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Kojo Oppong Nkrumah replies Duncan Williams’s “crisis” statement

Information Minister-designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, says Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams’s declaration of a 72-hour fasting and prayer for Ghana won’t affect the incumbent government. Speaking on...

We were promised 1 District 1 Dam, not 1 House 1 Dam – Circle residents cry after Monday’s downpour [Video]

Some residents of Adabraka in Accra have taken a swipe at the government for failing to take steps to prevent flooding in the area...

Hweehwee RC teachers, students engage in open defecation

Both teachers and students of Wheewhee Roman Catholic Junior High School (JHS) in the Kwahu East District of the Eastern Region engage in open...

Agogo State College shut down ; 22 students arrested over protest

Some 22 students of the Agogo State College in the Asante Akim North District of the Ashanti region, have been arrested by police. The number,...

Video: Fabewoso demo gets results; EOCO retrieves $200m

The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) is said to have retrieved about 200 million dollars from individuals and institutions said to have misappropriated...

Plane crash: Titus Glover recounts near-death experience [Audio]

The Member of Parliament for Tema East and Deputy Transport Minister, Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover has recounted his near-death experience when an Antrak airline he...

Samira Bawumia honoured as ‘2018 African Woman of Excellence’

The Second Lady of the Republic of Ghana and Global Ambassador for the Global Alliance for Clean cookstoves, Hajia Mrs Samira Bawumia, has been...

Groom crushed to death en route to wedding reception [Photo]

Tears flowed at a wedding reception after the groom was crushed to death and the bride is battling for his life at the hospital following...

Police gun down two suspected robbers at Denkyira

The Upper Denkyira Divisional Police Command in the Central Region on Thursday gunned down two highway robbers in separate operations. The robbers engaged the armed...

Six pupils, two teachers killed in accident at Tarkwa buried

The six pupils and two teachers of Learners Bridge Academy at Dompim in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region, who died in...

Audio: Ghana is in crisis – Duncan Williams declares 72- hour fasting and prayers

Presiding Archbishop and General Overseer of the Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has declared a 72-hours fasting and prayers for Ghana. Beginning Monday, October...

Ursula Owusu Ekuful now Nkosuohemaa of Akyem Asuom

The traditional leaders and people of Akyem Asuom in the Eastern Region have installed Minister of Communication Ursula Owusu-Ekuful as Nkosuohemaa – development queen. She...

Audio: Man beats wife to pulp for allegedly cheating on him

READ ALSO: Notorious armed robber gunned down at Kasoa A 30-year-old woman, Adwoa Dzigbodzi, is fighting for her life at Adansi Obonsu Health Centre...

Akufo-Addo’s Presidential jet saved from near disaster

Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the delegation that travelled with him to the United States have escaped what could have been a...

Labourer jailed for stealing palm fruits

A farm labourer, Mahama Zackaria, who stole 72 bunches of palm fruits, has been sentenced to a fine of GH¢ 960.00 by a Kade...

PHOTOS: EU donates 50 recycling bins to Ga East schools

The European Union (EU) has donated 50 recycling bins to ten schools in the Ga East Municipality of the Greater Accra Region to help...

Muslim youth attack Darkuman Mosque

A mosque at Darkuman, a suburb of Accra has been attacked by youth believed to be Muslims. According to an eyewitness, the youth stormed the...

Court grants injunction; NCA can’t close down Joy, Asempa FMs

An Accra High Court has injuncted the National Communications Authority (NCA) against shutting down Joy FM and sister station, Asempa FM. The court granted an...

Nyantakyi sues Anas, 2 others over Number 12

Suspended Ghana Football Association president Kwesi Nyantakyi has sued ace investigator Anas Aremeyaw Anas for ridiculing him in the infamous Number 12 investigative sting. With...

Martin Amidu’s lamentations not surprising – Franklin Cudjoe

Founder and President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe says he is not surprised about the seeming frustration expressed by the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu...

Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall begin historic tour of Ghana, 2 other countries

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are set to visit Ghana and two other West African countries in October, the Royal...

TD Mobile, Zoomlion hold cleanup exercise

TD Mobile, a subsidiary of Technology Distributions (TD) a Nigerian IT Distributor as part of its social responsibility has held a cleanup exercise at...

Audio: Chinese Ambassador angry over fake documents by Ghanaian visa applicants

Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Shi Ting Wang, has expressed serious dismay at the attitude of some Ghanaians who apply for entry visas to the...

Accra Technical University, AMA sign MOU to improve city

The Accra Technical University (ATU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to undertake joint researches and projects to...

Video: Chinese man forced to collect his faeces after he was caught openly defecating

A middle-aged Chinese man has been captured on camera openly defecating in the garden of some Ghanaians with whom his property shares a boundary. It...

Menzgold playing hide and seek with us, still holding vital information to their chest – SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has indicated that it is yet to hear from gold trading company Menzgold Ghana Limited after it ordered...

Tourism fetched $2.2m for Ghana in 2015 – Lecturer

A Senior Lecturer at the University of Energy and Natural Resources has said the tourism sector is Ghana’s fourth largest foreign exchange earner, fetching...

Seven persons killed in accident involving Collins Dauda’s car buried

Some seven persons who perished when their car run into a land cruiser allegedly owned by NDC Member of Parliament for Asutifi South, Collins...

U/W NADMO Regional Stock Director suspended over expired relief items

The Upper West Regional Stock Director, Ali Sulemana, has been suspended following the distribution of some expired relief items to flood victims in the...

If NPP doesn’t win 2020 elections which party will? – John Boadu asks

General Secretary for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu says he is one hundred per cent confident his party will win the 2020...

Audio: Expired NADMO food items: Heads will roll if necessary – NADMO

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), says it will take action against persons whose negligence led to the distribution of expired food items to...

Tarkwa chiefs, residents block minister’s convoy over bad roads [Audio]

The chiefs and people of Tarkwa in the Western Region Wednesday morning staged a demonstration to protest over bad roads in the town. The residents...

Fabewoso: Asuogyaman DCE sets record straight [Video]

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Asuogyaman in the Eastern Region, Samuel Kwame Agyekum has denied any wrongdoing in the allegations that he had...

Obuasi District Assembly blows cash GH₵131,959 on fence wall [Video]

The Obuasi District Assembly has been cited for financial malpractices after it emerged it used GH₵131,959 to construct a fence wall at the residence...

Church building turns classroom for pupils of Gbawe Methodist Primary

A dilapidated building of the Methodist Church has come to the rescue of pupils of Gbawe Methodist '1' Basic school where two classes -...

Assin North assembly launches campaign against illegal drugs, alcoholism in Assin Fosu

As part of efforts to reduce the increasing rate of drug abuse and alcoholism in Assin Fosu Municipality, the Assin North Municipal Assembly in...

Hunger looms for me and my people – Chief warns

Paramount Chief of the Kologo Traditional area, Clifford Asobayire, is sounding the alarm of an imminent hunger that may hit his community and its environs. According...

Major shakeup hits Police Service again!

A number of Senior Police Officers have been reshuffled in command positions at the Police Headquarters Tuesday. A statement by the Director-General in charge of...

NADMO refuses to declare state of emergency despite push by UNICEF, RED Cross, others

Despite appeals from some international humanitarian organisations and donor partners for the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) to declare a state of emergency in the northern...