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Roads Ministry gets 2.2 billion to pay road contractors

The Ministry of Roads and Highways has received GH₵2.2 billion to pay all debts it owes road contractors. This follows incessant plea by the Association of...

Photos: The most stunning wedding looks from around the world

There are as many wedding looks as there are cultures in the world. And this means that bridal attire changes every few hundred kilometers...

Manasseh Awuni, 7 others announced as new CDD-Ghana Fellows

Freelance investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni and seven others have been selected as the new batch of experts, practitioners, and scholars to join the Ghana Center...

Legon: Special anti-sexual harassment c’ttee to start work this week

A special committee set up by the University of Ghana to investigate allegations of sexual harassment of students is expected to begin work this...

Ghana School of Law SRC petitions CHRAJ on police brutalities

Following police brutalities meted out to some demonstrating law students last week, the Students’ Representative Council of the Ghana School of Law has petitioned the...

Man dies after reportedly being struck by lightning

Police at Asokwa have conveyed the corpse of a man to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital morgue after he was reportedly struck by lightning...

Confidential documents used to wrap roasted plantain

The Data Protection Commission has discovered confidential documents in use for wrapping roasted plantain. According to Head of Incidence Management Response Team at the Data...

Akufo-Addo reiterates his position on Sexuality Education

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated that he will not destroy the values and culture of Ghanaians through the introduction of the Comprehensive...

Audio: Otiko calls for one district, one breast cancer treatment centre

Former Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Afisah Djaba has called on government to consider establishing breast cancer treatment centers across the...

Man drowns after heavy downpour at Konongo-Lowcost

One person is feared dead in Sunday’s floods at Konongo-Lowcost, a farming community in the Ashanti region. The deceased, whose name was only given as Kofi Atta...

Why I went public about being raped, 67 years later – Elizabeth Ohene

Prominent Ghanaian journalist, BBC columnist and former government minister Elizabeth Ohene recently wrote about her experience of being sexually abused more than 60 years...

Video: Two powerful angels to engage in open fight

Two self-acclaimed angels are set to engage in an open fight to test their spiritual prowess. Rev. Obofour of Anointed Palace Chapel has dared Bishop...

Photo: Akufo-Addo defies rains to interact with citizenry

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, defied a downpour to address and interact with the chiefs and people of some communities in the Ashanti Region, while on...

14 arrested in joint police, military swoop in Tamale

Police in the Northern regional capital of Tamale in collaboration with the military have arrested 14 persons suspected to be drug peddlers in that...

Incorporate mental health education into school curriculum – Dr Osei

The CEO of the Mental Health Authority has called on the Government to incorporate mental health education into the educational curriculum of the country. Dr...

Video: Benny Hinn’s prayer for Akufo-Addo

Day seven of Experience Conference currently underway at the Maker’s House Chapel International in Ghana, unexpectedly turned into a prophetic prayer for the nation and President,...

No staff has the right to trade grades for sex – UDS

Professor Gabriel Ayum Teye, Vice-Chancellor of the University for Development Studies (UDS) has warned that no staff of the institution “has the right to...

Meet the taxi driver who returned MacBook and iPad a lady left in his car

A facebook user, Caroline Ziedeng, has shared a touching story of how a taxi driver returned MacBook and iPad she left in his car when...

Man kills himself in cocoa farm after fight with wife

A 48-year-old man, Yaw Bempong, has allegedly committed suicide after a misunderstanding with his wife. The incident happened at Alotoso, a farming community in the Atewa East District...

I’m not sure if I would have been able to beat ‘Sex for Grades’ trap –Baako (Video)

SEX FOR GRADES EXPOSÈ: I'm not sure if I might succeed in beating that kind of trap; the animal in me might come out...

Adwoa Safo calls for legislation to address sexual harassment

Member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya and Chairperson of the Women’s Caucus in Parliament, Adwoa Safo, has underscored the need for legislation to deal...

Video + Photos: Meet the pretty Legon girl who beat her boyfriend for cheating

On Friday, October 11, 2019, news broke that a beautiful lady, who happens to be a student at the University of Ghana, has beaten...

Photos: Islamic group embarks on walk against ban on hijab

Hundreds of Muslims on Saturday morning embarked on a peaceful walk on the streets of Accra to campaign against the ban on wearing of Hijab. The walk,...

Anas declined to work on ‘Sex for Grades’ exposé – Kweku Baako

The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide has cleared the air that his protegé and investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas had anything to do...

Photos+Audio: 5 cars burnt; 6 people injured in fire outbreak at Assin Fosu

Five cars were burnt beyond recognition with six people injured in a fire outbreak at a mechanic shop at Assin Fosu in the Central...

Stop blaming pastors for spate of crime – Eastwood Anaba

The Founder of Fountain Gate Ministry, Rev. Eastwood Anaba, says the increasing rate of criminal activities is not a failure of the church and...

Vokacom gets global recognition at ITU World Awards in Budapest, Hungary

Vokacom, a wholly-owned Ghanaian Information Technology (IT) company, has won this year’s World Global SME Award for Best Business Model. At the 2019 edition...

Video of Legon girl slapping ‘cheating boyfriend’ goes viral

 A video of a female University of Ghana student slapping her 'cheating boyfriend' has gone viral on the internet. The 22-seconds video shows the man, also...

Patrick Awuah appointed to UNESCO ‘Futures of Education’ Commission

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has named Ashesi's President, Patrick Awuah, to a new 16-member commission that will be focusing...

Corruption Watch: GLA exchanges GH¢13.9m land for GH¢6m private property

Corruption Watch has uncovered how a former administration of the Ghana Library Authority (GLA) exchanged its GH¢13.9 million worth land at Roman Ridge for...

Audio: Man found hanging on tree at Kasoa

A yet-to-be-identified man has been found hanging on a cashew tree in the Kasoa Prison farms near Gomoa Budumburam in the Gomoa East District...

BBC’s ‘Sex for Grade’ documentary bogus – Lecturer

A lecturer of the Central University, Benjamin Otchere-Ankrah, has described as bogus, a documentary by BBC’s Africa Eye which implicated three lecturers for trading...

Benny Hinn arrives for ‘Holy Ghost Revival’ at The Maker’s House 2019 Experience Conference

Pastor Benny Hinn arrived Thursday night to participate in the ongoing Experience Conference taking place at The Maker’s House Chapel International (TMH), near the...

Watch: Akufo-Addo to implement CSE if voted for in 2020 – NDC woman

Deputy National Women’s Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abigail Elorm Mensah, is of the view that President Nana Akufo-Addo will implement the...

Woman shocked to find seashell that ‘looks like Osama Bin Laden’

A woman has claimed a seashell she discovered on a British beach looks exactly like Osama Bin Laden. Debra Oliver, 60, made the discovery at...

Catholic Church declares stance against legalisation of illicit drugs

The Most Reverend Emmanuel Kofi Fianu The Catholic Bishop for Ho Catholic Diocese, has declared the position of the Catholic church against the legalisation...

Aflao Customs destroy GHC1.8 million worth of unwholesome goods

Five truck loads of unwholesome goods worth over GH¢1.8 million in customs duty have been destroyed by officials of the Aflao Sector Customs Division...

Students react to ‘sex for grades’ documentary

The documentary “sex for grades” released by the BBC Africa Eye on Monday has sparked different reactions from students. Some students are not surprised as sexual...

GHANASS 1988 year group supports school with brand new computers

The 1988 year group of Ghana Senior High School (GHANASS) has presented five brand new dell desktop computers and accessories worth GH¢16,000.00 to its alma mater...

Cutlass and hoe can’t make Africa progress – Dumelo

Ghanaian actor and Ayawaso West Wuogon parliamentary aspirant, John Dumelo, has said that Africa needs a technological approach to achieve agricultural revolution. He said this...