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Hot video: Ghanaians in Benin to be deported

A Ghanaian fishing community at Akpakpadodome in Benin is facing eviction following the government’s decision to develop the area. The community made up 860 Ghanaians...

EC Boss sues lawyer for petitioners for defamation

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission has proceeded to court with a suit against the lawyer for some faceless petitioners to court. Charlotte Osei is...

NHIS suspends capitation programme

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has said the capitation programme which was being operated in the Ashanti Region has been suspended. A statement released...

Nat’l blood bank sets up committee to investigate donor’s death

The National Blood Service has set up a committee to investigate circumstances leading to the death a 21year-old donor believed to have died after...

Hot video: NSS registration exercise turns chaotic

Fresh graduates seeking to register for a year of national service have been brutalised by soldiers. Chaotic scenes were recorded at centers within the Accra...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: 2 missing, dozens homeless after heavy downpour

Firefighters have been deployed to help local search parties straggle through large gutters to look for two children who went missing, and rescue many...

Photos: Woman, 50 dead, two children missing after heavy downpour in Tamale

A 50-year-old woman is said to have drowned at Gumani, a community in Tamale in the Northern region. The deceased, Hajia Fati, according to reports...

Naadu Mills missing from Atta mills’ 5th anniversary memorial

Monday June 24, 2017 marked the fifth anniversary of the passing of the late President John Evans Atta Mills. A wreath laying ceremony was organised...

VIDEO: Meet the persons who allegedly caused Central Medical Stores arson

The names of the persons who were alleged to be involved in the fire that swept through the Central Medical Stores have started emerging. Host...

Blood donor dies after hospital denies her blood

A 21-year-old girl died on Saturday after the Ashongman Community Hospital in Accra refused to give her blood, even though she is a blood...

Atta Mills’ son ready for investigation into father’s death

The son of the late President John Evans Attah Mills, Kofi Mills, says he is ready to champion any cause that will establish the...

Hot Audio: Man electrocuted after heavy downpour

A 54-year-old man has been electrocuted at Dansoman-Russia in the Ablekuma Central Constituency following a heavy downpour Monday. The deceased, Emmanuel Kotey Neequaye is reported...

Charlotte Osei et al must resign – Peace Council

The Chairman of the National Peace Council, Most Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante is calling on all the commissioners at the Electoral Commission (EC) led...

Hot Audio: Samproso school disowns 6 yr-old boy after losing legs

Teachers at Samproso SDA school in the Ashanti region say they cannot be blamed for the accident of six-year-old Peter Mensah. According to them, the...

‘Gabby Adu-Gyamfi is a certified Road Safety Ambassador’

The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) has clarified that Gabby Adu-Gyamfi is a recognized and approved Ambassador of the Commission. The clarification, according to the...

I feel happy Atta Mills is in heaven looking down on us – Mahama

The President John Dramani Mahama has stated that the late President John Evans Atta Mills ‘is in heaven looking down on us’. Today marks the...

PHOTOS: 4 dead, 15 trapped in galamsey pit in Asante Akyem

Four bodies have been retrieved from a galamsey pit at Pentransa in the Asante Akyem Central Municipality in the Ashanti Region. The illegal mining pit...

Ghana remembers Atta Mills

A ceremony is expected to be held today in Accra to mark the fifth anniversary of the demise of former President John Evans Atta...

GRA clears Agambire, re-opens his office

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has removed the wanted tag on Roland Agambire and has also re-opened his locked office for business. The office of...

PHOTO: Kofi Adjorlolo, Osu Mantse honoured in Liberia

Kofi Adjorlolo and the Osu Mantse in Accra, Nii Okwe Kinka Dowoana VI, who is also President of Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs...

Photos: Police volley ball team involved in accident, two injured

Two people including a police man sustained injuries when the police vehicle carrying volley ball team collided with a Kia vehicle Sunday. According to reports,...

Government settles GH¢539 million NHIS debt

The government has paid GH¢539 million out of the GH¢1.2 billion debt it owes creditors of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) from January...

Throw back video: When church members exhibit their dance skills

When church members exhibits their dance skills. Watch full video

Atta Mills’ family upset about deplorable state of Asomdwe Park

Brother of former President John Mills Samuel Atta Mills has expressed concern about what he says is poor maintenance of the Asomdwe Park where...

Metro Mass employee charged with stealing

A vulkaniser, Patrick Salifu, aged 37 and an employee of the Metro Mass Transit Limited (MMTL) at its Sunyani Depot was on Thursday arraigned...

Gospel musicians lack wisdom – Prophet Badu Kobi

Founder and leader of the Glorious Wave Ministry, Prophet Badu Kobi, has said celebrities especially gospel musicians, are struggling because they lack wisdom and...

Market women collapse after fire gut shops at Kasoa

The Kasoa old market Square in the Central region has been gutted by fire. According to reports, over 100 shops are reported to have been...

Polygamy rife in Brong-Ahafo Region

Many girls from 10 to 15 years are into polygamous marriages in Banda, Jaman North and Asutifi South Districts of the Brong-Ahafo Region. These marriages...

IGP reshuffles Dampare, Yohuno, others

The Inspector General of Police, (IGP) David Asante Appeatu has carried out another reshuffle among senior officers of the Service. Among the officers who have...

Polygamy rife in Brong-Ahafo Region

Many girls from 10 to 15 years are into polygamous marriages in Banda, Jaman North and Asutifi South Districts of the Brong-Ahafo Region. These marriages...

Photos: Angry residents threaten to set gov't vehicles ablaze

Residents of Hiawuanwu in the Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipality have threatened to set any government vehicle ablaze due to poor road network on the Kumasi-Atebubu highway. According...

PHOTOS: Missionary provides Mechanized boreholes for Ketu South Community

The people of Gamadzra in the Ketu South District of the Volta Region now have access to potable drinking water. The CEO of DANITEC Incorporated...

Hot video: Give teenagers condoms to reduce unwanted pregnancies – Counselor Lutterodt

Controversial relationship expert, George Lutterodt has said that many teenagers can prevent unwanted pregnancy if given a condom. Speaking to Gifty Andoh Appiah on The...

PHOTOS+Audio: Fire kills two at Axim

A 72-year-old woman, Madam Esi Akyere and her 52-year-old son, Kwamena have been burnt beyond recognition by a fire that gutted their house on...

Data key to national dev’t – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated African leaders can only succeed with the availability of information and data. According to President Akufo-Addo, the rapid...

'Allegations against me bogus, frivolous, lies' – Charlotte Osei

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs. Charlotte Osei has described a petition by some unidentified persons of the EC asking for her removal...

One of Akua Donkor's suspected robbers acquitted and discharged

One of the four persons standing trial for allegedly embarking on a robbery attack on the Founder and Leader of the Ghana Freedom Party...

Don’t postpone leave – Workers advised

Workers have been advised to desist from trading off or postponing their annual leave so as to make some extra income. Workers who escape their...

Hot audio: Widow of slain police man cry for help

Wife of late Constable Daniel Owusu, the police officer shot by armed robbers during a car theft at La Paz in Accra is appealing...

Hot video: Man who drove from France to Ghana want to drive Kantanka vehicle to South Africa

A Ghanaian living in France drove over 7k Km to Ghana with his BMW 7. The motive for his journey, Nicholas Afedzie Donkor said was to...