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BECE candidate passes on in Kwahu Praso

A 14-year-old candidate writing the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) has died at Kwahu Praso in the Kwahu South Municipality of the Eastern...

Trailer catches fire on Accra-Kumasi Highway [Photos]

A MAN TGX26 trailer transporting bottled water caught fire on Wednesday, June 11, at Suhum Mile 44 on the Accra-Kumasi highway. The cause of the...

Mahama directs restoration of 62 radio stations, including Asaase Radio and Wontumi FM

President John Mahama has called for clemency for the 62 radio stations— including Asaase Radio and Wontumi FM—whose operations were suspended by the National...

8 BECE candidates injured in fatal crash, denied exam after late arrival

Eight Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates from Nangbagu Yapala M/A JHS in the Northern Region were involved in a road accident while heading...

Zoomlion contract will not be renewed, sweepers’ fees to increase – Mahama

President of the Republic, John Dramani Mahama, has announced that the government will not renew the 19-year-old contract between the Youth Employment Agency (YEA)...

NCA shuts down Asaase Radio, Wontumi FM and 59 others

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has directed 59 broadcasting stations across the country—including Asaase Radio, Wontumi FM, and Happy FM—to suspend operations over breaches...

You can choose the propaganda route but… – GRNMA tells gov’t

The Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Jefferson Asare, has accused the government of prioritising propaganda over...

Fair Wages reacts to claims to re-negotiate nurses’ conditions of service [Audio]

The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) has stated that a re-negotiation of the conditions of service for the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives...

Most NDC appointees no longer answering their calls – Adu Asare [Video]

Former Member of Parliament for Adentan, Kwadwo Adu Asare, has voiced concern over what he describes as neglect of some National Democratic Congress (NDC)...

One dead, three injured in motorbike accident at Juaboso

A tragic accident has claimed the life of a man in his 30s at Antobia-Danyame in the Juaboso District of the Western North Region. According...

Deputy AG reveals why NIB is investigating NAPO [Video]

Deputy Attorney General Dr. Justice Srem Sai has confirmed that former Energy and Education Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, popularly known as NAPO, is...

ORAL: Deputy AG backs plea bargaining to recover stolen state funds

Deputy Attorney General Dr. Justice Srem Sai says Ghana’s long-standing struggle to recover stolen state funds is nearing an end, thanks to a transformed...

ORAL process is moving fast – Deputy AG

Deputy Attorney General Dr. Justice Srem Sai has strongly defended the pace of the government's high-profile anti-corruption campaign under the ORAL initiative, insisting it...

Boyfriend allegedly shoots lover dead at Yeji

A 20-year-old woman, Philipa Frimpong, popularly known as Yaa Baby, has been shot dead by her boyfriend at Vutedeke, a suburb of Yeji in...

Supreme Court overturns contempt conviction of Akwatia MP Ernest Kumi

The Supreme Court has overturned the contempt conviction of Ernest Yaw Kumi, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Akwatia in the Eastern...

NPP bigwigs to visit Mahama to seek pardon for Chairman Wontumi

Some New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwarts are expected in the coming days to pay a courtesy call on President John Mahama to plead for...

We’re tired; we can’t return to work – Retired nurse to Health Minister [Video]

A retired nurse has criticised the Health Minister, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, for urging retirees to volunteer their services as the strike by the Ghana...

Highway robbers shoot tipper truck driver in the eye at Gomoa Potsin

A tipper truck driver is battling for his life after he was shot in the eye by armed robbers during an operation at Gomoa...

2025 BECE: 21 pregnant candidates, 17 nursing mothers write in Upper East Region

The Upper East Region is witnessing a concerning development as 21 pregnant girls and 17 lactating mothers are among the 19,523 candidates sitting for...

Man arrested for attempted murder in North East

The Ghana Police Service has arrested Kwesi Bik Nelson in connection with an attempted murder following a stabbing incident. In a statement, the police confirmed...

Detailed account of OSP’s raid on SML’s offices [Listen]

  The Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) has confirmed that its offices were raided by security operatives from the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP). Dr....

19-year-old dies in a galamsey pit, family suspects foul play

A 19-year-old man, Herod Cobbina, has tragically drowned in a galamsey pit at Sehwi Chiene, a farming community in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality...

GRNMA strike: Parliament abruptly adjourned amid Minority’s anger

Parliament was abruptly adjourned on Thursday after a heated confrontation between the Minority and the Speaker’s chair over the refusal to allow a statement...

How can retirees with weak knees carry patients? – GRNMA questions Health Minister [Audio]

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has ridiculed Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh's appeal for retirees to volunteer their services amidst the...

KATH HR Manager’s office locked by unknown persons

The office of the Human Resources Manager at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) was locked with chains and padlocks by unknown persons under...

OSP searches SML’s offices in ongoing suspected corruption probe

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has conducted a court-ordered search at the offices of Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML), as part of...

Who gets arrested through Zoom? – OSP justifies why Ofori-Atta must return to Ghana 

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has justified its insistence that former Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, must return to Ghana for interrogation. In an...

Ofori-Atta family’s ‘persecution’ claim permitted but… – Martin Kpebu

Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has offered a nuanced perspective on former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta’s family’s claim that he is facing “persecution” rather...

WAEC releases timetable for 2025 BECE

The West African Examination Council (WAEC), Ghana, has released the timetable for the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). According to the release, the...

Car transporting suspected Indian Hemp parcels involved in accident at Akatsi

 The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Akatsi South, Daniel Dagbah, in collaboration with the Police, has impounded a Toyota Venza private vehicle allegedly loaded...

Ofori-Atta’s family petitions National Central Bureau, CCF over Interpol Red Notice

The family of former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has formally petitioned the National Central Bureau and the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files...

Striking nurses did not create opportunity to talk – Labour Minister

Labour and Employment Minister Dr. Rashid Pelpuo says he is “shocked and disturbed” by the strike action declared by the Ghana Registered Nurses and...

You want to worry me – Bawumia tells Bryan Acheampong

It was a moment of joy and political intrigue as former Vice President and 2024 NPP Presidential Candidate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, shared pleasantries with...

New Force suspends Cheddar’s bodyguard over assault at late Mamponghene’s funeral

The New Force Movement has announced the immediate suspension of Adu Acheampong, a member of the private security team of its 2024 presidential candidate,...

Court remands NPP sympathiser accused of assaulting JoyNews reporter

A sympathiser of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Theophilus Thompson, pleaded not guilty in court on Monday, 9 June 2025, following his arrest...

Unknown assailant kills woman at Obuasi Abompekrom

An unknown assailant has murdered a female adult, Akosua Atta, popularly known as Anti Atta, at Abompekrom in the Obuasi West Municipality of the...

GH¢1 fuel levy is not a necessity; deepens burden on Ghanaians – Economic Fighters League

The Economic Fighters League has strongly criticised the government over the recent imposition of a GH₵1 levy on every litre of fuel, popularly referred...

NPP doesn’t give second chance to non-performing candidates – Kennedy Agyapong

Former Member of Parliament and New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant, Kennedy Agyapong, has stated that the party does not reward poor electoral performance...

GRA postpones implementation of GH¢1 fuel levy

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has postponed the implementation of the recently approved GH¢1 energy sector levy on petroleum products. Originally scheduled to take effect...

First responsibly mined Ghanaian gold bars presented to Asantehene

Typhoon Greenfield Development Ltd and MKS PAMP, in collaboration with Development Gold International (DGI), have presented a limited edition of unique gold bars to...