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Parliament passes new land bill

Ghana’s Parliament has passed Ghana's land bill 2019 into law after the third reading in the House. The bill was passed on Thursday, July 23, 2020,...

US lifts visa sanctions imposed on Ghanaians

The United States (US) Government has lifted the visa sanctions imposed on some Ghanaians in 2019. The sanctions were over claims that Ghana was unreasonably...

Uncle Ebo Whyte shares ‘wild’ confession to celebrate wife of 37 years

Popular playwright and life coach, Ebo Whyte, has taken to social media to show off his beautiful wife with whom he has been married...

Familiarity defeating fight against coronavirus – NCCE

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has identified family ties, familiarity among relatives and friends as a major challenge confronting the efforts at...

If you jab me, I’ll jab you back 10 times – Ministers face-off in Parliament

Two ministers in Nigeria have been involved in a face-off in parliament following a committee to probe some anomalies. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr...

KNUST commissions executive campus at Moree, Cape Coast

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has commissioned the second phase of its campus at Moree, Cape Coast. The commissioning was done...

Media Foundation demands list of shut down radio stations from NCA

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has invoked the Right to Information Law and requested details of radio stations shut down by the...

Outrage as deceased gets buried in penis-shaped coffin [Photo+Video]

A group of mourners somewhere in Accra have taken their treatment given to the dead to bizzare levels. A video of the mourners carrying their...

All set for Finance Minister’s Mid-Year Budget Review [Photos]

All is set for the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta's 2020 mid-year budget review presentation, today, Thursday, July 23, 2020. Mr Ofori-Atta’s presentation before Parliament is...

Akufo-Addo shoots Ursula Owusu’s DTT directives to GBC down

President Akufo-Addo has directed the Communications Minister to suspend the DTT directive given to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC). A press release issued by the...

Ejisu SHTS student hospitalised after failed suicide attempt over alleged theft

A second-year student of the Ejisu Secondary Technical Senior High School has been hospitalised after drinking liquid soap in what is believed to...

Asomdwee Park sees major facelift [video]

Ghana’s first presidential mausoleum and final resting place of late President John Evans Atta Mills has seen a major facelift. Asomdwee Park, which hitherto was...

Govt delegation storms Sir John’s hometown for his one-week observation [Photos]

Vice Presiden Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and Chief of Staff, Akosua Fremah Opare, led a government delegation to the one-week observation of the late Chief...

Coronavirus: Over 254 staff of KATH test positive

A total of 254 staff of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi have tested positive for COVID-19 since the outbreak in the...

Fake lawyer busted in court

An Accra High Court has ordered for the arrest of a 56-year-old man who allegedly posed as a lawyer and was defending a client...

Akufo-Addo cuts sod for €70m Eastern Regional Hospital

President Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the commencement of construction of Phase One of the new 600-bed Eastern Regional Hospital. The project is expected...

Middleman arrested for alleged forging of DBS invoice

Police in the Ashanti region have granted enquiry bail to a former agent of DBS Industries who allegedly forged and issued the company's invoice. The...

Kennedy Agyapong’s car involved in accident [Photos + Video]

Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong's escalade vehicle with registration number GE 6790-17 has been involved in an accident. The minor accident is said...

Covid-19 taskforce shuts down 4 churches

Four churches in the Sunyani Municipality were shut down indefinitely for non-compliance with safety protocols and guidelines to stem the spread of Covid-19. The Sunyani...

National Commission on Small Arms condemns use of arms at registration centres

The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons has condemned the use of arms at some centres in the ongoing voter registration centres. The...

Husband’s defence after wife found condoms on him will crack you up [Video]

A mason, Julius Obomeh, who was confronted by his wife for having condoms has mounted a hilarious defence, saying he only fills...

Jean Mensa reacts to Mahama’s decision to abruptly end tour of registration centres

The Electoral Commission (EC) has described as unfortunate, John Dramani Mahama's decision to end his tour of some registration centres in the country.  Mr Mahama...

Why we arrested NDC PC for Effutu – Police

The Winneba District Police Command has given insight into why the Parliamentary Candidate (PC) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Effutu, James Kofi...

Over 60 shops in Koforidua market centre razed down by fire [Video]

About 60 shops at the Juaben Serwaa market in Koforidua have been razed down by fire. The cause of the fire is not...

Official: 125 Ghanaians deported from USA [Audio]

Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, has disclosed that some 125 Ghanaians have been deported from the USA as part of arrangements that led...

Otchere-Darko speaks on ‘De Facto Prime Minister of Ghana’ tag

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has cleared the air on his influence in the Akufo-Addo-led government as he defends the latter on cronyism and nepotism...

Cargill, Apostles Continuation Church donate to COVID-19 Fund [Photos]

Cargill Ghana, a cocoa processing company and the Apostles Continuation Church, have donated to the COVID-19 National Trust Fund. Cargill Ghana, led by the Human...

Akufo-Addo’s silence on Hawa Koomson’s shooting sickening – Franklin Cudjoe

Founding President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has described as sickening President Nana Akufo-Addo's silence on the melee that occurred at the Steps to...

Akufo-Addo responds to Covid-19 infection claims [Audio]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed surprise at the suggestion from some Ghanaians that he had tested positive of Covid-19 and had...

Mahama cuts short registration centre tours over Covid-19 concern

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has suspended his monitoring tour of the ongoing voters' registration centres. The blatant disregard...

Accra International Book Festival hosts Oheneyere Gifty Anti on #CatchUpAccra

Ace broadcast journalist and bestselling Ghanaian author, Oheneyere Gifty Anti is the guest author for the July edition of all-writers affair platform #CatchupAccra. The virtual...

Akufo-Addo to embark on first foreign trip after border closure

President Akufo-Addo will on Thursday embark on a trip to the West African country of Mali. This will be the first foreign trip after he...

I fill them with water and burst them – Husband’s excuse to wife who found condoms on him [Watch]

A man, who was confronted by his wife over condoms she had found in his possession, told her he fills them with...

Registrar raises red flag about invalid marriages

The Registrar of Marriages has alerted all celebrants to the fact that marriages contracted at unlicensed venues or by officiating ministers not gazetted by...

Orphanage Homes call on govt for support amid COVID-19 [Video]

Chief Executive Officer of Nsawam-based Eye of the Lord Orphanage Home, Darko Sarpong, is appealing to the government to extend stimulus packages amid the...

Check out Obaapa Christy’s emotional tribute song for late Sir John [Video]

Ghanaian award-winning gospel musician, Obaapa Christy, has touched many hearts after releasing a tribute song for New Patriotic Party’s Sir John, known in real...

Nduom steps aside as PPP opens nominations for flagbearers

Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom is expected not to contest the Progressive People Party's (PPP) flagbearer race as nominations open. The leadership of the party announced...

Ya-Naa praises IGP for this reason

The Dagbon overlord, Ya-Naa Abukari Mahama II, has heaped praises on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh, for his passion for peace. Ya-Naa II...

Tiwaa Addo-Danquah worried over why people always find it difficult to accept women in top positions

The Director-General in Charge Welfare at the Ghana Police Service, COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, has bemoaned the stereotyping of women in leadership positions...

NPP Youth Wing to hold candlelight vigil for Sir John

The Youth Wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will today, Tuesday, July 21, 2020, hold a candlelight vigil in honour of its late...