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Kejetia market fire: Eyewitness gives account of how it started

While rescuers work around the clock to get the Kejetia fire under control, details are emerging about how the inferno may have started. The inferno...

Ghana’s constitution performing ‘tremendously well’ – Nhyiaeso MP

Nhyiaeso Member of Parliament (MP), Dr Stephen Amoah, has lauded Ghana's Constitution, saying it has performed “tremendously well” in protecting and managing the country's...

Let’s reduce number of MPs from 275 to 200 – Afenyo-Markin

Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has called for the immediate amendment of the 1992 Constitution to put a cap on the number of seats...

Kwasi Twum, other Trustees of Ghana Covid-19 Private Sector Fund receive national award

https://youtu.be/gn-ENiMjkU4 The Multimedia Group CEO, Kwasi Twum, who is also a Trustee of the Covid-19 Private Sector Fund, has been awarded the Order of the...

Former COCOBOD workers petition parliament over unpaid benefits

A group of aged men who are former workers of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) have petitioned parliament over their unpaid benefits. The group members,...

Drama as court remands visually impaired man who killed wife in her sleep

The Nkawkaw Magistrate Court has remanded two weeks into Police custody a 72-year-old visually impaired man, George Mudor, who killed his wife in her...

Fake fire officer arrested with 10 gallons of palm oil

A man, believed to be in his late 20s in a Fire Service uniform, has been nabbed and beaten to pulp for stealing palm...

Deputy Metro Mass MD embarks on operational tour [Photos]

The Deputy Managing Director of Metro Mass Transit Ltd in charge of Operations and Technical, Nana Osei Bamfo, has embarked on an operational tour...

Fire guts Kejetia market [Video]

https://youtu.be/xXD1qUlJVnU Fire has gutted parts of the Kejetia market in Kumasi of the Ashanti region. The fire, which cause is yet to be established, occurred late...

Why Marietta Brew, Fui Tsikata rejected national honours

It has emerged that former Attorney-General, Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong and Fui Tsikata rejected national honours conferred on some Ghanaians for their meritorious services, hard...

Muntaka sues 11 executives for defamation, demands GH¢10m

The Member of Parliament for Asawase in the Ashanti Region, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, has sued 11 branch executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC)...

Covid-19: Agyemang Manu, Oppong Nkrumah don’t deserve national honours – Minority

The Minority Caucus is demanding answers on why President Nana Akufo-Addo conferred national awards on the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu and Information Minister,...

What is Rent Control Department doing? – John Dumelo asks

Ghanaian actor and politician, John Dumelo, has lashed out at the Rent Control Department in Ghana for failing to live up to their mandate....

Gold for oil: Fuel prices will go down further – Bawumia

Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has described the Gold-for-Oil policy as a game changer that will push fuel prices down. According to him, prices of...

Drivers will not work if road tolls are not scrapped – Alliance of drivers threaten

The Alliance of Drivers has raised concerns about government’s re-introduction of road tolls. This comes on the back of proposed road toll rates for the...

Minority makes fresh demands over National Cathedral project

The Minority in Parliament has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to abrogate the National Cathedral Project since a year after the commencement of the...

Assin South MP mourns with family of murdered pregnant teenager

The Assin South Member of Parliament, John Ntim Fordjour, together with members from the District security council, have visited the family of a pregnant...

Toll reintroduction: NPP MP proposes annual collection

Member of Parliament for Bortianor-Ngleshie-Amanfrom, Sylvester Tetteh, has suggested government in its bid to reintroduce road tolls must make the collection annually. The lawmaker is...

Soldier’s murder: Kwesi Pratt lauds IGP

Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has commended the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr Akuffo Dampare and the entire service for...

Groom makes bride cry during wedding speech by explaining what ‘I love you more’ actually means

Australian influencers Lachie Brycki and Jadé Tunchy didn’t leave dry eye on social media after sharing a video of the heartwarming speech Brycki made at their...

Assin Abodweseso: Chainsaw operator killed by tree he was felling

A 50-year-old chainsaw operator, Kweku Essuman, met his untimely death after he was crushed by a tree he was felling at Assin Abodweseso in...

Reintroduction of road tolls: I will not support anything less than ¢5 – Parliament’s Roads Committee Chairman

The Chairman of Roads and Highways Committee in Parliament, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, says he will reject any proposed road tolls that is below GH¢5. According...

Sad as doctors in Wa West use phone torch to perform surgeries

Theatre lamps at the Wa West district hospital have not been working for almost two years. Doctors are, therefore, left with no choice but to...

Hearts, Kotoko lack quality to attract fans – Dr Nyaho Tamakloe

Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe says the two biggest clubs in the country, Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak lack quality players to attract fans to...

Christian Atsu: How orphanage children have lost the man they called ‘father’

The head of an orphanage supported by Christian Atsu has revealed how children there used to call the Ghana midfielder ‘father’. The 31-year-old, who had...

Forget everything you’ve ever heard, visit Africa – Steve Harvey advises

American TV personality Steve Harvey has advised Americans in the diaspora to put their prejudices about Africa aside and visit the continent. According to him,...

Ban on substandard electrical appliances starts Nov. 1

Effective November 1, 2023, imported electrical appliances that do not meet the minimum energy efficiency performance standard requirements will be banned.  The standards are contained...

GH¢1m fraud: Fake businessman jailed 18 years

A 55-year-old man who posed as a Marketing officer of the West Africa Monetary Agency (WAMA) and successfully defrauded a retired UK lecturer of...

National Honours: See list and photos of award winners

Some Ghanaians who have excelled in their various fields of national endeavour over the years on Tuesday received national honours and were presented with...

UPSA commissions 1,664 bed hostel, names it after Nii Amon Kotei

The University of Professional Studies Accra has commissioned a 1,664-bed hostel to expand residential accommodation for students of the University. The facility, which is situated...

Four feared dead, others injured in gory accident on Techiman-Kumasi Highway

Four persons are feared dead with three others injured in a gory accident at Kuntunsu along the Techiman-Kumasi Highway in the Bono East Region. The...

Bibiani Brutalities: Injunction filed against gold company as residents demand resettlement

The NDC Parliamentary Candidate-hopeful for Bibiani Anwhiaso Bekwai Constituency, Kwame Obeng Adjinah, popularly known as Royal, has filed an interlocutory injunction against Bibiani Gold...

Your level of sacrifice determines the level of your success – Reverend Harriet Adjei tells Christians

Reverend Dr Harriet Adjei, the founder, and leader of the Impact Believers Church International, has advised Christians to embrace the act of sacrifice. Delivering...

Minerals Commission speaks on Lithium mining in Cape Coast

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Minerals Commission, Martin Kwaku Ayisi, has hinted at plans by Ghana to commence lithium mining by 2024. According to...

KNUST students train 300 pupils of Poasi-New Takoradi to make detergents, reusable pads [Photos]

Eight Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) students have trained about 300 pupils at Poasi-New Takoradi in the Western region on how...

Excitement as Samira Bawumia bags Master of Laws degree from University of London

Ghana's Second Lady, who is the wife of Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has bagged her law degree. Revealing this on her Instagram handle, Samira...

8th IBAG Conference to discuss effects of Global economic challenges, DDEP on insurance industry

The 2023 edition of the Insurance Brokers Association of Ghana (IBAG) Educational Conference and Exhibition is expected to focus on the effect of Global...

CAGD staff demand Landcruiser Prado instead of Toyota Camry for official work

Some staff of the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) have described as pathetic and disheartening, the allocation of Toyota Camry to Management and...

Road toll re-introduction: Here’s how much drivers are likely to pay

Drivers are bracing themselves for the re-introduction of road tolls on Ghana’s roads. The levy was abolished in November 2021 as part of what the...

Tollbooth workers welcome reintroduction; make strong appeal to govt

Ghana Tollbooth Workers Union (GTBU) has welcomed government's decision to reintroduce road tolls nationwide. According to the Chairman, Henry Dogbe, this is good news and...