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Muslim youth attack Darkuman Mosque

A mosque at Darkuman, a suburb of Accra has been attacked by youth believed to be Muslims. According to an eyewitness, the youth stormed the...

Court grants injunction; NCA can’t close down Joy, Asempa FMs

An Accra High Court has injuncted the National Communications Authority (NCA) against shutting down Joy FM and sister station, Asempa FM. The court granted an...

Nyantakyi sues Anas, 2 others over Number 12

Suspended Ghana Football Association president Kwesi Nyantakyi has sued ace investigator Anas Aremeyaw Anas for ridiculing him in the infamous Number 12 investigative sting. With...

Martin Amidu’s lamentations not surprising – Franklin Cudjoe

Founder and President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe says he is not surprised about the seeming frustration expressed by the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu...

Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall begin historic tour of Ghana, 2 other countries

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are set to visit Ghana and two other West African countries in October, the Royal...

TD Mobile, Zoomlion hold cleanup exercise

TD Mobile, a subsidiary of Technology Distributions (TD) a Nigerian IT Distributor as part of its social responsibility has held a cleanup exercise at...

Audio: Chinese Ambassador angry over fake documents by Ghanaian visa applicants

Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Shi Ting Wang, has expressed serious dismay at the attitude of some Ghanaians who apply for entry visas to the...

Accra Technical University, AMA sign MOU to improve city

The Accra Technical University (ATU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to undertake joint researches and projects to...

Video: Chinese man forced to collect his faeces after he was caught openly defecating

A middle-aged Chinese man has been captured on camera openly defecating in the garden of some Ghanaians with whom his property shares a boundary. It...

Menzgold playing hide and seek with us, still holding vital information to their chest – SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has indicated that it is yet to hear from gold trading company Menzgold Ghana Limited after it ordered...

Tourism fetched $2.2m for Ghana in 2015 – Lecturer

A Senior Lecturer at the University of Energy and Natural Resources has said the tourism sector is Ghana’s fourth largest foreign exchange earner, fetching...

Seven persons killed in accident involving Collins Dauda’s car buried

Some seven persons who perished when their car run into a land cruiser allegedly owned by NDC Member of Parliament for Asutifi South, Collins...

U/W NADMO Regional Stock Director suspended over expired relief items

The Upper West Regional Stock Director, Ali Sulemana, has been suspended following the distribution of some expired relief items to flood victims in the...

If NPP doesn’t win 2020 elections which party will? – John Boadu asks

General Secretary for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu says he is one hundred per cent confident his party will win the 2020...

Audio: Expired NADMO food items: Heads will roll if necessary – NADMO

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), says it will take action against persons whose negligence led to the distribution of expired food items to...

Tarkwa chiefs, residents block minister’s convoy over bad roads [Audio]

The chiefs and people of Tarkwa in the Western Region Wednesday morning staged a demonstration to protest over bad roads in the town. The residents...

Fabewoso: Asuogyaman DCE sets record straight [Video]

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Asuogyaman in the Eastern Region, Samuel Kwame Agyekum has denied any wrongdoing in the allegations that he had...

Obuasi District Assembly blows cash GH₵131,959 on fence wall [Video]

The Obuasi District Assembly has been cited for financial malpractices after it emerged it used GH₵131,959 to construct a fence wall at the residence...

Church building turns classroom for pupils of Gbawe Methodist Primary

A dilapidated building of the Methodist Church has come to the rescue of pupils of Gbawe Methodist '1' Basic school where two classes -...

Assin North assembly launches campaign against illegal drugs, alcoholism in Assin Fosu

As part of efforts to reduce the increasing rate of drug abuse and alcoholism in Assin Fosu Municipality, the Assin North Municipal Assembly in...

Hunger looms for me and my people – Chief warns

Paramount Chief of the Kologo Traditional area, Clifford Asobayire, is sounding the alarm of an imminent hunger that may hit his community and its environs. According...

Major shakeup hits Police Service again!

A number of Senior Police Officers have been reshuffled in command positions at the Police Headquarters Tuesday. A statement by the Director-General in charge of...

NADMO refuses to declare state of emergency despite push by UNICEF, RED Cross, others

Despite appeals from some international humanitarian organisations and donor partners for the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) to declare a state of emergency in the northern...

Failed 31,196 BECE candidates; Government pays for resit

The government has given a lifeline to candidates of this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) from public schools who could not be placed...

Video: Employee caught spitting in customers’ pizza [Viewer discretion advised]

A video that shows a food service worker at Comerica Park in Detroit spitting on pizza intended for customers has gone viral and the employee...

Unavailability of auditors caused distribution of expired oil; NADMO Director claims

Communications Director for the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), George Ayisi, has said that his outfit has no internal auditors in Wa. His comment comes...

Ghana, U.S. agree deportation deal

The governments of Ghana and the United States of America (USA) have come to a compromise in their efforts to deport undocumented Ghanaian immigrants. This...

Photo: NADMO recalls expired food items presented to Wa flood victims

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has admitted it erroneously added some expired cooking oil to food items presented to flood victims in Wa...

Young Ghanaian midwife delivers pregnant woman of her baby on commercial bus

A young midwife has become an internet sensation after she helped a woman in labour deliver her baby safely while on board a Bolgatanga-bound...

C/R: Driver runs over baby after mistaken brake for accelerator

A vehicle with registration number CR 1410 -16 has run over a baby in the Assin Fosu main lorry station after the driver mistook...

Confirmed: 30 deaths recorded in Northern region flood

About 30 people have been reported dead in the devastating flood in the Northern part of Ghana according to the National Disaster Management Organization...

TUC fires govt over fuel price hikes

Labour has joined public disapproval of fuel price increases that hit the pumps last week. Fuel prices went beyond ¢5 per litre during last pricing window,...

Communications Ministry not trustworthy – Suleimana Braimah

Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, has said the Communications Ministry is not trustworthy. Mr Braimah says the Ministry...

Ursula Owusu-Ekuful to be enstooled ‘Development Queen’ of Asuom

Minister for Communications and MP for Ablekuma West, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, will be enstooled as Nkosuohemaa (Development Queen) of Asuom On Saturday, September 29, 2018. The enstoolment...

Photos: Tear gas, warning shots fired, 2 tanker drivers injured

Two persons have been hit after police deployed to maintain law and order at Tema Oil Refinery(TOR) in Greater Accra region fired tear gas...

I didn’t influence Startimes deal – First Lady denies allegations

First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo has denied reports that her charity organisation, Rebecca Foundation, influenced a deal between Chinese firm StarTimes and the Ministry of...

Tanker drivers threaten Chairman over meeting with NPA (AUDIO)

Chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union, George Nyaunu says his life is in danger following threats from some members of the...

Suspected murderer of Abura Dunkwa security man arrested

Police in the Central region has picked up a suspect in the murder of the security guard at Abura Dunkwa. Chaos erupted in the town...

Fabewoso: I was sacked for questioning DCE – Finance Director reveals [Video]

Embattled District Finance Officer of Asuogyaman District Assembly in the Eastern Region, Bismarck Okrah, has blamed the Chief Executive of the district Samuel Kwame...

Photos: Adom FM’s “NADMO snake invasion” report gets result

The Northern Regional office of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has seen a total transformation after Adom News had reported on its poor state. Adom...