Local News - Adomonline.com (2024)

Betty Mould-Iddrisu and Marietta Brew rally Ashanti Region for Mahama’s comeback

Former Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Betty Mould-Iddrisu, is currently on a campaign outreach in the Ashanti region, joined by her successor and...

Russian Embassy in Ghana refutes claim of refunds for denied visa applicants

A recent claim made by Varney Alieu Jarsey, President of the All-Africa Students Union (AASU), suggesting that the Russian Embassy in Ghana refunds visa...

Ghana activates emergency response plan to combat Mpox disease

The Ministry of Health has announced it has activated an emergency response plan and heightened surveillance to combat Mpox disease.This includes enhanced monitoring at...

Akufo-Addo commissions third phase of Upper East Regional hospital

President Nana Akufo-Addo has commissioned the third phase of the Upper East Regional Hospital in Bolgatanga to improve quality healthcare delivery.The state-of-the-art facility, equipped...

Board and Management of Ambulance Service embark on nationwide monitoring tour

News August 16, 2024 7:31 pm

As part of NAS effort to strengthen its operations nationwide, the Board Chairman, Nana Wiafe Ababio and the CEO, Prof. Ahmed Nuhu Zakariah has...

Fair Wages to meet CETAG over ongoing strike

The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) has invited the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) to a meeting to address their...

Daakye PLC was a necessity – GETFund to Mahama

The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) has set records straight on the alleged misuse or misappropriation of funds from the Daakye Bond.Former President John...

Deal with recalcitrant staff – Krapa directs ECG Boss

The Minister of State at the Ministry of Energy, Mr Herbert Krapa, has charged the management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to...

Technology, education and health key to needed for transformation – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo, has underscored the pivotal role of technology, education, and health in driving Africa’s transformation.Speaking at the 5th anniversary of the Council...

Kwabena Donkor demands action against ‘sub-standard’ weekend/evening Master’s programmes

Member of Parliament for Pru East, Dr Kwabena Donkor, has expressed concern about what he considers to be growing sub-standard graduate programmes offered by...

Peasant Farmers Association calls for state of emergency in drought-affected areas

The Director of the Peasant Farmer Association (PFA), Dr. Charles Nyaaba, has called on the government to declare a state of emergency in areas...

GTEC pays research top-up allowances of 44 Colleges of Education

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has said it has paid top-up of the research allowance for 44 of the 46 Colleges of Education.The...

Court remands man who killed 18-year-old lover

crime August 16, 2024 4:03 pm

The Mpraeso Circuit Court has remanded a washing bay attendant, Kwaku Siaw who allegedly killed his lover at Nka*wkaw Krofoforom in the Eastern region.The...

Lydia Alhassan inspects sanitation projects in Western Region

News August 16, 2024 3:54 pm

The Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Lydia Seyram Alhassan has visited the Western Region's Wastewater Treatment Plant and Medical Waste Treatment Facility.Following her...

GTEC seeks financial clearance to recruit 2,500 teachers

News August 16, 2024 1:38 pm

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has requested financial clearance from the Ministry of Education to recruit 2,500 new teaching staff.This move aims to...

Woman dies after being thrown out of taxi at Kwadaso

crime August 16, 2024 1:22 pm

Unknown persons have reportedly pushed a woman, believed to be in her forties out of a moving taxi, leading to her death at Kwadaso...

20-year-old arrested for stealing metal road signs and fenders

News August 16, 2024 12:47 pm

Kwame Philip, a 20-year-old, has been arrested by the Nka*wkaw Police for stealing fenders and metal road signs from the Nka*wkaw to Obomeng road.The...

Sectorial Debate: NDC criticized free SHS but has made U-turn – Ntim Fordjour

The Deputy Minister of Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has responded to the credit claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) regarding the Free...

GTEC directs Colleges of Education to stay open amid CETAG strike

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has instructed all Colleges of Education nationwide to remain open while awaiting a final decision on the strike...

Chinese mining company loses US$900,000 in armed attack

News August 16, 2024 12:19 pm

A Chinese mining company has revealed that it lost 12kg (26lbs) of gold – worth US$900,000 – in an armed robbery in Ghana earlier...

Teacher, nursing trainee allowances debate resurfaces

News August 16, 2024 12:05 pm

As the 2024 general election approaches, the appropriateness of the nursing and teacher trainee allowance has resurfaced, with some academic analysts calling for a...

Sectorial Debate: We have completed over 3,000 education sector projects – Ntim Fordjour

The Deputy Minister of Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has announced that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has completed 3,001 projects in the...

Sectorial Debate: Next NDC gov’t to abolish licensure exams for teacher trainees – Dr. Apaak

A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Manifesto Committee on Education, Dr Clement Apaak, has stated that the next NDC government led by...

3 people seriously injured in accident at Buduatta junction

A driver and two mates have been seriously injured after a tipper truck with the registration number GE 8814-21 collided with an articulated truck...

Sectorial Debate: Free SHS programme heavily indebted to suppliers – Dr Apaak

A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Manifesto Committee on Education, Dr Clement Apaak, has revealed that despite the significant financial investment in...

Sectorial Debate: NDC laid the foundation for Free SHS – Dr Apaak stresses

A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Manifesto Committee on Education, Dr Clement Apaak, has emphasized that the Free Senior High School (SHS)...

Amartse We Manye leads hom*owo celebrations

A gathering of traditional rulers climaxed the hom*owo Festival of the chiefs and people of the Asere, Amartse We Traditional Area of the Ga...

Baby Abdulai Bawumia and family with Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in 1962

The then baby Abdulai Bawumia, brother of the now Vice President of Ghana and family with Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in 1962.This photo was taken...

Births and Deaths Registry rolls out community population register

News August 16, 2024 8:33 am

The Birth and Death Registry says it has rolled out a community population register to decentralise birth and death registration.Henrietta Lamptey, Registrar of the...

Two Ghana Air Force pilots complete first solo flight

The Ghana Air Force has celebrated two of its pilots for completing their first solo flights on the K8-P Fighter Wing aircraft.The flights, which...

90,000 apply to join security services; 12,000 places available

The Minister of Interior, Henry Quartey, has revealed that nearly 90,000 individuals have applied to join Ghana's security services, following the closure of the...

FDA vows to appeal GH¢93.9m judgment debt to Tobinco Pharmaceuticals, denies weak defence claims

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has expressed its discontent with the GH¢93,905,760.79 judgment debt awarded to Tobinco Pharmaceutical Limited in a protracted legal...

Photocopying of Ghana Card by user agencies; potential risk of exposure

The National Identification Authority (NIA) card also known as the Ghana Card ostensibly is a blessing that has come our way as citizens. It...

2 Police officers interdicted for extorting money from a motor pillion rider

Crime August 16, 2024 7:38 am

The Ghana Police Service has interdicted two officers for allegedly extorting money from a motor pillion rider in Accra.The two are Lance Corporal Philimon...

Government set to strengthen corporate governance in state entities – Sector Minister assures

The Public Enterprises Minister, Joseph Cudjoe, has reassured the media that government is committed to enhancing corporate governance structures to ensure that Specified Entities...

Akufo-Addo told me there would be accountability after my tenure – Sammy Awuku

The Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), Sammy Awuku, has shared that he received valuable advice from President Nana Akufo-Addo when he was...

‘You must have your head examined’ – Gabby Otchere-Darko slams believers in “Agyapadeɛ” book

A New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Gabby Otchere-Darko has strongly criticized those who believe in the authenticity of the “Agyapadeɛ” document, describing such belief...

Sierra Leone delegation understudies Ghana’s police reforms

A high-level government delegation from Sierra Leone, co-led by Major General (Rtd.) David Taluva, Minister of Internal Affairs, and Fredrick Ampiah, UNDP Resident Representative,...

Parliamentary committee on Akosombo Dam spillage begins fact-finding tour

A committee of Parliament, comprising seven members, has embarked on a thorough fact-finding mission to investigate the recent spillage of excess water from the...

Akosombo spillage: Torgbe Korsi Nego VI calls for more support and investment in Mepe

News August 15, 2024 7:34 pm

In a poignant address during the 68th Aƒenorto Festival, Torgbe Korsi Nego VI, the Mankralo of the Mepe Traditional Area, expressed heartfelt gratitude to...