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MASLOC confiscates 350 vehicles after owners default in paying loans

More than 350 commercial vehicles, mostly taxis, have been confiscated from individuals and groups who failed to repay loans they contracted from the Micro...

HOT VIDEO: Elephant ‘detains’ Tourism Minister, journalists at Mole Park

An elephant at the Mole National Park in the West Gonja District of the Northern Region on Saturday detained an entourage, led by the...

‘Sexual Harassment rife in media houses’ – Ursula

Communications minister Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has claimed that sexual harassment is rife in media houses across the country. She said the media does not talk about...

Islamic SHS students in trouble over ‘one corner’ dance

Thirteen (13) students of the Islamic Senior High School (ISSEC) in Kumasi, are facing the school’s Disciplinary Committee for misconduct. The students, comprising nine females...

NCA to close down some TV stations – Ursula Owusu

The Communications Minister has served notice that a number of television stations will soon be closed down as the National Communications Authority (NCA) seeks...

We’re not employing SHS graduates – Ghana Armed Forces

The Ghana Armed Forces has described as false, an advert circulating on social media purporting that the GAF Recruitment Agency is inviting Senior High...

4-year-old girl dies from dog bite

A four-year-old girl who was on admission at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital after suffering a dog bite has died. The little girl from Adanse...

PHOTO: Nigerian galamseyer drowns

An illegal miner believed to be a Nigerian has been drowned in a galamsey pit in Ntortroso in the Brong Ahafo Region. Several others have...

2019 US Visa Lottery opens today

Meanwhile, entrants of the 2017 and 2018 DV Lottery can check their entry status on the same portal. The US Department of State advises that...

Audio: Angry drivers protest over bad roads

Some drivers at Nsawam Adoagyir in the Eastern region are up in arms with authorities in the area over the deplorable nature of their...

Spiritualist predicts more hurricanes in America

A renowned spiritual scientist, traditionalist and herbalist from Keta in the Volta Region, 'Professor' Torgbui Amuzu has predicted more hurricanes in the United States...

Land litigation stifles development of tourism in Hohoe

The Hohoe Municipal Assembly is gearing up to revive a vigorous tourism industry in the area. The Assembly which is home to many tourist attractions;...

NSS envisage 15000 bags of maize from farms

The Ag. Executive Director of National Service Scheme Hon. Mustapha Ussif, visited the Dawhwenya farms on Tuesday 26th September. The visit was to support and...

One dead, several others trapped in galamsey pit at Ntotroso

One person has been confirmed dead, with several others believed to have been trapped after a mining pit in which they mining for the...

Photos: Deadly potholes on Accra-Tema motorway

Lack of repair works on one of the major roads in the nation’s capital, the Accra-Tema motorway, has left the road infrastructure with dangerous...

Hot Audio: 3 JHS students drown in river Ayensu

Three female Junior High School students of Agona Kwanyarko Anglican JHS in the Central Region have reportedly drowned in River Ayensu. The students have been...

Make media ‘vibrant, critical’ – President to GJA

President Nana Akufo-Addo has congratulated the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on its election held last week. “I extend warm congratulations to the entire membership of...

23 students of KNUST suspended for hooting at female colleagues

Twenty-three students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been suspended by authorities of the University for hooting at a...

Even if I sell my children, I can’t pay NCA fine – Oxy FM owner

Owner of Accra-based OXY FM says he will not be able to pay the hefty penalty the National Communications Authority (NCA) slapped on his...

Akufo-Addo congratulates GJA for successful election

President Nana Akufo-Addo has congratulated the members of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) for the conduct of successful elections last Friday. "I congratulate Affail Monney on his decisive...

Police launches ‘Operation hit hard’ against armed robbers

The Ghana Police Service has launched 'Operation hit hard' in Kasoa to clampdown on the increasing armed robbery cases in the Central regional town. This...

Sand winning ‘swallows’ residents of Kokrobite

Residents of Netlink Estates, near Jesus Living Testimony for Jesus Bible Ministry Church at Kokrobite, a suburb of Kasoa, have expressed frustration at the...

Farmers suspected to be armed robbers escape lynching at Kokornu

Police in Akropong in the Eastern region are investigating a potential hate crime in which three farmers were nearly lynched by residents of Kokormu,...

Gov’t to extend ban on small scale mining – Amewu

Lands and Natural sources Minister, John Peter Amewu has disclosed that the ban on small scale mining will be extended. He said initial assessment of...

Photos: 10 killed, 30 injured in fatal accident at Nkawkaw

Ten people have been reportedly killed and 30 in critical condition in a gory accident at on the Nkawkaw bypass Sunday. According to reports, Yutong...

Ghana’s economy thrives on SMEs dominated by women – Gender Minister

Ms Otiko Afisah Djaba, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection  (MoGCSP), has said Ghana’s economy thrives on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) dominated...

Nurses at Asesewa Hospital accused of revealing information of HIV/AIDS patients

Some nurses at the Asesewa government hospital have been accused of breaching confidentiality and patients' charter developed by Ghana Health Service, by divulging health...

It’s nonsense to say NCA is attacking free press – Casely Hayford

Financial Analyst, Sidney Casely Hayford, believes the National Communications Authority’s (NCA) clamp down on 131 radio stations for various offenses including operating with expired...

Interdict ‘unprofessional’ deputy CID boss – Tetteh Chaie pushes

The Deputy Director of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), ACP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah has been “unprofessional” in discharging her duties and must be...

Births & deaths registry blacklists use of ‘Maame’, Junior’ in names

The Births and Deaths Registry of Ghana encouraged people to use indigenous names, but is still adamant on the use of those which it...

Career of Deputy CID boss at crossroads- Malik Baako

The career of the Deputy boss of the Criminal Investigative Department is at a crossroads, Editor in Chief of the Crusading Guide newspaper Malik...

Affail Monney retained as GJA President

Incumbent President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Roland Affail Monney has won a second term. He polled 310 votes out of the total 505...

Togbui Afede wants Ghana to expand trade with foreign countries

President of the National House of Chiefs, Togbe Afede has admonished government to build strong trade cooperation with foreign countries to attain its objective of...

PHOTOS: Mawuli Senior High School takes delivery of Interactive White Board

Members of the Old Mawuli Students Union (OMSU) have donated an interactive white board to their Alma mater, Mawuli senior High School in Ho. The...

PHOTO: John Mahama’s name pops up at GJA elections

Ghana's former President, John Dramani Mahama's name has popped up as a member in good standing in the register of the Ghana Journalist Association...

PHOTOS: Woman killed and dumped in ‘Ghana must go’ bag

Residents of Atrama and Ampabame in the Afigya-Kwabre District of the Ashanti Region have been left in fear after a woman was found dead...

Allegation of manipulation of voters list rocks GJA elections

The election of the Ghana Journalists Association has been rocked by confusion and allegation of manipulation of the final voters list. One of the candidates...

PHOTOS: Angry JHS students repeated for poor performance set classrooms ablaze

About 130 students and teachers of Tabiri Gyansa Junior High School at Mpasaaso Number One in the Ashanti Region have been left without shelter...

ASEMPA 94.7 FM not sanctioned

Following the publication by NCA of the actions it has taken against a number of radio stations around the country, it appears some members...

GJA Votes Today

Ghanaian Journalists will today, September 29 vote to elect new executives to preside over their affairs. Already, some candidates contesting the Presidency and other positions...