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Ghana needs $ 25 million to reclaim galamsey lands – Minister

The deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu Bio has said that Ghana needs an estimated twenty five (25) million dollars to...

‘Arrest JB Danquah’s widow now’

The family of the late Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu is demanding the immediate arrest and interrogation of the widow of the Member of Parliament (MP).A...

Audio: JB Danquah’s ghost haunts family

The family of the late Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North constituency, Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu has made a passionate appeal to the government...

Dr. Nduom donates $64,000 to Catholic institutions

The Chairman of Ghana’s largest conglomerate, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has made a donation to some religious and educational institutions in the country as...

83% of Ghanaians without National ID

A report by the Committee on Communications of Parliament shows that the National Identification Authority (NIA) is yet to register and issue a national...

Fight against galamsey: Foreigners face 25 years jail term

The Government of Ghana, through a project management approach, shall be placing a moratorium on illegal mining for one year, in order to regain...

AMA declares war on ‘fly-dumpers’

We are galvanising a very strong public objection against undignified waste disposal in the Accra metropolis, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has noted, adding...

Six Fire Officers caught in twin explosion in Takoradi

Six Fire Officers were part of the many who were injured during a gas explosion at the premises of a utensil company, Ghana Household...

Okyenhene is not involved in galamsey – Lands Ministry

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, has rubbished media reports suggesting that the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), in its latest report accused...

Dr. Nduom donates $64,000 to Catholic institutions

The Chairman of Ghana’s largest conglomerate, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has made a donation to some religious and educational institutions in the country as...

Talk to your citizens to respect our laws – Hamid tells Chinese Ambassador

The Minister of information, Mustapha Hamid has told the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana that the country will not hesitate to apply the full force...

Photos: Taxi driver stabs popular prophet to death

A renowned prophet in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis of the Western Region, Odeefo Nkwantabisa, has been stabbed to death by a taxi driver over a...

Audio+Photos: Kwanyarko sub chiefs demonstrate against chief

Sub-chiefs and members of Asafo companies in the Agona Kwanyarko of the Central Region have demonstrated against the chief of the town, Dr. Nana...

VIDEO: Kintampo Assembly blows GHC 370, 000 on rice and sugar for Muslims

The Kintampo District Assembly in the Brong Ahafo Region is in the news for blowing an amount of GHC 370, 000 on the purchase...

Amewu backs Okyenhene in BNI galamsey report scandal

The Ministry of Lands of Forestry has jumped to the defence of the Okyenhene in a recent BNI report accusing the Okyehene and his...

Be vessels of hounour unto God – Women advised

The General Overseer of the Jesus is the Light Evangelistic Ministry (JELEM), has urged women in the country to explore their God given talents...

Asia Huang remanded into prison custody

Asia Huang, the Chinese lady accused of deep involvement in illegal mining (galamsey) in Ghana has been remanded into prison custody by Justice Charles...

Church Building collapses on 15 worshippers

At least 15 people sustained various degrees of injury when an uncompleted church building they were worshipping in caved in at Gbawe-Borla in the...

Scores injured in gas explosion in Takoradi

There has been a gas explosion in Takoradi in the Western Region.Twenty five to thirty persons are said to have sustained varied degrees of...

137 fishermen arrested in Accra

A total of 137 fishermen have been arrested at Prampram in the Ningo-Prampram District in the Greater Accra Region for engaging in illegal fishing...

Hot AUDIO: Captain Smart, BT Baba clash over galamsey

It was fireworks on Adom FM’s Morning Show on Monday morning when host of the show, Captain Smart interviewed Member of Parliament for Talensi,...

MoFA ‘cheap cars’ auctioneer risks losing license

The auctioneer involved in the irregular auctioning of 24 vehicles at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) risks losing his licence or being suspended...

Upper East Regional Minister to sue Bugri Naabu over false accusation

The Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari has served notice that he’ll sue his fellow party member and Northern Regional Chairman of the governing...

We’ll resolve your issues next week – MoH to allied health professionals

Deputy Minister of Health Tina Mensah has assured members of the Coalition of Bonded Unposted Allied Health Professionals that government will address issues concerning...

GAF is not involved in ‘galamsey’- Col Aggrey Quarshie

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has denied claims that its officers are involved in galamsey activities in some parts of the country as stated...

Arrest of powerful Chinese galamsey woman; blow-by-blow account

A harmless revelation on Joy FM's Newsfile programme about how a powerful Chinese woman, blackmailed Ghana's top politicians and security officers with sex tapes...

708 killed within four months in road accident

Statistics from the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) indicates that a total of 708 people killed while 3,983 got injured in 4,049 road accidents...

Audio: Gov’t owes school feeding caterers GHC 165m

Government is indebted to caterers rendering services under the Ghana National School Feeding Programme (GNSFP) to the tune of GHc165 million.Public Relations Officer of...

Avoid early sex to prevent cervical cancer

Dr Shimaila Ibrahim medical doctor in charge of the Daboase Ahmadiyya Hospital has entreated young ladies, especially teenagers to desist from engaging in early...

Drunkards strike, bare teeth at FDA over Adonko ban

Alcohol abusers in Ghana are currently on strike and have vouched to demonstrate against the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) if they fail to...

Angry Akyem Abuakwa chiefs storm BNI offices over Galamsey report

All the chiefs in Akyem Abuakwa in the Eastern Region are getting ready to visit the offices of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI)...

We’ll accept judgment on Ivory Coast maritime dispute – Nana Addo

President Akufo-Addo has suggested that Ghana is ready to accept any ruling by the Tribunal for the International Law of the Sea over the...

Who’ll be next chief Justice?

After 47 years of public service, the Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood, will retire on June 8, 2017, and two names remain in the...

‘BNI galamsey report an attempt at denigrating Okyenhene’

The secretary for the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council has accused the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and the National Security of being on a...

Ghanaian man attacked on horror date in Australia

A young man is in hospital after being viciously stabbed in an ambush by a woman he met online.The attacker and two of her...

Ga ban on drumming, noise-making starts Monday

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly has announced a ban on drumming and noise making. The ban takes effect from May 8 and ends on June...

DOVVSU advises women against providing dowry

Women have been advised to stop the practice of providing dowry for men to present to their (women) parents as bride price to marry...

Why I chose my sister as Asantehemaa

Nana Konadu Yiadom III, has officially been outdoored as the new Asantehemaa, succeeding Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II who passed on last year.The...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: Aboakyir Festival 2017

The Aboakyir festival is a bushbuck hunting festival celebrated by the people of Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana.The name ‘'Aboakyire’ translates as...

First Lady, Multimedia Group commended for KATH project

A principal of the Jackson Educational Complex has commended the First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo for her commitment to ensuring better health care delivery...