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Support ongoing payroll audit to protect public funds – Finance Minister urges Teacher Unions

Minister for Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has called on tertiary education unions to support the ongoing national payroll audit aimed at eliminating ghost...

Your Book and Research Allowances have been captured in this year’s budget – Ato Forson assures Teacher Unions

Minister for Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has assured tertiary education unions that the 2025 Budget fully provides for the payment of Book and...

OSP searches SML’s offices in ongoing suspected corruption probe

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has conducted a court-ordered search at the offices of Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML), as part of...

Why OSP travelled to UK for Airbus interrogation – Sammy Darko explains [Audio]

The Director of Strategy, Research and Communication at the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), Sammy Darko, has defended the office’s decision to declare...

Data bundle allocations to increase across all networks – Communications Minister announces

Communications Minister, Samuel Nartey George, has announced significant increases in data bundle allocations across all telecommunication networks in Ghana, effective July 1, 2025. Speaking at...

Late Mamponghene was a unifier – Dr. Amofa

Renowned philanthropist and public health specialist, Dr. Mike Amofa Dankwah, has paid glowing tribute to the late Mamponghene and Krontihene of Asanteman, Daasebre Osei...

Miner handed 20 years in Tarkwa for defiling eight-year-old girl

A 26-year-old miner, Charles Amankwah, has received 20 years’ imprisonment with hard labour from the Tarkwa Circuit Court for defiling an eight-year-old girl through...

Lives of Staff and students of GLISS threatened by ECOMOG slum dwellers over impending demolition

Staff and students at the Ghana Lebanon Islamic Secondary School are living in fear after receiving death threats from individuals illegally occupying the ECOMOG...

Farmer jailed for having sexual intercourse with biological sister

A 34-year-old farmer, Daniel Dziwornu, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment for having sexual intercourse with his 21-year-old biological sister between the year...

A/R: Man nabbed for alleged impersonation of herbalist and defrauding

Police in the Ashanti region have arrested a 25-year-old man for his alleged impersonation and defrauding the public under the pretense of being an...

Drivers with unapproved tinted windows to pay fine as DVLA begins full enforcement of new road worthy penalties

The Drivers and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) is commencing the full implementation of a new penalty regime for road worthy infractions beginning this month. Although...

An open letter to our nurses: A call to compassion and unity in these trying times

To the nurses of Ghana, the tireless guardians of our nation’s health, I write with deep respect and a heavy heart. I understand the...

Health Minister warns Nurses’ demands could destabilize economy

Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has cautioned that fully implementing the current demands outlined in the conditions of service for nurses and midwives...

Health Minister appeals to retired nurses and midwives to volunteer as strike bites hard

Health Minister, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has passionately appealed to retired nurses and midwives to volunteer their services as the impact of the Ghana Registered...

Our agreed-upon conditions must be implemented now, not in 2026 – GRNMA

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association(GRNMA) remains adamant on its demand for the government to implement its agreed-upon conditions of service this year. The...

No need for extra law on lifestyle audits – Manhyia South MP

The Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, has firmly rejected calls for a new law to introduce lifestyle audits, arguing...

Who gets arrested through Zoom? – OSP justifies why Ofori-Atta must return to Ghana 

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has justified its insistence that former Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, must return to Ghana for interrogation. In an...

BECE 2025: Eduwatch highlights digital inequality concerns

Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) has sounded the alarm on the stark digital divide in Ghana's basic schools, urging the government to take immediate action...

BET Awards 2025: Full list of winners

The BET Awards 2025 proved once again why it's called Culture’s Biggest Night. Hosted by the one-and-only Kevin Hart, the show brought together the brightest...

Manhyia South MP warns against ‘weaponising’ lifestyle audits

A private legal practitioner and Member of Parliament for the Manhyia South Constituency, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, has cautioned against the growing calls for...

Nhyira Fm’s Obra Show steps in to reunite missing boy with family

An 11-year-old boy who went missing after being lured into a stranger’s car has been rescued and is now in the care of the...

Deputy Finance Minister urges striking nurses to return to negotiation table

The Deputy Minister of Finance, Thomas Nyarko Ampem, has issued a direct appeal to striking nurses and midwives, urging them to return to the...

GNAT sends goodwill message to 2025 BECE candidates

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has advised candidates preparing for the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) to avoid any form of...

VRA engages Afram Plains communities on flood prevention

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has held a crucial stakeholder engagement with communities in Afram Plains North and South as part of efforts to...

Nana Ansah Sasraku III outlines SSNIT Board’s commitment to integrity and growth

Chairman of the newly constituted Board of Trustees of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Nana Ansah Sasraku III, has outlined the...

Ofori-Atta family’s ‘persecution’ claim permitted but… – Martin Kpebu

Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has offered a nuanced perspective on former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta’s family’s claim that he is facing “persecution” rather...

GNECC sends goodwill message to 2025 BECE candidates

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has extended its warmest wishes to all candidates participating in the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE),...

Ghana records 34 new Mpox cases, total now 79

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has reported 34 new confirmed Mpox cases, bringing the total number of infections to 79 as of June 10,...

Pharmaceutical Society demands justice for slain pharmacist in Bolgatanga

The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) is demanding justice for pharmacist Mohammed Zia-ulhak Zibrim, who was murdered in Bolgatanga. The deceased was the Chief Executive...

KATH blood bank receives restocking through CCC Blood donation drive

Ninety percent of critical and tragic medical cases admitted at the critical wards of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital require urgent blood transfusions from...

WAEC releases timetable for 2025 BECE

The West African Examination Council (WAEC), Ghana, has released the timetable for the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). According to the release, the...

Two washing bay attendants jailed for vehicle theft

The Amasaman Circuit Court has sentenced two washing bay attendants to eight years’ imprisonment each for stealing a customer’s Hyundai Santa Fe, valued at...

Car transporting suspected Indian Hemp parcels involved in accident at Akatsi

 The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Akatsi South, Daniel Dagbah, in collaboration with the Police, has impounded a Toyota Venza private vehicle allegedly loaded...

Fake doctor arrested in Kasoa for fraud, romance scams

A self-styled doctor, Fredrick Papa Kow-Assifuah, has been arrested for impersonation and defrauding unsuspecting individuals with fake promises of international travel opportunities at Kasoa...

Labour Minister expresses concern over nurses’ strike without prior consultation

Labour Minister Dr. Rashid Pelpuo says the government is shocked and concerned by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association’s (GRNMA) decision to embark...

‘This is a new administration’ – Labour Minister urges nurses to reconsider strike tactics

Labour and Employment Minister Dr. Rashid Pelpuo is urging the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) to reconsider their ongoing nationwide strike. The Wa...

Blame gov’t if lives are lost – GRNMA warns amidst ongoing strike

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has urged the public to hold the government responsible for any loss of life during the...

Ofori-Atta’s family petitions National Central Bureau, CCF over Interpol Red Notice

The family of former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has formally petitioned the National Central Bureau and the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files...

Striking nurses did not create opportunity to talk – Labour Minister

Labour and Employment Minister Dr. Rashid Pelpuo says he is “shocked and disturbed” by the strike action declared by the Ghana Registered Nurses and...

LUV FM High Schools Debate: St. Louis SHS, Oppong Memorial progress to next stage

The 7th edition of the annual Luv Fm High Schools Debate kicked off at the Christian Service University in Kumasi with intense arguments and...