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National Ambulance Service strengthens collaboration with Urban Roads

National Ambulance Service(NAS)has deepened its relations with the Department of Urban Roads under the Ministry of Roads and Highways in its agenda to provide...

Galamsey: You can’t rule out Wontumi as a major kingpin – Deputy Forestry Commission boss

Deputy Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission, Elikem Kotoko, has said it would be wrong to rule out Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman...

 Gov’t backs Trump’s proposed Gaza peace plan

The Government of Ghana has expressed support for a newly unveiled peace proposal for Gaza by U.S. President Donald Trump, describing it as an...

FDA disposes off unwholesome products in Central Region

The Central Regional Office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has disposed of some 29,435 unwholesome products in the region as part of its...

Rotary Club of Accra-East and partners embark on literacy and wellness projects

The Rotary Club of Accra-East and its partners, as part of efforts to promote and enhance literacy among school children, have embarked on an...

Toxicologist raises alarm as Winneba residents drink brown water for over a year

A food systems toxicologist and health risk assessment expert, Dr Ekpor Anyimah-Ackah, has issued a warning about the quality of drinking water in Winneba. He...

 Ahafo Minister pledges completion of abandoned projects in Tano North

  The Minister for Ahafo Region, Charity Gardiner, has assured residents that all abandoned and uncompleted projects in the Tano North Municipality will be completed...

If mining leases are the problem, cancel them all – Miracles Aboagye tells gov’t

The Director of Communications for the Bawumia Campaign, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has called on the government to revoke all mining leases if they truly...

Tema Metro Assembly cracks down on unauthorised structures

The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) has launched a crackdown on unauthorised structures in the city, citing safety, accessibility, and public interest concerns. ‎The Assembly, led...

Eight foreigners arrested for illegal gold operations in Bono Region

The Bono Regional Police Command has arrested eight foreign nationals for their alleged involvement in illegal gold exploration and trading without authorization at Wewe,...

You don’t have to live in a galamsey zone to be at risk – Toxicologist

A food systems toxicologist and health risk assessment expert at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Dr. Ekpor Anyimah-Ackah has issued a serious warning...

 Asiedu Nketia leaves for Japan

  The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GHAPOHA), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has departed Accra as the head...

Charles Owusu proposes solution to tackle galamsey

A former Deputy Director of Operations at the Forestry Commission, Rev. Charles Owusu, has dismissed suggestions that declaring a state of emergency in mining...

Police probe attack on Immigration officers at Gbintri checkpoint

The North East Regional Police Command has begun investigations into a deadly armed attack on two Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) officers stationed at the...

 Behenase murder: Family rejects body over GH¢12,000 autopsy fee dispute

  The family of a 52-year-old woman who was allegedly murdered at Kwahu Behenase has refused to take custody of her body, citing an inability...

Why we’ll not win galamsey fight – Kofi Bentil explains

Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, has cast doubt on the government’s commitment to ending illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, describing...

Bright Simons breaks down Gold-for-Oil programme, calls for accountability [Video]

Vice President of IMANI Africa, Bright Simons, has broken down how Ghana’s Gold-for-Oil programme was conceived and executed, raising questions about its efficiency and...

Woman, 52, killed in alleged witchcraft attack at Kwahu Behenase

A 52-year-old woman, identified as Yaa Atua, has been killed in Behenase, near Kwahu Fodoa in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern Region. The...

Why jail a petty offender, but spare thieving politicians? – Zanetor

The Korle Klottey MP, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has questioned the justice system, contrasting the harsh punishment meted out to petty offenders with the impunity...

OccupyGhana insists on state of emergency declaration to tackle galamsey

Pressure group OccupyGhana has renewed its demand for the President to declare a state of emergency in the ongoing battle against illegal mining, widely...

Over 600 under prosecution as gov’t intensifies crackdown on galamsey

The government’s fight against illegal mining, widely known as galamsey, has entered a critical stage with over 600 suspects currently facing trial for their...

Mahama denies personal links to galamsey; vows relentless action 

President John Dramani Mahama on Friday, October 3, 2025, mounted a strong defence of his government’s commitment to end illegal mining, firmly rejecting suggestions...

Health Minister pledges payment of salaries to 6,500 unpaid nurses

The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has given assurances to the remaining group of unpaid nurses that their outstanding salaries will be settled...

A/R: Hundreds mourn tiktoker Osanju at Atwima Koforidua

Hundreds of mourners have gathered at Atwima Koforidua in the Atwima Nwabiagya District to bid farewell to popular TikToker Elvis Frimpong, aka Osanju. The...

We are launching an initiative to train and certify house rental agent – A/R rent control

The Ashanti Regional Rent Control Department is set to launch an initiative to train individuals to become certified house rental agents. According to the department,...

From annual check-up to community lifeline: Empowerment Care transforms over 17,000 lives in Ghana

Strategic Evolution of a decade-long Initiative Sees Record Impact with Free Health and Education Services, Paving the Way for Year-Round Support What began as a...

Quao Realty unveils “The Autograph”, a new standard of luxury living in Accra  

Quao Realty, developers of premium residential properties, has officially launched The Autograph, a landmark development that redefines modern luxury living in Accra, achieving a...

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to over 4 years in prison

Sean "Diddy" Combs has been sentenced to four years in prison on federal prostitution charges. In addition to the 50-month sentence, Diddy will have five...

Former Deputy EC boss passes on

David Adeenze Kangah, a former Deputy Commissioner of the Electoral Commission(EC), has passed on aged 78. Mr. Kangah retired as a Deputy Chairman in Charge...

Increased media spotlight on child labour in cocoa sector essential as production grows – ICI

As cocoa production increases in Ghana, child advocacy groups are intensifying calls and efforts to militate against child labour in the sector. Production of the...

Only strike can compel government to tackle galamsey – Ex-VC of Catholic University

A former Vice Chancellor of Catholic University, Ghana, Brigadier General Prof. Daniel Obeng Ofori, has called on the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG),...

Three dead after mining pit collapse at Manso Takorase

A tragic mining accident at Manso Takorase in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region has claimed the lives of three persons after...

Junior doctors’ strike: GMA urges gov’t to act swiftly

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has urged the government to urgently engage the leadership of the Junior Doctors’ Association of Ghana to avert an...

More troops needed to win galamsey fight – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has admitted that Ghana’s security forces are overstretched, making the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, more complex. Addressing...

Multimedia’s Clinton Yeboah becomes only Ghanaian finalist for WAMECA 2025

The Multimedia Group Limited's Clinton Yeboah has emerged as the only Ghanaian shortlisted for the 2025 West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA),...

National Security Council believes we can tackle galamsey without state of emergency – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama says the National Security Council is confident that Ghana can overcome the illegal mining menace without declaring a state of...

We’re determined to win galamsey fight – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has restated his government’s determination to tackle illegal mining, assuring Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and the public that the NDC...

 Petition filed to probe “fraudulent” Ghanaian passport issued to Indian businesswoman

A Ghanaian citizen, Alex Bamfo, has formally petitioned the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, the Ministry of the Interior, and the Ghana...

26-year-old farmer sentenced to 30 years for robbery

The Assin Nsuaem-Kyekyewere Circuit Court in the Assin South District of the Central Region has sentenced a 26-year-old farmer, Frank Owusu, to 30 years’...

Root causes of galamsey must be tackled – Lands Minister

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, says multiple factors are fueling the persistence of illegal mining in Ghana and must...