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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...

Ga State finally gets a new Ga Mantse

A new Ga Mantse has been inducted under tight police protection as the President of the Ga Traditional Council. King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, known...

COVID-19: Supreme Court nominee pleads amnesty for more prisoners

President’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga, wants amnesty granted to prisoners charged with minor offences. According to him, congestion in the...

Fabewoso: Guns too silent; citizens must be armed for development– Major Boakye Djan [listen]

One of the architects of the June 4 uprising, Major Boakye Djan, is calling for citizens of African countries to be armed as part...

Meet the woman who works as a lawyer and nurse at the same time [photos]

A Ghanaian, Elizabeth Owusua, has fulfilled her childhood dream of becoming both a nurse and a lawyer. As a child, she always wanted to be...

Read Supreme Court appointee’s response to ‘political cases’ question

Nominated Supreme Court Judge, Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga, has commented on ‘political cases’ in the country. Appearing before the vetting committee of parliament on Monday,...

AirtelTigo partners Opera to offer free data to Ghanaians

Telecommunications operator, AirtelTigo via a press release, has announced its partnership with popular mobile web browser, Opera Mini. The partnership, according Ethel Anamoo, Chief Business...

COVID-19: Ghana faces ‘doom’ if EC is allowed to conduct registration exercise – Scientist

Ghanaian Engineer and Scientist, Ing. Dr Bright Atsu Sogbey, has warned of worse COVID-19 infection and death rates should the Electoral Commission (EC) be...

Mensa Otabil speaks on right time for churches to consider gathering

Head pastor of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), pastor Mensa Otabil, has advised that the time is not right for churches to congregate...

Adongo applauds IMF for ‘exposing’ govt’s massaged figures

Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central Constituency in the Upper East region, Isaac Adongo, has praised the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for affirming government’s...

Name and meaning of African wear Akufo-Addo wore during his 9th Covid-19 update revealed

During President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's 9th televised address to the nation on Covid-19, he encouraged the general public to adhere to the preventive...

Full speech: Akufo-Addo’s 9th address on coronavirus pandemic

Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. It has been eight (8) weeks since our nation embarked on a co-ordinated, enhanced response towards combating the Coronavirus pandemic,...

Ban on social gatherings extended!

Government has extended the ban on social gatherings to the end of May as the number of novel coronavirus infections in the country continues...

Coronavirus: Mensa Otabil prays for laid-off workers

The General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church Pastor Mensa Otabil has urged calm among workers who have been dismissed from work due...

Coronavirus: ICGC cancels Greater Works 2020

The General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) has announced the cancellation of the 2020 Greater Works conference. Mensa Otabil in a statement...

Two shot by land guards at Gomoa Tuansah

Two people have sustained gunshot wounds after a group suspected to be land guards attacked them in their home Sunday. The two men according to...

Murdered Burkinabe driver buried in Walewale

The body of a Burkinabe driver who was shot and killed by suspected robbers in a village on the Tamale- Bolgatanga highway has been...

Coronavirus: Pastor Otabil reacts to ban on churches [Listen]

Head pastor of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Pastor Mensa Otabil is against calls for churches to reopen in wake of the increasing...

Coronavirus: 251 new cases; Four more die as Ghana’s case count hits 4,263

Ghana has recorded 251 more cases of Covid-19 sending the total case count to 4,263, the Ghana Health Service says. On its Covid-19 webpage, the...

Late Veep’s son’s touching message to mother, wife

Farouk Aliu Mahama has paid a glowing tribute to his mother, Ramatu Aliu Mahama for her love, discipline and prayers which have made him...

Coronavirus: Inmates in police cells test positive

Some inmates in police cells in the Greater Accra Region have tested positive for coronavirus, the Greater Accra Regional Command has disclosed. DCOP Fred Adu-Anim...

First Lady’s Mother’s Day message will melt your heart

As the world commemorates Mother’s Day today, I am pleased to join all well-wishers to wish mothers in Ghana and across the globe a...

Ban on social gathering – Check out GMA’s advice to Akufo-Addo

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is warning against plans to lift ban on social gatherings. This is an apparent response to calls by some by...

Policeman shot in Bullion van robbery

A policeman, who is yet to be identified, has reportedly been shot in a bullion van robbery at Maapehia on the Techiman Sunyani Highway...

Ghana first company accuse MMDCEs of not telling ministers the truth about ongoing projects [Video]

Some contractors, who are executing various automated modern toilet facilities across the country for Ghana First Company Limited under a Public Private Partnership with...

Bishop Obinim, Kennedy Agyapong in fresh spiritual battle

The tussle between popular politician Kennedy Ohene Agyapong and controversial pastor Daniel Obinim has taken a spiritual dimension. The two personalities, who have been throwing salvos at...

Smoking marijuana actually kills coronavirus? – Kwesi Pratt stunned by new Study

Kwesi Pratt, Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, is utterly shocked by a new study that indicates nicotine could prevent infection and serious illness from coronavirus. A recent...

Court orders sale of West FM in Ho to settle judgement debt

The Ho District Court has issued an order for the sale of assets of West FM, a private radio station in the Volta Regional...

Over 500 of Ghana’s new Coronavirus cases were recorded at an industrial facility

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says over 500 of the 921 new Coronavirus cases in the country were recorded at an industrial facility. Ghana has...

Covid-19: Viral Ghanaian pallbearers have a message for all [Video]

Viral Ghanaian dancing pallbearers, amid the soaring global coronavirus cases, have urged citizens to comply with the stay at home directive. Taking to Twitter to...

Coronavirus: Recovered patient harassed at Bolga [audio]

A pregnant woman, who has fully recovered from Covid-19, is reportedly being stigmatised by people in her community. The 34-year-old Matilda Agamu said she had...

Barbara Ayisi donates to Abura Gym as she urges public to disregard mischievous video in circulation

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Cape Coast North Constituency and Deputy Minister for Works and Housing, Barbara Asher Ayisi, has donated an undisclosed...

Fire outbreak at Ashaiman Lebanon kills 50-year-old man & his daughter

A fire outbreak at Ashaiman Lebanon Zone Two has claimed the lives of a 50-year-old man and his nine-year-old daughter. Three other children, two boys...

Coronavirus: Okudzeto Ablakwa okays Madagascar cure

Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has urged African leaders to take a look at Madagascar’s purported ‘herbal cure’ for...

Coronavirus: Ghana records over 4, 000 cases, 323 recoveries

Ghana's coronavirus cases have shot up to 4,012, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed. However, 20 more persons have recovered bringing the total of...

Woman, lover in court over botched plot to kill husband

There was heavy police presence at the Asokwa District Court on Friday as the court got ready to hear a case involving a woman...