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9 remanded for allegedly vandalising Volvo Motor Grader in Tamale

Nine individuals have been remanded in police custody by the Tamale District Magistrate Court for allegedly vandalising a Volvo motor grader with registration number...

WAPCo resumes gas supply to Tema

The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) has resumed gas transportation services to its Tema Regulating and Metering Station (TRMS).This follows a temporary...

Politicians can’t fool the people all the time – John Dumelo on Ayawaso West win

The newly-elected Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency, John Dumelo, has highlighted how wise voters have become with regard to electing leaders.He...

EC suspends re-collation of election results at Tesano Police Training School

The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced a suspension of the re-collation process for Presidential and Parliamentary election results that was ongoing at the Tesano...

Two NGOs from Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire enter pact to promote women, children’s development

Ghanaian registered non-governmental organisation, the Strong Woman Changemaker Africa (SWOCA) and the Réseau JFP Jeunes Femmes Profesionnelles (RJFP) based in Cote d’Ivoire, have joined...

Outgoing administration’s last-minute recruitments and payments lawful – Transition Committee says

The Transition Committee, tasked with overseeing the transfer of power to the incoming administration, has clarified the legality of ongoing recruitments and payments by...

Strong Woman Changemaker Africa to feed 1,000 street dwellers this Christmas

The Strong Woman Changemaker Africa, a locally registered non-profit organisation, has targeted to feed at least 1,000 homeless people this Christmas.The ‘Operation feed the...

EduWatch urges Parliament to delay Free SHS bill for stakeholder consultations

Education think tank, Africa Education Watch (EduWatch), has called on Parliament to postpone the introduction of the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) Bill...

NAGRAT calls for suspension of free SHS bill

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has renewed its call for Parliament to suspend the Free Senior High School (SHS) Bill when it...

Seek legal advice before property acquisition to avoid litigation – Expert advises

Legal practitioner and property investment expert Alex K. Osei-Owusu advised individuals to seek legal consultation before acquiring properties, particularly in real estate development, to...

Fake Military officer arrested in Nkwanta, sentenced to 15 months imprisonment

A man posing as a military officer has been arrested in Nkwanta South and sentenced to 15 months in prison for fraud and impersonation.The...

Man inflicts cutlass wounds on trader at Agona Asafo

A 50-year-old cloth seller, Sulley Bonkanu, is in critical condition after his customer inflicted cutlass wounds on him at Agona Asafo in the Agona...

We’ll work with you to create brighter future for fishing industry – GNCFC tells Mahama

The Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council (GNCFC), Southern Volta Marine, has expressed its heartfelt congratulations to John Mahama on his election as President-elect of...

EduWatch urges Parliament to delay Free SHS bill for stakeholder consultations

Education think tank Africa Education Watch (EduWatch) has called on Parliament to postpone the introduction of the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) Bill...

Cholera outbreak in Western region claims 10 lives

A cholera outbreak in the Western Region has claimed ten lives, with numerous others hospitalized in various healthcare facilities.As of December 7, 789 suspected...

One feared dead, 3 injured in explosion at Obuasi 

One person is feared dead with three others injured following a fire explosion at Bogobiri in the Obuasi Municipality of the Ashanti region.According to...

Two acquitted of defrauding businessman of GH¢60,380

An Accra Circuit Court has acquitted and discharged two individuals, Silvia Naa Doudu Wristberg and Nicodemus Quarshie, who had been accused of defrauding a...

Ghanaian doctor who saved passenger’s life on KLM flight shares her experience

A Ghanaian medical doctor, Dr Joyce Emefa Addo-Klah, has recounted her intervention during a mid-air medical emergency aboard a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flight...

Drivers in excavator theft: Court orders them to open their defense

The Amasaman Circuit Court has ordered two drivers involved in the theft of a $108,000 excavator to open their defence.The Court presided over by...

Akotom murder case: 9 remanded into prison custody

Nine accused persons who were put before the Tarkwa Magistrate Court One for allegedly conspiring and murdering a taxi driver, Kwadwo Donkor, have been...

Akufo-Addo swears in Barfo-Bonney as Deputy CHRAJ boss 

President Nana Akufo-Addo has sworn in Benjamin Barfo-Bonney as the new Deputy Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ).This was...

Offline educational platform for teachers, students launched

Techaide, a Ghanaian-based social enterprise, has launched an upgraded offline learning platform, “ASANKA,” to improve teaching and learning for teachers and students, particularly in...

National House of Chiefs congratulates President-elect John Mahama on re-election

The National House of Chiefs has extended its congratulations to President-elect John Dramani Mahama on his re-election, offering their best wishes as he prepares...

Man kills wife and stepdaughter, inflicts cutlass wounds on another at Agona

A 40-year-old man, Stephen Alatey, is currently on the run after allegedly killing his wife and stepdaughter and attacking a hunter who attempted to...

Dr Apaak urges govt’s to settle GH¢118m WAEC debt

The Deputy Ranking Member on Parliament’s Education Committee, Dr. Clement Apaak, has joined calls for the government to urgently settle its GH¢118 million debt...

GNAT demands justice for teacher stabbed in the eye

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is demanding justice for a teacher who was stabbed in the left eye by a loitering student...

SHS student stabs teacher in the eye at Offinso

A teacher at Asuoso Senior High School in Offinso has been left blinded in one eye after a student allegedly stabbed him.The altercation reportedly...

FBI extradites “most wanted” Nigerian fraudster from Ghana to face charges

Abiola Kayode, a 37-year-old Nigerian national listed on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Most Wanted Cyber Criminal List, has been extradited from Ghana...

Agordzo must apologise to Dampare for his hateful, partisan attacks – Retired Police officer

A retired Police officer and security analyst has called on retired Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Benjamin Agordzo to apologise to the Inspector-General of...

Three Catholic priests assaulted at Nkwanta

Three Indian Catholic priests based in Kpassa in the Nkwanta-North District of the Oti Region were brutally beaten by a mob at a fuel...

Fisherman jailed 40 years for robbery and rape

A fisherman who raped and robbed a woman in the presence of her two children at Banana Inn, Accra, has been sentenced to 40...

Ghana Fact-checking Coalition records over 100 false publications during 2024 elections

The Ghana Fact-checking Coalition, a group of fact-checkers, has reported over 100 false publications related to the 2024 elections in its Election 2024 Media...

Akufo-Addo didn’t listen to us; he caused NPP’s heavy defeat – Outgoing MP Appiah-Kubi

Outgoing Member of Parliament for Asante Akim North in the Ashanti Region, Andy Appiah-Kubi, has attributed the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) heavy loss in...

False! NDC’s Prof Naana Jane did not advocate for some SHSs to be reserved for the privileged

Claim: Viral TikTok’s post claims that Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has said that schools like Prempeh and Presec should not be part of the...

True, Bawumia recorded zero votes at some polling stations in Bawku

Claim: Two social media users (here and  here) claim the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, recorded zero votes in some polling stations...

Ghana’s UCMAS team departs for India for international showdown

The Kotoka International Airport was brimming with excitement as 28 young prodigies, Ghana's torchbearers of mental arithmetic brilliance, prepared to depart for India.The air...

DFMLP congratulates president-elect John Mahama and Vice president-elect Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang

The Democratic Forum of Medical Laboratory Professionals (DFMLP) has extended its congratulations to President-elect John Dramani Mahama, Vice President-elect Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, and...

Kpando Torkor residents relieved as repaired ferry resumes service

Residents of Kpando Torkor and its surrounding communities can finally heave a sigh of relief as the ferry, which had been out of service...

Ghanaian doctor saves passenger mid-air on KLM Accra-bound flight from Amsterdam

A Ghanaian medical doctor, Dr. Joyce Emefa Addo-Klah, emerged as a hero during a mid-air emergency on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flight KL 589...

Awutu Senya West DCE refutes Police claims of stolen Agenda 111 materials

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Awutu Senya West in the Central Region, Moses Arhinful, has dismissed claims by the Ghana Police Service that...