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GoldBod suspends NK Benark Enterprise’s license

The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has suspended the license of NK Benark Enterprise, a licensed Tier 2 gold buying company, and ordered the immediate...

Bawumia commiserates with family of late Apostle Kwadwo Safo ‘Kantanka’

Former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has commiserated with former Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament (MP), Sarah Adwoa Safo, and her family following the death...

Big Push Initiative: Road contractors to work day and night – Roads Minister

The Minister of Roads, Kwame Governs Agbodza, has announced that all contractors working under the Big Push initiative will undertake construction works around the...

42-year-old nursing mother drowns in pond at Amuana Praso

A 42-year-old nursing mother has drowned in a pond at Amuana Praso in the Birim North District of the Eastern Region. The deceased, identified as...

Kpandai DCE warns youth against drug abuse and crime

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Kpandai, Haruna Karim, has cautioned the youth of the district against drug abuse and criminal activities such as...

Kwakye Ofosu accuses Akufo-Addo administration of complicity in galamsey

Member of Parliament for Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese and Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has accused the former Akufo-Addo administration of...

Kempinski Hotel disassociates itself from Israeli Film Festival in Accra

Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City Accra has firmly denied claims that it is sponsoring the Israeli Film Festival, scheduled to take place from September...

NPP Youth Wing condemns police assault on TaTU students

The National Youth Wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has condemned what it describes as “arbitrary and undemocratic” police violence against students of...

KLM cancels flights over strike; passengers arrive in Accra without luggage

Dutch airline KLM cancelled about 100 flights on Tuesday due to a strike by ground crew at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, a spokesperson for the...

Tryton Motors Ltd. launches JAC truck range

JAC Motors, a global automotive powerhouse, has expanded its footprint in Ghana with the official launch of the JAC Truck Range vehicles by Tryton...

Asanko Gold impasse: Lands Minister urges calm, assures speedy resolution

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has assured stakeholders of government’s commitment to swiftly resolving the conflict between Asanko Gold...

SHS placement to be released today 

The Ministry of Education has advised parents and guardians not to pay money to anyone who promises to secure a senior high school (SHS)...

Gov’t announces permanent military deployment in 44 galamsey hotspots

Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has outlined a new government strategy to curb illegal mining, popularly known as...

US judge blasts Trump deportations to Ghana but…

A U.S. federal judge on Monday night sharply criticised the Trump administration for deporting five migrants from Nigeria and Gambia to Ghana, but ruled...

Mining communities hail Minerals Commission reforms under outgoing CEO Martin Ayisi

The Association of Mining Communities of Ghana (AMCOG) has hailed the tenure of outgoing Minerals Commission Chief Executive Officer, Martin Ayisi, describing his leadership...

‘Tinder Swindler’ Simon Leviev arrested in Georgia

A convicted con artist who was the subject of a popular 2022 Netflix documentary, The Tinder Swindler, has been arrested in Georgia, local officials...

GoldBod issues apology over publication of wrong photo in gold smuggling case

The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has apologised and issued a correction after mistakenly publishing the wrong photograph of a suspect in an ongoing gold...

BECE malpractice exposé shows corruption creeping into schools – Chief of Staff

Chief of Staff Julius Debrah has warned that corruption is no longer confined to Ghana’s public institutions but is steadily creeping into schools, homes,...

Wa Naa performs historic cow-crossing with staff at Dumba Festival

The Wa Naa, Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV, has climaxed this year’s Dumba Festival with a rare and historic act of crossing over the sacrificial...

Upper West Bar Chairman demands action on stalled Wa High Court project

Chairman of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) in the Upper West Region, Lawyer Ubeidu Bin Sidik, has raised concern over the deplorable state of...

Railway Workers threaten strike over 12 months of unpaid salaries

The Railway Workers Union of Ghana has announced plans for a strike and picketing on September 30, 2025, if the Ghana Railway Company Limited...

How peaceful TaTU students’ protest escalated into clashes with police [Audio]

The Public Relations Officer of the Graduate Students’ Association of Ghana (GRASAG) at Tamale Technical University(TaTU), Alhassan Huzeifa Hassan, has recounted how Tuesday’s student...

Future of African energy must be shaped by Africans – Energy Minister

Energy and Green Transition Minister John Abdulai Jinapor has urged African leaders, policymakers, and investors to take charge of the continent’s energy future rather...

One dead in accident on Cape Coast–Accra highway

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has confirmed one fatality following a road crash involving a long vehicle at Nkanfoa Junction on the Cape...

Africa cannot accept energy transition that deepens poverty – John Jinapor

Energy and Green Transition Minister John Abdulai Jinapor has cautioned that Africa will not embrace an energy transition that worsens inequality and denies citizens...

Upland rice from CSIR-CRI offers hope for local farmers and Ghana’s rice economy

On a small plot of land at the Fumesua campus of the Crops Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, a...

Students’ protest came as a surprise – TaTU Director of Public Affairs [Audio]

The management of Tamale Technical University (TaTU) has described Tuesday’s student protest as a complete surprise, despite earlier engagements aimed at addressing student concerns. The...

Health Minister urges traditional medicine practitioners to uphold standards

The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has called on members of the Traditional Medicine Practice Council (TMPC) to adhere strictly to standards in...

Coalition Against Galamsey rejects EPA Deputy’s ‘blood bath’ warning

The Convener of the Coalition Against Galamsey, Ghana, Dr. Kenneth Ashigbey, has strongly refuted claims by the Deputy Chief Executive of the Environmental Protection...

Kpone youth demonstrate over poor infrastructure and water shortages

A group of young people in Kpone, within the Kpone Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, have staged a demonstration to protest poor...

Tamale Central by-election: Prof. Alidu to be declared unopposed if… – EC

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate in the Tamale Central by-election, Prof. Alidu Seidu, is set to make history as the first person...

Asutifi North MP begins road rehabilitation to ease commuting challenges

The Member of Parliament for Asutifi North in the Ahafo Region, Dr. Ebenezer Kwaku Addo, has commenced efforts to rehabilitate neglected roads in the...

Nkosoɔ small-scale miners demand return of seized concession from gov’t

Residents and small-scale miners in Woramumuso, Ahafo Region, are demanding the immediate return of a mining concession they claim was wrongfully taken from them...

Every region to benefit from Big Push Programme – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has assured Ghanaians that his government’s flagship Big Push infrastructure programme will deliver nationwide development, with all 16 regions set...

Roads Minister promises completion of Big Push road projects in 24 months

Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has given firm assurances that the newly launched Big Push road project in Afienya in the...

10 injured after accident involving 3 vehicles at Gomoa Akotsi Junction

Ten people sustained serious injuries following a road accident involving three vehicles at Gomoa Akotsi Junction on the Kasoa–Winneba Highway in the Central Region. Eyewitnesses...

QNET calls for direct selling Act, establishment of direct selling association to combat fraud

Top management of QNET, a leading wellness and lifestyle direct selling company has made a passionate call for the development of a Direct Selling...

Auditor-General recovers GH¢10m unearned salaries – CID to prosecute validation officials

The Office of the Auditor-General has recovered GH¢10 million from individuals who were paid salaries they were not entitled to, remitting the funds into...

EPA Deputy CEO cautions against state of emergency in mining areas

The Deputy Chief Executive for Operations at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Professor Michael Ayamga-Adongo, has warned that declaring a state of emergency in...

Police, GoldBod place GH¢1m bounty on gold smuggling suspects

The Ghana Police Service, in collaboration with the Ghana Gold Board, has launched a manhunt for four individuals allegedly involved in gold smuggling. The wanted...