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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:...

Video: Couple with 3 children with rare abnormal growth left devastated

The abnormal condition of three children with growth disorder in Asante-Akyem North District of the Ashanti Region has left their parents devastated. Doctors at the...

JoyNews’ Seth Kwame Boateng grabs 3rd Master’s degree from University of Leeds

One of the country’s decorated journalists, Seth Kwame Boateng, has graduated with a third Master’s degree from the University of Leeds in the United...

Court places injunction on Mpakadan Inland Port construction

An on-going dispute between chiefs and elders of Ajena and the chief of Akwamu over the ownership of land earmarked for the construction of...

Jospong Group holds 2019 annual thanksgiving ceremony

Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, Dr Joseph Siaw Agyapong, and the entire staff of the company, together with stakeholders in the...

School bus conductor crushed to death

Conductor of Pentecost Preparatory School in Koforidua, Eastern region, was crushed to death while attempting to jump on the moving vehicle. The 55-year-old deceased, identified...

Fuel price hike possible due to continuous cedi depreciation – IES warns

Energy think tank Institute for Energy Security (IES), has warned of a possible increment in the price of fuel by the end of December...

Policeman shoots driver’s mate

Lance Corporal Frank Amoako has been placed in police custody by the Western Regional Police Command for allegedly shooting a driver’s mate...

Listen: Middle Belt Authority reveals major challenges of $1 million per constituency projects

The Chief Executive Officer of the Middle Belt Development Authority, Joe Danquah, has revealed two major challenges hindering the implementation of the $1 million...

Accra to become hub of artists – First Lady

First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo says it is her dream to see the nation’s capital, Accra, become the hub for artists on the continent of...

Metro Mass drivers embark on sit-down strike [Video]

Some passengers have been left stranded following a sit-down strike embarked upon by Metro Mass Transit drivers in Cape Coast in the Central Region.  The...

Mankessim shootings: Police accused of demanding GH¢ 2,310 from family of deceased [Audio]

The family of Kofi Yamoah, a man shot and killed during the ‘outdooring’ of a Queenmother at Mankessim in the Central region has appealed...

Insane video of church members drinking pastor’s bath water infuriates Ghanaians

A video of members of a so-called church drinking their church leader's bath water has angered the Ghanaian public. The video, which became an instant...

‘Home alone’ boy escapes burning house

An eight-year-old boy Nana Kwame left home alone, on Friday morning escaped a deadly fire outbreak in his family apartment unhurt in Saki. Nana Kwame...

Newlyweds commit suicide over wedding debt

Two families in Kisumu are mourning their two children who, together, committed suicide four days after their beautiful wedding. According to sources, the new couple...

Woman delivers in tricycle over lack of ambulance

A 21-year old woman in labour has been compelled to deliver in a tricycle due to the lack of ambulance at Kpaglaghi in...

Police raid ‘Facebook fetish priests’

Police have arrested two ‘fake’ Fetish priests who allegedly use social media especially Facebook to defraud inspecting members of the public under the guise...

Fifty year-old woman dies in Enchi-Dadieso accident

A head-on collision by a Benz bus with registration number GR 7865-B and a rickshaw on the Enchi-Dadieso road in the Aowin constituency of...

MMT bus’ brake fails, rams six cars at Ayi-Mensah toll booth

Operators and hawkers at the Ayi-Mensah toll booth were given a scare Saturday, December 14, when a Metro Mass Transit bus came colliding into...

Takoradi to get first Intergrated Waste Recycling plant within six months

The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis will, by June 2020, obtain its first integrated Waste Treatment plant. This is to help address the solid waste treatment challenges that...

SHS teacher allegedly slaps student for waving at MP

A teacher at the Agona Namanwura Senior High School in the Central Region has allegedly slapped a student for waving at the Member of...

207 Benz romance, meet the couple working together as driver, mate

Becoming business partners could be a difficult task for couples as balancing personal and business relationships is no mean task. Both sides of the relationship,...

It’s ‘shocking’, ‘bad’ – Rev. Campbell on children in sports betting

The Parish Priest of the Christ The King Catholic Church in Accra, Father Andrew Campbell, has expressed worry about the rate at which young...

Hand over legal education to GBA if approved as next CJ – Justice Anin-Yeboah told

Former Director of the Ghana Law School (GLS), Dr Ansah Asare, has advised Chief Justice nominee Justice Anin-Yeboah to hand over legal education to...

Fmr. Director of Ghana Law School welcomes nomination of Justice Anin-Yeboah as Chief Justice

Former Director of the Ghana Law School (GLS), Dr Ansah Asare, has expressed satisfaction over the nomination of Justice Anin-Yeboah as Ghana’s next Chief...

Man returns N98m transferred to his account

A Nigerian man, identified as Sunny Anderson, has reportedly returned a whopping sum of N98m which was mistakenly transferred into his account. According to the...

Video: Dambai communities risk lives on river without bridge

Residents of five adjoining farming communities at Dambai in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region are appealing to the government to construct...

Four Ghanaians join UK House of Commons

Four Ghanaians have found their way into the UK House of Commons after securing a win in the elections held on Thursday, December 12,...

Man dies in an accident on Winneba-Kasoa highway

A 38-year old man, Ahianu Bruno, from Kasoa died when a Mercedes Benz Sprinter Bus veered off its lane unto the shoulders...