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Police caution public against unlawful use of firearms at events

The Accra Regional Police Command has issued a strong warning against the unlawful discharge of firearms during public and cultural gatherings, describing it as...

Relive Akwatia MP Ernest Yaw Kumi’s last interview [Video]

A video believed to be the final media interview of the late Akwatia Member of Parliament (MP), Ernest Yaw Kumi, has emerged following news...

Akwatia MP, Ernest Yaw Kumi passes on

Member of Parliament (MP) for the Akwatia constituency in the Eastern Region, Ernest Yaw Kumi, has reportedly passed away. Details surrounding his death remain unclear,...

NACOC, FDA uncover illegal cannabis-infused liqueur hub in Offinso

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) and the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) have uncovered an illegal cannabis-infused liqueur production hub hidden in a two-bedroom...

KATH doctor dies over lack of laboratory for treating ‘heart attack’

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital is seeking the urgent prioritization and construction of a catheterization laboratory after losing one of its critical medical staff...

Deportation looms for Ghanaian students in UK as scholarship support collapses

President of the Ghana PhD Cohort, Prince Bansah, has raised alarm over the worsening plight of Ghanaian government-sponsored students in the United Kingdom, describing...

Education Minister to lay Scholarship Authority Bill before Parliament

The Government will next week present the Scholarship Authority Bill to Parliament as part of measures to tackle nepotism and cronyism in the award...

Zijin Mining adjusts MRI requirement for specific roles at Akyem Mine

Zijin Golden Ridge Limited has announced adjustments to its employment screening process by removing the MRI scan requirement for selected technical and field roles...

Motorists in Ejisu protest against poor roads, police intervene to prevent road blockades

Commercial transport operators plying the Ejisu–Onwe stretch in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region have withdrawn their services in protest of poor roads. On...

Legon students urge ban on NPP Conference amid COVID-19 resurgence

A group of level 400 students at the University of Ghana is preparing to petition the University’s Sports Directorate to block the New Patriotic...

Man killed in robbery attack on Yeji-Kumasi Highway

A young man has been killed in an armed robbery attack on the Yeji-Kumasi highway in the Bono East Region. The incident occurred on Sunday,...

Parliament’s Sanitation Committee urges swift commissioning of IRECOP facility in E/R

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Sanitation and Water Resources has called on the government to expedite the commissioning of the Akwadum Integrated Recycling and...

Bryan Acheampong officially informs Kufuor about his flagbearer ambition [Video]

The Member of Parliament for Abetifi and former Minister of State, Bryan Acheampong, has paid a courtesy call on former President John Agyekum Kufuor...

Zoomlion deepens Africa expansion with strategic partnership in Kenya

Zoomlion Ghana Limited, a leading waste management company under the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), has reiterated its commitment to deepen its Africa expansion. Given...

Concerned EPA staff back Acting CEO amid reassignments controversy

A section of staff at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has thrown their support behind Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Prof. Nana Ama Browne...

Impact Life Insurance Company Limited launches “ABRABOPA” product in Kumasi

Ghana's insurance industry penetration lags at a mere 1.4% of GDP—compared to 2.8% in Kenya and 17% in South Africa, owing to limited awareness,...

NLA Good Causes Foundation commissions a 3-unit classroom block in Akanteng

The NLA Good Causes Foundation has commissioned a three-unit classroom block constructed for the Akanteng Methodist Primary and Junior High School in the Eastern...

Traditional festivals are now grounds to settle personal scores – Kumadoe

Security Consultant Richard Kumadoe has raised concerns over the misuse of traditional festival platforms in Ghana to settle personal scores, often with deadly consequences. His...

Why is Ato Essien trending?

William Ato Essien, former Chief Executive Officer of defunct Capital Bank, has been in the trends over the weekend, up until this morning. For those...

Shut up and sit somewhere – TEWU-TUC told [Audio]

The Teachers and Educational Workers Union of Ghana (TEWU-GH) has asked TEWU-TUC to refrain from commenting on its indefinite strike action. The strike, which took...

Zongo hairdressers receive training on fire prevention

Members of the Hairdressers and Beauticians Association in Winneba Zongo have undergone training in fire prevention and safety, courtesy of the Winneba Municipal Fire...

Princess Duncan receives honorary doctorate from Prowess University, USA

Princess Duncan, a fast-rising force in Ghana’s business and humanitarian space, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Prowess University, Delaware, USA. Despite her young...

Adele Community calls for independent commission to probe Nkwanta conflict

The Adele community in Nkwanta South, Oti Region, has called on the government to establish an independent commission of inquiry to find a lasting...

Ahafo Chief appeals for government support to restore depleted Seinchem Forest Reserve

The Chief of Seinchem in the Ahafo Region, Nana Boffour Banin, has made a passionate appeal to the government to help restore the depleted...

TEWU-TUC slams TEWU-GH’s strike as unlawful [Listen]

The Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union under the Trades Union Congress (TEWU-TUC) has criticised the breakaway group, TEWU-GH, over its strike action amid an...

Greater Accra Ambulance Service holds Int’l EMTs and Paramedics Week Health Walk

The Greater Accra Ambulance Service has held a health walk as part of activities to celebrate the 2025 International Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and...

NPP, Minority to march to EOCO over former Buffer Stock CEO’s ‘punitive detention’

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the Minority in Parliament have announced plans to march to the offices of the Economic and Organised Crime...

Police probe killing of Bimbilla SHS student during fire festival

Police in the Northern Region have launched investigations into the tragic killing of Fatima Abukari, an 18-year-old student of Bimbilla Senior High School. She was...

Engineer jailed for GHS150,000 tipper truck fraud

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced an agricultural engineer to 36 months’ imprisonment with hard labour for defrauding a businessman of GHS150,000 under the...

Buipewura Abdulai Jinapor II named Development-Oriented Chief of the Year

His Royal Majesty Buipewura Abdulai Jinapor II has been celebrated as the Development-Oriented Chief of the Year at the 7th Northern Excellence Awards (NExA...

Police launch manhunt for 4 accomplices in Buduatta Junction robbery

The Central East Regional Police Command has launched a manhunt for four suspected armed robbers who escaped after a violent highway robbery at Buduatta...

24-Hour Economy at risk: Kofi Bentil warns Ghana may achieve below 30% of Mahama’s plan

Vice President of policy think tank IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, has cast doubt on the feasibility of President John Mahama’s proposed 24-hour economy policy,...

Armed robbers shoot 4 passengers at Buduatta Junction, one suspect arrested

Four passengers are currently receiving treatment at the Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital after suspected armed robbers opened fire on a commercial vehicle at...

Rain, thunderstorms expected across Ghana tonight – Ghana Meteo forecasts

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has forecast mostly cloudy weather conditions for much of the country today, with localized thunderstorms and rain expected in...

NACOC seizes cannabis at Swissport Terminal; 2 arrested, 2 at large

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has delivered a significant blow to international drug trafficking networks with the seizure of 738 compressed parcels of suspected...

SHS girl shot dead at Bimbilla Fire Festival celebration

A young girl whose name has been given as Fatima has been shot dead at the Fire Festival in Bimbilla, within the Nanumba North...

Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey charged with rape

Former Arsenal footballer Thomas Partey has been charged with five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. The offences are reported to have...

Robber who attacked pregnant woman at Tsikpota jailed 19 years

A 25-year-old armed robber, Paul Avortide, alias Tinted has been handed a 19-year sentence following a robbery incident that occurred on May 21, 2025,...

Two passengers escape death in accident involving trailers at Konongo-Odumase

Two persons were rescued by the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) after being trapped in a crash involving two trailers at Konongo-Odumase in the...

10% of newborns at Juaboso hospital need incubators – Medical Superintendent

At the Juaboso Government Hospital in the Western North Region, approximately 10 per cent of newborn babies require neonatal incubators to survive, according to...