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A Plus’ interesting take on Achimota SHS, Rastafarian brouhaha

Ghanaian musician cum politician, Kwame A Plus, has added his voice to the ongoing debate over whether or not it was right for the...

KATH records 100% drop in maternal deaths credit to Mother and Baby Unit

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital at its end of year performance review announced over 100 per cent reduction in its maternal mortality rate. “The heartwarming...

Suspected armed robber shot dead at Denkyira Brenang

A suspected armed robber has been shot dead at Denkyira Brenang in the Dunkwa On Offin District of the Central Region. The incident occurred on...

Three Nigerians on the run after allegedly murdering friend at Gomoa

Three Nigerians are on the wanted list of police and residents of Gomoa Bantama for allegedly murdering their friend. The deceased was found in a...

Check out powerful pastors who graced anti-LGBTQI+ prayer service [Photos]

Scores of pastors and prominent personalities on Sunday joined the national prayer day against Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, I+ (LGBTQI+) agenda in Ghana. ...

Winners of 2020 WAEC Distinction Awards now in Ivy League schools

Winners of the 2020 West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Distinction Awards have gained admission at Ivy League universities in the United States of America....

Achimota old students send message to GES over Rastafarian students

Old students of Achimota School have called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to rescind its directive issued to the management of the school...

Apam sea disaster: Over 30 psychologists deployed to town

The government has deployed over 30 psychologists to Apam to counsel families of the teenagers who drowned and survivors of the accident. The team of...

Barbaric: Man tied and killed at Gomoa Biakoye

A man, believed to be in his late 50’s, has been spotted tied to an electricity pole and killed at Gomoa Biakoye just opposite...

8 eating habits that can interfere with sleep

Food choices can make all the difference when it comes to getting a good night's rest. If you struggle with falling and staying asleep, or wake...

Meet the Ghanaian millionaire who built a garage to hide his Benz for over 35 years

A family, based at Techiman in the Bono East Region, has finally opened a garage which was built to house a Benz over 35...

3 including 9-month-old baby killed in firebreak at Wassa Amenfi [Photos]

Three people have died in a tragic house fire at Pakaho, a cocoa growing community in the Amenfi Central District of the Western Region. The...

Justice for All Programme: 830 remand prisoners discharged, 171 convicted

Eight hundred and thirty remand prisoners were discharged between 2007 and 2019 under the Justice for All Programme. This figure represents 18.72 per cent of...

Three SHS students crash to death in gory accident [Photo]

Three students of the Adeiso Presbyterian Senior High School have crashed to death in a fatal motor vehicle accident on Sunday evening. The all-male students...

Tension at Akropong-Akuapem as gun-wielding men steal traditional stool

Tension is brewing in Akropong-Akuapem in the Eastern Region over a stolen traditional black stool by unidentified armed men. The stool which belongs to the...

Former MP involved in car crash

Former Member of Parliament for Upper West Akim Constituency in the Eastern Region, Derick Ohene Assifu Bekoe, was involved in a motor accident in...

4 electrocuted at Anwomaso Bebre

Four men have been electrocuted at Anwomaso Bebre near Ejisu in the Ashanti Region. The men were a father, his son and two others who...

Asuma Banda’s son, two others arrested for attempting to break into father’s house

Three persons have been picked up by the Airport Police in Accra for attempting to break into the house of the Chief Executive Officer...

Ex-convict gets 40 years for attempted robbery

The Adentan Circuit Court ‘B’ has sentenced an ex-convict of Ankaful Prisons to 40 years imprisonment in hard labour for assault and attempted robbery. Stephen...

Lotto agent loses arm after alleged police assault [Photos]

A 30-year-old Lotto agent has lost his right arm after a police officer allegedly used the butt of his riffle to hit his right...

House girl jailed for stealing pistol

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 23-year-old house girl to a fine of GH¢12,000 for stealing her master's pistol with 15 rounds of...

GWCL announces interruption in water supply in these areas…

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has announced an interruption in water supply from Monday and Tuesday, 22nd and 23rd March, 2021. This is...

Traditional priest allegedly refused admission by Dzodze-Penyi SHS

An 18-year-old Junior High School graduate has been denied admission into Dzodze-Penyi Senior High School after it was revealed he is a traditional priest. Galley...

GWCL debunks claims it has increased cost of water

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has dismissed claims suggesting that it has increased the cost of water supply in the country. According to the...

National Chief Imam commiserates with Jallo fraternity at Prang

The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, has commiserated with the family of the murdered cleric, Shaikh Aliu Ahmed Maikano Kalamu and the...

Lecturer asks Supreme Court to declare God created man

A lecturer has filed a suit to urge the Supreme Court to declare that man was created by God and not through the evolution...

COVID-19 active cases drop; death toll rises to 713

Ghana's COVID-19 deaths have risen to 713 following the confirmation of eight more fatalities by the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The latest update from the...

Ghana Health Service probes alleged sale of Covid-19 vaccines

The Ghana Health Service says it is launching an administrative inquiry into the theft of some Covid-19 vaccines by three health professionals in the...

HIV group in Ghana committed sexual abuse – Exclusive-Global Fund

Executives of a Ghanaian organisation supporting people living with HIV and AIDS demanded sex acts and money in exchange for access to benefits, the...

Obuasi: Soldier goes ahead to marry after ex-girlfriend threatened to disrupt wedding

The most-talked about wedding in Ghana at the moment is that of Richard Agu, a military man, and his Benedicta, especially after all the...

Wisconsin’s Oscar Jonas Tei-Mensah leads Ghana Union of Law Students, promises unity

A final year law student at Wisconsin International University College has been announced as the President of Ghana Union of Law Students (GULS) for...

Otumfuo’s charity foundation now Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation

The Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Charity Foundation (OOTCF) has announced that it has changed its name to the Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation (OOTIIF). As...

Covid-19 kills 4 in Sunyani West Municipality – MCE reveals

The Sunyani West Municipality of the Bono Region has recorded four deaths out of 97 Covid-19 cases recorded in the Municipality. The Municipal Chief Executive...

Akufo-Addo presents 40 vehicles to NADMO

JoyNews/AdomNews · Akufo-Addo presents 40 vehicles to NADMO The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday, 19th March 2021, presented 40 vehicles...

ECG to upgrade worn-out electricity network in Tema

The Electricity Company Ghana (ECG) Tema North Manager, Shirley T. Asomani-Wiafe, has assured residents in the Tema metropolis of the commitment to upgrade and...

Minister to ‘wage war’ against politicians, other siren abusers

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has announced plans to roll out an initiative that seeks to deal with political elites and other...

NPP activist jailed!

A Koforidua Circuit Court has sentenced a 45-year-old unemployed man to five years imprisonment in hard labour for defrauding over 40 people. The convict, Edmond...

Kwabena Duffuor, Kofi Amoabeng petition Parliament

A former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor and former Chief Executive Officer of UT Bank, Kofi Amoabeng have petitioned Parliament over the Bank of...

Bawumia launches Countdown to Census 2021

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has launched a publicity and preparation campaign dubbed '100 Days Countdown to the 2021 Population and Housing Census'...

This is how much 2021 population census will cost govt…

It has emerged that it will cost the government some GHS521 million to conduct the 2021 population and housing census. However, the government has so...