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NDC sets guidelines for Tamale Central Parliamentary Primary

The Northern Regional Directorate of Elections and IT of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has released guidelines for the Tamale Central parliamentary primary, scheduled...

NPP Tema Central Secretary challenges dismissal from TDC

The Tema Central Constituency Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Ian Okwei Tabalor, has challenged what he describes as his wrongful dismissal from...

NPP Secretary reacts to claims he sold state land to wife for GH₵2,000

The Constituency Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Tema Central, Okwei Ian Tabalor, has refuted claims by the Tema Development Company (TDC)...

Government renews curfew in Nkwanta township

The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mubarak-Mohammed, has renewed the curfew on Nkwanta Township and surrounding communities in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the...

Ntim Fordjour warns against politicising tribal conflicts amid Gbinyiri crisis

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has called on political leaders to avoid exploiting tribal conflicts for partisan...

Assemblies have no excuse not to improve development under this gov’t – Collins Dauda

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Asutifi South Constituency in the Ahafo Region, Alhaji Collins Dauda, says assemblies have no excuse not to improve...

Two women arrested over abusive statements against Mahama granted GH¢100K bail

Two women who made abusive and offensive statements against President John Mahama concerning the August 6 helicopter crash have been granted bail. Appearing before an...

Meridian Port Services sued over alleged unfair termination

A former employee of Meridian Port Services (MPS) has filed a lawsuit against the company over allegations of unfair termination, violation of statutory laws,...

I am the bridge between gov’t policy and mining productivity – Ag. Minerals Commission CEO

The Acting CEO of the Minerals Commission, Isaac Andrews Tandoh, says his role will be to strike the critical balance between government policies and...

Bank of Ghana suspends UBA Ghana’s forex licence

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has imposed a one-month suspension on the foreign exchange trading licence of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Ghana, starting...

Some GES officials took GH¢60 to aid cheating in 2025 BECE – JoyNews exposé

Some officials of the Ghana Education Service (GES) colluded with invigilators, accepting as little as GH¢60 to allow candidates to cheat in the 2025...

Gbinyiri clash: Chief appeals to gov’t to register displaced persons on NHIS

Nana Pantu Nangor II, the Chief of Subinso Number Two in the Wenchi Municipality of the Bono Region, has appealed to the government to...

Zabzugu MP says Chief Justice’s dismissal key to restoring judicial credibility

The Member of Parliament for Zabzugu, Alhassan Umar, has welcomed the dismissal of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, insisting the move will help rebuild confidence...

Increase domestic violence support fund – Gov’t urged to act as survivors remain at risk

Civil society organisations are calling on the government to urgently strengthen the implementation of Ghana’s Domestic Violence Act, 2007 (Act 732), and increase funding...

Slain immigration officer’s family demands answers over alleged missing body parts

Two months after the death of immigration officer Stephen King Amoah, his family is demanding answers over what they allege are missing body parts,...

It was a free-for-all under NPP – Mustapha Gbande on galamsey

Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande, has accused the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of being the chief architects behind...

Show Ghanaians electoral violence won’t be tolerated – Ahiagbah to Police

The Director of Communications of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah, has urged the Ghana Police Service to demonstrate that electoral violence will...

DR Congo declares new ebola virus outbreak

The Democratic Republic of Congo has declared a new outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, with 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths reported in...

GJA commends stakeholders for peaceful Akwatia by-election

The Eastern Regional branch of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has expressed appreciation to the Electoral Commission, security agencies, political parties, and residents of...

20-year-old man stabbed to death during fight over plastic chair in Kumasi

A 20-year-old man, Kwadwo Bright, has been fatally stabbed following an alleged fight over a plastic chair at Ashanti New Town in Kumasi. Eyewitnesses say...

Court adjourns Immigration Officer’s murder case to October 9

The Adabraka District Court has adjourned the case involving the murder of immigration officer, Stephen King Amoah, to October 9, 2025. At the hearing on...

Gbinyiri clash: Bono Region shelters more internally displaced persons  

The Bono Regional Director of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Fati Kine-Lam, says the region has recorded an additional 252 Internally Displaced Persons...

Emotional moment as KNUST final-year students honor memory of Joana Yabani

What was meant to be a celebration of four years of hard work and resilience turned into a moment of grief for final-year Biological...

Cocoa farmers urged to save during peak harvest to avoid debt

Cocoa farmers have been encouraged to cultivate a savings culture during the peak harvest season to cushion themselves against hardships and reduce excessive borrowing...

National Service Person allegedly steals GH¢303k from customer’s account

A 25-year-old National Service Person, Jesper Kobina Mensah, has been hauled before the Circuit Court in Accra for allegedly stealing GH¢303,950 through unauthorised electronic...

Kwabena Donkor commissions 12-unit health centre in Parambo Sawaba

Former Member of Parliament for Pru East, Dr. Kwabena Donkor, has commissioned a modern 12-unit health centre in Parambo Sawaba, bringing renewed hope for...

NPP awarded Adenta-Dodowa road project without payment – Agbodza

Roads and Highways Minister, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has alleged that the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration awarded the Adenta–Dodowa road project without providing...

Kwahu Professionals Network announces “Yenko Kwahu” festival 2025

The Kwahu Professionals Network (KPN) has officially announced the 2025 edition of its annual flagship event, “Yenko Kwahu,” scheduled to take place from Friday,...

Former TDC staff allegedly sold public land to wife for GHS2k

The Tema Development Company (TDC) Limited has accused the Tema Central Constituency Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who previously served as a...

Mahama to relaunch National Sanitation Day on September 6

President John Mahama will, on Saturday, September 6, relaunch the National Sanitation Day (NSD) programme in a renewed effort to rally all stakeholders to...

Mahama swears in 15 new Ambassadors and High Commissioners

President John Mahama has officially sworn in 15 distinguished individuals as Ghana’s Ambassadors, High Commissioners, and Consuls-General, tasking them with representing the country in...

Ga cultural activists stage traditional ‘Oobakɛ’ dance at Kotoka Airport

Arrivals at Kotoka International Airport on the night of Wednesday, September 4, were treated to spirited Ga dances and the traditional salutation “Oobakɛ,” in...

Church of Christ Missionary donates to families of Obogu accident victims

A Ghanaian missionary and preacher of the Church of Christ, and founder of the Outreach Africa Vocational Institute, has donated assorted food items to...

Mahama charges new Envoys to champion reset agenda abroad

President John Dramani Mahama has urged newly sworn-in Ambassadors and High Commissioners to champion his administration’s Reset Agenda globally by forging strategic partnerships and...

35-year-old man missing after suspected armed robbery attack in Fijai

Police in the Central Region are investigating a suspected armed robbery at Fijai near Kasoa in the Gomoa East District, where a 35-year-old man,...

Mahama orders revival of abandoned Adenta-Dodowa road project

A portion of the Adentan-Dodowa road before the sod-cutting ceremony. Picture: SAMUEL TEI ADANO President John Mahama has directed that the abandoned Adenta–Dodowa road project...

Gbiniyiri clash: Over 13,000 Ghanaians now refugees in Côte d’Ivoire – Muntaka

Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mubarak, has said that more than 13,000 Ghanaians have fled across the border into Côte d’Ivoire following the Gbiniyiri...

NPP petitions IGP over alleged threats, assault during Akwatia by-election

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to investigate and prosecute National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Vice Chairman,...

Thieves vandalise Obetsebi interchange

Thieves have vandalised and stolen a large number of metal elements forming part of the safety gadgets of the Obetsebi Lamptey Interchange in Accra,...

Lawyer clarifies circumstances surrounding Kofi Akpaloo’s arrest by EOCO [Audio]

The lawyer for Kofi Akpaloo, founder and leader of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), has refuted claims that his client and his wife...