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ORAL driving big wins in asset recovery, anti-corruption reforms – Ablakwa

Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has praised President John Mahama’s commitment to recovering state resources, commending the impact of the defunct Operation Recover...

Man who threatened Afenyo-Markin, others arrested 

The Eastern South Regional Police Command has arrested a man identified as Alhaji Abdul Wahab after a video surfaced online in which he allegedly...

A-G criticising himself with GBA ‘self-service’ claim – Tuah-Yeboah

Former Deputy Attorney-General, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has described as self-criticism the recent comments by Attorney-General Dr. Dominic Ayine, who accused the Ghana Bar Association (GBA)...

Group petitions Mahama over UCC Vice-Chancellor’s tenure as retirement age nears 

A brewing leadership crisis at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has sparked a petition to President John Dramani Mahama, urging his intervention to...

Lawyers must not be silent when constitutionalism is under threat – A-G

Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, has urged the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) to champion constitutionalism and strengthen ethical discipline within the...

Galamsey: Rivers and forests can’t speak; let’s speak up for them – GBA President to members

The President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Efua Ghartey, has called on members of the legal profession to take an active role in...

GBA President deflects ‘selectivity’ criticism on advocacy role

The President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Mrs Efua Ghartey, has dismissed claims that the association has been selective in its advocacy in...

Sights & sounds: Drums, dirges fill Manhyia during Asantehemaa’s burial rites

The Manhyia Palace in Kumasi has been transformed into a scene of solemn tradition and cultural grandeur, as drumming, horn blowing and dirges echo...

UTAG-UG warns of deadly health risks from galamsey pollution

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), University of Ghana branch, has expressed grave concern over the devastating impact of illegal mining (galamsey) on...

Declare galamsey a national emergency now – Catholic Bishops to Mahama

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) has issued a strongly worded statement on the destructive impact of illegal mining (galamsey), urging President John Dramani...

Driver narrowly escapes death in gory accident on Tema–Akosombo highway

A driver of a Howo Tipper Truck narrowly escaped death on Monday morning after his vehicle veered off the Tema–Akosombo Highway and rammed into...

‘Loading boy’ gets 18 months prison term for stealing chicken

A 21-year-old ‘loading boy’ has been jailed for 18 months by the Kwadaso Circuit Court in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti Region for...

Kadjebi NHIS Manager’s office barricaded

The office of the Scheme Manager of the Kadjebi District Office of the National Health Insurance Scheme’s (NHIS) was on Monday morning, September 15,...

COCOBOD Chief Executive engages Japanese chocolate manufacturers

The Chief Executive of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr. Ransford Abbey, has held strategic discussions with leading Japanese chocolate manufacturers aimed at strengthening...

Six suspects escape from Kotokuraba police cells

The Central Regional Police Command has begun a manhunt for six suspects who escaped lawful custody at Kotokuraba police station in the Central Region. According...

Multiple trapped in road accident near Yamoransa

An accident near Yamoransa on the Cape Coast–Accra highway in the Central Region has left several people trapped, the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS)...

Accident at Twifo Tongow leaves one dead, 6 in critical condition

A tragic accident on the stretch between Twifo Tongow in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa District and Wassa Hemanso in the Wassa East District has claimed...

Small-Scale Miners caution government against repeating past galamsey strategies

The President of the National Concerned Small-Scale Miners Association, Michael Kwadwo Peprah, has urged the government to avoid adopting strategies used by the previous...

GPRTU, other groups to embark on demo over alleged land takeover

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) and allied groups have announced plans to stage a demonstration against what they describe as the unlawful...

NAIMOS purges Ankobra, Bonsa rivers; 300 structures destroyed, equipment seized

The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has demolished more than 300 makeshift structures and destroyed several equipment in a three-day operation along polluted...

Government steps up fight against galamsey – Lands Minister

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has affirmed that government is intensifying efforts to combat illegal mining, widely known as...

Give me authority; I’ll end galamsey in one month – Janet Nabla to Mahama

Founder and Chairperson of the People’s National Party (PNP), Janet Asana Nabila, has challenged President John Dramani Mahama to hand her the authority to...

Manhyia Palace immersed in tradition as Asantehemaa’s burial rites begin today

The Manhyia Palace has become the centre of solemn tradition and cultural grandeur as the first day of the royal burial rites of the...

Why NAIMOS, other institutions are unable to fight galamsey – Erastus Asare reveals [Audio]

Environmental journalist Erastus Asare Donkor has attributed the limited success of the National Alternative Illegal Mining Operations Strategy (NAIMOS) in tackling galamsey, particularly in...

Erastus Asare Donkor, Ama Mawusi clash over galamsey  [Listen]

Award-winning environmental journalist Erastus Asare Donkor and Ama Mawusi Mawuenyefia, Director of Communications at the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, clashed on air...

Galamsey: Either Mahama is being misled, or he is part of the spin-off – Erastus Asare

Environmental journalist Erastus Asare Donkor has alleged that either President John Dramani Mahama is being misled about the true state of illegal mining, or...

Over 161k chip-embedded passports printed, over 122k delivered delivered to applicants – Ablakwa

Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced significant progress in the country’s passport reform agenda, with 161,824 chip-embedded passports printed since...

AG warns against foreign intrusion in Ghana’s judicial affairs amid Torkornoo removal

Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, has called on Ghana’s legal and professional bodies to resist attempts to involve external actors...

Claims galamsey has worsened under Mahama must be backed by evidence – Kwakye Ofosu

Government Communications Minister, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has pushed back against claims by critics that illegal mining, or galamsey, has worsened since President John Dramani...

How has gov’t failed in galamsey fight? Ama Mawusi questions critics [Audio]

Ama Mawusi, Director of Communications at the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, has dismissed claims that the government has failed in its fight...

Ablakwa: Measures in place to block hardened criminals among West African deportees

Ghana's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has given assurances that the government has instituted strict measures to prevent hardened criminals from entering...

Asenso-Boakye petitions WAEC over withheld 2025 BECE results

The Member of Parliament for Bantama, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has petitioned the Head of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Dr Rosemond Wilson, over the...

Ghana hasn’t received any money or benefit from U.S. deportee arrangement – Ablakwa

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has dismissed claims that Ghana has derived financial or material benefits from its agreement with the United...

Asutifi South Assembly begins reshaping deplorable roads

The Asutifi South District Assembly has begun reshaping key roads in the district to improve accessibility and reduce the hardships commuters have faced for...

Asutifi North DCE assures traders of improved sanitation and security at Kenyasi market

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Asutifi North, Hafiz Dauda, has assured traders at the Kenyasi Market Square that swift measures will be taken...

Nkwanta SHS teacher walks 60km for peace in Oti Region

A 52-year-old teacher at Nkwanta South Senior High School in the Oti Region, Adzoe Kwame Atta Nutifafa, has staged a peace demonstration by walking...

OLA Girls-Kenyasi students urged to shun drug abuse

Old students of Ola Girls’ Senior High School (SHS) in Kenyasi, Ahafo Region, have urged final-year students to stay away from drug abuse and...

Education Minister announces GH₵1bn GETFund allocation to end Double-Track System

Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has disclosed that government will allocate GH₵1 billion from the GETFund in 2026 to address critical infrastructure challenges in...

Vehicle set ablaze at Hamile border as youth clash with Immigration Service

Tension erupted at the Ghana–Burkina Faso border town of Hamile in the Upper West Region after irate youth went on a rampage. They are accusing...

Portion of Tarkwa market caves in; exposes deadly galamsey threat [Audio]

Traders at the Tarkwa Women’s Market in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region are living in fear after part of the market land...