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Unemployed Environmental Health Officers to demonstrate over delayed postings

Unemployed Environmental Health Officers and Assistants have announced plans to stage a demonstration on Monday, December 15, 2025, to protest what they describe as...

Most foreign doctoral degrees held by Ghanaians are not accredited – GTEC boss

The Director-General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), Prof. Ahmed Jinapor Abdulai, has raised concerns about the credibility of doctorate degrees awarded to...

Families must support inmates – Sunyani Female Prison Officer appeals

The Officer-in-Charge of the Female Section of the Sunyani Central Prisons, Assistant Superintendent of Prisons (ASP) Rosemary Ambadrie, has urged families of inmates to...

17 arrested as IGP special operations team intensifies crime raids

The IGP Special Operations Team has arrested 17 suspected drug-peddlers and retrieving several exhibits during an operation at the Waterworks area, a known hotspot...

University of Ghana revises date for first semester 2025/2026 registration

The University of Ghana has revised the start date for course registration for undergraduate students for the First Semester of the 2025/2026 academic year. According...

Family of Man lynched in Nanumba North over fowl theft demands justice

The family of a 20-year-old man allegedly killed by a mob at Lanja in the Nanumba North Municipality of the Northern Region is demanding...

Government to roll out 2,000 housing units for Armed Forces – CDS

The Chief of the Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces, Lieutenant General William Agyapong, has announced that the government will roll out 2,000...

Restore Chiefs’ summons powers to tackle indiscipline – Kwabenghene Appeals

The Chief of Akyem Kwabeng and Gyasehene of the Akyem Abuakwa State, Daasebre Ayimadu Kantamanto II, has appealed to the Ministry of Local Government,...

Gender Ministry convenes National Men’s Conference to advance gender equality

Ghana has taken another step in the fight against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) with the National Men’s Conference on Positive Masculinity, organised by...

BonAgro appeals for government backing in farm mechanisation

The Southern Zone Machines Sales Executive of BonAgro, Mr. Richard K. Tufuor, has called on the government to intensify efforts toward farm mechanisation, describing...

Immediate Past IET-GH President urges engineers to engage in politics

The Institution of Engineering and Technology, Ghana (IET-GH), has inducted a new batch of members in Wa, using the occasion to call for greater...

Kenyasi No. 1 Traditional Council warns drivers: Avoid reckless driving this Christmas

The Kenyasi No. 1 Traditional Council in the Ahafo Region has urged drivers to avoid reckless driving during the Christmas festivities to help prevent...

Kpandai Rerun: I genuinely hope Nyindam wins – Franklin Cudjoe

President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has expressed confidence in New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate Matthew Nyindam ahead of the Kpandai parliamentary rerun, saying...

42-year-old man murdered in his home at Asonkore

A 42-year-old man, identified as Bismark Yaw Sarfo Danso, has been murdered in his home at Asonkore SSNIT, a suburb of Obuasi in the...

Local Government Minister announces one-week nationwide clean-up exercise

The Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, has issued a stern warning to all Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives...

Government to upgrade infrastructure at Kwapong Nursing and Midwifery College – Eric Opoku

The Minister for Food and Agriculture and Member of Parliament for Asunafo South in the Ahafo Region, Eric Opoku, has announced plans to significantly...

Cyber Security Authority, National Security arrest 32 in Kasoa-Tuba cybercrime operation

The Cyber Security Authority (CSA), working in collaboration with National Security operatives, has arrested 32 Nigerian nationals in a targeted early morning operation at...

President Mahama arrives in Nigeria for 68th ECOWAS Heads of State Summit

President John Mahama has arrived in Nigeria to participate in the 68th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government,...

Two dead, three injured in Juaboso–Bonsu Nkwanta Road accident

Two people have died, while three others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a road accident on the Juaboso–Bonsu Nkwanta Road in the Juaboso...

Ghanaians honour late Defence Minister Dr. Edward Kofi Omane Boamah at Jackson park

Senior government officials and leading figures of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have converged at Jackson’s Park in Koforidua to mourn with the family...

Ashanti Region: Four grabbed in Ofoase Kokobeng robbery case

The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has arrested four suspects in connection with an armed robbery incident that occurred at Ofoase Kokobeng near Anwiankwanta. The...

GES denies ‘secret’ recruitment, sale of appointment letter allegations

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed claims that it is secretly recruiting teachers and selling appointment letters for sums as high as GHS25,000. In...

Okada Riders pledge discipline after passage of Road Traffic Amendment Bill

The Okada Riders Association of Ghana has pledged to enforce strict discipline among its members following Parliament’s passage of the Road Traffic Amendment Bill,...

Abu Trica was one of Ghana’s notorious scammers – EOCO

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has confirmed the arrest of suspected cyber-fraud kingpin Frederick Kumi, popularly known as Abu Trica, over his...

Abu Trica used AI to scam elderly American victims – EOCO

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has revealed that notorious cybercrime suspect Frederick Kumi, popularly known as Abu Trica, employed artificial intelligence tools...

Abu Trica faces 20 years in US prison over $8m romance scam – EOCO

The arrest of Ghanaian cyber-fraud suspect Frederick Kumi, popularly known as ‘Abu Trica’, by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) marks a significant...

Extradition of Ghanaian suspects from the US may not be ‘very quick’ – US Embassy explains why

The government of the United States of America says that although it is open to receiving requests for the extradition of Ghanaian fugitives from...

Nkwanta South MCE inaugurates Disaster Management Committee

As part of efforts towards strengthening disaster preparedness and response, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Nkwanta South in the Oti Region, Joseph Antwi...

Local Government Minister declares Zoomlion “essential” to Ghana’s development

The Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, has declared Zoomlion Ghana Limited and its parent, Jospong Group, an indispensable partner...

Kwame Danso District Court temporarily closed after violent mob attack

The Judicial Service has ordered the immediate closure of the Kwame Danso District Court following a violent mob attack earlier this week. In a statement...

Ghana to establish Trade House in the UK — High Commissioner

Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ireland, H.E. Sabah Zita Benson, has announced plans to establish a Ghana Trade House in the...

NPA hosts Namibian parliamentary delegation to share best practices in petroleum governance

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) on Thursday, December 11, welcomed a high-level delegation from Namibia’s National Assembly as part of a study visit aimed...

Female farmers in Nkwanta North concerned over falling produce prices

Female farmers in the Nkwanta North District of the Oti Region are raising concerns over sharply declining prices for their produce, despite recording good...

Court clears way for Daddy Lumba’s funeral on Saturday after applicants fail to meet GH¢2m payment deadline

What was expected to be a major setback for the wider family of highlife legend Daddy Lumba has been resolved after the Accra High...

Fire destroys two-bedroom apartment at Tsito–Awudome Gborkorpe

A two-bedroom self-contained apartment at Tsito–Awudome Gborkorpe in the Volta Region was destroyed by fire on Monday, December 8, 2025, leaving the property completely...

Labour Minister visits Amasaman Public Employment Centre, assures strengthening of employment support services

The Minister for Labour, Jobs and Employment, Dr. Abdul-Rashid Hassan Pelpuo, has paid a working visit to the Amasaman Public Employment Centre (PEC) as...

Unemployed teachers cry foul over alleged secret GES recruitment; appointment letters from different dates emerge

Fresh evidence has emerged over an alleged “secret recruitment” by the Ghana Education Service (GES), as some appointment letters have now surfaced, reinforcing claims...

High Court injunction on Daddy Lumba’s funeral sparks mixed reactions in Kumasi

The Accra High Court has issued an injunction on the planned funeral of late highlife legend Daddy Lumba, following an application by his maternal...

Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park to temporarily close on December 27

The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park will be closed to the public on Saturday, December 27, 2025. In a statement, management explained that the one-day shutdown...

Noguchi Memorial Institute makes HIV therapy breakthrough

The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) has developed what scientists describe as “a ground-breaking research” which can significantly alter HIV care if...