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Rot in Free Basic Education exposed …As school heads charge water bill, other illegal fees

A Corruption Watch (CW) investigation into the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (FCUBE) in five regions of the country has found that public basic...

Missing Taadi girls: My resignation will not solve issue – CID boss

Head of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Police Service has replied critics calling for her head following her handling of the case involving...

Free SHS has come to stay – Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama says he will not cancel the free Senior High School (SHS) educational policy on his return to power. According to...

Obofour speaks after Ken Agyapong criticised him for flaunting cars and money at funeral

The Founder and Leader of Anointed Palace Chapel (APC), Reverend Obofour, has sent greetings to outspoken Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong. ...

Takoradi missing girls were sold for $5k each in Nigeria – Suspect

Prime suspect in the case of the three missing Takoradi girls, Samuel Udoetuk Wills, has reportedly revealed that the girls were sold for $5,000...

Bawku Naba appeals to Prez Akufo-Addo to rename Bawku SHS

The Bawku Naba, Asigri Abugrago Azoka II has appealed to President Nana Akufo-Addo to consider a petition for the renaming of the Bawku Senior...

NPP man fulfills promise, provides funds for new musical instruments for Blind Messiah Band

The expression that radio really gets results has once again come to fruition. The wildest wish of Mark Awotwe Quainoo and his counterpart, Nti...

‘Y’asem nie’: How we lost our sight – visually impaired musicians share stories (Video)

Popular hilife musician, Mark Awotwe Quainoo, has shared an emotional story of how he lost his sight at age six. The Di Masem Mame hit...

Video: The untold story of Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary

Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary is a unique sanctuary with over 700 monkeys and the only habitat for two different species of monkeys; Mona and Columbus....

I will address the press on August 19 – NAM 1

The Chief Executive Officer of embattled gold dealership firm, Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah, popularly known as NAM 1, says he will address the media...

I will not be surprised about renaming of UG after J.B. Danquah – Dep. Minister

Deputy Information Minister, Pius Enam Hadzide, in dismissing claims of attempts by the Akufo-Addo-led government to rename the University of Ghana after Joseph Boakye...

Benny Hinn headlines ‘Experience Conference 2019’ at The Maker’s House Chapel

The Maker’s House Chapel International has launched the 2019 edition of the annual Experience Conference. This year’s event will be headlined by Israeli-born American Evangelist,...

Audio: Why Acting IGP visited families of the missing Takoradi girls

The Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), James Oppong Boanuh, on Tuesday visited the families of the missing Takoradi girls. The development comes at a...

We are not recruiting; Ignore fake reports – GIS warns public

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) says reports that it is recruiting personnel into the Service are false. The GIS, in a statement, said it has...

Bolga-Bawku road to be completed before 2020 elections – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured residents of the Upper East Region that the Bolgatanga to Bawku road will be completed ...

Spending oil revenue on free SHS a better investment – Education Minister

Education Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, says the decision by the Akufo-Addo-led government to spend the country’s oil revenue on “Free Senior High School (SHS) education...

Akufo-Addo ill-advised on small-scale mining – Okyenhene

Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin has urged the Ghanaian media to be bold and speaks truth to power. He has also urged Ghanaians to come...

Irregularities in school feeding programme – Auditor General’s Report

The 2018 Auditor-General’s Report has revealed several financial irregularities that have led to huge financial losses to the state in the...

Father grabbed by Police for incest

A 31-year-old father, who allegedly had sexual intercourse with his 13-year-old daughter, has been arrested by the Swedru Divisional Command of the...

‘DropThatChamber Soldier’ released from guardroom

A soldier, who recorded himself criticising the intended construction of a new Parliamentary complex, has been released from incarceration. Lance Corporal Isaac...

Nanton: Tension brews as new chief is enskinned

Tension is mounting in the Nanton Traditional Area of the Northern Region, as some aggrieved sub and divisional chiefs demand the immediate removal of ...

54-year-old woman dies after collapsing in Ghana Card registration queue

A 54-year-old mother of four, Fimey Dzatugbi, is said to have died after she fell unconscious in a queue for the Ghana Card registration...

AIT graduates Sixth Batch of PhD students

The Accra Institute of Technology (AIT), a leading technology-focus private university, graduated its sixth batch of 13 PhD candidates during the University’s 14th Graduation Congregation held in...

Suspects eat, sleep and ease themselves in same cell at Obuasi, CHRAJ boss upset

Cynthia Martinson, the Sub-regional Director of the Obuasi unit of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has called for the expansion...

There is plot to denationalise Voltarians – Afriyie Ankrah

Director of Elections of the National Democratic Congress, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, says there is an attempt by the National Identification Authority to denationalise some...

Eid ul Adha: Bawumia challenges Muslims to uphold dignity of Islam

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has challenged the Muslim community to report perpetrators of violence ahead of the 2020 elections.  Addressing hundreds of Muslims...

Okomfo Anokye was albino, stop using albinos for juju – Kwaw Ansah to ritualists

An award-winning Ghanaian filmmaker, writer, director /producer, Mr Kwaw Paintsil Ansah, has called on the government to help stop the use of albinos for juju in...

Prez Akufo-Addo applauds decision to name UENR after Prime Minister Busia

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has applauded the decision by the Governing Council of the University of Energy and Natural Resources to name...

Sanitation visit marks Day 1 of Iain Walker’s ‘TheGhanaGrand’ tour

The British High Commissioner, Iain Walker, has started his 1,000km ride on a bicycle to raise funds in support of plastic surgery at the Korle-Bu...

Badu Kobi reacts to his ‘daughter’s sex tape’ going viral

Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi, the Founder and General Overseer of Glorious Wave International, has finally reacted to the alleged sex tape of his...

Renaming institutions after politicians needless – Samia to govt

Daughter of Ghana’s first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Samia Nkrumah has described as a misplaced priority the practice by government to rename public institutions after former politicians. Miss...

Man, 30, arrested for incest

A farmer, believed to be in his late thirties, is in the grip of the Agona Swedru Division of the Domestic Violence and Victims...

Don’t kill deformed animals for Sallah – Muslim Cleric

A Muslim Cleric, Jimoh Abdulwahab, has advised against slaughtering deformed animals for Sallah. Abdulwahab of Nurulhudda Islamic Centre, Ilorin gave the advice in an interview...

Save me, save me! : Find out how T’di kidnapped girl, Ruth called mum on day of kidnap

It has emerged that though one of the kidnapped Takoradi girls, Ruth Love Quayson, managed to secretly call her mother with her phone on the day...

Video: T’di Missing Girls: We gave kidnappers ransom at a point – Spokesperson

Spokesperson for families of the three missing Takoradi girls, Michael Hayford Acquah, has narrated how they made some payments to the kidnappers, hoping...

I will not stop acting if I become MP – John Dumelo

Charismatic Ghanaian actor, turned politician, John Dumelo, says it would be “unfair” for him to bow out of the movie industry if he enters...

Politicians should stop exaggerating over hardship in Ghana – Kwesi Pratt

Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has said hardship in Ghana is not a recent phenomenon, therefore politicians should stop exaggerating...

Ghanaians will not be surprised if Tadi girls are dead – Appietus

Ghanaian sound engineer, musician and songwriter, Appiah Dankwah, popularly known as Appietus, says Ghanaians will not be surprised if the missing Takoradi girls are found dead...

Sammy Awuku sends message to hoodlums who destroyed NPP property in C/R

Sammy Awuku, the National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) says the Central regional committee of the party should not take the law...

Mouse causes ‘dumsor’ in Kumasi

A big mouse, which certainly is stubborn, recently caused power cuts in some areas in Kumasi, the capital of Ashanti Region, it has been...