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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...

Give us privacy to mourn – Kofi Annan’s family

The family of the late former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan has asked the media and the general public to give them space to...

Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is dead

Former United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan is reported dead. The Ghanaian died at a hospital in Switzerland, Saturday morning after a short illness, former Deputy...

Vice President leaves for Hajj

The Vice President Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia has left Accra for Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to perform the Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj. The Vice President, accompanied by...

Posting to rural areas not punishment – National Service Personnel told

National service persons have been urged to not see postings to rural areas as punishment but rather as an opportunity to gain experience. Executive Director...

Beauty contestant dies during photo shoot at beach

Tragedy hit a group of beauty contestants when a strong wave hit them while they were taking a photo shoot at the Oasis beach...

Frimpong Boateng advocates for galamsey court

Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng is advocating for a special court for prosecution of illegal mining-related cases. According to him, prosecution...

Audio: Divorced couples worse than armed robbers – Prophet

Married couples who divorce due to reconcilable differences are candidates for hell more than armed robbers, controversial prophet, Nicholas Osei popularly known as Kumchacha...

Health Minister teases Ajumako NDC Youth over stone-pelting incidence

An embittered Minister of Health, Hon. Kwaku Agyemang Manu has taken a swipe at some irate NDC youth of Ajumako after they hurled stones...

Laboanu residents share water with animals

Residents of Laboanu, a community in the Nkwanta South District of the Volta Region say they feel neglected due to a myriad of challenges...

VIDEO: Breakout of confines; conquer the world- Otabil charges Africans

The only way for Ghana and Africa to develop and be counted amongst the league of powerful nations or continents is to break out...

Prince Amoabeng breaks silence on the collapse of UT Bank a year after

Prince Kofi Amoabeng has broken his silence on the collapse of UT Bank and said he was quiet and refrained from commenting on the...

Pastor, deceased’s family clash over who buries body

A pastor is in the grips of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) District Police Headquarters for abandoning the body of...

Pattern of poverty in Northern Ghana changing – UNDP report

Pattern of poverty in Northern Ghana is changing, a report by the United Nations Development Programme has said. The report entitled “Bridging the Poverty Gap...

AUDIO: Parents of KNUST students express worry over halls conversion

Some parents of newly-admitted female students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have expressed fear for their wards following the...

Photos: NDC supporters pelt stones at Health Minister; injures Multimedia cameraman

Some irate supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have allegedly injured a cameraman of the Multimedia Group in an attempt to stop...

PHOTO: Ringleader of Tamale Hospital CEO attackers arrested

Police in the Northern region have arrested a member of the governing NPP, Baba Alhassan, for being the brain behind the attacks on the...

Kandahar attack, a snowball effect – Policy Analyst says

Policy Analyst for the People's National Convention (PNC) party, Atik Mohammed, says the attack at the Tamale Teaching Hospital by a group suspected to...

 NSS personnel stranded at registration centres [Audio]

Students undergoing National Service registration at the Accra Metropolitan Centre Zone 1, specifically at the Ministry of Information, have been left stranded after long...

PHOTOS: 2-year-old girl drowns in Assin Breku

A 2-year-old girl has drowned in a well at Assin Breku, the capital town of the newly created Assin North District. Circumstances surrounding her death...

OccupyGhana wants directors, shareholders of collapsed banks jailed [Audio]

Pressure group, OccupyGhana has joined a growing list of individuals and institutions calling for the prosecution of directors and shareholders of the seven collapsed...

Dery justifies GHC26,000 expenditure for private security

The Interior Ministry has justified spending GHS26,100 on private security. According to the 2016 Auditor General's report, the Ministry paid the amount to Magnum Force...

Deal with your hooligans; Ghanaians need peace – NDC man to Akufo-Addo

Greater Regional Organizer for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Anthony Nukpenu has called on President Akufo-Addo to call the “hooligans” in the New...

Economy to suffer if population is not checked – NPC

The National Population Council (NPC) says Ghana's economy is heading towards a meltdown if urgent steps are not taken to control population growth . Experts...

Only 66% of Rural Banks have met BoG’s minimum capital requirement – Apex Bank

The ARB Apex Bank is urging all Rural and Community Banks (RCB’s) that have not met the Bank of Ghana’s minimum capital requirement of...

C/R: Siblings give birth to two and expecting another at Broyibima

News emanating from Broyibima in the KEEA District of the Central Region says two siblings who have been having carnal knowledge each other have...

VIDEO: Otabil, others would’ve been cooling off in jail if this happened in Nigeria – Expert

A banking Expert, Dr Richmond Akwasi Atuahene, says persons found to have breached prudential or banking regulations should not be left to go scot-free. According...

Akufo-Addo welcomes calls to sanitize gospel ministry

President Akufo-Addo has endorsed calls to maintain the purity of Christian doctrine. He observes growing public concern about widespread and strange statements made in the...

GMA calls for arrest and prosecution of hoodlums who attacked Tamale Hospital

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has described the attack on Dr David Kolbila, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) as...

AUDIO: Men beaten by their wives should ‘speak up’ – Otiko

Outgoing Minister for Gender and Social Protection, Otiko Afisa Dzaba has said most Ghanaian men do not have the ‘emotional energy’ to report cases...

Tamale Hospital: Doctors, nurses strike in support of CEO

Doctors, nurses and other paramedics at the Tamale Teaching Hospital have withdrawn all OPD services in protest over an attack on their Chief Executive...

Audio: We don’t need your sympathies, Capital Bank staff tell Otabil

The General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church, Pastor Mensa Otabil has incurred the wrath of the staff of defunct Capital Bank for...

We’re addressing shortage of passport booklets – Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has apologised to the public for the inconvenience being caused by the delays in the issuance...

UEW Vice Chancellor, four others dismissed

The governing council of the University of Education, Winneba, has dismissed five principal officers of the institution following an emergency meeting on Monday. One other...

Collapsed Capital Bank staff now grills pork to survive

The staff of defunct Capital Bank are still struggling to come to terms with the collapse of the once vibrant bank. According to them, months...

All you need to know about clash between Ghanaian, Nigerian traders at Circle [Video+Photos]

Several shops were shut down today at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra after people suspected to be of Nigerians descent allegedly ransacked and...

Afforestation programme a bold initiative but … – Agyarko

Member of Parliament for the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency, Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko says the recently launched afforestation program by the government is a good...