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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...

Photos: N/R: School block turned into temporal home of displaced persons

The Nakpanzoo D/A Primary School in the Savelugu Municipality of the Northern Region has been converted to a kitchen and housing facility for victims...

Photo: OMAN FM journalist dies

The Madina Zongo Junction headquarters of Kencity Media has been thrown into a state of mourning after news about the death of its senior...

DTT brouhaha: ‘Be transparent’ – MFWA urges Communications ministry

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is urging the communications ministry to be transparent in how it rolls out the country's digital migration...

StarTimes: Why govt must listen to Ghanaians – Omane Boamah writes

In less than one month, I have chanced upon separate photographs of President Akufo-Addo and his wife, H.E. Rebecca Akufo-Addo taken with the President of...

Former First Lady wants women, gender laws taught at all stages of education

Enough with the laws on women and gender in the books, take them to the classroom as part of the education curriculum at all...

Angry customer threatens to lead class-action suit against Menzgold

An aggrieved customer of troubled Menzgold Ghana Company Ltd. is threatening to rally a class action suit against the minerals trading company. According to her,...

Kumbungu youth chief wanted by police for killing at fire festival

The police have declared the youth chief of Kumbungu in the Northern Region a wanted man. The 50-year-old youth chief, referred to in local parlance as...

Dustbin thief busted in Kumasi

Thirty year old Mohammed Lufai is in the grips of the Suame Police Command for stealing dustbins meant for the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA)...

Fire guts Biriwa NVTI girls’ hostel, 240 students affected

A ravaging fire on Thursday morning swept through most parts of the girls hostel of the Biriwa National Vocational Training Institute and Rehabilitation Center...

Boy killed, two others injured in Gbulung building collapse

The town of Gbulung in the Kumbungu District of the Northern Region has been thrown in the state of mourning after a building collapsed...

Bagre Dam: Gov’t to construct storm drains in parts of Northern region

Government is to construct storm drains in parts of Northern Ghana to control the devastation caused by spillage of the Bagre Dam. Vice President Dr Mahamudu...

Audio: Pregnant woman murdered at Shama

A pregnant woman believed to be in her 30s has been reportedly murdered by an unknown person in the Shama District of the Western...

Five houses torched in Abura-Dunkwa over death of security man

There is heavy security at Abura-Dunkwa in the Central Region as youth there set five houses on fire in retaliation to the killing of...

200 bags of cement donated to Fire Service end up in private cement shop, 136 sold

A Corruption Watch (CW) investigation has found that several bags of cement donated to the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) by the Ghana Cement Foundation (GHACEM...

Son murders 50-year-old mother in Wassa-Simpa

An illegal miner, who allegedly murdered his 50-year-old mother has been nabbed by the Nsueam District Police Command of the Western Region. The suspect, Augustine...

PHOTO: Student dies after hospital allegedly gave him wrong blood

A student of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Samson Matti, has died after he was allegedly infused with the wrong blood and also an overdose of injection at...

Sankore will defend itself with guns if… – Chief threatens

Cutlass wielding youth disrupted a National Peace Council's International Peace day program at Sankore in the Brong Ahafo Region, destroying chairs and other properties in the...

Osu ranked 20th coolest neighbourhood

The busy Cantonments Road, known to many local folks and virtually everyone as Oxford Street has been ranked as one of the coolest neighbourhoods...

Three Ghanaian pilgrims die in this year’s Hajj

The Hajj Board has confirmed the death of three Ghanaian pilgrims during this year’s Hajj in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. One of the victims...

AUDIO: Ghana Police Service ‘abandons’ officer after accident he sustained on duty

A police officer, Sergeant Jonathan A. Otto is pleading with the Ghana Police Service to release his benefits after he became incapacitated through an...

Ho: Houses without toilets given 4-month ultimatum

The Ho Municipal Assembly (HMA) has given a four-month ultimatum to households and institutions without toilet and hand washing facilities to fix the anomaly. A...

Forestry taskforce winning battle against encroachers despite threats

Forestry officials in Sefwi Wiawso and Juaboso Districts are vowing to sustain their operation to clamp down on chainsaw operators and other encroachers of...

N/R: Bagre Dam spillage claims 11 lives

Eleven people including two children have been reported dead in and around Tamale in the Northern Region following the spillage of Bagre dam. Several others...

C/R: Zoomlion angry over disposal of sanitary pad into waste bins

The Central Regional manager of waste management company, Zoomlion, Samuel Edu, is cautioning the public to stop the disposal of used sanitary pads into...

Friday September 21 declared Public Holiday

The government has declared Friday, 21st September 2018 as a statutory public holiday. A statement signed by Ambrose Dery, the Minister for Interior, says the...

Odd but true: Woman gives birth annually with or without sex in CR [Video]

A young woman from Kwesigyan No 1 in the Ajumako Enyan district near Mankessim in the Central Region, Joana Hayford, claims she has given...

Odd but true: Woman gives birth annually with or without sex in CR [Video]

A young woman from Kwesigyan No 1 in the Ajumako Enyan district near Mankessim in the Central Region, Joana Hayford, claims she has given...

Odd but true: Woman gives birth annually with or without sex in CR [Video]

A young woman from Kwesigyan No 1 in the Ajumako Enyan district near Mankessim in the Central Region, Joana Hayford, claims she has given...

South Africa legalises marijuana

Pro-marijuana activists cheered in the public gallery and chanted “Weed are free now” when the Constitutional Court gave its landmark ruling. In a unanimous ruling,...

Fabewoso: Asuogyaman District Assembly buys one desktop for GH₵4000 (VIDEO)

Assembly members at the Asuogyaman district assembly in the Eastern region are up in arms with the District Chief Executive, Samuel Kwame Agyekum over...

Audio: Husband of murdered prepaid vendor begs police for corpse

Husband of the prepaid vendor who was murdered at Awoshie, a suburb of Accra is appealing to the police to release her corpse for...

‘Ignore fake NAM1 audio about Menzgold’

The general public has been urged to disregard reports circulating on social media to the effect that the Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold Ghana...

4 female residents of Unity Hall sanctioned for accommodating male student

Halls of residence at tertiary institutions are known to be places where students have the absolute freedom to move around at any time, but...

6.8m Ghanaians poor — GSS report

A report on ‘Trends of Poverty and Inequality’ in Ghana has revealed that based on 2017 population projections, a total of 6.8 million people...

Buipewura Celebrates 10th Anniversary

After ten years of his reign as an overlord, the Buipewura, Mahama Jimapor II has launched his 10th anniversary since taken over the skin...

Photos: 60 year-old man, son drown in river Offin

A 60-year-old father and his son have drowned in river Offin after the canoe they were crossing on to their farm capsized at Nnerebehi...

Developing youth in Asuogyaman remains a priority – District YEA boss

Newly appointed District Director of Youth Employment Agency (YEA) for Asuogyaman, Marvin Akonor has assured youth in the district that his outfit will train...