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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...

Ghanaians destroyed ‘angel’ Kwesi Nyantakyi within 48 hours – Asamoah Gyan

Asamoah Gyan has paid glowing tribute to former Ghana Football Association (GFA) boss, Kwesi Nyantakyi and criticised Ghanaians for destroying the 'God-sent' football administrator.  The...

Christian Council condemns ‘tribal’ comments by Badu Kobi

The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) has condemned comments by Founder of Glorious Wave Ministries, Emmanuel Badu Kobi, saying they are discriminatory. The self-styled Prophet...

Must watch: How lesbianism from SHS led me to an occult group in Ghana – Woman confesses

A Ghanaian woman has revealed how she was ushered into lesbianism the first year she attended Senior High School (SHS). According to her, she...

Over 1,000 auctioned vehicles unaccounted for

A total of 1,719 vehicles that were confiscated by the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) between 2015 and 2017, and...

It’s our collective responsibility to ensure accountability – Auditor-General

Mr Daniel Domelevo, the Auditor-General (AG), said the collective effort of Ghanaians to demand accountability from institutions is the sure way...

Footballer gets nine years for sodomy

An Accra Circuit Court on Thursday sentenced a footballer to nine years imprisonment for having anal sex with a six-year-old boy.Solomon Brown, 19,...

Ordeal of 4th missing Takoradi girl’s family

The family of 19-year-old Ruth Abakah, who has been missing in Takoradi since July 29, 2018, has been torn apart as her...

Let us rise up against corruption – National House of Chiefs urges Ghanaians

The National House of Chiefs (NHC) has called on Ghanaians to rise up and fight against corruption in the Ghanaian society which...

Akufo-Addo declares Monday as ‘Eid-ul-Adha’ holiday

President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo has declared Monday, August 12 as a public holiday to be observed throughout the country.According to a press release signed...

Police are not magicians – Sam Pyne on discovery of skeletons

The Ashanti regional secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Sam Pyne says the police are not magicians but rely on intelligence reports to succeed. The...

Man punished to weed for defecating in classroom

A 30-year-old man has been forced to weed for allegedly defecating in Sewfi Nyetina D/A Primary School in Bibiani Ahwiaso Bekwai in the Western...

Audio: Drunkards Association angry at packaging of alcohol in plastic materials

The Drunkards Association of Ghana is not happy about the packaging of alcohol in plastic materials. The Association is, thus, advocating for traditional method of...