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Fire destroys four shops at Hohoe

A raging fire has destroyed four shops at Hohoe in the Volta Region. The fire, according to reports, started at about 3:30 am on...

NABCO beneficiaries to picket at Finance Ministry over unpaid allowance

Beneficiaries of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) say they will picket at the Finance Ministry to demand allowances due them under the just-ended programme. They...

Chiana SHS students case: Koku Anyidoho commends Akufo-Addo

Former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, has said that the eight students who were sacked for insulting President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo should...

National Cathedral: Okudzeto Ablakwa’s latest exposè about secretary will blow your mind

Painstaking and diligent parliamentary oversight with the gracious guidance of the omniscient and omnipotent has led to what can only be akin to Tsar...

Debt Exchange programme a necessary evil – Gabby to bondholders

A member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described government’s debt exchange programme as a ‘necessary evil’. According to Gabby Otchere-Darko, though the...

Nduom cries for former employees

The Chairman of Groupe Nduom, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has alleged that the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) is treating his former employees unfairly. According...

Ghana is in a very difficult place – Gabby Otchere-Darko

A leading member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, has asserted that Ghana is in a ‘very difficult place’ with regards...

Jamestown chieftaincy clashes: 10 suspects arrested

Some 10 persons have been arrested by the Police at Jamestown, Accra, after a violent clash that took place in the area on Sunday. A...

Man chops off father’s hand and leg at Assin Tomfokor

A 32-year-old man, identified as Kwaku Nyankomago, is in police grips for physically assaulting his biological father with a cutlass at Assin Tomfokor in...

2 Chinese, 4 Ghanaians arrested over galamsey at Enchi

Two Chinese and four Ghanaians have been arrested at Asemkrom in the Aowin Municipality of the Western North Region for their involvement in illegal...

477 sanitation offenders were prosecuted in 2022 – AMA

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) through its Public Health Department successfully prosecuted 477 environmental health and sanitation offenders last year. This represents 61% out of...

2023 SHS placement to begin with school choices verification – GES

The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that the 2023 school placement exercise will begin with the verification of students’ school...

PL: Arsenal beat Tottenham Hotspur to move eight points clear

Arsenal extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to a formidable eight points with an outstanding performance and win in the...

One arrested, another on the run for inflicting cutlass wounds on couple

A young man, believed to be in his mid twenties, identified as Shadrack Donkor, has been arrested by the police for allegedly inflicting cutlass...

Scores rendered homeless as fire destroys homes at Sofoline in Kumasi

Scores have been rendered homeless after fire destroyed some homes at Sofoline in Kumasi, Ashanti Region. The incident happened late Friday night. A three bedroom house...

About 20 dead after Russia fires new waves of missiles at Ukraine

Russia launched fresh waves of missile attacks across Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least 20 people in a strike on an apartment block in...

Chaos at Circle as police clash with black marketeers

A disturbance ensued at Kwame Nkrumah Circle on Saturday night when a transaction between a police officer and a black marketer went south. According to...

Akufo-Addo leaves for Abu Dhabi, London

President Nana Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Saturday, January 14, 2023, to lead Ghana’s delegation to the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, in Abu Dhabi, in...

Mahama bites govt over failed Agenda 111 projects

The AKufo-Addo-led administration has commenced the Agenda 111 project which arose from government’s determination to close the gaping lack of access to healthcare facilities,...

2 arrested in connection with fuel tanker hijack on Accra-Kumasi highway

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the fuel tanker hijacking incident on the Accra to Kumasi highway on Thursday. The suspects were arrested...

7 reasons why Ghana is in economic mess – Ato Forson

The country in recent times has landed itself in an economic downturn. Presently, the country’s inflation stands at 54.1 percent, the cedi is currently struggling against...

Read suicide note left by MoMo vendor before he died

A 29-year-old Mobile Money (MoMo) vendor, Richard Boadi Abunya, has allegedly committed suicide at Sehwi Bodi in the Western North Region. Mr Abunya, who was...

Robbery suspect shot dead; another bites Policeman in swoop at Buduburam

A robbery suspect has been shot dead with another arrested by the Central East Regional Police Command in the Central Region. One of the...

GRIDCo speaks on Saturday’s power outage

The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has blamed the widespread power outages (dumsor) experienced in most parts of the country on Saturday morning on “significant disturbance” in...

I will keep my money under the pillow than to buy GoG bond – IBF convener

Yaw Owusu Brefo, a convener of the Ghana Individual Bondholders' Forum (IBF), says he would rather keep his money hidden under his pillow than...

Afrochella fire incident victim confirmed dead

A young lady who sustained burns in a fire incident at the 2022 Afrochella music festival on December 20 has been reported dead. The victim,...

I cannot bear to watch the indignities being visited on my former employees – Nduom

The Chairman of Groupe Nduom, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has alleged that the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) is treating his former employees unfairly....

One injured in violent youth clash at Obuasi [Video]

A 21-year-old galamseyer, Samed Ibrahim, has sustained injuries in a violent clash between youth groups at Obuasi Estate and Gausu in the Ashanti...

Estate developer in court over alleged GH¢385k fraud

An estate developer has been charged with defrauding by false pretence for allegedly taking GH¢385,000 from his colleague after promising to secure him a...

MTN Ghana rejects $773m tax liability imposed by GRA

MTN Ghana is strongly disputing an alleged tax infringement placed on the company by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) between 2014 and 2018. According to the...

Police officer slumps and dies in his office

The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Seme Police Division in Lagos State, Nigeria, SP Mojeed Salami, slumped and died in his office on Tuesday,...

Unemployed graduate develops technology to improve driver-mate communication

In most minibuses, often referred to as ‘trotro’ here in Ghana, the traditional method of communication between a bus conductor and a driver has...

Man allegedly kills wife near Koforidua

A commercial vehicle driver has allegedly killed his wife at Oyoko a suburb of Koforidua, Eastern Regional capital. The suspect, identified as Abeiku, allegedly...

Ghanaian-American soldier allegedly killed by colleague during altercation

A soldier assigned to Fort Rucker, Alabama, was arrested Tuesday after brutally attacking a fellow soldier, officials told Army Times in a Wednesday afternoon...

Court sentences 40-year-old over death threat  

A Jasikan Circuit Court has sentenced a 40-year-old man, Sampson Kwame Asong, to five years imprisonment for threatening to kill a drinking spot owner...

Parents of embattled Chiana SHS girls express gratitude to Akufo-Addo

Parents and guardians of the embattled students of Chiana Senior High School (SHS) in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region have...

Three remanded for robbing “Afrochella” fan of her iPhone X

Three persons including an ex-convict who robbed a tourist of her mobile phone valued at GHS3,000 at El-Wak Sports Stadium in Accra have appeared...

Family would never forgive me if I told all – Prince Harry

Prince Harry claims he had enough material for “two books”, and did not include some things in his memoir because his father and brother...

Good news for dismissed Chiana SHS students

Management of the Ghana Education Service has referred the dismissal of the eight Chiana Senior High School (SHS) students to the School’s Disciplinary Committee. GES...

UG files motion to challenge injunction on new residence plan

The University of Ghana (UG) has urged the High Court to dismiss a case filed by students seeking to halt a residence re-allocation plan...