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New application filed to stop Law School exams, hours to start of papers

With just a few hours to the start of the Ghana Law School entrance examination, Friday,  a group of lawyers are racing against time...

‘Prophet of Doom’ predicted Kotoko accident

His first public prophecy resulted in a national disaster; the Kintampo waterfall disaster. The second; a plane crash for the Black Stars team and...

Government will provide maximum security at all times – Ambrose Dery

Government is committed to providing maximum internal security as well as maintaining law and order amidst security concerns over activities of vigilante groups in...

Major Mahama’s endowment fund bill to be laid in Parliament – Minister

The Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul has disclosed that progress has been made on the establishment of the endowment fund in honour of the...

Kaneshie MTTD impounds 46 motorbikes

The Kaneshie Division of the Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) on Thursday impounded 46 motorbikes after a routine swoop at Kaneshie in Accra. According...

RSMSL appeals for caution on the road following Kotoko bus accident

Road Safety Management Services Limited (RSMSL) has urged motorists to be cautious on the roads following Wednesday’s tragic Kotoko team bus accident. In a statement...

Two Ghanaian students duped by fake Russian university agent

The National Security Ministry has warned Ghanaian students desirous of pursuing further studies in Eastern European countries to be cautious of some persons parading...

Kwaku Baako reveals how palm wine, akpeteshie are made [VIDEO+PHOTOS]

Akpeteshie is an alcoholic spirit produced in Ghana by distilling palm or sugar juice. Other names for this drink include apio, Ogogoro, VC10 as well...

Hot Audio: Teacher commits suicide in public toilet

A 40-year-old teacher of St. Lawrence School in Kaneshie has committed suicide in a public toilet at Lapaz. Speaking to Adom News, the landlord Osman...

I sleep with 5 different men everyday – pregnant teenage prostitute

The 17-year-old pregnant prostitute, who has been promised support from Nollywood Diva Tonto Dikeh’s Foundation, said she sleeps with five different men every day. Afia...

Saudi Arabia to deport 800 Ghanaians

Ghana's Embassy in Saudi Arabia is processing 800 illegal Ghanaian migrants there for deportation following the expiration of an amnesty granted them to leave...

Judge urges out-of-court-settlement in GJA election crisis

An Accra High Court has adjourned the hearing of a motion on whether to strike out the reliefs sought against the Ghana Journalists Association...

Police confirms shooting of two men at Lapaz

Police have confirmed one officer has died after he was shot at close range by robbers at a popular joint called Las Palmas at...

PHOTOS: Mahama receives Ada chiefs

A delegation of chiefs and opinion leaders from the Ada Traditional Area have called on former President John Dramani Mahama to inform and invite...

Seek the welfare of Ghanaian immigrants in Middle East – Ambassador told

The Middle East branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has congratulated Sheikh T.B Damba on his appointment as the new Ambassador for Saudi...

Four persons arrested for dumping refuse on road

Four culprits arrested for dumping refuse along the Madina-Aburi road have been fined GHC 300 each by the Madina Magistrate court. They are Ayittey Sawey,...

Stop begging for alms by the roadside – Road Safety Ambassador tells persons with deformity

The National Road Safety Ambassador, Gabby Adu Gyamfi has appealed to persons who have suffered some form of deformity from road crashes to stop...

Odartey Lamptey’s ex-wife files appeal over divorce verdict

The ex-wife of former Ghanaian international footballer, Nii Odartey Lamptey, Gloria Appiah has filed for an appeal over recent court verdict, Kasapa Sports can...

Ashanti Regional Minister donates GHC10, 000 to Asante Kotoko

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah has made a cash donation to Kumasi Asante Kotoko after the team’s fatal accident. The Minister gave the team...

PHOTOS: Armed robbers shoot policeman; snatch car at Lapaz

Two suspected armed robbers have reportedly shot a police officer who led a team to stop their robbery operations at Lapaz near popular restaurant,...

PHOTOS: First Lady donates to schools for deaf and blind

First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo has donated various food items, furniture and sanitary products to school for the Deaf and and Blind at Mampong...

PHOTO: Kotoko coach breaks neck in fatal accident

Asante Kotoko head coach Steve Polack is currently in a neck brace after the club’s team bus conveying players and officials of the club...

Asantehene rewards Prempeh College team, teachers for 2017 NSMQ triumph

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has announced an education support package for the contestants that clinched a victory for Prempeh College in the just...

Soldiers, police to chase night ‘galamseyers’, others – Amewu

The Lands and Natural Resources Ministry has said it will deploy a combined team of military and police personnel to illegal mining areas to...

Galamsey queen trial: Chinese interpreter rejected

The search for a Chinese interpreter has once again left the trial of Asian Huang, known popularly as the Chinese galamsey queen, and four...

Veep advocates non-custodial sentence to decongest prisons

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is advocating for non-custodial sentencing to decongest Ghana’s prisons. Non-custodial sentencing is a sentence given by a court of law...

Ghana’s beaches threatened as over 5m people continue to defecate

Ghana’s beaches are under threat from its citizens that if nothing is done to salvage the situation, lives might be lost at the end....

Pantang workers resolve to return to work after Health Minister's intervention

Striking workers at the Pantang Psychiatric hospital have resolved to return to work following the intervention of the Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang Manu. The minister...

Africa lacks leadership that can build public sector – Kufuor

Africa lacks the leadership that can help build a strong public sector, which will stimulate the private sector for the continent's socio-economic development, former...

PHOTO: 21-yr-old boy commits suicide, leaves love note for girlfriend

A 21-year-old boy has allegedly committed suicide at Tweemu, a fishing community near Moree in the Central Region. It is unclear what caused Felix Dorde,...

Police officer commits suicide in Kumasi

A police officer at the Central Police Station, Kumasi, has shot killed dead. The Policeman identified as Corporal Ebenezer Okyere was said to have shot...

Video: Deputy Trade Minister calls investors ‘whiners’, gets a fitting response

Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Robert Ahomka-Lindsay last week told diasporans to stop ‘whining’ about things not working in Ghana. “Nobody likes whiners, people...

152 killed in road accidents in first half of 2017 in Ashanti Region

One hundred and fifty two (152) people have been killed in the Ashanti region through road accidents in the first half of this year. The...

Pantang staff demonstrate today

Striking staff of the Pantang Psychiatric Hospital are set to hit the streets today, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 to protest against what they say...

Alligator hounds Berekum residents

An alligator has been found lurking at a home in Berekum Dominase electoral area in the Brong Ahafo region on Tuesday, July 11 2017. Even...

Prison Service to recruit 1,000 officers to enhance reformation

Government has given approval to the Ghana Prison Service to recruit 1,000 officers to enhance its performance so as to meet the international best...

Israeli detective uncovered ‘spying’ device – Lands Ministry PRO

It has emerged that, the secret audiovisual recording device planted at the Lands and Natural Resource Minister’s office was discovered by an Israeli national...

Six ‘galamseyers’ arrested at Ayiem

Six persons who were involved in illegal small scale mining at Ayiem, a farming community in the Mpohor District of the western region, have...

Audio: Fear grips staff of Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources over ‘spying’ device

Staff of Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources are living in fear following a secret audio/visual recording device which was found in the office...

Bunkpurugu residents plead for district hospital

Residents of Bunkpurugu in the Bunkpurugu Yunyoo District of the Northern region are appealing to government for a district hospital following the increase in...