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Two arrested for illegal deforestation

Two people have been arrested by the Ga south Municipal taskforce for cutting down trees without authorization at Weija Dam near Kalabule in Accra. The...

OFFICIAL: James Town Mantse is dead: Ngleshie Alata Tradition Council announces

A delegation of Chiefs and Queen mothers of Ngleshi Alata Traditional Council on thursday paid a courtesy call on the President of the Greater...

GYEEDA Ruling update: Abuga Pele jailed 6 years

A High Court has convicted a former top government official, Abuga Pele and a private service provider, Philip Assibit, after they were found guilty...

Zoomlion lauds YEA review of sanitation module; responds to ‘misconceptions’

Waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana, says it welcomes the Youth Employment Agency’s review of the Youth in Sanitation Module. The YEA said on Wednesday at...

Queen Elizabeth II honours Ghanaian Librarian

Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, has recognised Ghanaian Librarian, Hayford Siaw, as the 15th Commonwealth Point of Light in honour of his exceptional...

HOT AUDIO: Susu collectors to protest over forceful takeover of public toilet

The Greater Accra Regional Corporative Susu Collectors Association has threatened to embark on demonstration against government and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) over the...

PHOTOS (Drugs Alert): Tanzanian food vendor jailed for trafficking $70K drugs at KIA

A Tanzanian woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for carrying drugs into Ghana. According to officers of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB),...

HOT AUDIO: Franky Kuri’s family threatens legal action over malicious reports

Family of Franky Kuri, friend of Ebony Reigns, who also died in the gory accident that claimed the artiste's life, is threatening to take...

'Attack' our prophecies and the nation will be doomed – Prophet Nigel suggests

One of the prophets known to have predicted the death of Dancehall artiste, Ebony Reigns has kicked against what he says are attempts to...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: Place premium on local languages – Ghanaians told

Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Catherine Ablema Afeku has reiterated the need for Ghanaians to value local languages and speak them with their...

HOT AUDIO: 'Law students contemplating suicide' due to mass Bar exams failure

President of the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Ghana School of Law says some students that have been frustrated by the mass Bar...

PHOTOS: Bawumia serves Armed Forces lunch at Burma Camp

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Wednesday afternoon put away his well-earned reputation as a scholar to don the garb of a chef when he...

Hot video: Charlotte Osei under pressure over ROPAL

Ghanaians living abroad have resolved to put pressure on the Electoral Commission (EC) for the implementation of the Representation of the People’s Amendment Law...

Small-scale miners demand immediate lift of ban

The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners is calling on government to immediately lift the ban on their activities to save its members...

Fabewoso: Video: Energy Ministry buys one steel electric pole for GH₵42m

It has emerged that the Ministry of Energy bought one steel tubular pole for over GH₵42 million cedis from Wendy Rose Company Limited. The company,...

Akyem Juaso residents threaten clash with small scale miners

Youth of Akyem Juaso in the Eastern Region have threatened clash with some small scale miners who they accuse of mining on their land. The...

Hot audio: Law students' addiction to social media to blame for mass failure

 The former Director of the Ghana Law School, Kwaku Ansah Asare, is attributing the mass failure recorded in the final bar exams at the...

Mass Bar exams failure: Law students declare ‘Red Day’

Aggrieved students of the Ghana Law School have declared Wednesday a "Red Day" on campus to show their disapproval of the results of the...

PHOTOS: Man arrested for taking nude pictures of SHS students bathing

Female students of the AME Zion Senior High School at Akyem Old Tafo in the East Akyem Municipality of the Eastern Region are living...

2017 Bar Exams record 81% failure

A total of 206 law students are to repeat the entire course after failing the final Bar exams at the Ghana School of Law. Another...

PHOTOS: Thunder kills man at Kasoa Amanfrom

A man believed to be in his late 30s has been struck dead by thunder at Ngleshie Amanfrom in the Ga South Municipality of...

AUDIO: 8,000 jobless nurses petition Parliament

Some 8,000 public nurses and midwives, who completed training in November 2016, but are yet to be employed by government, have stormed Parliament, pleading...

HOT VIDEO+PHOTOS: Drivers Union names corrupt Police Officer, asks Prez to sack him

The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of True Drivers Union, Yaw Berma has called on President Akufo Addo to sack Corporal Kamidu Yakubu at the...

Privatization of state assets characterized by fraud – ISODEC boss

Campaign Coordinator of the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), Dr. Steve Manteaw is averse to the privatization of any state assets. In his view, “privatization...

Fabewoso: More ECG exposé in Auditor General’s report

The 2016 Auditor General’s report has a lot of dossier on alleged financial malfeasance at the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). Watch Fabewoso video here Read...

Family of murdered Achimota student demands an appeal

The family of an Achimotan student who was shot dead by her colleague is urging the state to appeal a High Court decision which...

Hot video: Drunkards Association to represent Ghana at German beer-drinking festival

The Drunkards Association of Ghana will be in Germany in October 2018 to represent Ghana in this year’s Beer Festival also called Oktoberfest. The invitation,...

HOT AUDIO: Man fined for having sex with wife in the bush

A 32-year old man at Assin Endwa in the Central Region has been fined by traditional authorities for having sex with his wife in...

PHOTOS: Teacher virtualises computer on Black Board to teach ICT

Some photos are trending on facebook of a teacher who is trying hard to make the learning of ICT easy for his pupils through...

Journalists holding on to state cars to be shamed, prosecuted

The Director in charge of Transport and Logistics at the Flagstaff House has said journalists keeping and using state cars would soon be named,...

Man electrocuted while stealing power

An apprentice electrician resident at Obogu in the Asante-Akyem South District of the Ashanti region was electrocuted on Saturday while trying to tap power...

VIDEO: Ursula Owusu calls for enforcement of road traffic regulations

Communications Minister and Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma West, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has called for enforcement of road traffic regulations to reduce the regularity...

Fake Nigerian military officer arrested in Takoradi

Police in Takoradi in the Western Region have arrested a 29-year-old Nigerian man who has been identified as Denis Liwo Fraiwi for posing as...

HOT AUDIO: I saw Ebony's ghost – Woman claims

A lady believed to be called Adwoa Nyamekye has claimed that she saw the ghost of late dancehall act, Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng popularly known as...

Ankaful Hospital Director asked to temporarily step aside

The Ministry of Health has asked the embattled Director of the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital, Dr. Eugene Dordoye to relinquish his position temporarily. The decision was...

Food And Drugs Authority cautions public against imposters

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has called on the public, especially persons who deal with FDA regulated products, to beware of some persons...

Marietta Brew lauds introduction of 'electronic case filing system' by CJ

Former Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Mrs Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong has lauded efforts by the Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo to introduce an electronic...

Hot audio: Ebony’s mum schools doomsday prophets

Mother of late dancehall musician, Ebony Reigns has appealed to prophets in the country to intercede when God reveals to them. Elizabeth Oppong Martins bemoaned...

Ebony’s Mum visits site where daughter was killed

Madam Beatrice Oppong Martin, mother of sensational dancehall artiste, Ebony Reigns who died exactly a week ago has visited the scene of the accident...

We were not notified of court proceedings -Jospong Group reacts to arrest warrant reports

The Jospong Group of Companies has reacted to news of a bench warrant issued for the arrest of its CEO, stating that firm steps...