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PHOTOS: Kumasi Traditional Council orders demolition of litigated buildings at Kejetia Market project site

The Kumasi Traditional Council has ordered city authorities to demolish a storey building and other structures which impede work on the Kejetia Redevelopment Project. Members are...

Govt erred in announcing tariff reduction – ISODEC

The Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) says government breached sections of the law by announcing electricity tariff reduction. According to its policy analyst, Dr. Steve...

Lift ban on local names – Parliament to Birth and Deaths registry

Local Government Minister, Hajia Alima Mahama, has directed the Registrar of Births and Deaths to reverse the directive banning the registration of some Ghanaian...

PHOTOS: Only 10% of 'galamsey' suspects convicted – Operation Vanguard laments slow prosecution

The anti-galamsey task force is unhappy about it believes to be the courts' leniency in dealing with illegal miners brought before them for prosecution. The Operation...

Agyinasare fêtes the poor

To mark his 35th anniversary in the miracle ministry as well as his Christ Is The Answer Campaign (CITAC), the founder of Perez Chapel...

PHOTO: Tipper truck driver escapes death in accident

At least four vehicles have been involved in an accident at Achimota on the Accra-Amasaman Highway Monday morning. The accident occurred around 7:10am after the...

Man hacks wife over wedding row

A man identified as Kwaku Akese, 46, has hacked his wife, Ama Nyarkoa, with a machete after a misunderstanding ensued between them. The incident occurred...

The town where chickens determine if a woman is a witch

In Kpatinga in the Northern region, a woman will be confirmed as a witch depending on how a slaughtered chicken dies. A witch doctor watches...

ECG explains unannounced power outages

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has explained the power outage which affected some parts of the country on Monday morning. Public Relations Officer of...

Audio: Peasant Farmers demand compensation from Fulani herdsmen

The membership of Peasant Farmers Association of Kwahu East in the Eastern Region is demanding a compensation of GHC107,490,000 from National Association of Cattle...

PHOTOS: James Town Mantse has died

The chief of James Town and the Paramount Chief of Ngleshie Alata Traditional Council in the Greater Accra region, Oblempong Nii Kojo Ababio V...

Your GH¢30 can’t buy my vagina – Student tells teacher

Cases of sexual harassment of female students by their male teachers in senior high schools appear to be on the ascendancy, a development that...

We don’t rape your women – Fulani

President of the Cattle Farmers Association and leader of Fulani communities in Ghana, Ahmed Mohammed, has denied reports that the Fulani herdsmen are raping...

Photos: Man bathed with hot water over ECG bill

A 35-year old man has been bathed with hot water at Fetteh Kakraba in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The victim, Mr....

PHOTOS: Akufo-Addo honours Kwesi Twum, 7 others for promoting gender equality

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ghana's biggest media brand, The Multimedia Group, Kwasi Twum, has been recognised by President Akufo-Addo for promoting gender equality...

Hot video: Bishop Agyin Asare prays for Bawumia

Founder and leader of Perez Chapel, Bishop Charles Agyin Asare has prayed for speedy recovery for vice president Bawumia. The respected preacher committed the Vice...

Family of slain Kwabenya Policeman wants state burial

The Family of the police officer who was shot dead in last Sunday’s attack on the Kwabenya Police station wants the state to honour...

Eastern Region GJA awards launched

The Eastern Regional Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) awards has been launched at Koforidua over the weekend. This is to reward and motivate journalists who produce...

Photos: One week memorial held for slain Kwabenya police officer

One week memorial service and commemoration is currently underway for the slain police officer, Inspector, Emmanuel Ashilevi. It was a day of sorrow when mourners...

Curfew hours on Alavanyo and Nkonya renewed

The Ministry of the Interior has renewed the curfew hours imposed on Alavanyo and Nkonya townships from 1800 hours to 0600 hours, effective Sunday,...

One week memorial held for slain Kwabenya Police officer

One week memorial service and commemoration is currently underway for the slain police officer, Inspector, Emmanuel Ashilevi. It was a day of sorrow when mourners...

Chief to release more teacher-student sex tapes

Nana Kofi Opoku, the Nkosuohene of Ejisu traditional council, is threatening to expose more teachers who are having sexual affairs with their students. According to...

Court remands two for fraud

An Accra Circuit Court on Thursday remanded two persons into police custody for conspiring to commit a crime, defrauding by false pretence, money laundering...

VIDEO: Bishop Charles Agyinasare prays for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia

Founder and leader of the Perez Chapel, Bishop Charles Agyinasare has prayed for speedy recovery for vice president Bawumia. Read also: Photos/Video: Bawumia and wife...

Four die in accident at Biahu

our persons were killed and two others sustained injuries when an ambulance belonging to the Ghana Ambulance Service was involved in an accident at...

We are suffering – KATH mortuary assistants cry

Mortuary Assistants at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have decried what they describe as poor conditions of service. According to them, the meagre nature...

Tell Birth and Death Registry that 'people are paid to think' – Kweku Baako

The Registrar of the Death and Birth Registry should be told civil servants are paid to think and to act according to law, the...

Ghana’s underdevelopment self-inflicted – Prophet

The Founder and Leader of Bread of Life Ministries, Prophet Joshua Adjei has attributed Ghana’s underdevelopment to some evil traditional practices in the country. In...

Video: Two suspected robbers nearly lynched at Kwabenya

Some suspected armed robbers have attempted breaking into a shop at Kwabenya in Accra, few days after a police officer was shot dead during...

Parliament summons Local Govt Minister over Births and Deaths registry’s directive

Members on both sides of the house are not satisfied with the Birth and Death Registry's fatwa for the non-registration of some local...

AUDIO: Stop foreseeing death and pray for us – police to prophets

The Ghana Police Service has called on prophets in the country to make praying for service members a priority. Public Relations Officer at the Police...

PHOTOS: 60,000 cattle evacuated from Agogo, 40,000 more to go

Local farmers at Agogo in the Ashanti Region are excited about progress made in the eviction of nomadic herdsmen and their cattle from the...

OccupyGhana threatens to sue births and deaths over names ban

Pressure Group, OccupyGhana has threatened to take legal action against the Births and Deaths registry if the decision not to register some popular Ghanaians...

GH¢200m Judgment Debt looms for Legon

AT A GLANCE The University of Ghana through the University of Ghana Enterprise Limited (UGEL) contracted a loan of GH¢43,000,000 from a consortium of six banks The...

Herdsmen-farmer clashes reach Nsuta; 2 men, 7 cattle killed in renewed attack

Two residents of Jeduako near Nsuta in the Sekyere Central District of the Ashanti Region have been shot dead by suspected nomadic herdsmen. 60-year-old Kofi...

NACOB impounds cannabis worth ¢500K on KIA truck

The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has impounded a Kia truck full of dried leaves suspected to be cannabis at Buokono, near Asesewa in the...

Photos: 10 dead in gory accident at Teacher Mante

Ten people have been confirmed dead in a gory accident on the Suhum/Nsawam road in the Eastern region. According to reports, the accident occurred at...