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Family announces one week celebration for Ernest Yaw Kumi

The one-week celebration of the late Akwatia Member of Parliament (MP), Ernest Yaw Kumi, has been scheduled for August 29, 2025. The ceremony will be...

Omane Boamah was pivotal to the NDC’s 2024 victory – Mark-Oliver Kevor

Dr Mark-Oliver Kevor, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Eastern Regional Chairman and Acting Director-General of the National Information Technology Agency (NiTA), has described the...

Sam George alleges covert moves by MultiChoice Ghana to evade 30% DSTv price cut

Minister of Communications, Digital Technology, and Innovations Samuel George has revealed that MultiChoice Ghana, the operators of DStv, is involved in intense behind-the-scenes lobbying...

Sam George breaks down impasse with DStv [Watch]

The Minister for Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovation, Sam Nartey George, has provided details of the standoff with satellite television provider MultiChoice, operator of...

Security agencies closing in on middlemen who enriched themselves awarding scholarships

Registrar of the Scholarship Secretariat, Kwaku Asafo-Agyei, reveals investigations are far advanced to arrest and prosecute persons alleged to have taken bribes for government...

PTA appeals for reversal of Nkwanta SHS headmaster’s suspension

Michael Nayo, the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) chairman of Nkwanta Community Secondary Technical, has made a heartfelt appeal on behalf of the suspended headmaster...

YVLG marks 2025 International Youth Day with a call for greater youth inclusion in development

The Young Visionary Leaders Ghana (YVLG) has joined the global community in commemorating International Youth Day 2025, celebrating the vital role young people play...

‘They’re not registered with us’ – GMet on VRA helicopter after series of forced landings

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) is questioning how a Volta River Aviation helicopter has been making flight decisions after a spate of emergency landings,...

South Dayi NDC mourns with Paramount Chief of Kpalime Traditional Area

The South Dayi Constituency branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) expressed solidarity with Togbega Atikpladza Agbiyao XIII, Paramount Chief of the Kpalime Traditional...

Manhyia Palace announces ban on all funerals in Asanteman on August 21

The Manhyia Palace has announced a ban on all funerals across Asanteman on Thursday, August 21, 2025, to allow for the one-week celebration of...

Wontumi Multimedia appeals NCA suspension, claims full compliance

Wontumi Multimedia has appealed to the National Communications Authority (NCA) to lift the suspension of its broadcasting operations, insisting it has met all regulatory...

Ghana is a beacon of democracy and stability in Africa – Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia

Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Mr. Adem Farah, has praised Ghana’s formidable reputation as a country that embodies democracy and stability in Africa. Speaking at...

 Compassion Int’l Ghana’s GH₵2 million project provides 22 homes in Kintampo

Approximately 22 families in Kintampo who once lived in cramped, unsafe spaces now have secure and permanent homes, thanks to a GH₵2 million housing...

Gov’t to reconstruct Tepa–Goaso road in honour of late Nana Kwasi Bosomprah – Ahafo MDCEs Dean

The Dean of Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCEs) in the Ahafo Region, Benjamin Assabil Donkor, has announced that the John Mahama-led government will...

Late Goasomanhene fostered religious unity – Local Council of Churches eulogise

The Goaso Local Council of Churches in the Ahafo Region has commended the late Paramount Chief of Goaso, Nana Kwasi Bosomprah, for his outstanding...

Ghana Railway Company halts Accra–Tema shuttle over technical issues

The Ghana Railway Company Limited has announced the temporary suspension of the Accra–Tema shuttle service from Tuesday, August 12, 2025, due to technical challenges. In...

Enough of never again; GNAT urges Mahama to act after helicopter tragedy

In the wake of a devastating helicopter crash that claimed the lives of eight individuals, the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is demanding...

NCA shuts down three Wontumi radio stations, 6 others over regulatory breaches

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has ordered the suspension of three radio stations owned by Wontumi Multimedia Company Limited for violating broadcasting regulations. In a...

Volta and Oti Peace Ambassadors armored with ADR skills through GIZ partnership

Regional Peace Council (VRPC), led by Regional Executive Secretary Dr. David Esinu Yao Normanyo, has launched a landmark 40-hour Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) capacity-building...

True peace is built quietly, not through public condemnation – Alex Nartey

Quiet diplomacy, not public shaming, is the most effective way to reform behaviour and preserve Ghana’s democratic stability, according to private legal practitioner and...

Awentami Paul Afoko mourns passing of Asantehemaa Nana Konadu Yiadom III

Awentami Paul Afoko has expressed heartfelt condolences following the passing of the Asantehemaa, Nana Konadu Yiadom III, on August 11, 2025, as Ghana continues...

Galamsey fight must match urgency of death response – Dr. Kingsley Agyemang

Member of Parliament for Akim Abuakwa South, Dr. Kingsley Agyemang, has called for a renewed national commitment to fight illegal mining, locally known as...

President Mahama announces fund for children of eight helicopter crash victims

President John Mahama has announced the creation of a dedicated fund to support the needs of the children of the eight deceased persons in...

Phone seller found dead under Kasoa overpass

A phone seller has been found dead under the Kasoa overpass in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region. According to the Municipal...

Deputy Interior Minister wades into controversy over police helicopters [Audio]

Deputy Interior Minister Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi has urged restraint in the ongoing public debate over the Ghana Police Service’s helicopters, following concerns raised after...

We will spiritually probe helicopter crash – Ho Central NDC Chairman

The Ho Central Constituency Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Franklyn Gedzia, has expressed outrage over the recent Z9 military helicopter crash that...

Helicopter crash: Mahama’s safety is an act of God – Fuseini Donkor

Former Sekyere Afram Plains District Chief Executive (DCE), Fuseini Donkor, has attributed President John Mahama’s safety to divine intervention, saying his devotion to God...

I almost shut down Ghana’s internet over horrific helicopter crash videos – Communications Minister

Minister for Communications, Digital Technology and Innovation, Sam Nartey George, has revealed that he almost ordered a nationwide internet shutdown to halt the circulation...

Couple hospitalised after stabbing incident in Edwenase over alleged infidelity

A domestic dispute in Edwenase, a suburb of Abodom in the Bekwai Municipality, turned violent on Sunday, 10 August 2025, when 38-year-old Rebecca Appiah...

Woman found dead under mysterious circumstances on Behenase farm

A woman, believed to be in her 30s, has been discovered dead under unusual circumstances on her farm at Behenase in the Bekwai Municipality...

Scrap by-elections in Ghana – Kofi Bentil

Private legal practitioner Kofi Bentil has renewed calls for the complete abolition of by-elections in Ghana, suggesting that Members of Parliament who vacate their...

Loose meter connection sparks fire at Sun Shine Roman

A house at Sun Shine Roman in Suhum narrowly escaped total destruction after a fire broke out due to a loose electricity meter connection. The...

Farmer remanded over ginger theft

A 26-year-old farmer has been remanded into prison custody by the Nkawie Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti Region...

Helicopter crash: Heads must roll – Aircraft Engineer

An aircraft engineer has called for the immediate dismissal of anyone found responsible for lapses in the servicing of the Z-9 helicopter that crashed...

Police Service’s helicopters are ‘flying coffins’, still grounded – Ashaiman MP

A member of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, Ernest Henry Norgbey, has raised alarm over the state of three Ghana Police Service helicopters. The Ashaiman...

Z-9 helicopter crash wasn’t pilot error – Aircraft Engineer [Video]

British Army aircraft engineer, Dr Robert Nesta Otoo, has rejected suggestions that the Z-9 helicopter crash last Wednesday was caused by bad weather. The crash,...

Mason, 58, sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for incest

The Kwabenya Circuit Court has sentenced a 58-year-old mason to 10 years imprisonment for having sex with his daughter. Joshua Bledi got his 17-year-old daughter...

Fake news can twist Parliament’s words, Hansard staff must keep up with high-tech threats – Bagbin

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, has urged the Hansard staff across Africa to try and upgrade their knowledge, skills, and competence...

We haven’t received any formal notice – GPCC on prophecies directive 

The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) says it has not received any formal communication from the Office of the Presidential Envoy for Interfaith...

Akosombo Dam spillage: Houses for Mepe flood victims rot in bush

Hopes for safe and permanent shelter for victims of the Mepe floods are dwindling, as housing units under construction for the displaced have been...