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Suspected ritualist killed at Monta

A suspected ritualist has been lynched for the alleged murder of a chief and a resident at Monta near Derma in the Ahafo region. The...

Covid-19 Roadmap for Schools: IFEST suggests return to shift system

An educational think tank, IFEST says a prolonged stay at home of students could have dire consequences to the country’s weak education system. In a...

Popular evangelist ‘Apraku My Daughter’ has died

Information reaching Adomonline.com indicates that popular Ghanaian evangelist, Emmanuel Kwaku Apraku, popularly known as Apraku My Daughter has died. Popular blogger, Kofi Adoma confirmed the...

Malian jailed for breaching restrictions on travel into Ghana

An Accra Circuit Court has convicted Ofoulo Aboubacar Mohamed Jamal, a 20-year-old Malian for breaching restrictions on travels into the country. Jamal was arrested by...

Parliament approves four new Supreme Court Judges

Parliament has approved President Akufo-Addo’s four nominees for the Supreme Court Bench. With the approval, Ghana now has a total number of 18 Supreme Court...

Mad cow slits man’s throat at Gomoa Akotsi [audio]

A 56-year-old farmer is thanking his stars after surviving a brutal attack by a cow. The victim, Kojo Atta, popularly known as Okyeman, had his...

Okuapeman Paramount queen rejects truck load of rams

The Okuapehemaa, Nana Obuo Nketiaa, has rejected a truckload of rams and other items including money from government officials to let go the dispute...

1 dead after driver without nose mask escaping arrest runs into a truck

One person died on Tuesday after a trotro ran into a truck parked on the shoulders of the road at Kenyasi in the Kwabre...

Bui Power Authority demolishes, burns shelter at Lapla community [photos]

Tension is mounting at Lapla, a community at Bongase in the Banda District of the Bono Region, after over a hundred residents were displaced.  This...

Afaglo threatens to stop political campaign in Ketu South over govt’s failure to develop the area

THE CHIEF Executive Officer of Marrer Ghana Limited and Susatgad Boat Building and Fishing Industries, Mr Novihoho Afaglo, has threatened to bar political parties...

Popular Ghanaian pastor, ‘Apraku My Daughter’, now a drunkard? [Watch Video]

Ghanaians on social media were shocked to see a video of popular Ghanaian pastor, Emmanuel Kwaku Apraku, popularly known as Apraku My Daughter, looking...

Coronavirus: British High Commission repatriates nationals from Ghana

The British High Commission in Accra has repatriated 700 of their “stranded” nationals in Ghana, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The exercise, carried out at...

Land guards arrested at Fetteh Kakraba for assaulting residents

The Millennium City Divisional Police Command has arrested five persons over land guard activities at Fetteh Kakraba, Tuansah and it's environs for allegedly harassing...

Checkout the condition of 3-year-old boy flogged by father with naked wire [Video]

The three-year-old boy, who was beaten by his father for bed-wetting, is progressively making recoveries. He was initially in serious condition after his...

Take advantage of Zoomlion’s corporate COVID-19 disinfection programme – Ghanaians urged

General Manager of Savannah Waste Management Services Limited in the Northern Region, Peter Dawuni has appealed to Ghanaians to take seriously the disinfection and...

Bishop Obinim charged

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has confirmed the arrest of Bishop Daniel Obinim. The founder and leader of International Godsway...

Ghanaian millionaire defends ‘twerking nurse’, vows to pay her 10 years in advance if sacked

Ghanaian millionaire HRH Oscar Yao Doe, the owner of Doscar Group Holdings, has said the nurse, whose twerking video went viral, did nothing wrong. He...

Woman unable to walk after spine injury cries for help

A 32-year-old woman, Mary Adobea Agyekum, is on the verge of losing her mobility after a strange illness which has rendered her incapacitated. Miss Agyekum,...

NIA has issued over 7 million Ghana cards – Prof. Attafuah [audio]

Over seven million Ghanaians have been issued with their Ghana cards, Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Prof Kenneth Agyeman Attafuah has...

Coronavirus: Ho Teaching Hospital nurse tests positive

A nurse at the Ho Teaching Hospital (HTH) has tested positive to the Coronavirus disease. Mr Amos Dzah, Public Affairs Officer of the Hospital who...

Police on a manhunt for Kumasi baby thief

Police in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital, are on a manhunt for a woman who stole a two-week-old baby girl from her mother. The theft...

158 police facilities in Ashanti region to be disinfected

About 158 police facilities in the Ashanti Region are expected to be disinfected by Zoomlion Ghana Limited. The exercise, which will last for five days,...

Coastal Development Authority donates face masks, sanitisers to Multimedia Group Ltd

Coastal Development Authority has donated 500 face masks and 200 boxes of sanitisers to the Multimedia Group Limited to aid the fight against Covid-19. Chief...

27 foreign nationals arrested at Akanu boarder [photos+video]

A total of 27 foreign nationals have been arrested by immigration officers at the Akanu boarder in the Volta region. They include 14 Nigerians and...

Archbishop Duncan-Williams warns detractors [watch]

Nicholas Duncan-Williams, Presiding Archbishop and General Overseer of the Action Chapel International Ministry, has noted that his detractors, who wish for his downfall so...

I was poisoned on set – Nana Ama McBrown

Actress Nana Ama McBrown has disclosed how she nearly died while shooting a movie in Kumasi in the Ashanti region. Speaking on ‘Okuseku The Talk...

Man who cut son’s ear with blade jailed

The Weija Circuit Court, presided over by His Honour, Bernard Bentil, has sentenced 55-year-old Osman Mununi to two years imprisonment for slashing his son's...

Having young scientists is encouraging for Ghana’s future – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has described as encouraging, the presence of young Ghanaian medical research scientists at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR). The development,...

Coronavirus: How a trader infected 17 people in the Obuasi market [audio]

A trader in the Obuasi market in the Ashanti region is said to have infected about 17 people with coronavirus, Head of Disease Surveillance...

Coronavirus: Community holds party for survivors

Twelve COVID-19 patients in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern region, who were discharged after a month at a quarantine treatment centre, have been...

22,683 grams of suspected narcotics intercepted at Ghana-Togo border

A joint operational team has intercepted 53 parcels of suspected marijuana at an unapproved route on the Ghana-Togo border in the Ketu South Municipality...

Okyenhene bans alien ‘juju’, shrines from Akyem jurisdiction

The Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has taken action to remove all elien shrines from within his jurisdiction. The Akyem overlord has also banned all...

Police not undertaking fresh recruitment

The Ghana Police Service has said it is neither advertising nor undertaking fresh recruitment process as purported by some publications. According to press release on...

Public University Bill: UTAG submits recommendations to govt

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) after examining the Public university Bill, 2020 have submitted a 25 paged memorandum for the consideration of...

Woman nearly killed by ex lover shares horrible wounds

A woman who was scarred for life when her ex tried to murder her with a bread-knife has shown off her “war wounds” as...

Coronavirus: Accra Psychiatric Hospital staff tests positive

A staff of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital has tested positive for Covid-19 after coming into contact with an affected patient. This was after some 110...

Kade ‘palace coup’: Two National Security operatives arrested; one on the run[video]

Three National Security (NS) operatives from the Flagstaff House allegedly sent to take over the Kade Palace in the Eastern region have been placed...

Coronavirus: 85 million children at risk of violence – World Vision warns

World Vision, a non-governmental agency, says 1 billion children, who are already exposed to violence, are at risk and the number likely to grow by...

Man kills wife for serving ‘rice water’ dinner [Audio]

A 38-year-old woman has been allegedly murdered by her husband for cooking ‘wrong food’ for dinner. The deceased, Gladys Oforiwaa Kumi, was said to have...

‘Apple tree’ at Wiamose turns out to be species of fig

A supposed apple tree planted five years ago at Wiamoase in the Ashanti Region has turned out to be a species of fig. A Senior...