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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...

We support CJ, we are suffering – JUSAG

The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) says districts courts in the country are not fit for purpose. According to the President of JUSAG,...

Two kids drown at Asutsuare

Two children have reportedly drowned at Asutsuare, in the Eastern on Monday. Local reports say the kids drowned when they were attempting to retrieve their...

UNDP, KAIPTC launch project for African peacekeepers

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with it partners, has launched a project to enhance the capacities of peacekeepers in Africa. The project...

16 prostitutes arrested; fined GH₵300

Police in Accra has arrested some 16 women suspected to be involved in prostitution. They were arrested as part of a swoop conducted by the...

Ghana, Venezuela sign bilateral cooperation

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has urged the Government of Venezuela to partner Ghana on government policy initiatives to...

Kumasi: Armed robbers attack mobile money vendor at Ahodwo Nhyiaeso

Mobile money vendors at Ahodwo Nhyiaeso in Kumasi, the Ashanti Region capital, say they are living in fear over persistent attacks on them. In the...

Pius, Kwadwo Baah reinstated by Akufo-Addo

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reinstated the Deputy Sports Minister, Pius Enam Hadzide and the Chairperson of the National Sports Authority, Kwadwo...

VIDEO: Lack of incubators at Berekum Hospital: Mothers carry babies “kangaroo style” to keep them alive

Pregnant women and midwives at the Holy Family Hospital in Berekum in the Brong Ahafo region are calling on Health Ministry to provide incubators...

Lack of toilets: Magistrate uses chamber pot in her office (AUDIO)

Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo has described the state of districts courts in the country as unacceptable. The Chief Justice who is on a four-day tour...

AUDIO: Enough of talking, lift ban on small scale mining now – Small scale miners to Akufo Addo

National Association of Small Scale Miners is unhappy with the new-twist, as far as the lifting of the ban on small-scale mining is concerned. The...

EXCLUSIVE: NPP National Delegates Conference 2018 in Photos

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$5.7m gold scam case: Ken Agyapong faked court processes – Anas’ Lawyer

Kissi Agyabeng, the lawyer for investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has accused Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Ken Agyapong of faking court processes...

Gov’t gives Bonsa-Benso road to contractor

Kingspok Engineering Limited was on Wednesday, June 27, 2018, officially handed over the site to commence a 20.50-kilometre Bonsa to Benso road at Bonsa. Municipal...

Trainee pastor crashed to death at Madina

A 33-year-old pastor under training at the Trinity Theological Seminary, Benjamin Adu Boateng, met his untimely death on Sunday night when a car hit...

Pastor Otabil protects, prays for me – Akufo-Addo reveals

President Nana Akufo-Addo has revealed the secret of his success in government. According to him, his "special friend" Pastor Mensah Otabil,founder of the International Central...

My suicide threat was a stunt – Former AIDS ambassador

Troubled former AIDS ambassador for the Ghana AIDS Commission, Joyce Dzidzor Mensah who issued what was considered a suicide note on Saturday, now says...

PHOTOS: Electoral Commission arrives to monitor NPP Delegates conference

The Electoral Commission (EC) has arrived at the Koforidua Technical University where the 2018 NPP National Delegates Conference is being held to monitor the...

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: 2018 NPP National Delegates Conference underway

The Eastern regional capital, Koforidua is playing host to the New Patriotic Party’s 2018 annual Delegates Congress today. Delegates and candidates alike are gearing up...

Ministry disinfect farms, farms tools against bird flu virus

The Minister of State in charge of Food and Agriculture, Dr Gyiele Nurah, says government has disinfected two farms where the bird flu virus...

I’m not strong to stand trial – Dr Obengfo tells court

Dr Dominic Kwame Obeng-Andoh, Chief Executive Officer of Obengfu Hospital, who is being held for practicing medicine without license and operating an unlicensed facility...

Amissah-Arthur to be buried on July 27

The late former Vice President, Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, would be buried on Friday, July 27, his family has announced. The date was fixed following...

Corruption has become a way of life – CHRAJ

Mr Richard Quayson, Deputy Commissioner; Commission on Human Right Administrative Justice (CHRJ) on Friday noted that corruption has become a way of life in...

Kennedy Agyapong hauls Anas to General Legal Council

Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong has dragged Investigative Journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas to the General Legal Council accusing him of misconduct as a lawyer. In...

Teacher arrested for impregnating two JHS students

A 36-year-old teacher, Isaac Bentum of Janine Happy Quashie Home International School, has been arrested by the Kasoa Police for allegedly impregnating two Junior...

Afoko’s statement to police on Mahama killing revealed

Details of statements made to the police by Gregory Afoko, the man accused of killing a former Upper East Regional Chairman of the New...

Work to convert Tema Motorway Roundabout into interchange begins

Construction work on the three-tier interchange at the Tema end of the Accra-Tema Motorway has commenced. The $60-million interchange is to replace the roundabout to...

VIDEO: Why Ghana’s road accidents will not stop

AT A GLANCE Road accidents in the country refuse to abate in spite of an action plan put in place to avert the accidents ...

Why Madina – Adenta footbridges remain incomplete and endanger residents (VIDEO)

The dual carriage highway linking Madina and Adentan in the north-eastern part of Accra to the capital and the western parts of the country...

Photos: Soldiers brutalise four minors over missing laptop

Three soldiers in the Brong Ahafo region have allegedly brutalised four minors accusing them of stealing a laptop. The boys aged between 13 to 16...

VIDEO: Anas takes off his beaded mask to reveal his face.

Multiple award-winning investigative journalists, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has shocked the whole country with a surprise move at a recent interview as he decided to...

Bawumia signs Amissah-Arthur’s book of condolence

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Wednesday signed a book of condolence opened by the State for the late Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur at...

GJA opens nominations for 2018 awards

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has opened nominations for the 2018 media awards. In a communique, GJA called on its members who wish to partake in...

AUDIO: Ghana needs 500 ambulances – Ambulance service PRO

The Ghana Ambulance Service needs over 500 ambulances to be effective, Public Relations Officer of the service,  Ahmed Zakaria has said. Speaking on Asempa FM’s...

PHOTOS: Soldiers allegedly brutalise four minors over missing laptop

Three soldiers in the Bono Ahafo region have allegedly brutalised four minors they accuse of stealing a laptop. The boys, aged between 13 to 16...

Nsawam residents up in arms against Konadu Rawlings over their lands

Some residents of Nsawam in the Eastern Region have been demonstrating against former first lady Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings and managers of KOANS Estate Ltd. The...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: REVEALED: 15.8million Euros wasted on defected ambulances

  It has been established that 200 ambulances procured at a cost of 15.8million have been left to rot. National Ambulance Ambassador and host of Adom...