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GBA blasts MP over criticisms against former Chief Justice Anin Yeboah

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has descended hard on the Minority Chief Whip, Kwame Governs Agboza, over his criticism that former Chief Justice, Justice...

Tension rises as 12th person is murdered at Akatsi; traditional council calls for calm

More than 12 persons have been killed in the Akatsi South municipality in the Volta Region between the last quarter of 2022 and the...

Assin North: Apology to Alan not genuine – Prof Gyampo

A Senior Political Science lecturer, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has stated that the disruption of aspiring New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Alan Kyeremanten's speech by...

I’ve no regrets; I’m proud of what we’ve done at NIA – Ken Attafuah

Professor Ken Attafuah, the Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), says he is undeterred by the numerous challenges and enduring insults from...

Martin Amidu: Kissi Agyebeng’s OSP pick people that he thinks he should, rather than pick cases that need to be prosecuted

 “Therein is the most dangerous power of the prosecutor: that he will pick people that he thinks he should, rather than pick cases that...

Not everybody can just get up and say I’m becoming a lawyer – Ayikoi Otoo

Former Attorney General, Nii Ayikoi Otoo, has expressed the view that legal education should not be considered a right for everyone. During an exclusive interview...

Assin North: NDC retained seat due to cohabitation with voters

Bono East Regional Youth Organiser for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Agyenim Boateng, has disclosed how the party's candidate James Gyakye Quayson retained the...

Bagbin suggests how Ghana can raise revenue without e-levy

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has proposed how Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta can raise revenue without draconian revenue measures such as the Electronic (E-levy). According...

Locally assembled cars to hit 12,000 in 5 years

Locally assembled vehicles are projected to hit 12,000 units by 2027, constituting 60 per cent of the country’s new car market.  Also, the automotive industry...

House turned mine site sinks underground at Odumase in Ashanti region

Barely a year after a residential toilet sunk into a galamsey pit killing a woman, another house has sunk into underground tunnels created by...

Jada Pinkett Smith announces the release of her memoir

American actress, producer, and philanthropist Jada Pinkett Smith, is set to release her highly-anticipated memoir, titled ‘Worthy,’ on October 17, 2023. In an Instagram post,...

Fake national security operative, presidential staffer arrested for visa fraud

Two persons, Sylvia Naa Dodua Wristberg and Patrick Torto, have been apprehended and arraigned at an Accra Circuit Court on charges of defrauding a...

File a motion to discontinue Gyakye Quayson trial – Lawyer tells Attorney General

A private legal practitioner, Kwame Jantuah, has called on Attorney General, Godfred Dame, to file a 'nolle prosequi' in the criminal trial of Assin...

Lawyer sues Attorney General, Speaker, and GRA boss over sanitary pad taxes

A private legal practitioner, James Kofi Afedo, and his foundation have dragged the Attorney General, the Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), and...

Human activities hindering actions to address flooding – Asenso-Boakye 

Human activities have hindered various actions to address flooding in the country, Francis Asenso-Boakye, the Minister for Works and Housing, has observed. Such activities...

Why I ordered arrest of serial caller over prayer for a bye-election – MP

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Odotobri Constituency, Emmanuel Akwasi Gyamfi, has explained why he ordered for the arrest of a serial caller over...

3 Christ Embassy members charged for flouting COVID-19 law acquitted and discharged

The Accra Circuit Court has acquitted and discharged three members of the Christ Embassy Church who were standing trial for breaking COVID-19 restrictions during...

Engage IPPs to avoid power crisis – Energy consultant to govt

Energy Consultant, Dr Yussif Sulemana, has suggested to policymakers to engage Independent Power Producers (IPPs) to find a lasting solution to the imminent power...

I told my husband to resign many times – Late Amissah Arthur’s wife

The wife of the late former Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur, has revealed that she asked her husband to resign many times during...

Agenda 111: Govt committed to project completion – Dr Nsiah Asare

Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare, says the government remains committed to completing all hospital projects under the Agenda 111 initiative. According to...

MASLOC secures AFDB grant to support its operations

The Micro Finance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) will receive support for its operations across the country from a $ 31.34 million grant from...

Roads Minister proposes measures for deplorable Kpone-TOR road

Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Attah, has proposed some temporary measures to rehabilitate the deplorable 7.2-kilometre stretch of road from Kpone to the Tema Oil...

Robert Arday Clegg admitted counsellor Attorney-at-law in New York

Ghanaian journalist and private legal practitioner Robert Nii Arday Clegg has passed the bar exams in New York State. Mr Clegg revealed in a Facebook...

DDEP: Amenfiman Rural Bank unable to pay dividends despite increase in profit margins

The Amenfiman Rural Bank is unable to pay dividends to its shareholders despite increasing profit margins by 10.41 percent in 2022. This is in compliance...

Parliament summons two ministers over perennial floods

Parliament has summoned two Ministers of State to explain measures to end the perennial floods that have taken over communities. The Minister of Works and...

If bye-elections are held at Assin North 10 times, I will win 10 times – Quayson to NPP

Assin North Member of Parliament-elect James Gyakye Quayson says he is confident of the support of the electorate within the constituency. This follows his victory...

Veteran actress passes on

Veteran Yoruba actress Sidikat Odukanwi, popularly known in showbiz as Iyabo Oko, has passed on. Her daughter, Aisha Bisi confirmed the demise in an Instagram...

Petroleum tanker drivers suspend nationwide strike

The Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union and Liquified Petroleum Gas Tanker Drivers have suspended their industrial action after more than two hours of...

Man who sued WhatsApp admin for removing him from platform wins case

The court in Uganda’s Makindye division recently issued a directive to the administrator of a WhatsApp group, instructing them to restore the membership of...

25 years of research lost after cleaner turned off fridge

A cleaner destroyed decades of “groundbreaking” work by shutting off a lab freezer containing key samples over an “annoying” alarm sound, US lawyers have...

Agenda 111: Govt terminates 3 projects in Ashanti region

https://youtu.be/ba6V8hc3u3Q Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare, has revealed contracts for three Agenda 111 projects in the Ashanti region have been terminated. Dr Nsiah Asare...

Dadaba Group of Companies add recruitment and consultancy services to their conglomerate

Ghanaian Integrated Business Solutions conglomerate, Dadaba Group of Companies owned by renowned businessman and philanthropist, Dennis Kumi Appiah, also known as Oseadeeyo Nana Kumi Kodie...

Court of Appeal Judge sends important message to students

A justice of the Court of Appeal, Justice Jerome Noble Nkrumah, has called on students to take the art of public speaking more seriously...

Prince David Osei blasts Sarkodie for slut-shaming Yvonne Nelson

Actor Prince David Osei has slammed rapper Sarkodie for releasing 'Try Me', a diss song directed towards actress Yvonne Nelson. The controversy arose when...

Ras Mubarak drops heartwarming Eid photo with wife

Former Member of Parliament for Kumbungu Constituency, Ras Mubarak, has confirmed his marriage to a third wife with his latest photo. He took to his...

In a sound democracy, the opposition also wins bye-elections – Bentil

Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, has said that Ghana’s sound democracy made it possible for an opposition party to win a...

Woman born without limbs expecting first child [Photos]

Differently abled Zimbabwean motivational speaker, Sinikiwe Kademaunga, and her husband, Reuben, are expecting their first child. Thev28-year-old Kademaunga, who was born without hands, knees and...

NDC MP bags PhD in Communication Management

The Member of Parliament for Bunkpurugu Constituency in the North East Region, Abed Bandim, has graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in...

Afriyie Akoto secures big tractor deal for Ghana

A flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has secured a tractor manufacturing plant deal for Ghana to boost...

Bawumia’s Executive Secretary celebrates 50th birthday in style

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s Executive Secretary, Augustine Blay, celebrated his 50th birthday on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. Affectionately called Simba, scores of friends and...