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Prof Atukwei Okai has died

Ghana’s iconic poet Prof Atukwei Okai has died. The Secretary-General of the Pan African Writers Association of Ghana died at the Korle Bu Teaching hospital,...

Anas’ Number 12 shows on all MultiTV channels today at 9pm

‘Number 12’, the video documentary on corruption and underhand dealings in football administration in Ghana and other parts of Africa, will screen on all...

Adom FM Management breaks silence on the arrest of Captain Smart by National Security

Management of Adom 106.3 FM have broken their silence on the alleged arrest of the station's morning show host, Godsbrain Blessed Smart, known in...

Ghost names syndrome – Auditor General’s Dept. reveals common enemy

Deputy Auditor General, George Winful, says exercise by the Ghana Audit Service to eliminate ghost names from the public sector payroll is set to...

Lack of toilets: Judicial staff beg palace guards to use chief’s facility

Lack of toilet facilities in some district courts in the country is hampering judicial services, President of Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG),...

Hot FM presenter mocks Anas with Patience Nyarko’s ‘Obinyane Me’ hit song

Ace investigative Journalist, Justice Kwaku Annan has mocked award-winning investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas with the hit song of popular Gospel musician Patience Nyarko...

‘Hanging’ tree poses danger to Ashongman residents

Residents of Ashongman Estate are living in fear due to the danger posed by a huge tree right beside the road which could fall...

China donates cash, buses to Foreign Ministry

The Chinese Government has donated a cheque for $302,311 in grant and two Toyota Urvan buses to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional...

VIDEO: 1 trapped, 2 injured in Kumasi trailer accident

One person is believed to be trapped under a trailer full of cement at Anloga junction in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi. READ: PHOTO: GES...

Northern Chiefs’ appeal for increase in NHIS funding

The Paramount Chief of the Tugla Traditional Area, Tugla Naa Andani Mohammed has called on the government to increase the funding for the National Health...

J.H. Mensah will be duly honoured – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Adoo says he is saddened by the death of late statesman, Joseph Henry Mensah and has promised to duly honour...

Wall built by Chinese family causing flooding at Kpobiman

A wall constructed by a Chinese national has allegedly caused flooding at Toll Booth in Kpobiman in the Ga West Municipal Assembly (GWMA). Speaking with...

Ghanaians having too many babies; that’s why health system is suffering – MoH PRO

There is too much pressure on Ghana’s health system due to the growth in population, Robert Cudjoe, Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of...

HOT AUDIO:  Owusu Bempah attacks Evangelist Addai over blood ritual comment

Founder and leader of Glorious Word Ministry, Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah has descended heavily on a self-styled man of God named Evangelist Emmanuel Addai,...

REVEALED: Nana Konadu bought Adoagyiri lands at GHC 5 per acre (VIDEO)

Chiefs and people of Ntoaso, Adoagyiri, Owuraku and Akuamu in the Eastern Region are accusing former first lady of Ghana, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings...

Breaking: Court grants injunction against GFA officials; official liquidator named

An Accra High Court has granted an injunction against officials of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), thereby paving the way for the Registrar General...

PHOTOS: World Vision helps to stem open defecation at Tong

World Vision Ghana has assisted several homes at Tong in the Karaga District of the Northern Region to construct enclosed pit latrines, leading to...

Eastern corridor roads to be completed before end of 2020 – Roads Minister assures

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Hon. Kwasi Amoako-Atta, has assured the Chiefs and people of the Volta Region that, by the end of...

Rawlings, Otchere-Darko laud Ibrahim Mahama on African Industrialist award

Former President Jerry John Rawlings and New Patriotic Party (NPP) big shot, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, have joined hundreds to congratulate Ibrahim Mahama on winning...

Flee from corruption – Chief Justice warns judges, judicial staff

The Chief Justice, Ms Sophia Akuffo has issued a strong warning to judges, magistrates and staff of the judiciary to “flee” from corruption because...

FABEWOSO: Captain Smart, Ambulance man clash on live radio over “defected” ambulances (VIDEO)

Adom FM’s studio nearly caught “fire” when one, Mr Richard Dzapka, contracted to supply the country with ambulances sat on Adom FM’s flagship morning...

Over 100 houses sited in the catchment of Owabi Dam face demolition

The Ghana Water Company is to demolish over 100 houses encroaching on the catchment area of the Owabi Dam and the company’s lands at...

 PHOTOS+VIDEO: High electricity cost crippling Odupong Ofaakor orphanage

    The high cost of electricity at the Good Shepherd Child Care, an orphanage at Odupong Ofaakor in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the...

AUDIO: Recruit more health professionals – Government told

Government has been urged to recruit more trained nurses and doctors to support Ghana’s ailing health system. National Chairman of Ghana Coalition of NGOs in...

Young Ghanaian Gov’t officials to benefit from $1.73m Japanese scholarship

Republic of Ghana and the Japanese Government have signed a 1.7 million dollar grant that is targeted at supporting the human resource development of...

Audio: Car crashes man; divides body into two at Nkrumah Circle

A middle-aged man was crushed to death by a commercial vehicle at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra on Wednesday afternoon. According to reports, his...

Mobile Money vendor with 14 dependants putting up 4-bedroom house

Mobile Money has become the easiest way for people to access money anytime any day and has also become a source of livelihood for...

AUDIO:  There is nothing like ‘Doctor Motivation fee’ – GMA

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has described as unfortunate circumstances that led to the death of a 30-year-old pregnant woman and her unborn baby...

Accra International Book Festival hosts multi-Burt award winner Ruby Goka

The Accra International Book Festival (AIBF) and Accra Writers’ Forum (AWF) will host multi-award winning Ghanaian author, Dr Ruby Yayra Goka at the second...

Audio: Inhaling spouse fart a sign of love – Doctor reveals

It has emerged couples who inhale each other’s fart stay much longer in their relationship. According to Dr. Duah Danso of Valley View University Hospital,...

Homosexuality is sexual pollution – Former GEC Moderator

The Very Reverend Professor Emmanuel Komla Gbordzoe, former Moderator of the Global Evangelical Church (GEC), has described homosexuality as sexual pollution and it must...

Kelni GVG: Court dismisses injunction application

A Human Rights Court in Accra has dismissed an interlocutory application seeking to stop government from going ahead with the implementation of the common...

Gov’t sets-up cattle ranch in Afram Plains to deal with fulani menace

President Akufo-Addo has revealed that his government has set-up its first cattle ranch in the Afram Plains to help deal with the herdsmen and cattle menace. He stated that in...

GAC test 1,030 for HIV at NPP congress

The Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has offered free counselling and testing for 1,030 people at the just ended 26th National Delegates Congress of the...

World Vision to end food scarcity in Northern Ghana in 5 years 

World Vision has said it is working to end food scarcity in northern Ghana in the next five years. Gushegu Cluster Food Insecurity officer at World...

AUDIO: NIA workers threaten to boycott Ghana card over unpaid allowances

Over a hundred workers of the National Identification Authority (NIA) have threatened to boycott the registration of Ghana card over unpaid allowances by the...

AUDIO: Asante Akyem Agogo residents jubilate over reinstatement of Kwadwo Baah

There was excitement within the Asante Akyem North constituency following the exoneration of former MP of the area, Kojo Baah Agyeman, over the case...

PHOTO: Pregnant woman, baby die over GHC500 ‘doctor motivation fee’

A 30-year-old pregnant woman died with her unborn baby at the Suntreso Government Hospital in Kumasi on Wednesday, 4 July 2018 after the health...

Law school exams saga resurfaces

United States of America (USA)-based Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare says his motion to stop the General Legal Council (GLC) from conducting another entrance examination...

PHOTOS: 3 children killed in NKwawie building collapse

The Nkawie Panin Township in the Atwima Nwabiagya Municipality of the Ashanti Region has been thrown into a state of mourning after a building...