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Suspect who stabbed Hawa Koomson’s son assaulted, handed over to Police

The suspect who allegedly stabbed Ato Koomson, son of Awutu Senya East MP and Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Mavis Hawa Koomson, has been...

Anyaa Sowutuom MP hands over new classroom block to Odorgonno SHS

Member of Parliament for Anyaa Sowutuom, Dr. Dickson Adomako Kissi has officially commissioned and handed over a new 6-unit classroom block with a 10-seater...

Ghana secures US$103m AfDB grant to grow SMEs

Ghana has secured a US$103 million need-based funding from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), with a focus...

Photos from Adom FM/ Asempa FM UCL 2024

The 2024 edition of the Adom FM and Asempa FM UEFA Champions League final ended spectacularly on Saturday, June 1, 2024, at T- Havana...

Schools in Kpando receive free sanitary pads to commemorate menstrual hygiene day

To address the menstrual challenges in schools, the Kpando Young Ladies Association has supported over six schools in the Municipality with hundreds of sanitary...

Court documents reveal Freddie Blay’s son involved in purchase of Labadi Beach Hotel’s beachfront

Explosive court documents I have obtained and currently analysing reveal that top politically exposed persons associated with the ruling NPP have long had a...

Pwalugu dam: ‘Belated’ GIDA explanation for $12m spent is contrived – Sammy Gyamfi

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has accused the Ghana Irrigation Development Authority (GIDA) of providing what he...

Ellembelle: Cocoa farmers demonstrate at “galamsey” site

Concerned Cocoa Farmers in the Ellembelle District on Saturday, June 1, stormed an illegal mining site at Sendu to express their frustration and opposition...

Plan International Ghana commissions projects for Koensim community

Plan International Ghana has commissioned and handed over a water and gender-girl-friendly institutional latrine for the Koensim community in the Jasikan Municipality of the...

Dambai river bridge construction: Oti Regional House of Chiefs sends important message to govt

The Oti Regional House of Chiefs has reminded the government of the need to construct a bridge over the Dambai river. The President, Nana Mprah...

Mad rush for diesel after tanker accident on Kumasi-Accra highway

Several residents in Ohene Nkwanta and adjoining communities on Saturday morning risked their lives to fetch fuel gushing out of a crashed tanker. The accident...

PURC announces tariff increment

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission(PURC) has announced an upward review of electricity, water and gas tariffs. The increment which forms part of PURC's second quarterly...

Deputy Energy Ministers embark on familiarisation tour

Deputy Energy Ministers, Collins Adomako-Mensah and John Kobina Abbam Aboah Sanie have embarked on a series of familiarisation tours of various agencies under the...

One dead, 2 injured in gory accident on Kumasi-Accra Highway

One person has died on the spot with two injured in an accident at Ohene Nkwanta near Odumasi in the Asante Akyem Central Municipality...

Suame Interchange project: Scrap dealers allegedly stab security man to death

Scrap dealers have allegedly stabbed a security man with Rango Construction Company Limited, the contractor working on the Suame Interchange in the Ashanti Region...

Return to your roots and support development – Okyenhene to indigenes

Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin is urging the privileged in society to come back to their roots and support the development of their community. Speaking...

Ambulance case: Jakpa’s outburst in court irrelevant to case – Lawyer

Private legal practitioner, Kweku Paintsil does not think the outburst of the third accused in the controversial ambulance trial has any bearing on the...

A-G asks court to throw out Jakpa’s application to discontinue criminal prosecution

Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has asked the High Court in Accra to dismiss an application filed by Richard Jakpa, third...

Mason jailed for abduction, defilement

A Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced a 24-year-old mason, who abducted and defiled a 14-year-old girl, to 16 years imprisonment with hard labour. Francis Blay,...

Ghana needs structural transformation – Dr Twumasi Baffour

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics at the University of Ghana, Dr. Priscilla Twumasi Baffour, has emphasized the urgent need for structural change...

U/E: SHS students advocate for changing rooms, tax removal on pads

Senior high school students in the Upper East Region have called for the provision of changing rooms in schools and the removal of taxes...

One week observation announced for man whose car fell into Abattoir bridge

The one-week observation for Emmanuel Noel Asare Adams, who tragically drowned after his vehicle fell from the Abattoir bridge on the Accra-Tema motorway, is...

Ga Manste leads charge in massive Homowo clean-up drive to revitalize Accra

The Ga State is set to in collaboration with the government (Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural...

Krachiwura appeals for Technical University in Oti region

The Krachiwura, Nana Mprah Besemuna, has appealed to the Vice President and New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to establish a Technical...

ECG pledges to strengthen network resilience against severe weather challenges

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced its commitment to improving and maintaining a strong power distribution network to minimize the impact of...

Police seek AG’s advice on slain soldier in Kasoa land dispute

The Ghana Police Service says it has forwarded a duplicate docket on Nana Barima Ababio, aka Benlord Ababio, a self-acclaimed traditional ruler who allegedly...

Two remanded over car theft

Two persons accused of using forged documents to rent a car and were in the process of selling it have been remanded by the...

Parents can be sued for child neglect but… – Lawyer

A private legal practitioner, Professor Yaw Anokye Frimpong has said people who suffered neglect during their childhood can sue their parents. However, they must do...

Christian Service University receives presidential charter

After several years of dedicated hard work and significant achievements, Christian Service University College, CSUC, a private institution, in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi,...

Man who inflicted cutlass wounds on pregnant wife remanded

A Dambai Magistrate Court has remanded into prison, Ibrahim Anas, who inflicted multiple cutlass wounds on his pregnant wife. Anas, a 42-year-old, would next appear...

Ghosts do exist – Spiritualist says as he details how they operate

A renowned Ghanaian spiritualist, Nana Abosom Akutre has asserted that ghosts do exist. He explained that, there are good and bad ghosts. Nana Akutre explained that,...

GRIDCo explains ‘dumsor’ in parts of Eastern region

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) says the power outage experienced by residents in Akwatia and some parts of the Eastern region resulted from...

Freemasons in Liberia bestow Most Worshipful Grand Patron title on Asantehene

Freemasons in Liberia have conferred upon Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the esteemed title of Most Worshipful Grand Patron of the Grand Lodge of...

Climate Change: Medical experts warn of looming health emergencies

The Emergency Medicine Society of Ghana is warning of first-hand repercussions of climate change on health systems and communities in Ghana. They say rising temperatures...

Ada Traditional Council launches 2024 Asafotufiami festival

The Ada Traditional Council in collaboration with the Asafotu Planning Committee, has launched this year’s Ada Asafotufiami Festival to pave the way for its...

Vitus Azeem poses tough question on 5G contract to week-old firm

Anti-Corruption Campaigner, Vitus Azeem, has criticised the government's move to award the 5G network rollout contract to NextGen InfraCo, which was just a week...

Gifty Afenyi-Dadzie, 181 new lawyers called to the Bar

The General Legal Council has called to the bar 182 new lawyers including veteran journalist and former president of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA),...

Farmer, 80 stoned to death for allegedly chasing another man’s girlfriend

An 80-year-old farmer, Kwesi Arhin has been stoned to death on suspicion of having an affair with another man's girlfriend at Assin Otabilkrom of...

Firefighters rescue victim trapped in mangled vehicle after accident involving 6 cars

Personnel from the Kejetia Fire Post on Wednesday swiftly responded to a multi-vehicle accident at the Airport Roundabout near Water Works in Kumasi of...

Sign language strengthens our bond — Mother, hearing impaired son

At the age of three years, Michael Gyamfi Sekyere lost his hearing and speech from complications of measles. The path of his life and that...