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FDA issues alert on ‘laughing gas’

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has warned the public against the abuse of Nitrous Oxide, a party drug popularly known as laughing gas....

It’s a coup d’état – Titus-Glover on Minority leadership changes 

Former Member of Parliament for Tema East Constituency, Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, has expressed his disappointment in the executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). According...

Drama as woman divorces husband to marry man her daughter rejected

A drama played out in Rano Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State recently after a woman, Malama Khadija, dissolved her marriage and married her daughter’s...

Health Ministry moves to renegotiate COVID-19 vaccine contract

The Ministry of Health has given an assurance that efforts are being made to renegotiate the vaccine acquisition contract with the African Vaccine Acquisition...

Immigration Service dines with retired personnel [Photos]

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has organised an end-of-year get-together for the Association of Retired Immigration Officers (ARIO). The event held on Wednesday was...

Cough syrups kill 300 children, WHO issues another alert

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a fresh warning to all the countries after finding a possible link between child cough syrup and...

NDC must commend A-G’s office for transparency – Former MP

Former Member of Parliament for Ablekuma Central, Ebenezer Nartey, has asked the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to commend the Auditor-General. According to him, the...

A-G covid-19 transaction audit annoying – NDC’s Anim Piesie

A member of the Communications team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Anim Piesie, has stated that the report from the Auditor-General’s office...

Farmer jailed for defiling class 4 pupil

Francis Dzata, a 40-year-old farmer, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for defiling a 13-year-old class 4 pupil. The convict,vwho appeared before the Hohoe...

Wingimall is live in Ghana

Wingimall, the newest and most dynamic e-commerce platform, officially launches today in Ghana. With the slogan "Abundance of Choice" and an elephant as a symbol...

Koku Anyidoho questions Asiedu Nketia over reshuffle

A former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has berated Johnson Asiedu Nketia, National Chairman of the NDC,...

Affordable Housing case: Collins Dauda, 4 others slapped with 70 fresh charges

State prosecutors have pressed 70 fresh charges against Alhaji Collins Dauda, the former Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing and four others for...

Rioting students of Krobea Asante Vocational Institute remanded

Thirty-nine students of Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational Institute accused of involvement in Sunday's disturbances on campus have been remanded to one week in...

Eight pupils dead as boat capsizes on Volta Lake

Eight pupils from the Atikagome Community in the Sene East District of the Bono East region lost their lives when a boat they were...

Check out when first year SHS students will report to school

First-year students reporting to Senior High Schools (SHS) nationwide for the 2023/2024 academic year, barring any challenges, are expected to go in February. The...

National Cathedral Secretariat heeds to call for full-scale investigation

The National Cathedral Secretariat is set to commence processes to engage a private audit firm to undertake full-scale investigations into public funds used for...

Impact of play-based learning evident in Ghana – Sierra Leone’s Education Minister

The Education Minister at the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education in Sierra Leone says he is convinced about the impact of play-based...

Accra West ECG intensifies campaign to clamp down on power illegalities

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Accra West region, has launched an intensive campaign to crack down on users of fake and illegal electricity...

Assemblies of God Ghana pays courtesy call on Veep

The General Superintendent of Assemblies of God, Ghana, Rev. Stephen Wengam, has commended the Vice President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia for his instrumental role in...

Seven arrested in connection with death of Fulani herdsman

The Bole District Police Command has arrested seven persons in connection with the death of a Fulani herdsman on the Kiape- Sonyo Road in...

Auditor-General recovers ¢2.210bn as financial irregularities

The Audit Service headed by the Auditor-General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, has recovered a total amount of ¢2.210 billion as financial irregularities from public institutions,...

Information Ministry reacts to ¢151K Covid-19 allowance in Audit Report

The management of the Information Ministry has said the GH¢151,500 covid-19 risk allowance was paid to call centre operators and critical staff. In a statement...

Address challenges facing education system – GNECC to govt

The Ghana National Education Coalition Campaign (GNECC) has called on the government to address current challenges facing the education system in Ghana. The call,...

Woman inflicts cutlass wounds on man over land dispute at Awutu Bokotu

A 47-year-old farmer, Charles Oko, is battling for his life after a colleague farmer identified simply as Yaa Yaa inflicted cutlass wounds on him...

2 jailed for stealing GH¢420 worth of cocoa beans

Two men have been jailed for stealing a half bag of cocoa beans at Assin Fosu in the Central Region. The two, Michael Etuah, 23,...

Swiss nationals donate ultrasound machine to Ayikuma CHPS Compound

The Health Director at Shai Osudoku District, Rev Dr Ebenezer Asiamah and the medical officers at the Ayikuma CHPs compound have expressed massive delight...

MASLOC trial: Alex Mould, Gavivina Tamakloe to pay GH¢ 5m as failed bail bond

The Accra High Court has ordered the two securities who secured a GH¢5 million bail for former boss of the Microfinance and Small Loans...

GES reviews education in Eastern Region

The Eastern Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has concluded the regional education review forum in Koforidua for 2022, with recommendations to overcome future...

Woman heartbroken after her biological sister snatched her husband; welcomes baby for him

A Kenyan woman named Agnes Maina has opened up about how she lost her husband to her younger sister.  Speaking to TUKO.co.ke's Yvonne Kawira, the mother...

‘Side chick’ sues top bank official over breach of contract; demands cash, car as compensation

Former National Service Person for First Atlantic Bank, Deborah Seyram Adablah, has sued the Bank and her former boss, Chief Finance Officer, Ernest Kwasi...

Parliament yet to approve sale of Vodafone Ghana to Telecel – Sam George

Minority spokesperson on Parliament’s Communications Committee, Sam George, is demanding that the government submits the agreement covering the proposed sale of Vodafone Ghana to...

Ato Forson replaces Haruna Iddrisu as Minority Leader

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced a change in the party’s parliamentary leadership with  Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam Member of Parliament (MP), Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, as...

North Korea’s secret squad to shoot anyone caught watching pornography

Kim Jong Un's new secret squads will execute anyone viewing pornography under the North Korean dictator's efforts to clamp down on 'foreign influences'. Enforcers are working...

Harmattan: Nose mask demand goes up in Tamale

The harmattan season has boosted nose mask business in Ghana, specifically in the Northern regional capital of Tamale. The region, notable for being dry and...

I was so confused – Hilla Limann’s daughter recounts his death 25 years on

Dr Zilla Limann, daughter of Dr Hilla Limann, a Ghanaian diplomat and politician who served as the President of Ghana from 24 September 1979...

Education Ministry supplies food to SHSs

The Education Ministry is supplying foodstuff to the various Senior High Schools (SHSs) across the country. This comes on the back of reports of food...

Fake UG student arrested

Security personnel at the University of Ghana (Legon) has arrested a young man who posed as a student with a fake ID card. The...

Special Prosecutor recommends 4 prosecutions

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has recommended the prosecution of four persons for respective breaches of the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act...

Debt exchange: Pensioner Bond­holder Forum engages former Presidents

The Pensioner Bond­holder Forum has begun the process of engagements with Former Presi­dent John Agyekum Kufuor and Former President John Dramani Mahama to seek...

Krobea Chaos: Student leadership to be declared wanted if… – Minister

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has asked the police to declare the school prefect and other student leaders of Krobea Asante Technical...