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About 20 communities in the Wassa Amenfi East constituency in the Western Region are set to experience reliable electricity and telecommunications networks, thanks to the efforts of their Member of Parliament, Hon. Nicholas Amankwah. The MP is currently overseeing an ongoing rural electrification project aiming to bring light and hope …

President John Dramani Mahama has requested the Majority Leader and Majority Chief Whip in Parliament to withdraw the Private Member’s Bill tabled for the repeal of the Act establishing the Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP). Two Members of Parliament have sponsored a private members’ bill to repeal the Office of …

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Wassa Amenfi East in the Western Region, Hon. Raymond Nana Ebbah, has taken a significant step towards improving educational infrastructure and access to clean water in the municipality. He recently cut the sod for several school projects and borehole initiatives funded by the District …

The funeral of the late Charles Kwadwo Fosu, popularly known as Daddy Lumba, has been hit by a fresh lawsuit as relatives move to stop the organisation of his final rites, accusing the family head of sidelining them and making unauthorised withdrawals from a memorial account. In a motion for …

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Wassa Amenfi East, Raymond Nana Ebbah, and the Member of Parliament, Hon. Nicholas Amankwah, have cut the sod for the construction of two Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compounds in the Wassa Dawurampong and Jukwa-Hemang communities. The projects, fully funded by the District …

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has urged the rival groups involved in the Bawku chieftaincy conflict to commit to enduring peace, emphasising that they are one people who have no reason to be at war with each other. Conflict between two ethnic groups, the Kusaug and Mamprugu, has spanned years, …

The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Mrs. Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has given strong assurances that the long-abandoned Kwadaso Creative Art School project will soon be completed. This follows her inspection of the project in the Ashanti Region as part of a two-day working visit. Mrs. Gomashie said her …

  The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Mrs. Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has directed individuals occupying abandoned community cinemas nationwide to vacate the facilities to pave the way for the government’s planned refurbishment and revival of local cinematography. Mrs. Gomashie gave the directive during her two-day working tour of …

The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mubarak, has announced a postponement of the nationwide security services recruitment exercise, shifting the start date from Saturday, November 15, to Monday, November 17. The decision, communicated on Friday, November 14, follows the tragic incident at the El Wak Sports Stadium during the military …

A court in Gabon has sentenced the former first lady and the son of deposed President Ali Bongo to 20 years in jail following a two-day trial. On Tuesday night, Sylvia Bongo and Noureddin Bongo were found guilty of embezzlement and corruption after a trial that began a day earlier. …

The government has announced that one person from the family of each of the girls who died during the stampede in the military recruitment exercise on Wednesday at El‑Wak Stadium will be recruited into the army. Their families are expected to present a replacement for the deceased to be absorbed …

  The Acting Registrar of the Allied Health Professionals Council, Dr. Shirazu Issahaku, has revealed that over thirty thousand graduates of allied health professions remain unemployed across the country — a situation he warns could pose a serious security threat if not addressed urgently. Allied health professionals play a vital …

ā President John Dramani Mahama has sent a strong warning to community members who attack security officers on illegal mining duties, stressing that such offenders will face the full rigors of the law. The president’s caution follows a recent attack on members of the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS), …

The Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Dr. Hugh C.A. Brown, has described the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, as a scary and life-threatening mission for officers protecting Ghana’s forest reserves. He is calling for stronger government and security support to safeguard the nation’s natural resources. …

As part of the membership drive activities of the Ghana Journalists Association, Ashanti Regional Branch executives of the Association have begun a tour of some selected media houses in Kumasi. The executives, led by Regional Chairman Kofi Adu Domfeh, visited the EIB Network, where they held fruitful discussions with Mr …

The Assin Fosu Divisional Police Command has arrested 19-year-old Shadrack Kwame Gyamfi for allegedly murdering a 57-year-old farmer, Adwoa Attaa, at Assin Dompim in the Assin Fosu Municipality of the Central Region. The deceased’s body was discovered in her room yesterday around 5 p.m., with visible signs of assault, including …

The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has presented the government’s official report on election-related violence recorded during the 2020 and 2024 General Elections, revealing that fifteen people lost their lives and forty others sustained injuries in twelve separate incidents across the country. Speaking at a press briefing in Accra …

  The Ministry for the Interior has officially announced the commencement of a nationwide recruitment exercise for four of Ghana’s key security agencies: the Ghana Police Service, Ghana Prisons Service, Ghana National Fire Service, and Ghana Immigration Service.   According to a statement released by the ministry, applications will be …

  The Interior Minister, Muntaka Mubarak, has said that the report on the Electoral Violence that occurred at Techiman South during the 2020 general elections has been referred to the Attorney-General for compensation to the families of the deceased and the injured. He also announced that the docket of the …

  A Circuit Court in Cape Coast has sentenced 49-year-old fisherman Samuel Armah, also known as ‘Kofi Nyan’, to 10 years in prison with hard labour.   He was convicted after pleading guilty to defiling a 13-year-old girl at Mumford in the Central Region. According to the press release issued …

  The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has issued a public caution regarding an increase in seasonal influenza (flu) cases across parts of the country.   The GHS confirmed that the country is currently experiencing an increased incidence of seasonal flu, with cases confirmed as influenza A strains H3N2 and H1N1. …

The police have arrested a self-styled man of God in his room at Buduburam in the Gomoa East district in an attempt to use six okada boys for alleged rituals. According to the report, the suspect, whose name was given as ‘Major’, has bought an okada for the victims to …

  Minister of Education Haruna Iddrisu has reaffirmed his directive for teachers to use Ghanaian languages as the medium of instruction at the early stages of basic education.   He said the move is essential for improving learning outcomes at the foundational level. According to the minister, research supports the …

A five-year-old boy and two other members of a household have been killed after unidentified gunmen attacked their residence in Binduri on Sunday, October 26, 2025. Two other occupants of the house, including a radio station manager, sustained gunshot wounds in the night attack and are receiving treatment at a …

  Hundreds of protesters have clashed with security forces in several cities across Cameroon, a day before the results of a highly contested presidential election are due to be announced. Police fired tear gas and water cannons at the supporters of opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary in his stronghold of …