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SHS student hospitalised after she was beaten by her boyfriend

An 18-year-old student of Serwaa Nyarko Senior High School in Kumasi has sustained severe head cuts after she was battered by her boyfriend. Theresa Oppong...

Coronavirus: 176 new cases recorded; Ghana’s case count hits 9,638

176 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases has been recorded in Ghana increasing the country’s case count to 9,638 as of Sunday, June 7, 2020. The Ghana...

It’s time for Africa to rise and build despite Covid-19 rubble – Mensa Otabil

General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Pastor Mensa Otabil is urging Africa to take advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic to develop...

Cocoa farmer butchers wife to death at Mile 5 in Tarkwa

A 28-year-old cocoa farmer of Mile 5 in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality has allegedly butchered his wife to death. The deceased, Regina Efe Incoom, 25, whose...

Economic Fighters League leader granted bail

Leader of the Economic Fighters League, Ernesto Yeboah, who was arrested by police during a vigil to protest the oppression of African Americans and...

Man in court for threatening to kill neighbour over woman

A 30-year old man, Kobina Aggrey, who threatened to cut his neighbour into pieces for allegedly snatching his girlfriend, has been granted GH¢10,000 bail...

Burial date for late Peace FM presenter announced

Late radio presenter with the Despite Group, Kwadwo Wiafe will be buried on Saturday July 4, 2020, the family has announced. The deceased who was...

Over 3 million Ghana Cards to be issued from June 8

The National Identification Authority (NIA) says it will issue 3,875,441 Ghana Cards to applicants in 5,635 registration centres in all the regions concurrently, from...

Two die from collapsed fence wall at Ashongman Estates

Two construction workers have died at Ashongman Estates from injuries they sustained from being hit by a collapsed fence wall. They have been identified as...

The Church of Pentecost conducts first-ever virtual election

From the thousands of lives lost, the imposition of human restrictions and bans as well as other disturbing developments such as loss of jobs,...

Police officer killed by coronavirus buried in Koforidua

The Senior Police Officer who died from Coronavirus in Koforidua in the Eastern Region has been buried. He was interned Saturday at the public Cemetery in Koforidua...

Economic Fighters League leader arrested over George Floyd vigil [Video]

Leader of the Economic Fighters League, Ernesto Yeboah, was arrested by police during a vigil to protest the oppression of African Americans and people...

Police Service bids farewell to 4 COPs [Photos]

The Ghana Police Service has said goodbye to four Commissioners of Police (COPs) as they proceed on retirement upon attaining the age of 60. ...

Adom FM pundits rendered speechless as Wendy Shay proves she’s not wearing a butt-pad [Watch]

Adom FM presenter and popular MC, Kwame Oboadie, was taken aback in the studio when singer Wendy Shay got up from her seat to...

Gomoa Dominase NPP supporters invoke curses on party executives [Video]

A group of aggrieved supporters of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) at Gomoa Dominase in the Central region have invoked curses...

‘Apraku my Daughter’s one-week celebration observed [Video]

The one-week funeral rites of late Ghanaian popular evangelist, Emmanuel Kwaku Apraku, popularly known as 'Apraku my Daughter' has been held. The rites were held...

From ‘Strong Room’ to studio: Former EC boss Charlotte Osei turns TV host (Photo)

A former chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Charlotte Osei, has taken up a new challenge as a business TV host on Accra-based GHOne TV. Addressing her audience immediately...

NPP supporters vandalise party office at Saboba [Photos + Video]

Some angry Saboba Constituency supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Northern region have locked up the party office and...

Managing Director of Nyaho Medical Centre tests positive for Covid-19

The Managing Director of Nyaho Medical Centre has tested positive for Covid-19. Dr Elikem Tamaklo’s positive diagnosis has affected his family, but according to Rita...

Man narrates how prolong erection of his manhood is ‘killing’ him [Watch]

A 34-year-old man has narrated his struggles with priapism, a sickle cell disorder condition caused by prolonged erection of the penis, usually without sexual...

NPP’s Nasara Coordinator begins campaign to mobilise Zongos for new Voters Register

The National Nasara Coordinator of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Abdul-Aziz Haruna Futa, has embarked on a tour of the 16 Regions of the...

Oppong-Nkrumah reacts to Supreme Court questioning EC’s refusal to use old voter IDs

Ghana's Information Minister says there is no basis for anyone to jubilate over the Supreme Court’s questioning of the Electoral Commission’s (EC) basis for...

2 years after Anas aired ‘Number 12’, new court documents pop up

It’s been two years. Two years since Tiger Eye PI premiered videos that showed officials of Ghana Football Association (GFA) in compromising positions. Two years since...

Burial date for Peace FM’s late Kwabena Wiafe announced [Video]

It has emerged that the final funeral rites of former Despite Media employee, Kwabena Wiafe, will be held on July 4, 2020. This was announced...

Kennedy Osei, others visit and console Kwadwo Wiafe’s wife as she breaks down in tears

It was a very sad moment when the management and some staff from UTV and Despite Media Group visited the family of their colleague...

NLA licenses five private sector lotto operators

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has signed a historic partnership agreement with the Veterans Administration, Ghana (VAG) which gave NLA the sole power...

Parliament freezes approval of EC’s CI after ranking member is accused of doctoring report

Parliament has halted the approval of the Electoral Commission’s (EC) Constitutional Instrument (C.I. 126) laid before it to exclude the old voters identity card...

Shocking video of Obinim bragging about how he saved June 3 disaster victims pops up

Leader of International God’s Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim, has opened up about the June 3 Circle disaster. According to Obinim, he saved many victims...

Incest on the rise in Central Region

The Central Regional Secretariat of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service has expressed worry about the rising...

Coronavirus: Ghana records over 9,000 cases, 4 more deaths

The Ghana Health Service has confirmed an additional 283 Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number to 9,168. The number of people who have recovered have...

Akufo-Addo commissions phase one of Tema Interchange project [photos]

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday, June 5, 2020, at a brief ceremony in Tema, commissioned Phase One of...

Second phase of Tema Motorway Interchange to commence soon – Amoako Atta

The Roads Minister has revealed that the second phase of the Tema Motorway Interchange will commence in the fourth quarter of 2020. Kwasi Amoako-Atta, who...

ICUMS make strides at Tema port, process over 4,000 BoEs

New managers of Ghana’s ports, Ghana Link Network Services Limited (Ghana Link), has denied claims by freight forwarders over the new Integrated Customs Management...

Zoomlion begins national disinfection exercise of mosques

As part of efforts to contain the spread of the Covid-19, Zoomlion Ghana Limited on Thursday June 6, 2020 disinfected nine (9) mosques in...

Why we cursed party leadership – Angry NPP members explain [Video]

Some angry youth of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who resorted to cursing the leadership of their party over their decision to disqualify their...

Sefwi Bibiani: 3 siblings burnt to death [Photos]

Three siblings, a boy and two girls from the same biological parents have been burnt to death at Sefwi Bibiani California - Gyidimu, in...

How Major-General Odartey-Wellington lost his life during the June 4 revolution

Major- General Odartey-Wellington, was the Chief of Army Staff of the Supreme Military Council II (SMC II). He unsuccessfully led his troops to counter...

Akufo-Addo commissions Tema Motorway interchange today

President Akufo Addo will later today (Friday) commission the Tema Motorway interchange project. There’s however, political controversy over who should take credit for the $57million...

Three Children die in fire outbreak at Bibiani

Three Children have been burnt to death at Kalifonia a suburb of Bibiani in the Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region following...

Woman in trouble as married lover collapses after s3x [Video]

A married woman, whose identity is not known, is in trouble as the married lover she visited collapsed after sex. In a video sighted...