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Chief’s corpse missing at Suhum Govt Morgue

A family at Okanta Srah, a suburb of Suhum, is demanding the body of its late father, Odikro of the community, Nene Paddy Kofi,...

Road offences fines hit ¢322k in 1st quarter of 2021

A total of GH¢322,214 from court fines have been accumulated for road offences from January to March this year. Though drivers are mandated to go...

Father allegedly burns his 3-year-old daughter [Photos]

A 35-year-old man has allegedly caused severe burns to his three-year-old daughter at Ahansoyewodea in the Obuasi East District of the Ashanti Region. Information...

Kasoa murder: Spiritualist nursing a 2-week-old baby

The Ghana Police Service has revealed that the spiritualist arrested in connection with the Kasoa money ritual murder is a nursing mother of a...

Don’t enter into relationship if you can’t combine with academics – Students told

Students have been counselled with the necessary knowledge on how to effectively manage and combine campus relationships with their academics.According to Joyce Okyerewaa Danso,...

Teenager to spend 22 years in jail for robbery

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 19-year-old teenager to 22 years imprisonment in hard labour for robbery. Evans Asante, who also stabbed his victim,...

Work progressing steadily on Kpone landfill site

Work is progressing steadily on the de-commission and re-engineering of the Kpone landfill site in Accra. With about seven months to the completion, the Minister...

Nkwanta North Assembly’s car set on fire [Photo]

Nkwanta North District Assembly pick-up with registration number GT-2071-16 has been burnt into ashes in a farm close to the district assembly. The District Finance...

HELEH Africa Week: B-Heck Africa launches flagship project

B-HeCK Africa NGOs Alliance has launched the 4th edition of their flagship project HELEH Africa Week. Chairperson of the Alliance, Mr. Martin Kaphui Tamakloe Jnr.,...

Massive reaction as Stonebwoy jets off to Las Vegas with Otchere-Darko [Photos]

Dancehall artiste, Livingstone Etse Satekla, popularly known as Stonebwoy, has got teeming fans talking after he posed with Gabby Otchere-Darko. The artiste took to his...

‘Mummy, I will be back soon’ were my son’s last words – Mother of road accident victim recalls

Most parents do not wish to ever bury their children but gradually road accidents are robbing them of their dream. The family of 29-year-old Mark...

60-year-old man goes missing

The family of 60-year-old Thomas Agbetorglo is appealing to the general public to help with information on his whereabouts. According to his niece, Patience Otu,...

Court sets date for trial of JHS 3 pupil who allegedly assaulted teacher

An Accra Juvenile Court ‘C’ will, on April 29, commence trial of the final year pupil of the Nungua Kroma Two Junior High School,...

Kasoa murder: Details emerge about 2nd accused’s background

Noah Kini, the grandfather of the 18-year-old suspect who has been arrested in connection with the Kasoa ritual murder has spoken about his grandson. Mr...

Prison break: 7 suspects re-arrested

Seven suspects, who escaped from cells at the Zenu-Atadeka District Police station in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality, have been rearrested. Six of them have been...

IGP hunts for police officer who allegedly exhumed over 10 bodies

The Ghana Police Service is investigation an officer who allegedly exhumed and bolted with over 10 dead bodies from the Gomoa Fawomaye Cemetery in...

Akufo-Addo issues directives on Ghana’s earthquake preparedness and response

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday asked the Engineering Council of the Ministry of Works and Housing to conduct a comprehensive integrity audit of all...

NVTI Director wins Business Executive Excellence Award

Executive Director of the National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI), Mrs Mawusi Nudekor Awity, has won the Baroness in the Vocational Training category of the...

Kasoa murder: Name of fetish priestess pops up as another suspect is arrested

Another suspect has been arrested by the police in connection with the alleged ritual killing at Kasoa in the Central Region. The suspect has been...

A Plus sends message to Akufo-Addo over Ghana Award House

Musician cum politician, Kwame A Plus, is of the view that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo cutting the sod for the construction of Ghana...

Gunmen attack businessman, kill farmer at Dorkploame

Some unidentified gunmen have shot and killed a 55-year-old farmer around Tordzinu and Dorkploame area in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region. The...

Kasoa murder: Classmates eulogise murdered boy

Classmates of the 10-year-old boy murdered at Kasoa in the Central Region say they are distraught over the gruesome manner in which their mate...

10-year-old boy murdered at Kasoa laid to rest [Video]

Family and sympathisers could not hold their tears when they paid their last respects to 10-year-old Ishamael Abdallah who was murdered at...

Joy at last as Ghanaian lady neglected in Oman is evacuated [Photos]

A Ghanaian lady, identified as Josephine Gyamea, who was neglected by a family she worked for in Oman, has finally being evacuated. She arrived in...

Kasoa murder: Attorney General wants ages of suspects determined immediately

The Attorney General has written to the Director-General of the Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to call for expeditious investigations into the alleged killing...

Akrodie chiefs heap praises on Akufo-Addo over schools, road

The chiefs and people of Akrodie Traditional Council in the Ahafo Region have commended the Akufo-Addo-led government for some infrastructural developments he has brought...

Police officer allegedly bolts after exhuming over 10 bodies at Gomoa

A police officer in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region has allegedly exhumed and bolted with over 10 dead bodies from the...

Kasoa murder: Suspect was once arrested for stealing – Grandfather reveals

Noah Kini, the grandfather of the 18-year-old suspect who has been arrested in connection with the Kasoa ritual murder, has disclosed that this will...

MP petitions Speaker to draw President’s attention to address growing insecurity

A member of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee has petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin to draw President Nana Akufo-Addo’s attention to address...

Earthquake: Jubilee House, KIA, Tema Harbour, others in danger

The seat of government, the Jubilee House, Kotoka International Airport (KIA), Tema Harbour and other key national assets are in danger of destruction should...

Kasoa murder: NMC replies critics over influx of spiritualists on TV

The National Communications Authority (NCA) and other bodies, including the National Media Commission (NMC), have been blamed for the influx of money doublers, mallams...

‘Ghana Award House’ initiative sparks anger on social media

There have been mixed reactions to the announcement of a building of a Ghana Award House project as a section of Ghanaians have demanded...

‘Saving Atewa is sustainable use of natural resources’

A Rocha Ghana, an environmental non-profit organisation, says it has read the statements made by the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation during a meeting...

Goat thief lynched at Nsawam

The Nsawam Police in the Akwapim South District of the Eastern Region is investigating a case involving a suspected goat thief, whose beating allegedly...

MoH cautions against admission scam

The Ministry of Health (MoH), has cautioned the general public against the sale of 2021 admission forms for health institutions nationwide. The outfit says its...

Akuse Hospital carries out first delivery of Siamese twins

History was recorded at the Akuse Government Hospital when a team of medical experts carried out its very first delivery of Siamese twins. The hopsital,...

Family reacts to arrest of fetish priestess in Kasoa ritual killing [Audio]

The family of 10-year-old Ishmael Abdallah, who was murdered at Kasoa says they are yet to receive any official information regarding the arrest of...

Details emerge about fetish priestess accused of sending Kasoa teenage killers

It has emerged that the fetish priestess arrested in connection with the murder of 10-year-old Ishmael Abdallah at Kasoa is a two-month-old nursing mother....

Kasoa killing: What suspect’s father told family of deceased [Audio]

The Father of one of the suspects in the murder of 10-year-old Ishmael Mensah has assured the deceased family of his support to ensure...

Emotional moment as classmates mourn 10-year-old murdered at Kasoa

Classmates of the 10-year-old boy murdered at Kasoa say they are distraught over the gruesome manner in which their mate was killed. The classmates, who...