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Eid al-Fitr: John Mahama prays for Allah’s protection for Ghanaians

Former President John Dramani Mahama has wished for protection for all Muslims in Ghana as the holy month of Ramadan comes to an end. Despite...

Policeman with Operation Vanguard mysteriously collapses and dies at a mining site

A Police Inspector, identified as Duut Azumah with Operation Vanguard, has mysteriously collapsed and died at a mining site, several reports say. According to Mr...

Kennedy Agyapong’s shocking message to his 22 children about his property (Watch)

Tough-talking politician and Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has a message for his 22 children about the wealth he toiled...

Brutalised student chases CID man over girlfriend

The student, who was allegedly brutalised by a Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officer for chasing his girlfriend has petitioned the Police Administration to investigate...

A lot of ‘macho’ men are impotent – Military man asserts

A Ghanaian military man, Nana Adu Boafo, has opinionated that a lot of the men who hit the gym, specifically for bodybuilding, are impotent. He...

245 Kuwait deportees arrive in Ghana [Video]

About 245 Ghanaian deportees from Kuwait have finally arrived in the country amid the border closure over the coronavirus pandemic. Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah...

Ketu-North: Two fetish priests arrested and beaten for preventing rain from falling

Residents of a town near Dzodze called Penyi in the Ketu-North municipal assembly of the Volta region of Ghana, angrily descended on two fetish priests...

Fire guts ‘trotro’ at Achimota [Video]

Fire has gutted a white sprinter vehicle burning it beyond recognition at the Achimota Neoplan station on the Accra-Nsawam highway. The incident happened on the...

Exclusive photos from Justice Amadu Tanko’s swearing-in

President Nana Akufo-Addo has sworn-in the first Muslim, Justice Issifu Omoro Tanko, to the Supreme Court after his nomination and subsequent approval by Parliament. The...

Obinim rushed to hospital after release from police custody

Founder of the International God’s Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim, has been released after spending three days in police custody. Ralph Poku-Adusei, the lawyer for...

Driver remanded for stealing mobile phone

A 33-year-old driver, who stole a mobile phone at Atwima-Mim in the Ashanti region, has been remanded into prison custody by the Nkawie Circuit...

COVID-19: Ashanti region crosses 1,000 as Ghana’s case count hits 6,617

The confirmation of 131 new COVID-19 cases in Ghana has pushed the country’s case count to 6,617 as at Saturday, May 23, 2020, the...

Fire guts Royal Foam factory at Asokore Mampong [video]

Fire has gutted Royal Foam factory at Asokore Mampong in the Ashanti region. The fire, according to reports, is said to have started from...

Coronavirus: Chief Imam to hold virtual Eid prayers

National Chief Imam, Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu will hold a virtual prayer session for the Eid celebrations on Sunday. The event, first of its kind, will...

Covid-19 is a killer – Police Commander cries

Covid-19 is a killer and its devastation across the world was very scary, Volta Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police Edward Oduro Kwarteng,...

4 nabbed with 138 slabs of weed

Police at Baatsona have arrested four persons, including a lady they suspected were trading in dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, popularly known...

‘Ghana is not worth dying for’ – Prof Frimpong Boateng [Video]

Minister for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Prof Kwabena Frimpong Boateng is of the view that Ghana is not worth dying for. The good...

Former footballer hot for biting former girlfriend’s nipple

Former Asante Kotoko defender, John Kuffour, has been granted bail of Gh¢50,000 for biting of the nipples of his former girlfriend.   The Ejisu...

NaCCA approves second batch of text books from KG-P6

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has published the second batch of the official list of textbooks recommended for the Kindergarten to...

Akufo-Addo issues counsels Supreme Court judges

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has has described the situation where judges prefer judgement to use judgements from lower courts as basis for their...

Investor in failed PDS deal sued

A businessman, who invested in the failed Power Distribution Service (PDS) takeover of Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has been sued for allegedly playing...

We make dead bodies stand in mortuaries – Mortuary man

Richard Kofi Jordan, General Secretary of Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana, has said due to congestion in the various mortuaries across the country, dead...

Corruption Watch: Auditor-General blames HR heads of MDAs for ghost names

George Swanzy Winful, Deputy Auditor-General of the Ghana Audit Service has blamed the heads of Human Resource (HR) Departments of the various Ministries, Departments...

10-year-old girl commits suicide at Kwahu Nteso

A 10-year-old girl has allegedly committed suicide at Kwahu Nteso in the Kwahu East District of the Eastern region. The deceased, Zepola Ocansey, popularly known...

Expert chides EC’s I.T. department over poor job [Video]

A United States-based Information Technology (I.T) consultant, Dr Evans Sarfo-Adu has chided Ghana's Electoral Commission I.T department for not responding to concerns...

Ken agyapong offers to help bail Obinim

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has offered to assist embattled man of God, Bishop Daniel Obinim meet his bail conditions. The founder...

Bono Regional Minister commends Zoomlion

The Bono Regional Minister, Hon. Evelyn Ama Kumi Richardson, has heavily commended Zoomlion for its continues commitment to fighting the novel coronavirus pandemic nationwide. She...

Lady used by pastors to fake miracles exposed by Kennedy Agyapong

Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong, has recently been on a mission to expose fake pastors/prophets in the country. The likes of...

245 Ghanaians deported from Kuwait

About 245 Ghanaian deportees from Kuwait will be allowed into the country in spite of the border closure, Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah has said. He...

You will face EOCO after this – Kennedy Agyapong tells Obinim [video]

Politician Kennedy Agyapong has revealed that he caused the arrest of controversial preacher Bishop Daniel Obinim. The Head Pastor of International God’s Way Church was...

4 fake soldiers arrested

Four civilians posing as soldiers have been arrested at various locations in the country. Two of them were arrested at Katamanso in the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality...

Coronavirus: 10 inmates in Tema test positive

Ten inmates in the Tema metropolis have tested positive to the COVID-19 disease. Tema Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), Edward Johnson Akrofi-Oyirifi,...

Coronavirus: 13 health personnel test positive in Eastern region

About 13 health personnel in the Eastern region have tested positive to Covid-19. It is not clear whether they were infected at health facilities or...

Coronavirus: Tema police to isolate inmates who have tested positive

Tema Regional Police Commander, DCOP Akrofi Oyirifi Edward Johnson, says police are in court to move a motion for nine inmates who have tested...

One dead after police chase driver over ‘nose mask’

One person has been confirmed dead after police chased a commercial (trotro) driver at Kwabre Kenyase in the Kwabre East District of the Ashanti...

The sad words this woman told ‘Apraku My Daughter’ before he died [Video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=54&v=-YxkFJcBTCE&feature=emb_logo A new video of renowned Ghanaian pastor, Emmanuel Apraku, known widely as ‘Apraku my Daughter’ surfaced on the internet a day before he passed...

Arrive Alive: George Andah commends Multimedia Group for road safety campaign

Deputy Communications Minister, George Andah, has commended the Multimedia Group Limited’s 'Arrive Alive' campaign which aims at tackling road accidents in the country. In a...

Jamestown Demolishing: Woman threatens to become an armed robber after house structure is destroyed

Some residents living in the coastal area of Jamestown have protested against the demolishing exercise that has seen over 400 structures destroyed, including an...

Man who super-glued wife’s genitals arrested in witch doctor’s house

Police have arrested a man from Tharaka-Nithi county who went into hiding after allegedly assaulting his wife and sealing her private parts with superglue,...

Coronavirus: Obuasi residents shy away from testing

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says residents of Obuasi and its surrounding towns in the Ashanti Region are scared of availing themselves for COVID-19...