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What is Rent Control Department doing? – John Dumelo asks

Ghanaian actor and politician, John Dumelo, has lashed out at the Rent Control Department in Ghana for failing to live up to their mandate....

Gold for oil: Fuel prices will go down further – Bawumia

Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has described the Gold-for-Oil policy as a game changer that will push fuel prices down. According to him, prices of...

Drivers will not work if road tolls are not scrapped – Alliance of drivers threaten

The Alliance of Drivers has raised concerns about government’s re-introduction of road tolls. This comes on the back of proposed road toll rates for the...

Minority makes fresh demands over National Cathedral project

The Minority in Parliament has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to abrogate the National Cathedral Project since a year after the commencement of the...

Assin South MP mourns with family of murdered pregnant teenager

The Assin South Member of Parliament, John Ntim Fordjour, together with members from the District security council, have visited the family of a pregnant...

Toll reintroduction: NPP MP proposes annual collection

Member of Parliament for Bortianor-Ngleshie-Amanfrom, Sylvester Tetteh, has suggested government in its bid to reintroduce road tolls must make the collection annually. The lawmaker is...

Soldier’s murder: Kwesi Pratt lauds IGP

Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has commended the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr Akuffo Dampare and the entire service for...

Assin Abodweseso: Chainsaw operator killed by tree he was felling

A 50-year-old chainsaw operator, Kweku Essuman, met his untimely death after he was crushed by a tree he was felling at Assin Abodweseso in...

Reintroduction of road tolls: I will not support anything less than ¢5 – Parliament’s Roads Committee Chairman

The Chairman of Roads and Highways Committee in Parliament, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, says he will reject any proposed road tolls that is below GH¢5. According...

Sad as doctors in Wa West use phone torch to perform surgeries

Theatre lamps at the Wa West district hospital have not been working for almost two years. Doctors are, therefore, left with no choice but to...

Christian Atsu: How orphanage children have lost the man they called ‘father’

The head of an orphanage supported by Christian Atsu has revealed how children there used to call the Ghana midfielder ‘father’. The 31-year-old, who had...

Ban on substandard electrical appliances starts Nov. 1

Effective November 1, 2023, imported electrical appliances that do not meet the minimum energy efficiency performance standard requirements will be banned.  The standards are contained...

GH¢1m fraud: Fake businessman jailed 18 years

A 55-year-old man who posed as a Marketing officer of the West Africa Monetary Agency (WAMA) and successfully defrauded a retired UK lecturer of...

National Honours: See list and photos of award winners

Some Ghanaians who have excelled in their various fields of national endeavour over the years on Tuesday received national honours and were presented with...

UPSA commissions 1,664 bed hostel, names it after Nii Amon Kotei

The University of Professional Studies Accra has commissioned a 1,664-bed hostel to expand residential accommodation for students of the University. The facility, which is situated...

Four feared dead, others injured in gory accident on Techiman-Kumasi Highway

Four persons are feared dead with three others injured in a gory accident at Kuntunsu along the Techiman-Kumasi Highway in the Bono East Region. The...

Minerals Commission speaks on Lithium mining in Cape Coast

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Minerals Commission, Martin Kwaku Ayisi, has hinted at plans by Ghana to commence lithium mining by 2024. According to...

KNUST students train 300 pupils of Poasi-New Takoradi to make detergents, reusable pads [Photos]

Eight Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) students have trained about 300 pupils at Poasi-New Takoradi in the Western region on how...

Excitement as Samira Bawumia bags Master of Laws degree from University of London

Ghana's Second Lady, who is the wife of Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has bagged her law degree. Revealing this on her Instagram handle, Samira...

8th IBAG Conference to discuss effects of Global economic challenges, DDEP on insurance industry

The 2023 edition of the Insurance Brokers Association of Ghana (IBAG) Educational Conference and Exhibition is expected to focus on the effect of Global...

CAGD staff demand Landcruiser Prado instead of Toyota Camry for official work

Some staff of the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) have described as pathetic and disheartening, the allocation of Toyota Camry to Management and...

Road toll re-introduction: Here’s how much drivers are likely to pay

Drivers are bracing themselves for the re-introduction of road tolls on Ghana’s roads. The levy was abolished in November 2021 as part of what the...

Tollbooth workers welcome reintroduction; make strong appeal to govt

Ghana Tollbooth Workers Union (GTBU) has welcomed government's decision to reintroduce road tolls nationwide. According to the Chairman, Henry Dogbe, this is good news and...

GRNMA distributes 43 motorbikes to members in remote areas

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has reiterated the need for the government to implement rural incentive packages for health workers in...

Baby dumped in a gutter at Adabraka

A newborn baby was discovered dead in a gutter at Adabraka, a community in the Greater Accra Region, leaving residents in shock. The lifeless body...

Despite economic crisis, Ghanaians must be grateful to God – Presby Minister

The District Minister of Koforidua Ascension Congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rev. Justice Kwame Asumeng, has rebuked Ghanaians for being ungrateful to...

Will govt scrap E-levy with road toll reintroduction? Sam George asks

Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam Nartey George, has inquired if E-levy will be withdrawn with the reintroduction of road tolls. He explained...

Okyeman is not ready to secede an inch of its land ….Nananom of Akyem Abuakwa warns

Chiefs of the Akyem Abuakwa State has said they will not secede an inch of their lands or tolerate any customary violations within their...

Kofi Adams proposes public education on Common Fund utilisation

Buem Member of Parliament(MP), Kofi Adams, has proposed that parliament appoints some experienced former MPs, District Chief Executives (DCEs), and local government workers to...

Don’t scrap guarantor system – Afari-Gyan advises EC

A former Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, has criticised the commission for its move to discard the guarantor system for...

Blind man allegedly kills wife for seeking divorce

A 71-year-old sight impaired man is in police grips for allegedly butchering his wife at Abepotia near Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The...

Govt announces new rates for road toll reintroduction

The government, through the Finance Ministry, has announced approved rates for the reintroduction of road tolls in the country. This was contained in...

GAWU reacts to Owusu Afriyie’s claims on Ghana’s food security index

The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) has disputed claims by former Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, about Ghana's food security...

Ketu South records 10 measles cases

Acting Volta Regional Director of Health, Dr Kwasi Senanu Djokoto, has said the Ketu South Municipality has recorded 10 cases of Measles. He, however, disclosed...

Woman on motorbike killed in hit-and-run accident

Police in Koforidua are on a manhunt for a hit-and-run suspect driver who knocked a young lady at the Central Hospital traffic light on...

US Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Ghana

The Vice President of the United States (US), Kamala Harris, has announced plans to visit Ghana later in March with her husband Douglas Emhoff. The...

I want to be President because… – Dr Afriyie Akoto

Aspiring flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, says he wants to be President of Ghana because he wants to...

Horror at Dormaa as looters destroy about 15 graves

About 10 tombs have been looted by some yet-to-be-identified persons at Dormaa Ahenkuro cemetery in the Bono Region. The discovery was made after pungent smell...

One feared dead, others injured in accident at Akrokerri Junction

One person is feared dead with another in critical condition in an accident at Akrokerri Junction on the Obuasi Anwiankwanta highway in the Ashanti...

ECG announces closure of offices for nationwide revenue mobilisation exercise

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced a closure of its offices as it embarks on a nationwide revenue mobilisation exercise. The exercise...