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Police officer allegedly frees suspect after having intercourse with her

A Police officer is in custody for allegedly having sexual relations with a suspect in exchange for her freedom. Corporal Isaac Ampomah is alleged to...

Thief nearly lynched after slashing two people during robbery

A 20-year-old man, identified as Michael Eduah, narrowly escaped lynching after residents foiled his robbery attempt. He is said to have slashed two persons during...

10-year-old girl burnt to death in house fire

A 10-year-old girl has been burnt to death in a fire outbreak at Akyem Gyadem Zongo near Akyem Oda in the Birim Central Municipality...

Police arrest gang member connected with bank robberies in Accra

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a member of the armed gang behind the robbery attacks in parts of the Greater Accra Region last...

Man, 31, dies after building collapses on him while asleep

A 31-year-old man, Ebenezer Atta Amoh, has met his death after his building collapsed on him while he was asleep. The victim sustained severe injuries...

Police give update on victims of Tamale brutality

The Ghana Police have given update on the four persons brutalised by some officers of the Tamale command, last week. The leadership of the Northern...

Man found dead tied to electric pole at Teshie

Residents of Okpoi Gonno, a suburb of Teshie in the Greater Accra Region, woke up to find a dead man tied to an electric...

Bear with us on border closure – Oppong Nkrumah

The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has urged residents of border communities to bear with the government’s decision on the continuous closure of...

Cedi depreciates 1.7% to dollar in almost 9-months of 2021 – BoG

The Ghana cedi has depreciated by 1.7% to the US dollar in the first nine months which will end next Thursday September 30th, 2021,...

19-year-old sentenced to 15 months imprisonment

The Ashaiman District Court has sentenced Alfred Kontoh, 19-year-old unemployed to 15 months imprisonment. This is for unlawful entry contrary to section 152 and stealing...

One injured as NPP supporters clash at Awutu Senya East

One person has been injured after chaos broke out among some New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters in the Awutu Senya East Constituency. The fight was...

Driver dead, 4 injured in accident on Abura Dunkwa-Nyankomasi road [Photos]

A taxi driver has been confirmed dead with four injured in an accident on the Abura Dunkwa-Nyankomasi road in the Central Region. The accident involved...

Irate Tamale residents vandalise NEDCo office [Video]

https://youtu.be/YXLwtIYt67I Some youth in the Tamale Metropolis have attacked the offices of the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo). Information gathered suggests the group was on a...

Man, 25, stabbed to death during football argument

The Assin Fosu Divisional Police Command has arrested a mechanic at Assin Atonsu in the Assin Central municipality for stabbing to death a 25-year-old...

Takoradi: Police administration not aware of any ransom payment – ACP Kwasi Ofori [Video]

https://youtu.be/zGNuviEH628 The Acting Director-General of the Ghana Police Service’s Public Affairs Directorate, ACP Kwesi Ofori, says the administration is not aware that the Western Regional...

Two reported dead in accident on Tema Motorway

Two persons have been reported dead in a gory accident on the Tema Motorway, Friday night. Reports suggest the incident occurred at about 10:15 pm. This...

Fire destroys office complex at Adabraka

A fire outbreak has destroyed portions of the Ivex Minerals office complex on Farrar Avenue at Adabraka in Accra. The incident occurred on Friday, September...

Takoradi woman arrested over ‘fake pregnancy and kidnapping’ [Photos]

The Takoradi Divisional Police Command in the Western Region has arrested and detained 28-year-old Josephine Simons for allegedly faking her kidnapping and pregnancy. Mrs Simons...

D7 in WASSCE should not be a barrier to tertiary education – Minister

Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, is charging public tertiary institutions to allow students who obtain grade D7 in WASSCE to have access to...

Okudzeto Ablakwa gifts dedicated North Tongu midwife a car [Photos]

North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has gifted Beatrice Blessing Obidieh, a midwife at the Battor Catholic hospital a car. It is a 2015...

FDA to establish courts to prosecute sub-standard drug dealers

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) is working with relevant authorities to set up a special court to prosecute people who deal in Substandard...

Roads Minister suffers brunt of deplorable roads in Sissala enclave

Just like residents in the Sissala enclave, the Roads Minister, Kwesi Amoako-Atta, has suffered the brunt of the deplorable state of the roads in...

Worker falls to death from cargo truck at Tema Port [Video]

https://youtu.be/ZG_S2_iYRGQ A young man, believed to be in his late 20s, has met his untimely death after falling from a cargo truck at the Tema...

I was neither pregnant nor kidnapped – Takoradi woman confesses

It has emerged that 28-year-old Takoradi woman, Josephine Simons, was neither kidnapped nor pregnant as claimed by the family. Police sources indicate Mrs Simons made...

Accra train shuttle bounces back October

The Accra commercial railway system is set to bounce back to life by the end of next month, the Ghana Railway Company Limited (GRCL)...

Tema ECG on red alert

Management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Tema region is on red alert following recent attacks on its substations. Over the last...

Police pursue robbery gang; offer GHS 50K reward for information

The Police in Accra say they have instituted some urgent additional security measures to arrest a robbery gang within the region. This, they explained, comes...

Thief ‘raids’ BOST office [Photos]

A suspected thief has reportedly raided the office of Bulk Oil Storage and Transport Limited (BOST) at Dzorwulu in Accra. The suspect, who was well...

The licensed sex predator (Part 2): Quack practitioner with 3 licenses

In the consulting cubicle of Nature’s Hand Therapeutic Centre, one does not have to look too hard to find the documents that “legitimise” the...

Woman with court case caught sprinkling substance outside Magistrate’s office

A middle-aged woman was on Wednesday 22, 2021 captured on CCTV camera sprinkling an unknown white substance outside the door of Shanzu law courts...

I gave her my kidney but she couldn’t make it – Man cries after losing mother of his baby girl

A man, who has been rendered a single father following the death of his wife, has recounted how he did his best to save...

Five reported dead, 2 injured in accident near Axim

A driver and his mate with three passengers have been reported dead in a gory accident at Ankyernyin near Axim in the Western Region. The...

Daylight robbery at Weija-Gbawe [Video]

https://youtu.be/t_ceedH1CYQ Four armed robbers, in a broad daylight operation, have attacked a couple at Weija-Gbawe in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. The incident...

Funeral mourners forced to drop coffin after brawl breaks out at graveyard

Funeral mourners were forced to drop a coffin to the ground after a brawl broke out in a graveyard. The fight at the Tuam Cemetery...

Businessman fails to meet GH¢6.340m bail condition

A businessman, Alhaji Siba Yahaya, accused of defrauding some foreign investors in a more than $1million gold scam has failed to meet a GH¢6.340...

Gorilla performs oral s3x on his friend at Zoo

A frisky gorilla at the Bronx Zoo gave onlookers an X-rated show when he performed oral sex on his excited friend in front of...

Snake rescues 15-year-old-girl from alleged kidnappers

Superintendent of Police, Samuel Aboagye, the Krachi East Police Commander, has said investigations have begun into the alleged kidnapping of a 15-year-old girl at...

Takoradi kidnapping case: Fresh medical exam confirms woman was never pregnant

A second test conducted by the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital has confirmed that 29-year-old Josephine Panyin Mensah, who allegedly went missing, was never pregnant...

Ghana to receive 1.3 million Pfizer vaccines from US govt

The Vice President of the United States of America, Kamala Harris, has assured the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo,...

Takoradi: We’ll not be moved by street opinion in fake pregnancy and kidnap case – ACP Kwesi Ofori

The Acting Director General of the Ghana Police Service’s Public Affairs Directorate, ACP Kwesi Ofori, says they will not be moved by street opinion...