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AUDIO: Chinese galamseyers also mining our wives – Antwiwaaso residents cry

Residents of Antiwaaso in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region are licking their wounds over the social effects of Chinese illegal miners'...

Six hotels closed down for operating without licences

Six hotels have been closed down in the Eastern Region for operating without the requisite licences from the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA). Officials of the...

Tema Motorway to close on August 26

The Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) has announced a temporary closure of parts of the Tema Motorway Interchange to facilitate construction works on that stretch. According...

Gifty Anti, Avle and Dan Kweku Yeboah win Reading Promoters Award

Veteran broadcaster and host of The StandPoint on GTV, Oheneyere Gifty Anti has won the Reading Promoters Award for her stellar contributions toward Ghana’s...

V/R: Man kills giant snake attempting to swallow his daughter [Photos]

But for the timely intervention of Eklu Awayi, a native of Dzodze Awayikorpe in the Ketu North Municipality of the Volta Region, his daughter...

400 homosexuals register for counselling

Four hundred homosexuals have registered with the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family (NCPHSRFV) to undergo voluntary counselling and reformation. Making this...

Photos from Eid-al Adha celebration in Accra

Hundreds of Muslims gathered at the Independence Square in Accra to offer prayers as they mark the Eid al-Adha celebrations.As part of activities to...

Photos: Mobile money vendor killed at Asylum Down

Residents of Asylum Down are still in shock following the death of a mobile money vendor in the area. The deceased whose name was only...

Don’t allow Kofi Annan to be buried in Switzerland – Allotey appeals

The Central Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is appealing to the family of late former United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan...

Gov’t urged to pay attention to promotion of adult education

Government is being urged to pay equal attention to promoting adult education as it is doing for Free Senior High School. Country Director for Engage...

I pray you live for 150 years – Allotey Jacobs to Chief Imam

The Central Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has eulogized the National Chief Imam, His Eminence Sheikh Dr Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu,...

Video: Eid al-Adha: Everything you need to know

Today marks Eid al-Adha, an Islamic holiday also known as the “Festival of Sacrifice.” The holiday is the first of four days when Muslims sacrifice...

Ivorian nabbed for allegedly siphoning over GHC110m from CAL Bank

The Ghana Police Service has grabbed an Ivorian for allegedly siphoning GH ¢110,610,000 from CAL Bank Ghana Limited. William Djedehard Anselme Boscaud Dieou, a trader,...

Wrongfully jailed’ rape victim seeks help to appeal her sentence

The Executive Director of Crime Check Foundation, Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng has shared the sad story of an “innocent” Ghanaian woman who is serving a...

NCCE joins world leaders to mourn Kofi Annan

The National Commission for Civic Education has joined hundreds of world leaders to mourn the late former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. According to them, they...

Dansoman fire victims to be buried on August 26

The victims who died in a fire outbreak at Dansoman Akokofoto over the weekend will be buried on Sunday August 26th 2018. President of the...

Shoot anyone who attacks you – DCE tells Police [Audio]

Asunafo South District Chief Executive, Osei Bonsu, has asked the police in the area to shoot down any civilian who attacks policemen. He was speaking...

Bill Gates, Dangote mourn Kofi Annan

World's richest man, Bill Gates, has said the death of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan makes him sad. Also, Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, in...

Annan’s funeral arrangement to be announced after Otumfuo’s meeting with family

The funeral arrangement of the late UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, will be announced after the Asantehene is formally informed about his passing. His family...

VIDEO: The tragedy that wreaked a pastor’s family at Dansoman

A house fire has killed the wife, 3 children, niece and the mother-in-law of Pastor Ato Kessie, the head pastor of the Dansoman District...

VIDEO: My memories of Kofi Annan – Kufour

Former president of the Republic of Ghana, John Agyekum Kufuor, has described the former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, as a true statesman. Speaking...

Charlotte Osei shares fondest memory of Kofi Annan

Former Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Charlotte Osei has shared her fondest memory of the former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan. Charlotte Osei's narration...

We inherited a Trade Fair lying flat on belly not on bended knee- Minister

A Deputy Minister for Trades and Industry Carlos Ahenkorah has lamented the state of deterioration of the Accra International Trade Fair Center. The once viable...

60-year-old man stabs friend over bride price

Residents of Oboosi, a town near Twifo Praso in the Western region are still in shock following a brawl between two best friends which...

Dansoman fire: Fire Service begins investigation

The Ghana National Fire Service has commenced investigations into circumstances leading to the death of the wife, two children and mother-in law of the...

Mason fined 600 cedis for stealing

A mason, Desmond Nsiah, has been fined GH¢ 600.00 by the Enchi District Magistrate court for stealing 40 kilograms of dried cocoa beans valued...

GRASAG tragedy: Body of student yet to be found after drowning

Police in the Central Region are investigating the circumstances that led to the drowning of two university students during a GRASAG conference in the...

Otabil gives biblical ‘explanation’ to Capital Bank collapse

Head Pastor of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) has offered a terse, albeit biblical ‘explanation’ for the collapse of Capital Bank. In what was...

Photos: No road; electricity, no vote – Jang residents to govt

Aggrieved residents of Jang in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district of the Northern region have threatened to boycott 2020 general election if they are not connected to...

My husband died peacefully in his sleep – Kofi Annan’s wife reveals

The family and foundation of former UN secretary-general, Kofi Annan, have confirmed his death and provided additional information on his final moments. YEN.com.gh earlier reported...

Dansoman fire: SDA pastor’s wife, children, in-law burn to ashes

A family of five including a two-months-old baby are reported dead in a fire outbreak at Dansoman in Accra Sunday morning. The deceased including a...

President directs that flags fly at half-mast for a week in tribute to Annan.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed deep sorrow at the death of Ghana’s celebrated diplomat – former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and...

Tributes begin to pour in for the late Annan

Tributes are pouring in for Ghana’s celebrated diplomat - former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who died in the early hours of Saturday...

I predicted collapse of banks – Eagle Prophet

Founder and Leader of God’s Crown Chapel, Prophet Reindolph Oduro Gyebi popularly known as Eagle Prophet has waded into the discussion concerning the recent...

(AUDIO) Couple arrested for forcing 12 year-old daughter into marriage

The Tenaso police have arrested a couple for their involvement in child marriage. Fifty-one-year-old Ishmeal Kamal and his wife, Rakatu Abdullah were arrested for forcing...

Prostitute tag prevents most Ghanaian women from politics – Report

A research by the International Republican Institute (IRI) on females’ participation in politics in Ghana has shown that most women desist from contesting political...

Kofi Annan’s death; Ghana flags to fly at half-mast for one week

Ghana’s national flag is to fly at half-mast across the country and in all of Ghana’s diplomatic missions across the world, from Monday, August 20, 2018,...

Mahama mourns Kofi Annan

Tributes have been pouring for the late former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan who died on Saturday morning in Bern. They include Ghana’s...

Kofi Annan left trail of pleasant memories – Akufo-Addo mourns

The president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he is saddened by the news of the death of Ghana’s highly revered statesman, Kofi Annan. The diplomat...

GUNSA mourns the loss of former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan

The Ghana United Nations Students and Youth Association (GUNSA) has joined Ghanaians to mourn Ghana’s highly revered statesman, Kofi Annan who died Saturday morning. In a...