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2 jailed 11 years for selling Beninois to undercover police officer

Two persons, who lured a 20-year old Benin national to Ghana to be sold for $160,000 to a police decoy, have been sentenced to...

Police, NIC impound 66 vehicles with fake insurance

The Eastern Regional Office of the National Insurance Commission (NIC), in collaboration with the Oda Divisional Police Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD), has...

Blind loyalty, backward-looking culture bane of Ghana’s development – Governance expert

Ghanaians must do away with blind loyalty and unquestioned obedience to authority if they want to develop under a democracy, a governance expert has...

Chief Imam to mark Eid in new mosque complex

The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, has announced that this year’s national Eid-ul Adha prayers will be marked inside the newly...

Victoria Hamah sends strong message to Mahama’s daughter

Former Deputy Communications Minister, Victoria Hamah, has welcomed Farida Mahama, daughter of former President Mahama to the ‘world’ —  a world she said is...

Health alert: ‘Stop buying vegetables displayed on the floor’

The Tema Metropolitan Nutritionist, Samuel Atuahene Antwi, at the weekend, cautioned Ghanaians to be circumspect in purchasing fruits and vegetables displayed in the open...

Woman, 64, clubs 100-year-old husband to death

A 64-year-old woman, Nyamba Ayenliwuli, is in the grip of the police for allegedly hitting her 100-year-old husband, Aponwuni Ayenliwuli, with a pestle, leading...

25 teenage girls get pregnant monthly in Kpone-Katamanso

About 25 teenage girls get pregnant monthly in the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality. On average, six teenage girls get pregnant weekly; as a result, 151 teenage pregnancies...

Poor academic performance by pregnant students worrying – GES Director

Birim Central Municipal Director of Ghana Education Service (GES) has expressed worry over the low academic performance of pregnant students in the Municipality and...

Covid-19 ICU cases doubling at an alarming rate

There is a severe warning from the country’s National Case Management Coordinator for Severe and Critical covid-19 cases, Dr Christian Owoo, that Ghana’s critical...

One suspect in Canadian girls kidnapping case identified

Elvis Ojiyorwe, a suspect standing trial with three others on kidnapping charges, was identified by one of the Canadian girls abducted in Kumasi in...

More pressure should be placed on Privileges Committee to bring Kennedy Agyapong to book – Ken Ashigbey

The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications Chief Executive Officer, Dr Ken Ashigbey, has called for stringent measures to be taken against Assin North Member Parliament...

First Lady returning allowances sign of high emotional intelligence – Kpebu

Private Legal Practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has lauded the decision by the First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, to reject and refund emoluments paid to her. Her decision...

Reporters Without Borders calls for prosecution of Kennedy Agyapong

Reporters Without Borders has urged Ghanaian authorities to prosecute Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong, for threatening a journalist with The Multimedia...

I don’t do ‘galamsey’ but I have party friends who are … [Video]

General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, John Boadu, has outrightly dismissed claims of his involvement in illegal mining locally known as galamsey. According to...

Three perish, others injured in accident on Obuasi – Dunkwa highway [Video+Photos]

https://youtu.be/m0Fndq-7BU8 Three people have been reported dead in an accident at Ampunyasi Nkwanta on the Obuasi-Dunkwa highway. The accident involved a Samreboi bound Kia Grandbird bus...

Bird Flu hits Accra, Central and Volta Regions

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has announced the outbreak of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza disease, also known as Bird Flu, in three...

Akufo-Addo should condemn Kennedy Agyapong’s attacks on Erastus Asare Donkor – Dr Wereko-Brobbey

A policy analyst has asked President Akufo-Addo to publicly condemn the Assin Central MP, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong’s life-threatening attack on Luv FM journalist, Erastus...

Group calls for dismissal of presidential staffer over abusive sexual comments

A woman empowerment organisation, Damsel Foundation, has called on President Akufo-Addo to dismiss one of his staff, Nana Hesse Ogyiri over alleged abusive sexual...

3 grabbed for possessing firearms

The Rapid Deployment Force unit of the Volta Regional Police Command has arrested three men in possession of firearms and other ammunition. Laptops and...

Finance Minister to present mid-year budget review on July 29

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is expected to present the Mid-Year Review of the Budget Statement and Economic Policy of government and Supplementary Estimate for...

KNUST students protest high hostel rent, petition management

Students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have embarked on a demonstration against what they described as, ‘killer increment’ in...

Ken Agyapong calls bluff of Privileges Committee

The Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has called the bluff of Parliament’s Privileges Committee and is asking them to do...

Four reported dead, others injured in accident involving 3 cars

Four persons have reportedly died with others injured in an accident involving three cars on the Obuasi Anwiankwanta-Kumasi road in the Ashanti Region. The accident...

Stanbic Bank, IGP reward police officer who returned GH¢2,000 [Photos]

Stanbic Bank Ghana has rewarded a police officer who found GH¢2,000.00 discharged by the bank's ATM at Abeka Total with nobody in sight. Constable Prince...

Pirates on rampage in Gulf of Guinea – Abducts Ghanaian fishing vessel crew

Pirates have abducted nine crew members of Ghanaian-registered fishing vessels in separate attacks off the Gulf of Guinea. Five abductees in the first attack have...

All set for #FixTheCountry demo

The #FixTheCountry demo has finally been scheduled for August 4, 2021, which happens to be the Founders' Day holiday. The planned protest was in...

I was not kidnapped, I went into hiding – Apinto Gyaasehene tells police [Video]

The Western Region chief who disappeared after threats to assassinate him has broken his silence to the police. Western Regional Police Public Relations Officer, DSP...

AMA demolishes unauthorised structures at temporary ‘fishing bay’ at Jamestown

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has removed unauthorised structures at the Dogo Beach which serves as a temporary fishing bay for the fisherfolk at...

Kumchacha breaks silence on Moesha’s ‘spiritual awakening’ [Video]

Prophet Kumchacha has finally had his say on actress Moesha Boduong's recent trend where she was videoed sharing the word of God. According to the...

26-year-old man who defiled girl, 9, imprisoned

A Tamale Circuit Court has sentenced one Abdul Jbril Alhassan to 10 years imprisonment for defiling a nine-year-old girl. The court heard that the 26-year-old...

‘Pay or Die’ documentary: Taifa Polyclinic exposed! [Video]

Ills at the Taifa Polyclinic in Accra have been exposed in a follow-up story after the Pay or Die documentary that uncovered rot in...

Cocaine disguised as charcoal worth up to $41 million seized by police

Cocaine disguised as charcoal with a potential street value of up to 35 million euros ($41.4 million) has been seized in a joint operation...

Social media users roast Odartey Lamptey’s ex-wife after court ruling

There is rage on social media over the latest decision by the Appeal’s Court to throw out a request for claimant of a property...

Pirates on rampage in Gulf of Guinea – Abducts Ghanaian fishing vessel crew

Pirates have abducted nine crew members of Ghanaian-registered fishing vessels in separate attacks off the Gulf of Guinea. Five abductees in the first attack have...

Bank’s Chief Security Officer jailed over stolen laptops

A Chief Security Officer attached to a branch of Ecobank Ghana Limited, who stole two laptops from the Bank, has been sentenced to 15...

Moving from subsistence farming to mechanized darling – Heifer Ghana report shows way

Heifer International has launched its 'The Future of Africa's Agriculture' report with a focus on an assessment of the role of the youth and...

TB Joshua’s successor: Synagogue Church sets records straight

The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) is asking the general public to disregard reports making rounds on social media about an alleged 'succession...

Kennedy Agyapong, members of Defence and Interior Committee meet IGP [Photos]

Members of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Defence and Interior, led by the Chairman, Kennedy Agyapong, have paid a visit to the Inspector-General of Police...

Missing Apinto Gyaasehene found [Audio]

The Western Region chief who disappeared after threats to assassinate him has been released by his captors. Dr Nana Adarkwa Bediako III who is the...