Mobile Money vendor shot dead in Ashanti region robbery

A 27-year-old mobile money vendor, Patricia Nimako, has been shot and killed in an armed robbery attack at Krofrom in Ghana’s Ashanti Region. The assailants, believed to be two armed…

Tetteh Nyogmor

NSA to bar graduates without Ghana Card from registration

The Director General of Ghana’s National Service Authority (NSA), Felix Gyamfi, has announced that prospective graduates without a valid Ghana Card will not be allowed to register for national service.…

Tetteh Nyogmor

Dumsor looms as Karpowership threatens supply cut over $379m debt

Ghana’s power sector is facing a potential crisis as Karpowership, the operator of the Aboadze power barge, has warned it will suspend electricity supply unless the government clears an outstanding…

Tetteh Nyogmor

4 galamsey excavators set ablaze at Obuoho Fante near Atewa Forest

Some four excavators suspected of being used for illegal mining near the Atewa Forest Reserve in the Eastern Region have been set ablaze. The incident took place on Thursday, February…

Tetteh Nyogmor

Annoh-Dompreh instigation: NIB invitation “double standards, selective justice” – Minority asks, “Why wasn’t Gbande, too, invited?”

Ghana’s parliamentary opposition has accused the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) of applying double standards after Minority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh was summoned over alleged inciteful remarks. Mr. Annoh-Dompreh had urged…

Tetteh Nyogmor

Ofori-Atta case: Stop your “drama” – NPP tells OSP “fugitive label national embarrassment”

Ghana’s opposition, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has criticised the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) for what it describes as unnecessary sensationalism and actions that risk causing national embarrassment.…

Tetteh Nyogmor

CLOGSAG strikes over “politically exposed” Births and Deaths Registrar

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has declared a nationwide strike in protest of the appointment of Samuel Adom Botchway as the new Births and Deaths…

Tetteh Nyogmor

Fair Wages partners GAEC, NRA to improve working conditions

The Chief Executive of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), Mr Benjamin Arthur, has embarked on working visits to the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) and the Nuclear Regulatory…

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Madina Zongo chiefs pay courtesy call on Vice President

The Council of Madina Zongo Chiefs, led by the Chief Imam, Sheikh Salmad Mohammed Alhassan, paid a courtesy call on the Vice President of the Republic, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang,…

Philip Bright Abutiate

Ofori-Atta traumatised by fugitive label: Afenyo-Markin says he’ll be back soon

Former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is "traumatised" by being labeled a fugitive by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), according to Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin. Speaking on the floor…

Tetteh Nyogmor