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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...

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...

Gabriel Kwamigah Tanko applauds CEANA’s development legacy at 2025 Convention

Ghana’s Council of State Member, Gabriel Kwamigah Tanko-Atokple, has praised the Council of Ewe Associations of North America (CEANA) for its decades-long contribution to...

DVLA board chair targets 60% revenue growth, warns against corruption

The Board Chairman of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), George Spencer Quaye, has challenged the Authority to achieve a 60% increase in...

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...

406 graduate from Peki College of Education; chief urges teachers to be role models

At a time when Ghana’s education system faces growing pressure to adapt to global changes, the Paramount Chief of the Peki Traditional Area, Deiga...

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...

Deputy Interior Minister calls for stronger framework to curb small arms proliferation

Deputy Minister of the Interior, Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi, has emphasized the urgent need for a stronger legal and regulatory framework to tackle the increasing...

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...

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,...

Gov’t cuts nursing and allied health training fees by 50%

The Ministry of Health has announced a 50 percent reduction in school fees for Nursing and Allied Health Training students, effective from the 2025/2026...

Interior Minister meets Yagbonwura to restore peace amid Sawla-Bole conflict

A high-powered government delegation, led by the Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak, has held a closed-door meeting in Damongo with the Overlord...

Ridge Hospital assault: There’s an attempt to shield the perpetrator from liability – Tampuli

Deputy Ranking Member of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, Alhassan Tampuli, has alleged a deliberate attempt to shield Ralph Williams, the man...

NACSA condemns violence, calls for immediate ban on firearms at festivals

The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (NACSA) has expressed deep concern over the violent clashes that disrupted this year’s Kpokpoi sprinkling...

Corruption threatens national development – NCCE

The Oforikrom Municipal Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Rosina Owoo, has described corruption as one of the greatest obstacles to...

Know your limits – NMC tells nurses and midwives

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) of Ghana has advised nurses and midwives to know their limits as professionals and strictly adhere to their...

2023 unemployed trained teachers call for urgent government intervention

The Coalition of Unemployed Trained Teachers (CUTT), 2023, has appealed to government to expedite financial clearance for their recruitment into the teaching service as...

Late Lawyer Ali Adam not part of Agradaa’s legal team – Counsel clarifies

Legal counsel for evangelist Patricia Asiedua Asiamah, popularly known as Nana Agradaa, has dismissed claims linking the late lawyer Ali Adam to her legal...

Mamiriwa No. 2 gets CHPS compound, nurses’ quarters through Obuasi Trust Fund

Residents of Mamiriwa No. 2 in the Obuasi Municipality can now boast of a new CHPS compound and nurses’ quarters, a project funded by...

Typhoid fever surge as Nkwanta residents rely on contaminated water

The Oti Region is facing a worrying surge in typhoid fever cases, with Nkwanta North District recording one of the highest outbreaks. Health reports available...

Residents count their losses as fire destroys multiple houses at Darkuman Kokompe

A raging fire on Sunday, August 31, 2025, destroyed several homes at Darkuman Kokompe in Accra, leaving residents counting their losses. According to the Ghana...

Homowo: 3 dead, scores injured in bloody Sowutuom clash

A violent clash during the climax of this year’s Homowo Festival at Sowutuom and Anyaa in Accra turned bloody on Saturday, leaving three people...

All ‘breaking news’ on Agradaa false – Prison Service

The Ghana Prisons Service has debunked viral social media reports alleging developments concerning Madam Patricia Asiedu, popularly known as Agradaa, who is currently serving...

Man remanded for allegedly stealing 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...

Gov’t reduces nursing admission fees by 50% for 2025/26 academic year

The Ministry of Health has announced a 50 percent reduction in admission fees for students of Nursing and Allied Health Training Institutions across the...

GHC350 fees, protocol recruitment offers all fake – Immigration Service warns

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has cautioned the public, especially job seekers, to disregard recruitment adverts circulating on social media, stressing that the service...

Adansi Traditional Council urges govt to turn helicopter crash site into tourist centre

The Adansi Traditional Council has appealed to the government to develop the Sikaman Brofoyedru helicopter crash site in the Adansi Akrofuom District of the...