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Hunter arrested for friend’s murder 7 months after mistaking him for animal

A 26-year-old hunter, Emmanuel Donkor is in the grips of Police for shooting his friend to death after mistaking him for an animal. Accra-based UTV...

Kubore: Farmlands submerge following Bagre dam spillage

Farmlands along the Kubore River in the Upper East Region have been completely inundated due to the spillage of the Bagre Dam and recent...

Court remands Imam for allegedly threatening to kill wife

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a self-proclaimed religious leader to police custody for allegedly threatening to kill his wife. Imam Mohammed Lanson Abubakar, 44,...

PAC orders arrest of a headteacher in Kintampo [Video]

The Public Accounts Committee has ordered the arrest and prosecution of Comfort Appiah, a Headteacher in the Kintampo South District  of the Bono East...

Sehwi Bodi farmers protest over unpaid compensation for hospital land

A group of aggrieved farmers from Sehwi Bodi in the Western North Region staged a protest on Monday to express their frustrations over the...

Residents fume over gang-rape of pregnant woman on Gambaga-Dagbriboari road

Residents of East Mamprusi are outraged after a seven-month pregnant woman was gang-raped by six armed men on the deteriorating Gambaga-Dagbriboari road in the...

CETAG calls off strike

The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has called off its two-month strike. This was announced in a statement released on Tuesday, August...

Assin Nsuta SHS clash: Several injured, five hospitalized

Several students of Assin Nsuta Agricultural Senior High School in the Central Region have been injured, with five hospitalized, following a violent clash between...

PIAC tours Agenda 111 project site at Ningo

The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has toured the government’s Agenda 111 District Hospital initiative project and other government-sponsored project sites at Ningo...

SSNIT recording significant gains – Akufo-Addo [Listen]

President Akufo Addo says the strong financial performance posted by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) in its 2023 financial report should...

DRIP initiative delivers road equipment to Western Region, promises local progress

The Western Region will take delivery of 110 pieces of road improvement equipment allocated to the region under the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP)...

Minister praises Akufo-Addo after receiving equipment under DRIP intiative 

The Upper West Regional Minister, Stephen Yakubu, has lauded President Akufo-Addo for his visionary leadership in implementing the District Road Improvement Project (DRIP). During the...

Launch of Anlo Hogbetsotso Festival 2024 set for August 24 in Tsiame

The Anlo Traditional Council is poised to host the grand launch of the much-anticipated Anlo Hogbetsotso Festival 2024 on August 24th at Tsiame. This year's...

President Akufo-Addo slams SSNIT hotels sale controversy as ‘needless’

President Akufo-Addo has characterized the controversy surrounding the sale of hotels owned by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to the Agriculture...

Eunice Ankomah honoured at National Communications Awards

A Corporate Communications Strategist, Eunice Asantewaa Ankomah, has been honoured with the Industry Spotlight Award in Corporate Communications at the 2024 National Communications Awards. The...

NPA allays fears of ‘gas cheating’ under cylinder recirculation model [Audio]

The National Petroleum Authority(NPA) has ruled out any possibility of cheating at gas filling stations in the implementation of the Cylinder Recirculation Model (CRM). This,...

We didn’t foresee current drought situation in Northern Ghana – Agric Ministry

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has said it did not expect the severity of the drought situation in Northern Ghana. However, the Ministry...

NPP, NDC to establish Private Education Service

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have pledged to consider the establishment of a Private Education Service. This service would...

Kwasi Asante re-assigned as Director of Passports

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has re-assigned Kwasi Asante as the Director of Passports. Accra-based Asaase Radio reported the...

Indiscriminate sand winning destroying farms in Offinso

Indiscriminate sand winning activities is fast degrading arable farmlands in the Offinso district of the Ashanti region. Farmers in the area are counting their losses...

National Tenants’ Union disappointed by NPP’s unfulfilled housing promises

The leadership of the National Tenants’ Union of Ghana has expressed deep disappointment with the housing policy proposals featured in the New Patriotic Party’s...

HopeXchange lauds ASHA/USAID for transformative Support in Ghana’s Health Sector

HopeXchange medical Centre, under the Christian Health Service of Ghana (CHAG) is lauding the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) grant program of USAID...

New Times Corpo­ration takes steps to recover embezzled funds

The Management of the New Times Corpo­ration (NTC), publishers of the Ghanaian Times and the Spectator says it is taking steps to recover embezzled funds from its former...

We’ll clear consumables for renal patients stuck at Tema port soon – Korle Bu

The management of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has promised to soon clear all consumables for renal patients, currently stuck at the port. The assurance follows...

UK stabbing: Ghanaians in Manchester react to death of 43-year-old woman

Apart from the woman who died following a stabbing in Manchester and has been named as 43-year-old Alberta Obinim, two other people also sustained...

In pictures: Blue supermoon lights up sky around the world and how it was seen in Accra

A blue moon happens once every two to three years - that's where the saying comes from. Photographers from around the world have been busy...

Import duties to be cedi-based, flat rate from 2025 – Oppong Nkrumah

The Vice Chair of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s Manifesto Committee, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has announced that starting in 2025, import duties will no...

Man battling kidney issues rescued from suicide attempt at Ashaiman

A dramatic rescue unfolded in Ashaiman Lebanon as  man identified as Alfred Agoma, known locally as Yehowa Nyagbe, attempted to take his own life...

Emergent to donate 50,000 vaccine doses to address mpox outbreak in Africa

Emergent BioSolutions said on Monday it would donate 50,000 doses of its smallpox vaccine to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other impacted countries...

Godwin Avenorgbo passes on

Renowned veteran broadcaster and Director of Communications at the Melcom Group of Companies, Godwin Avenorgbo, has been reported dead. His former, long-time employers, the Ghana...

Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin light up Ghana with Kingdom World Tour

The city of Accra was electrified as the Kingdom World Tour, featuring the renowned Maverick City Music and gospel legend Kirk Franklin, made a...

Digitalisation alone not enough to fight corruption – Edem Senanu

The Co-Chair of the Citizen Movement Against Corruption, Edem Senanu is skeptical about the effectiveness of digitalisation alone in combating corruption. Mr Senanu argued that...

A Sacred Journey: The Ga Mantse’s Pilgrimage to Mantseman

In the early hours of Saturday morning, the streets of Ga Mashie buzzed with anticipation. The echoes of drums and the chants of the...

Tell your boss to sign Anti-LGBTQ+bill – Ho West MP tells Bawumia

Member of Parliament for Ho West, Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah, has challenged the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, to prove...

Election 2024: Reports of militia training in Kwahu false – Police

The Ghana Police Service has firmly denied reports suggesting that militiamen are being trained in Kwahu, Eastern Region, in preparation for the 2024 general...

UK stabbing: Ghanaian named as victim of Manchester knife attack

The woman who died following a stabbing in Manchester has been named as 43-year-old Alberta Obinim. A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of...

Renal patients at Korle Bu vow to picket over uncleared consumables at Tema Port

The Renal Patients Association at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has expressed frustration over the government's delayed response in clearing essential dialysis consumables stuck at...

95-year-old man weds 90-year-old bride in Kenya

In a tender celebration of true love's perseverance, Ibrahim Mbogo, 95, and Tabitha Wangui, 90, finally said "I do" on Sunday, August 18, at...

Gov’t completes 6 of 37 abandoned veteran projects

The Defence Ministry and the Veteran Association of Ghana (VAG) appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and revealed that several VAG projects have...

Agogo farmers seek gov’t aid after plantain farms destroyed

Asante Akyem Agogo farmers have called on the government for aid after a Forestry Commission task force destroyed their plantain farms. Several acres of plantain...