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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...

Illegal miners arrested; mining equipment destroyed on River Offin [Photos]

About nine illegal miners have been arrested and their equipment decommissioned on River Offin in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region.They...

Special Prosecutor publishes half-year report

The Office of the Special Prosecutor says it has so far not been able to secure any conviction or acquittal in respect of cases...

4 arrested for refurbishing, selling abandoned LPG cylinders

The Kaneshie District Police has arrested four persons for refurbishing old and abandoned Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders for sale at Swanlake Masalachi in...

Mahama mourns with A.B. Crentsil’s family at one week observation [Photos]

The one-week observation of veteran highlife legend, Alfred Benjamin Crentsil, known in showbiz circles as A.B. Crentsil, has been held.The ceremony took place on...

Atewa Forest is a ‘no go area’ for mining; GIADEC and strategic partner must walk away immediately – A Rocha Ghana

A Rocha Ghana, an environmental NGO, has urgently reminded all investors and mining companies – especially the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) ‘preferred...

Labianca case: GRA dissociates itself from Col. Damoah’s comments against Special Prosecutor

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has distanced itself from some comments made by the Commissioner of Customs concerning the findings of a case involving...

ECG begins repair works on transformers in Kroboland

Residents of the Yilo and Manya Krobo municipalities of the Eastern region may soon heave a sigh of relief, as the Electricity Company of...

NDC senior member passes on

A senior member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Nuamah Donkor, has passed on.He was 63.His death was announced by his party...

Homowo is a beautiful festival – Bawumia

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia was left impressed when he joined the chiefs and people of Ga Mashie (British Accra) to celebrate the Homowo...

Kakum Forest elephants destroy farmlands at Assin South

Rampaging elephants from the Kakum National Park Forest extension have raided more than three-acre farmlands estimated at GH¢60,000 in some farming communities in the...

I’m fully aware that things are difficult – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo says he is fully aware that things are difficult for Ghanaians and so he is working to lift them out of...

General Legal Council barring re-marking justified – GBA President

The President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) says people criticising the General Legal Council (GCL’s) decision to ban re-marking of the entrance examination...

EOCO must take up Labianca case – Murtala Mohammed

A former Deputy Trades and Industry Minister has asked for the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to take over the alleged corruption case...

Missing 14-year-old girl found at Sehwi Asawinso

A 14-year-old girl, Tayibatu Zakaria, who went missing on Thursday after close from school, has been found alive at Sehwi Asawinso.Zakaria reportedly refused to...

Rainwater no longer safe to drink anywhere on earth – Study

Rainwater is no longer safe to drink anywhere on earth, due to 'forever chemicals' linked to cancer, study suggests.Rainwater is no longer safe to...

Scores of mourners pay last respects to late Abesim Queen-mother

The pre-burial funeral and funeral of the late Nana Yaa Pomaa, the 'Abesimhemaa' (Queen-mother) ended peacefully, at Abesim, near Sunyani over the weekend.Osagyefo Oseadeeyo...

Govt delivering on promise to equip military – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo says his government, since assuming office in 2017, has been delivering on its promise to retool and re-equip the Ghana Armed Forces,...

8-year-old girl drowns in cesspit in Wa

An eight-year-old girl, on Saturday night, drowned in a cesspit.The incident happened at Bamahu in the Wa municipality of the Upper West Region.The cesspit...

We promise to support you – Bawumia to Ga state

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has declared support for sustainable development and a united Ga state on the occasion of this year’s Homowo festival...

Juaben MCE promises to run an open-door administration

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Juaben in the Ashanti Region, Omane Aboagye, has promised to run an open-door administration to drive development in...

Ga Mashie celebrates Homowo in style [Photos+videos]

The weekend, the people of Ga Mashie took their turn in the Homowo festivities for this year.The streets of Jamestown were filled with the...

New police officers can swim and drive – IGP

All new officers who pass out of the police training school can now swim and drive as the Police training module has been reviewed...

Hilla Limann Technical University defaults in employees pension contributions

The management of the Hilla Limann Technical University in Wa has failed to pay statutory Tier One and Two pension contributions of some casual...

Railway Workers Union threatens strike

The Railway Workers Union has threatened a strike action effective August 22, 2022, over issues with the management of the Ghana Railway Company.In a...

‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ actually in need of more aid – Bokpin [Video]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has since he was sworn into office, pledged to rid the country of the need for hand-outs.He touted his administration...

Why pay us less? – Teachers in nursing training schools fume as 7-day protest begins

https://www.youtube.com/embed/pag1mVqgEBgThe Nurse Educator’s Group, a specialised group under Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association, has commenced a seven-day industrial action targeted at drawing the...

Labianca case: Special Prosecutor’s findings not surprising – GII

The Programmes Manager of Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) is not surprised about the Special Prosecutor’s claim of alleged corrupt activities involving Labianca Group of...