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Lordina Mahama inaugurates health center in Hohoe

Mrs. Lordina Mahama, through the Lordina Foundation, has inaugurated a new health center in Hohoe, Volta Region. This marks the fifth health facility established by...

Kumasi youth reportedly vandalize Techiman-bound buses at Akyemfour

Tensions flared in Kumasi as a group of armed youths reportedly stormed the Akyemfour Bus Terminal yesterday, targeting vehicles loading passengers to Techiman. The attackers...

Agomeda Basic School appeals for support to improve ICT education, learning conditions

The Agomeda D.A. Basic School in the Shai-Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region is grappling with significant challenges in delivering Information and Communication...

3 children arrested in Takoradi for stealing GH₵35k from supermarket

Three children aged 4, 10, and 16 have been grabbed after CCTV footage captured them stealing GH₵35,000 from a popular supermarket in Takoradi. Report indicates...

Group proposes pathways to address child marriage in Ghana

A Non-Governmental Organisation(NGO), Girls Not Brides Ghana has highlighted and proposed solutions to address legislative gaps in child marriage and customary laws. The proposals were...

SHSs break on Thursday for election 2024

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed all Senior High Schools (SHSs) to close on Thursday, December 5, 2024 to enable all staff and...

Judge orders retrial in JB Danquah murder case after split Jury verdict

The murder trial of Daniel Asiedu, accused of killing former Abuakwa North MP JB Danquah, is set for a retrial following a hung jury...

Friday, December 6 declared public holiday

Government, through the Interior Ministry, has declared Friday, December 6, 2024, as a statutory holiday to mark the annual Farmers’ Day celebration. A statement, signed by the...

PWDs should have been included in Special Voting – Nii Okaikwei

The Founder of the Centre for Disability Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, Andrew Nii Okaikwei, has expressed disappointment that persons with disabilities (PWDs) were not...

Coalition pushes political parties to sign pact against galamsey

Convenor of the Media Coalition Against Galamsey, Dr. Ken Ashigbey, has outlined a set of stringent measures aimed at controlling illegal mining, also known...

SSNIT OBS Cases: Ernest Thompson, others ordered to open defense, Hassana Kramer acquitted

Former Director General (DG) of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust, (SSNIT), Mr Ernest Thomson, and three others have been ordered by the...

Gov’t begins negotiation with TEWU

The government has begun negotiations with the leadership of the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) regarding its...

Former Chief of Defence Staff passes on

A former Ghanaian military officer, Lieutenant General Arnold Quainoo who served as the Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces from August...

Akufo-Addo elevates Ho, Sunyani, and Wa from Municipalities to Metropolises

President Akufo-Addo has approved the elevation of selected districts to Municipalities and Municipalities to Metropolises. This announcement was made in a statement from the Ministry...

Bawku: One more person killed, death toll hits 33

Another person has been killed in Bawku following a shootout in the Mazema enclave late Tuesday night. The deceased, identified as Atengani, was reportedly killed...

Court adjourns case of man who damaged ‘Big Six’ monument over medical report 

The Kwabenya Circuit Court has adjourned the case of Nowell Gavu, the man accused of destroying six effigies at the Airport Roundabout, to December...

CEO of MGA Consulting, Michael Abbiw conferred CIMG fellowship

The Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG) has conferred a Fellowship status on Michael Abbiw, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Lead Consultant of...

Millions of dollars spent on Accra streetlighting project but roads remain dark at night

Between 2020 and 2021, the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) spent $15.8 million on a Streetlighting Replacement Project that was supposed to illuminate the roads,...

Kejetia traders reject market closure on election day

Traders at the Kejetia Market in Kumasi have firmly rejected a proposal to close the market on election day, December 7, 2024. They cited the...

Titus-Glover compensates vendor after destroying table at Flower Pot Interchange [Audio]

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, has fulfilled his promise to compensate a vendor whose table he destroyed at the newly...

Ghana loses billions annually to illicit financial flows – MFWA

Executive Director of Technology Integration Point Ventures, Dr. Bishop Akologo, has revealed that Ghana loses billions of dollars annually to illicit financial flows (IFFs),...

CHAG to receive GH¢2.2bn boost; GH¢110m earmarked for 2025 recruitment – MoH

The government has announced a major investment of GH¢2.2 billion in the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) for 2025, with GH¢110 million earmarked...

Strengthen legal systems to prevent ICC intervention – Attorney-General Dame to African states

Ghana's Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has called on African nations to fortify their domestic legal frameworks as a means of...

Lydia Alhassan responds to accusations of intimidating Legon security guard

Ayawaso West Wuogon MP Lydia Seyram Alhassan has denied allegations linking her to the alleged detention of a University of Ghana security guard after...

Woman trapped, one injured as truck loaded with wood overturns at Sunyani-Asufufu

A tragic accident occurred Tuesday evening in Sunyani-Asufufu, where a truck heavily loaded with wood overturned and landed on a motorbike. According to reports, the...

Sam George mocks Bawumia over E-gate mishap at KIA

The newly commissioned Ghana Card-enabled E-gate at the Kotoka International Airport faced an awkward start when it failed to open immediately for Vice President...

Fire destroys four shops at Santa Maria

A fire outbreak involving four metal containers has been reported at Santa Maria A-land near the taxi rank. It is currently unclear what led to...

Techiman Traditional Council reacts to attack on Asantehene’s convoy

The Techiman Traditional Council has clarified reports circulating on social media regarding an alleged attack on the convoy of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu...

Judicial Service clarifies transfer of judge in case against failed Juaben MCE nominee

The Judicial Service of Ghana(JSG) has addressed controversies surrounding the transfer of Justice Priscilla Dikro Ofori, a judge who presided over the criminal trial...

Bawumia commissions E-GATE at Kotoka International Airport

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Tuesday commissioned an electronic gate (E-GATE) system at the Kotoka International Airport. The E-gates will automatically process passengers through...

Ablekuma West: Major milestones under Ursula Owusu-Ekuful’s tenure

The Ablekuma West Constituency in the Greater Accra Region spearheaded by Hon. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful in Ghana’s Legislature House has seen significant strides in various...

2024 Polls: Assist PWDs on December 7 – Centre for Disability urges public

The Centre for Disability, Entrepreneurship, and Public Policy has called on the public to support persons with disabilities (PWDs) during the upcoming December 7...

Hundreds demonstrate in Elmina to demand the return of GN Bank

The streets of Elmina in the Central Region were charged with emotion on Monday, 2nd December 2024 as hundreds of demonstrators, led by Dr...

We don’t take a single pesewa from gov’t – Ghana Publishing Company

Director of Finance at the Ghana Publishing Company Limited, Samuel Binfoh Darkwah, has said that the company does not receive a single pesewa from...

False,  NPP’s Patrick Boamah did not preach “skirt and blouse” at Fadama

Claim: A user on X, Political Warden (@khkayy27), has posted a video with the claim that NPP’s Patrick Yaw Boamah encouraged the people of Fadama...

Police investigate alleged attack on Asantehene’s convoy in Techiman

The Ghana Police Service has launched an investigation into an alleged attack on the convoy of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, in Techiman,...

Ho Sector Customs destroys illegally imported goods

The Ho Sector Command of the Customs Division, Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), has destroyed illegally im­ported goods, which were seized from a trader at...

It’ll cost $5m per km to replace stolen bars on Achimota-Nsawam railway – Deputy Minister

Unknown individuals have stolen railway bars from sections of the Achimota-Nsawam stretch in the Greater Accra Region. Residents along the affected railway stretch reported witnessing...

Education Ministry launches Channel MOE TV

The Education Ministry has launched its television station with the aim of promoting education and transforming the nation. The station christened “Channel MOE” will focus...

Unidentified youth hurl stones at Asantehene’s convoy in Techiman

Some unidentified youth on Monday, December 2, 2024 threw stones at the Asantehene’s convoy in Techiman, sparking widespread concern across the nation. The Ghana Police...