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Pregnant women lead demonstration at Assin South over bad roads

Some residents in the Assin South Constituency in the Central Region thronged some principal streets to protest over bad roads. Pregnant women led the demonstrators...

Tricycle operators comply with KMA’s restriction order in CBD

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has expressed confidence the restriction on the operations of tricycle riders in the Central Business District (CBD) will be...

Sam Pyne opens up on Bawumia’s ‘annual ritual’ with him

Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Mayor, Samuel Pyne, has revealed he has a very cordial relationship with Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia that spans over...

Agenda 111: Akufo-Addo’s advisor on health inspects projects in Western North region

The Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, has visited and inspected the progress of work on the Agenda 111 projects ongoing in the...

PPP petitions Parliament to investigate BoG losses

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has petitioned Parliament to summon and investigate the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Ernest Addison, and...

Check out polling stations for NPP’s special delegates conference

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced 17 polling stations where the Super Delegates Conference for its flagbeareship election will be held on August...

Obiri Boahen sues IGP Dampare, 8 other police officers

A private legal practitioner, Nana Obiri Boahen, has filed a writ at the Sunyani High Court in the Bono Region, praying the court to...

Museum worker sacked over missing treasures

The British Museum in London has sacked a member of staff and police are investigating after treasures were reported “missing, stolen or damaged”.  Items including...

Niger coup: Sending troops will cause collateral damage – Sheikh Aremeyaw

The Spokesperson of the Chief Imam, Sheikh Aremeyaw Shaibu, has raised concern about the potential collateral damage that would be recorded should the Economic...

Illegal miners shoot forestry commission staff in the head, back

A staff of the Rapid Response Unit (RRU) of the Forestry Commission (FC), John Baba Konlan, has been shot in the head and back...

Fetish priest arrested in attempt to stop demolition at Nima [Video]

It was a dramatic turn of events after a yet-to-be-identified fetish priest attempted to stop a demolition exercise by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA)...

ECOWAS army heads to meet in Accra today

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Committee of Army Heads will today, August 17, 2023, begin a meeting in Accra. The gathering is...

Upper East Region records highest case of elephantiasis

The Upper East region of Ghana has recorded the highest number of cases of elephantiasis, also known as lymphatic filariasis, in the country. According to...

GES Accountant in court over alleged GHc500K fraud

An accountant said to be with the Ghana Education Service (GES) has been arraigned at the Circuit Court in Accra and slapped with 33...

Don’t tax sports betting, ban it – Ato Forson to government

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Committee on Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has called on the government to ban sports betting rather than imposing taxes...

Niger crisis: ECOWAS is not anywhere near deploying military force – Rtd Col. Aboagye

Security analyst Rtd Colonel Festus Aboagye has said that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) may take a while to deploy a...

KsTU TUTAG resists attempts to impose ‘foreign’ Vice-Chancellor

Members of the Technical University Teachers’ Association (TUTAG), Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) chapter, are resisting attempts by the university’s governing board to impose what...

Court releases Ato Forson’s passport

The High Court in Accra has released to the Minority Leader and former Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, his passport to...

Ex-convict, driver remanded over burglary at Tesano

An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the remand of a 25-year-old unemployed man, Adolph Kosah, who broke into a residence at Tesano, making off with a television, laptop, and...

It was a huge achievement – Sports Minister speaks on Black Stars’ World Cup participation

The Youth and Sports Minister, Mustapha Ussif, has described the Black Stars' participation at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar as a huge achievement...

Fuel prices go up; petrol now selling at ¢13.50, diesel ¢13.90

Some oil market companies have started increasing prices of petroleum products at the pumps. TotalEnergies has increased the price of petrol to ¢13.50 from...

NDC to picket parliament, occupy gov’t agencies over 10% betting tax

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) youth wing has announced series of actions to express their displeasure with the government's 10% betting tax. A statement, signed...

Check out how much GRA will make from gaming tax

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is hoping to rake in some GH¢400 million from the new gaming tax.  The new tax seeks to charge 10...

Ex GN savings & loans employees send emotional message to Akufo-Addo

Concerned ex-employees of defunct GN Savings and Loans have appealed to President Akufo-Addo to issue an executive order for the Governor of the Bank...

Mahama speaks on 10% tax on betting [Video]

Ex-President John Dramani Mahama has touched on the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) imposing a 10 per cent tax on betting (cash-outs) in Ghana....

There was zero corruption in Agyapa deal – Gabby

A New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Gabby Otchere Darko, has asserted that the government's Agyapa deal was free of corruption and corruption-related activities. According to him, it is demoralizing and unfounded allegations of some Civil Society organizations(CSOs) that a network of connected individuals was stealing Ghana's gold reserves. He, therefore, finds the silence of Transparency International, Ghana Integrity Initiative, and the CSOs who pursued the Agyapa case before the West Africa regional court in Abuja, Nigeria, interesting. Taking to Twitter,...

Dumelo’s wife shares fond memories with mother in-law [Video+Photos]

Gifty Dumelo, wife of actor and politician, John Dumelo, has shared adorable pictures and videos that capture fond memories of her late mother-in-law, Mrs....

NIA dismisses 10 officials over gross misconduct

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has dismissed 10 staff members following investigations into allegations of misconduct, extortion of funds from Ghana Card applicants, and...

Hairdresser jailed 15 years for human trafficking, to pay GH₵10K compensation to each victim

A Nigerian hairdresser who trafficked seven victims from Nigeria to Ghana to engage in prostitution has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment.  Promise Obianu...

Galamsey devours Asarekrom; community deity not spared

Asarekrom, a farming community in the Amansie West District in the Ashanti Region, is literally bleeding as the community has been completely taken over...

Energy Ministry staff arrested for allegedly stealing over GH¢287k from ADB

A Secretary at the Energy Ministry has been brought before the Accra Circuit Court on charges of allegedly embezzling an amount of GH¢287,775.47 from...

Ambulance driver, 2 others arrested with 250 bags of smuggled fertiliser [Photos]

Three people have been arrested for allegedly smuggling 250 bags of government-subsidised fertiliser meant for cocoa farmers. The three suspects are Seth Yeboah, driver; Smaila...

Court grants bail to frozen chicken alleged thieves  

The Tema Circuit Court B has granted bail to Eric Asante, Kojo Essuon and Theophilus Mensah in the sum of GH₵250,000 with three sureties.  They...

NDC guru passes on [Photos]

A member of the National Democratic Congress' (NDC) National Executive Committee (NEC), Araba Tagoe, is dead. Madam Tagoe, who is a leading NDC member in...

NaCCA introduces QR codes to combat unapproved textbooks

In a progressive step towards enhancing the quality of education in the country, the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has unveiled a...

Nana Adwoa Awindor breaks down in tears talking about her life, Efya

Veteran television presenter, Nana Adwoa Awindor, participated in an interview on Wednesday during which she assessed her life’s journey up to this point. The renowned...

Don’t send troops to Niger – Presby Church

There is growing public disapproval of Ghana’s involvement in contributing troops to the West African Standing Force to fight the military junta in Niger. Various...

Blossoming futures: The remarkable journey of the Ghana garden and flower show

In the bustling city of Accra, a seed was planted in the year 2013. A seed that would grow into a movement, a beacon...

I’m not surprised – Franklin Cudjoe on passport office corruption

President of Imani Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has said it's not surprising that the Passport Office falls among the top organizations indulging in corrupt activities...

Nigerien haulage truckers pull gun on Assemblyman

A disturbing incident unfolded a month ago, casting an alarming shadow over the peace of Tema Community 8 within the Sahara Electoral Area of...