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I’m not paid even GHc1 as minister – Kojo Oppong Nkrumah

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has debunked claims that ministers who double as Members of Parliament (MPs) under this government receive double salary. The Member...

Agric Ministry rolls out initiative to boost production

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture is set to roll out a credit system for agricultural inputs to enable farmers to boost food production and...

Statement: Attack on Immigration officers at Aflao Beat 6

Management of the Ghana Immigration Service has received with great displeasure the report of an attack on a team of Immigration Officers on patrol...

Comptroller-General promotes brave immigration officer

The Comptroller-General of Immigration (CGI), Mr Kwame Asuah Takyi (Esq), has promoted Assistant Immigration Control Officer II (AICO II) Nurideen Abdul-Ganiew Takra to the...

10 fire incidents recorded in Accra on Sunday

The Ghana National Fire Service says 10 fire incidents were recorded on Sunday, May 21, 2023, in Accra. This comes after a bakery and some...

Floods destroy homes and property at Aflao  

Torrential rains over the weekend destroyed houses and displaced hundreds of people at Duta and Agbawoeme, two adjoining communities near Diamond Cement at Aflao...

3 Immigration officers injured in attack at Aflao border

Three officers of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) have sustained serious injuries in an attack on the Aflao border in the Volta Region. The officers,...

Boy, 12, drowns while playing in Lake Volta, 2 rescued

A 12-year-old boy, David Tsitor, has drowned in the Volta Lake at Jaklai, a suburb of Yeji. In the early hours of Sunday, the deceased...

Akufo-Addo speaks on IMF bailout and economic management

President Nana Akufo-Addo says certain conditions that prevailed in the country forced his government to run to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a...

Floods destroy homes and property at Aflao

Torrential rains over the weekend destroyed houses and displaced hundreds of people at Duta and Agbawoeme, two adjoining communities near Diamond Cement at Aflao...

Yeji gets court after 19 years

The Yeji Traditional area can now boast of a district magistrate court after 19 years of being declared the capital of Pru East District...

Ghanaian nuclear experts on study tour of USA to foster advanced reactor development

A group of esteemed Ghanaian nuclear experts has embarked on a study tour in the United States, marking a significant milestone in Ghana’s nuclear...

1 dead, three injured in triple collision at Berekum

One person is confirmed dead while three others have sustained injuries in an accident involving a private car, and two tricycles (Pragya) at Berekum. Per...

Fire guts shops at Kwame Nkrumah Circle

Fire has razed down chains of shops behind the VVIP station at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in the Klottey Korle constituency of the Greater...

WAFU B Women’s U20 AFCON: Black Princesses beat Benin in opener

The Black Princesses of Ghana got off to a flying start in the WAFU Zone B Women’s Cup of Nations following their emphatic win...

Police promotions not automatic after school – Promotions regulation reveals

Following reports that some 82 police officers have sued the Police Service and the Inspector-General of Police over what they say is the refusal...

Akufo-Addo, Bawumia, Duffuor attend Philip Basoah’s funeral in Kumawu [Photos]

The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, his Vice Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and other members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Saturday, May 20,...

How this hairdresser resigned from work after Father Bernard incident

A viral video showed Comfort Baaba Baisiwaa Jackson falling on the casket of Father Bernard during a burial ceremony. The incident gained widespread attention, with...

Prophet Nigel Gaise faces prosecution for defaulting in student loan payment

Prophet Nigel Gaise, leader of the True Word Prophetic Ministries, is among 30 defaulting borrowers of the Students Loan Trust Fund. His photographs and other...

Driver’s mate narrates chilling moments before ghastly Bono Manso accident

A mate of the driver of a Kia Grandbird luxury bus that burnt to ashes Friday night when it collided head-on with a trailer...

The letter Ken Ofori-Atta and Dr Ernest Addison wrote to the IMF boss for liquidity support

As Ghana receives an IMF Executive Board approval, let’s look at the letter Finance Minister, Kenneth Ofori-Atta and Governor of Bank of Ghana, Dr...

Funeral bus crashes at Sehwi Afere; One dead, 23 injured [Photos]

Tragedy struck on the Sehwi Juaboso-Afere road in the Western North Region resulting in a gory accident that claimed one life and left 23...

15 passengers injured in accident at Gomoa Mprumem

Fifteen passengers have sustained serious injuries in an accident that occurred at Gomoa Mprumem on the Kasoa Cape Coast Highway. ACFO Adolf Ankomah Nuamah, the...

Tamale: One dead, others injured in renewed clashes at Yong Dakpemyili

One person has died and several others injured following renewed clashes at Yong Dakpemyili, a suburb of Tamale. Community members reported a prolonged gun battle...

ECG commences operation of cashless system in Volta and Oti Regions

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that its cashless system has taken off in the 11 operational districts of the Volta and...

Man, 63, jailed 10 years for defilement

The Cape Coast Circuit Court 1 has sentenced a 63-year-old farmer, Joseph Begyina a.k.a Yaw Esson, to 10 years imprisonment for defiling a seven-year-old girl...

Five burnt to ashes in crash on Techiman-Kintampo Highway

Five persons are reported to have burnt to ashes in an accident Friday night near Bono Manso, a town on the Techiman-Kintampo Highway in the...

3 perish after vehicle plunges into river near Enyiresi, E/R

Three persons have died after the vehicle in which they were travelling plunged into a river at Enyiresi along the Accra to Kumasi highway. They...

James Kofi Annan apologises to Afenyo-Markin over defamation case

James Kofi Annan, the defendant in a defamation case brought by Mr Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has issued a public apology and retraction. The case, which originated...

Family of boy who fell from 4th floor at St. Peter’s Mission School suspects foul play

The death of a 14-year-old British national, who reportedly fell from the 4th floor of the dormitory at St. Peter’s Mission school at Ogbojo...

Evans Mensah refutes fabricated claims against him

Journalist and host of Top Story/PM Express on Multimedia Group Limited platforms, Evans Mensah, has denied ‘fabrications’ and ‘spurious’ allegations against him contained in...

Small-scale mining fetched Ghana almost US$1.2 billion in 2022 – Minister

Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has stated small-scale mining has been contributing increasingly to the nation’s gold output as the sector produced...

Palm Oil Adulteration: FDA to kick-start implementation of palm oil traceability system

The Ghana Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Artisanal Palm Oil Millers and Outgrowers Association and stakeholders will meet to start the implementation of the...

2023 Adom Ena Pa Ye: A night of irresistible meals, goodies and smiles

This year's edition of Adom Ena Pa Ye ended with participants all-smiles as they walked away with goodies in celebration of Mothers' Day. Deviating from...

8 arrested for failing to issue VAT invoice to customers

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has arrested eight shop caretakers for failing to issue the authority’s VAT invoice to customers. The Compliance Enforcement Unit of...

Kurt Okraku must go unopposed in next GFA elections – Charles Taylor

Ghana football legend, Charles Assampong Taylor, has backed Kurt Okraku to go unopposed in the upcoming Ghana Football Association (GFA) elections. Mr Okraku was elected as the...

GPRTU sends important message to drivers over new transport fares

Road transport operators and drivers are currently having issues as the promised 10 percent fare reduction, initially scheduled for implementation on May 17, 2023,...

Police probe reported gunshots in Tamale over alleged chieftaincy feud

Police in the Northern Region are investigating an incident that led to gunshots in Yong Dakpemyili, a community in the Tamale Metropolis. Sources in the...

2 persons injured as gunshots fly in over chieftaincy authority

Sporadic gunshots last night at Yong Dakpemyili over aged chieftaincy disturbances in the community injured two people. The chieftaincy issues in Yong Dakpemyili Community in...

GMA warns Ghanaians over heavy rains, thunderstorms

Partly cloudy weather conditions are expected over the country with cases of thunderstorm and rains over parts of the coastal sector. Thunderstorms and rains will...