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PHOTOS: Missing state vehicle retrieved at Ashaiman

The Chief of Staff’s task force set up to retrieve missing vehicles state vehicles has retrieved one of the missing V8 vehicles from Ashaiman...

Ashaiman traders to demonstrate over poor condition of market

Traders in the Ashaiman main market have threatened to demonstrate against the Ashaiman Municipal Assembly (ASHMA) over the poor condition of the market. The traders,...

I installed 'spying' device in galamsey minister’s office – Mahama Minister

A former Minister under the erstwhile Mahama administration has admitted that he was indeed the one who installed the audiovisual devices at the office...

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Another mining disaster looms

Barely a week after the country was hit by one of its worst mining disasters at Prestea-Nsuta in the Western Region, Today can report...

I’m not deterred by ‘spying’ device – Amewu

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has said he is not deterred in his fight against illegal mining, following the...

Chief, 13 others granted bail for exhuming corpse

A District Court in Assin Fosu in the Central region presided over by His Lordship Samuel Ntim Jnr has granted bail to the Chief...

Hot Audio: Good Samaritan accused of using baby's placenta for rituals

A 35-year-old man is accusing a female neighbour of casting a spell on his baby after escorting his laboring wife to hospital to give...

I put my presidency on the line for galamsey fight- Akufo-Addo

The president, Nana Akufo-Addo has put his presidency on the line with a commitment to end the illegal small scale mining popularly called galamsey...

Pregnant prostitute gets international attention after Nhyira FM expose

Radio, indeed, gets results. A story told on Nhyira FM’s 'Wiase Mu Nsɛm' programme and later published extensively on Adom Kasiɛbo and Adomonline on...

Tamale in darkness as residents attack NEDCO staff

Several communities in the Tamale metropolis are likely to be in total darkness for a very longtime. This follows attacks on some workers of the...

Printing of National Service postings begins Wednesday

Beginning from Wednesday, prospective National Service personnel will be able to access their postings and print them to begin the next phase of this...

VIDEO: Queen Elizabeth picks Ghanaian as special aide

Major Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankwah, a Ghanaian-born officer who fought in the Afghanistan war, has been selected by Queen Elizabeth as her first black aide. The...

Pantang Hospital staff strike today

Staff of the Pantang Psychiatric Hospital will today Monday, July 10, 2017 begin a sit-down strike to protest the encroachment of the health facility’s...

RF-Ghana launches charity concert to support juvenile offenders

In its quest to complement government’s effort, the Juvenile Reform Foundation- (JRF-Ghana) has launched its charity concert to support released juvenile offenders and incarcerated...

Audio: NADMO begs for food, relief items for flood victims

The National Disaster Management Organisation says it’s overwhelmed by the increasing number of persons forced out of their homes by floods in Twifo Praso...

Hot video: How quiz mistress handles her handbag after robbery

The quiz mistress of the National Science and Maths Quiz, Dr Elsie Effah Kaufmann has taken precautionary measures to ensure her handbag is not...

Why did Rawlings sack Graphic Editor?

Martyrs’ Day is June 30. At dawn of this day in 1982, some men with close connections to the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC),...

Decongesting Ghana's prisons: Judge wants fines for some convicts

An Appeals Court Judge, has called on interest groups in the legal system to do more in pushing for non-custodial sentences. Justice Clemence Hornyenugah believes...

Trial of Chinese illegal miners to begin on July 12

An Accra High Court has adjourned the case involving En Huang aka Aisha Hung and four other Chinese for their alleged involvement in illegal...

Police pick 2 for selling prohibited drugs

A joint team from the Ashanti regional Police Drug Law Enforcement Unit and the Food and Drugs Authority have picked up two persons for...

Nsuta Galamsey pit covered

A mining pit that collapsed at Nsuta near Prestea in the Prestea/Huni-Valley District in the Western Region last Sunday, trapping about 22 illegal miners...

Korle Bu Doctor found dead in hotel room

A dental surgeon at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Dominic Avogo was found dead in at hotel room at Dansoman in Accra on Thursday...

Oil contamination cannot be business for BOST workers- Ace

Legal practitioner Ace Ankomah is incensed by what appears to be the deliberate contamination of Ghana’s fuel by workers of the Bulk Oil Storage...

Hot Audio: Pregnant teenage girl sleeps with 15 men a day for money

A jobless teenage mother is pregnant again two years after she gave birth to her first child. The man, Afia Nyarko claims impregnated her has...

Man drown's in River Pra over GH₵10.00 bet

A 22-year-old man is reported dead after drowning in Pra River during a swimming competition. The deceased, Kwame Porter is said to have gone to...

PM Express tonight: When the chief takes the mic to another chief

In a very rare setting, a chief has one of the most difficulties assigned to him- interview another chief. That is the charge Nana Ansah Kwao...

4 remand prisoners freed under Justice for All Programme

Four persons on remand at the Akuse Local Prison have been set free under the “Justice For All Programme” (JFAP), an initiative meant to...

Dozens displaced after River Pra spillover

Hundreds of residents at Twifo Praso in the Central region have been rendered homeless following a spill-over of the Pra River. More than a dozen...

Audio: Water shortage to hit Ashanti region – GWCL

Some parts of the Ashanti Region will soon be hit by acute water shortage. The head of corporate communications at Ghana Water Company Limited, Stanley...

Drama in court as alleged fraud syndicate at NSS are discharged, re-arrested

The Asokore Mampong District Courtroom was scene of drama as police re-arrested nine persons accused of fraud after they had been discharged by the...

Prestea galamseyers died out of disobedience – Owusu Bempah

Founder of the Glorious Word and Power Ministry International, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah said the 22 people who perished after a galamsey pit they...

22 trapped miners declared dead, buried

Twenty-two people trapped in the Prestea-Nsuta mining pit disaster have been declared dead. On Friday 7 July, the chiefs and traditional leaders, together with families...

PHOTOS: Man of God carries God's love to Denkyira-Obuasi

At a time when the nation was a bundle of furious judgment, heaven was a bundle of generous mercy over a crime in Denkyira-Obuasi. One...

Good Evening Ghana’s Paul Adom Otchere appointed NCA Governing Board Member

Host of current affairs programme on Metro TV, Paul Adom Otchere has been appointed a member of the governing board of the National Communications...

Gov’t releases GH¢600m to pay road contractors

The government has paid road contractors about GH¢600 million for work done in various parts of the country. This is despite an earlier comment by...

Seven perish in Kpong-Tema road accident

Seven persons have died in a head-on collision on the Tema-Kpong road. Ten other persons who were seriously injured in the Wednesday crash are...

PHOTOS: First Lady tours lavender hill project

First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo today visited the Lavender Hill Sludge Treatment Project in Accra to familiarize herself with the level of work and...

Police caution public sector workers against fraudsters

The Police has warned the general public especially public sector workers to be wary of fraudsters parading themselves as staff of Controller and Accountant...

22 declared dead in Prestea-Nsuta disaster as rescue efforts come to a close

The number of persons feared dead in the Prestea-Nsuta mining pit collapse is estimated be at least 22, eight more than the 14 initailly...