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Visually challenged man wins best farmer in AAK District

Lydia Ama Aberesi, a 24-year-old blind farmer, emerged the overall best farmer in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese (AAK) District of the Central Region. Madam Aberesi and her...

ECG disconnects over 50 homes at Kasoa over power theft

More than 50 households at Kasoa in the Central Region have been disconnected from the national grid by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG)...

Kumasi: Shocking as two coffins go missing from a carpentry shop [Video]

Residents of Mamponteng in the Ashanti Region have expressed their surprise about how some unidentified persons got away with two coffins in a carpentry...

279 Ghanaians, 107 foreigners arrested, mining equipment destroyed

A total of 279 Ghanaians and 107 foreigners were arrested in a joint security operation in the five regions of the North and in...

Mahama hands over renovated boys dormitory block to Ghanasco [Photos]

Former President John Dramani Mahama on Friday handed over to his alma mater, Ghana Senior High School (Ghanasco), a renovated Boys Dormitory block for...

2021 NMSQ: Napo reacts to Prempeh College win

The Energy Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has congratulated his alma mater, Prempeh College, for emerging as the winners of the 2021 National Maths and...

FDA retrieves 270 cartons of expired Charme Sparkling juice

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has retrieved some 270 cartons of Charme Sparkling non-alcoholic red and white grape juice from the market. According to...

Police bid farewell to officer who died in accident while pursuing robbers

Ghanaian police officer, Chief Inspector James Issaka Aromah, who died in a motor accident on October 21, 2021, has been laid to rest. Affectionately...

Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill: Fundamental Baptist Churches send strong message to Ghanaians

The Fundamental Baptist Churches have cautioned Ghanaians not to abuse the anti-homosexual bill if passed. According to the churches, though the activities of homosexuals are...

NADMO boss opens up on staff capacity [Audio]

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has over 7,000 staff across the country. Director-General, Eric Nana Agyemang-Prempeh, disclosed this on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen show...

Police publish list of 5 wanted vehicles for flouting road regulations

Close Circuit TV (CCTV) cameras of the Monitoring and Surveillance Centre of the Motor Traffic and Transport Department ( MTTD) of the Ghana Police...

Right To Play launches 16 days of Activism against SGBV, urges justice for survivors

Right To Play is appealing to the government, district education officials, parents and caregivers to eliminate all forms of violence against girls and boys...

Mining pit victims identified

Seven out of the 10 persons who were reportedly killed after a mining pit collapsed on Wednesday evening at Wassa Esikuma near Wassa Nkran...

Multimedia Group partners GHS to administer covid-19 vaccines [Photos]

The Multimedia Group has collaborated with the Ayawaso Central Ghana Health Service (GHS) to administer the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine to the...

NPP will not shy away from unpopular decisions- John Boadu

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has stated that the party will not shy away from bold and unpopular decisions. ...

6% of Ghanaians have been fully vaccinated – GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has indicated that 6% of the population has been fully vaccinated. Speaking on the Super Morning Show, on November 26,...

Fight at mortuary over hearse at Gomoa Akotsi; one feared dead

One person is feared dead after fight broke out at Adoko funeral home and mortuary at Gomoa Akotsi in the Central Region. According to reports,...

Retired Senior Police Officer banned from holding, obtaining driving license

A Circuit Court in Accra has banned a Senior Police Officer from holding or obtaining a driving license for 53 months after knocking down...

Prempeh College wins 2021 NSMQ

The much touted phrase ‘serving a living God’ by the Presbyterian Boys Secondary School did not materialise as God, instead decided to ‘Glory5’ Prempeh...

Funeral director shares little-known secrets of her job and odd burial requests

It seems not a day goes by when we don't learn something new on TikTok, with life hacks and behind-the-scenes footage being shared. A number...

KNUST lecturer remanded again over wife’s disappearance

The Asokwa Circuit Court has for the third time remanded the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) lecturer facing kidnapping charges following...

Prof. Atuguba to push for passage of anti-adultery Bill into law

A law lecturer of the University of Ghana, Professor Raymond Akongburo Atuguba, has hinted that he has approached some Members of Parliament (MPs) to...

Zoomlion top executives honoured at Women’s Choice Awards Africa

Two executives of Zoomlion Ghana Limited were honoured at this year’s Women’s Choice Awards Africa 2021. They were the Managing Director of Zoomlion Ghana Limited,...

Gory accident at Akyem Tafo claims two lives

Two persons have died in a fatal crash at Akyem New Tafo on the Bunso-Koforidua Highway in the Eastern Region. The deadly head-on collisions...

Find solutions to worsening living standards – TUC to govt

The Ghana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is calling for ingenuity in economic management in addressing the high debt levels while ameliorating current hardships. This follows...

NSMQ 2021: Presec-Legon holds joint prayers for contestants ahead of finals

School authorities and students of Presbyterian Boys’ Senior High School (PRESEC-Legon) on Friday morning held a join prayer session for this year’s contestants featuring...

Group storms Asokwa court over kidnap case involving KNUST lecturer

A group, calling itself Friends of Rhoda, has besieged the Asokwa District Court in Kumasi ahead of the hearing of a case in which...

35 illegal lotto operators arrested

The National Lottery Authority, in collaboration with the security agencies, has arrested 35 illegal private lotto operators in the Greater Accra Region. During the operations,...

Doctor caught half-naked with patient telling her having sex with him will cure her

An Italian gynaecologist, who went by the nickname 'Dr Magic Flute', has resigned after he was caught half-naked with a patient who he told...

10 perish in ‘galamsey’ pit collapse at Wassa Esikuma

A total of 10 persons have been reported dead after a pit they were mining in collapsed at Wassa Esikuma in the Prestea Huni...

Father cries for justice as son’s body remains at morgue 2 years after his death [Video]

Sumaila Labdan, the father of a young boy who was hit to death by a concrete block at a construction site at Dzorwulu, is...

You have to pay your bills – ECG replies customers at Yilo, Manya Krobo

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) says it cannot cancel power legitimately consumed by its customers in the Yilo and Manya Krobo Districts of...

Controller and Accountant-General clears air on ‘deductions’ in teachers’ November salaries

The Acting Controller and Accountant-General, Kwasi Kwaning-Bosompem, has allayed fears of teachers over a publication about reported deductions in their November salaries. Mr Kwaning-Bosompem indicated...

2022 Budget: #FixTheCountry movement paints Accra red over ‘killer’ taxes [Video]

Members of the #FixTheCountry movement have hit the streets of Accra to protest against some policies in the 2022 Budget. According to leaders of...

7 vehicles involved in accident at Achimota [Video]

About seven vehicles were involved in a crash on the Achimota dual carriage road on Friday morning. The incident, which occurred at 5:30 am, involved...

One killed, two injured after robbers raid Walewale village

Six armed men, believed to be robbers, have killed one person and injured three others in a robbery attack on several shops at Yama...

GRASAG distances itself from NUGS’ ‘unfortunate’ stance on E-Levy in 2022 Budget

The Graduates Students’ Association of Ghana (GRASAG) has distanced itself from a position taken by the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) on the...

Chief breaks silence over video of nephew who brandished gun on social media

The chief of Ngleshie Lafa-Barima Nmarko, Nii Ayi Okufobour I, has condemned in no uncertain terms the action of his nephew, one Nii Ponponsuo,...

Couple in trouble after ramming into coffin shops

A yet-to-be-identified man and a woman suspected to be his wife, on Monday, escaped death by a whisker after ramming into two coffin shops...

You can now book an appointment for Ghana card

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has begun piloting a booking and appointment system for the acquisition of the Ghana Card.It began on Tuesday, November...