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Coronavirus: 245 deportees from Kuwait test negative

Some 245 Ghanaians who were brought into Ghana from Kuwait have all tested negative for the Coronavirus.This was revealed by the Director for Media...

Full Text: President Akufo-Addo’s speech at 2020 virtual Eid-ul-Fitr celebration

Vice President, Greater Accra Regional Minister, Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Minister for Inner City and Zongo Development, Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, National Chief Imam, Zongo...

Coronavirus: 16 patients in severe condition – Akufo-Addo

Government says consultations on the easing of the remaining Covid-19 restrictions will conclude this week. This will be followed by an announcement in the course...

Edi-ul-Fitr: How coronavirus has turned Nima into a ‘ghost town’ [video]

The coronavirus pandemic is having a devastating effect on a popular town in Accra which becomes a centre of attraction during Edi-ul-Fitr celebration. Nima, venue...

2020 will be remembered as the year the earth stood still – Mensa Otabil

Founder and leader of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Pastor Mensa Otabil says 2020 will be remembered as the year the earth stood...

Avoid disruptive tendencies as you prepare for Dec. 7 – Chief Imam tells politicians

National Chief Imam, Sheikh Usman Nuhu Sharubutu has called on political parties to avoid tendencies that have the potential of jeopardising the peaceful atmosphere...

Eid ul-Fitr: Akufo-Addo congratulates Muslims

President Akufo-Addo has thanked Muslims across the country for complying with the ban on social gatherings as they mark Eid ul-Fitr. "I am very hopeful...

Eid al-Fitr: Touching message from Dr. Bawumia [video]

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is thanking Allah for the gift of life inspite of the coronavirus pandemic as Muslim across the world...

Zoomlion begins disinfection of police facilities in Upper East

Zoomlion Ghana Limited on Friday begun the exercise of fumigating and disinfecting police facilities in the Upper East Region. The five-day exercise, will cover police...

Coronavirus: Savannah Region records first case

The Savannah region has become the 14th region out of the country’s 16 regions to record a case of the deadly Coronavirus, the Ghana...

Eid ul Fitr: Rawlings, Nana Konadu celebrate Muslims

Ghana’s former first family, Flt. Lt JJ Rawlings and his wife Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, have congratulated Muslims for a successful Ramadan. In a solidarity message,...

Eid al-Fitr: John Mahama prays for Allah’s protection for Ghanaians

Former President John Dramani Mahama has wished for protection for all Muslims in Ghana as the holy month of Ramadan comes to an end. Despite...

Policeman with Operation Vanguard mysteriously collapses and dies at a mining site

A Police Inspector, identified as Duut Azumah with Operation Vanguard, has mysteriously collapsed and died at a mining site, several reports say. According to Mr...

Kennedy Agyapong’s shocking message to his 22 children about his property (Watch)

Tough-talking politician and Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has a message for his 22 children about the wealth he toiled...

Brutalised student chases CID man over girlfriend

The student, who was allegedly brutalised by a Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officer for chasing his girlfriend has petitioned the Police Administration to investigate...

A lot of ‘macho’ men are impotent – Military man asserts

A Ghanaian military man, Nana Adu Boafo, has opinionated that a lot of the men who hit the gym, specifically for bodybuilding, are impotent. He...

245 Kuwait deportees arrive in Ghana [Video]

About 245 Ghanaian deportees from Kuwait have finally arrived in the country amid the border closure over the coronavirus pandemic. Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah...

Ketu-North: Two fetish priests arrested and beaten for preventing rain from falling

Residents of a town near Dzodze called Penyi in the Ketu-North municipal assembly of the Volta region of Ghana, angrily descended on two fetish priests...

Fire guts ‘trotro’ at Achimota [Video]

Fire has gutted a white sprinter vehicle burning it beyond recognition at the Achimota Neoplan station on the Accra-Nsawam highway. The incident happened on the...

Exclusive photos from Justice Amadu Tanko’s swearing-in

President Nana Akufo-Addo has sworn-in the first Muslim, Justice Issifu Omoro Tanko, to the Supreme Court after his nomination and subsequent approval by Parliament. The...

Obinim rushed to hospital after release from police custody

Founder of the International God’s Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim, has been released after spending three days in police custody. Ralph Poku-Adusei, the lawyer for...

Driver remanded for stealing mobile phone

A 33-year-old driver, who stole a mobile phone at Atwima-Mim in the Ashanti region, has been remanded into prison custody by the Nkawie Circuit...

COVID-19: Ashanti region crosses 1,000 as Ghana’s case count hits 6,617

The confirmation of 131 new COVID-19 cases in Ghana has pushed the country’s case count to 6,617 as at Saturday, May 23, 2020, the...

Fire guts Royal Foam factory at Asokore Mampong [video]

Fire has gutted Royal Foam factory at Asokore Mampong in the Ashanti region. The fire, according to reports, is said to have started from...

Coronavirus: Chief Imam to hold virtual Eid prayers

National Chief Imam, Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu will hold a virtual prayer session for the Eid celebrations on Sunday. The event, first of its kind, will...

Covid-19 is a killer – Police Commander cries

Covid-19 is a killer and its devastation across the world was very scary, Volta Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police Edward Oduro Kwarteng,...

4 nabbed with 138 slabs of weed

Police at Baatsona have arrested four persons, including a lady they suspected were trading in dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, popularly known...

‘Ghana is not worth dying for’ – Prof Frimpong Boateng [Video]

Minister for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Prof Kwabena Frimpong Boateng is of the view that Ghana is not worth dying for. The good...

Former footballer hot for biting former girlfriend’s nipple

Former Asante Kotoko defender, John Kuffour, has been granted bail of Gh¢50,000 for biting of the nipples of his former girlfriend.   The Ejisu...

NaCCA approves second batch of text books from KG-P6

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has published the second batch of the official list of textbooks recommended for the Kindergarten to...

Akufo-Addo issues counsels Supreme Court judges

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has has described the situation where judges prefer judgement to use judgements from lower courts as basis for their...

Investor in failed PDS deal sued

A businessman, who invested in the failed Power Distribution Service (PDS) takeover of Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has been sued for allegedly playing...

We make dead bodies stand in mortuaries – Mortuary man

Richard Kofi Jordan, General Secretary of Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana, has said due to congestion in the various mortuaries across the country, dead...

Corruption Watch: Auditor-General blames HR heads of MDAs for ghost names

George Swanzy Winful, Deputy Auditor-General of the Ghana Audit Service has blamed the heads of Human Resource (HR) Departments of the various Ministries, Departments...

10-year-old girl commits suicide at Kwahu Nteso

A 10-year-old girl has allegedly committed suicide at Kwahu Nteso in the Kwahu East District of the Eastern region. The deceased, Zepola Ocansey, popularly known...

Expert chides EC’s I.T. department over poor job [Video]

A United States-based Information Technology (I.T) consultant, Dr Evans Sarfo-Adu has chided Ghana's Electoral Commission I.T department for not responding to concerns...

Ken agyapong offers to help bail Obinim

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has offered to assist embattled man of God, Bishop Daniel Obinim meet his bail conditions. The founder...

Bono Regional Minister commends Zoomlion

The Bono Regional Minister, Hon. Evelyn Ama Kumi Richardson, has heavily commended Zoomlion for its continues commitment to fighting the novel coronavirus pandemic nationwide. She...

Lady used by pastors to fake miracles exposed by Kennedy Agyapong

Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong, has recently been on a mission to expose fake pastors/prophets in the country. The likes of...

245 Ghanaians deported from Kuwait

About 245 Ghanaian deportees from Kuwait will be allowed into the country in spite of the border closure, Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah has said. He...