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Painter jailed 9 years over attempted defilement

A Cape Coast Circuit Court has sentenced a 56-year-old painter to nine years imprisonment in hard labour for attempting to defile a 10-year-old girl. John...

Worship from home – Otabil to ICGC members

Founder and General Overseer at the International Central Gospel Church, Mensa Otabil has urged members of his church to continue worship from home amidst...

Driver kills mother, 3 daughters and aged woman after winning ¢1200 lottery

Five persons have died at Tegbi in the Anloga District after being hit by a careless driver. According to eyewitnesses, the car moving at top...

Coronavirus: Ghana records 697 new cases, 5 more deaths

Ghana has recorded 697 new positive coronavirus cases bringing the total case count to 20,085, the Ghana Health Service has said. The number of active...

Pay your arrears to remain connected – ECG to customers

Mr Benjamin Quarcoo, the Western Regional Public Relations Officer of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has cautioned customers who were due for disconnection...

Coronavirus: Western North Region records 25 new cases

The Western North Region has recorded 25 new Covid-19 cases bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 127, with 82 recovered and discharged,...

Five injured after building collapses in Yeji

At least five persons have sustained injuries after a building collapsed on them in Yeji after a heavy downpour. Two people were said to have...

Koku Anyidoho visits Sir John’s family, signs book of condolence

 Former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has signed the Book of Condolence as he mourns late co-politician Kwadwo...

Police on manhunt for fertiliser smuggler at Saboba

Police at Saboba District are on a manhunt for a man who smuggled about 1,000 bags of government subsidised fertiliser for the Planting for...

2020 Hajj cancelled with monies to be refunded

The Ghana Hajj Board has announced the cancellation of the 2020 pilgrimage amid the coronavirus pandemic. As part of preparations, pilgrims pay for Hajj services...

Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo self-isolating after close associate tests positive

President Nana Akufo-Addo is taking a 14-day precautionary self-isolation measure after at least one person within his close circle tested positive for COVID-19. Information Minister,...

Jubilating lottery winner in Volta region kills 5

The first move of celebration by a 30-year-old unemployed, who won GH¢1,200.00 lottery, ended in the death of five people at Tegbi Vakpomda in...

Ag. Auditor-General re-evaluates Osafo Maafo’s US$1M Kroll deal after Domelevo’s exit

The Auditor-General's (AG) office has expressed satisfaction about documents regarding Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo's  $1 million Kroll deal. This comes a few...

Call Domelevo back – Lawyer urges Akufo-Addo

Lawyer Martin Kpebu has made a request to President Nana Akufo-Addo to review his decision on asking the Auditor-General to take accumulated annual leave...

I walked from Lomnava to Osu in search of job – Sam George

Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram Constituency, Sam Dzata George, has taken to social media to recount how hard life was for him before...

ICUMS yields GH₵55.4 million in airport revenue

The newly introduced Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS), which began a month ago at the Terminal Three of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), has...

Residents block road to protest against bad drainage system [Video]

Several communities in the Tamale Metropolis and Sagnarigu Municipality have been flooded following an hour downpour on Saturday morning, June 4, 2020. At Gumani, following...

Tears flow as late Peace FM’s Kwadwo Wiafe is laid to rest [Video]

It is a sad and heartbreaking moment as late Despite Media employee, Kwadwo Wiafe, is laid to rest today, July 4, 2020, at Tabora...

Ghanaians can’t be misled by your lack of understanding of the law – Presidency fires back at Domelevo

The Office of the President has reiterated its directive for the Auditor-General (A-G) to proceed on his annual leave or risk being subjected to...

Auditor-General Domelevo’s leave period extended from 123 to 167 days – Presidency

The Office of the Presidency has extended the leave period of the Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo from 123 days to 167 effective July 1, 2020. This...

Driver’s mate suffers injuries in Kintampo highway accident [Video]

A driver’s conductor has sustained some severe injuries after the vehicle he was riding in was involved in a near-fatal accident on...

NDC polling agent recounts how he was beaten at registration centre

“Hawa Koomson is a man, not a woman, because she has no compassion,” that was the statement made by a polling agent of the...

Luv FM’s Prince Appiah receives special recognition for 2020 IFAJ Star Prize Award

Luv FM’s Prince Appiah has been acknowledged with a special recognition award by the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) for 2020 IFAJ Star...

Covid-19: FDA warns against unauthorised rapid test kits

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) is cautioning the public against the patronage of unauthorised Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) kits supposedly meant for COVID-19. According...

COVID-19: ‘More trouble’ for Carlos Ahenkorah over protocol breach

Pressure group, OccupyGhana, is calling for the prosecution of the Tema West Member of Parliament, Carlos Ahenkorah, for breaching the COVID-19 protocols. This comes after...

Y’asem Nie: Husband absconds after impregnating wife’s niece aged 13 [Video]

Comfort Adzidzi, an unemployed single mother of three children, has narrated how her husband of eight years abandoned her and their three children after...

Carlos Ahenkorah’s driver tests positive for Covid-19

It has emerged that driver of former Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Carlos Ahenkorah has also tested positive for the infectious Covid-19. ...

5-year-old girl sodomized at Sakumono [Video]

A 5-year-old girl has allegedly been sexually assaulted by a shop attendant at Sakumono in Accra. The girls family say the 16-year-old perpetrator sodomized their...

Carlos Ahenkorah embarked on biological warfare – Segbefia

Tema West MP Carlos Ahenkorah has been accused of embarking on biological warfare after vising a crowded location despite being coronavirus positive. His resignation from...

MP Appiah-Kubi’s ‘boys’ deny being behind Wednesday’s gun battle

Supporters of the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Asante Akim North, Andy Appiah-Kubi, have denied media reports that they were responsible for the...

Kumasi Metro Mass staff strike over unpaid salaries [Video+Photos]

Commuters are stranded at Kumasi depot of the Metro Mass Transit following a decision by workers of the outfit to embark on...

COVID-19 gaffe: Carlos Ahenkorah resigns!

The Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Carlos Ahenkorah has resigned from his position. This comes after he admitted breaching COVID-19 protocols by visiting a...

Santasi robbery: Stabbed three-year-old girl dies (Photo)

Belonia Adusei, the three-year-old girl, who was knifed during a robbery incident at Hemang/Ampatia in Kumasi, has also died. Her death comes barely two weeks after her...

You made our politics interesting – Mahama mourns Sir John

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress has joined scores of Ghanaians to mourn former boss of the Ghana Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie. According to...

Sir John’s brother speaks on his death

Father William Opoku Boateng, a junior brother to the late Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, affectionately called Sir John, says his brother was a man of...

Asiedu Nketia promises to ‘father’ Sir John’s family

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has promised to take over the family duties of his late friend and former...

Covid-19: Akufo-Addo grants amnesty to 794 prisoners

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has granted amnesty to 794 deserving prisoners in a bid to mitigate the dangers posed by congestion in Ghana's...

Asanteman pays tribute to Sir John

Tributes are pouring from across the length and breadth of Ashanti, the home region of Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as Sir John, who...

Prof Gyampo reveals Sir John’s message to him after NPP primaries

A political scientist with the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has showered praises on the late former General Secretary of the New Patriotic...

Hushpuppi handed over to United States for ‘fraud accusation’

Social media celebrity and his accomplice have been extradited to the United States of America (USA) after being arrested in Dubai last month. Raymond Abbas,...