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Ejura murder: Family of Kaaka petitions Chief Imam

The family of murdered social media activist, Ibrahim Mohammed aka Kaaka Macho, has petitioned the National Chief Imam to help amplify their call for...

Lepers pray for Bawumia’s late mother

Lepers at the Weija Leprosarium have sympathised with Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on the loss of his mother, Hajia Mariama Bawumia. Hajia Bawumia passed...

Owusu Bempah back in cells after reporting sick at Police Hospital

The embattled Head Pastor of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International, Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, is back in cells to serve his one-week remand. This...

NPP has abandoned Prophet Owusu Bempah – Nigel Gaisie

General Overseer of the Prophet Hill Chapel, Prophet Nigel Gaisie, says he is saddened by the arrest and detention of colleague Reverend Isaac Owusu...

Samira Bawumia reacts to mother-in-law’s death

Ghana's Second Lady, Samira Bawumia has finally spoken on the sudden demise of her mother-in-law, Hajia Mariama Bawumia. She described the late mother of the...

Police render apology to media

The Ghana Police Service has rendered an apology over the ejection of journalists assigned to cover the case of Reverend Owusu Bempah on Monday. The...

Bagbin prays for Bawumia

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has commiserated with Vice President Dr Bawumia, following the death of his mother, Hajia Mariama. Mr Bagbin says...

Top businessman in trouble over $1m gold scam

An Accra Circuit court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a businessman, Alhaji Siba Yahaya, for allegedly defrauding some foreign investors...

Free SHS programme was implemented to simply win votes – Former Army General

Former Chief of Defense Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces, Brigadier-General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, has said that the Free Senior High School Programme, was implemented...

Challenging Heights urges govt to fix challenges in Education sector to avert crisis

Non-governmental Organization (NGO), challenging heights is urging the government to release capitation grants to basic schools to avert a crisis. According to the NGO, the...

NMC appoints committee for GBC reforms

The National Media Commission (NMC) has appointed a committee of experts to examine ways to transform GBC into a more efficient public service broadcaster. The...

Rev. Owusu Bempah hospitalised

The Founder and Leader of Glorious Word Power Ministries International, Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, who was recently remanded, has been hospitalised at the Police...

Achimota School, AG appeal court ruling on Rastafarian students

Achimota School and the Attorney-General’s department have filed an appeal challenging a High Court’s ruling that the former admits some two Rastafarian students. The boys,...

WASSCE candidate delivers in exams hall, returns to complete paper

A final-year student of the Gushegu Senior High School (SHS) in the Northern Region was delivered of a baby boy Monday morning, September 13,...

388 private vehicles involved in road crashes in Tema

About 388 private vehicles were involved in road crashes in the Tema region between January and May, 2021, Mr Tonny Dickson Afriford, a Road...

Fire guts Akyem Oda Central Market [Photos]

A fire outbreak at the Akyem Oda Central Market in the Birim Central Municipality of the Eastern Region has left several shops burnt to...

Akufo-Addo leads delegation to Bawumia’s residence [Video]

https://youtu.be/W4A3RgsIf5o President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday led a delegation to pay a courtesy call on Vice President Dr Bawumia's family. The visit was to commiserate with him following...

Veteran actor Ajos spotted at Bawumia’s residence over mother’s death

Kingsley Kojo Kyeremateng, a veteran Ghanaian comic actor, popularly known as Ajos, has been spotted at the residence of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, following the...

Chief Imam, IGP, NPP bigwigs, others storm Bawumia’s house to mourn with him [Photos]

News of the death of Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia's mother, Hajia Mariama, has attracted government officials, men of God, and other high-profile personalities...

Student delivers in exams hall, returns to complete paper

A final-year student of the Gushegu Senior High School in the Northern Region was delivered of a baby boy Monday morning, September 13, 2021...

Taxi driver who confessed to ritual killings remanded

The taxi driver, who has allegedly confessed to the killing of several people on a radio show, Felix Ansah, has been remanded into Police...

Lawyers must pay taxes commensurate with earnings – Dame tells GBA

Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame has told his colleague lawyers their annual tax returns must be commensurate with their earnings. Speaking at the 2021 Bar...

Man beaten to pulp after defending his son from bullies

A father, who was brutally beaten by thugs after he tried to defend his 11-year-old son from bullies, has been left unable to walk...

How Owusu Bempah was escorted to court by heavily armed police

The police on Monday put Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah of the Glorious Word Power Ministries and some three others from his church in court. They were...

Alan reacts to death of Bawumia’s mother

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kojo Kyerematen, has commiserated with Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia following the death of his mother. The death...

Only 39 lawyers practicing in 5 regions of the north – Regional Minister

The Upper East Regional Minister has lamented the low number of legal professionals in the five regions of the north. According to Stephen Yakubu, only...

Akufo-Addo consoles Veep over his mother’s death

President Nana Akufo-Addo has sent a heartwarming message to Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on the sudden demise of his mother. Hajia Mariama Bawumia died...

Mahama mourns with Bawumia

Former President John Mahama has commiserated with Vice President Dr Bawumia, following the death of his mum, Hajia Mariama. According to Mr Mahama, he placed...

Part of Kumasi Central Market demolished

City authorities have demolished a 20 percent land size of the Kumasi Central Market as part of the construction of the second phase of...

Rev Owusu Bempah remanded!

Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, Founder and Leader of the Glorious Word Power Ministries, has been remanded in police custody. Rev. Bempah, who has been charged...

Corruption fight: Office of Special Prosecutor announces toll-free number

The Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP) has announced a toll-free number to enable Ghanaians to report corruption-related cases. The toll-free number, 0800-000-700 was announced on...

Burial arrangement for Dr Bawumia’s mother announced

The burial arrangement of Hajia Mariama Bawumia, the late mother of Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia has been announced. The octogenarian will be laid to rest...

Beyi W’ano: Over 97 houses destroyed in Tema-Mpakadan Railway Project [Photos]

About 97 houses have been destroyed by blasting of rocks allegedly by the construction firm working on the single gauge railway line from Tema...

Dr. Bawumia reacts to his mother’s death

Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has reacted to the demise of his mother, Hajia Mariama Bawumia. Announcing the passing of the woman he affectionately...

6 in critical condition as truck crushes hawkers at Moree

Five hawkers and a toll booth operator are in critical condition after a Kia Truck run over them at Moree in the Abura Asebu...

Mason allegedly commits suicide at Kasoa

A 61-year-old mason, Henry Kwasi Ameho, popularly known as Apaw, has allegedly committed suicide at Kasoa Lamptey. The deceased was found hanging in his kitchen...

I was always last in school – Wontumi

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Bosiako, has charged students not to despair if they are not doing...

Kwamena Duncan gets new appointment

President Nana Akufo-Addo has nominated former Central Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan, to serve as the government’s representative on the Board of the Driver and...

Bawumia’s mother passes on

Mother of Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has reportedly passed on. She was 81. Hajia Mariama Bawumia alias Maame as "the pillar" died Monday morning, September...

2,765 girls drop out of school due to COVID-19

A research conducted by Songtaba Organisation in partnership with Vibrant Village Foundation has revealed that about 2,765 girls dropped out of school as a...