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Bank of Ghana increases maximum advance payment for imports to $200,000

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has announced an amendment to the rules governing Advance Payments for imports, increasing the maximum amount permitted from $50,000...

Stakeholders call for strengthening of child restraint laws to reduce road crashes

Children are dying in road crashes, and most of these deaths could have been avoided if child restraint systems were in place. Child restraint systems...

Cement manufacturers called my bluff over pricing concerns – Trade Minister

Trade Minister Kobina Tahir Hammond revealed that the Cement Manufacturers Association of Ghana (CMAG) dismissed his directive regarding cement pricing. In an interview with Evans...

Standoff as NPP supporters besiege Walewale police station over election dispute

Tonight, there is a stand-off at the Walewale Police Station in the Mamprusi West Municipality of the North East Region. This was after dozens of...

Asantehene joins calls for retooling of KATH after doctors at Oncology Unit calls off strike

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has joined the call for the retooling of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). This follows a protest by...

Cape Coast Teaching Hospital resumes haemodialysis services

The Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) has resumed haemodialysis services following a temporary suspension announced on June 14, 2024. The suspension was due to quality...

Ghanaian pilot recounts why he cried the first time he manned a plane

Emirates-celebrated Ghanaian pilot, Solomon Quainoo has recounted how he broke down in tears the first time he flew a plane. This according to him was...

New report highlights pathways to sustainable jobs in Ghana

The latest Ghana Human Development Report 2023 (GNHDR) reveals that Ghana's workforce is grappling with meaningful employment opportunities. Despite high economic growth over the past...

Family suspects foul play in death of 18-year-old while in Police custody

The family of 18-year-old Jagiri Mborilen suspects foul play in his death while in Police custody in Chamba, within the Nanumba North Municipality of...

Kenya protest: MP scolds Ghana High Commissioner [Audio]

Member of Parliament (MP) for Bortianor-Ngleshie Amanfro constituency, Sylvester Tetteh, who was caught up in the deadly protest in Kenya has expressed disappointment in...

Cheddar presents sheep, kente to Ga Mantse [Photos]

The founder and leader of the New Force, Nana Kwame Bediako, popularly known as Cheddar, has presented two sheep and 50 kente garments to...

NSMQ 2024: Adisco defeats Augusco, Mfantsiman Girls and two others to qualify for C/R Championship

The Santa Clausians of Adisadel College are on the road to lifting a third Central Regional Championship trophy after winning the first contest of...

We’ll stop picketing when… – Bondholders forum

For the fourth consecutive week, the locked-up investment bondholders’ forum has picketed the Finance Ministry, demanding the release of their funds. Despite their persistent requests,...

One dead, 15 in critical condition after accident at Danteng [Video]

https://youtu.be/eqZ8zCUz0SE A yet-to-be-identified passenger has died on the spot while 15 others have sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident at Danteng near Nkawkaw...

MP who was caught up in Kenya protest breaks silence [Listen]

Member of Parliament (MP) for Bortianor-Ngleshie Amanfro constituency, Sylvester Tetteh, who was caught up in the deadly protest in Kenya has assured of his...

Doctors at KATH Oncology Department suspend strike

Patients at the Oncology Department of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) can now heave a sigh of relief. This is because the doctors at...

Power restored in Bunsu town after ECG transformer theft

Power has been restored to Bunsu town in the Eastern Region after the transformer belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) was stolen. The...

One reported dead, others injured in accident on Accra-Kumasi Highway

One person has been reported dead with others injured in an accident that occurred on the Accra-Kumasi Highway on Tuesday. Accra-based UTV reported that, the...

We didn’t need Akufo-Addo’s permission to seek strategic investor – SSNIT Board chair, Elizabeth Ohene

The Board Chair of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Elizabeth Ohene, has clarified that neither the President nor the government was...

Attorney General takes over Hopeson Adorye’s case

The Duplicate Case Docket on the case of Hopeson Adorye has been sent to the Office of the Attorney General for advice, Prosecution Chief...

50% of Ghanaian doctors now working abroad – Report

The latest Ghana Human Development Report has shed light on the ongoing exodus of healthcare professionals from Ghana. Titled 'The Future Value of Work in Ghana,"...

Journalists urged to champion malaria elimination campaign for Ghana’s 2030 goal

Dr. Franklyn Asiedu-Bekoe of the Public Health Division of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has emphasised the indispensable role of journalists in the nation’s...

Gov’t is not completing hospital projects in Ashanti for political gains – Dr Okoe Boye

The Health Minister, Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, has dismissed assertions that the government is eager to complete hospital projects in the Ashanti Region for...

Asante Akyem Central MCE donates 500 dual desks to schools in his constituency

The Municipal Chief Executive Officer for Asante Akyem Central, Robert Yaw Kwakye, has lifted the mood at schools in his constituency with the donation...

Traditional leaders demand compensation for persons affected by Kasoa-Winneba road project

The Awutu and Budumburam Traditional Councils in the Central Region have raised issues regarding the lack of compensation for residents whose homes were demolished...

Selection of Rock City for SSNIT hotels was clean – Elizabeth Ohene

The Board Chair of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Elizabeth Ohene, has unequivocally defended the integrity of the process that resulted...

Saglemi Housing: Take the case from court if… – Judge tells AG

State Prosecutors from the Office of the Attorney General in the ongoing trial of Alhaji Collins Dauda, a former Minister of Water Resources, Works...

Man assaulted for stealing co-worker’s phone on first day at work

Workers at a construction site in Sefwi-Bodi took swift and aggressive action against a new colleague who stole a co-worker's mobile phone on his...

Tension as over 2000 artisans face eviction at Kpone [Photos+Video]

Over 2000 artisans at Kpone Barrier in the Greater Accra region are facing eviction. This is because the land they have been operating on has...

SSNIT drags railways MD to court

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) office in Takoradi has dragged the Ghana Railways Corporation (GRC) and its Managing Director, Michael Adjei...

Manager convicted for assaulting worker over GH¢90 shortage

The operations manager of Multi Credit Savings and Loans Ltd, Nkawkaw branch, Ayivor Elikplim, has been convicted by the Nkawkaw Magistrate Court, presided over...

Clearing of locked-up medical supplies to take two more weeks

After weeks of delays at the port, transporting locked-up medical supplies to warehouses will take two more weeks due to logistical challenges. Moreover, the Food...

NSMQ2024: 21 schools square up in Northern Zonal Championship

Tamale Islamic Science Senior High School hopes to defend their Zonal championship trophy as it joins twenty others in the GOIL Plc Zonal Championship...

Decomposing body of missing woman, 45, found in a farm

A 45-year-old woman, Nana Obiri, has been found dead on a cocoa farm at Assin Dominase in the Assin South District of the Central...

High school students in Kusaug Traditional Area say no to drugs

High school students in the Kusaug Traditional Area of the Upper East region have vowed to take a stand against drug abuse among their...

Rev. Kusi Boateng suffers 3rd defeat against Ablakwa as Court of Appeal throws him out

The Court of Appeal has thrown out an application filed by Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng, a member of the board of Trustees of the...

FADOS defends Sefwi Wiawso Traditional Council over controversial donation to KATH

The Forum for Accountability and Development of Sefwi (FADOS) has issued a statement defending the recent donation made by the Paramount Chief of the...

Collapsed Boinso bridge: Regional Minister visits scene, assures immediate reconstruction

The Western North Regional Minister, Joojo Rocky Obeng, along with his team, visited the site of the collapsed Boinso bridge to assess the damage...

GNMTA demands immediate payment of overdue allowances for trainee nurses and midwives

The Ghana Nurse-Midwife Trainees’ Association (GNMTA) has expressed concerns over the delay in the disbursement of allowances to trainee nurses and midwives. Despite the government’s...

Kwaku Sea peasant farmers protest against galamsey activities

Peasants and cocoa farmers in Kwaku Sea, a farming community in the West Akyem Municipality of the Eastern Region, have staged a protest over...