Five persons died while 12 others sustained injuries when a truck collided with a mini bus at Waakrom junction near Yamoransa on the Cape Coast–Accra highway on Monday afternoon. The DAF Truck with registration number AW 9548-13 was loaded with 700 bags of
The Vice President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has been enstooled as Owoabrempong Kru-Kow I by the chiefs and people of the Komenda Traditional Area. The enstoolment took place during the 2025 Komendaman Nyeyi Festival, held on Saturday, September 13, 2025. The new stool
President John Dramani Mahama has heralded the renewal of a strategic partnership between the Government of Ghana and the international charity Mercy Ships, emphasising its crucial role in bolstering the nation’s surgical care infrastructure. A statement issued by the Presidency said the President
The Central North Regional Police Command has arrested 39 people at Nipanekro near Subin in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region for alleged involvement in prostitution and related offences. According to the police, 33 of those arrested are Nigerian nationals,
About two million people in Ghana, were acutely food insecure between June and August 2025, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD) in Somanya, Eastern Region, has therefore called for urgent action to safeguard
The Fiapre Circuit Court in the Sunyani West Municipality has acquitted and discharged a popular radio presenter who claimed to have had countless sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old primary six girl. The accused person, Bismarck Nana Poku, a radio presenter at the Sunyani-based
Dr Freda Prempeh, a former Deputy Minister of Gender and Social Protection on Thursday said children are national and not family assets, calling for more efforts to rescue them from exploitation, abuses and maltreatment. She said child abuse remained a worst form of
An ex-convict, Dennis Kwaku Agyei, 35 years old says he will never pray or desire a prison for even his worst enemies. “Prison is not place for anybody to go there”, she stated when her shared his two and half-years prison experience. Ex-convict
The INNORIGHTS Ghana, a child rights Non-governmental Organisation on Monday called on the United Nations (UN) and regional blocks to facilitate inclusive negotiations, and protect the lives and dignity of the innocent children, as the Israel-Iran conflict intensifies. INNORIGHTS Ghana commits to promote
Dr Freda Prempeh, a former Member of Parliament (MP) and founder of the Ultimate Women Foundation (UWF) has urged families to forgive erring and irresponsible fathers. She said: “Motherhood and fatherhood are experiences everybody will go through”, saying “as we mark the fathers’