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The University of Ghana says it will beef up security on campus as the semester’s examinations draw closer. This comes in the wake of an attack on a final year Psychology student Daniel Osei by persons suspected to be armed robbers. Daniel Osei who was butchered and sustained several cutlass …

Aggrieved residents of Dawhenya in the Ningo-Prampram District of the Greater Accra Region, who demonstrated over deplorable roads in the area recently, have rejected plans by the Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Nartey George, to partake in the next protest against government. Last Friday, scores of residents in Dawhenya in …

Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has dropped a hint that bigwigs in both the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have all been fingered in the second part of Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ investigative piece dubbed, galamsey fraud. Though …

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) will today begin the circulation of its enhanced GHc10, GHc20 and GHc50 notes. According to the Bank of Ghana, both the old and the new notes will be used concurrently until the old ones are phased out. New features on the new notes include a …

The Ghana Police Service has confirmed the arrest of the Chairman of the Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF), Papavi Hogbedetor and his accomplices championing the independence of the Volta Region. According to a statement issued by the police, it has gathered sufficient evidence from the group it was readying itself …

The lawyer representing the EFF argued in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Monday that journalist and political commentator Karima Brown did not conduct herself in a fair, objective or professional manner in her criticism of the EFF. “The journalist we are dealing with is one who is intent …

Beneficiaries of government’s Nation Builders Corps program have decided on Friday October 10 to ‘go red’ on government over the seeming nonchalance about their prolonged grievances over unpaid salaries. This was contained in a communiqué issued by the coalition on Monday May 6, 2019. The decision comes after several failed …

Children among African migrants held in Yemen Children are among over 2,000 African migrants rounded up and detained in a football stadium in Yemen, an official for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has told BBC Newsday programme. Olivia Headon, IOM spokesperson in Yemen, said the migrants, predominately from Ethiopia, …

The Inter-Ministerial Taskforce on Illegal Mining has threatened to arrest anyone who would own up to plead for any Chinese illegal miner who would be arrested. The Taskforce said the rate at which Ghanaians own up to plead for amicable and compromised settlements whenever a Chinese illegal miner is arrested …

The latest pre-election poll undertaken by the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) shows that Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal could be hung provinces, unless there is a late surge in favour of the ANC in both provinces. The tracking poll, which was in the field from April 27 to May …

The Chairman of the Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF), Papavi Hogbedetor and eight others championing the independence of the Volta Region were on Sunday evening picked up by a combined team of armed police and military personnel, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. It is not known why they were arrested but this …

Ghana’s number one rapper, Sarkodie in a recent Twitter post has revealed how he misses maverick politician and legislator, Hon. Kennedy Agyapong. The popular and loud legislator has been off national issues lately, and is not seen commenting on issues as he normally does. Sarkodie took to Twitter and posted, …

South Africa coach Stuart Baxter has confirmed that his side’s AFCON 2019 preparation games will include the Black Stars of Ghana. In addition to revealing a training camp in Dubai, Baxter confirmed that a friendly with Kwesi Appiah’s sixth-ranked team has been agreed on. “We want to play an international …

As President Akufo-Addo sacks over 60-year Olds from government, the Deputy Managing Director (MD) of GCB-Bank in-charge of operations, Samuel Amankwah, has been caught in an age-cheating scandal, affording him extra years to remain at post, at a time he is supposed to have retired. Documents available to The Herald, …

Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolgatanga Central Constituency, Hon Isaac Adongo has described as a complete waste of taxpayers’ money by government to construct Dams under one of its much touted initiatives called One-Village One-Dam. Government has embarked on the construction of dams in communities in the northern part of …

A level 400 student of the University of Ghana named Osei, has been attacked by armed men believed to be robbers along the road leading from Pentagon to Evandy hostel situated on the University of Ghana campus. The victim who was said to be butchered mercilessly, thereby sustaining several cutlass …

Dear Mr Amewu, Please Stop Squandering Ghana’s Energy Assets! We are back, and sooner than we feared. We were preparing to file several Constitutional Right to Information (CRTI) requests for a wide range of documents to vindicate our belief that you have been abusing your discretion in the management of …

A local governance expert, Issaka Amon Kotei, says its not feasible for President Akufo-Addo to accomplish his commitment of making the capital the cleanest city in Africa. He claims it’ll be an arduous task to solve the problem of filth entirely without putting measures in place to tackle the fundamental …

Cables that were connected to the substation of Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCO) at Berekum about two months ago have been stolen by thieves. The development has led to the interruption of power supply to that part of the region. The affected communities are Berekum, Dormaa Ahenkro, Nkrankwanta, Wamfie, Drobo, …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will later Wednesday, April 24, witness the first medical supply via drone at the New Tafo Government Hospital in the Eastern Region. This will follow the first official launch of a drug-carrying drone from a launch site at Omenako, near Suhum, in the Eastern Region. …

Two police officers have been issued a 10-day ultimatum to produce two of three persons who broke jail at Prampram near Tema in the Greater Accra Region. Sergeant Philip Poyare and Constable Gloria Amexo who were said to be on duty at the time of the incident have been directed …

The 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) fully commenced yesterday, as more than 340,000 candidates sat for their first core subject, oral English. The candidates comprising 170,867 males and 175,231 females began with their practical and theory papers on April 15. As part of efforts to curb examination …

Former President John Mahama has rebutted what he describes as propaganda by the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, saying he has never been against the Free SHS policy. He said for someone who implemented Progressively Free SHS for over 350,000 students, he cannot be said to be against free SHS. …

These past few days have been about Junior US, the “brother” of Shatta Wale who was killed in his apartment some few hours to his birthday. Earlier Ghpage.com reported that the police have arrested one of the prostitutes who were at his apartment when the murder took place and have …

Ghana was one of the main West African departure points for the transatlantic slave trade. The government has launched a campaign to reach out to the descendants of those Africans who were forcibly removed from their homelands. It has dubbed 2019 the “Year of Return”. Several hundred people have already …