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GTEC justifies July salary freeze for striking CETAG members

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has defended its decision to instruct the Controller and Accountant General to withhold the July salaries of the...

The half a million idle youth in Accra: Focus on in-migration effect

Two million youth in Ghana are idle, with no employment, education, or training in the third quarter of 2023, according to the Ghana Statistical...

Electricity restored at LEKMA Hospital after MP’s intervention

Electricity supply to the LEKMA Hospital has been restored after it was cut off on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, due to unpaid bills. The hospital...

Car burns to ashes at KIA visitors’ car park [Photos]

A private car was completely destroyed by fire at the visitors’ car park of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra on Monday, July...

IGP thanks Police officers for AU summit security

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the personnel of the Police Service for their dedication...

Road accidents: Over 1,200 deaths recorded between January and June 2024

From January to June 2024, a total of 6,653 road accidents were reported, involving 11,283 vehicles, including private, commercial, motorbikes, and cycles. During this period,...

Don’t pay July salaries of CETAG staff – GTEC tells CAGD

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has directed the Controller and Accountant General’s Department to withhold the July 2024 salaries of all teaching staff...

Fire guts Ahantaman Girls SHS dormitory

Fire has destroyed one of the Ahantaman Girls’ Senior High School dormitory blocks in the Sekondi -Takoradi Metropolis. The fire outbreak occurred last Wednesday, July...

Opuni Trial: We do PPA-approved sole sourcing, thresholds for fertilizer purchase – Witness

An Administrator at Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says the entity’s sole sourcing and thresholds for the purchase of fertilizers are done per the Procurement...

Mobile money vendor robbed of GHS 55k in broad daylight

A mobile money vendor in Atwima Koforidua is counting his loss after being robbed of GHS 55,000 in a broad daylight operation. The incident occurred...

Rastafari Council in Ghana to host celebration

The Rastafari Council, Ghana, is set to hold a grand celebration in honor of the 132nd birthday of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia. The...

Away! Away! No laptop no Council meeting – Teachers hoot at Deputy Education Minister

In utter discontent over failed promises by the government, the National Council of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) staged a walkout on...

Parks and Gardens vows to resist attempt to sell any part of its land

The acting Director of Parks and Gardens, Dr. Daniel Kingsford Adams, has emphatically stated that his outfit will resist any attempt to sell any...

Government committed to enhancing births and deaths registry operations

To improve the operations of the Births and Deaths Registry, the government has hinted at providing more resources to the agency. This commitment was made...

KNUST: Alumni community urges old student to withdraw injunction against VC

The Alumni community of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has urged Kofi Clement Ohene Asare to withdraw the injunction he filed...

About 5,685 people were affected by Akosombo Dam spillage in Ada – NADMO

Mr. Ebenezer Teye Nartey, the Ada-East Director of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), says a total of 5,685 people and 1135 households from...

Tepa-Goaso road: Contractor curses those who steal materials [Listen]

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kofi Job Construction Limited has cursed those who connive with his workers to steal materials meant for the...

Yagbonwura is my grandfather and overlord – Abu Jinapor

The Member of Parliament for Damongo Constituency and Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has stated categorically that the King and...

Afenyo Markin commissions ICT centers, libraries, classroom block and community centers in Effutu

The Majority Leader in Parliament and Member of Parliament for Effutu Constituency, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo Markin, has commissioned two ICT Centers, two libraries for...

Dusty Huhunya road kills one, 14 in critical condition

The dusty nature of the Huhunya to Asesewa road in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region has caused a fatal motor accident...

Akosombo Dam spillage: I nearly cried for my people – Chief of Avadiokome

Togbe Komla Sakpiti V, the Dufia of Bakpa Avadiokome, expressed deep concern over the Volta River Authority's (VRA) plans to spill 50,000 cubic feet...

Separate plastic waste to protect our environment – Rev. Lawrence Kumi

The National General Secretary of the Revival Outreach Church International, Rev. Lawrence Kumi, has urged Ghanaians to separate plastic waste from other types of...

NCA addresses public concerns over high internet data pricing

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has acknowledged public concerns, particularly on social media, about the high cost of internet data and the designation of...

Kabiti community gains access to clean water after years of struggle

Residents of Kabiti, a fishing community in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region, have expressed gratitude to World Vision Ghana for providing...

Akufo-Addo nominates 2 new judges to the Supreme Court

President Akufo-Addo has nominated two new judges to the Supreme Court bench following their approval by the Judicial Council. The two are Professor Richard Frimpong...

Construction work begins on deteriorated Somanya-Kpong Road

The long-awaited 11-kilometre Somanya-Kpong Road in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region is undergoing construction by Generals Construction Limited. The 11-kilometre Somanya-Kpong road...

Bright SHS receives high commendation for Academic Excellence during graduation

Bright Senior High School, a private educational institution in the Eastern Region, has received high commendation from key education stakeholders for its outstanding academic...

CETAG holds emergency meeting as prolonged strike enters sixth week

The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) is in an emergency meeting over their prolonged industrial action. On June 14, teachers in the...

How Ibrahim Mahama was received at the Liberia Airport [Video]

Over the weekend, renowned entrepreneur and philanthropist Ibrahim Mahama donated 20 Police vehicles and three 1,200 KVA electricity generators to Liberia Airport Authority. This contribution...

Why keep laws protecting illegality? – Otumfuo quizzes British government on looted artefacts

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has reinforced calls for the British to return looted artefacts to its original owners. According to him, it is also...

Ablakwa heads to OSP over Ofori-Atta’s $34.9m ‘shady’ ambulance spare parts deal

North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has served notice he will be petitioning the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) today, Monday,...

Don’t sabotage Free SHS – Okyenhene tells matrons and teachers

Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin has condemned persons working against the government’s flagship programme, the Free Senior High School policy. Known in private life as...

Volta Region FDA office to mark 20 years anniversary

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) until 2012, performed its duties of regulating activities of manufacturers and retailers across the country in two zones,...

Koku Anyidoho celebrates late Mills’ birthday at Asomdwe Park [Video]

Former Head of Communications at the Presidency has celebrated the 80th birthday of late former President John Evans Atta Mills in a special way. Samuel...

Akufo-Addo to commission 320 new homes for Police Service

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is set to inaugurate a 320-unit housing project for the Ghana Police Service. The commissioning will take place on Tuesday,...

Abu Jinapor refutes allegations of interference in Gonja chieftaincy affairs

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources and Member of Parliament for Damongo, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has firmly denied involvement in Gonja chieftaincy matters. This...

Concerned Drivers Association suspends 15% transport fare hike

The Concerned Drivers Association of Ghana has suspended a planned 15% increase in transport fares, set to take effect on Monday, July 22, 2024. The...

Abu Jinapor banned from Gonjaland [Video]

The Minister for Lands and National Resources, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor has been banned from entering all palaces within the Gonja kingdom. Paramount chief of the...

Seven firefighters injured in road crash at Kade

A fire tender from the Kade Fire Station (FS 438) was involved in an accident at Otwenkwanta, on the outskirts of Kade in the...

Fire Service rescues 15 accident victims on Cape Coast-Accra highway

Personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service have rescued 15 victims of an accident that occurred on the Cape Coast-Accra highway near the Childcare...