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Suspected serial paedophile appears in court

The Wa Circuit will be hearing the case of a 35-year-old man accused of defiling over 20 children in the Upper West regional capital. Rashid...

From receptionist to first Ghanaian MD of Labadi Beach Hotel; The story of David Eduaful [Video]

https://youtu.be/bBsrgp-SFs0?t=142 His little beginnings did not deter him from working hard and striving for success instead, he defied all odds to be at the top...

JHS graduate reported dead after BECE

A Junior High School (JHS) pupil who sat for the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) has been reported dead. The deceased has been identified as...

Kumasi Technical University speaks on sacking students over fees

The Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) has dismissed reports about the sacking of over 2,000 students over delayed payment of their fees. The university...

Woman jailed 10 years for pouring acid on rival

The Akyem Swedru Circuit Court has finally convicted the young woman who poured an acidic substance on her husband’s girlfriend to 10 years imprisonment....

Commuters stranded as Kpone barrier drivers embark on sit-down strike

A Coalition of Commercial Transport drivers at Kpone Barrier on Monday withdrew their services over the deplorable nature of roads in the area. The...

Ghana Meteo sends weather warning; check it out

Cases of rainfall are anticipated over Northern Ghana, especially within the upper regions, per the forecast of the Ghana Meteorological Agency. In the forecast indicating...

Military taskforce arrests 5 suspects after violent attack at Bawku

A military taskforce at Bawku, located in the Upper East Region of Ghana, has apprehended five civilians in connection with a violent attack that...

Massive demo to hit Sehwi Ahibenso over deplorable roads

The chiefs and residents of Sehwi Ahibenso, located in the Bodi District of the Western North Region, have issued a stern ultimatum to the...

Docket on uncle, spiritualist who killed girl, 7, in botched money ritual submitted to AG

A docket on the suspected murder of a seven-year-old girl by his uncle, Augustine Afari, and a spiritualist, Osei Kofi, at Wassa Nkyirifi in...

BoG’s new office will give Ghana ‘greater chance’ as headquarters for ECO – Majority Leader

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has justified the decision by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to build a new head office amidst...

TOR MD resigns

The Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Jerry Kofi Hinson, has resigned on health grounds. His resignation was in a letter dated August...

Woman bathed with hot soup over GHC20 debt at Assin Asamankese

A 48-year-old woman has been bathed with hot soup over a 20 cedis debt at Assin Asamankese in the Assin South District of the...

Ato Forson reacts to alleged involvement in new BoG Headquarters project

The Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has refuted assertions made by the Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), claiming that...

Renaming UG after JB Danquah unacceptable – Clement Apaak

Deputy Ranking Member on Parliament’s Education Committee, Dr Clement Apaak, says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s statement that the University of Ghana could potentially...

Tolon drowning: Body of fourth victim recovered

The body of the fourth person who drowned in the Galinkpegu dam in the Tolon District has been found. The deceased was one of four farmers who...

Trailer crashes woman to death, motor rider in critical condition

A collision involving a trailer has resulted in the tragic death of a woman and left a motor rider in critical condition at Gomoa...

Compassion International Ghana to launch maiden learning series

Compassion International Ghana (CIGH) is poised to launch its maiden learning series; The Thriving Child Seminar Series (THRICSS). The launch has been scheduled for...

EPA shuts down three non-compliant industries in Tema

As part of measures to enforce strict adherence to environmental regulations in the country, a team of officials from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),...

Geological Survey Authority defends relocation of BoG Head Office over earthquake concerns

The Ghana Geological Survey Authority (GSSA) has backed the Bank of Ghana’s plans to build a new headquarters at a completely new site due...

Contractor abandons Kenyasi-Hwidiem road halfway despite full contract payments

Kenyase youth in the Ahafo region are threatening to embark on a demonstration after the contractor for a road project in the area abandoned...

Gomoa Buduatta: Head-on collision between two vehicles injures 20 passengers, leaves 2 in critical condition

A head-on collision between a Toyota Vitz and a Sprinter Benz bus at the Gomoa Buduatta Junction on the Kasoa-Winneba road has resulted in...

Betting makes the youth lazy, I support taxes on winnings – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu

The Majority Leader in Ghana's Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has provided a robust justification for the recently introduced 10 percent withholding tax on winnings from...

Trotro driver shares harrowing story of going blind after passenger’s threat

Isaac Moro, popularly known as Atimbila, a trotro (passenger bus) driver in the Ashanti Region, has shared a distressing account of how he lost...

Man allegedly murders friend over room dispute at Atwima Mponua

A man, identified as Salinko, aged 40, is alleged to have brutally attacked and fatally wounded his friend, Felih Nyamekye, after a dispute over...

GES to sensitise BECE candidates on school selection process on August 18

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced plans to educate and inform candidates who recently completed this year's Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) about...

Korase’s centuries-old mango tree with 3 different fruits

Korase, a farming community located 10 kilometres from the capital of the Jaman North District, Sampa, hosts the biggest and oldest mango tree in...

Anti-LGBTQ bill: Sam George hits back at US Ambassador

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram, Sam Nartey George, has reacted to the United States (US) Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer's warning to...

The final resting place for Rev Kwadwo Boakye [Photos]

Photos of the final resting place of the late founder and leader of Resurrection Power New Generation Church (RPNGC), Reverend Anthony Kwadwo Boakye, have...

Court grants 23 bail after assault on Kweiman elders

An Accra Circuit Court has granted bail to 23 young men accused of assaulting Kweiman elders and attacking a palace over the sale of land to...

Asantehene destools Bekwai-Abodom chief over ‘galamsey’ allegations

The Chief of Bekwai-Abodom, Nana Saforo Koto, has allegedly been destooled by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. According to reports, the destoolment is a...

Martin Kpebu gives interesting twist to Cecilia Dapaah’s case

Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has said that it will be in the interest of former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah to publicly explain to...

I have no regrets – Carlos Ahenkorah on snatching ballot papers in parliament

Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema West, Carlos Ahenkorah, has reiterated that he stands by his actions of snatching ballot papers during the vote...

Why complain about MPs’ salaries when they pay your fees, bills and funeral contributions? Bagbin quizzes

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has expressed his worry over the public outrage that greets the announcement of an increase in salaries of Members...

Echoes of ancestral valour: Embracing the spirit of Ada Asafotufiami festival [Photos]

The Ada Asafotufiami Festival is a vibrant and culturally significant event that takes place in the Ada Traditional Area, located along the southeastern coast...

US Ambassador cautions govt over anti-LGBTQ bill

United States Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer, has asked government and Parliament to tread cautiously with the passage of the anti-LGBTQ+ Bill.  The US Ambassador...

Security analyst cautions ECOWAS against standby force on Niger

A security analyst, Colonel Festus Aboagye (Rtd.), has warned that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) should tread cautiously in handling the...

Nkawkaw MP speaks out about stadium converted into maize farm

Member of Parliament (MP) for the Nkawkaw constituency, Joseph Frimpong, has broken his silence on the recent controversy surrounding the Nkawkaw sports stadium, which...

2023 BECE: Selection of schools into SHSs begins

The selection of schools into Senior High Schools (SHS) by the Junior High School (JHS) pupils who just completed their Basic Education Certificate Examination...

Four criminals who blocked road at Kasoa arrested [Video]

The police on Friday arrested four suspected criminals who had mounted a roadblock ostensibly to slow down the movement of vehicles to attack unsuspecting...