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Supreme Court bars exams, interviews for Ghana Law School admissions

The Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional the requirement by the General Legal Council asking applicants to the Ghana Law School to undertake an examination...

More sexual violence cases recorded in refugee camps

A total of 41 cases of sexual and gender based violence were reported in all four refugee camps scattered in Ghana in 2016, a...

Repatriate Gitmo 2 if you have ‘balls’

The Akufo-Addo led government has been dared to repatriate two ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees back to the United States. The call comes after the Supreme Court...

I’m proud to be your daughter – Zanetor Rawlings

The Member of Parliament of the Korle Klottey constituency, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings has expressed her admiration for her father, former President Jerry John Rawlings...

Audio: Auctioneer accused of ‘stealing’ state vehicles threaten legal action

William Baah, the man who identified himself as an auctioneer, have threatened to take legal action against government’s Asset Retrieval Taskforce for claiming he...

Gitmo 2 stay in Ghana illegal – Supreme Court

Supreme Court has described as unconstitutional decision by then President John Mahama to accept two ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees into the country. The Supreme Court has...

Prosecution ready to try 32 alleged killers of Major Mahama

The prosecution in the case of the lynched Major Maxwell Adam Mahama says it is ready to prosecute 32 out of the 58 accused...

PHOTOS: Police clash with port expansion workers; rubber bullets stray

Workers in the ongoing expansion of the Tema port have clashed with police over catalogue of issues relating to their welfare. One of the workers...

Jerry John Rawlings turns 70 today

A former President of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings turns 70-year-old today, Thursday June 22, 2017. Popularly known as JJ, the former military dictator was born...

Two minors Obinim flogged over abortion attempt present baby for blessing

The two church members who were flogged by Bishop Daniel Obinim for engaging in a sexual relationship which resulted in a pregnancy have presented...

Water shortages kill 12 million people annually – Prof Frimpong Boateng

Findings by the United Nation’s (UN’s) Convention to Combat Desertification indicates that twelve million people die annually due to water shortages or contaminated drinking...

Marijuana causes infertility in men – Chief Psychiatrist warns

Chief Executive Officer of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital and Chief Psychiatrist, Dr. Akwasi Osei has warned of the usage of marijuana – saying it...

Akufo-Addo urges Burkina Faso to check Bagre Dam spillage

President Nana Akufo-Addo is asking the Burkinabe government to take measures to minimize the impact of the Bagre Dam spillage. According to Nana Akufo-Addo, he...

Six traders crashed to death

Six traders died on the spot at Wansama , a village in between Mumuni Camp and Samreboi in the Amenfi West district when a...

Award for young writers slated for July

The Ghana Book Trust (GBT) will hold the 2017 edition of the Canadian Organisation for Development through Education (CODE) Burt Award for African Young...

Spiritualist remanded for fraud

A spiritualist who extorted money to the tune of Ghȼ33, 000.00 from a man under the pretext of securing him an ancient schnapps bottle...

Hot Audio: Man suffering from insomnia commits suicide

A middle aged man allegedly committed suicide after suffering insomnia (sleeplessness) for years. The deceased, identified as Yaw Bo was undergoing treatment for insomnia when...

PHOTO: Failed ‘spiritual exercise’ leaves palm of 16-year-old boy burnt

A failed ‘spiritual exercise’ by a fetish priest to identify a laptop thief has left the palm of a 16-year-old boy burnt at Akyem...

Taskforce retrieves ‘state’ vehicles at Nsawam

Just when the dust on the state vehicle controversy appears to be settling, the Assets Retrieval Task Force has seized a number of vehicles...

AFAG opposes mandatory road tow monopoly

All over the world, vehicle towing services is a major component of road maintenance and a source of income and employment for the government...

PHOTOS: 4 yr-old girl burnt to death

A four-year old girl was burnt to death at Nyankomasi Ahenkro in the Assin South District of the Central region. An eye witness who disclosed...

PHOTOS: NACOB donates expensive Nayele assets to rehab centres

The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has donated several expensive items (including furniture, some with a price tag of GHS3,200 confiscated from Night Angels, a...

Bawumia sets record

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia last Saturday won the hearts of Muslims in Accra when he assured them of shouldering the cost of the annual Eid...

Mother and son electrocuted at Tarkwa

A 36-Year-old woman and her son have been electrocuted in their home at Tarkwa Na Aboso in the Tarkwa Nsueam Constituency. The deceased are Aba...

Monday, June 26 declared public holiday

Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, has announced that Monday, June 26, 2017, should be observed as a statutory public holiday. The day marks the Eid Ul-Fitr,...

Court orders man to apologise over bonking claims

A 32-year-old man in the Eastern region has found himself on the wrong side of the law after he went around bragging that he...

Mother and son electrocuted at Tarkwa Na Aboso

A 36-Year-old woman and her son have been electrocuted in their home at Tarkwa Na Aboso in the Tarkwa Nsueam Constituency. The deceased are Aba...

Kufour: ‘Qualified, talented graduates’ can threaten peace unless…

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has warned of an imminent security crisis unless political leaders in Africa and elsewhere in the world take the...

Hot video: Meet the 80-year old man with 100 children

A farmer at a small community in Eastern Ghana is likely to make it to the Guinness World Book of Records as arguably, the...

Audio: Nine fishermen rescued at sea, one missing

A group of fishermen nearly lost their lives in an attempt to save a boat from being carried away by a storm. One victim, Kwame...

Hot Audio: ‘Mad man’ on rampage, attacks residents

A man believed to be mentally deranged went berserk Tuesday morning and attacked residents and properties in Trede in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of...

B/A: Unsafe abortions surge

Unsafe abortion among teenagers has reached an alarming state at Brohani, a farming community in the Banda District of the Brong-Ahafo Region. Madam Mamunatu Ibrahim,...

PHOTO: Goat thief nabbed

A 65-year-old notorious goat thief, Mensah Alormasor, was yesterday arrested and humiliated in Mepe, a farming community in the North Tongu District of the...

Porn movies grooming rapists in Ghana – Maurice Ampaw

Controversial lawyer, Maurice Ampaw has argued that watching pornography among other factors could increase the number of rape cases recorded by police in the...

CLOSSAG to strike in July

The Ashanti regional council of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association (CLOGSAG) has declared its intention to strike over government’s failure to pay...

Faulty traffic light kills two in Koforidua

Two persons, a driver identified as Isaac Amoah and three-year-old child have died in a gory accident in Koforidua after a private car rammed...

Kumasi Mayor fires 3 contractors

Three contractors, who are working on separate Urban Development Grant (UDG)-funded projects in Kumasi, capital of the Ashanti Region, are in hot waters. The Kumasi...

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Malaysia seizes $1.2 million worth of Pangolin Scales from Ghana

The Customs and Excise Department of Malaysia on Thursday intercepted a shipment of pangolin scales from Ghana worth 5 million ringgit ($1.2 million) at...

Auditor General claps for Adom FM, Captain Smart for supporting fight against corruption

The Auditor General has commended Ghana’s No One radio station and the host of its Morning Show, Captain Smart for championing the fight against...