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The Functional Executive Committee of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has extended the deadline for picking of nomination forms for its upcoming constituency elections.The NDC in a statement today said it extended the deadline...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, says Ghana will not recognise any territory forcefully taken from Ukraine by Russia.She has, therefore, called on Russia to immediately and unconditionally seize...

Twenty one foreign nationals have been arrested by the police at Ejisu in the Ashanti Region following their suspicious behaviour.The arrest followed a tip off by some community members in the area who noticed...

The police have resorted to the use of teargas to disperse some protesting students of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW).The students were protesting what they say were discrepancies in their results as posted...

All junior high school candidates, who will write this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) in the Sagnarigu Municipality of the Northern Region, have undergone orientation on the rules and regulations of the West...

Four persons seized in connection with the murder of a newly wedded woman at Abeka, an Accra suburb, have appeared before a Kaneshie District Court.The four: Imoro Salfu Zakaria, Adams Salfu Zakaria, Amdiya Mohammed...

The Hohoe Circuit Court has sentenced, Erica Borke, 44, and unemployed, to two years in jail for stealing a crankshaft and oil pump valued at GH₵3,300.Borke pleaded guilty with an explanation, but the explanation...

The National Association of Law Students has called for a full-scale investigation into reported leakage of the Ghana School of Law entrance paper scheduled for Friday morning.The Association said the leakage, which had been...

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says the Government, for the past five years, has been pursuing an inclusive development agenda to ensure holistic growth and progress of all communities across the nation.He mentioned the...

Candidates writing this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in the La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly (LaDMA) have been advised to desist from all forms of examination malpractices, but study hard to come...

Every dog must be vaccinated once every one or two years to help Ghana achieve immunity by 2030.The critical proportion of all dogs that ought to be vaccinated is 70 per cent in order...

A total of 159 terrorists and extremists attacks occurred in the Sahel and West Africa Sub-region, the Minister of National Security, Albert Kan-Dapaah, has revealed.He said the attacks resulted in 538 fata  lities and...

The Ambassador of Ghana to China, Dr Winfred Nii Okai Hammond, on Thursday stated that the Embassy of Ghana in Beijing has nothing to do with En Huan, also known as Aisha Huan’s return...

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has stated that Ghana will not recognize any annexed territory of a sovereign state.Her comment comes on the back of plans by Russia to hold...

Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has expressed serious concerns about how students are taught and educated in Ghana and across the African continent.He came to the conclusion that current educational practices do not...

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has refuted reports that galamsey kingpin Aisha Huang returned to Ghana on February 27, 2022, despite her repatriation in 2018.Mr. Ablakwa asserts that the Chinese...

Thirteen Participating Financial Institutions (FPIs) and the Ghana Association of Banks (GAB) have offered to contribute GH¢5 billion to the YouStart programme, the government’s entrepreneurial initiative.Through the partnership, the PFIs would provide a loan...

The World Bank has confirmed that the administration of President Akufo-Addo made effective use of the funding it received from the Bank to assist in containing the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease outbreak.The World Bank Country...

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei-Tutu II, is not a politician; however, there is little contention regarding the significant role he has played in the framework of Ghana’s politics.In this story which GhanaWeb first published on...

Public sector employees in the country want an increase of over 20 percent in their salary for the year 2023 as a replacement of the 15 percent Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) which ends...

Residents of Mankessim are yet to recover from shock after the news about the exhumation of the body of a trainee nurse broke out in the area.One of the residents who was overwhelmed by...

The Ahafo Regional Minister, Mr George Yaw Boakye, has said the region is one of the three regions in the country that was benefitting from the Ghana Infectious Disease Centre (GIDC).Others were located in...

Stakeholders in the arts industry have advised Ghanaians to take interest in the industry and invest in it to ensure its success.They expressed disappointment in the way the country’s arts works were transported or...

The Central Regional Centre for National Culture (CNC) has organised a graduation ceremony for more than 70 ladies who enrolled to take part in a year’s C-Carl Oparebea Annual Marketable Skills Training held in...

Residents of Lakpleku in the Ningo-Prampram District have appealed to the Community Water and Sanitation Agency to provide the community with enough pipe stands to ensure that every household gets regular water supply.Lakpleku is...

There has been some hype that cloves aid in vagina tightening. The rumor has it that if you soak cloves inside water for 2 to 3 days. The resulting water is used by our...

A total of 35 persons perished and 207 others suffered injuries in 4,065 fire outbreaks across the country within six months of this year as against 3,307 outbreaks recorded the previous year within the...

A total of 4,065 fire outbreaks have been recorded from January to June 2022 resulting in 35 deaths and207 injuries throughout the country.Similarly more than 500 homes are struck by fire in Ghana every...

A 31-year-old teacher, Idowu Daniel, was on Monday, September 19, 2022, slapped with a seven-year jail sentence by an Ikeja Special Offences Court for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old student within the school premises.The convict...

Western Regional Minister, Mr Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, has called on investors to explore opportunities in the Western Region in order to invest more in the coconut production industry.He indicated that the Region contributed more...

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor says Aisha Huang’s case can’t be a yardstick for measuring galamsey fight in the country.He says the issue has been sensationalised. According to him,...

Chairman of the Upper East Regional Peace Council, Alhaji Sumaila Issaka, has condemned the recurrent conflicts in Bawku, describing them as unfortunate.He said the sporadic shooting and killing of innocent people were unnecessary and...

The Most Reverend Professor Emmanuel Asante, the former Chairman of the National Peace Council (NPC), has called on the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism to promote dialogue among various ethnic groups in the...

The Ghana National Peace Council has appealed to the chiefs and people of the Bawku traditional area to cease fire over protracted conflicts in the area.Reverend Dr Ernest Adu-Gyamfi, Chairman, National Peace Council (NPC),...

The Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) has added its voice to calls for the perpetrators of the mysterious deaths happening in Wa in the Upper West Region.GJA President, Mr Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, who made the call on...

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, will not contest in the party's upcoming congress scheduled for December 17.The veteran politician said it’s time for him to make way for others...

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) is looking to engage the Ghana National Council for Private Schools over concerns about the examination body’s continued relevance.The Private Schools are pushing for the abolishment of...

The family of the prospective nurse trainee who was kidnapped, killed, and secretly buried in Mankessim has made a shocking revelation about the prime suspect.Georgina Asor Botchwey’s relatives revealed that the pastor is known...

A 25-year-old unemployed, who assaulted a policeman, at the Shukura Police Station, has been admitted to bail in the sum of GHS20,000 with three sureties by the Circuit Court, in Accra.Salim Mohammed Shaibu, who...

The National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) has busted and impounded a truck loaded with 86 sacks of narcotic substances suspected to be Indian Hemp at Denu Market in the Volta Region.The Bureau also picked up...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has demanded an immediate cessation of work on the draft Constitution Instrument (C.I.) which will make the Ghana Card the sole document for voter registration.The Party said this was...

Members of Kadjebi-Asato Local Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) have commemorated the Founder’s Day with a health walk in Kadjebi township.Addressing participants, Mr. Francis Norgbedzi, Chairman, Kadjebi-Asato Local GNAT, appealed to the youth...

The Mental Health Authority says it has initiated steps to have suicide decriminalised, saying it is a medical condition that needs health support rather than imprisonment.This follows the “unprecedented wave” of suicide and attempted...

There has been a renewed Chieftaincy clash at Bawku in the Upper East Region, despite the imposition of curfew and other security measures.Although the Police and the Regional Security Council (REGSEC) are yet to...

Programme Manager at the National AIDS/STI Control Programme, Dr Stephen Ayisi Addo, wants education on HIV prevention to be heightened in the country until a cure or vaccine is discovered.This, according to him, is...

OccupyGhana, a pressure group, has petitioned the Right to Information (RTI) Commission to order the Lands Commission to provide details on all public lands that the Commission had allegedly returned to owners.The petition dated...

The Ghanaian Alumni Chapter of the University of Portsmouth, UK, has indicated its preparedness to support Ghanaian youth across the country to climb the educational ladder, get into good and profitable jobs to assist...

The Cancer Support Network Ghana (CSNGH), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) has donated GHC 8, 000.00 towards the surgery of a 12-year-old cancer patient.The boy, Bright Acheampong Obour, underwent 10 cycles of chemotherapy to treat...

Another dead body has been found in the Upper West regional capital, Wa.This brings to two the number of bodies discovered so far in the spate of unexplained murders.The most recent episode ensued last...

The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has launched a trans-national democracy solidarity network to mobilise, coordinate and leverage the collective power of civil society and other pro-democracy actors to defend and advance inclusive democracy...