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Kumasi: Businesses rely on generators as power cuts take a toll

The return of power generators is becoming the new norm in many parts of Kumasi, especially within the Central Business District. For the past few...

Rapper Oseikrom Sikanii involved in ghastly accident

Rapper Oseikrom Sikanii is expressing gratitude after surviving a horrific car accident on the Kumasi road that left him with multiple injuries. According to the...

Gov’t approves 10% salary increment for public sector workers

The government has approved a 10% salary increment for public sector workers following successful negotiations between Labour Union representatives and President John Dramani Mahama...

Filth takes over Kumasi-Alaba amid rising cholera outbreak

A severe sanitation crisis has gripped Kumasi-Alaba, with uncollected refuse piling up in the streets, heightening concerns as Ghana battles an escalating cholera outbreak. Residents...

Court slaps Asiedu Nketia with GH₵3k cost in defamation suit

The High Court in Accra has imposed a GH₵3,000 cost on Johnson Asiedu Nketia, National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), for omitting...

‘No running away’ – Akufo-Addo urges ex-appointees to face accountability

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Director of Communications has revealed that ex-President Nana Akufo-Addo has directed his former appointees to remain available for any...

NDC Chairman denies alleged involvement in ‘galamsey’

The Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Evalue-Gwira-Ajomoro constituency, Emmanuel Ennor Kofi, has denied alleged involvement in illegal mining activities, describing...

High Court issues bench warrant for disputed Akwatia MP

A Koforidua High Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Ernest Yaw Kumi, the presumed winner of the Akwatia parliamentary seat...

NPRA sacks NPP Central Regional Secretary

The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has dismissed Richard Takyi-Mensah, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Central Regional Secretary, from his position at the Authority.Mr...

Convicted Akwatia MP walks out of Parliament [Video]

Embattled Akwatia Member of Parliament (MP), Ernest Yaw Kumi, walked out of the parliamentary chamber on Wednesday while proceedings were still ongoing. This followed the...

Court convicts disputed Akwatia MP Ernest Yaw Kumi of contempt

A Koforidua High Court has convicted the Member of Parliament for Akwatia in the Eastern Region, Ernest Yaw Kumi, for contempt of court. Following his...

12 Black Americans apprehended in Nkwanta South while tracing ancestral roots

About 12 Black Americans, including six females, have been arrested in Nkwanta South in the Oti Region while traveling from Sokodé in Togo to...

Another MoMo vendor shot dead in daylight robbery at Nkrankwanta

A Mobile Money (MoMo) vendor, Japhet Yeboah, has been shot dead in a daylight robbery at Nkrankwanta in the Dormaa West District of the...

We’re not brothers; don’t make that mistake – Egbert Faibille fires Mustapha Gbande [Audio]

The former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Petroleum Commission, Egbert Faibille Jr., has rebuked the Deputy Director of Operations at the presidency, Mustapha...

OSP removes Ofori-Atta from wanted list

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has officially removed former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta from its wanted persons list following confirmation from his...

Mahama apologises to Christian Council and Catholic Bishops

President John Mahama has apologized to the Christian Council of Ghana and the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference for the oversight in failing to invite...

Walewale: One dead as North East Regional Minister escapes violent attack

The North East Regional Minister, Ibrahim Tia, narrowly escaped death after his vehicle was attacked by an angry mob while attempting to mediate violent...

NPP, NDC ‘Thank You’ billboards at Dansoman Junction vandalised

Billboards erected by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidates for the Ablekuma North Constituency have been destroyed by...

GES revokes appointments of staff not yet on payroll

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced the immediate revocation of appointments and recruitments for Teaching and Non-Teaching staff who have not been placed...

Why street robberies are on the rise – Criminologist [Audio]

Criminologist and crime researcher, Dr. Jones Opoku-Ware, has raised concerns about the spate of robberies in the country, stating that there has been an...

Criminologist sends important message on MoMo operations [Listen]

A criminologist at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Jones Opoku-Ware, has urged Mobile Money (MoMo) vendors to prioritize their security. According...

Scores of passengers, vehicles stranded as Dambai ferry breaks down

Commuters and traders in the Oti region are facing severe inconvenience as the ferry transporting passengers and goods across the Black Volta at Dambai...

Go to court and prosecute Ofori-Atta if… – Lawyer tells OSP

Private legal practitioner, Alfred Paapa Darkwah, has raised concerns about the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) declaring former Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, wanted...

Debt Exchange: Finance Ministry pays GH₵6bn to bondholders

The Ministry of Finance has released GH₵6.081 billion to settle all bondholders under the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP). This follows President John Mahama’s directive...

TUC, PUWU reject private sector involvement in ECG

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) Ghana and the Public Utility Workers Union (PUWU) have strongly opposed any form of private sector participation in the...

There has been no increase in cocoa prices – Agric Minister clarifies

The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has dismissed claims that the government has announced an increase in cocoa prices. Speaking in an interview...

CID boss sues bank over late husband’s accounts

The Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, Commissioner of Police (COP) Faustina Andoh-Kwofie, has initiated a legal action...

One arrested in Council of State election re-run in Ashanti Region

A confrontation between the police and some supporters of a candidate in the Council of State election re-run in the Ashanti Region has led...

SHS 2 student drowns in Dam at Bibiani

A fun-filled afternoon turned tragic at Bibiani Zongo in the Western North Region after a Senior High School (SHS) 2 student drowned in the...

Special Prosecutor charges 6 over payroll fraud and corruption

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has brought charges against six individuals at the High Court in Tamale, Northern Region, for offences relating...

Bishop Salifu, 2 others re-arrested after AG withdraws initial case

The Founder of Alive Chapel International, Bishop Elijah Salifu Amoako, his wife, Mouha, and their sales assistant, Linda Bonsu Bempah, have been re-arrested moments...

I was held hostage for 2 hours; my vehicle vandalized – North East Regional Minister

North East Regional Minister, Tia Ibrahim, has opened up about an attack on him at the Walewale Palace following the imposition of a curfew...

NSS Scandal: How officials bypassed validation process to stuff payroll with ‘ghost’ names

Officials at the National Service Authority (NSA) circumvented mandatory validation processes for payments of allowances to national service personnel, enabling thousands of nonexistent names...

We’ll find Ofori-Atta wherever he is; nobody will get away with corruption – Asiedu Nketia

The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to dealing decisively with former appointees implicated...

Good news for cocoa farmers

The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has announced that the government will offer cocoa farmers 70% of the world market price for...

Sam George terminates appointment of Kwadwo Osafo-Maafo with NCA 

The Minister of Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovation, Samuel Nartey George, has terminated the appointment of Kwadwo Gyamfi Osafo-Maafo as the Director of Cyber...

Two dead after unknown gunmen reportedly set bus on fire in Walewale

Two passengers have reportedly been killed after a bus was burnt to ashes in a deadly attack in Walewale of the North East region. Accra-based...

Meningitis: Housemaster saves life of SHS student in Nadowli

The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandor, has commended the management of the Queen of Peace Secondary School at Nadowli for their swift response,...

Illegal miners have invaded my concession – Asantehene

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, is lamenting the invasion of his mining concession by illegal miners, causing significant damage.According to him, illegal miners...

Otumfuo pledges support for galamsey fight

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Hon. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, MP, on Friday, February 14, 2025, paid a courtesy call on the Asantehene,...