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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...

Asante Mamponghene’s burial rites attract thousands of mourners

The burial rites for the late Asante Mamponghene, Daasebre Osei Bonsu II, has started with thousands of people from all walks of life trooping...

We haven’t been served injunction notice, strike stands – GRNMA

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has stated that it has not yet been officially served with any injunction notice from the...

Sky Train scandal: 3 former GIIF board members deny approving $2m deal

A major hurdle has emerged for the former leadership of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), currently on trial, as three former board members...

OSP lied about Ofori-Atta’s medical report – Frank Davies claims

Legal counsel for former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, Mr Frank Davies, has vehemently rejected assertions by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) that...

NLC secures injunction against GRNMA’s strike

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has secured an interlocutory injunction to halt the strike action by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA). This...

Call off strike; let’s return to negotiation table – Health Minister to GRNMA

The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has appealed to the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) to reconsider their ongoing nationwide strike...

GPRTU threatens nationwide strike over GH¢1 fuel levy

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike over the introduction of the GH¢1 fuel levy. In an...

Come clean, tell Ghanaians the truth – Gov’t told over GH¢1 fuel levy [Audio]

The African Institute of Energy Sustainability (AIES) has challenged the government over the newly approved GH¢1 Energy Sector Levy, commonly referred to as the...

Court acquits Ataa Ayi’s alleged accomplice after 23 years in prison

The Court of Appeal in Accra has acquitted and discharged Yaw Asante Agyekum, who was convicted in 2002 as an alleged accomplice of Ghana’s...

Police intercept over GH¢1m cash concealed in fertiliser bags at Juapong

The Volta Regional Police Command has intercepted a Ford Transit bus carrying 68 fertiliser bags filled with cash totalling GH¢1,021,700 in one cedi notes...

Star witness corroborates Adu-Boahene’s statement

A prosecution witness in the case against former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene, has disputed Attorney-General Dr. Dominic Ayine’s claim...

Emergency services paralyzed as nurses’ strike grips Ghana’s public hospitals

The nationwide strike by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has plunged emergency services at major government hospitals into disarray, leaving patients...

Man lynched over alleged mobile phone theft in Agbozume

A young man, identified as Prosper Adedea, alias Tagoe, believed to be in his late 20s, was allegedly lynched in Agbozume-Adawukorfe after being accused...

Political parties threaten demo over GH¢1 fuel levy

The Coalition of Political Parties (COPP) has announced plans to embark on a protest against the Energy Sector Levy (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which introduces...

Mahama to set up inter-ministerial committee to implement economic dialogue recommendations

President John Mahama has unveiled plans to establish an inter-ministerial committee to oversee the timely and transparent implementation of key recommendations from the 2025...

GH¢1 fuel levy difficult, but necessary – Mahama [Video]

President John Mahama has justified the decision to impose a GH¢1 new levy on petroleum products, describing the move as difficult but a necessary...

I am under NIB interrogation – Napo confirms

The 2024 Vice Presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has revealed that the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) is...

Minority march to protest undeclared Ablekuma North election result

The Minority in Parliament on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, marched to the headquarters of the Ghana Police Service in protest over the undeclared Ablekuma...

Strike by nurses disrupts healthcare services across Ghana

The ongoing strike by nurses in public hospitals across Ghana continues to severely impact healthcare delivery, leaving patients stranded and medical services disrupted. In many...