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Pharm.D house officers to quit housemanships

Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) graduates of 2021 have announced plans to halt their services effective Monday, August 29, 2022.The decision, according to them, is related...

BoG to hold emergency MPC meeting over economic woes

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) will on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, hold an emergency Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on Ghana's recent economic...

Utility tariffs: Ghanaians willing to pay a little more to avoid ‘dumsor’ – Gabby

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is optimistic that Ghanaians are willing to pay more utility tariffs to enjoy the services...

Akufo-Addo appoints Miracles Aboagye as Executive Secretary of IMCC on Decentralisation

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Dennis Miracles Aboagye as the Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee (IMCC) on Decentralisation.The appointment is an additional...

Mahama donates food items to Apiate victims; GH₵5K to relief fund

https://youtu.be/YS7wKGHnPEQFormer President John Mahama has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to, as a matter of urgency, seek compensation for the victims of the Apiate...

Heavy security presence on UG campus following Vandals’ protest

Authorities of the University of Ghana have deployed armed Police personnel on campus.This is in reaction to a protest by students resident in the...

Family of 3 including pregnant woman burnt to death in house fire [Video]

https://youtu.be/5Kn6ZgDVUnwA pregnant mother and her two children have died after a fire gutted their home at Ohwim in Kumasi of the Ashanti region.The incident...

Retired soldier killed, others injured in fuel station attack

A security man has been killed in a Goil Fuel Station robbery at Subriso, Wassa Akropong in the Amenfi East Municipality of the Western...

Commonwealth Hall residents protest suspension of Hall Master, Senior Tutor over clashes

Residents of the Commonwealth Hall at the University of Ghana are peeved by the decision to suspend their Hall Master and Senior Tutor.Management of...

We will not compromise on service quality to consumers – ECG

The General Manager of External Communications for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Charles Nii Ayiku Ayiku, says the ECG will not compromise on...

My removal as Gender Minister will help me focus on my parliamentary duties – Adwoa Safo

Weeks after the termination of her appointment as Gender Minister, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has communicated her acceptance.The Dome-Kwabenya legislator believes the move will afford...

Three Chinese illegal miners arrested at Enchi

Three Chinese illegal miners operating in the Tano Numeri Forest Reserve in the Aowin Municipality of the Western North Region have been arrested together...

Why Hawa Koomson believes most Kasoa youth are lazy [Video]

https://youtu.be/5uzG8qwXyCwAwutu Senya East Member of Parliament (MP), Mavis Hawa Koomson, has described most youth at Kasoa which falls under her constituency as being lazy....

Kuabease-Juaben road construction underway

The construction work on a section of the Kubease-Nkyerepoaso road in the Juaben Municipality has commenced.This was revealed after the Municipality Chief Executive (MCE)...

Bank of Ghana supports EOCO with GH¢10m grant

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) Board has approved the disbursement of a GH¢10 million grant to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to...

UG launches project to advance women in STEM education

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, has launched a project to advance women in Science Technology Engineering and...

Ghana Digital Center CEO donates to school children

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Digital Center Limited, Kwadwo Baah Agyemang, is leaving a foot print and a remarkable social interventions in...

Special Prosecutor launches full investigation into issuance of customs rulings, benchmark values

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is about to launch a full-blown investigation into all rulings and benchmark values applied by the Customs...

Lady accused of murdering Canadian boyfriend makes startling revelations

Safinatu Adizatu Mohammed, the embattled 23-year-old Level 100 student of the University of Ghana, who is accused of allegedly stabbing her Ghanaian lover who...

Special Prosecutor still investigating alleged Airbus bribery scandal

JoyNews/AdomNews · Special Prosecutor still investigating alleged Airbus bribery scandalOffice of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has revealed that it is still investigating the alleged...

Sack Ofori-Atta, Agyemang Manu, Afriyie-Akoto – Kufuor Foundation CEO tells Akufo-Addo

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kufuor Foundation, Prof Baffuor Agyemang-Duah, is the latest influential individual to join calls for a ministerial reshuffle in...

Ghana experiencing ‘mental health inflation’

National President, Ghana Psychological Association (GPA), Dr Collins Agyemang Badu, says Ghana is currently experiencing a “mental health inflation.”He attributed the problem to stress,...

Parts of Tamale, Sagnarigu flooded after heavy downpour

A heavy downpour last Friday night submerged parts of the Tamale metropolis and the Sagnarigu municipality, displacing hundreds of households.However, there has not been...

NPP Secretary escapes robbery attack

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Secretary for Nhyiaeso in Kumasi, Micheal Essel-Mills, has reportedly escaped a robbery attack in his home at Santasi.The...

GIISDEC Board embarks on community engagement in Oti Region

The Board of the Ghana Integrated Iron and Steel Development Corporation led by its Chairman and Member of Parliament for Yendi, Alhaji Farouk Aliu...

Commonwealth-Mensah Sarbah Hall clash: Vandals Hall Master, Senior Tutor suspended

The Management of the University of Ghana has suspended the Hall Master and Senior Tutor of the Commonwealth Hall for their inaction that caused...

Largest ‘wee’ farm uncovered at Afram Plains, 5 arrested for cultivating 80 hectare cannabis farm

The largest cannabis farm ever has been discovered at Afram Plains in the Eastern Region.The 80-hectare cannabis farm was discovered in the Obuo Akroma...

Notorious robbers who attacked family in broad daylight arrested

The Police have arrested two members of a robbery gang that attacked a family at Suhum in the Eastern region in broad daylight on...

Ursula Owusu, Nana Cheddar’s pilgrimage to Axim [Photos]

Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful and businessman, Nana Bediako Cheddar, have embarked on a trip to Axim in the Western Region....

Man, 26, killed in mining pit

The search for gold in an abandoned mining pit of AngloGold Ashanti at Obuasi by a group of miners turned disastrous as one of...

Full text: Utility tariff increment announced by PURC

2022-2025 MULTI-YEAR MAJOR TARIFF REVIEW FOR NATURAL GAS, ELECTRICITY AND WATER SERVICESThe Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), has concluded its regulatory process for the examination...

Charcoal seller allegedly commits suicide over GHS 3,000 debt

A 22-year-old charcoal seller, Kwabenya Gyata, has been found hanging dead in an abandoned public toilet at Gomoa Obiri in the Gomoa West District...

We’re committed to making Ghana safer – IGP reiterates as he receives new motorbikes

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has renewed his pledge to make the country the safest place.The police chief is poised...

Electricity, water tariffs up by 27.15%, 21.55%

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced tariff increases effective September 1, 2022.Tariffs for electricity and water are expected to go up by...

Office of Special Prosecutor employing services of investigative journalists

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has announced it is employing the services and expertise of investigative journalists.The move, according to the office, is...

Security agencies to permanently patrol river bodies to fight galamsey

The Chief Executive of the Minerals Commission, Martin Ayisi, has declared that as government’s permanent solution to the fight against illegal mining, the Ministry...

Akufo-Addo presents 1,500 motorbikes to Ghana Police Service [Video]

https://youtu.be/mhfdbxWyirMPresident Nana Akufo-Addo has presented 1,500 Apsonic motorbikes to the Ghana Police Service to aid their work.The presentation was done in a brief ceremony...

Ghana Card won’t be used for Election 2024 – Deputy EC Chairman

The Electoral Commission (EC) has assured Ghanaians that it has no intention to use the Ghana Card as a source of identification for the...

List of alleged corruption cases Special Prosecutor is probing

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has furnished the public with cases which have engaged its attention so far.This forms part of the...

NIA resumes services at Elwak Sports Stadium

The National Identification Authority (NIA) says it has resumed its services at the Elwak Sports Stadium, Accra effective Monday, August 15, 2022.The resumption...