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Hot Audio: Police ordered to arrest  Assin Dansamea chief

The Assin North Municipal Chief Executive, Nicholas Fifi Baako has directed the Assin Fosu Divisional Police Command to immediately arrest the Chief of Assin...

No plastic eggs on Ghanaian market – FDA

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has assured Ghanaians there are no plastic eggs on the market. The assurance comes days after the regulator also...

2 die in police station protest

Two young men from Yorogo, a suburb of the Bolgatanga Municipality, lost their lives as a result of gunshot wounds they sustained during a...

‘Set up a national fund to campaign against drug abuse’

The Executive Director of Creg Afful Foundation (CAF), a Tema-based anti-narcotics organisation, is advocating for the establishment of a national fund to campaign against...

Photos+Audio: 4 dead in Winneba accident

Four (4) people have been confirmed dead in a fatal accident on the Winneba – Cape Coast highway in the Central region. Nine others who...

Dog chews 6-yr-old boy to death

Residents of New Amanful, a fishing community in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region, were dumbfounded when news broke that a six-year-old...

Revealed: Assin Dansame corpse was exhumed over GHC 500 debt (PHOTOS + VIDEO)

The Chief of Assin Dansame, Okofo Twum Berimah IV, has revealed that he ordered the exhumation of a corpse buried at the public cemetery...

Government yet to clear Accra Psychiatric Hospital’s 3-year debt

Almost a year after the government released about GHc 500,000 to offset part of a GHc4 million debt owed suppliers of the Accra Psychiatric...

Foreign prostitutes invade Ashanti – Minister

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has raised concerns about the invasion of the region by foreign sex workers. He also cited the activities...

Why rotten plantain used to prepare ‘kakro’ can give you cancer

A former dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Ghana, Legon, Professor George Tawia Odamtten has cautioned the public against eating...

Small scale miner in court for assaulting lover

A small scale miner, Quashie Dzumako, has appeared before the Tarkwa Circuit Court for unlawfully causing harm to his lover Sabina Aba Arthur. The accused...

We can’t fight fire above 5 floors – GNFS

The Ghana National Fire Service is currently incapable of dealing with fires in high-rise buildings. The modern equipment of the service cannot fight fires beyond...

Bawumia, wife mark Eid Mubarak with children’s home, Accra Psychiatric visit

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has marked this year’s Eid Mubarak with a visit to the Osu Children’s Home and other facilities. The Vice Pesident...

Hot audio+photos: Drama as body buried exhumed

A body of a man buried on Saturday on a disputed piece of land in Assin Dansame was on Monday June 26, 2017 exhumed...

Audio: Akufo-Addo announces prosperity for Zongo communities

President Akufo-Addo has announced consultations are under way with Zongo communities across the country to map out strategies to ensure development of those areas. The...

Agona East MP gives to Muslims

Queenstar Pokuah Sawyerr, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Agona East has donated  to Muslims in the constituency. Muslims from various communities of the constituency...

Police Service announces security plans for Edul Mubarack holiday

For a smooth celebration of this year’s Edul Mubarack holiday the Ghana police service says it has outlined some plans to ensure that the...

NDC wishes Muslims well at Eid ul-Fitr festival

The Greater Accra Regional branch of the National Democratic Congress released a press statement extending their fraternal greetings of peace and blessings to all...

Sir John urges Muslims to uphold the principles of Islam

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and now Chief Executive Officer of Forestry Commission Lawyer Kwadwo Owusu...

Hot audio: Chinese loan wont affect galamsey fight – Bawumia

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says 15 billion dollar financial partnership entered between Ghana and China will not affect the government’s fight on illegal...

Continue to intercede for Ghana – Rawlings’ to Muslims

The family of former President Jerry John Rawlings has congratulated the Muslim community for successfully ending their month-long fasting. The Rawlings’ in a statement Sunday...

10 killed 8 injured in fatal accident at Bole

Ten people have been reportedly killed and eight in critical condition in a gory accident at Tinga in Bole Bamboi district of the Northern...

EID MUBARAK to all Ghanaians – Amankwa Sarfo

On the occasion of the celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr, to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan dedicated mainly to fasting, prayer and...

Muslim youth advised to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in moderation

The Executive Secretary of the Brong-Ahafo Regional Council of Zongo Chiefs, Mr Jascot Hawkins Alhasan has warned Muslim youth to celebrate the Ramadan in...

PHOTOS: Angry mourners dump coffin at Police Station

Just one tragedy involving a mortuary man and a young man in the Upper East region has led to multiple catastrophes, turning the regional...

Don’t bow to US pressure on Gitmo 2 – Antwi-Danso

International Relations Analyst, Dr. Vladimir Antwi-Danso, believes government must be resolute in whatever decision it takes on the continuous stay of the two former...

Excessive smoke killing us – Kpone residents

Residents of Kpone in the Greater Accra region are complaining of ‘excess poisonous smoke’ from industries at the Free Zones enclave. The residents in an...

Road Safety Director under police grip over tow levy concept

A director at the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) is under interrogation at the police headquarters in connection with the mandatory tow levy concept. The...

Photos: Kpone to benefit from Chase Logistics’ court and library project

 Kpone-Katamanso District Chief Executive, Solomon Appiah has revealed that residents in the district will benefit from a GH¢ 700,000.00 Magistrate court and community library...

Hot Audio: Law school saga: Law courses will soon be taught in kiosk- Lawyer

Private legal practitioner, Maurice Ampaw says a ruling by the Supreme Court to scrap the examination and interview process before admission of students to the...

Photos: Excessive smoke from industries killing us- Kpone residents

Residents of Kpone in the Greater Accra Region are complaining about what they term as excess poisonous smoke from industries at the Free Zones...

We will not allow US to take us for a ride – Okudzeto Ablakwa

Ranking Member on the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has described as unfortunate a decision by the US Embassy in Ghana...

Ban ‘Passion Of The Christ’ movie to curb mob injustice . . . DSP Ochil Charges

The Commander of the District Police Unit, Parliament House, DSP Fii Ochil, is calling for a ban to be placed on the screening of...

PHOTOS: Prez Akufo-Addo, Asantehene et al mourn Nkoranzahene

The four-day burial rites for the late Nkoranzahene was climaxed with a grand funeral which was attended by various dignitaries including the Asantehene, Otumfou...

No plastic rice in Ghana – FDA

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has rubbished claims that the Ghanaian market is inundated with plastic rice, contrary to assertions on social media. Following...

NACOB awarded half of money found in Nayele’s account

The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has received half of the money found in the bank account of jailed Ghanaian/Austrian drug queen Nayele Ametefe. The other...

Fulani herdsmen fined GH¢5,400

The Juaso Circuit Court in the Asante Akim South District in the Ashanti Region presided over by Mr Frederick Tetteh has fined some Fulani...

Man fined for unlawful entry

The Tarkwa circuit court on Tuesday fined an 18 year-old unemployed, Gideon Kwaw, 600 Ghana cedis for causing unlawful damage and unlawful entry. Kwaw pleaded...

PHOTOS: Asantehene pays historic courtesy call on Techimanhene

The Asantehene, Otumfou Osei Tutu II yesterday paid a historic visit to the Oseadeayo Akumfi Ameyaw IV, Omanhene of Takyiman (Techiman) Traditional Area in...

PHOTOS: Captain Smart unveiled as National Ambulance Ambassador

The National Ambulance Service (NAS) has outdoored a project dubbed, ‘Operation Save a Soul’, and its ambassador, Captain Smart, a broadcast journalist. The terms of...