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Nchumuru chief sends all-important message to govt over IMF funds

The Paramount Chief of Nchumuru Traditional Area in the Krachi Nchumuru district, Nana Obrimpong Kanya ll, has called on the government to spend the...

Kufori residents call for removal of municipal education director over school building collapse

Education is grinding to a halt at Kufori, a community in the East Mamprusi municipality of North East Region, following the collapse of a...

Popular Ghanaian TikTok couple arrested

The Tema Community Police have reportedly taken into custody Godpapa The Greatest and Empress Lupita, a couple whose videos gained significant attention on social...

Former NDC flagbearer aspirant, Kojo Bonsu on why he has no university education

In a candid revelation, Kojo Bonsu, a former National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer aspirant, has disclosed why he never had the opportunity to attend...

JUSAG strike: GBA calls for govt’s intervention

The Ashanti Regional branch of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has asked the government to immediately intervene in the strike declared by the Judicial...

Assin North: We shall present Gyakye Quayson as our candidate even behind bars – NDC Chairman [Video]

The executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Assin North Constituency have made it clear that they are not giving up on...

Experts worried about ‘inaccurate’ claims made in Primary 4 History book

Education experts are worried about some claims made in a book titled “History of Ghana for Basic Schools,” targeted towards basic four pupils and...

Quack Midwife: How the New Generation Hospital cooked up data to conceal deaths

In parts one and two of this story, we chronicled how The Fourth Estate uncovered an unlicensed midwife whose 30-year history of practice has...

2022/23 GPL MD32 Preview: Legon Cities host Hearts of Oak as Aduana tackle Dreams FC

The Matchday 32 games of the 2022/23 Ghana Premier League kick off this weekend at the various venues. On Friday, league leaders, Medeama SC will...

Another Nigerian breaks Guinness World Record

A 17-year-old pupil of Oyemekun Grammar School in Nigeria, Philip Solomon, has been declared the Guinness World Record holder for most skips on one...

Freddie Blay to sue CSOs calling for his resignation

The Board Chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) is threatening to sue some 29 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) calling for his...

Courts empty as JUSAG begins strike

Courts across the country have been abandoned by the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) due to industrial action. The lorry parks are also...

StanChart outdoors 20 female-owned businesses in SC Women in Technology Incubator, Cohort 3

Standard Chartered Bank Ghana PLC has today welcomed 20 female-owned businesses into Cohort 3 of the Standard Chartered Women in Technology (SCWIT) Incubator programme. The...

Man with world’s longest nose dies suddenly at age 75

Guinness World Records is saddened to learn that Mehmet Özyürek, the proud owner of the world’s longest nose, has died at the age of...

Train smashes taxi at Alajo

A taxi cab driver this morning May 25, escaped unhurt after an Accra bound-train from Tema smashed the car at Alajo in Accra. The driver,...

Heartbroken herbalist demands refund of money he spent on lover after breakup

"Marry me, pay me back my money or face the worst" is the message a heartbroken herbalist has sent to his lover for declining...

People’s Forum: Huge refuse dump poses threat to residents at Kokrobite [Photos]

Residents of Kokrobite in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra region are unhappy about the location of a dumping site within the...

‘Assin North MP’ faces criminal charges in court

The woes of the deposed National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North in the Central Region, James Gyakye Quayson, are...

Parts of Accra to experience power outage today

Some parts of the Greater Accra Region are expected to experience a power outage on Thursday, May 25, 2023. The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG)...

EOCO cautions public against recruitment scam

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has denied putting out any advertisement for recruitment. According to EOCO, all recruitment offers into the office that...

Why Free SHS was not targeted

Spokesperson for the Ministry of Education, Kwasi Kwarteng, says the reason why the government’s Free Senior High School (SHS) policy is not targeted is...

Mental Health Authority committed to promoting care for individuals with schizophrenia 

The Mental Health Authority is committed to promoting humane care for individuals with schizophrenia from the creation of policies through to their execution.  It said by adopting...

We’ll fight ‘galamseyers’ with bulletproof vest and weapons – Abu Jinapor

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has announced that the government will provide the necessary equipment to the staff of...

Free SHS food suppliers to picket over unpaid arrears

The National Food Suppliers Association has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the National Food Buffer Stock Company, demanding payment for outstanding debts. The Association expressed...

3-storey building collapses at Winneba

A three-storey building has collapsed at Winneba in the Central Region. This brings to five, the number of storey buildings that have collapsed across the...

Mahama to speak at 2023 Korea Africa Business Summit

Former President John Dramani Mahama is in Seoul, South Korea, at the invitation of the Korea-Africa Foundation to participate in the 2023 Korea-Africa Business...

AU to commemorate 60th anniversary

The Member States of the African Union (AU) will on Thursday, May 25, commemorate the formation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) now...

GJA to hold African Media Convention in Ghana

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has won the bid to host the Third African Media Convention in Accra in 2024. The Convention, which will take place...

Man faces 8 years imprisonment for raping unconscious friend

In a heart-wrenching turn of events, a 24-year-old man from South Africa is now facing the dire consequences of his ill-fated decision to cross...

TikToker in court over ‘prank’ videos

An 18-year-old man is due to appear in court following widely shared social media footage showing him walking into someone’s home without permission. Bacari-Bronze O’Garro,...

Re-engineering of Kpone landfill site 90% complete

The re-engineering of the Kpone landfill site into a recreational centre is more than 90% complete. According to the Project Manager for Jospong Group Ing....

Justice Jones Dotse is acting Chief Justice following Justice Anin Yeboah’s retirement

The Chief Justice, Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah, has officially retired  from active service after 21 years as a judge, serving three years as the...

We’ll review all flagship programmes, including Free SHS – Govt assures IMF

Government has finally indicated that it is taking steps to review all flagship programmes as part of its objectives to strengthen fiscal policy. According to...

Convict tells court economic hardship forced him to commit crime

 A 40-year-old tiler, Evans Hofe, has told the Hohoe Circuit Court that the country’s economic hardships compelled him to steal. Hofe appeared in court on...

Benkum SHS sex scandal: ‘Confused’ WASSCE candidates send important message to GES

Benkum Senior High School WASSCE candidates are urging the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the directorate to effectively address a recent scandal that has...

Four chiefs and queen mother cited for contempt of court

Four chiefs and a queen mother of the Kwatwoma Traditional area, Jaman South Municipality of the Bono Region, have been cited for contempt of...

Asante Akyem municipal assembly fights Konongo GPRTU over land ownership

Presiding Member of the Asante Akyem Central Municipal Assembly, Samuel Ohemeng, has responded to the leadership of GPRTU, insisting until permit is obtained genuinely,...

NEDCo embarks on revenue collection exercise in North East Region

The Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) has assured residents of the North East Region that steps have been taken to resolve the high incidence...

Let’s protect our democratic gains – NCCE

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has entreated Ghanaians to, as a matter of urgency, do all they can to protect the gains...

Supreme Court affirms decision to strike out law on marijuana cultivation in Ghana

The Supreme Court has in a majority 5-4 decision affirmed its view that the law allowing cultivation of weed in Ghana was unconstitutionally passed...