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Minerals Commission reacts to Kakum Park mining permit

The Minerals Commission has dismissed reports of granting permit to High Street Ghana Limited to mine within the Kakum Park in the Central region....

3 Cement factories shut down

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has shut down the operations of three cement manufacturing companies due to the use of inferior materials in their...

What to do during an earthquake, earth tremor

The Ghana Geological Survey Authority (GGSA) has outlined some precautionary measures citizens can take during earthquakes and tremors. Though brief but concise, it...

Inequality breeds poverty and threatens peace – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged global leaders help ensure that the progress of the Western countries does not occur at the perpetual expense...

Akufo-Addo to host leaders at reparation conference

President Nana Akufo-Addo will host the Accra Reparations Conference from Tuesday November 14th to Friday, 17th, 2023. The four-day event is themed Building a...

Law firm clerk granted bail over alleged tractor fraud 

A 43-year-old law firm clerk, who allegedly abetted with a businessman to defraud a farmer of his GH₵150,000.00, has been granted bail by an...

Businessman remanded over assault on ECG staff

A businessman, who allegedly assaulted a staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) over meter, has been remanded into Police custody by an...

Chief Justice declares Monday to Friday ADR week in Ghana

The Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, has officially declared Monday, November 13, to Friday, November 17, 2023, as Alternative Dispute Resolution...

Ghana should institute leadership lectures in memory of Rawlings – Agumenu

National Democratic Congress (NDC) must take deliberate steps to promote the ideals and values Rawlings stood for As Ghana commemorates the third anniversary of the...

JJ Rawlings Foundation, family commemorate three years of passing

The JJ Rawlings Foundation and the family Sunday commemorated three years of the passing of former President Jerry John Rawlings, describing his loss as a...

Ghana to host Global Media Fund headquarters

Ghana has successfully secured the hosting rights for the Africa Regional Headquarters of the International Fund for Public Interest Media (IFPIM).  This marks a significant...

Geological Authority reacts after another earth tremor hits Accra

The Ghana Geological Survey Authority (GGSA) has confirmed the earth tremor felt in parts of Accra on Sunday, November 12. GGSA in a statement...

Four dead, 12 injured in gory accident at Akyem Koforidua

Four people have been reported dead with 12 others seriously injured in an accident at Akyem Koforidua in the Manso Akroso District of the...

Government taking steps to end attacks on journalists – Oppong Nkrumah

The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has revealed that the government has established a comprehensive mechanism aimed at addressing the increasing cases of attacks...

Two shot dead, others injured after miners clash with Forestry officers

Two persons have been reportedly shot dead while two others have sustained injuries following an alleged clash between forestry officers and miners at Mfante...

IMF transaction is not a solution to our problems – Oppong Nkrumah

https://youtu.be/cn1tbbdvzS0 The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has clarified that the fundamental problems of Ghana’s economy are not expected to be addressed as a...

Police dispatch rider injured in head-on collision [Photos]

A police dispatch rider was reportedly rushed to the hospital following a head-on collision with a salon car on the Anloga Junction stretch of...

Koku Anyidoho graduates with a degree in Theology [Photos]

The Founder and President of the Atta Mills Institute, Samuel Koku Anyidoho on Saturday graduated with a Master of Arts degree in Ministry at...

Late Courage Quashigah’s wife passes on

Wife of late Major Courage E. K Quashigah (Rtd), a former Minister in the erstwhile Kufuor administration has passed on. Madam Gertrude Quashigah died on...

‘Sakawa’ Boy commits suicide, shrine discovered in his room

The Effiduase District Police Command in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital has discovered a shrine in one of the rooms of an alleged fraud...

Akosombo Dam spillage: Teaching resumes in 81 out of 108 schools – GES

The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that teaching and learning has resumed in 81 out of 108 schools affected by...

Earth tremor hits parts of Accra again

Some parts of Accra experienced moderate form of Earth Tremor Sunday morning, November 12, 2023, at about 7:18am. Residents of areas such as Gbawe, Nsakina,...

2 dead, 4 injured in alleged raid by security taskforce on mining site in Tepa  

Two brothers have reportedly died after a team of security officers allegedly launched a gun attack on a community mining site at Tepa in...

Asantehene spearheads $10m fundraising to address deteriorating KATH

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has expressed deep concern about the deteriorating condition of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital buildings. The infrastructure shortfall at...

60-year-old farmer allegedly kills 15-year-old Fulani boy

A 60-year-old farmer has allegedly taken the life of a 15-year-old Fulani boy in Tinsonyiri community near Tuna, Sawla district, Savannah region. The victim, Ibrahim...

Assault on journalists: This isn’t your ‘chooboi’ moment, fix the problem – Lecturer to Information Minister

Associate Professor at Ashesi University, Maame Mensa-Bonsu is unenthused by the assertions of the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, for action to curb the...

Three suspected Ghanaians arrested in US with over 100 illegal guns

Three men with alleged ties to Ghana have been arrested in New York City with over 100 illegal guns. Ahmed “Taju” Mutalib, Abdul Haruna, and Murtala Haruna,...

Vacant Offinso stool: Asantehene warns kingmakers to do the right things or risk being destooled [Watch]

Still on the vacant Offinso stool, the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has vehemently expressed his disapproval about how the elders and kingmakers of...

Electricity supply to be affected anytime soon – Energy Minister

The Minister for Energy, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh has raised concerns about an imminent impact on electricity supply due to a shortage of gas...

Abesim murder: Accused pleads not guilty to 2 counts of murder 

Richard Appiah, the draughtsman accused of killing two minors and keeping their bodies in a refrigerator at Abesim near Sunyani, has pleaded not guilty...

Ekosii Sen National Dialogue Series: Waste is wealth – KMA boss

The Metropolitan Chief Executive of Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Sam Pyne, has said waste is wealth, depending on how it is managed. Mr Pyne...

Okomfo Anokye cola tree: Suspect denies felling 300-year-old tree

A man suspected to have cut down the Okomfo Anokye historic tree has denied his involvement in felling the 300-year-old tree. The tree, planted centuries...

Ekosiisen National Dialogue Series: Kennedy Kankam calls for prosecution of sanitation offenders

The Municipal Chief Executive ( MCE) for Asokore Mampong, Kennedy Kankam, called for stringent enforcement on the prosecution of sanitation offenders in Ghana. Acknowledging...

Ekosii Sen National Dialogue Series: EPA to be transformed into an Authority

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Environment Protection Agency (EPA), Dr Henry Kokofu, has said the EPA Act is undergoing a review to...

Ekosiisen National Dialogue Series: Kumasi will reclaim Garden City status – Minister

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has said work is in progress to reclaim the lost glory of Kumasi, particularly the Garden City title....

Prof Gyampo reacts to appointment of new Supreme Court judges

Senior political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has expressed reservations about the appointment of three new judges to the...

Policeman, SHS student on motorbike crashed to death

A policeman and a Senior High School (SH) student have been killed in a tragic motor accident at Niifio, a community near Suhum in...

Akosombo dam spillage: Volta NDC condemn inaction of Gender Minister

The Volta Regional National Democratic Congress (NDC) has taken on the Gender Minister over her silence on the devastation caused by the Akosombo and...

2023 BECE: WAEC to invite candidates suspected of cheating

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is preparing to call candidates implicated in the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) to answer for their...

Agenda 111: Sefwi Bodi chief ‘fights’ contractor over shoddy work

The chief of Sefwi Bodi, Nana Kwasi Foli Ababio, has raised concerns about the quality of work being executed by the contractor in charge...