Action demanded over surge in illegal meat imports in UK
The government is under pressure to stop illegal meat being smuggled into the UK, amid warnings of a "foot-and-mouth" level crisis for British farmers.
The...
Mining giants sign $30bn settlement for 2015 Brazil dam collapse
The mining giants BHP and Vale have signed a deal with the Brazilian government to pay nearly $30bn (£23bn) in compensation for the Mariana...
Uganda: Ex-rebel gets 40-year jail term in landmark case
A Ugandan court has sentenced a former commander in the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to 40 years in prison following a landmark war...
Govt to revive Labour Department as 16 Public Employment Centres constructed
The government, through the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR), is revamping the Labour Department by establishing Public Employment Centres (PECs) in all...
Israel launches air strikes on Iran
Israel launched multiple air strikes on Iran in the early hours of Saturday, in response to what the Israeli military called "months of continuous...
Prof. Thwala takes over as Chair of Africa Health Collaborative Executive Steering Committee
Prof. Nhlanhla Thwala, Vice-Chancellor of the Africa Leadership University (ALU), has officially taken over as Chair of the Executive Steering Committee (ESC) of the...
Ghana to record end-year inflation of 15.0% in 2024 – IMF
Ghana is expected to record an average inflation of 19.5% in 2024, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revealed.In its World Economic Outlook, it...
GRIDCo halts illegal excavation by Chinese nationals under high-voltage lines at Shiashie
Engineers from the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) have ordered a group of Chinese nationals excavating land under its high-voltage power lines at Shiashie to...
Ghana’s Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey appointed as Commonwealth Secretary-General
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has been named Secretary-General of the Commonwealth at the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government...
University of Ghana fires back at Rev. Lawrence Tetteh’s ‘unfounded’ HIV allegations
The University of Ghana has strongly refuted recent claims made by Rev. Lawrence Tetteh regarding alleged HIV infections among its student population.The school described...
Govt to revive Labour Department
The government through the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR), is revamping the Labour Department by establishing Public Employment Centres (PECs) in all...
Galamsey: UTAG-UG votes against NEC’s decision to suspend strike
The University of Ghana chapter of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has voted to reject the National Executive Committee's (NEC) decision to...
Ghana is supporting Burkina Faso to fight terrorism – Ambassador
Ghana's Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Boniface Gambila Adagbila, has affirmed the country's commitment to aiding Burkina Faso in its fight against terrorism.His comments come...
Gov’t announces free access to 2024/25 SHS and TVET placement results
The Education Ministry has announced that prospective first-year students and parents will be able to check their Senior High School (SHS) and Technical and...
Prof Aning rubbishes report that terrorists from Burkina Faso use northern Ghana as base
Security analyst, Prof Kwesi Aning has rubbished claims in a Reuters report alleging that Islamist militants from Burkina Faso are using northern Ghana as...
74-year-old man dies during sex at movie house in East Legon
An Accra High Court has charged a 20-year-old interior decorator, Pearl Agbomadzi, with murder.This is in connection with the death of a 74-year-old British...
Man, 72, murdered while returning from farm; family demands justice
The family of a 72-year-old who was murdered last Saturday by unknown assailants while returning from farm is demanding a thorough investigation from the...
Accused person in protest over alleged $3m BOST scandal discharged
The Achimota District Court has discharged the President of the Ghana Social Justice Forum and a journalist, Yahaya Alhassan, after striking out charges against...
Student ‘feels betrayed’ by Oxford University over Shakespeare PhD rejection
An Indian PhD student says she was "forcibly transferred" to a masters course without her consent by the University of Oxford.Lakshmi Balakrishnan, from Tamil...
NSMQ: Wey Gey Hey cruises to semi-final, showing PERSCO and Mawuli School the exit
Wesley Girls' High School (Wey Gey Hey) has secured a thrilling victory over St. Peter's Senior High School (PERSCO) and Mawuli School in a...
NSMQ24: Augusco thrashes St Hubert Sem., Bishop Herman to secure semi-final slot
Cape Coast is lush, and the excitement runs high as the 2024 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) witnessed a thrilling academic showdown featuring...
ECG to upgrade Clou Prepayment metering system starting October 25
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced an upgrade to the metering system for customers using Clou Prepayment meters.According to a statement, the...
NAGRAT issues 5-day ultimatum to Akwamuman SHS over withheld teachers’ salaries
The Ghana National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has issued a five-day ultimatum to the Asuogyaman Education Directorate and the headmaster of Akwamuman Senior...
Okada rider found dead after being hired in Ashanti regionÂ
An okada rider has allegedly been murdered at Tepa Asuhyea in the Ahafo Ano North municipality of the Ashanti region.The deceased has been identified as 24-year-old Antwi...
Gabby slams UK Prime Minister over reparation comments
A prominent figure within Ghana's New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has criticized UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer for dismissing calls for...
Public Services Workers’ Union suspend strike
The Public Services Workers' Union (PSWU) has suspended its industrial action following a directive from the National Labour Commission (NLC).The suspension according to PSWU...
Parliament is an intellectual platform, not a boxing ring – NAPO to NDC MPs
Vice Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has criticised the Minority over their conduct during proceeding on Tuesday,...
Reuters’ report on Jihadist presence in northern Ghana ‘sensational, over-exaggerated’ – Bombande
Conflict resolution and peacebuilding expert, Emmanuel Bombande, has criticised a recent Reuters report suggesting that northern Ghana is serving as a logistical and medical...
Mother allegedly sells 2-week-old baby for GH₵300 at Sekondi
A 35-year-old mother, Mena Efua, is alleged to have sold her two-week-old baby for GH₵300 at Nkotompo, in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of the Western...
Ode to Freedom: In Memory of the Immortal Akoto Ampaw (Sheey Sheey)
When a haunting silence befalls our land, as in a graveyard solitude,Not with you, not with a stranger, let alone with a foe, I...
Residents of Teshie Adjetey Kanton ‘trapped’ at home as contractor abandons road project
Residents along Adjetey Kanton street in Teshie, Greater Accra Region, have expressed their frustration over the deteriorating condition of the only access road to...
Our criminal justice system has failed us; it doesn’t make sense at all – Analyst
Crime Analyst and Certified Professional Investigator Ransford Nana Addo Jnr has damned Ghana’s criminal justice system as a failed one that has hardly yielded...
Labour Commission orders Public Services Workers Union to suspend strike action
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has directed the Public Services Workers Union (PSWU) to call off their strike action with immediate effect.The directive was...
Ghana risks missing SDG 6 due to galamsey
Ghana’s effort to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) is under serious threat due to the devastation caused by illegal mining commonly known...
Two brothers drown in dam at Grupe
Two brothers aged between 8 and 10 have drown in a dam at Grupe, a farming community in the West Gonja Municipality of the...
Global Peace appoints Angela Aseye Quashigah as special Secretary
Angela Aseye Quashigah is a distinguished Alumni of Global Peace and is currently reading an Executive Masters Degree in Business Administration (Entrepreneurship Option) at...
Getfund holds annual stakeholders forum
The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) held its annual stakeholders’ forum on Tuesday at the University of Professional Studies, Madina in Accra.Under the theme “Supporting...
Kasoa ritual murder: What 18-year-old said after being sentenced to life in prison
Nicholas Kini, the 18-year-old convicted in the ritual murder of 10-year-old Ishmael Mensah Abdellah in Kasoa, received a life imprisonment sentence on Thursday, October...
Interior Minister imposes curfew on Sampa until further notice
The Minister for the Interior, Henry Quartey, has imposed a curfew on Sampa Township in the Jaman North District of the Bono Region through...
Food service establishments to apply for advertisement approval from FDA
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has asked all food service establishments to apply for the Authority’s approval for their advertisements across all media...