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NPP, NDC clash over bus terminal in Kumasi; delay passengers

A clash between some members of the opposition National Democratic Congress and the governing New Patriotic Party has caused some delay for passengers travelling...

New study suggests men prefer women with smaller breasts

A new PornHub study suggests that millennials aren’t that into boobs. Yup. Breasts. Millennials are ruining those, too. In collaboration with Mashable, PornHub carried out a...

Photos: Fire guts Kumasi-based Royal TV

Fire on Thursday morning ravaged one of the of studios of-based Royal Television (TV) destroying property estimated at several thousands of Ghana cedis. Sources indicate...

PHOTOS+Hot Audio: Three die after consuming ‘strange’ fish

Three persons have died and seven others are on admission at the Margarete Marquart Catholic Hospital in Kpando in the Volta Region after consuming...

Displaced workers in UT, Capital banks need psychological insurance

The Ghana Psychological Association says employees who may lose their jobs following the collapse of two Ghanaian-owned banks, need psychological and unemployment insurance benefits. In...

World population to hit 9.8 billion in 2050

The world population will reach 9.8 billion in 2050, up 31 percent from an estimated 7.5 billion now. The world youth population (ages 15 to...

Unqualified persons to be taken out of LEAP programme

The Jirapa District Assembly in the Upper West Region is to investigate the infiltration of unqualified persons benefiting from government’s social intervention programme, Livelihood...

Auditor General exposes massive rot at Judicial Service

Auditor General (AG) has uncovered a disturbing practice at the Judicial Service where various sums of money cannot be reconciled. The AG said in its...

HOT VIDEO: Two die in gas explosion

Two persons were burnt beyond recognition at Kikam in the Ellembelle district of the Western region in a motor crash which resulted in a...

Audio: Manya youth declare war on chief over sale of lands

Irate youth of Manya Krobo in the Eastern region have protested against the Divisional Chief of the Community, Nene Tei Djahene Korabo IV over...

Hot video: The school girl scared of computer

A primary school girl has been trending on social media following her phobia for computers. In an ICT class at a town in Ghana, the...

Employee 'disciplined' for reporting to work 'too early'

When journalist Fred Smith got a new job with Accra-based television ETV, he thought reporting early for work would earn him a little space...

Hot Audio: Taxi driver commits suicide over cheating wife

A 48-year-old taxi driver has reportedly killed himself after his wife left him for another man. Thee deceased Kwadwo Kesse, according to reports, jumped into...

15 illegal miners arrested at Ntrotroso

The police have arrested 15 alleged illegal miners at Ntrotroso in the Asutifi North District in the Brong Ahafo Region. At the time of the...

Audio: Kwabeng miners were chased by military men – Miner alleges

A small scale miner at Anyinam in the Atiwa District of the Eastern Region is alleging that the four men whose bodies were retrieved...

I have ‘absolute trust’ in anti-galamsey taskforce – Amewu

The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu has asked the public to disregard what he describes as propaganda by some persons to...

I fast and pray before going to work – Prostitute confesses

When she revealed to me that she fast and pray before going to work every night, I was shocked to the marrow and asked...

UT takeover won't affect pensions – NPRA

The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has assured trustees who appointed UT Bank as their Custodian that their Pension Funds will not be affected...

No blood spill again – Operation Vanguard assures

In the wake of recent clashes between some galamseyers and the anti-galamsey task force which incident has led to the death of some Galamseyers,...

India donates $1million for Flagstaff House renovation

The seat of government, the Flagstaff House is to be renovated after nine years of its commissioning by former President John Agyekum Kufour. Details of...

Council of State okays Akufo-Addo's creation of new regions

The Council of State has unanimously said there is a substantial demand for the creation of new regions, after studying the petitions for the creation of...

Woman shot at Nkonya – Chiefs call for calm

A 28-year-old farmer from Nkonya Asakyiri, Mercy Broni was on Monday shot on a farm at about 1000 hours. Two men said to be in...

Two in court for splashing nude pictures of an actress on the internet

A beautician who out of jealousy splashed her boyfriend’s ex-girl friend nude pictures on the internet has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Chantel Nunekpeku...

Audio: Jospong commits to partner with more companies in towing job

Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group, Joseph Siaw Agyepong has indicated his intention to engage more companies in providing compulsory towing service to the...

Audio: Boti Falls drowning: Hopes diminishing as search enters day six

Hope of retrieving body of the tourist who drowned in Boti Falls is fading out as search entered day six without any headway on...

Audio: Bats invade Shama hospital

Bats have invaded Shama Health Centre in the Western Region destroying some of the structures. The hospital according to the District Chief Executive for Shama,...

Ho at bottom of open defecation – Free league table

The Ho Municipality has been ranked 13th on the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) implementing districts’ Open Defecation-Free (ODF) League Table for the first half...

Otumfuo joins galamsey fight

Otumfuo’s Manwerehene has condemned chiefs who sell lands to illegal miners popularly known as ‘galamsey’ hinting that the activities of these miners are affecting...

Don’t allow yourselves to be used – Senior Minister cautions youth

The Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, has cautioned the youth against fighting political proxy wars for politicians. He made mention of this at the...

Indiscipline and corruption bane of Ghana’s progress – Methodist Bishop

The Methodist Church Ghana (MCG) has pledged to give strong support to the government’s anti-corruption drive to protect the public’s purse. The Right Reverend Christopher...

Fetish priest gives client fake gold after paying GHC 10,000

A family at Kumasi Ahwerewa in the Asanti Region led by Amoah has accused a fetish priest, only known as Moa for exchanging their...

Gov't at execution phase of industrialisation programme – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appealed for the private sector as government begins the implementation phase of its programme of industrial transformation of the country. He...

Ghana Indian Cricket Community embarks on nationwide tree planting exercise

The Indian Association of Ghana in collaboration with the Ghana India Cricket Community under the auspices of Ghana Cricket Association has launched a nationwide...

Photo: Police woman found dead in her room

A 30-year-old police Constable has been found dead in her room at Sefwi Asawinso in the Western region. The deceased, Stella Acheamponmaa Adupie was found...

Galamsey linked to kidney failures; 65 cases reported in Tarkwa

Authorities of the Central Regional Hospital have disclosed, they are recording increasing cases of kidney infection from persons linked to illegal mining. Hospital authorities believe...

Technical assessment of ECG assets underway – Agyarko

The Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko, has disclosed that a technical assessment to ascertain the value of all assets of the Electricity Company of...

Eastern Regional Security Council meet over Atiwa killings

The Eastern Regional Security Council is meeting over growing concerns by members of the joint police and military taskforce of unfair accusations of assault...

Defense Minister ‘justifies’ burning of excavators

The Minister of Defense, Dominic Nitiwul has justified the burning of some excavators at illegal mining sites in the country. According to him, the illegal...

Sakawa Boys Kill 2 Mad Men In Sunyani

Shock waves went through the spines of Sunyani residents when information went round that some mad men had been mysteriously killed over the weekend. The...