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GWL MD announces plans to shut down Kwanyaku Water Treatment Plant 

The Acting Managing Director of the Ghana Water Limited (GWL), Adam Mutawakilu, has announced plans to shut down the Kwanyaku Water Treatment Plant due...

Mahama sacks Gertrude Torkornoo as Chief Justice

President John Mahama has, with immediate effect, dismissed Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo. The announcement was made in a statement issued by the...

Man remanded over stolen police car

A driver, Eric Afful, has been remanded into custody by the Accra Circuit Court for allegedly stealing a Toyota Hilux pick-up vehicle belonging to...

Ga Mantse urges new envoys to enforce visa regimes

The Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, has called for the full enforcement of visa regimes to make Africa a “common home for...

Boat heading to Canary Islands capsizes, killing at least 69 passengers

At least 69 people have died and many more are missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania, coastguards in the north-west...

Mahama charges new envoys to advance reset agenda through diplomacy

President John Dramani Mahama has tasked Ghana’s newly appointed envoys to use diplomacy as a tool to advance his government’s reset agenda, aimed at...

DzoloKpuita youth urged to shun drug abuse

The Fiaga of DzoloKpuita, Togbe Fiado VI, has urged the youth in the area to abstain from “Red” and other harmful substances that can...

GTA to clamp down unlicensed hotels in Obuasi

The Ghana Tourism Authority is renewing its efforts to soon clamp down on unlicensed hotels in Obuasi and other communities in the Ashanti Region. The...

It’s not about years, it’s about planning – Nana Yaa Jantuah on presidential term extension

Presidential staffer Nana Yaa Jantuah has rejected proposals to extend Ghana’s presidential term limit. Speaking on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem morning show, she insisted that...

Committee probing Chief Justice’s suspension adjourns second petition hearing

The Article 146 Committee of Inquiry has postponed proceedings on the second petition seeking the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo after both the...

Jewellery boss in £170m scam told shop staff to pretend to be customers

Staff at a luxury jewellery retailer were told to pose as customers to trick investors in the UK's biggest diamond scam, BBC Panorama can...

Suspended Ghana Water staff petition President Mahama over unfair treatment

More than 140 suspended employees of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) are appealing to President John Dramani Mahama and Chief of Staff Julius...

SOEs generated GH₵133.7m in 2024 but spent GH₵132.1m – SIGA report

Ghana’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) recorded a total revenue of GH₵133.68 million in the 2024 financial year, but nearly all of it was absorbed by...

Mahama presented with committee report on suspended Chief Justice Torkornoo petitions

The Chairman of the Article 146 Committee of Inquiry has formally presented its first report on petitions seeking the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude...

13-year-old girl dies after falling into galamsey pit in Juaboso

A 13-year-old girl, Tesnim Iddrisu, has died after drowning in an abandoned galamsey pit at Juaboso in the Western North Region. The tragedy occurred when...

NACOC warns public against fake cannabis licensing agents

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has warned the public that it has not authorised any individual, group, or association to facilitate the acquisition of...

GCCFA rejects 2025/26 Cocoa Producer Price

The Ghana Cooperative Cocoa Farmers and Marketing Association (GCCFA) has expressed dissatisfaction with the newly announced producer price of cocoa for the 2025/2026 season. The...

Nana B slams NDC executives over attire at Ernest Kumi’s one-week observance [Audio]

The National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, has criticised the conduct of National Democratic Congress (NDC) executives during the...

NSS Scandal: Methuselahs and toddlers were paid GH¢ 1.97 million as service personnel – Audit report

The recent audit report into the “ghost names” scandal at the National Service Authority (NSA) has revealed shocking details of how persons whose ages...

I will resign as MP if… – Okyere Baafi

The Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, Michael Okyere Baafi, has issued a bold challenge ahead of the Akwatia by-election scheduled for September...

Hogbetsotso Festival launch sparks demand for Ohawu College University upgrade

The launch of the 2025 Anlo Hogbetsotso Festival at Ohawu Agricultural College in the Ketu North Municipality has renewed calls for the urgent transformation...

Incumbency can influence by-elections but… – Prof. Sarpong

A Senior Researcher at Kumasi Technical University (KTU), Prof. Smart Sarpong, has stressed that while incumbency can influence parliamentary by-elections, it does not guarantee...

Police fully equipped to protect residents – Anyaa-Sowutuom MCE on Homowo clashes

Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Anyaa-Sowutuom, Emmanuel Adotey Allotey, has assured the public that the situation is under control following violent clashes during the...

Homowo clashes: Anyaa-Sowutuom MP urges swift justice to prevent retaliation 

The Member of Parliament for Anyaa-Sowutuom, Emmanuel Tobbin, has called on the police to quickly arrest and prosecute those responsible for the deadly Homowo...

Sowutuom chief’s son was shot multiple times – MP on Homowo clashes [Audio]

The Member of Parliament for Anyaa-Sowutuom, Emmanuel Tobbin, has confirmed that the son of traditional leader Nuumo Ofori was among the victims killed during...

Open letter to Okudzeto Ablakwa: A minister soaring in Accra while his people languish at home

Dear Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, I write this letter with a heavy heart, but as a constituent, it is the only channel left to make...

NAP matriculates 550 youth into skills training program in Bono East

The National Apprenticeship Program (NAP) has assigned 550 young people in the Bono East Region to 110 craft masters for training in various vocational...

DVLA commissions new office in Akwatia to enhance road safety

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has commissioned a new office at Akyem Boadua in the Denkyembour District of the Eastern Region to...

Media Coalition commends move to revoke L.I. 2462 in galamsey fight

The Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining has commended the Minister of Environment for initiating steps to revoke Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2462, which permitted mining...

‘Oobakɛ’ means “you shall surely come” – Nii Kwardey Ntreh explains Ga greeting

Nii Kwardey Ntreh, a cultural activist and storyteller at the Ga Mantse Palace, has explained the meaning of the Ga greeting ‘Oobakɛ’, which some...

Police secure injunction against Teshie Homowo celebration

The High Court in Accra has prohibited the people of Teshie from organising non-traditional outdoor or public events related to the Homowo Festival. The restraining...

Sowutuom Homowo clashes: Chief demands probe as police confirm deaths

The Chief of Omanjor, Nii Ayitey Tackie I, has recounted how his entourage was attacked while performing traditional rites during the Homowo Festival, leading...

Prampram paramount chief demands lasting solution to water crisis

The Paramount Chief of the Prampram Traditional Area, Nene Tetteh Wakah III, has appealed to government to provide a lasting solution to the persistent...

Goaso PIWC launches ‘Ministry to Celebrities’ initiative to drive positive influence

The Pentecost International Worship Centre (PIWC) in Goaso, Ahafo Region, has launched a new initiative dubbed “Ministry to Celebrities” to help public figures use...

Gov’t to sanction officials who breach UNGA participation guidelines

The Minister of State responsible for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Fosu, has cautioned that public officials who disregard directives governing Ghana’s participation in the...

We’ll sack Mahama if he seeks re-election – Movement for Change warns

A member of the Movement for Change, Solomon Owusu, has cautioned former President John Mahama against making a U-turn on his earlier declaration not...

Ken Agyapong’s ‘no-nonsense’ image could appeal to young voters – MFWA

The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, says Kennedy Ohene Agyapong’s reputation as a no-nonsense and straight-talking politician...

Vote for NDC candidate, Mahama wants to work with him – Julius Debrah to Akwatia voters

The Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, has urged voters in the Akwatia constituency to support the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate, Bernard Bediako,...

Hundreds feared dead, injured as earthquake of magnitude 6 hits Afghanistan

Hundreds were feared dead and injured in an earthquake of magnitude 6 that struck Afghanistan's rugged northeastern province of Kunar, authorities said on Monday,...

Trump administration moves to fire most Voice of America journalists

The Trump administration has moved to terminate almost 500 employees of the federally funded news organisation Voice of America (VOA). The step is the latest...