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Chairman Wontumi questions Kwesi Pratt’s loyalty to CPP [Audio]

New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly called Chairman Wontumi, has questioned the loyalty of journalist Kwesi Pratt to his...

Military aircraft overruns tarmac at Accra Air Force Base

A military aircraft on Wednesday morning overrun the apron and crashed into the grass parchment at the Air Force Base Accra. The incident occurred around...

Twenty-two-year-old apprentice killed by taxi cab

A twenty-two-year-old apprentice met his untimely death, when a Toyota Corolla taxi cab with registration number WR 2343-18 crashed him at Akoon in the...

Staff without Master Degree not qualified for promotion – Local Govt Service

The Office of the Head of Local Government Service has directed Regional Coordinating Directors to stop promoting officers without a Master Degree to the...

Revealed: MCE uses Assembly funds to buy ritual items to pacify gods

The Breman Asikuma Municipal Assembly says it used public funds to purchase ritual items to pacify gods at Breman Benin before a newly constructed...

Man, 20, allegedly murders mum at Aboabo

A 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the alleged murder of his 55-year-old mother, Kubura Alhassan, in her home Tuesday morning. Police...

Illegal miners trapped to death in Western Region

The Western Regional Police Command has confirmed the death of four illegal miners on Monday at Obengkrom in the Axim District. DSP Olivia Ewurabena Adiku, PRO of the...

Atewa residents hit street to demand forest protection

A group calling itself Concerned Citizens of Atewa Landscape have taken to the streets to demand the protection of the Atewa forest reserve. Tuesday’s open...

AfCFTA surest way to Africa’s economic transformation – Akufo-Addo

The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) signed by 54 member African States to facilitate free access to commodities, goods and services across the...

Read: Why Osafo-Maafo, others filed contempt suit against Domelevo

Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo along with three public officers at the Ministry of Finance, have filed for a court order citing the Auditor-General, Mr...

Dompoase accident: Survivor describes crash as ‘silly mistake’ [audio]

A survivor of last week Tuesday's accident on the Accra-Cape Coast Highway, Charles Osei, has described as ‘silly mistake’ the crash which resulted in...

I saw truck run over victims – Dompoase accident survivor

A survivor of the Dompoase junction accident on the Cape Coast-Takoradi highway has revealed that he saw a truck run over victims...

GRA exceeds target, makes govt GH¢ 1.6 billion richer

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) exceeded its revenue collection target for 2019 by 3.2 per cent. The Authority, against a target of GH¢ 42.08 billion,...

Father of lady murdered at New Edubiase collapses [audio]

The father of the 22-year-old woman, Ama Ataa, whose decomposed body was discovered at New Edubiase, in the Ashanti region, is reported to have...

Ali-Gabass appointed tutor at UCC’s Nsawam campus [Video]

Imprisoned Medical Doctor, Sulley Ali-Gabass, has been appointed as a tutor at the University of Cape Coast's (UCC) new campus at the Nsawam prisons. Dr...

Video: Thousands paint Kumasi red against EC’s new Voters Register

After its first demonstration held against the Electoral Commission’s (EC) quest for the compilation of a new Voters Register, the Inter-Party Resistance Against New...

Police gun down two robbery suspects

The Accra Regional Police Command in the early hours of Monday, gunned-down two suspected armed robbers believed to be part of a notorious gang...

24 police officers get UN medal

Twenty-four of the finest police officers of Ghana, half of them women, were on Monday, January 20, awarded well-deserved UN medals. The officers were decorated...

Prostitutes don’t destroy men, slay queens do – Reverend Amoako Atta

Founder of the Lord’s Parliament Temple Church, Apostle Amoako Atta, says slay queens destroy men while prostitutes do not. ALSO READ: Police to roll out ‘Operation...

Exclusive: 10 revelations about EC’s new register on Newsfile

Honorary Vice President of Imani Africa, Bright Simons, and a law lecturer at the Ghana Institution of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Clara Kassar-Tee, have...

2020 elections to be determined by blood sacrifices if… Duncan-Williams

Founder and Leader of the Christian Action Faith Ministries has said the 2020 general election would be full of bloodshed if Christians don't pray...

EC ‘robbing’ Ghana with 60% inflated cost of new register – IMANI

Policy Think Tank, IMANI, has accused the Electoral Commission (EC) of inflating its estimated cost of acquiring a new voters’ management system by 60...

Police to roll out ‘Operation Produce Your Driver’s Licence’ to tackle road carnage

Police in the Ashanti Region have served notice that they will from next month begin a special exercise dubbed, 'Operation Produce Your Driver’s Licence' to...

Ablekuma gas explosion: Police donate GH¢ 5, 000 to family

The Ghana Police Service (GPS) has donated GH¢ 5,000.00 to family of policewoman and three children who died in a gas explosion at Ablekuma...

Video: Some Chinese men see having sex with a black woman as an achievement

A Ghanaian lady, studying in China, has revealed how she was nearly harassed by some Chinese men for being black. ALSO READ: Man killed...

Eastern Region ECG recoups GH¢949,116 from power theft

The Eastern Regional branch of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Limited has recovered GH¢949,116 from customers engaged in illegal connection of power. The amount...

Mahama’s NDC committed to abolish automatic employment of teachers as trade off for World Bank loan- NaCCA boss

Contrary to his recent statements, it has emerged that former President Mahama planned to abolish the automatic posting of trained teachers and had committed...

Lady found dead with missing body parts [Photos]

The decomposed body of a 22-year-old woman identified as Ama Ataa, a hair dresser has been discovered at New Edubiase in the Ashanti Region. Reports...

Rawlings replies UEW

The Office of Former President Jerry John Rawlings, has reacted to claims by the University of Education Winneba (UEW), that the former President is ill-informed on...

Accident on Tema Motorway leaves several people injured

Two vehicles, a Sprinter and a Toyota Ella, were involved in an accident on the Accra-Tema Motorway, Monday at the Action Chapel junction. No death...

Fire ravages 12-bedroom storey building at Obuasi Mangoase

A 12-bedroom storey building at Obuasi Mangoase was on Sunday burnt to ashes with residents unable to salvage anything from their apartment.One of the victims,...

Registration of citizens in Central and Western sectors begins soon – NIA

The National Identification Authority (NIA) would commence the registration of citizens within Western and Western North regions as well as the Central Region from...

Afenyo Markins writes: It is high time international schools taught Ghanaian languages

Nations across the world showcase their cultural identities in so many ways. The culture of every nation includes its set of languages. More than...

There is no rich pastor in Ghana – Bishop Salifu Amoako

The Founder and Leader of the Alive Chapel International is worried Ghanaians criticize pastors for exploiting their congregation to enrich themselves. ALSO READ: Photo: Policeman foils...

Photos: 59 inmates of Nsawm prison enroll in UCC’s distant learning programme

Fifty-nine inmates of the Nsawam Medium Security Prisons are pursuing various diploma programmes through the University of Cape Coast’s (UCC) Distance Learning Programme. The...

672 roaming mentally challenged to get treatment

Six hundred and seventy-two mentally challenged people who have been roaming the streets in the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo regions...

Police to embark on ‘operation produce your driver’s licence’

Police in the Ashanti Region have announced they will from February 2020, begin a special exercise dubbed, 'Operation Produce Your Driver’s Licence' as part of...

Video: Remembering Komla Dumor 6 years on

On January 18, 2014, Ghanaian host of BBC’s Focus on Africa and former host of Joy FM’s morning show, Komla Dumor passed on. Also READ: Kevin Taylor...

Photo: Policeman foils robbery attempt, engages robbers in gun battle

A Policeman escorting a van full of assorted drinks from Bandankwanta to Tinga in the Savannah Region was forced to engage three robbers in...

Court jails trader for stealing mobile phones

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 19-year-old trader to six months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing assorted phones valued...