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Audio: Afram Plains North MP clashes with NPP executives over school feeding

Tension is said to be brewing in Kwae Kesse, a town in the Afram Plains North constituency after the Member of Parliament for the...

Just in: Ken Agyapong loses round one in Anas defamation case

An Accra High Court has declined an application by Kennedy Agyapong seeking to dismiss the 25 million defamation suit against him by Anas Aremeyaw...

Some media houses turning girls into prostitutes – GJA

The President of Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Roland Affail Monney has accused some media houses in the country for contributing to high phenomenon of...

Stealing of litter bins in Accra reaches alarming levels

The rate at which public litter bins placed at vantage points in the capital are being stolen is thwarting efforts by public-spirited individuals, civil...

Obuasi SHTS scandal: “GES official coached me to deny sexual assault story”

The 17-year old girl who is a victim of an alleged sexual assault at Obuasi Senior High Technical School in the Ashanti region has...

Photos: Avenor Junction footbridge abandoned; people risk lives crossing road

Pedestrians and passersby have abandoned the use of the footbridge at Avenor Junction and risk their lives by crossing the road at unapproved areas. It...

Audio: There was no sign of incompetence in Mahama’s administration – Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah

National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer aspirant, Dr Ekwow Spio0-Garbrah, says there was no sign of incompetence in ex-President Mahama’s administration. The politician, in an interview...

Sefwi chiefs willing to forfeit royalties to support anti-logging campaign

Chiefs in Sefwi Wiawso Traditional Area say they are prepared to forfeit royalties due them in order to support military anti-logging activities in forest...

Vice-Chancellor of UG calls for Ivy League-style categorisation of Ghanaian universities

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, has called for the classification of universities in the country into tiers to...

Obuasi Sec Tech sex scandal – MP vows to crack the whip

Member of Parliament for Obuasi East, Hon. Dr Patrick Boakye-Yiadom has vowed to seek justice for a 17-year-old girl who has been allegedly molested...

UBS rogue trader Kweku Adoboli released on bail

The convicted former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli has been released from detention at an immigration removal centre near Heathrow while he awaits a judicial...

Rawlings launches attack on ‘Who Killed the Judges?’ documentary

READ: Woman wants ex-lover punished for sharing her nude pictures Former President Jerry John Rawlings has launched an attack on a Joy News’ documentary, ‘Who...

Woman wants ex-lover punished for sharing her nude pictures

A 28-year-old woman wants her ex-boyfriend punished for sharing her nude photos on social media platforms. She alleges that her ex-lover leaked the photos...

Komenda sugar factory: 35 million dollars metal plates left to rot

The non-operational Komenda Sugar Factory that has been left untouched for months remains in a very worrying condition which continues to cause losses to...

Graduates, Security Analysts schooled on cyber security

A US-based Ghanaian IT firm, Slamm Technologies has organized free cybersecurity training for over 100 graduates, Security Analysts, Network Administrators and other professionals. The two-day...

Audio: I have been sexually harassed several times – Allotey Jacobs

Former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has revealed he has been a victim of sexual harassments on many occasions. Speaking on...

Ghana Post marks World Post Day

The Ghana Post will today October 9, 2018 mark ‘the world post day’ celebration across the country. The theme for the celebration is "imagine you are...

Audio: Female students harass me – Central University lecturer reveals

A lecturer at the Central University College has recounted how he resisted countless sexual advances by female students. Benjamin Okyere Ankrah said these female students...

145,000 jobs created in three months – Gov’t

At least 145,000 jobs have been created in the public sector in the last three months, the government has said as it defends its...

GJA to insure its members

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) will, from October 15 to 18, register its members under the SAHAM Life Insurance Ghana Limited (SLIG). The Insurance Policy,...

Welder jailed for unlawfully harming driver’s mate

A 29 year-old welder, Edmond Duncan, has been sentenced to 36 months imprisonment and a fine of GH¢1,200.00 for unlawfully harming a driver's mate. The...

Ministry rubbishes claims of cancelling Double Track

The Ministry of Education has dismissed media reports that it has cancelled the double track policy in some schools in the Northern due to...

Agongo’s fertilizer boosted crop growth – Opuni lawyers tells court

Lawyers for former COCOBOD CEO, Dr Stephen Opuni, have told an Accra High Court that cocoa farmers who used Lithovit Foliar fertilizer approved for use by...

NPA outlines policies to curb gas explosions a year after Atomic explosion

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA), has outlined policies and actions aimed at curbing issues of gas and fuel station explosions in the future. One such...

PPP Director of Operations joins founder’s crusade

The director of operations for the Progressive People’s Party’s (PPP), Nana Ofori Owusu, has added his voice to former flagbearer of his party, Dr Paa...

Photos: Fire guts Ashanti Regional Education office

The office of the Regional Director of Education in the Ashanti Region has been gutted by fire. The fire which started on Sunday evening, Joy...

Photos: 8-year-old girl’s anus ruptured after assault

An 8-year-old girl assaulted by her aunty at Amasaman in Accra now wears pampers due to a rupture on her bladder. This was after her...

Minister orders probe into forestry officers aiding illegal logging

Forestry officials are suspected to be conniving with illegal loggers and other encroachers to destroy forest reserves in the Western Region.   Lands and Natural Resources...

One Chinese arrested, six Ghanaians escape for illegal mining

The Excavator Tracking Taskforce of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining on Saturday arrested a Chinese and six Ghanaians at the Amansie West District...

Five perish in Assakai- Kwesimintsim road crash

Five persons on-board an Opel Vectra taxi with registration number WR 4957 -12 have died on the main Kwesimintsim – Assakai road after a...

Photos: ‘Billy’ Akufo-Addo meets 1962 classmates in London

President Akufo has gone back to his to his alma mater, Lancing College in England where his class of 1962 describe him as brilliant, unpretentious and...

Chief Imam organizes peace walk

National chief Imam, Sheikh Dr. Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu has organized peaceful walk to promote peace among all groups in the country. Organizer of the walk,...

Photos: Methodist Church Ghana celebrates Dr. Bawumia’s birthday

The Methodist Church, Ghana has surprised Vice President Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia with a special birthday celebration at the Wesley Cathedral in Cape Coast...

A year after Atomic junction gas explosion, victims cry for compensation

The nation was shaken by the horrible gas explosion, forcing government to order the implementation of interim safety measures for all LPG infrastructure in...

Farmer to spend ten months for stealing a motor bike

The Enchi District Magistrate court has sentenced a farmer to ten months imprisonment for stealing Haojin motor bike valued GH¢3,200. Emmanuel Amoako was sentenced to...

Court sentences man and woman for insulting another woman

An Accra Circuit Court on Thursday sentenced Patrick Ablor Laryea to six months imprisonment and gave Esther Odonkor two weeks for insulting Rabiatu Abeka...

279 lawyers called to the Bar

Two hundred and seventy-nine new lawyers have been called to the Bar with a charge on them to respect their clients. Addressing the new lawyers...

LGS donates 11 pickups to RCC for effective monitoring

The Local Government Service (LGS) has donated eleven brand new pickups to the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) to effectively monitor the activities of the...

Bia East losing revenue due to illegal chainsaw operations

District Chief Executive for Bia East in the Western Region has commended the Forestry Commission’s joint operation with the military to clamp down on...

President Akufo-Addo off to UK, Armenia

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Friday, 5th October, 2018, to attend the 5th Edition of the Financial Times Africa Summit taking place in London, United Kingdom...