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Trailer catches fire on Accra-Kumasi Highway [Photos]

A MAN TGX26 trailer transporting bottled water caught fire on Wednesday, June 11, at Suhum Mile 44 on the Accra-Kumasi highway. The cause of the...

Oti Minister meets Nkwanta SHS teachers over recent disturbances

In response to the recent disturbances at Nkwanta Senior High School (SHS) over the seizure of mobile phones, the Oti Regional Minister, John Kwadwo...

Mahama directs restoration of 62 radio stations, including Asaase Radio and Wontumi FM

President John Mahama has called for clemency for the 62 radio stations— including Asaase Radio and Wontumi FM—whose operations were suspended by the National...

Abstinence education alone can’t reduce alarming teenage pregnancy rate – CSOs

Some Civil Society Organisation are proposing reforms in national policy strategies to include family planning and safe sex, as they argue abstinence education in...

My predecessor has questions to answer – Scholarship Secretariat boss

The Registrar of the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat, Alexander Asafo Agyei, has stated that his predecessor, Dr. Kingsley Agyemang, owes Ghanaians an explanation regarding his...

SIGA drives accountability with high-level meeting on performance contracts

In a decisive effort to strengthen accountability and enhance performance in Ghana’s public sector, the State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA) recently convened a...

Education Minister urges Ghana-Qatar collaboration to establish Islamic Medical School in Northern region

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu has called on the Qatar Education Foundation to support the Ministry to establish an Islamic Medical School in...

Quarry operators warn of nationwide shutdown over encroachment threats

The Commercial Quarry Operators Association (CoQOA) has issued a strong warning to government authorities, threatening a nationwide suspension of quarry activities if urgent action...

Gabby Otchere-Darko reacts to Asaase Radio shutdown

New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart and Board Chairman of Asaase Broadcasting Company Limited, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has confirmed the shutdown of Accra-based Asaase Radio...

Elder Abuse Awareness: Foundation advocates implementation of National Aging Policy to safeguard rights the elderly

Across Ghana, especially in rural communities, the elderly face increasing abuse, neglect, and discrimination, mostly misunderstood as a result of their aging conditions. Advocates urge...

Kumasi mayor sets goal to ensure schools in the metropolis come tops in all exams

Chief Executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Richard Ofori Agyeman Boadi, has set a goal for schools in the metropolis to excel in...

Scholarship Secretariat to set up Award Committee – Registrar [Video]

The Registrar of the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat, Alexander Kwaku Asafo Agyei, has announced plans to establish a Scholarship Award Committee to enhance transparency and...

8 BECE candidates injured in fatal crash, denied exam after late arrival

Eight Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates from Nangbagu Yapala M/A JHS in the Northern Region were involved in a road accident while heading...

Zoomlion contract will not be renewed, sweepers’ fees to increase – Mahama

President of the Republic, John Dramani Mahama, has announced that the government will not renew the 19-year-old contract between the Youth Employment Agency (YEA)...

NCA shuts down Asaase Radio, Wontumi FM and 59 others

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has directed 59 broadcasting stations across the country—including Asaase Radio, Wontumi FM, and Happy FM—to suspend operations over breaches...

2025 BECE: 10 arrested for malpractices

The 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), which began on Wednesday, June 11, with over 600,000 candidates nationwide, has already recorded 10 cases of...

We waste human resource and over-politicise the system – Adu-Gyamfi

Professor of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Prof. Yaw Adu-Gyamfi, has expressed concern over Ghana’s continued underutilisation of its most experienced professionals due to poor...

You can choose the propaganda route but… – GRNMA tells gov’t

The Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Jefferson Asare, has accused the government of prioritising propaganda over...

Fair Wages reacts to claims to re-negotiate nurses’ conditions of service [Audio]

The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) has stated that a re-negotiation of the conditions of service for the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives...

Asante Akyem Central MCE presents 400 dual desks to schools

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Asante Akyem Central, Dr. Ekow Ebenezer Aidoo, has presented 400 dual desks to the Ghana Education Service (GES)...

Police caution against live ammunition use during Ga State celebrations

The Accra Regional Police Command has cautioned the public against the use of live ammunition during the lifting of the ban on drumming and...

Gov’t chose not to budget for nurses’ conditions of service – Kwakye Ofosu defends decision

Government spokesperson Felix Kwakye Ofosu says the Mahama administration deliberately excluded the implementation of new conditions of service for nurses and midwives from the...

FWSC blames GRNMA for delay in implementing conditions of service

The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) has attributed the delay in implementing the revised conditions of service for the Ghana Registered Nurses and...

Health Minister owes nurses an apology; his actions are killing patients – Former GRNMA President

The immediate past President of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Dr. Kwaku Asante-Krobea, has slammed the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah...

Parliamentary Health Committee to meet striking nurses

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Health is scheduled to meet with the leadership of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) today, Thursday,...

19-year-old robber jailed 20 years

The Upper West Regional Police Command has secured a conviction against a 19-year-old robber, Adams Hamidu, also known as Gyida. The Wa Circuit Court, on...

Whistleblowers push ORAL case count beyond 50 [Video]

Deputy Attorney General, Dr. Justice Srem Sai, says Ghana is witnessing a surge in corruption cases as more citizens and former officials come forward...

62 aspirants cleared to contest GJA national and regional elections

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has approved 62 aspirants to contest for various national and regional positions in the upcoming elections scheduled for June...

‘We’re working overnight, but we can’t publish everything’ – Deputy AG 

Deputy Attorney General, Dr. Justice Srem Sai, has responded to growing public frustration over delays in high-profile prosecutions. He insists that the investigative and prosecutorial...

One dead, three injured in motorbike accident at Juaboso

A tragic accident has claimed the life of a man in his 30s at Antobia-Danyame in the Juaboso District of the Western North Region. According...

Former GIIF officials seek bail variation in Sky Train case

The former Board Chairman of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Ekumfi, and the former Chief Executive Officer, Solomon Asamoah, have filed...

Deputy AG reveals why NIB is investigating NAPO [Video]

Deputy Attorney General Dr. Justice Srem Sai has confirmed that former Energy and Education Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, popularly known as NAPO, is...

ORAL: Deputy AG backs plea bargaining to recover stolen state funds

Deputy Attorney General Dr. Justice Srem Sai says Ghana’s long-standing struggle to recover stolen state funds is nearing an end, thanks to a transformed...

ORAL process is moving fast – Deputy AG

Deputy Attorney General Dr. Justice Srem Sai has strongly defended the pace of the government's high-profile anti-corruption campaign under the ORAL initiative, insisting it...

Boyfriend allegedly shoots lover dead at Yeji

A 20-year-old woman, Philipa Frimpong, popularly known as Yaa Baby, has been shot dead by her boyfriend at Vutedeke, a suburb of Yeji in...

EOCO, NIB investigate Ken Ofori-Atta, extradition processes underway

Former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is facing deepening legal troubles, as both the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) and the National Intelligence Bureau...

Mahama re-nominates 2 MMDCEs in Upper West and Upper East Regions

President John Mahama has re-nominated two District Chief Executives (DCEs) for the Upper East and Upper West regions, pending approval by their respective Assemblies. The...

Police Council must push for adequate resources to combat crime – Jaman South MP

The Member of Parliament for Jaman South, Col. Kwadwo Damoah (Rtd), has urged the newly reconstituted Police Council to prioritize investments and equip the...

GTEC writes to Tanko-Computer; asks him to stop using “Dr.” title 

A source at the office of the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communication (GIFEC), where Sofo Rashid Tanko-Computer works as the acting Chief Executive...