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Apiate explosion: Chief throws challenge to vehicle that caused explosion

The controversy about whether there was a police escort with the vehicle that caused the explosion at Apiate in the Western Region may not...

E-levy likely to encourage ‘armed robbery economy’ – Haruna Iddrisu

Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu has asked the government to be mindful of the levy imposed on electronic transactions as it can minimize the fast-growing...

Why I drew a knife at my friend while at KNUST – Sam George

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo-Prampram, Sam Nartey George, has recounted how he drew a knife on one of his friends when he was...

Ghana Cares programme yielding anticipated dividends – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo says the ¢100 billion Ghana Covid-19 Alleviation and Revitalisation of Enterprises Support (Ghana CARES) ‘Obaatampa’ Programme, to create jobs and prosperity for...

EC Chair, deputies file suit to halt impeachment proceedings

Chairperson of the Electoral Commission Jean Mensa and her two Deputies Dr. Bossman Eric Asare and Samuel Tettey have filed a suit at the...

Three students of Ejisu SHTS stabbed in three separate incidents

Three students of Ejisu Senior High Technical School have been stabbed in three separate incidents between Monday and Tuesday. On Monday, an 18-year-old form two...

Let peace prevail at Bawku – Akufo-Addo appeals to Bawku Naaba, others [Audio]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has pleaded to the Bawku Naaba, Asirfi Azorka Abugrago II, to help government ensure peace in the area. President Akufo-Addo made an...

One-month-old baby survives Apiate explosion

A 19-year-old mother, Janet Amartey, is grateful for the life of her one-month-old baby who escaped death after a building collapsed on her at...

Hopeson Adorye sends harsh message to Ken Attafuah over Ghana Card [Audio]

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party, Hopeson Adorye, has slammed the Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Professor Kenneth Attafuah,...

Rice millers, others worried over suspension of benchmark value discount policy

The Rice Millers Association of Ghana has expressed dissatisfaction over the indefinite suspension of the benchmark reversal value discounts. The Ghana Revenue Authority on January...

Ejisu Municipal Assembly investigates use of skidder to dangerously cart log

Ejisu Municipal Assembly is investigating the circumstances under which a skidder was used to dangerously cart timber at a busy traffic intersection on the...

How Bagbin’s new outfit boosted Parliament’s Facebook page for the first time [Listen]

The Director of Public Affairs of the Parliament, Kate Addo, has said for the first time, the Parliament of Ghana has had massive reactions on...

Apiate explosion: This is how much govt is losing weekly over Maxam shutdown

Most mining companies that receive supply of explosives from Maxam may have to cut production if moves to get Maxam to resume production is...

NABCO trainees under Chieftaincy Ministry ‘retired’

Personnel of the Nation Builders Corp (NABCO) serving under the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs have been permanently retired. This is per a letter...

UTAG strike: We can’t build Ghana on an empty stomach – Lecturer tells govt

A political scientist at the University of Ghana, Dr Kwame Asah-Asante, has expressed worry over the government’s posturing in the strike by the University...

Man, 38, arrested for threatening to kill ECG staff

A resident of Nzema in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Frank Mensah, is in the grips of the police for threatening to...

Pupils forced to learn under palm branches at Tokuroanu

Pupils and teachers of St. Francis Anglican M/A Junior High School (JHS) at Tokuroanu in the Krachi-East Municipality of the Oti Region are being...

NDC executive loses 2 daughters to fire incident

The Builsa North National Democratic Congress (NDC) Organiser, Robert Agaae, has reportedly lost his two daughters to a fire incident. Though the cause...

Victims count their losses as fire consumes compound house in Tamale

Residents of Kobilimago, a suburb of Tamale Metropolis are counting their losses after fire razed down a compound house. The fire that started around 7:00...

Govt will continue to engage on E-levy – Oppong Nkrumah

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has stated that government will continue to engage on the the proposal to introduce a levy on electronic transactions. He...

Why Speaker of Parliament is trending on social media

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, is trending on social media due to his new outfit. On Tuesday, the Speaker ditched his usual ceremonial outfit...

2 quack doctors arrested

The police, in collaboration with the Medical and Dental Council (MDC), have arrested a 29-year-old man, alleged to be a quack doctor. The suspect...

Scary as Ejisu commuters panic as heavy log-lifting machine drive through busy traffic intersection

Some residents in the Ejisu Municipality in the Ashanti region are incensed at a dangerous scene of a heavy-lifting machine carrying timber in a...

Victims of Apiate explosion want to commit suicide – PAG reveals

The Psychiatric Association of Ghana (PAG) says its preliminary assessment of victims of the explosion at Apiate in the Western Region has revealed some...

Our main priority is fires that are easily preventable – Fire Service

Director of Public Relations for the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), ACFO Timothy Osafo Affum, has raised concerns over the numerous fire outbreaks experienced...

Ghana to sign vaccine production agreement in Germany on Feb 16 – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has announced that the government will be signing an agreement in Germany towards the production of Covid-19 vaccines in Ghana. According to him,...

No need to reinvestigate banking sector crisis – Special Prosecutor told

Anti-Corruption crusader, Vitus Azeem, says the Special Prosecutor’s decision to investigate the 2017 to 2020 financial sector crisis amounts to double investigations as the...

Jospong appointed member of UG ANYSC Corporate Advisory Team

Executive Chairman of Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has been appointed member of the University of Ghana's (UG) Annual New...

Fake ‘mallam’ jailed 5 years for fraud

A Cape Coast Circuit Court has sentenced Jibril Yahaya, 27, to five years imprisonment in hard labour for posing as a mallam and defrauding...

Assin Worakese Traditional leaders seize 450-acre land leased to Cocobod for Cocoa Research Station

Traditional leaders at Assin Wurakese in the Assin Fosu Municipality of the Central Region have asked the Ghana Cocobod to vacate a 450-acre land...

Apiate Explosion: Survivors likely to resort to unhealthy coping mechanisms – Psychiatrist

President of the Ghana Psychiatrist Association, Dr. Ruth Owusu Antwi, has called for swift psychological interventions to be given to victims of the Apiate...

Fire outbreak near BOST causes stir [Photos]

Ghana could have been thrown into another week of mourning after barely recovering from the explosion which killed at least 13 persons and flattening...

Check out Otchere-Darko’s reaction to Speaker Bagbin’s new traditional look

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has showered praises on the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, after the latter...

Check out committee members as govt launches Apiate Support Fund

Government, through the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, has launched an endowment fund to support victims of the Apiate explosion. The Fund is aimed...

Police send message to family of shot Bawku officer

The Ghana Police Service has urged the family of the late Constable Regina Angenu of the Paga Police Station in the Upper East Region...

Union of Professional Nurses and Midwives embark on medical outreaches [Photos]

The Union of Professional Nurses and Midwives, Ghana (UPNMG) as part of preparations for their Mega National launch, has organised medical outreaches in some...

First Lady mourns Ghana’s first Brigadier General

First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has eulogised Ghana's first Brigadier General, Constance Ama Emefa Edjeanu-Afenu whose sudden demise was announced today. She described her as an...

Okudzeto Ablakwa foots medical bills of accident victims [Photos]

North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has offered to pay the medical bills of some accident victims. The victims, according to...

Tomato prices might increase- John Dumelo hints after Burkina Faso coup

Actor turned politician, John Dumelo, has cautioned that food prices might skyrocket in the near future. According to him, the recent military coup in Burkina...

Apiate explosion: GNPC Foundation to build classroom blocks, offer scholarships to victims

JoyNews/AdomNews · GNPC supports Apeatse explosion victims The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Foundation is offering scholarships to tertiary students among displaced victims of the...