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Murder of GPHA staff: 2 accused persons discharged and re-arrested

The two accused persons in the murder case of Mrs Josephine Asante, a former Marketing and Public Affairs Manager of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority...

Cost of Akufo-Addo’s private jet rentals can’t be made public – RTI Commission

The Right to Information (RTI) Commission has ruled that information on President Nana Akufo-Addo’s travels on both private and state-owned presidential jets, and the...

Haruna Iddrisu is still Minority Leader – Avoka

Zebilla Member of Parliament (MP), Cletus Avoka, has stated Tamale South MP, Haruna Iddrisu, is still the Minority Leader. This, according to him, is because...

I’ve had frank conversations with Haruna Iddrisu – Ato Forson reveals

Newly appointed Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, says he has had ‘frank conversations’ with his predecessor, Haruna Iddirisu. Addressing a press conference on Thursday,...

Franklin Cudjoe reacts to Minority reshuffle

The Founding President of Imani Africa has reacted to the appointment of a new parliamentary leadership for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to...

All you need to know as WAEC releases 2022 BECE results

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results of candidates who sat for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for both...

EOCO hunts for Lebanese national jailed for fraud

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has launched a manhunt for a Lebanese national who was sentenced to jail for five years over...

Hit-and-run driver crashes man to death

A hit-and-run driver has crashed a man to death in Koforidua in the Eastern Regional Capital. The body of the deceased was found in a...

Ankaful-Saltpond gets first public basic school in 600 years

Ankaful-Saltpond, a fishing community in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region, has received its first-ever public basic school after it was founded some...

1 dead, others injured as ‘trotro’ runs into traders

Some traders at Suame roundabout in the Ashanti Region have been crashed by a commercial vehicle, killing one in the process.  Two others, according to...

Encroachment of Trassacco lands

Empire Builders has observed with shock the defiance of management of Top Kings even when the Supreme Court of Ghana in its judgment ruled...

Court threatens to strike out Agradaa’s case

An Accra Circuit Court has threatened to strike out the criminal charges against founder of Heaven Way Champion International Ministry, Patricia Asiedua Koranteng, aka...

Asamoah Gyan paid for my surgery 7 years ago – Stonebwoy

Ghanaian dancehall musician Stonebwoy has recounted how footballer, Asamoah Gyan, paid for his surgery seven years ago. The kind act, according to him, is one...

Kwesi Pratt likens Debt Exchange Programme to George Floyd’s ‘can’t breathe’ situation

Seasoned journalist and Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has said the Debt Exchange Programme is not the ultimate solution to...

Boy, 19, fined for stealing yam

A 19-year-old unemployed boy, Peter Bilada from Kabiti, a farming community in the Nkwanta South of the Oti Region, has been fined by the...

Concerned Second Hand Dealers Association bares teeth over ban

The Concerned Second Hand Dealers Association of Ghana is breathing on the neck of government over government's decision to ban the importation of used...

Mahama likely to win 2024 polls – Global InfoAnalytics

The Executive Director of Global InfoAnalytics, Mussa Dankwa, says a national poll conducted by his outfit indicates former president John Mahama will likely beat...

NDC’s 2024 victory will be Ghana’s second independence – National Organiser

National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joseph Yamin, has stated that NDC’s victory in the 2024 elections will be Ghana’s second independence....

Marine Drive Project stalls; over GH¢386k misapplied funds unrecovered

Work on the Marine Drive Project, an initiative to develop the 241-acre prime beach-front of Accra is “progressing slowly” as a result of lack...

You are in good hands – Ato Forson assures Minority Caucus

Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has urged calm among the rank and file of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) over the recent parliamentary...

Robbery ‘victims’ granted GH¢2 million bail

Two persons who allegedly orchestrated the robbery of GH¢900,000 cash at Maamobi, a suburb of Accra, have been granted bail. George Ayitey Mensah, a 32-year-old...

New Minority leadership will succeed – Franklin Cudjoe

The Founding President of Imani Africa has added his voice to the ongoing debate on the shake-up in the parliamentary leadership of the National...

Farmer jailed for stealing from Police Commander’s bungalow

The Bole Magistrate Court in the Savannah region on Friday sentenced a farmer, Kwabena John, to four years of im­prisonment with hard labour for...

Stan Dogbe tackles Ben Ephson over Mahama

A former Presidential staffer under the erstwhile Mahama administration, Stan Dogbe, has taken on pollster Ben Ephson over his comments on the Minority leadership...

Court orders arrest of 2 in $100k gold scam case

An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the arrest of two persons allegedly involved in a $100,000 gold scam case. The Court presided over by Samuel Bright Acquah...

Nigerian jailed for attempting to obtain a Ghanaian Passport twice

A Madina District Court has sentenced Peter Michael Ifaenyi, also known as Peter Yaw Asare, a Nigerian Computer Engineer, to 450 days imprisonment for...

Ato Forson’s first statement as Minority Leader

Member of Parliament(MP) for Ajumako Anyam-Essiam, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has broken silence following his appointment as Minority Leader on Tuesday. Dr Ato Forson...

Three NDA officers, A&QS Consortium boss before court 

Three officers of the Northern Development Authority (NDA) and Mr Andrew Kuundaari, the Chief Executive Officer of A&QS Consortium, have been arraigned before court...

Man, 80, remanded over alleged murder of 43-year-old

The Nkwanta South Magistrate Court has remanded into police custody an 80-year-old man, Tibrum Wakam, for the murder of a 43-year-old over a parcel...

Galamsey equipment in Oda Forest Reserve set on fire

The Forestry Commission (FC) has burnt some mining equipment seized from illegal miners operating within forest reserves in the Ashanti Region. The equipment include 12...

I was ashamed when I saw ‘Ghana’s schools of shame’ documentary – Education Minister

Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum says he felt embarrassed by JoyNews’ ‘Schools of Shame’ documentary. His shame, he said, stems from the fact that...

Police investigate drowning of 8 children on Volta Lake

The Sene East District Police command is investigating circumstances that led to the drowning of eight school children on Volta Lake on Monday. The eight,...

2022 BECE results out; results of 73 candidates cancelled

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results of candidates who sat for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for both...

Why work on Obetsebi Lamptey Interchange will not meet March 2023 completion timeline

Work on the Obetsebi Lamptey Interchange will not meet the March 2023 completion timeline in the wake of constraints that have compelled construction engineers...

NDC Congress Violence: My Court erred, retake plea of convict – Judge

The trial judge hearing the case of three vigilantes who were arrested in connection with the violence that characterised the December 18 Congress of...

Man, 30, mysteriously slumps and dies after alighting from motorbike

A 30-year-old man has mysteriously died on the street of Sehwi Kwasikrom in the Bodi District after he alighted from a motorbike. According to...

Provide life jackets to pupils in island communities – Eduwatch to govt

An education advocacy group is calling on government to provide life jackets to pupils and staff in island communities who commute by water. The call...

GRNMA allays fears of nurses on security of their pensions

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association has assured its members of the safety of their contributions to the health sector occupational pension scheme. President...

Finance Ministry to respond to Covid-19 expenditure in Auditor-General’s report

The Ministry Finance has assured that it will address all issues raised in the audit of the government’s Covid-19 expenditure Report released by the...

Dog shoots owner during hunting

A dog stepped on a loaded rifle, fatally shooting a passenger in his owner’s car during a hunting trip in Geuda Springs, Kan., sheriff’s...