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Anthrax outbreak: Authorities extend one-month ban on animal movement in Upper East Region

The Upper East Regional Public Health Emergency Management Committee has extended the ban on movement, slaughtering, sale and consumption of cattle and small ruminants...

Circle fire victims receive GH¢90,000 support

The Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council (GARCC) has presented GH¢90,000 support to traders who lost their shops to the recent fire outbreak at the...

CLOGSAG declares indefinite strike in Ho

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG), has declared an indefinite strike action for members of the Ho Municipal Assembly in the...

NCCE Annual Citizenship Week Observation educates pupils in the Ablekuma West Municipality

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) was set up per chapter 19 of the 1992 Constitution to, among other things, create and sustain...

Mepe: The enchanting Tongu town that infects people with happiness

Nestled along the tranquil banks of the Volta Lake, amidst the picturesque landscapes of the North Tongu District in the Volta Region, lies a...

Ablekuma West: NCCE annual constitutional week observation engages identifiable groups

The Ablekuma West Municipal Office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has engaged a number of identifiable groups within the municipality in...

Adom FM/TV Presenter Anokyewaaba launches fundraiser to provide sanitary pads to girls in deprived schools

In the ongoing battle to address the issue of female hygiene, particularly the accessibility of sanitary pads, stakeholders have intensified calls on the government...

Adom FM Kenkanme Akan letter-writing competition: Rtd Salvation Army pastor wins

In a heartfelt tribute to his late mother, Obaapanyin Ama Oforiwaa, a retired Salvation Army pastor, Rev. Adjei Mante has emerged as the winner...

Farmer jailed for defrauding teacher with job offers

The Jasikan Circuit Court has sentenced a 46-year-old farmer, Mohammed Salisu, to five years imprisonment in hard labour for defrauding a teacher with promise...

National Chief Imam urges Ghanaians to join Green Ghana Initiative

The National Chief Imam, Sheik Osmanu Nuhu Sharabutu, has encouraged all Ghanaians to support the Green Ghana Initiative to continue to provide the environment. “I...

Opambour wades into Agyinasre, Nogokpo brouhaha

The Founder and Leader of Ebenezer Miracle Worship Centre, Prophet Ebenezer Adarkwah Yiadom, popularly known as Opambour, has urged Archbishop Charles Agyinasare to honor...

Illegal miners who worked on field near President’s house were arrested – Frimpong-Boateng [Video]

Illegal miners who worked on field near President's house were arrested - Frimpong-Boateng A former Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng,...

My relationship with Akufo-Addo is still cordial – Prof. Frimpong-Boateng [Video]

Renowned Ghanaian surgeon, Professor Frimpong-Boateng, says his relationship with president Nana Akufo-Addo is still cordial despite his controversial report as the Chairperson of the...

SIM card re-registration: Communications Minister to appear before Parliament

The Minister of Communications and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, is expected to appear before Parliament on Thursday, June 8, to provide details on the SIM...

How big-people-sponsored-companies affected galamsey fight – Prof Frimpong-Boateng

The former Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Professor Frimpong-Boateng, says the Committee under his leadership had been successful in quelling...

Burning Changfans alone will not halt illegal mining – Prof. Frimpong-Boateng

Former Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, says while burning Changfan machines seem like a plausible way to...

Prof Frimpong-Boateng’s arrest: The inside story [Video]

A former Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Professor Frimpong-Boateng, has been recounting his arrest by the Office of the Special Prosecutor. According to him,...

I feel victimised – Prof. Frimpong-Boateng

A former Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Professor Frimpong-Boateng, says he feels victimised over his invitation by the Office of the Special Prosecutor...

Two in custody for assaulting ECG Officials

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into police custody two persons who allegedly assaulted two officials of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) at...

Halt laptops for SHS initiative – CSOs on education tell govt

Civil society organisations in education are calling for the immediate discontinuation of laptops for SHSs and ensure that basic schools have the full complement...

Upper East Regional Co-ordinating Council gives update on Anthrax outbreak

The Upper East Regional Public Health Emergency Management Committee has recommended a ban on the movement of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and donkeys and...

Failed abortion kills 12-year-old girl at Ellembelle

A 12-year-old girl has met her untimely death at Telekubukazo, a community in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region, after an attempted abortion...

Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng detained by OSP in corruption probe

Renowned heart surgeon and former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has been arrested by the Office of the Special...

Over 3,000 refugees from Burkina Faso registered – Ghana Refugees Board

The Ghana Refugee Board has revealed that the country has registered a total of three thousand two hundred refugees from neighboring Burkina Faso in...

Car snatcher jailed 20 years  

The Ashanti Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced a 38-year-old car snatcher to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour.   Yaw Adu Agyekum, alias ’18,’ a mason,...

Kurt Okraku must be voted out as GFA boss – Christopher Nimley (Video)

Coach Christopher Nimley has descended on Ghana Football Association (GFA) president, Kurt Okraku, accusing him of nepotism. According to him, the current Football Association has...

Attorney General hints at bill to reform justice delivery system

Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, says his office has initiated steps to reform the justice delivery system to enable the courts to deal with...

Driver and mate narrowly escape as sprinter bus submerges in Okyereko river

Another accident has occurred at the spot where a yutong bus collided with a fuel tanker last week at Gomoa Okyereko on the Winneba-Kasoa...

13 traders severely injured in lightning strike at Awutu Bawjiase

Thirteen market women have sustained severe injuries after lightning struck a big tree at the Awutu Bawjiase market in the Central Region causing it...

Workers of Chinese cement company demonstrate against management over welfare [Video]

https://youtu.be/AJYqNeUMfjc Some workers of Unicem Cement Company at Bogyawe in the Bekwai municipality of the Ashanti Region have embarked on a demonstration against the management. Speaking...

NLC summons GBC staff over industrial action

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has issued summons to staff members of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC). This is in response to a threat of...

KGL Group champions Diaspora Inclusion at Ghana Investment and Opportunities Summit 2023

KGL Group, title sponsors of this year’s Ghana Investment and Opportunities Summit and led by its Executive Chairman and Board Chair of the Ghana...

KCARP, Dredge Masters, others receive Excellence awards

The Jospong Group of Companies has once again excelled in its operations as executives and subsidiaries within the Group receive recognition for their unique...

Anthrax outbreak: FDA decries failure of butchers to stick to food safety standards

Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Roderick Kwabena Dade Adjei, has attributed the anthrax outbreak to the failure of...

Suame interchange project to start in August – Urban Roads director

Physical works on the Suame interchange project in the Ashanti region are expected to start in August, as designs for the project are being...

Opuni trial: Court of Appeal to rule on Opuni’s full records request June 14

The court of appeal has set June 14, to rule on an application by lawyers of former Cocobod CEO, Stephen Opuni, asking for full...

Parliament approves Gertrude Torkornoo’s nomination as Chief Justice

Parliament has finally approved the nomination of Gertrude Araba Essaba Torkornoo as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. This came after intense deliberation in...

Parliament to approve Chief Justice – Osei-Kyei-Mensah hints

Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu says he expects that Parliament will approve the nomination of Justice Gertrude Torkonoo as Chief Justice today. Speaking to journalists, the...

Fred Abenyo labels school feeding programme a ‘beautiful programme only on paper’

A former Deputy Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said the School Feeding Programme in Ghana is being classified as a...

EOCO hunts two suspects over fraudulent activities

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has launched a manhunt for two suspects on its wanted list. A tweet posted by EOCO on Tuesday,...