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I hid to keep myself safe – Mireku Duker shares ordeal [Video]

Member of Parliament for Tarkwa-Nsuaem constituency, George Mireku Duker has revealed how he escaped the brutal attack on his family on Saturday,...

Couple charged for roasting hands of 11-year-old girl [Photos]

A couple is facing charges after the woman allegedly dipped the hands of an 11-year-old girl in hot water. The victim, according to reports sustained...

Tarkwa-Nsuaem MP’s family reportedly attacked [Photos]

Two family members of the Member of Parliament for Tarkwa-Nsuaem, George Mireku Duker, have been reportedly attacked by a group of armed men. One of...

Sheik Abufayed Maikano declares support for NPP

The leader of Jallo, a branch of the Tijaaniya Muslim Order in Ghana, Sheikh Abufayed Ahmad Abdulai Maikano has made a public declaration to...

Check weather forecast daily – Meteorological Agency urges Public

The public has been advised to check the daily and weekly weather forecast from the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) website, as the rainy season...

Three communities in Ga South cut off after downpour [Photos]

Residents of three communities in Ngleshie Amanfro in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region on Saturday got stranded when an early morning...

Akufo-Addo commissions Lawra solar power plant

President Akufo-Addo on Saturday, commissioned a 6.5-megawatt solar power plant, located in Lawra in the Upper West Region.  The ceremony, according to him, reaffirms the...

Ex-convict, 54, grabbed for allegedly impregnating step-daughter, 15

A 54-year-old tailor, who allegedly had sex with his 15-year-old step-daughter and impregnated her at Adabraka in Accra, has appeared before an Accra Circuit...

EP Church Moderator reported dead

The Moderator of the Evangelical Presbyterian (EP) Church, Ghana, Reverend Dr. Seth Senyo Agidi, has passed away. According to reports, he died on Saturday, October...

Michael Danso releases ‘Jehovah’ remix video [Watch]

Gospel music sensation, Michael Danso, has released the official music video for his soul-inspiring ‘Jehovah’ (remix) song. The song, which is gradually gaining prominence in...

Gunmen kill one, injure another at peace mediation meeting

The Northern Regional Police Command is on the heels of gunmen who stormed a peace and mediation committee (PMC) meeting at Sanguli-Labaldo in the...

My life brutally ended – Mother of murdered Mfantseman MP breaks silence

“I feel like my life has been snuffed out,” these were the lamentations of the 80-year-old mother of the murdered Member of Parliament (MP)...

Ghana Publishing MD, David Asante involved in ghastly accident [Photos]

The Managing Director (MD) of Ghana Publishing Company (GPC), David Asante has been involved in a ghastly accident. According to reports, the accident occurred on...

436 pistols and ammunition impounded at Tema Port

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authorityon Friday, October 9 impounded a consignment said to contain pistols illegally imported from Turkey. The ammunitions were...

People come at me every year after NSMQ – Dr Elsie Kaufmann

Quiz Mistress of the prestigious yearly National Science and Maths Quiz, Dr Elsie Effah Kaufmann, has confessed that people come at her every year...

Paramount chief tells Mahama why he lost 2016 elections

The paramount chief of Sefwi Wiawso Traditional Area, Okatakyie Kwasi Bumanagama II has told former President John Mahama that his appointees caused his unprecedented...

I was bastardised for touting govt’s Planting for Food and Jobs policy – Former NDC MP

Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Ejura Sekyere-Dumase Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Alhaji Mohammed Issifu Pangadu, says he was...

Check out names of presidential candidates for 2020 elections

At the end of filing of nominations, 17 aspirants filed for the 2020 presidential race. The number was arrived at as of Friday, October 9,...

Badu Kobi sends harsh letter to Tonardo

General Overseer of Glorious Wave International, Prophet Badu Kobi, has through his lawyers, asked Nana Tornado to retract and apologise for claiming he (Badu...

Investigate expenditure on the Saglemi Housing Project – CVM

Concern Voters Movement (CVM), a human rights organisation, has called on the government to investigate the Saglemi Affordable Housing project to ensure that resources...

My family was held hostage in our home for 3 hours – MP recounts encounter with robbers

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Nhyiaeso constituency, Kennedy Kwasi Kankam, has recounted how he and his family were attacked by some armed robbers...

Registrar-General shutdown: Govt losing GH¢ 500,000 daily

Mrs Jemima Mamaa Oware, the Registrar-General, says the government is losing between GH¢ 300,000.00 and GH¢ 500,000.00 daily as revenue as a result of...

GNA loses first General Manager

The Ghana News Agency (GNA) has lost its first General Manager, Dr Isaac Goodwin Aikins, formerly known as Dr. Dr Aikens, who served the Agency...

Koku Anyidoho visits Rawlings [Photos]

Founder of the Atta Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho, has paid a courtesy call on former President Jerry John Rawlings and his family to mourn...

Nigerian community officials allegedly ban women from using phones, sunglasses

Officials of Hisbah in Kaduna State have allegedly banned girls and ladies in Kuriga Village under Chikun Local Government Area from using or possessing...

Sad: Driver of murdered Mfantseman MP also dies

The driver of the murdered Member of Parliament (MP) for Mfantseman Constituency, Ekow Kwansah Hayford, has also died while on admission at a hospital. He...

2020 NSMQ finalists get surprise package

The finalists of the 2020 edition of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) have bagged another surprise following the finale of the contest. ...

NIA officer killed after gunmen attacked Peace Council

A senior officer of the National Identification Authority (NIA) was killed after gunmen attacked a National Peace Council delegation at a district in the...

It’s coup d’état – Kufuor condemns secessionists’ attacks

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has waded into the recent attacks by the Western Togoland separatist group, describing it as a coup d’état. According to the...

Two suspected armed robbers arrested at Sefwi Boinzan [Photos]

The Juaboso Police Command has arrested two suspected armed robbers at Sefwi Boinzan in the Juaboso District of the Western North Region. The suspects were...

President Akufo-Addo promotes 27 police officers

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has promoted four Deputy Commissioners of Police to the rank of Commissioners of Police (COP). The President has also promoted...

Meet the mother of late Mfantseman MP [Photo]

A photo of the mother of Mfantseman Member of Parliament (MP), Ekow Quansah Hayford, has popped up following his gruesome murder on Friday, October...

Foreign Ministry warns public of fake Facebook account

The Foreign Ministry has issued a disclaimer on a fake Facebook account, which was created on September 5, 2020. According to a statement issued by...

MPs advised to restrict night movement after colleague’s murder

The Leadership of Parliament has directed Members of Parliament (MPs) to restrict their movements at night following the killing of their colleague MP, Ekow...

Give me water – Last words of murdered Mfantseman MP

A victim of the robbery incident that led to the sudden demise of Member of Parliament (MP) for the Mfantseman Constituency, Ekow Quansah Hayford,...

One shot dead as gunmen invade Peace Council meeting

A senior officer of the National Identification Authority has reportedly been killed after gunmen invaded a Peace Council meeting at Saboabi in the Northern region. Reports...

Police offer GH¢20,000 bounty on ‘head’ of MP’s murderers

The Inspector-General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh, has sent specialised investigators from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to analyse the...

All you need to know about murdered Mfantseman MP

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Mfansteman constituency, Ekow Quansah Hayford, has died at age 49. Reports indicate he was shot on...

Good news as Dambai gets ultra-modern health centre

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Krachi East, Michael Yaw Gyato has broken the ground for the construction of an ultra-modern health centre for...

Akufo-Addo’s emotional tribute to murdered Mfantseman MP

President Nana Akufo-Addo has penned an emotional tribute to mourn the death of Ekow Quansah-Hayford, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mfantseman constituency. The late...