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Group accuses judiciary of undermining anti-corruption efforts

A youth-led anti-corruption organisation, the Bright Future Alliance, has accused Ghana’s judiciary of weakening the country’s fight against corruption through prolonged trials, legal setbacks,...

Minister of Communication unveils gov’t’s digital inclusion plan for PWDs

Samuel Nartey George, Minister of Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovation, has unveiled the government’s plan to promote digital inclusivity for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs). He...

Mahama pledges 200,000 hectares of new cocoa farms to revive industry

President John Dramani Mahama has unveiled an ambitious initiative aimed at reviving Ghana’s cocoa industry, pledging to add 200,000 hectares of new cocoa farms...

21 schools in Kpando receive sanitary pads 

The Kpando Young Ladies Association (K.Y.L.A)in collaboration with the Kpando Municipal Education Directorate has donated six sanitary pad banks and 650 sanitary pads to...

Diasporan investor pleads for justice after farm attack

Jamaican-American investor, Nigel Jordan, has lost his investment worth over GH¢1 million after an arson attack on his 50-acre coconut farm at Gomoa Oguakrom,...

There seems to be conflict about who represents Wontumi – Dr. Asante

A Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has suggested internal disagreements within the New Patriotic Party (NPP)'s legal team regarding...

Bawumia arranged sureties for Wontumi’s release – Hassan Tampuli

The Member of Parliament for Gushegu and Deputy Minister for Transport, Hassan Tampuli, has made claims that former Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia arranged for...

UHAS graduates 2,483 healthcare champions, urges them to transform Ghana and beyond

With hearts full of pride and eyes set on the future, 2,483 graduates of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) took their...

“You chose this path because it matters” – Prof. Gavua urges UHAS graduates to transform Ghana’s health sector

In an address that blended admiration with urgency, the Chairman of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) Council, Prof. Kodzo Gavua, called...

“Be a paragon in a rotting system” – National Vaccine Institute CEO charges UHAS graduates

The Acting Chief Executive Officer of the National Vaccine Institute, Dr. Sodzi Sodzi-Tettey, has delivered a stirring call to action to graduates of the...

Fuel shortage forces Takoradi-bound Passion Air flight to return to Accra

A domestic flight operated by Passion Air was forced to return to Accra shortly after takeoff due to what passengers have described as a...

Nkwanta North chiefs call on Oti Minister, leverage for development

In an important initiative aimed at promoting development in the Nkwanta North District, traditional leaders led by Ubor Konja Tassan VI have paid a...

Gov’t to sanction telcos over poor services

The Minister of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel George, has issued a stark warning to all mobile network operators to improve the quality...

Agogo tomato farmers appeal to gov’t for irrigation dam 

Tomato farmers at Agogo in the Asante Akyem North Municipality of the Ashanti Region are calling on the government to set up an irrigation...

37 Military Hospital to shut down Emergency Unit for fumigation

The 37 Military Hospital has announced a temporary closure of its Medical Emergency Unit (MEU) from Wednesday, June 4, to Saturday, June 14, 2025. The...

Three arrested with 5,950 slabs of Indian hemp on Volta Lake 

The Eastern North Regional Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with the transportation of 5,950 compressed and some non-compressed leaves suspected to...

Mentally challenged man beheads caretaker in Tema

A 35-year-old mentally challenged man, whose name has only been given as Ali, has murdered a 56-year-old man at the Tema main harbour railway. Ali...

Wontumi case: We’ve followed due process; critics blowing matters out of proportion – EOCO

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has defended its handling of the arrest and detention of the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New...

Scholarship Secretariat boss seeks Asantehene’s blessings and support [Photos]

The Registrar of the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat, Alexander Kwaku Asafo Agyei, on Friday, May 30, paid a courtesy call on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei...

NPP has no leadership; where is Chairman Wontumi? – Nyaho-Tamakloe questions amid arrest

A founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has criticised the party’s leadership for what he describes as poor handling...

Chairman Wontumi transferred to NIB; NPP supporters storm office

Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako—widely known as Chairman Wontumi—has been transferred to the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB)...

Two dead, others injured in Juaso-Nkawkaw Highway crash

Two people have died and several others injured in a tragic accident on the Juaso-Nkawkaw stretch of the Accra-Kumasi highway. Eyewitness Atta Pascaa told Adom...

Savannah Minister urges cement factory to cut prices, reclaim land

Savannah Regional Minister Salisu Be-Awurbe Esq. has urged the management of Savannah Diamond Cement Factory in Buipe, Central Gonja District, to reduce the price...

I wasn’t happy with Afenyo-Markin sitting on the floor at EOCO – Dormaahene

The Dormaahene and President of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs, Osagyefo Dr. Fredua Agyemang Badu II, has taken a light-hearted jab at Minority...

Ghana marks milestone with first locally manufactured anti-snake venom

Ghana has taken a bold step toward pharmaceutical self-reliance with the market authorization of the country’s first locally manufactured anti-snake venom, a breakthrough revealed...

NVI partners with local manufacturers, Global Allies to drive vaccine independence

Ghana is rewriting the story of vaccine access on the continent through a strategic public-private partnership (PPP) model, says Dr. Sodzi Sodzi Tettey, CEO...

It’s the quality, not the access – NVI boss on Ghana’s health crisis

Ghana must urgently address the quality of healthcare delivery, not just access, if it hopes to reduce preventable deaths and meet health equity targets,...

Adongo mocks Minority for ‘abandoning’ Wontumi [Video]

Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo, has taken a jab at his colleagues on the Minority side for returning to Parliament after...

Ablakwa denies claims of new recruitment at Ghana’s Embassy in Washington D.C.

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has dismissed reports suggesting that new individuals have been recruited to work at Ghana’s embassy in Washington...

IET-GH advocates for trainee allowances for engineering students

At the induction ceremony of new engineering professionals in Kumasi, Engr. Henry Kwadwo Boateng, President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Ghana (IET-GH),...

Minority returns to Parliament after protest over Wontumi’s bail conditions

The Minority Caucus in Parliament made a swift return to the House on Friday, 30 May 2025, after staging a brief walkout in protest...

Wontumi detention: Heavy police deployment at EOCO headquarters [Video]

A significant security deployment has been stationed at the headquarters of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) in Accra, as members of the...

Samuel Ohene’s family to petition Chief Justice over alleged injustice

Tradesmen and family members of Samuel Ohene Kofi say they intend to petition Acting Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie to intervene in what they describe...

Annoh Dompreh claims Wontumi is on hunger strike amidst EOCO detention

Minority Chief Whip and Member of Parliament for Nsawam-Adoagyire, Frank Annoh Dompreh, has alleged that the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard...

Juaboso police arrest suspected armed robber at mining site

The Juaboso District Police Command has arrested a suspected armed robber during a swift operation at a mining site near Sefwi Kofi Krom, close...

One dead, 9 rescued in accident on Cape Coast–Takoradi Highway

One person has been confirmed dead, and nine others rescued following a fatal collision on the Cape Coast–Takoradi highway. According to the Ghana National Fire...

Two suspects arrested over shooting incident at Fuo 

The Northern Regional Police Command has arrested suspects in connection with a shooting incident that occurred on 26th February 2025 in Fuo, a suburb...

NDC Communicator demands proof from Old Tafo MP over ‘Unity Match’ visa allegations

A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) communication team and Public Relations Officer of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Godwin Mahama Ayaba, has...

Ho Assembly, GES and stakeholders promote menstrual hygiene at Bankoe E.P. school

The Ho Municipal Assembly, in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service, Ghana Health Service, and the National Service Personnel Association in the Volta Region,...

OSP vs Charles Bissue: Second accused settles for plea bargain

The Accra High Court has granted a one-week adjournment in a significant corruption case to allow the completion of a plea bargain requested by...