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Four arrested with 2,250 parcels of suspected Indian hemp in KEEA

Police in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality have arrested four men and impounded a Kia Rhino truck loaded with 2,250 parcels of suspected Indian hemp. The...

Ashanti Region: Over 200 health facilities risk closure as HeFRA begins crackdown

A major enforcement operation is underway in the Ashanti Region as the Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HEFRA) embarks on a large-scale crackdown on unlicensed...

Stop requesting to change your ages – Births and Deaths Registrar cautions

The Registrar of Births and Deaths, Samuel Adom Botchway, has cautioned journalists and members of the public against attempts to alter their ages through...

GSTEP invests in STEM resources of 3 schools in Obuasi

The education directorate in the Obuasi municipality is envisaging turning the gold mining town into the Ghana’s future hub of scientists, engineers and technologists. This...

Good news for Ghanaians in or travelling to Italy 

The Registrar of Births and Deaths, Samuel Adom Botchway, has assured Ghanaians living in Italy that the challenges surrounding the authentication of Ghanaian birth...

Know the cost: Births and Deaths Registrar breaks down registration charges 

The Registrar of Births and Deaths, Samuel Adom Botchway, has outlined the current charges for the registration of births and deaths in Ghana, explaining...

NPP flagbearership a two-horse race between Bawumia and Ken Agyapong – Kofi Ameyaw

A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kofi Ameyaw, has stated that although five candidates are contesting for the party’s flagbearer position ahead...

Energy Commission uncovers trend of falsifying star ratings with markers on electrical appliances

The Energy Commission has uncovered an emerging trend of local electrical appliance vendors falsifying energy efficient star ratings on their imported goods. The energy consumption...

World Economic Forum appoints Bright Simons, others to shape new global development vision

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced the formation of a new Global Development Council aimed at reimagining the future of international cooperation and...

Four children buried after tragic Kete-Krachi canoe accident

Four children who were among the 15 victims of last Saturday’s tragic canoe accident on the Volta Lake in the Krachi West Municipality of...

Galamsey menace fueled by selfish, incompetent leaders – UTAG-KNUST President

The President of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Eric Abavare, has...

GES targets 2027 to reverse double-track system

The Deputy Director-General for Quality and Access at the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr. Munawaru Issahaque, has revealed that the Service is collaborating with...

Ashanti Regional Minister commends Luv Fm for successful Corporate Games

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, has commended Luv 99.5Fm for promoting fitness and mutual friendship among corporate institutions in the region. The station...

Mahama calls for bold global action on women’s empowerment

President John Dramani Mahama has called on world leaders and development partners to move beyond rhetoric and take decisive action to advance women’s empowerment...

Financial clearance secured for payment of nurses, midwives – Health Minister

Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, says the government has made substantial progress in addressing the issue of unpaid salaries and allowances affecting health...

Health Minister blames unpaid nurses’ salaries on lack of financial clearance

The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has attributed the delay in paying some nurses and midwives to the absence of financial clearance for...

Police arrest ten suspects for operating fake online food delivery platforms

The Ghana Police Service, through the Cybercrime Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), has arrested ten individuals for allegedly creating fake online food...

Mahama urges world leaders to protect progress made since 1995 Beijing Declaration

President John Dramani Mahama has called on global leaders to prioritize safeguarding the progress made in advancing the rights of women and other vulnerable...

Popular crypto influencer found dead in Lamborghini

Ukrainian crypto investor and influencer Konstantin Ganich, known online as Kostya Kudo, was found dead in a Lamborghini during one of the sharpest cryptocurrency...

Whoever wins NPP flagbearership will suffer defeat in 2028 – Berekum West MP

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Berekum West, Dickson Kyere-Duah, has said the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) will suffer another defeat...

Revoke small-scale mining licenses without environmental safeguards – Cadman Atta Mills to gov’t

Dr. Cadman Atta Mills, brother of the late President John Evans Atta Mills, has urged government authorities to revoke all small-scale mining licences granted...

Vulnerable Aid Organization constructs 3-unit classroom for Breweniase R.C. JHS

In a significant effort to enhance educational facilities in rural areas, the Vulnerable Aid Organization (VAO) has successfully constructed a new three-unit classroom block...

GNFS denies claims of responding to fires with empty tenders

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has refuted reports suggesting that its personnel deliberately attend to fire outbreaks without water in their tenders. To dispel...

Let’s end drug abuse, it’s killing Ghana’s future – Ejurahene

The Chief of Ejura Divisional Council, Barimah Osei Hwedie II, has called for concerted efforts to halt the rising cases of drug abuse in...

Oppong Nkrumah to speak on Africa’s trade future in Washington

Ofoase Ayirebi MP and Ranking Member on the Economy and Development Committee in Parliament, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, will speak at a high-level forum on...

Driver’s mate fined for stealing air conditioner copper pipes

An Adenta Circuit Court has imposed a fine of GH¢3,000 on a driver’s mate for dishonestly appropriating quantities of air conditioner copper pipes worth...

Gov’t defends transparency and security in U.S. deportation arrangements

The Government of Ghana has reaffirmed its commitment to national security amid public concerns over the recent deportation of Ghanaian nationals from the United...

Five dead in gory accident at Tano-Odumase

A tragic road accident at Tano-Odumase, near Agona in the Sekyere South District of the Ashanti Region, has claimed the lives of five people. The...

Customs Staff Association executives dragged to court over alleged constitutional breaches

Executives of the Customs Staff Association (CSA) under the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) have been taken to court over alleged constitutional breaches during its...

Prof. Opoku-Agyemang calls for well-structured blended financing model to support rural cocoa processors

Vice President Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has announced that Ghana is stepping up efforts to increase local processing of cocoa beans as part of...

Veep opens up on new law to ban mining in water bodies and forest reserves

Vice President Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has announced that government is drafting new legislation to completely ban mining activities in Ghana’s water bodies and...

All enterprises with foreign ownership must register with GIPC – Head of Investor Services

The Head of Investor Services and Exemptions at the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Emmanuel Forson, has reaffirmed that under the GIPC Act, every...

NSA extends emergency gazette service to Kumasi

The National Service Authority (NSA) has announced the extension of its Emergency Gazette Service, in partnership with the Ghana Publishing Company Limited, to the...

4 injured in accident involving ambulance at Nkawkaw

Four persons have sustained injuries after a National Ambulance Service vehicle from Nkawkaw was involved in an accident at Afosu in the Birim North...

11 children among 15 dead in Kete Krachi canoe disaster

Eleven children are among fifteen people who lost their lives in a tragic canoe disaster near Kete Krachi in the Oti Region on Saturday,...

Police arrest 2 suspects over alleged plot to assassinate chief

The Eastern South Regional Police Command has arrested two suspects for allegedly plotting to assassinate the Akyem Kwabeng Chief and Okyeman Gyaasehene, Daasebre Ayimadu...

Nana Kwadwo Jantuah wins big at Floodlight Media Excellence Awards

A renowned Ghanaian Broadcast Journalist with the Multimedia Group Limited, Nana Kwadwo Jantuah, has attained double triumph, winning both Radio Personality (Ashanti Region) and...

Ghana seal 2026 World Cup qualification with narrow win over Comoros

The Black Stars of Ghana capped off their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign in style with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Comoros on...

Mama Effe, Nana Jantuah, Ogidi Brown win big at 2025 Floodlight Media Excellence Awards

The fifth edition of the Floodlight Media Excellence Awards, held at KNUST in Kumasi, saw three Nhyira Fm staff honoured for their outstanding contributions...

15 perish, 6 injured after canoe carrying mourners capsizes on Oti River

A tragic canoe accident has claimed the lives of 15 people in the Krachi West District of the Oti Region. According to eyewitness accounts, the...