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VIDEO: Why Ghana’s road accidents will not stop

AT A GLANCE Road accidents in the country refuse to abate in spite of an action plan put in place to avert the accidents ...

Why Madina – Adenta footbridges remain incomplete and endanger residents (VIDEO)

The dual carriage highway linking Madina and Adentan in the north-eastern part of Accra to the capital and the western parts of the country...

Photos: Soldiers brutalise four minors over missing laptop

Three soldiers in the Brong Ahafo region have allegedly brutalised four minors accusing them of stealing a laptop. The boys aged between 13 to 16...

VIDEO: Anas takes off his beaded mask to reveal his face.

Multiple award-winning investigative journalists, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has shocked the whole country with a surprise move at a recent interview as he decided to...

Bawumia signs Amissah-Arthur’s book of condolence

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Wednesday signed a book of condolence opened by the State for the late Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur at...

GJA opens nominations for 2018 awards

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has opened nominations for the 2018 media awards. In a communique, GJA called on its members who wish to partake in...

AUDIO: Ghana needs 500 ambulances – Ambulance service PRO

The Ghana Ambulance Service needs over 500 ambulances to be effective, Public Relations Officer of the service,  Ahmed Zakaria has said. Speaking on Asempa FM’s...

PHOTOS: Soldiers allegedly brutalise four minors over missing laptop

Three soldiers in the Bono Ahafo region have allegedly brutalised four minors they accuse of stealing a laptop. The boys, aged between 13 to 16...

Nsawam residents up in arms against Konadu Rawlings over their lands

Some residents of Nsawam in the Eastern Region have been demonstrating against former first lady Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings and managers of KOANS Estate Ltd. The...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: REVEALED: 15.8million Euros wasted on defected ambulances

  It has been established that 200 ambulances procured at a cost of 15.8million have been left to rot. National Ambulance Ambassador and host of Adom...

PHOTOS+VIDEO: Odupong Ofaakor, a distressed community lacking every basic amenity

Residents of Odupong Ofaakor, a farming community in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region are compelled to live without social amenities such...

VIDEO: The reason I denounced my HIV status – Former AIDS Ambassador

Former AIDS Ambassador, Joyce Mensah has said denouncing her HIV status was to save her son from the public stigmatization. Joyce Dzidzor Mensah, many Ghanaians...

Akufo-Addo orders flags to fly half-mast for Amissah-Arthur

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has ordered that all flags should fly at half-mast in the next five days in memory of late Vice...

Mentally deranged persons ‘take over’ Kumasi

Mentally ill persons have taken over the streets of Kumasi metropolis in the Ashanti region, raising concerns about the safety of pedestrians and road...

We’ll resist attempt to bury Amissah-Arthur outside Moree – Family warns

The Maternal family of the late Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has hinted that the family will resist any move for the remains of...

Akufo-Addo appoints 4 Supreme Court Justices

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed four Justices to the Supreme Court following the retirement of some long-serving justices. Pursuant to his powers...

Amissah-Arthur family, State Protocol begin funeral discussions

The family of the late former Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, is scheduled to meet State Protocol officials to settle on his funeral arrangement. A...

20 Nungua SHS students collapse, rushed to hospital

About twenty (20) students of the Nungua Senior High School in Accra are receiving treatment at the LEKMA Hospital after they reportedly collapsed at...

VIDEO: Two pastors fight for preaching space in trotro

In a video circulating on social media, two Ghanaian pastors are seen fighting for space to preach in a commercial bus. It not clear what...

AUDIO: Okyehene reacts to Stan Dogbe’s attack on him

The Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council has reacted to attacks by Stan Xoese Dogbe, a former Presidential staffer under the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama administration...

Stan Dogbe ‘fires’ Okyehene over Amissah-Arthur’s death

A former Presidential staffer has fired a salvo at Okyehene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II for seeking cheap popularity with the sudden demise of...

Man crashes into cargo car; dies on the spot

A middle-aged man died on the spot when he crashed into a cargo car at Abeka junction in Accra. READ: “I was with Amissah Arthur...

Rev Owusu Bempah threatens to burn Kwaku Bonsam’s shrine

Founder and leader of Glorious Word Ministry, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah has threatened to burn Kwaku Bonsam together with his charms the next time...

JB’s widow curses his killers on birthday

Late Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, Joseph Boakye Danquah Adu would have celebrated his 53rd birthday today, July 2, 2018 if he had...

“I was with Amissah Arthur before his death” – Okyehene (AUDIO)

Okyehene and President of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin has sent a message of condolence to the family of...

17% of pregnancies in Ghana are unwanted – Population Council

The Executive Director of the National Population Council, Dr Leticia Adelaide Appiah says about 17 per cent of all pregnancies in Ghana are unwanted. According...

‘Dead’ woman found alive in morgue fridge

A South African woman is recovering in hospital after being discovered alive in a mortuary fridge. The woman was taken to Carletonville morgue, in Gauteng...

VIDEO: Amissah-Arthur’s last moments exposed lessons on humility – Okyenhene

The Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin II has narrated how he witnessed the last moments of former Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur before...

VIDEO: Kwaku Bonsam reacts to Owusu Bempah’s prophecy over Amissah Arthur’s death

Two years ago before the 2016 elections, the founder and leader of Glorious Word Ministry, Reverend Owusu Bempah prophesied that the then President, John...

Retired State Attorney demands apology from Ken Agyapong over Anas’ video

Retired State Attorney, Ellen Kwakukume is demanding a public retraction and an apology from the Member of Parliament for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong and...

52-year-old woman drowns at Begoro

52-year-old woman who is yet to be identified has drowned in a river at Begoro in the Eastern region. The incident occurred on Sunday, July...

Children having sex at 16 are law abiding – UCC Lecturer

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Population and Health of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Dr Kobina Esia-Donkor has called for a review...

Boy, 8, drowns at Jachie

An eight (8) year old boy has drowned in River Twede at Jachie Pramso in the Ashanti Region. The unfortunate incident occurred on Saturday evening. A...

Don’t ride on Amissah-Arthur’s death for fame – Ghanaians warn prophets

Some Ghanaians have cautioned prophets in the country not to take advantage of the sudden death of former vice president Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur to...

Church thief to spend five years in jail

A man who broke into a church and made away with a television set, amplifier and compressor, is to serve time in jail for...

The difficult task of breaking a sad news to octogenarian mother of Amissah-Arthur

Cape Coast, Ola residents and the entire Central Region are in a state of shock and grief as news of the sudden passing of...

Family contracts pastor to break news of Amissah-Arthur’s death to his 92-year-old mum

The mother of the late Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur is yet to be informed about the death of her son. According to reports, Amissah-Arthur's...

Nyantakyi sues Anas for defamation

The former President of the Ghana Football Association Kwesi Nyantakyi has sued renowned investigative Journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas and Tiger Eye Investigative body for...

PHOTOS: 4 dead, one missing in Kumasi floods

Four people including a two-year-old boy have been confirmed dead after heavy downpour Kumasi. Three children and one adult belonging to one family were swept...

PHOTOS: NDC consoles Amissah-Arthur’s family

The leadership of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) paid a visit to the house of former Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur to commiserate...