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Investigation into Oral report must not target only NPP members – Manasseh

Investigative journalist Manasseh Awuni Azure has urged the Mahama-led administration not to target political opponents in the probe into the report by the Operation...

Martin Kpebu calls for urgent reforms to the OSP law, labels it ‘unfit for purpose’

A member of the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) committee, Martin Kpebu, has strongly advocated for amendments to the Office of the Special Prosecutor...

Kumasi: Two die in accident at Oforikrom

Two people have died in an accident at the Opoku Transport intersectuon on the Tech-Oforikrom stretch on the Kumas-Accra highway.The accident occurred at 4.30am...

Political fanfare won’t solve passport issues – Former Deputy Foreign Minister

Former Deputy Foreign Minister Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong has dismissed Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa’s proposal to introduce a 24-hour passport processing system, calling it unnecessary and misleading. According...

Ghana’s Corruption Perception Index score drops from 43 to 42 in 2024 rankings

Ghana has recorded a slight decline in its ranking on the global Corruption Perception Index (CPI), dropping from a score of 43 to 42...

Ayine won’t ignore ORAL report – Martin Kpebu

Martin Kpebu, a member of the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) team, has assured that Attorney-General Dr. Dominic Ayine will take action on the...

World Vision Ghana condemns bullying at Accra Academy, Zuarungu SHS

World Vision Ghana has called for urgent action over recent reports of bullying at Accra Academy and Zuarungu Senior High School (SHS). Expressing deep concern...

ORAL report not enough for prosecution – Effah Dartey

Private Legal Practitioner and former Member of Parliament (MP) for Berekum, Captain (RTD) Nkrabea Effah Dartey, has argued that the report from Operation Recover...

Mother saves son from owl attack at KpareKpare

In a remarkable display of courage at KpareKpare, a farming community in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region, a 28-year-old mother saved...

Illegal miner jailed for stealing alligator pepper

A 19-year-old illegal miner, Enoch Buamah, has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment in hard labour by the Tarkwa District Court One for stealing...

MIIF addresses financial irregularity claims against former CEO

The Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) has announced a comprehensive audit of its financial statements in line with established corporate governance procedures. This follows alleged...

Ghana working towards harmonising trade processes under AfCFTA

Customs Revenue Officer (CRO) Samuel Akrofi, acting Head of the Ghana Customs Laboratory, Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), says Ghana is...

Mahama must adopt Bawumia’s anti-galamsey blueprint – Samson Lardy Anyenini

Legal practitioner and host of Joy FM's Newsfile, Samson Lardy Anyenini, has urged the Mahama administration to adopt the anti-galamsey blueprint proposed by former...

Police deploy 120 personnel for Council of State election in Central Region

The Central Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service has deployed 120 security personnel to ensure law and order during the Council of State...

Two Nigerian businessmen in court over alleged $20,000 fraud

Two Nigerian businessmen, Patrick Piniki, 57, and Adawale Julius, 52, have appeared before the Dansoman Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding a colleague of $20,000,...

Ghana Water Ltd restores supply to Ho Municipality

The Management of Ghana Water Ltd (GWL) has restored water supply to the Ho Municipality in the Volta Region after weeks of disruption caused...

Defence Minister Omane Boamah inspects Ghana Navy Guard of Honour, tours military facilities

The Minister for Defence, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, has expressed his appreciation for the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) following his maiden visit to the...

Over 30 Sawla SHS students suspended indefinitely for indiscipline

Over thirty students from Sawla Senior High School (SHS) in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region have been suspended indefinitely. The majority of those...

Kwaku Azar shares thought-provoking perspective on dropped prosecutions

A Fellow at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Professor Kwaku Asare, has shared a thought-provoking perspective on the Attorney-General's recent discontinuation of cases. Dr....

Bilateral trade between Ghana, China reaches historic $11.84bn in 2024

Bilateral trade between Ghana and China reached a historic high of $11.84 billion in 2024, marking a significant milestone in the longstanding economic partnership...

All set for Council of State Elections today; 155 to contest in 16 regions

The Electoral Commission (EC) will today, February 11, 2025, conduct the Council of State elections nationwide. A total of 155 personalities, including 10 women from...

Ebenage Herbal sets aside fraction of sales to support Heal KATH project

Manufacturers of Hepa Plus Mixture, Ebenage Herbal, has set aside a percentage of the company’s sales proceeds to be donated to the Heal Komfo...

Illegal mining threatens airport, military barracks infrastructure in Obuasi

There is growing fear and uneasiness among residents of Adaase, a farming community in Obuasi, over the upsurge of illegal mining activities in the...

Shifting Artificial Intelligence (AI) from the Lab to real-world impact

Dr. Eric Tutu Tchao, the lead for AI in Agriculture under the Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Development (AI4SD) project, is leading efforts to apply...

AI4SD and RAIL, KNUST emerges as key participants at Global Summit in France

The Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Development (AI4SD) and Responsible AI Lab (RAIL) at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has emerged as...

Why I don’t pity the Defence Minister – Former Minister discloses

Former Defence Minister and Member of Parliament for Bimbilla, Dominic Nitiwul, has stated that serving in the Ministry is a demanding role but often...

Some people planned a coup in Ghana in 2019 – Nitiwul [Video]

Former Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul has dismissed assertions that a coup is unlikely in Ghana, revealing that he witnessed individuals plotting to destabilize the...

Eastern Regional Minister assures swift intervention for Asuokaw river crossing

The Eastern Regional Minister, Rita Adjei Awatey, has assured residents of Asuokaw of a swift intervention following a viral video showing a student carrying...

Why most soldiers no longer live in the barracks – Former Defence Minister [Audio]

A former Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, has stated that inadequate accommodation facilities remain the biggest problem of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF).According to him,...

Ablakwa says Ghana could recover $21.19 billion in looted assets

The immediate past Chairman of the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) Committee and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has disclosed that the...

Gunmen kill one, five critically injured in bus attack at Bazua

One person has been reported dead, with five others in critical condition after gunmen attacked a bus traveling from Bawku to Bolgatanga in the...

Military Engineers visit Asuokow to address dangerous school route for children – Omane Boamah

The Minister of Defence, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, has announced that engineers from the Ghana Armed Forces have visited the Asuokow community in the...

Kasoa-Winneba road dualisation to be extended to Cape Coast – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has announced plans to extend the Kasoa-Winneba Road dualisation project to Cape Coast.The former Minister of Roads and Highways had...

Woman, 23, slumps and dies while dancing at sister’s wedding

A 23-year-old woman has died after suffering a heart attack while dancing at her sister's wedding in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha, officials said on Sunday.The...

Striving for Societal Equity: Kofi Job Foundation making impact in society

Successive governments have made efforts to implement social protection programs for equity among the citizenry, especially in areas of education, healthcare and socio-economic empowerment.But...

Vetting Chaos: Minority deliberately disrupted gov’t business – Sampson Ahi

Member of Parliament for Bodi, Sampson Ahi, has accused the Minority of deliberately disrupting proceedings during the chaotic vetting session on Thursday, January 30,...

Ablakwa touts 10 success stories of ORAL

The Chairman of the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) Committee, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has expressed joy over the work done in the past 53...

Managing Director of Vivo Energy Ghana passes on

The Managing Director of Vivo Energy Ghana, Jean-Michel Arlandis, has passed away.He died on Friday, February 7, 2025, in his hometown, Toulouse, France, while...

Ghanaian fisherman killed in Ireland

A fisherman who was killed in a freak accident off the Cork coast earlier this week will be repatriated to Ghana.Moses Odonkor, aged 53,...

ORAL Committee presents report to Mahama

The Operation Recover All Loots (ORAL) Committee has submitted its report on suspected corruption cases to President John Mahama.During a brief ceremony at the...