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Education Ministry sets up committee to probe mass licensure exam failure

The Education Ministry has set up a seven-member committee to investigate the poor performance of teachers who wrote the licensure examination. The committee is...

Opuni trial:  Aboagye Tandoh takes over as new judge

The trial of former Ghana Cocoa Board(COCOBOD) boss, Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni and two others who are standing trial for allegedly causing financial loss...

Mentally challenged man knocked down by car on Kwame Nkrumah interchange

A man, believed to be mentally ill, has been knocked down by a car on the Kwame Nkrumah interchange. The accident reportedly occurred at 7:00...

Police call on public to come for unidentified dead bodies in their possession

The Upper East Regional police have called on the general public, especially residents, to as a matter of urgency, collect some 27 unidentified bodies...

It is shameful, unethical – Ex-policeman on plot to oust IGP Dampare

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Wa West Constituency, Peter Lachene Toobu, has expressed his strong disapproval of the leaked tape that suggests the...

Binduri SHS closed down after rampage over food shortage

Students of Binduri Senior High School (SHS) in the Upper East Region on Tuesday went on a rampage against management over an alleged shortage...

Ablakwa petitions World Bank to probe $48m contract awarded by Communications Ministry

North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has petitioned the World Bank over a $48m contract allegedly awarded by the Ministry of...

MPs receive gratuity, not ex gratia – Speaker of Parliament clarifies

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has reiterated that the money paid to Members of Parliament (MPs) every four years is accumulated...

Reconsider your decision – Patrick Boamah appeals to Minority over parliament boycott

Okaikoi Central Member of Parliament (MP), Patrick Boamah, has urged the Minority Caucus of parliament to reconsider its decision to boycott parliament to accompany...

Deal swiftly with rumours if you aren’t contemplating the removal of Dampare- Prof Gyampo tells Akufo-Addo

Renowned political scientist, at the nation’s premier university, Professor Ransford Edward Van Gyampo, has called on the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the Akufo-Addo...

Management of Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park justifies entry fee increment

Management of the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park has defended its decision to increase its charges by over 500 percent.  Non-Ghanaian adults will pay GH¢100...

Man, 64, arrested for impregnating stepdaughter at Ofoase Ayirebi

Three persons have been arrested by the Oda Divisional Police Command in connection with the alarming teenage pregnancy cases at Ofoase-Ayirebi in the Eastern...

Brilliant fuel attendant receives full GNPC scholarship to pursue Chemical Engineering at KNUST

In a heartwarming development, Benjamin Darko, a brilliant Secondary School graduate whose exceptional performance in the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)...

Zongo Development Fund blows GH¢700k on rent

The Zongo Development Fund has been cited by the Auditor General for blowing an amount of GH¢709,000 on rent between August 2020 and August...

Two motorcyclists crashed to death on Awoshie-Pokuase Highway

Two persons on a motorcycle died in an accident on the Awoshie-Pokuase highway in the early hours of today, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. They were...

Unemployed remanded for attacking and robbing UG students, others

A 19-year-old unemployed accused of attacking and terrorizing students and other residents with a matchet around the University of Ghana, Legon has been remanded...

Reptiles invade Nfensi school, teachers abandon bungalow

Two teachers and their families who earlier occupied a two-unit teachers’ bungalow at the Nfensi D/A Junior High School have indefinitely abandoned their official...

Security analyst calls for thorough investigation into leaked tape on IGP

Security Analyst, Dr Sadiq Twum, has called for a thorough investigation into the alleged leaked tape on the Inspector-General of Police, Dr George Akufo...

Bench warrant issued for businessman’s arrest for $61m theft 

A Circuit Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a businessman accused of stealing USD61,646,625 belonging to his partners.   The warrant was...

Comptroller-General promotes officer for act of bravery and professionalism

The Comptroller-General of Immigration (CGI), Mr Kwame Asuah Takyi (Esq.) has promoted Assistant Immigration Control Officer II (AICO II) Emmanuel Ofosu-Acheampong to the rank...

MCE reacts to reports of attacking radio presenter on live air

Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Jaman South in the Bono region, Andrews Bediako, has responded to reports of an attack on a radio presenter...

Security Analyst sends important message to Interior Minister over alleged plot to remove IGP

Security analyst, Sadiq Adu Twum, has expressed disappointment over Interior Minister Ambrose Dery's handling of the recent audio leak regarding an alleged plot to...

Six local gov’t service staff sacked over involvement in partisan politics

The Head of Local Government Service, Dr Nana Ato Arthur, has declared the firm's stance on its staff's participation in partisan politics. Speaking in an...

IJM Ghana reacts to BBC Africa Eye’s trafficked children documentary

The International Justice Mission (IJM) office in Ghana has described as incredibly concerning the content of BBC Africa Eye's documentary on trafficked children. The BBC...

Don’t vote for anyone who contributed to current economic crisis – Kwabena Agyepong

Aspiring flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, has urged delegates not to vote for anyone who directly contributed to Ghana's...

There’s no plot to remove IGP – Interior Minister

Interior Minister Ambrose Dery, has denied claims of a plot to oust the Inspector General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare. According to him, there’s...

Secret recording of purported plot towards IGP’s removal leaks

A purported secret audio recording has emerged, detailing an alleged plot by persons suspected to be high-ranking officials of the ruling New Patriotic Party...

Gomoa Queenmother petitions MPs over Omanhene’s comments

The Gomoa Akyempim Traditional Area, led by its Queenmother, Omanhemaa Obaatanpa Ama Eduwa I, has petitioned parliament over comments made by Obrifo Ahunako Ahor...

Ashanti Region: Police corporal arrested for alleged robbery at Nyinahin

A police corporal has been apprehended by authorities at Nyinahin, located in the Ashanti region, on charges of robbery. The accused officer, identified as Corporal...

Kpassa ECG Basic School gets refurbished classroom block after Adom News report

Kpassa ECG Basic 'A' school in the Nkwanta North District of the Oti Region has benefitted from the benevolence of Axis Pension Trust Limited. In...

We’ll go ahead to picket if… – Coalition of Individual Bondholders Group

The Coalition of Individual Bondholder Groups made up of Ghana Individual Bondholders’ Forum and the Individual Bond Holders Association of Ghana has suspended its...

Thief electrocuted in attempt to steal high tension cable

A suspected thief whose identity is immediately unknown has met his death during a failed operation at Wirenkyiren Amanfrom, a town in the Eastern...

Taking injection at pharmacies illegal in Ghana

Pharmacy Council Ghana is warning the public to desist from taking injections at pharmacies. According to the Director at the Pharmacy Council in the Ashanti...

Parliament to pass anti-LGBTQI bill by Friday – Bedzrah

The Member of Parliament for Ho West, Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah, has revealed that the anti- LGBTQI-Bill would be passed by Parliament hopefully by Friday,...

Zoomlion supports stakeholders to learn Thailand’s model

Waste Management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has supported informal waste pickers and it's own staff among other waste managers to build their capacities in...

Pharmacy owner hot as rabies treatment kills 5-year-old boy

A pharmacy shop located at Kenyase-Adwumam in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti Region has been shut down to make way for investigations...

Two brothers drown in abandoned quarry pit near Nsawam

Two brothers have drowned in an abandoned quarry site at Anoff, a community in the Nsawam Adoagyiri municipality in the Eastern region. The victims...

BNI, GRA uncovers GH¢500m tax fraud

The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) in collaboration with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) spearheaded a historic operation that resulted in arresting executives of Wan Heng...

Shocking: Massive ‘galamsey’ on Black Volta [Photos]

Some illegal miners, known in local parlance as galamseyers, have reportedly started their activities on the Black Volta at Bamboi in the Bole District...

Bi-partisan committee to probe Gomoa-Effutu land dispute

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Effutu, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, says a bi-partisan committee dedicated to investigating the land dispute between...