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Bono East: Police arrest suspected robber at Techiman

The Techiman Divisional Police Command in the Bono East Region has arrested a 34- year- old suspected robber at Aboabo near Techiman on the Techiman-Wenchi highway.Divisional Crime Officer, DSP Kofi Sarkodie who confirmed this...

Minister orders arrest of Chinese nationals operating quarry without permit

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh has ordered the arrest of three Chinese nationals operating a quarry company without a permit at the Afienya-Dawhenya Industrial and Urban Renewal Enclave in...

Banning of ‘accident’ vehicles will increase crime rate – MP warns govt

Member of Parliament for Central Tongu, Alexander Hottordze has warned government of its imminent decision to ban the importation of over-aged and salvaged vehicles in the country.According to the MP, this action by government...

VIDEO: Soldier punishes foreigners who dumped rubbish on Accra-Tema motorway

A military officer of the Ghana Armed Forces has been captured forcing foreigners who threw waste out of a moving bus to disembark and collect all the garbage along the Accra-Tema motorway.They were forced to...

Desist from fraudulent passport application Dep. Foreign Affairs Minister

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has cautioned the public to desist from engaging in fraudulent activities which undermines the integrity of Ghana's passport.As part of measures to improve improve service delivery...

Ghana Prisons Service refutes 2020 recruitment claims

The Ghana Prisons Administration says it has noted with grave concern a false recruitment advertisement with the caption “2020 Ghana Prisons Service Recruitment form is out” published on a website of a suspicious origin.According...

‘Drop the Pre-Tertiary Education Bill now’ – Teacher Unions charge Parliament

The three Teacher Unions in the Western and Western-North Regions in conjunction with the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEW) have called on the national leadership of Parliament to suspend the Pre-Tertiary Education Bills...

Parliament to ban use of mobile phones by members

Parliament is to ban the use of mobile phones used by Members of Parliament in the chamber to avoid distractions.Speaking during the presentation of the Business statement, Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu argued...

Thursday: Advertised jobs in newspapers today

Prospective job seekers can find below the advertised jobs in the March 5, 2020 edition of Daily Graphic newspaper as published in the paper today. Source: theghanareport

Madwoman gives birth; abandons baby at the hospital

A madwoman has given birth to a bouncing baby girl and has left her in the care of midwives at the Bisease polyclinic in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District.According to an eye witness Madam...

Ghanaians should be angry, protest more about corruption – Vitus Azeem

Vitus Azeem who an anti-corruption activist says Ghanaians should be more angry about the rate of corruption in the country.According to him, we do not show more anger at the spate of corruption as...

Ghana must adopt Deferred Prosecution Agreements – Godfred Odame

Mr Godfred Yeboah Odame, Deputy Attorney-General has called for the introduction of Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPA) to try some types of commercial criminal conduct as seen in the United Kingdom, serious fraud office (SFO)...

Government imports stone from Jerusalem to sanctify National Cathedral foundation

A Stone has been imported from Jerusalem to lay a foundation for the construction of the Ghana National Cathedral.Israel's Ambassador to Ghana, Shani Cooper presented the stone to President Akufo-Addo at the sod-cutting ceremony...

Police officer lays on the roof of a moving car in his attempt to stop the cab driver [Video]

A police officer put his life at risk by jumping on a moving cab in order to stop the driver. In a video shared online, the police officer is seen laying across the bonnet and...

Protozoa sues Multimedia

The Director of Political Affairs to the Chief of Staff, Frank Asiedu Bekoe popularly known as Protozoa has sued Multimedia group and one of its reporters, Kwetey Nettey for defamation over allegations leveled against...

Dont be afraid of criticism – Bishop Tackie-Yarboi charges Christians

The presiding Bishop of Victory Bible Church International, Bishop N.A Tackie-Yarboi has admonished Christians not to be afraid of criticism because the master and saviour Jesus Christ endured worse.According to Bishop Tackie-Yarboi, believers should...

Students of Bosuso primary study under dilapidated building

The Head Teacher for Bosuso Presbyterian Primary school in the Fanteakwa South District of the Eastern region, Mr Felix Ofoe Teye has expressed worry over the risk posed to the of lives of his...

Coronavirus: Cancel Independence Day parade Fmr. Ridge Hosp. boss

A former medical director of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital Dr Thomas Anaba has urged President Akufo-Addo to cancel the upcoming Independence Day Celebration in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak.According to him, such...

Galamsey: Drivers threaten demo on Independence Day over arrest of colleagues

Members of the National Concerned Drivers Association have threatened to stage a demonstration against the government during the 63rd Independence Day Celebration in Kumasi on Friday, 6 March 2020 over the incarceration of some...

Class 4 pupil dies after falling from mango tree at Afram Plains

A class four (4) pupil of Tease D/A Primary School in the Afram Plains South District of the Eastern region has died after falling out from a mango tree.The body of the deceased ...

Fulani herdsman arrested for kidnapping 20-year-old man

The Donkorkrom District Police Command has arrested a Fulani herdsman who was part of a five-member kidnapping gang that kidnapped a 20-year-old.The suspect, Halidu Sambo,34, has been transferred to the Eastern Regional Police Headquarters...

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Pre-Tertiary education bill is dangerous Teachers

The Pre-Tertiary Education Bill, if passed in its current state, will present dangerous consequences to education management as well as inhibit professional development of teachers in the country, teacher unions in the Northern Region...

Stop usage of Bupivacaine FDA

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), on Wednesday ordered hospitals and all concerned parties in the pharmaceutical supply chain to stop usage, importation, and distribution of unregistered heavy Marcaine 0.5 per cent injection (Bupivacaine).This...

Gusher Assembly holds first ordinary meeting

The first ordinary meeting of the first session of the Gushegu Municipal Assembly has been held with a call on the Assembly Members to work together to meet the development aspirations of the people...

Auction cars: NPP organiser aspirant dupes victims GHC100k at Jubilee House

A former aspiring youth organizer for the governing New Patriotic Party, NPP in the North East Region Godwin Nayaw Bamiah Yombu has defrauded a number of people to the tune of GhC100,000 under the...

Prof. Kwesi Yankah fetes over 400 PWDs in Agona East District

Professor Kwesi Yankah, Minister of State In-charge of Tertiary Education has organised a get-together for over 400 People with Disability(PWDs) in the Agona East District to put smiles on their faces.The PWDs were received...

We don’t know any James Kofi Annan, we have our structures – Asiedu Nketia

The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has dismissed rumours that the party is settling on an independent candidate in the Effutu Constituency.Reacting to agitations by a section of...

Minister orders arrest of Chinese for operating quarry without permit

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh has ordered the arrest of three Chinese nationals operating a quarry company without a permit at the Afienya-Dawhenya Industrial and Urban Renewal Enclave in...

Gender Desk Officers tasked to prioritize adolescent health education

The percentage of teenage pregnancy cases in the Western Region reduced to 12 per cent last year as against 18 per cent in 2018.A 2017 research by the Maternal Health Survey revealed that the...

Government voted GHC 24 million for Swedru Akora River Project – Minister

Government has approved an amount of GHc24 million for repackaging and re-awarding of Swedru Akora River dredging Project after it was stalled for more than five years.The approval of that colossal amount of money...

‘Relocate or face demolition’ GRIDCo orders encroachers

The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) on Wednesday directed all persons and institutions that had encroached on lands bordering its transmission lines, to take immediate steps to relocate or face demolition.GRIDCo noted that the presences...

Minister orders arrest of Chinese for operating quarry without permit

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh has ordered the arrest of three Chinese nationals operating a quarry company without a permit at the Afienya-Dawhenya Industrial and Urban Renewal Enclave in...

I’m not guilty – Nyantakyi pleads in fraud case

Kwesi Nyantakyi, former Ghana Football Association (GFA) president, who was saddled in a football scandal following Tiger Eye PI expose, has appeared before an Accra High Court.Also, in the dock is Abubakar Alhassan, ex-chairman...

Two more suspected cases of coronavirus in Lagos

Two more suspected cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Lagos.One of the suspected cases, Vanguard gathered, is a Chinese man isolated on arrival at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, on Tuesday.The unnamed...

The corruption I saw in NPP pushed me out Kofi Annan

A former Financier of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central Region, Dr. James Kofi Annan has revealed that one of the reasons for leaving the party was the unprecedented levels of...

Auction cars: NPP organiser aspirant dupes victims GHC100k at Jubilee House

A former aspiring youth organizer for the governing New Patriotic Party, NPP in the North East Region Godwin Nayaw Bamiah Yombu has defrauded a number of people to the tune of GhC100,000 under the...

I visited China but I don’t have Coronavirus – Kwesi Pratt

Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Mr. Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has revealed that he recently visited the People's Republic of China.His revelation on Metro TV's 'Good Morning Ghana' show, drew a sharp response from...

We don’t know any James Kofi Annan, we have our structures – Asiedu Nketia

The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has dismissed rumours that the party is settling on an independent candidate in the Effutu Constituency.Reacting to agitations by a section of...

Lady, 21, feared kidnapped

A 21-year-old lady, Abigail Addy, is feared to have been kidnapped, having gone missing from her Poloyafong suburb of the Northern regional capital, Tamale, since last Friday.The Northern Regional Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID)...

The massacre of Ghanaians in the Gambia: Justice in limbo?

An investigation into the unlawful killings of about 44 Ghanaians in the Gambia in 2005 has exposed untruths and cover-ups by Yahya Jammeh and Gambian authorities in the aftermath of the killings.As well, the...

We can overcome coronavirus, others if we act decisively Mahama

Former President John Mahama has given his first public statement on the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), noting that even though factors that cause diseases such as COVID-19 are daunting, they are not insurmountable if...

Customs intercepts 600 bags of PFJ Fertilisers

Customs officials from the Ave-Havi Station under the Aflao Command of Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) have intercepted 600 bags (25kg) of Urea fertiliser meant for the Planting for Food and...

Fire razes makeshift wooden structure in Accra

More than 30 workers of the Chinese State Hualong Construction were displaced on Tuesday due to a fire outbreak that completely destroyed a makeshift wooden structure located near the Office of the First Lady.The...

V/R: Sogakope police to be investigated following residents anger

The Volta Regional Police Command has refuted claims that its personnel failed to respond to distress call during the killing of the South Sogakope assemblyman, Marcus Mawutor Adzahli.The command, however, says it will investigate...

Akufo-Addo is in good health, no need for quarantine – Eugene Arhin

Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin has stated that President Akufo-Addo is in good health indicating that there is no need for him to be quarantined.His comments follow President Akufo-Addo's return from...

Coronavirus: Im relaxing at home, not quarantined Nitiwul

Minister of Defense Hon. Dominic Aduna Bingab Nitiwul has reacted to news to the effect that he has been quarantined after an official visit to South Korea.Dominic Nitiwul admitted to MyNewsGh.com that he indeed visited three...

NPP Primaries: Dominic Nitiwul to be vetted via phone

Member of Parliament (MP) for the Bimbilla constituency in the Northern Region, Hon. Dominic Aduna Bingab Nitiwul will today be vetted via telephone due to some precautionary measures, MyNewsGh.com has filed.National Organiser of the...

NDC doesn’t know James Kofi Annan – Asiedu Nketia

The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has dismissed rumours that the party is settling on an independent candidate in the Effutu Constituency.Reacting to agitations by a section of...

Today in 2008: Production of cocaine, heroin going on in Ghana

A report by the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) in 2008 revealed that there were small scale manufactures of cocaine and heroin in Ghana despite efforts by security agencies to clamp down on Illicit...

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