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KNUST Clash: Staff cars, LED TVs, other properties destroyed [Photos]

The Students’ Representative Council (SRC) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology’s (KNUST) demonstration which was expected to be a peaceful walk...

Bank of Ghana denies plans to issue Gh¢100 note

The Bank Of Ghana (BoG) has said there were no plans to issue a GH¢100 note into the system as being speculated. Consequently, the BoG...

Video: Commotion at KNUST as students clash with police

Students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) demonstrating against school authorities have clashed with the police Monday morning. Media reports say...

Two Chinese killed by one of their own over gambling

A Chinese national has allegedly killed two of his colleagues and injured another who is in critical condition following a misunderstanding at a bar. The incident...

Photos: Poor roads obstructing immunisation exercise in Aowin District

Health officials in the Aowin district of the Western region are facing challenges in distributing immunization equipment because of the poor state of roads...

Brong-Ahafo REGSEC on peace mission to Japekrom and Drobo

The Brong-Ahafo Regional Security Council (REGSEC) on Friday went on peace mission to Japekrom and Drobo, in the Jaman South Municipality to assess the...

One injured, 11 others arrested as student clash with KNUST security

One student has been injured after having a run-in with the security officers of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) on Saturday. According to school...

Traffice diversion for Tema roundabout interchange project–phase two

The Ghana Highway Authority under the auspices of the Ministry of Roads and Highways wishes to inform the general public that the phase two...

Siblings remanded for incest in Elmina

Two siblings who engaged in bouts of sexual escapades for years, producing two children out of the relationship were on Friday remanded in police...

Police Officer, Community Protection Assistant drown in Kpetoe

A Police Officer and a Community Protection Assistant, both with the Kpetoe Police in the Agotime Ziofe District of the Volta Region have drowned...

VIDEO: Prophet exposes ‘spy’ husband in his church

The Head Pastor of Alleluia Ministries International, Alph Lukau who recently made headlines for his 'mind-blowing' revelations about two best friends, Pamela and Japa,...

NABCO postings to start from November 1

Government has said postings for graduates of the Nation Builder Corps (NABCO) programme will start from November 1. This follows concerns that the 100,000 recruits...

Govt. working to secure future of the youth – Foreign Minister

Government says it is doing everything within its abilities to ensure the country’s youth do not migrate to other countries for non-existing or demeaning...

3 injured after Ivory Coast bound bus fell into a ditch

Three passengers have sustained injuries in an accident on the Ahanta West - Takoradi Highway Saturday morning, October 20. They were on a journey to...

We don’t meddle in politics – GUTA Deputy Secretary

Deputy General Secretary of Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), Emmanuel Nana Poku has rubbished the public perception that his union sides with political...

36 pupils pregnant at a school in South Africa , 31 between the ages of nine and 19 living with HIV

The Health MEC in Limpopo, South Africa,  Phophi Ramathu has called on communities to support pupils living with the virus so that they do...

Dad exposes his internet fraudster son

A father who was not satisfied with son's explanation concerning a deal that got him a house has reported him to the Economic and...

Mum attempts to drown her daughter to punish baby daddy

A mother got angry about not getting a prompt child support payment from her baby daddy and tries to drown her daughter. A disturbing video...

Audio: ‘Poisonous tilapia buried – NADMO allays fears

The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has allayed the fears of Ghanaians about the possible presence of poisonous tilapia in the market. It follows photos...

Interior Ministry imposes curfew on eight communities in Brong Ahafo

The Ministry of the Interior has imposed a curfew on eight communities in the Jaman South Municipality of the Brong Ahafo Region from 1800...

EU commits to ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ agenda

The European Union (EU) has welcomed the ‘Ghana beyond aid’ agenda with a pledge to offer the needed financial and technical support to help...

Photo: Male student who steals female students’ underwears arrested

A male student has been arrested for stealing panties belonging to female students from the washing lines. Prince Danda, a student at the Midlands State University,...

Methodist Church Ghana organises first puberty rites

The Methodist Church Ghana (MCG), in the Atonsu-Agogo Circuit in Kumasi, has made history with the premiering of ‘puberty rites’ (bragoro), an African traditional...

Afoko poured acid on Adams – Investigator

It has been confirmed that Gregory Afoko and another suspect, Asabke Alangdi, who is on the run, indeed poured acid on the late Upper...

11 year old student electrocuted while being chased by teachers

An 11-year-old student of Government Secondary School, in Calabar, Cross River state, has lost his life as he was electrocuted while being chased by...

Video: Man shocks bankers as he storms uniCredit with mattress

A young man shocked staff and other customers of UniCredit Apenkwa branch in Accra when he showed up at the bank with his mattress,...

MP calls for curfew in two feuding Brong Ahafo towns

The Member of Parliament for Jaman South is calling for a curfew to be imposed on Drobo and Japekrom following clashes between the two...

Youth Chief of Japekrom killed; residents threaten reprisal attack

The youth chief of Japekrom has been confirmed dead in a clash of his town with a neighbouring town, Drobo in the Brong Ahafo...

Aggrieved workers besiege Zoomlion regional office in Sunyani

Aggrieved workers of Zoomlion, a waste management and sanitation firm in the Sunyani Municipality on Tuesday besieged the regional offices of the company to...

Rejoinder: UEW students-teachers accuse management of national service scheme of fraud

The attention of the Management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has been drawn to a ghanaweb online news article on 16th October, 2018...

Factories to be ready by 2020 – 1D1F coordinator

The National Coordinator for the One-District-One-Factory (1D1F) policy initiative, Gifty Ohene Konadu, has stated that the government is still working towards the realisation of...

E/R: Mother, daughter drown as floods swallow five communities

A 54-year-old mother, Akosua Sawo and her eight-year-old daughter, Grace Sawo have drowned after a deluge of flood water swept their home at Akanteng...

Fabewoso: 207 Companies evade GH¢666m tax [Video]

The host of Adom FM’s anti-corruption segment, Fabewoso, has revealed some 207 companies that keep their imported products in bonded warehouses have evaded import duties...

Newmont farmers say they were ignorant over compensation agreement [Audio]

Farmers who staged a demonstration against Newmont Akyem Mines for a new compensation package following the takeover of their farmlands say they did not...

Photos: Newborn baby found dead in a well

The body of a newborn baby was found in a well in the northern part of Nigeria and it is believed to have been...

Photos: Properties worth thousands destroyed as fire razes down workshop

Properties worth thousands have been destroyed in Assin Fosu after a fire outbreak razed down a refrigerator repairing shop. The incident happened in the absence...

Awesome: Jaw-dropping ancient photos of Ghana you can’t afford to miss

These vintage pictures of 19th Century and 20th century Ghana will fill you with astonishment. The pictures, which appear with captions, are being shared on...

Photos: Disturbing images of Enyan Abaasa Sec Tech students studying under street lights

Students of Enyan Abaasa Technical Institute in the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam district of the Central region have been left in total darkness due to the absence...

Fresh shake-up in Police

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Apeatu, has reassigned 38 senior police officers in a recent reshuffle less than a month after appointing...

Photos: Brothers’ war over family god leaves one dead, another battles for life

A 25-year-old-man who has only been identified as Agbomor has butchered his brother at Adansi Brekete in the Ashanti region. The deceased, whose name is...