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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...

ORAL Committee receives over 2,400 complaints on looted public funds

The Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) Committee has received 2,417 complaints from individuals and civil society organisations (CSOs) concerning corruption and misappropriated public resources.Chairman...

I take responsibility – Dafeamekpor on vetting chaos

The Majority Chief Whip and South Dayi Member of Parliament (MP), Nelson-Rockson Dafeamekpor, has accepted responsibility for the chaos that disrupted the Appointments Committee...

MP advocates for collaboration in community development, unveils police post, stadium, and toilet facility

Member of Parliament for New Juaben South Constituency, Michael Okyere Baafi, is urging collaborative efforts to address security concerns within the constituency, emphasizing that...

Vetting Chaos: I didn’t fight, I wanted to restore order – Dafeamekpor

Majority Chief Whip Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor has denied allegations of engaging in a physical altercation during the recent vetting chaos, asserting that his actions were...

Cholera outbreak in Effutu kills two children

The Effutu Municipality in the Central Region is currently grappling with a cholera outbreak, which has resulted in 356 reported cases and two fatalities,...

China’s tit-for-tat tariffs on US take effect

China's tit-for-tat import taxes on some American goods came into effect on Monday, as the trade war between the world's two biggest economies escalates...

Prof. Opoku-Agyemang called me on phone to be her secretary – Ama Pratt

Ama Pratt, the press secretary and spokesperson to Ghana’s Vice President, Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has disclosed how she gained her role at the...

Will there ever be justice? – JB Danquah-Adu’s widow questions parliament over murder case

The widow of the late MP JB Danquah-Adu has criticized Parliament for its prolonged silence and inaction over her husband's murder.The former legislator was...

Volta Regional Minister inspects Kpeve headworks amid water crisis recovery

The Volta Regional Minister, James Gunu, has recently visited the Kpeve headworks of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) to assess the progress of...

High Court settles 32-year ATL labour dispute

The Accra High Court (Labour Division) has settled a 32-year-old labour dispute between the Akosombo Textiles Limited (ATL) Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU)...

Three-year-old boy electrocuted at Gomoa Nyanyano during funeral

A three-year-old boy has been electrocuted to death during a funeral at Gomoa Nyanyano in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region.The toddler,...