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Police patrol team to receive bulletproof vests

The acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) James Oppong-Boanuh has disclosed that the Ghana Police Service has taken delivery of some 4,500 bulletproof vests for...

Sawla: 41 field workers receive training for nationwide Digital Addressing System

The Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District Assembly has trained 41 Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) field workers for the upcoming nationwide Digital Addressing System. The Sawla District Assembly Director,...

Video: Kasoa police killers arrested as 2nd officer dies

https://youtu.be/0d89JbrF8Jo The police officer was said to be battling for his life after he and a colleague were shot by suspected robbers at Kasoa Budumburam...

Audio: Volta GJA seeks compensation for assaulted Adom TV reporter

The Volta Region branch of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) is seeking compensation for Adom TV's correspondent in the Oti region allegedly assaulted by...

Y’asem Nie: The epistles of shoe shine ‘boys’ – [Video]

They carry their polish and brushes around in a special wooden box and have to walk for long hours to find customers. That is the struggle of...

Asantehene marks Akwasidae in London

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II marked the Akwasidae Festival for Asanteman in London last Sunday. The King who is on a short visit to the...

Y’asem Nie: Shoe maker narrates how his lover died in his room [Video]

A 41-year-old cobbler has shared a sad story of how his lover died in his room. Narrating his ordeal on Y’asem Nie, a segment on...

GJA boycotts NDC events following attack on Adom TV reporter

The Volta Region branch of the Ghana Journalist Association has directed its members to “stay away” from covering functions organised by ...

Weija, Gbawe, others to experience ‘dumsor’ due to maintenance works by PDS

Power Distribution Services (PDS), Ghana has announced that it will embark on scheduled maintenance works on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 to improve service delivery. The...

Market women in deadly car crash along Wa-Nadoli road

Six people have been reported dead in a car accident along the Wa-Nadoli road. Information gathered by DGN Online indicates that some market women onboard a truck...

Video: Find out how scattered rickety kiosks, ‘pond’ roads scare investors

Ghana’s planned towns are more habitable for residents and they engender more development than towns that are allowed to sprawl unplanned. A survey of three commercial...

GWCL technician dies while fixing Ho water crisis

A technician with the Ghana Water Company Limited in Ho has died during repair works on the main pipeline that conveys water from the...

Woman, 27, reveals her father is the only one who turns her on

A 27-year-old woman, Serwaah (pseudo name), while discussing her emotional and sexual life, disclosed that her father is the only man who turns her...

Woman jailed 2 years for pouring acid on business rival

The 33-year-old woman who poured acid on her business rival has been jailed two years with hard labour by the Akyem Swedru Circuit Court. Ms ...

Adom TV’s ‘Wo Nsa Ano Adwuma’: Is there a mystery behind the Butterfly Moment?

It has become a noticeable pattern that quite a number of contestants in Adom TV’s ‘Wo Nsa Ano Adwuma’ sewing reality show, who win...

Stop harassing teachers for money… GNACOPS warns Education Directors

The Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS) is warning district directors of education to desist from harassing members to pay money for training...

Operation Vanguard arrests 20 suspected illegal miners in Eastern Region

Operation Vanguard personnel in the Eastern Region on Sunday morning at about 02:00 hours arrested 20 suspected illegal miners during a search operation in the general...

Probing suspended PPA boss not tough – CHRAJ

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) says it is ready to begin full probe into allegations of conflict of...

Photo: The 75-year-old woman crushed to death by ‘careless’ excavator driver

Maame Adwoa Afumwaa, a 75-year-old farmer and a native of Wioso near Kwapia in the Adansi North District of the Ashanti region, has been...

NGO schools media on domestic violence reporting

As part of efforts to equip the media in their reports on gender-based violence investigations and reporting, a non-governmental organisation, Ufeministi Anyidado for Vulnerable...

Photos: Plus-size models hit ‘Wo Nsa Ano Adwuma’ runway

Last Sunday's edition of Adom TV's fashion reality show, Wo nsa ano adwuma was as exciting as one would expect, for many reasons. The Mikado...

Considering quality of people elected NDC will win 2020 elections – Anim Piesie

A leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Anim Piesie, maintains that the NDC is a true beacon and believer of democracy and all...

Ghana seeks extradition of T’di girls Nigerian kidnap suspect

The Criminal Investigations Division (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has begun a process for the extradition of Chika Nnodim from Nigeria to Ghana...

Policeman was killed with heavy object, not gun – Report

Preliminary police reports in the killing of Corporal Bernard Antwi, 37, at Manso Abodom in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti region are indicating that...

School Feeding rot: Gender Ministry embarks on clean-up

The Ministry of Gender and Social Protection has tasked about 700 Youth Employment Agency (YEA) officers to carry out a comprehensive assessment, including verification...

65 homes burnt in Karaga during fight over cattle

Police in the Northern region have confirmed the burning down of 65 houses, three motorbikes and 10 bicycles in Bagurugu in the...

Fabewoso: GH¢899,617 School Feeding cash not accounted for in 81 MMDAs[Video]

About 81 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have been cited for causing financial loss to the State after they failed to account for...

Osu Home begs for E-Library for orphans

The Osu Orphanage Home is calling on the government, corporate bodies and philanthropists to help provide the Home with an E- Library to enhance...

Photos+audio: Two die, others in critical conditions in Awutu Bereku accident

Two passengers have died while two others are in critical conditions in a fatal accident at Kesse-Wokan near Awutu Bereku in the Central region. According...

22-yr-old habitual thief returns to jail

A 22-year-old habitual thief at Toase in the Atwima-Nwabiagya South Municipality, who have been convicted and jailed several times by the Nkawie Circuit Court,...

Akufo-Addo off to Japan for TICAD confab

President Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Saturday, August 24, for Japan, to attend the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), at the invitation...

Missing Taadi girls: Nigerian authorities arrest wanted suspect

Operatives of Nigeria's National Agency for the Prohibition in Trafficking of Persons (NAPTIP) have arrested a man accused of being involved in kidnapping Ghanaian...

Jon Benjamin reacts to Dumelo’s win

Former British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, has reacted to the win by actor and politician, John Dumelo during the National Democratic Congress...

Video: How a polling agent chewed ballot papers in Tema East

An aggrieved polling agent, who could not stand defeat, decided to use an unconventional means to mar the electoral process at the Tema East...

Exclusive photos: How John Dumelo, fans celebrated after he won NDC primary

Actor and politician, John Dumelo has been elected as the parliamentary candidate for the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency during the National Democratic Congress’ parliamentary...

NDC Primaries: Mzvee supports Dr Zanetor Rawlings

Singer Mzvee was spotted at the Klottey-Korle Constituency in Accra to support their Member of Parliament (MP), Dr Zanetor Agyeman Rawlings in the ongoing...

NDC Primaries: John Dumelo targets 70% votes [Video]

Popular Ghanaian actor John Dumelo says he is certain to win more than 70 per cent of the votes in the ongoing parliamentary primary...

We are ready to cooperate with CHRAJ, OSP investigations – PPA

The Public Procurement Authority (PPA) has pledged its commitment and preparedness to assist with investigations into Manasseh Awuni Azure’s ‘Contracts for Sale’ investigative documentary...

Video: What Justice Emile Short thinks of Manasseh, Anas’ corruption fights

Investigative journalists, Manasseh Azure Awuni and Anas Aremeyaw Anas have been commended for doing yeoman’s jobs in exposing corruption in the country. The duo has...

75-year-old woman ‘buried alive’ at Wiawso (Video)

The life of a 75-year-old woman was cut short when she was mauled to death by a tractor clearing a piece of land for...