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No company has been licensed to prospect for minerals in Forest Reserves – Minerals Commission

The Minerals Commission has refuted allegations that the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor, has granted prospecting licences to some companies...

Education Ministry chasing Tanit Ltd to refund over ¢800k after it failed to deliver contract

The Education Ministry has started moves to ensure that Tanit Ltd, an IT Company, which it contracted to provide digital teacher training content and...

British High Commissioner gifted a goat in Northern Region

The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson, during one of her visits to the northern part of Ghana, received a token she did...

Burial arrangement for former IGP announced

Late former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Charles Odartey Lamptey, is set to be buried on Saturday, August 20, 2022.He will be laid in...

Two churches fight at cemetery over burial of member who owed tithes [Video]

A very disturbing report from Kwabenakrom at Sefwi Bekwai, in the Western North Region indicates that two churches have clashed at a cemetery in...

Man found hanging dead in uncompleted building

A man in his 30s has been found hanging in an uncompleted building at New Kyekyere in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti region.The...

Northern Region CHASS threatens to close schools over lack of funds for food

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) in the Northern Region has threatened to disrupt the academic calendar if the government does...

Sack entire management of GRA – Akufo-Addo told

The Executive Secretary of the Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana (IEAG), Samson Asaki Awingobit, has called on government to dissolve and sack the...

Imprisonment of fishers will be enacted in our laws – Fisheries Minister

The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has disclosed that plans are underway to ensure fishers are imprisoned for three to six...

I will return to Ghana if I get one tipper truck, I’m tired – Germany-based Ghanaian

Germany-based Ghanaian, Kwaku Asante, has stated that he will come back to Ghana immediately after he gets a tipper truck to start a business.In...

7 arrested for allegedly killing 2 over witchcraft accusation

Seven people are in the grips of the police for their alleged involvement in the killing of an old man and woman.The two were...

Man shot dead in his shop at Nalerigu

Unknown assailants have shot dead a yet-to-be-identified man in his shop at Nalerigu in the East Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region.The unfortunate...

Farmer who chopped off his scrotum while asleep breaks silence

A farmer at Assin Akomfode in the Central Region who accidentally chopped off his scrotum while asleep says it was under the influence of...

98% of frozen chicken consumed imported

More than 600,000 tonnes of frozen chicken were imported into the country last year, a research by the Ghana National Association of Poultry Farmers...

As Ghana gets poorer, Ofori-Atta’s Databank gets richer – KKD fumes

An ace Ghanaian broadcaster has expressed his surprise at government for constantly employing the services of a company co-founded by the Finance Minister –...

Vehicle destroyed as transport unions clash over loading terminal [Video]

https://youtu.be/6exURh7cg1YThere was uneasy calm at the Obuasi Kunka bus terminal after trotro drivers and their conductors clashed with a group on Wednesday.The drivers say they...

The People’s Forum: Gomoa Asempayin residents cry for good roads

Residents of Gomoa Asempayin in the Gomoa West district of the Central region are demanding their share of the national cake.Their major problem is...

Ahafo Region sees massive development – Minister

Newly created Ahafo region has seen massive development three years after its creation, Regional Minister, George Boakye, has said.According to him, the region has...

I was ignorant – Student nurse who ‘threatened to kill patients’ in viral video

A nursing student captured in a viral video threatening to kill her patients because she was forced into the profession says she did it...

NPP man behind my botched Special Prosecutor petition – Atta Akyea

Former Minister for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, has spoken for the first time about a petition filed against him at the Office...

NCA grants licence for operation of MSMPUSHER

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has granted a licence for the operation of a cloud-based marketing platform, MSMPUSHER.NCA's licence is to allow MSMPUSHER...

Police rescue victim kidnapped during Abuakwa robbery

The Ashanti Regional police command has rescued a woman who was kidnapped during a robbery incident at Abuakwa in the Ashanti Region.Reports indicate that...

University of Ghana wins $165 million judgement debt case

A United States of America District Court has turned down a request to compel the University of Ghana (UG) to pay ACE American Insurance...

Man arrested for stealing fuel from tanker at Bole

A 24-year-old unemployed Senior High School graduate, Isaac Gakpetor, has been arrested by the Bole District Police command for stealing fuel.The suspect is accused...

It is not the responsibility of govt to compensate Apiate victims – Lands Ministry

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources says it is not its responsibility to compensate victims of the Apiate explosion.According to the Ministry, victims...

Mother and son perish in ghastly accident at Asokore Mampong [Photos]

A middle-aged woman and her son have been killed in a vehicular knockdown at Asokore Mampong in the Ashanti Region.The accident occurred when the...

Boy, 16, drowns after allegedly insulting river god

A lifeless body of a 16-year-old boy has been retrieved from River Boafo at Nkwanta in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region.The deceased,...

Aker Energy halts Ghana oilfield devt over involvement of Russian firm

Norway's Aker Energy has put on hold its Pecan oilfield development in Ghana amid concern the project could face sanctions over the war in...

3 OWASS students granted bail for robbery

The Kumasi Metropolitan Circuit Court on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, granted bail with five sureties each to three students of the Opoku Ware School...

NIA clears air on Ghana Card artwork

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has urged the general public to disregard a Facebook post by Honorary Vice President of policy think tank, Imani...

Fire outbreak: 14 lives lost in Ashanti Region since beginning of 2022

Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana National Fire Service of the Ashanti Regional Command, D.O. III Peter Addai, has said the Ashanti Region...

Man allegedly kills 62-year-old uncle over plantain [Video]

https://youtu.be/brT7FJRAkooA 46-year-old man, identified as Kwaku Fokuo, has allegedly killed his uncle in an argument over plantain theft at Apitikooko, a suburb of Obuasi...

Heir apparent to Yaa Naa passes on

Dagbon has been plunged into mourning following the announcement of the untimely death of the heir apparent to the Dagbon Skin, the Mion-Lana, Naa...

National Security sends important message to Krobo residents

The National Security Ministry has urged residents of the Lower Manya Krobo and Yilo Krobo municipalities to cooperate with security agencies and the Electricity...

Veteran journalist Harruna Atta loses wife

Veteran journalist, Abdul-Rahman Harruna Atta, has lost his wife, Nana Yaa Agyemang.The sad event is said to have happened on Wednesday, August 17, 2022 in...

Chief of Staff sues Larry Dogbe for defamation

Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare has sued Managing Editor of the Herald Newspaper, Larry Dogbe for defamation.She wants an Accra High Court to...

Police rescue woman kidnapped by armed robbers at Abuakwa-Asenemaso

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has rescued a woman allegedly kidnapped by armed robbers who robbed her family apartment at Abuakwa Asenemaso.Police say the...

Public Accounts Committee to invite Attorney-General

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament will invite the Attorney-General (A-G) to appear before it to give an update on the cases referred...

Divorce could have saved her – Brother of woman killed over sex at Awutu Mankomeda cries [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Divorce could have saved her - Brother of woman killed over s3x at Awutu Mankomeda criesA family at Awutu Mankomeda in the...

Robbers attack house; flee with female resident and other valuables

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has launched an intense anti-robbery operation to arrest two robbers who attacked two families in a house at Abuakwa...