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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...

Shock as CCTV captures lady stealing in a hospital [Video]

In a rather shocking incident, a middle aged woman has been caught on CCTV stealing in a hospital. The exact location of the hospital remains...

WASSCE malpractice on the rise – Study reveals

A recent study has revealed a worrying trend of rising examination malpractice in the country. The study, which covered the period between 2021 and 2023,...

UCC honours EOCO boss

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) recently honoured COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah (Mrs), Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO),...

Kenya protests: We can’t fight fire with fire – Former Ghanaian community leader [Listen]

Former Chairman of the Ghanaian community in Kenya, Francis Gyerakor has reacted to the recent protests in Kenya against a controversial finance bill proposing...

Deputy Finance Minister engages Road Minister to discuss critical roads in Juaboso District

The Deputy Finance Minister and NPP Parliamentary candidate for the Juaboso Constituency in the Western North Region, Dr Alex Ampabeng has engaged in discussions...

Kenya protests: The inside story [Listen]

Kenyan journalist, Kennedy Odiambo has recounted how the protests in Kenya against the controversial finance bill proposing new tax hikes started. Speaking in an interview...

Wassa Grumisa leaders invoke curses over illegal exhumation of over 10 corpses

Chiefs and Elders of Wassa Grumisa in the Wassa-Amenfi East district of the Western Region have invoked curses on persons responsible for the exhumation...

Stop attacking soldiers, other security officers – Kan-Dapaah to Ghanaians

National Security Minister Albert Kan-Dapaah has urged Ghanaians to cease attacking members of the nation’s security services. Addressing a gathering of traditional leaders in the...

Kanton SHS teacher arrested for poaching at Mole National Park

A notorious poacher, who traveled over 100 kilometers from Tumu in the Upper West Region to Mole National Park in the Savannah Region, has...

Asato queen invites investors to utilize the area’s rich resources

The queen of the Asato Traditional Council in the Kadjebi-Akan district of the Oti Region, Nana Serwaa Bonsu has called on investors to take...

Ghana High Commission in Kenya issues travel alert

Ghana’s High Commissioner to Kenya, Damptey Bediako Asare, is advising Ghanaians to be cautious about travelling to Kenya due to escalating protests in the...

University of Ghana: Lecturer, students busted over bed, room allocation scandal

Two students and a lecturer accused of collecting GH₵106,800 under the pretext of providing beds and rooms to students at the Dr Hilla Liman...

We are being forgiven again, what legacy are we leaving? – Seth Terkper asks

The former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has questioned the legacy Ghana is leaving following news that Eurobond holders will forego about $4.7 billion owed...

Ghanaian MPs, clerk caught up in Kenya protests but High Commission assures safety [Video]

Some Ghanaian members of Parliament were caught up in the ongoing demonstrations in Kenya. The legislators, mostly from the Local Government Committee, were in the...

We don’t need L.I. to regulate price – Cement manufacturers tell K.T. Hammond

The Executive Secretary of the Cement Manufacturers Association of Ghana (CMAG) is taken aback by the move by the Trade Ministry to introduce a...

NSMQ2024: Walewale SHTS resurfaces at national championship stage

Walewale Senior High/Technical School is re-emerging on the national stage of the National Science and Maths Quiz after winning their regional qualifiers against their...

Richard Sky’s challenge to anti-gay bill set for this date

The Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing for July 3, 2024, to address the case brought by private legal practitioner Richard Dela Sky against...

Missing corpse found after two-month search in Ashaiman

A corpse that went missing from the Ashaiman Trinity Hospital morgue over two months ago has been found. The body was reported missing on Friday,...

Techiman Krobo gets new market

Techiman Krobo in the Techiman North District of the Bono East Region has got a new market, constructed by the Member of Parliament for...

MP offers GH¢100K bounty for information on Wa killings

The Member of Parliament for Wa Central, Dr. Rashid Pelpuo, has announced a GH¢100,000 bounty for anyone who provides information for the arrest of...

Krachi West MP hands over two unit classroom block to Dadekro basic school

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Krachi West constituency, Helen Adwoa Ntoso, has handed over a two-unit classroom facility to Dadekro M/A Kindergarten in...

KT Hammond demands ‘Alhaji’ title after completing Hajj pilgrimage

Minister for Trade and Industry, Kobina Tahir Hammond is calling for formal recognition of his new title after completing the Hajj pilgrimage. The legislator insists...

Combined Kejetia Traders Association call for removal of market head

The Combined Kejetia Traders Association has called for the immediate removal of the Managing Director of the Kumasi City Markets Limited, managers of the...

Bridge linking Tinguri and Gbani raises disaster concerns

A bridge linking Tinguri and Gbani communities on the Walewale-Nalerigu Road, damaged by rains, is still in a hazardous state. The bridge has not been...

Odaw basin: Gov’t breaks ground for Nima-Paloma storm drain project

To bring relief to communities along the Odaw River basin, the Ministry of Works and Housing has launched the Nima-Paloma Storm Drain construction project. The...

Man’s testicles swollen after sex in bush at Gomoa Dawurampong [Audio]

A 37-year-old man, Kwabena Ebo is battling for his life and crying for help over his swollen testicles after having sex in a bush...

Akufo-Addo sends important message to new Envoys

In a ceremony held at the Jubilee House, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo presented credentials to nine newly appointed diplomats, urging them to actively...

La Traditional Council launches 2024 Homowo festival

The La Traditional Council has today launched the 2024 Homowo festival, emphasizing the occasion as a means to promote peace and development. An elaborate plan...

Paramount Queen calls on Interior Ministry to revoke curfew on Alavanyo, Nkonya

Mamaga Ametor III, the Paramount Queen of Alavanyo, has urged the Interior Ministry to revoke the curfew imposed on the Alavanyo and Nkonya townships. On...

Closed Season: The sea needs rest, time to recover depleted stock – Hawa Koomson

Fishers along the coast of Ghana, including inshore fishers have been urged to take the sea as a human being that must be protected...

Nima-Paloma storm drain to be covered – GARID

In a major boost to flood resilience and waste management in the Odaw River basin, the Ghana Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) program has...

How to successfully secure a U.S Visa [Listen]

The American Consul General in Ghana, Elliot Fertik, has explained how easy and flexible the process and requirement for a visa application could be...

Why withdraw service – KATH management to striking doctors

The management of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi has described the decision by some doctors at the Oncology department of the...

Beige Bank Trial: CEO approved GH₵28m to refurbish 71 offices – Witness

A former Project Supervisor at the collapsed Beige Bank, Obeng Gyasi Appiah-Kubi, says GH₵28 million was approved by Michael Nyinaku, former Chief Executive Officer...

Illegal miners resume operations along Accra-Kumasi highway

An unidentified group of illegal miners, who had previously operated in Osino within the Fanteakwa South District, have resumed their mining activities along the...