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Gomoa Queenmother petitions MPs over Omanhene’s comments

The Gomoa Akyempim Traditional Area, led by its Queenmother, Omanhemaa Obaatanpa Ama Eduwa I, has petitioned parliament over comments made by Obrifo Ahunako Ahor...

Alleged Coup: Accident cuts ACP Agordzo’s testimony short

The testimony of Senior Police Officer, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Benjamin Kwasi Agordzo has been cut short to July 11 after the High...

Gyakye Quayson’s application for stay of proceedings dismissed

The Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson’s application for a stay of proceedings has been dismissed by the court. However, lead counsel...

Man attempts to break a World Record for the Longest Crying Marathon [Video]

A Nigerian man has set out to break a World Record for the Longest Crying Marathon by any individual.  In a viral video, the man...

Ashanti Region: Police corporal arrested for alleged robbery at Nyinahin

A police corporal has been apprehended by authorities at Nyinahin, located in the Ashanti region, on charges of robbery. The accused officer, identified as Corporal...

We may evaluate petition filed against GFA President, Kurt Okraku – FIFA

World football governing body, FIFA, has confirmed receipt of a petition filed against the President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kurt Okraku, for...

I won’t cry anymore – Gyakye Quayson

Assin North Member of Parliament (MP), James Gyakye Quayson, has declared his days of pain and sorrow are over. According to him, he used...

Kpassa ECG Basic School gets refurbished classroom block after Adom News report

Kpassa ECG Basic 'A' school in the Nkwanta North District of the Oti Region has benefitted from the benevolence of Axis Pension Trust Limited. In...

Economic crisis: We’ve made mistakes – Boakye Agyarko

A flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Boakye Agyarko, has emphasised the importance of not being “doggish and slavish” when it comes...

Mining dispute: Attorney-General fights $300m claim

The Attorney-General (A-G) and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has gone to court to stop an Australian mining firm, Cassius Mining Limited, from...

We’ll go ahead to picket if… – Coalition of Individual Bondholders Group

The Coalition of Individual Bondholder Groups made up of Ghana Individual Bondholders’ Forum and the Individual Bond Holders Association of Ghana has suspended its...

Forestry Commission staff reported missing

The management of the Bono Regional Forestry Commission and the Sunyani Forest District Office have mounted a search for a missing staff, Vitus Yuordong...

Thief electrocuted in attempt to steal high tension cable

A suspected thief whose identity is immediately unknown has met his death during a failed operation at Wirenkyiren Amanfrom, a town in the Eastern...

Taking injection at pharmacies illegal in Ghana

Pharmacy Council Ghana is warning the public to desist from taking injections at pharmacies. According to the Director at the Pharmacy Council in the Ashanti...

Spare BECE candidates from performing house chores – Parents urged

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Akyem Oda Constituency, Alexander Akwasi Acquah, has appealed to parents and guardians in the Birim Central Municipality of...

Parliament to pass anti-LGBTQI bill by Friday – Bedzrah

The Member of Parliament for Ho West, Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah, has revealed that the anti- LGBTQI-Bill would be passed by Parliament hopefully by Friday,...

Industrialisation superior than digitilisation – MP says as he roots for Alan

Member of Parliament for Anyaa Sowutoum, Dr Adomako Kissi, has endorsed the candidature of former Trade Minister, Alan Kyerematen for the New Patriotic Party...

Govt destroying social trust – Economist

An economics lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr Patrick Asuming, has stated that the government's failure to honour its obligations is destroying the...

Zoomlion supports stakeholders to learn Thailand’s model

Waste Management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has supported informal waste pickers and it's own staff among other waste managers to build their capacities in...

Rivalry, bitterness not good for the party -NPP told

National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Salam Mustapha, has called for calm among supporters of aspiring presidential candidates. He stated the party...

Bawumia’s campaign team reacts to claims of imposing him on delegates

A member of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia's campaign team, Frederick Opare Ansah, has fought off claims the former is being imposed on delegates...

Pharmacy owner hot as rabies treatment kills 5-year-old boy

A pharmacy shop located at Kenyase-Adwumam in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti Region has been shut down to make way for investigations...

Two brothers drown in abandoned quarry pit near Nsawam

Two brothers have drowned in an abandoned quarry site at Anoff, a community in the Nsawam Adoagyiri municipality in the Eastern region. The victims...

Ghana on high alert over bird flu outbreak in Togo

Ghana is on high alert following the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1), popularly called bird flu, in Lomé, Togo. The outbreak was announced...

BNI, GRA uncovers GH¢500m tax fraud

The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) in collaboration with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) spearheaded a historic operation that resulted in arresting executives of Wan Heng...

Shocking: Massive ‘galamsey’ on Black Volta [Photos]

Some illegal miners, known in local parlance as galamseyers, have reportedly started their activities on the Black Volta at Bamboi in the Bole District...

Ghana’s former Minister’s son jailed in US for fraud

Son of Ghanaian former Minister, Inusah Fuseini, has been convicted and sentenced to two years in prison for fraud in the United States. The sentencing...

Bi-partisan committee to probe Gomoa-Effutu land dispute

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Effutu, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, says a bi-partisan committee dedicated to investigating the land dispute between...

Man lynched over alleged murder of 70-year-old woman

Police at Asante Bekwai in the Ashanti region have commenced investigations into the murder of a 70-year-old woman, Veronica Ampofowaa, on her farm. Madam...

Kurt Okraku announces bid to seek re-election as GFA president

Kurt Okraku has announced his bid to seek re-election as the president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA). The former MTN FA Cup Committee chairman...

God’s anger will not elude persons engaged in galamsey – Frimpong-Boateng

Former Chairman of the defunct Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, is invoking the wrath of God on persons engaged in...

High Court to rule on Gyakye Quayson’s stay of proceedings application today

The High Court in Accra will today, July 11 deliver a ruling on the application for stay of proceedings in the case involving Assin...

Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park officially reopens to the public from July 11

The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park (KNMP) will officially be opened to the general public from Tuesday, July 11, 2023. This is contained in a press...

Gyakye Quayson cites K.T. Hammond for contempt

Lawyers for the Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, have cited K.T. Hammond for Contempt of Court.  In the writ filed on...

Ofankor barrier floods: Residents, traders laud MCE for addressing situation

Residents and traders at the Ofankor barrier roundabout in the Ga-North Municipal Assembly have praised the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Simons Sekyim, for addressing the perennial...

Welder in custody for stealing makeup box

A 27-year-old welder, who allegedly stole a makeup box and its contents valued GH₵5,300.00, has been remanded by an Accra Circuit Court. Isaac Bortey Bortier...

Finance Ministry sends good news to individual bondholders

The Finance Ministry says it has settled all outstanding coupons and principal payments up until June 19, 2023 and has sent out instructions for...

Individual bondholders’ picket suspended – Franklin Cudjoe

Convener of the Coalition of Individual Bondholders’ Groups, Franklin Cudjoe, has announced the suspension of their planned picket at the Finance Ministry. This follows...

PURC is sleeping on the job – Dr Manteaw blasts regulator over its silence on recent power outages

Policy Analyst, Dr Stephen Manteaw, has berated the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) for its silence on recent power outages in the country.  Dr Manteaw...

Many Islamic marriages in Ghana are not valid because they’re not registered – Lawyer

A private legal practitioner, Sena Hotor, has stated that the majority of Islamic marriages in Ghana are not recognised by law. This is because many...