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Education Minister Napo discharged from UGMC

Minister of Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh has been discharged from the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) where he was being treated for...

Check out photos of Prof. Jane Opoku -Agyemang in her early days as a teacher

Beautiful pictures of newly appointed running mate to former President John Dramani Mahama, Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, have popped up. In the photos, the...

Current fare increments by drivers illegal – GPRTU

Vice President for the Ghana Private Roads and Transport Union (GPRTU), Robert Sarbah, has said any increments being implemented by drivers were illegal. According to...

Video of Kafui Dey’s brother recorded just days before his death pops up

A touching video of media personality, Kafui Dey's brother, Edward Sena Dey, recorded on his sick bed just days before his death has gone...

Just in: Court of Appeal judge Justice Gyaesayor is dead

 News just in suggests that Court of Appeal judge, Justice Paul K. Gyaesayor has died. According to Joy News sources, he passed on Wednesday. The...

Full Speech: Sixth edition of NDC’s weekly press briefing

SIXTH (6TH) EDITION OF THE NDC’S WEEKLY PRESS BRIEFING, ADDRESSED BY THE NATIONAL COMMUNICATION OFFICER, COMRADE SAMMY GYAMFI, ON H.E. JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA’S APPOINTMENT...

Father jailed for chopping off two-year-old daughter’s leg

The Agona Swedru Circuit Court has sentenced a 37-year-old man residing at Kojo Armah, near Agona Swedru in the Central Region, to seven years’...

Family holds Sir John’s one-week

Family of former Ghana Forestry Commission boss, Sir John, has scheduled his one-week celebration for today, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. The former New Patriotic Party...

Kroll and Associates contract did not require parliamentary approval – Attorney General

The Attorney General’s Office says the contract handed international firm Kroll and Associates did not require parliamentary approval. This is contained in a statement of...

Covid-19: Finance Ministry shuts down

The Ministry of Finance has shut down its offices to allow ongoing mass testing of all staff working on site. To this effect, a memo...

This is the average number of Covid-19 cases Ghana records everyday

Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, has said that Ghana on an average basis records over 400 cases of Covid-19 a...

Dr Duffuor’s powerful words to Prof. Opoku- Agyemang (Read)

Former Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, has blessed Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang following her appointment as the running mate for...

Dead bodies, skeletons uncovered in ‘juju’ man’s house after raid

A shocking video online has captured moments security personnel uncovered dead bodies and skeletons during a raid in a 'Juju' man's house. Though the location...

Man hospitalised after being shot twice by unidentified person [photos]

A man, believed to be in his sixties, Kodjo Awutor, is confined to a hospital bed after unidentified persons shot him at Yeji in...

Joe Osei-Owusu’s Bekwai contender goes independent

A disqualified New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary aspirant in the just-ended primary of the Bekwai constituency of the Ashanti region says he ready is...

Coronavirus: 150 doctors test positive

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is appealing to Ghanaians to demonstrate a high sense of responsiveness in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. According to...

NPP USA branch supports Covid-19 fight with GH¢100,000

The New Patriotic Party (NPP), United States of America (USA) branch, has donated One hundred thousand Cedis (GH¢100,000) to support the fight against the spread...

Ursula Owusu-Ekuful reacts to selection of NDC’s vice presidential candidate

Ghana's Communications Minister and Member of Parliament for the Ablekuma West Constituency, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, who is a renowned gender advocate, has said that...

Woman commits suicide over failed lotto numbers

A middle-aged woman, Maame Tina, based in the Ashanti region, has committed suicide after her hopes in making more money out of a lotto...

Coronavirus fatality rate alarming in Zongo communities

Fatality rate of coronavirus in Zongo communities in Ghana is alarming, a renowned Islamic scholar has announced. Sheikh Anas Toffek Ibrahim told journalists at the...

Dwaso Nsem: You don’t need to be an economist to run the economy – Tetteh-Chai

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has responded to some assertions that Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has no background in economics and as such will...

Dwaso Nsem: Panel members face-off over Prof Jane Opoku-Agyemang’s appointment

Theophilus Tetteh-Chai, the Greater Accra Regional Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Mrs Joyce Zempare, the Deputy Communications Director of the New...

Thank you for choosing our unblemished daughter – Mahama lauded

The Komenda Traditional Council has lauded flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama on his choice of running mate. The Council, in...

COCOBOD to close offices after workers test positive for COVID-19

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has announced the closure of its Accra offices for a fumigation exercise from Wednesday, July 8 to Friday, July...

Couple remanded for drilling nail into 10-year-old maid’s head [Photos]

A Magistrate court in Nigeria yesterday remanded a couple, Jude Ozougwu, and his wife, Ifeoma Ozougwu in prison for allegedly brutalising their 10-year-old maid,...

Police investigate suspected arson case which claimed three lives [photos]

The Ashaiman Divisional Police Command has taken over a suspected arson case in which three children were burnt beyond recognition at Katamanso No. 2...

A Plus reacts to Osafo Maafo’s Covid-19-positive status

Musician cum politician, Kwame A Plus, has reacted after the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong- Nkrumah, said at a press conference that the Senior Minister,...

Accra Girls teacher, spouse test positive for COVID-19

It has emerged that a teacher and spouse at Accra Girls' Senior High School have also contracted the infectious coronavirus disease. This means the...

Ghana records 7 new COVID-19 deaths as cases hit 21,077

Ghana has recorded 992 new COVID-19 cases which now puts the country’s case count at 21, 077, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) reports. Seven new...

Korle Bu suspends non-emergency surgical cases

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has put non-emergency surgical cases on hold for the next two weeks.The hospital, in a statement released Monday, July...

Why the NDC settled on Prof Opoku- Agyemang as Mahama’s running mate

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has given reasons why it unanimously accepted Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as John Mahama’s choice of running mate ahead...

When Jane Opoku-Agyemang endorsed Mahama’s candidature

A video on the internet has captured moments now running mate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang endorsed John Mahama's...

Social media reacts to Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman’s appointment

Social media is currently buzzing for former Education Minister, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku- Agyeman following her appointment as John Mahama's running mate ahead of...

Covid-19 in schools: Sick or dead students cannot write exam – Govt told

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has called on the government to prioritise the lives of all final year students currently in school. The call by...

Rawlings speaks on Mills/Mahama leadership

Former President J.J. Rawlings says the National Democratic Congress, which he founded in 1992, abandoned its moral framework and took what it was not...

All you need to know about John Mahama’s running mate; Prof. Jane Opoku-Agyemang

Former Minister for Education, Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has been nominated as the running mate of presidential candidate, John Dramani Mahama. Her appointment comes after...

Prof Jane Opoku-Agyemang was my choice, not the party’s – John Mahama

Contrary to reports that Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, the now confirmed presidential running mate to John Mahama, was imposed on him, it has emerged...

Rawlings confesses to killing people who committed heinous crimes during his administration

Former President Jerry John Rawlings says he did not hesitate in executing people for committing atrocious crimes when he was the leader of Ghana. It...

Kumasi Metro Mass workers call off strike

Staff of the Kumasi Metro Mass Transit have rescinded their decision to continue with a sit-down strike which begun last Friday, July 3, 2020....

Court to finally declare Castro “The Destroyer” dead next year

Today in History, exactly 6 years ago, on 6 July 2014, popular Ghanaian hiplife recording artist and musician, Theophilus Tagoe, popularly known as Castro, disappeared. He disappeared...