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Corruption Watch: Court registrar fingered in payment diversion

Corruption Watch has uncovered graft at the Ada Magistrate Court in the Greater Accra Region where some court officials are allegedly diverting and pocketing...

Adom TV’s Nine Lessons and Carols 2019: Kumawood stars, top musicians set to rock patrons today

If you are planning on stepping out with your family, friends or loved ones this yuletide then look no further as Adom TV is...

Man’s unthinkable act of bravery causes Captain Smart’s wife to storm Adom FM studio

Wife of Adom FM's morning show presenter, Captain Smart has made a rare appearance on radio. Akosua Smart’s unusual appearance on Adom FM's mid-morning show, Work...

Asante-Mampong gets first traffic lights

Mr Kwaku Ampratwum Sarpong, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Asante-Mampong, has provided a GHC180,000.00 solar-powered street lights in the Asante- Mampong Township. Funded through...

More than 35,000 Ghanaians in Lybia to cross the sea to Europe

More than 35,550 Ghanaians are in war ravaged Libya waiting to cross the sea to Europe, according to International Organization for Migrations. They are part...

Otumfuo wants chiefs to play lead roles in district level decision making

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has urged chiefs to be more involved in decision-making at Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assembly levels. Acknowledging that the Constitution...

Commercial sex workers donate items to Police stations (Photos)

In a rare gesture, commercial sex workers cleaned two police stations and donated bedding for cells as the world marked the International Day to...

Take late Asantehemaa’s name off your school – Nursing Training College ordered by Manhyia

Authorities at the Manhyia Palace has ordered management of Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem Nursing Training College to change the school’s name. Named after late Asantehemaa and mother...

Video: High profile persons caught breaking road rules

Some high profile persons have been caught breaking road rules and regulations on the East Legon tunnel road. READ THIS: 7 reasons why your...

Sawla SHS teacher to reappear in court over rape allegation

The Bole District Magistrate Court has adjourned an alleged rape case involving Ernest Ocloo, a teacher at the Sawla Senior High School to January...

Don’t toy with peace and stability of Ghana with new register- NDC to EC

National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has warned the Electoral Commission (EC) not to toy with the peace and stability...

Video: FDA confirms food poisoning as cause of Accra High School outbreak

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has confirmed food poisoning as the cause of recent foodborne disease outbreak among some students at the Accra High...

Rape is not a chief palace matter – Executive Director of Divine Torch Foundation

The Executive Director for Divine Torch Foundation has asked parents to report rape and criminal issues to the Police and not seek to settle them...

Lawyers jubilate over Supreme Court’s 48 hours detention ruling (Audio)

Legal practitioners across the country have welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision for courts to sit and deal with issues affecting personal liberty on weekends...

Truck crashes man to death at Ofankor barrier [audio]

A middle-aged man has been crashed to death by a moving truck at John Teye Memorial School at the Ofankor barrier on the Pokuase...

I cried to him sometimes – Chief Justice thanks Asantehene for tremendous support

Supreme Court judges appear tough, but behind the veneer of power lays a softness that the Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo revealed as she bows...

Hon Aponkye to embark on ‘Thank You’ tour

Popular aspiring assemblyman aspirant for the Adukrom Nima Electoral Area in the Ashanti region, Nana Adabor Ibrahim Isaah Ampim, popularly known as Hon. Aponkye,...

Photos: Three bedroom apartment at Bole Nurses Quarters gutted by fire

Fire has destroyed a three-bedroom apartment housing three teachers of the Bole Nursing College. Though the cause of the fire is unknown, the...

Real Account: Lady almost died from suspicious church ‘deliverance’ [Video]

Gifty Anokye, a lady who almost lost her life during church service at Bethel Fellowship has narrated her ordeal.   Gifty went through her ordeal...

Nigerian church set ablaze over buried body of 1-year-old child

Protesters have set ablaze a church in Akure city, south-west Nigeria, following unconfirmed rumours that the body of a missing one-year-old child had been...

I was weak in Maths but Mills passed me – Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo

Profuse in her thanksgiving, outgoing Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, has eulogised the late President John Mills who nominated her to the African Court...

Fulfill your ‘huge’ promises or be recalled by EC – Local governance expert to Assembly members

Dr Eric Oduro Osae, a local governance expert, has said the inability of elected Assembly members to fulfill campaign promises may result in their...

Local governance expert gives reasons for low turnout at Assembly elections

Dr Eric Oduro Osae, Dean of the Local Governance Institute, has blamed the low turnout for district assembly elections on the non-participation of mobilisation...

Y’asem Nie: Taking naked photos; Female photographers share unpleasant experience

Some female photographers have revealed how they feel taking nude pictures of their fellow ladies and also shared some unpleasant experiences encountered in line...

Abirem Old Town now a ghost town as supporters of losing candidate clash with winner

Two people are in critical condition at Abirem Old Town in the Kwabre East Municipality after supporters of a losing candidate in the just...

Illicit arms cause of rampant killing of police officers – Small Arms Commission

The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons has attributed the incessant killings of police officers in line of duty to the...

Courts can sit on weekends, public holidays – Supreme Court rules

The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision ruled that courts are to sit on weekends and public holidays to deal with issues...

Akufo-Addo outlines measures to safeguard borders

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said his government has taken decisive measures to strengthen the intelligence of the security agencies to safeguard the...

Tears flow as Ghanaian woman dies during delivery after pastor advises against C-Section

Amid the social stigma and stereotype against women who opt for or undergo caesarean section, a Ghanaian woman has died after her husband’s pastor...

‘Hon Aponkye’ trends Number 1 on Twitter after coming last with 9% votes

For more than two hours Tuesday, maverick and popular assemblyman aspirant for the Adukrom Nima Electoral Area in the Ashanti region was number 1...

NRSA to stop commissioning of roads without streetlights

The Board Chairman of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), Rev Ismaila Hansmitson Awudu, has said that with the help of the President, the...

Prampram chief’s killers still not prosecuted, family wails

Killers of a Prampram chief have still not been prosecuted since his death last year, according to his family members. The late Mankralo of Prampram,...

Akufo-Addo swears in 45 judges of Superior Courts

President Nana Akufo-Addo has called on judges of the Superior Courts to exhibit honesty, integrity and sound knowledge of the law in the...

Assembly Elections: Voters’ phones seized for taking photo of ballot sheet after voting

A presiding officer at Sempe Mantse We at Jamestown has confirmed the seizure of four mobile phones from voters who attempted to take photos...

Bawumia cuts sod for construction of GH¢35m watermelon factory

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has cut the sod for the construction of a GH¢35 million watermelon processing factory at Walewale in the...

5 arrested for fighting at Towobotom polling station

Five persons are in the grips of the Akyem Oda police command for engaging in a free for all fight at the Towobotom polling...

CJ Vetting Brouhaha: Dep. Speaker, Minority Chief whip call each other names on live radio [Listen]

First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu and Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak has branded each other liars over the decision of parliament's Appointments...

Health Alert: The 16 dangerous tomato paste brands you shouldn’t buy from today

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has listed and called for the withdrawal of some 16 dangerous tomato paste brands currently on the market. The...

Deplorable State of Aowin Roads: Chief readies his head as ‘ultimate sacrifice’

Following decades of unheeded calls for their roads to be fixed by central governments of old and new, the chiefs and people of Aowin...

Video: Zoe Outreach Embassy pastor ‘beaten’ by angry customers

The Head Pastor and founder of Zoe Outreach Embassy, Pastor Kelvin Kwesi Kobiri, was nearly assaulted by some aggrieved customers of Zoe investments. READ:...