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Mahama demands justice for murdered 90-year-old woman accused of witchcraft

Former President John Mahama has joined the widespread calls for justice for a 90-year-old woman who was gruesomely murdered at Kafaba, Savannah Region. The deceased,...

Restrictions on transport sector lifted

 The restrictions in the transport sector have been lifted to allow for full capacity in domestic airplanes, taxis, 'trotros' and buses, President Nana Akufo-Addo...

Lifetime customers to enjoy free electricity till December

Government has announced the provision of free electricity to lifetime customers till the end of the year. President Nana Akufo-Addo said this during his 14th...

Security man unconscious after scuffle with SHS final year student

Police in the Northern region have begun investigations into an assault case against a security man of the Northern School of Business in Tamale. A...

Residents at Yeji homeless after heavy downpour

Residents of three communities at Yeji, the District capital of Pru East District in the Bono East region has been displaced after a heavy...

Drinking bars, tourist sites open for business

President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced the resumption of business operation for drinking bars and tourist sites amid the coronavirus pandemic. Restaurants, hotels, drinking bars and...

Full text: Akufo-Addo’s 14th address to the nation on measures to fight coronavirus

Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. I am happy that I have the opportunity this evening to engage with you, again, in your homes. I want, at...

Akufo-Addo to address the nation tonight

President Nana Akufo-Addo is set to address the nation tonight on measures taken against the novel Coronavirus. The update, which is the 14th to...

Goat, sheep thief busted in Tamale

The Northern Regional Police Command has arrested Abdallah Yakubu, suspected to have stolen 12 goats and three sheep at Kamina, a suburb of Tamale. According...

Corn seller knocked dead by vehicle [Photos]

A corn seller has been reportedly knocked dead by a vehicle around the Kasoa toll booth Saturday afternoon. The deceased, according to a witness...

Asante Akim North residents ‘surprised’ at peaceful registration exercise in municipality

Residents of the Asante Akim North Municipality in the Ashanti region have expressed 'surprise' at how smoothly registration processes in the municipality are being...

When Prof. Opoku-Agyemang met with Atta Mills’ family (Photo)

Running mate to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, John Mahama, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has met with the family of former President John...

Prof Jane Opoku-Agyeman to be officially outdoored as Mahama’s running mate on Monday

The presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Monday, July 27, will officially outdoor his running mate, Prof Jane Opoku-Agyemang. Her formal outdooring...

Choman, identified as bodyguard of Akufo-Addo in Manasseh’s Militia expose′ threatens Sammy Gyamfi

A bodyguard to President Nana Akufo-Addo has threatened to deal with the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi. In a...

I speak better English than Prempeh College trained Chairman Wontumi – Upper East NDC Chairman

Alhaji Mumuni Bolnaba, the Upper East Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has asserted that he speaks better English than the Ashanti Regional...

Committee report on KNUST SHS student’s death ready

A report about the circumstances surrounding the death of Leonard Richard Sam - a final year student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science...

This is the time to borrow – Economist defends govt’s borrowing

Dr Owusu Sarkodie, an economist at the Institute of Fiscal Studies, has defended borrowings made by the government to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic...

Atta Mills warned me never to disrespect Rawlings – Koku Anyidoho

The Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Atta-Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho, has revealed that the late President John Evans Atta Mills warned him...

What Rawlings said after visiting Atta Mills’ grave [video]

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has described his late former Vice President, Prof John Evans Atta Mills, as an outstanding personality. In a tweet, he...

NDC loses staunch member

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has lost one of its top social commentators, Ohenenana Obonti Krow. Flagbearer of the party, John Dramani Mahama, disclosed...

Asomdwee Park to undergo renovation

Asomdwee Park, the burial grounds of the Late Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, former President will be given a facelift to enhance its status...

Police on manhunt for driver who run over police officer to death

Police in the Northern region are on a manhunt for a driver who is suspected to have run into a police officer at barrier...

Family demands justice as bikers crush final year student

The family of Gladys Awuni, a 16-year-old final year student of the Nyinahin Catholic Senior High School in the Atwima Mponua District of the...

Interpol Red Notice: Amidu urgently requests Foreign Ministry’s assistance to fly Adam Mahama to Ghana on this date

The Special Prosecutor has written to the Foreign Affairs Ministry to offer Samuel Adam Forster, one of the persons named in the Airbus scandal,...

Students of Mampong Akwapem Presbyterian SHS, teachers, others flee as gas tanker catches fire at school’s entrance

A liquefied petroleum gas tanker with registration number GN7453-15 which was fully-loaded with fuel has caught fire at Mampong Akwapem. According to an eyewitnesse, the...

Special Prosecutor identifies Mahama as ‘Government Official 1’ in £5m Airbus scandal

Special Prosecutor Martin Alamisi Amidu has identified the mysterious individual named in the £5 million Airbus scandal only as Goverment Official 1. He said in...

Police take possession of Hawa Koomson’s gun

The Awutu Senya East Constituency Member of Parliament , Mavis Hawa Koomson has had her gun taken from her by the police. Multimedia journalist Richard...

Akufo-Addo presents GH¢2 million to 1,000 disabled entrepreneurs

President Akufo-Addo, has presented ¢2 million to 1,000 disabled men entrepreneurs, under the Presidential Empowerment for Male Entrepreneurs with Disability (PEMED). Launching the event at...

Gov’t commissions 100-bed Infectious Disease Centre [Livestream]

Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has commissioned Ghana’s first-ever 100-bed Infectious Disease Centre at the Ga-East Municipal Hospital. President Nana Akufo-Addo cut sod for...

8th anniversary of the death of John Evans Atta Mills

Today in History, on July 24, 2012, exactly 8 years ago, Ghana’s president John Evans Atta Mills died at the 37 Military Hospital in...

Covid-19: Uganda records first death

Uganda, on the 23rd July, confirmed its first COVID-19 death as the Director General Health Services, Henry Mwebesa substantiated the fatality during a press...

Bus driver allegedly crushes police officer

A bus with registration number GT 1089-F has allegedly run over a police officer on duty at the Diare police checkpoint in the Northern...

Obinim makes damning revelation about Kennedy Agyapong

Bishop Daniel Obinim, Leader and Founder of the International God’s Way Church, has said that Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong's life...

Assistant Headmaster of Ejisu Senior Technical High School arrested!

Assistant Headmaster of Ejisu Senior Technical High School has been arrested and detained by police for detaining two students in his office. The students were...

Touching tribute by classmates as KNUST SHS student is buried

Students of the Kwame Nkruma University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Senior High School (SHS) have paid their last respects to their colleague, Leonard...

Rawlings pays respects to late Atta Mills [Photos]

Former President Jerry John Rawlings, in the early hours of Friday, July 24, 2020, paid his respects to former President John Evans Atta Mills. Mr...

Barbaric: 90-year-old woman lynched

A woman, believed to be in her 90's, has been lynched at Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah region. Reports indicate the...

Govt announces reduction in 9% CST charges

Government has announced a reduction in the Communication Service Tax (CST) from nine per cent to five per cent. The move is to reduce the...

National Security busts ‘connection man’ for getting Nigerian a Ghanaian passport, birth certificate [Photos+Video]

A Ghanaian has been arrested by operatives of the National Security for allegedly falsifying passport and birth certificate documents for a Nigerian. The documents were...

We’re ready to account for ¢54.3m spent on meals during lockdown – Deputy Finance Minister

Deputy Finance Minister Kwaku Kwarteng has said his outfit is ready to justify the ¢54.3 million that went into the distribution of cooked food...