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Multiple feared dead as chieftaincy dispute in Tuobodom escalates

Tension is escalating in Tuobodom, located in the Techiman North municipality of the Bono East Region, due to a chieftaincy dispute between two rival...

Wa Killings: Watch committee has been formed to patrol alongside security – MCE

The Municipal Chief Executive for Wa in the Upper West Region, Tahiru Issahaku Moomin, has expressed shock over the gruesome murders in the area. He...

Lady, 26, found hanging dead over alleged heartbreak

A 26-year-old lady identified as Abigail Nana Ama Fosua has been found hanging dead in her room at Gentlemen Road, a suburb of Samreboi...

Minister inspects Odawna market project, sets deadline for completion

The Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah has inspected ongoing market projects at the Odawna market in the...

I lived under revolution; democracy is a better option – Kweku Paintsil

Private legal practitioner, Kweku Paintsil says that it is better to have freedom in a democracy than to be restricted under a military regime. He...

Poor planning cause of Accra traffic congestion – Civil Engineer

Civil Engineer, Abdulai Mahama believes that the Department of Urban Roads and the Ghana Highways Authority may have lacked proper plans in the past...

Richard Jakpa was dismissed over persistent offences and misconduct – GAF

The Military High Command has confirmed that the 3rd accused in the ongoing ambulance trial, Richard Jakpa, was dismissed from the Ghana Armed Forces...

Gabby Nketiah, ex-senior Aide to former President Kufuor dead

Nana Ambassador Dr Gabriel Nsiah Nketiah, (Gabby Nketiah) a former senior special aide to former President John Agyekum Kufuor has passed on. According to Mr...

2024 proposed precautionary spillage would cause minimal damage – VRA insists

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has indicated that the proposed precautionary spillage of water from the Akosombo Dam would cause minimal damage in communities...

9 in 10 Ghanaians believe that country is going in the wrong direction – Afrobarometer

Latest democracy risk report by Afrobarometer has indicated that 87% representing (almost) 9 in every 10 Ghanaians believe the country is heading in the...

Local Gov’t Minister expresses disappointment over subpar work at Mallam market

The Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah, expressed visible disappointment during a working visit to the Mallam market. The...

Supreme Court strikes out Ken Kuranchie’s suit against OSP

The Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Kenneth Kwabena Agyei Kuranchie, Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Searchlight Newspaper, challenging the constitutionality of the...

Ghana has been safe in your hands – 2nd Deputy Speaker to IGP

The 2nd Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Andrew Asiamah Amoako, has praised the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, for his innovative and...

African youth voices underrepresented in policy decisions – Afrobarometer

Voices of African youth are not fully represented in the policy-making process, according to the latest report released by Afrobarometer. The report, titled “African Insights...

The People’s Forum: Residents of Adenta Bawaleshie decry poor roads and security

Residents of Adenta Bawaleshie in the Adenta Municipal District of the Greater Accra Region, have voiced their grievances on the severe challenges they face...

Premix fuel supply resumes in Buipe

Boat operators at Buipe in the Central Gonja district of the Savannah region have returned to work following the supply of premix fuel. This was...

New Secondary Education Curriculum will prepare students for the 4th industrial revolution – NaCCA

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has asserted that the proposed Secondary Education Curriculum has been designed to help Ghana benefit from...

6-year-old boy dies after falling into abandoned pit at school [Listen]

A six-year-old child of New Legon AdMA Model Primary School has died after falling into an abandoned pit full of water around the school...

Ashanti region: Mason killed as building collapses in Sewua

A mason in his early forties, identified as Kwaku Gyemfi, has died after a two-story building he was working on collapsed on him at...

Two dead in separate accidents on Bogoso-Tarkwa road [Photos]

Two people have died in two separate accidents on the Bogoso-Tarkwa road. This was after the cars crashed into a timber truck, which had been...

Man arrested for alleged murder of cattle herder in North Tongu

Community members in the North Tongu district of the Volta Region apprehended a suspect linked to the murder of a livestock herder in Alabota...

JHS student dies during Wulensi Fire Festival

A Junior High School (JHS) student has reportedly died during the Wulensi Fire Festival in the Nunumba South District of the Northern Region. The deceased,...

Let’s remain steadfast in collaboration, inclusivity in digital age – Major General Addo Gyane

Commandant of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Major General Richard Addo Gyane, has called on Ghanaians to be steadfast and committed...

Ghana Police Service congratulates COP Yohuno on promotion to Deputy IGP

The Ghana Police Service has congratulated COP Christian Tetteh Yohuno on his promotion to the rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Police. President Akufo-Addo on July...

Afia Akoto sues A Plus

A Campaign Team member of the governing New Patriotic Party, NPP, Alberta Maame Afia Akoto has sued musician politician, Kwame Asare Obeng popularly known...

Keep protecting Ghana’s democratic gains – Bawumia urges Police

The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has called on the Ghana Police Service to ensure a violence-free election in...

Large number of fishes, water bodies contaminated with mercury – EPA

Research has shown that large number of fishes and water bodies in the country have been contaminated with mercury due to the use of...

Bawumia commissions ultra-modern police shop [Photos]

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has commissioned the Ghana Police Shop at the National Police Headquarters on Wednesday, 17th July 2024. At the ceremony held...

Truck fails brakes, somersaults into ditch at Agogo

A loaded Sinotruck Howo truck was involved in a near-fatal accident at Agogo in the Ashanti Region after it experienced brake failure and reversed...

WAEC appoints Rosemond Wilson as its new head

The Ghana National Office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has appointed Dr. Rosemond Wilson as the new head. She takes over from Mrs....

Land guards lock Gomoa Assin traditional council, assault residents

Residents of the Gomoa Assin Traditional Council are living in fear after land guards locked the palace, assaulted residents, and prevented the Queen Mother...

LEAP: Over GH¢480K paid to deceased, unqualified beneficiaries – Report

The Auditor General's report revealed that the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Management Secretariat disbursed cash grants totalling GH¢84,480 to 44 beneficiaries who had...

Prof. Frimpong Oppong and Bernasko Essah nominated as Supreme Court judges

The Judicial Council has given approval for the nomination of Professor Richard Frimpong Oppong, a legal academic and fellow of the Ghana Academy of...

COP Yohuno is qualified but… – Bonaa on Deputy IGP appointment [Listen]

Security analyst, Adam Bonaa is not enthused about the timing of the appointment of a new Deputy Inspector General of Police. According to him, the...

Police refute claims of ongoing recruitment

The Ghana Police Service has reacted to claims by Member of Parliament for Wa West, Peter Toobu that, there is an ongoing recruitment exercise...

Bulgarian government to be compensated GH₵5.3m over Embassy demolition – Ablakwa reveals

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has alleged that the government is to compensate the Bulgarian government with an amount of...

Adom News gets results: Krachi West, Nchumuru, and Nkwanta North Districts to get 20 megawatt solar plant

Residents of Krachi West Municipality, Krachi Nchumuru, Nkwanta North, and other adjoining districts in the Oti Region are set to receive a 20-megawatt Solar...

Mad rush for diesel after tanker accident at Konongo Habitats [Photos]

Several residents in Konongo Habitats and adjoining communities risked their lives to fetch fuel gushing out of a crashed tanker. The tanker, which was carrying...

Akufo-Addo commends YEA for addressing unemployment

The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has praised the management and board of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) for their significant efforts...

Akufo-Addo appoints COP Yohuno as Deputy IGP in charge of Operations

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Commissioner of Police (COP) Christian Tetteh Yohuno as the new Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of...