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GES interdicts West Africa SHS headmistress

The headmistress of West Africa Senior High School (WASS), Dr Mrs Shine Agatha Ofori, has been interdicted for an unauthorised collection of money from...

Abesim Murder: Footballer to stand trial at High Court

Richard Appiah, a footballer, who allegedly murdered two minors and kept their body parts in a refrigerator at Abesim in the Bono Region, has...

Death penalty mostly a weaponised tool for political vindictiveness – Francis-Xavier Sosu

Proponent of the bill seeking to repeal the death penalty, Francis-Xavier Sosu, says the death penalty is mostly weaponised for political vindictiveness, thus, its...

Man jailed for stealing 32-inch television

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced an unemployed man to nine months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing. Joshua Alarbi stole a-32-inch LG television set,...

Land guards brouhaha: Lands Ministry’s Chief Director makes u-turn

The Chief Director of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Professor Patrick Agbesinyale, has refuted claims that he had said that government engages...

Trade war: Asaki clashes with GUTA President for pampering govt

Executive Secretary of the Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana has launched a salvo at the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) for being...

Ahafo Regional Minister Commissions Goaso Integrated Recycling and Composting Plant

The Ahafo Regional Minister, Hon. George Boakye, has commissioned the Goaso Integrated Recycling and Composting Plant in Ahafo. Located at Akrodie in the Asunafo North...

Anti-LGBTQ bill: UCC researcher withdraws contempt suit against Bagbin

A researcher from the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Dr Amanda Odoi, has withdrawn her contempt application filed against Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin,...

High inflation pushed 850,000 Ghanaians into poverty in 2022 – World Bank report

A report released by the World Bank has revealed that high inflation rates in 2022 pushed an overwhelming 850,000 Ghanaians into poverty. The report indicated...

Parliament calls for concerted efforts to end child trafficking

Parliamentarians have called on state agencies to better collaborate to fight child trafficking and misrepresentations leading to falsehood. Members of Parliament spoke against the criminality...

Medical negligence: Group fights for parents who lost 10-day-old baby at KNUST hospital

Parents of the10-day-old baby who died at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Hospital in Kumasi during circumcision can heave a...

Ghanaians celebrate Azumah Nelson on 65th birthday on social media

Some Ghanaian social media users on Wednesday, July 19, celebrated former boxing legend Azumah Nelson on his 65th birthday. In a career spanning 28 years...

Asokore Mampong Assembly reacts to claims of hiring land guards to evict traders

The Asokore Mampong Municipal Assembly in the Ashanti Region has dismissed claims of hiring land guards to evict traders at Akwatia line. A clash...

We’ll publish unaccredited programmes run by universities – GTEC

The Deputy Director General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), Prof. Ahmed Abdulai Jinapor, has expressed concern about some public universities’ continuous running...

Taskforce clashes with tipper truck drivers at Gomoa; 2 injured

Two persons have been injured in a clash involving the Gomoa East Assembly Taskforce and a tipper driver at Gomoa Ojobi in the Central...

Dead bodies dumped at Nkwanta South Assembly office over GHS100 fuel money

Environmental Health Service Officers at Nkwanta South in the Oti Region have deposited six decomposing bodies at the Assembly office. These were unidentified decayed bodies...

Aisha Huang weeps in court

Illegal mining kingpin, En Huang, popularly known as Aisha Huang, on Tuesday broke down in tears before an Accra High Court while under cross-examination...

GNECC calls for nationwide sensitisation on LGBTQ+ bill before passage

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has called for a nationwide public sensitisation on the LGBTQ+ bill before it is passed into law. The...

Bawumia’s aide reacts to alleged Islamic group funding his campaign

The Campaign team of the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has dismissed reports ACF, an Islamic group in Nigeria, is funding his bid for...

Govt warned against secret removal of Lands Ministry Chief Director

Former Ablekuma MP, Theophilus Tetteh Chaie, has cautioned the government of any clandestine move to get rid of Lands Ministry's Chief Director, Prof Patrick...

2 injured as traders clash with suspected land guards in Kumasi

Two people have sustained injuries after traders clashed with a group of men suspected to be land guards at Akwatia Line in Kumasi. The traders,...

Joe Ghartey denies authorising $2m payment for Accra Sky train project

Former Minister of Railways Development and Presidential aspirant for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Joe Ghartey, has emphatically denied payment to AI Sky or...

Supreme Court throws out injunction against anti-gay bill

A nine-member Supreme Court panel presided over by Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo has dismissed a request that it halts Parliament’s consideration of the anti-gay...

Akufo-Addo’s comments on Gyakye Quayson trial didn’t influence daily hearing – Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal has, in a unanimous decision, ruled that alleged prejudicial comments made by President Akufo-Addo did not influence the decision of...

Reports of demise of former President John Agyekum Kufuor false – Aide

Former President John Kufuor is healthy and going about his normal activities. It follows stories gaining currency on social media that the former President has...

KNUST Hospital cited for alleged medical negligence as 10-day-old baby dies during circumcision

A 10-day-old baby has died at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Hospital in Kumasi in a suspected case of medical...

Inusah Fuseini speaks on son’s sentence in US

Former Tamale Central Member of Parliament (MP), Inusah Fuseni, has revealed it is a difficult time for him following the sentence of his son,...

Attorney General resigns as Secretary to National Cathedral’s Executive Council

A letter confirming the resignation of Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, as the Secretary to the executive council of the National...

Tenants enter house at Bortianor with ladder; social media reacts [Video]

A video of a house at New Bortianor in Accra where tenants enter the compound with the help of a ladder has emerged on...

Activities of landguards are criminal – Lawyer calls for swift action

Land law and human rights lawyer, Felix Ntorso, has condemned the activities of landguards, labelling them as criminal acts that warrant immediate action. Mr Ntorso...

Parliamentary boycott: You are more guilty – NDC MP tells Majority  

Member of Parliament (MP) for Lower Manya Krobo, Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi, has stated that the Majority Caucus has no moral right to criticise the...

Free SHS: Eduwatch scolds govt over debt owed uniforms and food suppliers

The Africa Education Watch says the continuous demand for arrears by the National Association of Institutional Suppliers and National Food Suppliers is a clear...

Beige Bank trial: Investigator gives interesting twist

It has emerged at the Financial and Economic Division of the High Court in Accra that the Investigator in the case in which the...

Notorious robbery gang leader arrested in Takoradi

Luck on Monday evening eluded a suspected notorious robber who had been terrorising Sekondi-Takoradi residents with his gang through phone snatching. The suspect, whose...

Businessman in trouble for allegedly stealing vehicle

The Accra Circuit Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a businessman, accused of stealing a Kia Rhino truck worth GH¢50,000. The...

UG, KNUST run unapproved courses – Authorities move to rectify anomaly

The 2021 Auditor General's Report has revealed that the University of Ghana, Legon, is running 371 unaccredited programmes, including 80 undergraduate courses. The unaccredited programmes...

Chief granted bail for fraudulent sale of land

The Chief of Aboabo Oyibi, Solomon Boye Borquaye, also known as Nii Aboabo, who was arrested for alleged fraudulent sale of land, has been...

Ghana, Portugal sign defence and economic pacts

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his Portuguese counterpart, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, have signed bilateral instruments of co-operation in the areas of defence,...

Herdsman shot dead; another injured in suspected armed robbery attack

Unknown gunmen, suspected to be armed robbers, have ambushed three herdsmen who were en route to Ejura Market from Kowiriso at Asante Akyem North....

Gomoa Mampong: Family denies witchcraft allegations; says accused woman is mentally ill and missing

The family of the woman accused of transforming from a bird into a human being at Gomoa Mampong in the Central Region, has strongly...