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Woman killed in road accident at Sewuah Junction [Video+Photos]

A young lady has died in an accident involving a sprinter bus that collided with a stationary commercial minibus at Kumasi’s Sewuah Junction. Two...

Chief, 8 others arrested for alleged murder of man over dog meat [Video]

The Chief of Assin Atwereboanda, George Ahiato, and eight others have been arrested in connection with the death of one Daniel Akoto who was...

Buffer Stock truck transporting flour to schools involved in accident

A truck transporting flour from the National Buffer Stock to Senior High Schools (SHS') has been involved in an accident at Akyem Asiakwa in...

Passengers laud Ghana Card process at Kotoka Airport

Ghanaian passengers who were admitted into the country for the first time with the Ghana Card, instead of passports, have described the system as...

Germany donates vehicle to Narcotic Commission

The German government has presented a customised Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vehicle valued at €77,000 to the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) at the Ministry of the...

Staff of 3 state institutions to be prosecuted for misappropriating Covid funds

The Director-General of the Internal Audit Agency (IAA), Dr Eric Oduro Osae, has revealed that staff of three state institutions will soon be prosecuted...

Pupils escape death as school building collapses at Assin Dawomako [Photos]

Six pupils from Assin Dawomako D/A Basic School in the Assin South District of the Central Region have escaped death after a nine-unit dilapidated...

High Court judge sentences bank cleaner to 25 years for role in ¢600k robbery

A Cape Coast High Court, presided over by Justice Kwasi Boakye, singled out a bank cleaner in a robbery of ¢600,000 and gave him...

17-year-old herdsman gunned down at Sibiriso

A 17-year-old Fulani herdsman, Sani Mohammed, has been gunned down at Sibriso, a village near Kwamekrom in the Biakoye District of the Oti Region. The...

Presidential spouses emoluments: Supreme Court sets date to give ruling

The Supreme Court has scheduled May 4, 2022, to offer its verdict on the payment of allowances to the First and Second Ladies of...

Coup plotters’ roles revealed

An official of the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) on Monday told an Accra High Court about how the 10 persons standing trial for allegedly...

Supreme Court strikes out suit against Prof Avoke’s reinstatement

The Supreme Court has struck out a suit challenging the reinstatement of Professor Mawutor Avoke as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba...

Suspects who allegedly killed, burnt TV repairer arrested

The Central East Regional Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with the death of a TV repairer. The charred body of Francis Dawson...

Continuously keeping Barker-Vormawor in custody needless and petty – H. Kwasi Prempeh

Executive Director of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Prof. Henry Kwasi Prempeh, is unimpressed about how #FixTheCountry Movement convenor is being treated...

Freelance journalist rearrested

Freelance journalist, Sacut Amenga-Etegu, who was discharged by the Criminal Court Division 5 in Accra on Tuesday has been rearrested again by the Police....

Wives, your husband is the boss don’t provoke them – Duncan-Williams

Wives must not fight or challenge their husbands since God gave authority to men as the head of the family, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has...

Ga Mantse makes historic visit to ancestral home [Photos]

The Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II has visited his ancestral home in Nigeria. He visited the Ile-Ife palace where he met the Arole...

Ukraine crisis: Some Ghanaians students unwilling to return home – Foreign Affairs Minister

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayokor Botchway, has revealed some Ukraine-based Ghanaian students have expressed unwillingness to return to Ghana....

Inject more dollars into economy – BoG urged

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has been urged in the short term to inject more dollars into the economy to address the depreciating cedi. According...

NASCO Feeding Minds donates desktop computers to Gindabuo schools

NASCO Feeding Minds donated 32 desktop computers to schools at Gindabou during a launch of a new ICT centre in the Sawla district, Savannah...

4 missing children found dead in Yeji lake

A search launched for four missing children has come to an end as their bodies have been discovered in the Volta Lake at Yeji. The...

Some Ghanaians in Ukraine say they don’t want to return – Ayorkor Botchwey

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has revealed that there are some Ghanaians in Ukraine who have indicated that...

Ukraine crisis: About 500 Ghanaians have crossed to neighbouring countries – Foreign Ministry

The Foreign Affairs Ministry has disclosed that as of March 1, about 500 Ghanaians have been evacuated from Ukraine to neighbouring countries. The Ministry said...

2022 Green Ghana Day launched

Government has set up a target to plant 20 million trees this year as part of the green Ghana day initiative. The trees, according...

Man who dated ‘maame water’ for 3 years at Odorkor shares shocking story [Video]

A young man named Kalida has disclosed how he spent three years with a lady who took him through a spiritual journey at Odorkor,...

Over 60 motorbikes impounded at Gomoa Buduburam [Video]

The Central East Regional Police Command has impounded over 60 motorbikes in a swoop at Gomoa Buduburam in the Central Region. The exercise is...

I’m fit – Henry Quartey dismisses illness reports

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has urged Ghanaians to disregard media reports suggesting he has been sick. According to him, he is fit...

Over 500k Ghanaians are divorced – Census report reveals

The latest data from the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) have revealed that 553,065 persons in Ghana have had their marriages dissolved while...

Police kill highway robber on Bolgatanga-Nyariga road; others on the run

Police in the Upper East Region have gunned down a suspected robber during a shootout at the Nyariga Forest along the Bolgatanga-Nyariga stretch. The Police team, while...

Drummer jailed for defiling minor in church office

A 26-year-old church drummer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for defiling a six-year-old girl on the church premises at Laterbiokoshie in...

Bank staff jailed 25 years for his role in ¢600k robbery

A Cape Coast High Court presided over by Justice Kwasi Boakye singled out a bank staff in a robbery of ¢600,000 and gave him...

2021 BECE: WAEC withholds results of 109 candidates

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the release of provisional results for the 2021 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). A statement by...

Ukraine crisis: Foreign Affairs Minister arrives at Kotoka to welcome first batch of Ghanaians [Video]

Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey is at Terminal 3 of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) to welcome Ghanaians arriving from Ukraine. Scores of Ghanaians...

Akufo-Addo breaks silence on UTAG strike

President Akufo-Addo has reaffirmed the commitment of his government to find a lasting solution to the prevailing strike action by the University Teachers’ Association...

Nhyira FM’s ‘Obra’ funds marriage of persons living with HIV

Akua Boahemaa is a 41-year-old woman living with HIV. She appeared on Nhyira FM’s Obra show in November 2021 pleading with host, Mama Efe, to...

Barker-Vormawor’s lawyers drag IGP, AG to Supreme Court

Lawyers for the embattled #FixTheCountry convener, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, have dragged the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and Attorney General (AG) to the Supreme Court to...

Two journalists from the Multimedia Group win WHO’s Road Safety Reporting Contest

Two journalists from the Multimedia Group have won first and second places in the 2021 World Health Organisation’s Road Safety Reporting Contest. They are; JoyNews’...

Teenage sisters allegedly fake abduction to demand ransom from parents

Two teenage sisters are alleged to have plotted a fake abduction to demand ransom from their family at Morso, near Juaso, in the Asante...

Man in custody for faking robbery so he could pocket GH₵ 69,000

The Police in Accra has arrested suspect Godfred Kataso on suspicion of faking a robbery incident. Mr Kataso had claimed the incident occurred...

Ukraine-based Ghanaian student shares ‘stressful’ story after arriving at Kotoka airport

The first batch of the Ghanaian students evacuated from Ukraine has touched down at the Kotoka International Airport. Following a state of conflict that escalated...