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Chief Justice sends strong warning to prospective students

Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo, has cautioned prospective lawyers against what she describes as obscene and offensive character. According to her, “to come into our space...

Late Black Stars striker Junior Agogo remembered on his 44th birthday

The football world has remembered former Ghana striker Junior Agogo, who passed away in 2019 after battling an illness. Today, August 1 marks the 44th...

Association of Women Accountants Ghana mentors Sokode SHTS students

Members of the Association of Women Accountants Ghana (AWAG) have extended their career development mentorship and public outreach to the Sokode Senior High Technical...

Lives of politicians in danger – John Kumah

Deputy Finance Minister, John Kumah, has described recent times as difficult for every politician in Ghana. His comment is in relation to the reports of...

Gifty Anti to mark daughter’s 6th birthday with new book ‘The black Chale Wote’

With about 10 days to mark the birthday of Nyame Animuonyam Afia Asaa Afrakoma Sintim-Misa, the daughter of renowned Ghanaian media personality, Oheneyere Gifty...

GPHA statement on death of fishermen a cover up – Family head

Nii Armah Ashiboi has said the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority's (GPHA) statement on the death of two fishermen at Tema Newtown is a...

Just bring me $5K – MP on claims $45K was found in his car after accident

Juaboso Member of Parliament(MP), Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has dismissed claims $45,000 was found in his car after an accident on Saturday. According to him,...

Mintah Akandoh breaks silence after surviving ghastly accident

Juaboso Member of Parliament (MP), Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has broken his silence after being involved in an accident which almost claimed his life. The incident occurred...

Chief Justice wades into ‘Ama Governor’ and Law School saga

Chief Justice, Gertrude Araba Essaba Torkornoo, has justified the decision to deny Ghanaian YouTuber, Elorm Ababio aka Ama Governor’s call to the bar. The Chief Justice has questioned whether it will be...

CETAG embarks on strike

The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG), barring any last-minute change, will effective today, August 1, 2023, withdraw services. Their decision follows the...

Two arrested for selling fake ECG metres at Tarkwa

Two persons who posed as workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have been arrested by the Tarkwa Central Police and charged with...

Mid-Year Budget Review: 1D1F has created 160,000 direct and indirect jobs

More than 160,000 direct and indirect jobs have been created, especially for the youth, who have been mobilised to establish agro-processing factories in 58...

Tamale High Court acquits Savelugu MP

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Savelugu Constituency in the Northern Region, Alhaji Jacob Iddris Wunbenkpan, has been acquitted on both counts he was...

Treason trial: Colonel Gameli slapped with contempt

The Accra High Court trying nine persons for treason has sentenced Colonel Samuel Kwadzo Gameli to sign a bond to be of good behaviour...

MASLOC trial: Court orders Sedinam Tamakloe, another to respond to 78 charges

The Financial and Economic Division of the Accra High Court has ordered “absconded” former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre...

Two Police officers involved in accident at Gomoa Potsin

Two police officers have been admitted to the Potsin Polyclinic with severe injuries after being involved in an accident on the Kasoa-Winneba Highway. The...

Man arrested for disguising as woman to write exams for his girlfriend

A newly appointed Magistrate, Musa Semwogerere, has been nabbed for posing as a woman to sit for exams for his girlfriend at the Law...

Kitchen scandal: Okudzeto Ablakwa drags Gabby in latest GH¢187m deal exposè

New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Gabby Otchere-Darko, is the latest personality to be indicted in North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa's exposè on corruption....

‘First English slave fort in Africa’ uncovered on Ghana’s coast

The exact location of what is thought to be the first English slave fort in Africa may have been found – the BBC has...

How Apple AirPods led to the conviction of a thief

The Police had an easy task of locating an unwitty thief with the aid of an embedded tracking device in an Apple AirPods he...

Twitter accused of bullying anti-hate campaigners

The owners of Twitter have been accused of trying to “bully” anti-hate campaigners into silence with letters threatening legal action. The Center for Countering Digital...

Unemployed jailed three years for stealing cooking items

A 25-year-old unemployed young man, who stole cooking items valued GH₵1,450.00 has been sentenced by an Accra Circuit Court. Ebenezer Bortey unlawfully broke into the...

NHIA clears debts, arrears now stand at one month

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has made additional payments of GH₵186 million to credentialed healthcare service providers. The payment, which was made on...

Govt installs 37 automated premix fuel machines to curb shortage

The government says it has built 37 of a target of 50 automated premix fuel vending machines to stop the diversion and hoarding of...

Good news for families of Tema fisherman who died in boat incident

President of the Fishermen Association, Joseph Nii Armah Quaye, has assured he will engage the Fisheries Ministry on how to support the families of...

A/R: Patients seek healthcare elsewhere as physician assistants continue strike

Patients visiting health centres in the Ashanti Region to seek healthcare are being directed to major hospitals following the ongoing strike by members of...

Ghana Gas debunks claims of stolen money from staff at Russia-Africa Summit

The Ghana National Gas Company Limited has debunked claims that $500, €590 were stolen from officials of the company during the Russia-Africa Summit. The company...

Woman spends three days in cockroach-infested drains to rescue puppies in sewers

A woman has spent three days crawling inside cockroach-infested storm drains to save puppies. Callie Clemens, the ex of Koby Clemens, son of former Yankees...

Judges who comment on cases in court should be held for contempt – CJ

Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has said judges who comment on cases in court should be held for contempt. Speaking at GIMPA Law Faculty's 7th Annual...

Mid-Year Budget review: All School Feeding caterers’ arrears settled – Finance Minister

"We have settled all arrears owed to caterers under the School Feeding Programme, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said. Mr Ofori-Atta made this...

About 70% of cases thrown out of court are as a result of bad lawyers- CJ

The Chief Justice of Ghana, Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, says about 70% of cases that are thrown out of the court or are not...

ICGC’s Greater Works conference opens today in Accra

Greater Works 2023, the annual conference of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), opens today, July 31, in Accra.  The five-day conference is held...

Anomabo Fisheries College to be operational by end of 2023

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has revealed works are far advanced on the Anomabo Fisheries College for enrolment to begin. President Nana Akufo-Addo in 2019 cut...

Mid-Year Budget Review: There will be no supplementary budget – Finance Minister

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has announced government will not require a supplementary budget for the rest of the 2023 fiscal year. The decision...

Mid-Year budget review: Finance Minister reveals roads at various stages of completion

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has announced significant progress in enhancing mobility, accessibility, and safety along major trunk roads through various infrastructure projects. During...

Quickly unravel mystery behind Cecilia Dapaah’s stockpile of cash – OSP told

The Member of Parliament for Ho West, Emmanuel Bedzrah, has urged the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to speedily unravel the mystery behind...

59 dead people get over GH¢393K as pension; check out full list

The 2022 Auditor-General’s report on Ministries, Departments and Agencies has raised concerns over pension payments to the sum of GH¢393,315.06 made to 59 dead...

Fuel prices to go up in first pricing window of August – COPEC

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) is predicting a marginal rise in petroleum prices in the first pricing window of the month of August...

2 Airport authorities owe GMet $10m — Auditor General

Two airport authorities are owing the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) US$10 million in respect of airport passenger tax, landing and en-route charges for the...

Igbo King pledges support for anti-breast cancer campaign

The Paramount King of the Igbo community in Ghana, Eze Dr Chukwudi Ihenetu, has promised to collaborate and support Breast Care International’s (BCI) nationwide...