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Police on a manhunt for Kumasi baby thief

Police in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital, are on a manhunt for a woman who stole a two-week-old baby girl from her mother. The theft...

158 police facilities in Ashanti region to be disinfected

About 158 police facilities in the Ashanti Region are expected to be disinfected by Zoomlion Ghana Limited. The exercise, which will last for five days,...

Coastal Development Authority donates face masks, sanitisers to Multimedia Group Ltd

Coastal Development Authority has donated 500 face masks and 200 boxes of sanitisers to the Multimedia Group Limited to aid the fight against Covid-19. Chief...

27 foreign nationals arrested at Akanu boarder [photos+video]

A total of 27 foreign nationals have been arrested by immigration officers at the Akanu boarder in the Volta region. They include 14 Nigerians and...

Archbishop Duncan-Williams warns detractors [watch]

Nicholas Duncan-Williams, Presiding Archbishop and General Overseer of the Action Chapel International Ministry, has noted that his detractors, who wish for his downfall so...

I was poisoned on set – Nana Ama McBrown

Actress Nana Ama McBrown has disclosed how she nearly died while shooting a movie in Kumasi in the Ashanti region. Speaking on ‘Okuseku The Talk...

Man who cut son’s ear with blade jailed

The Weija Circuit Court, presided over by His Honour, Bernard Bentil, has sentenced 55-year-old Osman Mununi to two years imprisonment for slashing his son's...

Having young scientists is encouraging for Ghana’s future – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has described as encouraging, the presence of young Ghanaian medical research scientists at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR). The development,...

Coronavirus: How a trader infected 17 people in the Obuasi market [audio]

A trader in the Obuasi market in the Ashanti region is said to have infected about 17 people with coronavirus, Head of Disease Surveillance...

Coronavirus: Community holds party for survivors

Twelve COVID-19 patients in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern region, who were discharged after a month at a quarantine treatment centre, have been...

22,683 grams of suspected narcotics intercepted at Ghana-Togo border

A joint operational team has intercepted 53 parcels of suspected marijuana at an unapproved route on the Ghana-Togo border in the Ketu South Municipality...

Okyenhene bans alien ‘juju’, shrines from Akyem jurisdiction

The Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has taken action to remove all elien shrines from within his jurisdiction. The Akyem overlord has also banned all...

Police not undertaking fresh recruitment

The Ghana Police Service has said it is neither advertising nor undertaking fresh recruitment process as purported by some publications. According to press release on...

Public University Bill: UTAG submits recommendations to govt

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) after examining the Public university Bill, 2020 have submitted a 25 paged memorandum for the consideration of...

Woman nearly killed by ex lover shares horrible wounds

A woman who was scarred for life when her ex tried to murder her with a bread-knife has shown off her “war wounds” as...

Coronavirus: Accra Psychiatric Hospital staff tests positive

A staff of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital has tested positive for Covid-19 after coming into contact with an affected patient. This was after some 110...

Kade ‘palace coup’: Two National Security operatives arrested; one on the run[video]

Three National Security (NS) operatives from the Flagstaff House allegedly sent to take over the Kade Palace in the Eastern region have been placed...

Coronavirus: 85 million children at risk of violence – World Vision warns

World Vision, a non-governmental agency, says 1 billion children, who are already exposed to violence, are at risk and the number likely to grow by...

Man kills wife for serving ‘rice water’ dinner [Audio]

A 38-year-old woman has been allegedly murdered by her husband for cooking ‘wrong food’ for dinner. The deceased, Gladys Oforiwaa Kumi, was said to have...

‘Apple tree’ at Wiamose turns out to be species of fig

A supposed apple tree planted five years ago at Wiamoase in the Ashanti Region has turned out to be a species of fig. A Senior...

Video of Oppong-Nkrumah interacting with Stonebwoy live on Instagram [Watch]

Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, caught up with dancehall musician, Stonebwoy, in an Instagram live video where he interacted with celebrities among other citizens...

2 suspected car snatchers gunned down

A fierce gun battle between police officers and three suspected armed robbers, who are believed to have perfected in car-snatching, has led to the...

Coronavirus: 1,500 patients waiting to be discharged – Dr Nsiah-Asare

Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, says Ghanaians should brace up for more COVID-19 recoveries as some 1,500 patients are on the waiting...

Coronavirus: Details of autopsy report revealed

Exclusive details from the report of the autopsies conducted on some Covid-19 bodies at the Ga East District hospital shows some of the deceased...

Child whose ear was cut for stealing GHS 250, speaks

A boy who had part of his right ear chopped off by his father for stealing GHS 250 has spoken on the matter. The boy...

Why women commit paternity fraud

A Clinical Psychologist, Dr Isaac Newman Arthur, has shared three common reasons why women sometimes commit paternity fraud. As the name implies, paternity fraud is...

Ghanaians react to production of apple fruits in Kumasi [Video+Photos]

An apple tree planted five years ago in Wiamoase in the Ashanti Region has bore fruits, a twitter post shared by growers of the...

Prophet Nigel’s shocking revelation about Obinim [Watch]

Controversial prophet, Nigel Gaisie, who is the General Overseer of Prophetic Hill Chapel, claims he had a vision and in it his colleague, 'Angel'...

Mechanic jailed a year for stealing rail metals

The Assin Fosu District Court has sentenced a 29-year-old auto-mechanic to one-year imprisonment for stealing four lines of rail tracks. The tracks belong to the...

315 meningitis cases recorded as deaths rise to 45

The number of cerebrospinal meningitis cases recorded in the Upper West Region have now increased to 315. The tally is an increase by 42 from...

Bawumia shares lovely photos of wife and kids having dinner

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has taken to social media to flaunt his children. The new photos, shared on the respective Instagram pages of the...

I am being haunted by my son – Bernard Nyarko’s mother [listen]

Mother of late Bishop Bernard Nyarko, Maame Yaa Konadu, says she feels haunted by his son.  Speaking exclusively on Adom TV’s Badwam morning show on...

Dozens escape death after tanker runs into passenger waiting area [photo]

A number of people are reported to have escaped death through a fuel tanker in Kintampo in the Bono East region. According to witnesses who...

Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital receives medical supplies from Herona Company Limited

Herona Company Limited has donated medical supplies worth GH¢229,835.05 to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The list of items included but...

Ken Agyapong reveals why Covid-19 has exposed fake pastors

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has said the novel coronavirus pandemic has exposed charlatan pastors who claim to be men of...

‘Nurse’ in trouble for twerking in viral video

The Nurses and Midwifery Council has begun investigations into the conduct of an unnamed 'nurse' whose twerking video went viral on social media. A video...

Don’t blame govt for pandemic – Sophia Akuffo

The Chairperson of the COVID-19 National Trust Fund, Justice (Rtd) Sophia Abena Akuffo, has urged the public not to blame the government for the...

Fire Service pensioner drowns at Fetteh Kakraba[photos]

A 61-year-old pensioner has died after he drowned in 10 feet abandoned manhole. Patrick Gyamesi’s unfortunate incident occurred Friday at Fetteh Kakabra near Gomoa Buduburam...

Immigration officers intercept 31 parcels of suspected narcotic drugs

Immigration officers on the Aflao border have intercepted six men with 31 compressed parcels of substances suspected to be a narcotic drug at “Beat...

Former sub-chief of Foase remanded over alleged stealing of GH¢20K from teacher

The former Twafuohene, a sub-chief of Foase in the Atwima-Kwanwoma District, has been remanded into police custody by the Nkawie Circuit Court for alleged...