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Adebayor, Stonebwoy, others buy GHC2 coconuts for GHC200 and donate money to change coconut seller’s life

The life of a coconut seller who has been identified as Samuel Acheampong has been touched by ex-Togolese national, Emmanuel Adebayor and some other...

Kpatinga clashes leaves one dead as houses are burnt

At least one person has been killed dead and another injured following clashes between locals at Kpatinga in the Gushegu Municipality of the Northern...

Springs of Grace Ministry celebrates 1 yr anniversary [photos]

Congregants of Springs of Grace Ministry, led by founder and leader Pastor Prince Elisha Kofi, have organised a walk to mark the church's first...

A brief history of how Hearts inspired the formation of Kotoko and how they became rivals

When Mr Briton, headmaster of the first Primary School established in then Gold Coast (now Ghana), set out his students to have a kickabout...

You will live in hell if galamsey continues – Mona Quartey to communities

Director of Goldenstar Resources, Mona Quartey has charged the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) to vividly illustrate to local communities that engaging in...

Dr Asiama not on the run, ready and willing to aid investigators – Lawyers say

Lawyers to former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank , Dr Johnson Asiama, has debunked reports of their client being on the run and...

Supt. Salifu Dagarti; the man who took a bullet for Kwame Nkrumah at the Flagstaff House

Salifu Dagarti was born in July 1931 and died on 2 January 1964. He was a British trained Ghanaian police officer and presidential bodyguard...

Student unable to sit and sleep after being flogged by teachers [Photo]

Dora Kumatey, a final year student of WBM Zion Senior High School at Old Tafo in the Eastern region, is reportedly unable to sit...

Badu Bonsu II; The King whose head was preserved in a jar in a laboratory

The leader of the Ahanta tribe in the Western Region and a Ghanaian king Badu Bonsu II was executed in 1838 by the Dutch. The Kundum festival is celebrated by the...

Funny Face sued by ex-lover for $53k

Benson Oduro Boateng, known in the entertainment circles as Funny Face, has been sued by a United States based ex-lover Mary Ama Boansi, for...

Court dismisses application for disclosures in treason trial

The Kaneshie District Court on Friday dismissed an application for disclosures by seven out of the 10 persons, accused of treason. The seven persons...

How can a man who has sued govt be on the run? Ashanti Students blast govt over witch-hunt of Dr Duffuor

A group, calling itself the Coalition of Ashanti Students For Development, is calling on the government and its security apparatus to end the needless...

Abandoned coffin triggers controversy

Residents of Sege are struggling to understand why someone would stuff a coffin with cloth and pieces of paper cut to the various sizes...

No mercy for mother of dumped baby – DOVVSU

The Kasoa Divisional Commander of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU), ASP Doris Laryea, has expressed the unit’s unwavering stance to prosecute mother of...

Mother of dumped baby told lover she had a miscarriage

Investigations by the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Kasoa Divisional Police Command into the dumping of a two-day-old baby in...

ACP Agordzo speaks after being ‘freed’ by court

Embattled former Director of Transformation of the Ghana Police Service, ACP Dr Benjamin Agordzo, has finally spoken after being granted bail on Tuesday. The Police...

Just in: Car on fire crashes into sidewalk at Achimota [Video]

A Hyundai Santa Fe with registration number GW 6363-16 has caught fire on the Achimota Mile 7 road, a few metres from the Achimota...

First Ghanaian policewoman now 90 years

The first Ghanaian woman to be enlisted into the Ghana Police Service, then the Gold Coast Police Force, has turned 90.Police Woman One (PW/1)...

Eku Juice reaches UK [Photos]

Eku Juice from the Ekumfi Juice factory, which falls under the One-District-One-Factory (1D1F) policy of the Akufo-Addo-led government, has found its way to...

Mother of baby abandoned in bush breaks silence [Audio]

Mother of a two-day-old baby boy dumped in a bush at Awutu Ofaakor in the Central region is has appealed for clemency. ALSO READ: Patience...

Otumfuo withdraws reps from KMA, other assemblies

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has withdrawn his representatives from the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) and other assemblies in the Ashanti region. According to...

Sam George in dance battle with constituents on 35th birthday [video]

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Constituency, Sam Nartey George on Wednesday January 22, 2020 celebrated his birthday in colour ceremony with his constituents. The legislator who turned...

CSO petition Gender Ministry over rising inequalities

Hundreds of citizens have hit the streets of Accra in a peaceful march to petition the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection over...

Man jailed 12 months for impersonating Ken Ofori-Atta

A young man identified as Nuetey Latif Ahinguah has been slapped with a 12-month prison sentence with hard labour for impersonating Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta on...

UK, US officials recite Akan proverbs to illustrate their positions; find out which proverbs [Watch]

Akan proverbs have been gaining popularity among United Kingdom and United States of America officials in the past few days. Thanks to UK Prime...

Ghana still dangerously corrupt: Latest Corruption Perception Index reveals

The latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) report released by Transparency International, has seen Ghana score just 41 points out of a 100,...

Ghana gets centre to combat terrorism, illegal migration

A new centre, dubbed the National Border Fusion Centre has been inaugurated to assist in sharing critical information amongst Ghana’s security agencies to help...

Man reports himself to police as suspect in Dzolokpuita killing

The Volta Regional Police Command has revealed that the suspect in the death of a resident of Dzolo-Kpuita in the Ho West District of...

Don’t allow unqualified persons to register for LEAP – Minister tells MMDCEs

Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cynthia Mamle Morrison has charged Municipal and District Chief Executives in the Upper East Region, to adopt...

Tiwaa Addo-Danquah’s main regret as CID boss

The outgone Director-General of Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, Commissioner of Police (COP) Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, has revealed that...

Interior Minister renews Bole curfew

The Minister for Interior has renewed the curfew imposed on the Bole township and its environs in the Savannah region from 10:00 p.m. to...

MEMHREP calls on govt to pay attention to the mentally ill

A non-governmental organisation, MEMHREP, has appealed to government to help build more rehabilitation for mental health patients. Chief Executive Officer of the organisation, Mr...

Military aircraft accident in Accra: Armed Forces Command seeks answers

The Public Relations Department of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has given more details about its aircraft CASA C295 with registration number GHF552 which overrun the apron...

Irate Ho West youth burn Assembly vehicle over death of resident

Some irate youth at Dzolokpuita in the Volta region on Wednesday stormed the offices of the Ho West District Assembly, in protest of the...

IGP puts GH¢10, 000 bounty on Mankessim cop killers

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong Boanuh, has announced a reward of GH¢10,000.00 to any person who gives credible information leading to the...

Taxi driver narrates how ‘friend’ almost burnt him to death [Video]

A Taxi driver, Kwadwo Owusu, has narrated given a sad account of how he almost died in a domestic fire explosion. Speaking on Adom FM’s...

Audio: Awutu Ofaakor residents rescue two-day-old baby dumped in bush

Residents of Awutu Ofaakor in the Central region have rescued a two-day-old baby who was dumped in a bush in the area. According to some...

Gold dealer allegedly beaten to death by customers [audio]

A gold dealer, believed to be 23 years old, has allegedly been beaten to death by customers at Subin Akwabreso near Dunkwa in the...

Peace Council to ‘solve’ vigilantism menace with new documents

The National Peace Council has revealed plans to issue two documents to supplement the Vigilantism and Offences Act (Act 999) passed by Parliament in 2019. According to...

EC pleads with political parties ahead of 2020 elections

The Electoral Commission (EC), at a stakeholder forum on Wednesday, urged Civil Society Organisations, the media, security agencies and the various political parties to...