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Take advantage of AHC and get free screening in your birth month – Ghanians encouraged

National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has launched its Free Annual Health Check-up (AHC) to address non communicable disease burden in Ghana. AHC is a new...

Akufo-Addo outlines extraordinary achievements in healthcare infrastructure

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, during his acceptance speech for an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree from the University of Health and Allied Sciences...

President Akufo-Addo receives Honorary Doctorate from UHAS

In a ceremonious event at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was conferred with an Honorary Doctor...

Richard Jakpa was a bad example in the army – CDS tells court

The Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), Lieutenant General Thomas Oppong-Peprah has confirmed to the Financial and Economic Division of...

Police officer allegedly shoots driver’s mate at Danchira

A driver’s mate is in critical condition after allegedly being shot by a Police officer at a checkpoint in Danchira in the Ga South...

Our roads will decide our vote – Gomoa chief on bad roads

Omanhene of Gomoa Ajumako Traditional Council in the Central Region, Obrempong Nyanful Krampah XI, is upset with the government and the Ministry of Roads...

Jakpa was released from the military due to a lack of interest – CDS

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Lieutenant General Thomas Oppong-Peprah, has provided clarification regarding the dismissal of Richard Jakpa, the third accused in the...

GACL, ECG, eight other state institutions owe GRA over GH¢1bn in taxes

Ten state institutions, including the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), owe the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) over...

Delayed capitation grant disbursement will render increment meaningless – GNECC

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has sounded a warning bell, cautioning that the recent increment in capitation grants will be nothing more...

I didn’t release the document regarding Jakpa’s dismissal to Defense Minister – CDS

The Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Thomas Oppong-Peprah, has denied releasing the dismissal letter of Richard Jakpa, the third accused in the ongoing...

‘Misconduct’ didn’t appear in military’s release letter to Jakpa – CDS tells court

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has denied claims that misconduct was one of the reasons why former soldier Richard Jakpa was released from the...

December polls: Nkwanta South Presbytery chairman urges gov’t, EC, and journalists to prioritize peace

The Chairman of the Nkwanta South Presbytery and head pastor of the Global Evangelical Church, Rev. Prince William Ahelegbe, has called on the government,...

Kete Muslims Youth Association holds free health screening

Nearly 300 residents of Kete community in the Krachi West Municipality and its environs in the Oti Region have benefited from a free health...

A confidential complaint system should be established for reporting bribery – GII

The Executive Director of the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Mary Addah, is proposing the establishment of a confidential, proactive, and accessible complaint system for...

CETAG strike enters week 7 as leadership awaits gov’t signature on new agreement

The industrial action by the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has entered its 7th week, as members have refused to return...

Accident involving multiple cars causes heavy traffic on Tema motorway

A multi-vehicle collision involving an SUV, a saloon car, and a Toyota bus has caused severe traffic congestion on the Accra-Tema motorway, specifically on...

KNUST graduate death: Family releases new evidence to challenge Police, hotel

The family of Lois Koranteng, a KNUST graduate who was found dead under mysterious circumstances at a hotel in Takoradi, has raised serious allegations...

Gomoa West drivers embark on ‘No Road No Vote’ demo [Photos]

Taxi drivers operating between Apam Junction to Apam Township and Apam Junction to Gomoa Dawurampong have taken drastic measures to voice their frustrations over...

Focus on your mandate, not partisan politics – Brigadier General Asare to soldiers

The Commanding Officer of the Southern Command, Brigadier General Samuel Asare, has urged all troops to focus on their military duties and not to...

How a man remained in prison for 6 years though the court had acquitted him

The Founder and Director of the POS Foundation, Jonathan Osei Owusu, has narrated the ordeal of a man who spent six years in Koforidua...

Two persons who allegedly burgled John Kumah’s widow refused bail

The Accra Circuit Court Two on Friday refused bail to two persons who allegedly stole money, electrical gadgets and other items from Lillian Kumah,...

Fuel tanker spills content on Cape Coast-Takoradi highway

A fuel tanker on the evening of Sunday, July 28, overturned on the Cape Coast -Takoradi highway about 100 meters before the UCC east...

Henry Quartey demands cleanliness from police in new housing facility

Interior Minister Henry Quartey has warned police officers to avoid bringing their untidy behaviour from their barracks to the new housing facility handed over...

Trump pledges to end birthright citizenship in USA

When Donald Trump took office in 2017, he immediately issued a provocative executive order banning travel from Muslim-majority countries that led to chaos, confusion and a...

Court denies bail to two accused of stealing cash and gadgets from John Kumah’s widow

The Accra Circuit Court Two on Friday refused bail to two persons who allegedly stole money, electrical gadgets and other items from Lillian Kumah,...

Actor Kwaku Manu criticizes Bawumia’s credit card proposal

Actor Kwaku Manu has expressed his discontent with Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia's campaign promise to implement a credit card system if elected President...

Broken streetlights, unemployment, poor sanitation to influence voting in some parts of Accra

Residents of sanitation-poor and poorly lit streets of Anyaa-Sowutuom want their next Member of Parliament (MP) to get them out of their predicament. They said...

How a man remained in prison for 6 years though the court had acquitted him

The Founder and Director of the POS Foundation, Jonathan Osei Owusu, has narrated the ordeal of a man who spent six years in Koforidua...

You’ll be punished for misconduct – Mahama warns potential appointees

The 2024 flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, has issued a warning to potential appointees of his next government, stating that...

Ola Girls SHS holds cultural week celebration to promote Ghanaian heritage

Ola Girls Senior High School (SHS) at Kenyasi No. 2 in the Ahafo Region has organized a cultural week celebration aimed at promoting the...

2nd Phase of Homowo Clean-up: Zoomlion donates safety equipment

In a lead-up to the second phase of the Homowo Clean-up Exercise, Zoomlion Ghana Limited has donated a large number of safety boots and...

Former AGI President calls for enhancement of ICT in curriculum

The former President of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) and Executive Chairman of Celltel Networks, Dr. Prince Kofi Kludjeson, has called on the...

Ofori Panin fie was prominent before Akufo-Addo – Okyenhene rubbishes ‘Agyapadie’ fiction [Video]

The Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin has described a document in circulation covered with his image under the caption “Agyapadie” as a total fiction...

Asutifi North MP cuts sod for construction of staff bungalow for Ola Girls SHS

The Member of Parliament for Asutifi North in the Ahafo Region, Patrick Banor has cut sod the construction of a headmistress bungalow at Ola...

Wife, children inconsolable as Ghanaian man shot dead in Toronto is buried

The burial for the late Adu Boakye, the Ghanaian man tragically shot dead at a Toronto bus has been held on Saturday at 10...

Akontombra district organizes training for persons with disabilities

The Sehwi Akontombra District Assembly has taken significant steps to address the rise in teenage pregnancies and poor living standards by providing skilled training...

Sand truck crushes motor rider to death at Kasoa

A motorbike rider lost his life after colliding with a sand truck at Kaosa CP around Bible college in the Central Region. The yet-to-be-identified rider...

I don’t believe in the existence of Heaven and Hell – Osofo Kyiri Abosom [Watch]

The founder and leader of Life Assembly Worship Centre, Christian Kwabena Andrews, popularly known as Osofo Kyiri Abosom, has said the concept of heaven...

Ofosu-Ampofo bags doctorate degree from GIMPA

A former Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has bagged a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Public Administration, Governance and Leadership...

Freezing salaries of CETAG members not the solution – CAPCOE

Convener for the Campaign Against Privatization and Commercialization of Education (CAPCOE), Mr. Richard Kovey, says the directive to block the salaries of members of...