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Allotey Jacobs withdraws from all media platforms [Audio]

Suspended former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has announced his withdrawal from Accra-based radio station, Peace FM’s...

AY Poyoo surprises Sister Sandy with a live goat [Video]

Fast-rising internet sensation, AY Poyoo, has made his way into the Adom TV studio with a live goat to surprise presenter Sister Sandy on...

More details emerge about man who mutilated body of 3-yr-old son [Audio]

Fresh details have emerged about Ebenezer Nana Bonsu, the man who brutally mutilated the body of his 3-year-old son in Kumasi for reasons that...

Father who tortured 3-year-old son with naked wire is a national service person

Ebenezer Nana Bonsu, father who tortured three-year-old son with a naked wire, is reported to be a national service person in Accra. This was disclosed...

Comptroller-General of Immigration promotes six officers for dedication to service in Covid-19 fight

The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Mr Kwame Asuah Takyi, has promoted six Junior Officers for dedication to duty in the fight against the coronavirus disease...

Muslim inmates at Nsawam Prisons get support during Ramadan

Some Muslim inmates at the Nsawam Prisons have been supported with assorted food items and other basic needs as they undertake the Ramadan. The items...

Coronavirus: Papa Owusu-Ankomah recovers

Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Papa Owusu Ankomah who tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) has recovered. "I count myself blessed to be counted...

Listen: Why s3x worker pushed man out of two-storey building

The sex worker who allegedly pushed a tricycle truck rider out of a two-storey building at Asafo lorry terminal in the Ashanti region has...

Coronavirus: Nkwanta South Hospital records 100% recovery

The Nkwanta South Municipal Hospital in the Oti region has a announced that it has successfully treated and discharged all five patients who were...

We need to build more prisons – Supreme Court judge nominee

Supreme Court judge nominee Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu has called for building of more prison facilities across the country. This, the veteran legal practitioner said would help...

Full judgement: Domelovo vrs Osafo Maafo contempt case

An Accra High Court presided over by Justice Afia Asare Botwe has found Auditor General Daniel Domelovo guilty of contempt. The court held that the...

Why John Dumelo cannot unseat me – Lydia Alhassan

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Lydia Alhassan is confident of her victory in the 2020 polls against her...

Exclusive photos of when new Okuapemhene met Okyehene

The new Okuapehene, Oseadeeyo Kwasi Akuffo Ababio, on Tuesday, paid a courtesy call on Okyehene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin. This is Oseadeeyo's official working...

K Monsi supports govt hospitals in Oti region to fight COVID- 19 [Photos]

K monsi Ventures, a leading alcohol-producing entity based in the Biakoye District of the Oti Region has distributed cartons of sanitizers to some organisations...

Three fake Forestry Commission ‘staff’ remanded

The Amasaman Circuit Court has remanded three suspects into police custody for duping thousands of unsuspecting members of the public of varied amounts of...

Covid-19: Pregnant woman now free from virus shares bitter experience [Video]

A pregnant woman, identified as Matilda Gamu, who lives in the Northern region of Ghana has shared her experience of stigmatisation after being diagnosed...

Lawyer for former NCA boss reacts to ruling [Listen]

Copyright © 20 Lawyer for former Director General of the National Communications Authority (NCA), William Tetteh Tevie jailed for causing financial loss to the state,...

8 teenagers in police grips for allegedly using classrooms as ‘brothel’, drug base

The Adaklu Vodze Town Development Committee (TDC), has arrested eight people for allegedly using the community basic school’s classrooms for "illicit activities." The eight, four...

Illegal border crossing: 7 Burkina nationals arrested

The Upper West Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has apprehended seven Burkina Faso nationals for sneaking into Ghana on an unregistered...

Ghana CEO Summit postponed

Chief Executives Network Ghana has announced the postponement of the 5th Ghana Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Summit which was scheduled to take place in...

Covid-19: Obuasi residents beg for lockdown

Some residents of Obuasi in the Ashanti region are living in fear amid calls for lockdown over the increasing number of coronavirus cases in...

Fire consumes Darling Lemon Company [Video]

The Kasoa branch of Stripes Manufacturing and Trading Company, producers of darling lemon drinks, has been consumed by fire that broke Monday night into...

Hollard Life Assurance announces free COVID-19 insurance cover for customers

Life Insurance Company, Hollard Life Assurance, has announced a free COVID-19 insurance cover for its customers. The complimentary insurance cover, which comes at no additional...

Father’s reason for subjecting 3-year-old boy to torture will shock you [Audio]

Commander of the Manhyia Divisional Police Command, ACP Kwaku Buah, has given an update on the reasons given by a father for virtually mutilating...

Coronavirus cases at Tarkwa up to 13, with one death

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases recorded at Tarkwa has increased to 13 with one death. The deceased, a female health employee of a hospital...

Election or no election; Akufo-Addo takes a stance

With the global coronavirus pandemic still hanging and the 2020 general election gradually approaching, concerns have been raised as to how the general election...

Covid-19: Details of Akufo-Addo-led Cabinet meeting out! [Audio]

Cabinet, led by President Nana Akufo-Addo, last week held a three-day retreat to discuss the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic on the country’s...

The Big Agenda: Heavy rains coming, Accra, other regions face flooding (Video)

Ghanaians should expect heavier and more intense rains than Accra and many other regions experienced Sunday, May 10. And, for the deaths of 2015 and...

No face mask no entry: Yeji chief to residents

The paramount chief of Yeji Traditional Area in the Bono East Region, Pimampim Yaw Kagblesey V, has asked that anyone caught not wearing face...

Check out the coronavirus hotspots in Greater Accra region

It has emerged that 26 districts in the Greater Accra region have had coronavirus cases with some metros bieng the hottest spots. Director-General of the...

Kumchacha sends strong message to women who send nude pictures to their partners

Prophet Kumchacha has openly attacked women who, for any reason, send nude pictures themselves to their partner. He said such people are fools. In an interview...

Justice Clement Honyenugah apologises over ‘political comment’

Supreme Court nominee, who has been approved by Parliament, Justice Clement Honyenugah, has apologised for endorsing President Nana Akufo-Addo’s second term bid. Justice Honyenugah in...

Rebecca Foundation donates face masks and hand sanitizers to market women in Accra

The Rebecca Foundation has donated some pieces of locally manufactured face masks to women at Okaishie, Makola, Kantamanto, Agbogbolshie and Mallam markets to combat...

Police arrest 3 for processing marijuana in Afadzato South District

The Drugs Law Enforcement Unit of the Volta Regional Police Command has arrested a gang of three for processing Indian Hemp into slabs. This was...

How teenage mother almost killed her baby after pastor’s directive [Video]

A-seventeen-year old mother, Abigail Desewu, resident of Adeiso in the Eastern region of Ghana has revealed how she almost killed her daughter upon a...

Supreme Court judge nominee hot over Akufo-Addo endorsement speech

A Supreme Court judge nominee, Justice Clement Honyenuga, was in 'hot waters' at his vetting over a speech that reportedly endorsed President Nana Akufo-Addo’s...

Gifted but disabled widow gets CCF support to realise her music career

Crime Check Foundation (CCF) has surprised talented but physically challenged widow, Rose Atitepe with a cash donation of GH¢ 25,430 to promote her music...

Herbalist makes strong case for ‘Prekese’, other herbs

Founder of the Apostle of Holy Table Spiritual Research and Healing Centre, Peter Hammond, has advised Ghanaians to go back to the traditional methods...

26 market women arrested in Bolga [audio]

At least 26 market women in Bolgatanga in the Upper East region have been arrested by police for embarking on a demonstration. The women were...

Kasoa residents sleep in wheelbarrows after houses ‘submerge’ in floods

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has attributed the lack of roofing safety hooks in some houses as major cause of flooding in Kasoa...