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Man arrested for causing harm to his girlfriend’s husband [Photo]

A middle aged man has been arrested by Awutu Breku police for inflicting cutlass wounds on the husband of his girlfriend at Gomoa Nkwantanan in the...

20 homeless after fire at Kayame in Ketu South Municipality

Kayame, a farming community in the Ketu North Municipality of the Volta Region, has been gutted by fire rendering about 20 residents homeless. The fire...

Atonsu-Kuntenase drivers threaten to block road after death of colleague

Drivers plying the Atonsu-Kuntenase road in Kumasi are threatening to block the road to traffic after a colleague was crushed to death in an...

Duncan Williams ‘arrests’ coronavirus

Founder of the Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams prayed ceaselessly against the deadly coronavirus which has claimed many lives especially...

Police investigates accident involving Muntaka, Ibrahim

Police have opened an official probe into the near-fatal road accident involving two Members of Parliament, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak and Ahmed Ibrahim. The two parliamentarians were...

Tourism Authority distributes chocolates at children’s ward

The Ghana Tourism Authority has distributed chocolates to the children’s ward of the Eastern Regional hospital I’m Koforidua with a call on parents to...

Ruth Eshun’s Murder: Nurses threaten to withdraw services in Ashanti region

Nurses in the Ashanti region have given the police a two-week ultimatum to find the killers of Ruth Eshun Arhin, a community health nurse who was...

Lack of funds forces 21 schools out of 2020 Math & Science Quiz

The 2020 edition of National Science and Maths Quiz (NMSQ) competition has suffered a setback in the Upper West Region as 21 out of...

Upper West miners say Frimpong Boateng not culpable in missing excavators

The Upper West Miners Association of Ghana has jumped to the defence of Minister for Environment, Science and Technology Innovation (MESTI), in the raging issue regarding...

Cobbler jailed 15 years for having sex with minor

A Circuit Court in Accra on Friday handed down a 15 year jail term to a Cobbler, Ebenezer Otoo, for having sex...

Muntaka, Ahmed Ibrahim responding to treatment after road accident near Konongo

Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak and his deputy, Ahmed Ibrahim are responding to treatment after they were involved in an accident at Kubease near...

Augusco whips Mfanstipim School in NSMQ regional showdown

Mfanstipim School failed when handed an opportunity to exact its first revenge over city rivals St Augustine’s College (Augusco) in National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ)...

Parliament calls for swift justice for murdered nurse, Ruth Eshun

Parliament has called for swift justice and intensified investigation into the gruesome and dastardly death of a nurse, Ruth Ama Eshun of the Sewua Health Centre. The late nurse,...

Only 34% of Nigerians use condoms during sex

Only 34% of adult Nigerians surveyed in a national poll use condoms during sex. According to the survey carried out by NOIPolls, the results show that...

Akufo-Addo calls for non-partisan debate on death penalty abolishment

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has called for a non-partisan debate on the proposed abolishment of the death penalty as his government prepares to...

Galamsey fight hasn’t been a total failure – Dr Boako defends

Spokesperson to the Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has parried allegations that President Nana Akufo-Addo’s fight against illegal mining has been a failure. Dr Gideon...

Tears flow as nurse murdered at Sewua is laid to rest [Video]

Ruth Arhin, a 37-year-old nurse murdered few metres from her house at Sewua, a suburb in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, has been laid...

Apam Chief calls for strict policy on environmental pollution

Chief of Apam in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region, Nana Edu Ephraim X, has charged President Nana Akufo-Addo and policy makers...

Seek redress in court – Opuni-Frimpong to anti-new register group

Former General Secretary of the Ghana Christian Council, Reverend Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, has urged the group opposing the compilation of a new Voters Register...

2020 Election: Presidential aspirant to select Mallam as running mate

 Independent Presidential candidate for the Ghana Union Movement, Reverend Christian Kwabena Andrews, has revealed he will prefer to contest the election with a Mallam...

Fire destroys dozens of structures at Dagomba Line in Kumasi [Photos + Video]

Fire has gutted tens of make-shift residential structures, amid unconfirmed reports of missing children, at Aboabo Dabgomba Line in Kumasi, the Ashanti Region capital. ...

Wa GES Director dies a day after taking over from interdicted Regional Director

The Wa Municipal Director of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Theresa Ninang Sung-Abo, appointed as the interim Regional Director following the interdiction of...

NDC has poor understanding of Petroleum Act – Dep. Energy Minister jabs

Deputy Minister for Energy, Dr Amin Adam, has jabbed the National Democratic Congress (NDC), asserting members of the party lack adequate understanding of the...

Teacher Unions reject new pre-tertiary management structure

Four teacher unions have rejected a newly parliamentary proposed management structure of pre-tertiary education in the country. SEE THIS: NPP China branch warns Okudzeto Ablakwa, MinorityNDC...

PIAC fights for restoration of cut-off grading system in SHS admission

The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) is pushing for the restoration of the cut-off grading system previously used for admission into Senior High...

Planting without soil …a young entrepreneur’s innovation

Innovation is what’s driving today’s world. That’s why businesses are told to innovate or die. One area where innovation is really needed on our...

Afia Akoto recounts how NDC’s Chief Biney made her love again [Video]

A Deputy Communications Officer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Afia Akoto, has revealed how National Democratic Congress' (NDC) Chief Nixon Biney made her...

NPP’s Afia Akoto replies critics over marriage with Chief Biney [video]

A Deputy Communications Officer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Afia Akoto, has urged Ghanaians not to politicise her marriage with National Democratic Congress'...

NPP China branch warns Okudzeto Ablakwa, Minority

The China branch of the New Patriotic Party has cautioned the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and other Minority Members...

Radio Tongu shutdown – NCA justifies decision

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has revealed the reason Tongu Community Multimedia Network (Radio Tongu) in the Volta Region was shut down following backlash from...

Driver fined for crashing into minister’s vehicle

A Sunyani District Court ‘A’, presided over by Jojo Hagan Amoah, has fined the driver of a lumber truck that crashed into...

GES interdicts Upper West Regional Director of Education

The Ghana Education Service has interdicted the Upper West Regional Director of Education, Duncun Nsor with immediate effect after complaints were made about his...

Bring back PTA dues to SHS – PIAC

The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has requested that the Ghana Education Service (GES) lifts the ban on the collection of Parent-Teacher Association...

I’m sorry for lying – Ekow Ewusi begs

Horace Ekow Ewusi, New Patriotic Party’s embattled Central Regional Chairman, has admitted before an Accra High Court to lying about ace investigative journalist Anas...

Mahama to begin ‘Speak Out’ tour

Former President John Dramani Mahama, as part of his activities in the run-up to the 2020 December polls, has revealed plans to embark on...

Nkoranza Special School appeals for support in upkeep of students [Video]

The Nkororanza Shalom Special School for mentally handicapped is appealing to the government and the general public to support in the effective running of...

Asiedu Nketia gives interesting position on Airbus scandal [Audio]

General Secretary to the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has made a surprising claim about the Airbus bribery scandal that has been...

Abronye DC to face wrath of Nogokpo elders, others if…

The Deku Family of Avernopeme in the Akatsi South District of the Volta Region has given a 72-hour ultimatum to the Bono Regional...

Meteo warns of increased chance of fire outbreaks as Harmattan intensifies

The Ghana Meteorological Agency has warned of an increased chance of fire outbreaks with the harmattan intensifying this week. “From our fire monitoring charts and...

President makes new appointments in Ghana Armed Forces

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in consultation with the Council of State, has appointed Major General Thomas Oppong-Peprah as the new Chief of Army...