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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...

GRNMA distributes 43 motorbikes to members in remote areas

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has reiterated the need for the government to implement rural incentive packages for health workers in...

Baby dumped in a gutter at Adabraka

A newborn baby was discovered dead in a gutter at Adabraka, a community in the Greater Accra Region, leaving residents in shock. The lifeless body...

Despite economic crisis, Ghanaians must be grateful to God – Presby Minister

The District Minister of Koforidua Ascension Congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rev. Justice Kwame Asumeng, has rebuked Ghanaians for being ungrateful to...

Police make fresh arrest in connection with NDC congress violence

The Police have arrested one more suspect in connection with the violent disturbances that occurred during the National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Youth and...

Will govt scrap E-levy with road toll reintroduction? Sam George asks

Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam Nartey George, has inquired if E-levy will be withdrawn with the reintroduction of road tolls. He explained...

Okyeman is not ready to secede an inch of its land ….Nananom of Akyem Abuakwa warns

Chiefs of the Akyem Abuakwa State has said they will not secede an inch of their lands or tolerate any customary violations within their...

IPAC’s support for EC’s proposed C.I null and void – NDC

Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Foyoo Gbande,has said the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) has no business taking decisions that...

Bibiani Anglican JHS goes double-track after fire razed down classrooms

Bibiani Anglican Junior High School has resorted to a double-track education system after fire razed down their classroom block and other facilities. On May...

Kofi Adams proposes public education on Common Fund utilisation

Buem Member of Parliament(MP), Kofi Adams, has proposed that parliament appoints some experienced former MPs, District Chief Executives (DCEs), and local government workers to...

I’m now into farming – Veteran musician Sony Achiba

Ghanaian music star Sonny Achiba Veteran singer Sony Achiba has revealed that he is into farming now. He said this to Sammy Flex on CTV’s Class...

Don’t scrap guarantor system – Afari-Gyan advises EC

A former Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, has criticised the commission for its move to discard the guarantor system for...

Blind man allegedly kills wife for seeking divorce

A 71-year-old sight impaired man is in police grips for allegedly butchering his wife at Abepotia near Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The...

IDEC Ghana presents laptops to students at Gomoa Babayin to mark Ghana’s 66th Independence anniversary

Integrated Development & Empowerment Centre (IDEC Ghana), a human rights, development, local governance, and decentralisation organisation, as part of celebrating Ghana's 66th Independence Anniversary,...

Govt announces new rates for road toll reintroduction

The government, through the Finance Ministry, has announced approved rates for the reintroduction of road tolls in the country. This was contained in...

GAWU reacts to Owusu Afriyie’s claims on Ghana’s food security index

The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) has disputed claims by former Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, about Ghana's food security...

Ketu South records 10 measles cases

Acting Volta Regional Director of Health, Dr Kwasi Senanu Djokoto, has said the Ketu South Municipality has recorded 10 cases of Measles. He, however, disclosed...

Woman on motorbike killed in hit-and-run accident

Police in Koforidua are on a manhunt for a hit-and-run suspect driver who knocked a young lady at the Central Hospital traffic light on...

Lecturer found dead in apartment with multiple stabs

A professor of Political Science at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Nigeria, Felix Akpan, has been found dead with multiple stabs at his residence....