missing

A gruesome suspected ritual murder has shattered the calm of Domeabra Old Town in the Ga South Municipality, leaving residents terrified and calling for...

Alan’s United Party dead on arrival, not worth NPP’s attention – Obiri Boahen

Former Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and lawyer Nana Obiri Boahen, has called on the party to rescind plans to...

GWL shuts down Agordome water treatment plant

The Ghana Water Limited (GWL) has temporarily shut down the Agordome Water Treatment Plant in the southern Volta Region due to the deterioration in...

Eastern library improves literacy among over 55,000 pupils

The Eastern Regional Library in 2021 set out a regional target to reach out to morethan 50,000 pupils in five years in the bid...

Volta Lake boat disaster: Survivor recounts ordeal

Beyond the crushing details of last Saturday’s boat disaster that claimed 16 lives on the Volta Lake, the story of a single family that...

One trapped after accident involving petroleum tanker at Yamoransa

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) in the Central Region has swiftly responded to an accident involving a petroleum tanker at Yamoransa, preventing what...

Education Ministry sends goodwill message to SHS freshers

The Ministry of Education has officially welcomed about 590,000 newly admitted first-year students to various Senior High Schools (SHS) across the country as the...

Scrap dealer in court for defiling and infecting student with HIV

A 38-year-old scrap dealer has been arraigned before the Akyem Swedru Circuit Court, presided over by Akosua Ataa Nyarko, for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old...

Asutifi North DCE confident Mahama gov’t will establish universities in Ahafo Region

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Asutifi North in the Ahafo Region, Hafiz Dauda, has expressed optimism that the Mahama-led government will establish public...

Eleven killed after Israel hits bus in Gaza, Hamas-run civil defence says

Gaza's Hamas-run civil defence says 11 people were killed, all from the same family, after the bus they were in was hit by an...

Long queues as SHS freshers flood campuses nationwide

As senior high schools across Ghana officially reopen for first-year students, thousands of parents and their wards have begun trooping to campuses to secure...

Asunafo North Assembly sets up task force to enforce sanitation laws and prosecute offenders

The Asunafo North Municipal Assembly in the Ahafo Region has established a special task force to help enforce sanitation laws and arrest offenders. ...

Heath Goldfields announces significant progress after Bogoso Prestea mine takeover

The management of Heath Goldfields has announced that they are making significant progress after taking over the Bogoso Prestea mine despite the numerous legal...

Dr. Prince Kofi Kludjeson leads Cisco to partner Communications Ministry on One Million Coders Certification Initiative

‎‎The Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, has welcomed Cisco’s partnership proposal to support the government’s One Million Coders Programme...

My DNA ancestry traces my maternal side to Akan – Grenada Prime Minister

The Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Amiss Thomas Mitchell, has revealed that a recent DNA ancestry test done by him traced his maternal lineage...

AG hasn’t filed statement of case in Torkonoo’s suit – Essuman

Counsel to former President Nana Akufo-Addo, Kow Essuman, has criticised the Attorney General’s handling of the ongoing legal dispute involving Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo,...

IET-GH lauds TOR’s use of local engineers in refinery revival

The Institution of Engineering and Technology, Ghana (IET-GH), has commended the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) for prioritising Ghanaian engineers and technologists in its ongoing...

Man arrested in connection with series of murder and robbery targeting taxi drivers

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested another suspect believed to be connected to a series of robberies and killings involving taxi drivers in...

Despite unpaid dues, Lightwave prioritizes patients and healthcare workers

In the midst of growing uncertainty within Ghana’s digital health landscape, Lightwave eHealthcare Solutions Limited is once again choosing service over silence. The move is...

Mahama is behaving like a bully if… – Ghanamannti

Former Convention People’s Party (CPP) running mate, Woyoe Ghanamannti Esq., has hit back at NDC lawyer Abraham Amaliba for describing former Chief Justice Gertrude...

CJ’s seat not a fixed traditional stool occupants can claim as a right – Ansa-Asare to Torkornoo

Former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Kwaku Ansa-Asare, has criticised former Chief Justice (CJ) Gertrude Torkornoo's latest legal action challenging her removal...

‘Torkonoo is becoming a cry baby’ – Amaliba

Former Director of Legal Affairs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abraham Amaliba, has criticised former Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo, saying she is becoming...

SHS freshers report to school today

Nearly 600,000 first-year students are reporting to Senior High Schools (SHSs) across the country today (October 18) as the 2025/2026 academic year officially begins. Thousands...

Kusaug Traditional Council petitions gov’t for creation of new region

The Kusaug Traditional Council, led by Bawku Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, has officially petitioned the government for the creation of a new region...

Ghana’s job crisis forcing graduates into low-level roles – Labour Expert

Labour export, Peter Bismark Kwofie has said the growing unemployment crisis in Ghana has pushed many people to accept jobs far below their qualifications...

Morning sunlight remains key Vitamin D source – Public health expert

A public health expert, Dr. Nana Kwaku Agyemang Duah, has reaffirmed that morning sunlight remains one of the most reliable natural sources of...

Torkonoo files suit to halt vetting and appointment of Baffoe-Bonnie as Chief Justice

Former Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo has filed a legal action seeking to stop the vetting and subsequent appointment of Justice Baffoe-Bonnie as the next...

Energy Ministry submits report on missing ECG containers to Attorney General for further action

Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, has disclosed that his ministry has submitted a comprehensive report on the missing Electricity Company...

Mahama calls for stronger trade and investment ties between Ghana and Grenada

President John Dramani Mahama has urged closer trade and investment cooperation between Ghana and Grenada, describing it as mutually beneficial for both nations. The President...

GNFS saves mixed-use building from destruction in Techiman

A major fire outbreak in Techiman on Thursday morning could have ended in disaster if not for the swift response of the Ghana National...

Alan Kyerematen proposes one-year mining ban to end galamsey “once and for all”

The leader of the United Party (UP), Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, has proposed a one-year nationwide ban on all small-scale mining activities, stating it...

Anti-galamsey task forces seize 12 excavators and 20 changfans

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources says it has recorded major gains this week in its crackdown on illegal mining, following joint operations...

BlacVolta merges entertainment and fintech with BlacVolta App and BlacVolta visa lifestyle card

BlacVolta, Africa’s largest digital media and entertainment platform, has launched the BlacVolta App and BlacVolta Visa Lifestyle Card on day two of the Africa FinTech Summit at the Accra...

Ghana to save $300 million under new IPP renegotiation deal – Energy Minister

The Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, has disclosed that the government has successfully reached a new agreement with Independent Power...