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JHS pupil reportedly drowns after sneaking from school to swim

A 19-year-old Junior High School(JHS) pupil, Shadrach Addy, has drowned in the Densu River after reportedly sneaking out of school to swim with friends. The...

1D1F: APPEB launches new standard LPG cylinders

APPEB cylinder manufacturing company limited under the "One District One factory" (1D1F) project has launched locally produced fire-resistant cylinders. The product has a distinct orange...

Gyakye Quayson’s perjury, forgery trial begins June 20, to be heard on day-to-day basis

The High Court has ruled that the perjury and forgery trial of James Gyakye Quayson will be heard on a day-to-day basis starting Tuesday,...

Electricity access hits 90% 2024 – Energy Minister

Access to electricity is expected to reach 90 per cent by the close of next year, the Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh,...

Alavanyo, Nkonya curfew renewed

The Minister for the Interior has by Executive Instrument renewed the curfew hours imposed on Alavanyo and Nkonya townships and their environs in the...

2 arrested for mining close to Offin River

Two persons have been arrested for mining illegally on one of the tributaries of the Offin River which serves the Barekese Dam in the...

Business man shot dead by robbers in West Mamprusi

A 45-year-old farmer and businessman, Samuel Dokurugu Gumah, has been shot dead by armed men suspected to be robbers at Gbimsi near Walewale in...

1 dead, 4 arrested, chief and assemblyman on the run in Daboya disturbance

Four suspects were arrested at about 2 am on Friday, June 16, by National Security operatives at Daboya in the North Gonja District in...

Six-day-old baby allegedly stolen at Teacher Mante

A six-day-old baby girl has allegedly been stolen at Nana Boame, a suburb of Teacher Mantey in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region....

Driver’s leg severed, mate injured in gory accident at Gomoa Dominase

A gory accident at Gomoa Dominase junction on the Kasoa-Cape Coast highway has left two persons seriously injured. The collision was between a faulty cargo...

Nogokpo’s deadline for Agyinasare elapses today as Ghanaians wonder what happens next

Two weeks ago, the chiefs and elders of Nogokpo in the Volta Region, issued a two-week ultimatum to the founder and leader of Perez...

Heavy security at Ghanasco after Kukuo youth destroyed fence wall

A joint police-military team has been deployed to Ghana Senior High School following threats by the youth of Kukuo in the Tamale metropolis to...

No right thinking person will go around spilling his dirty secrets – Owusu Bempah reacts to viral audio

Founder of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International, Apostle Isaac Owusu Bempah, has categorically denied being the speaker in a widely circulated audio citing...

Akufo-Addo appoints six new envoys

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Wednesday gave letters of accreditation to five new envoys and one High Commissioner at a brief ceremony at the Jubilee...

Bawku: Veterinary Service laments lack of anthrax vaccines

The District Director of the Veterinary Service at Bawku, Bonaventure Chiru, is lamenting the absence of vaccines to fight the deadly anthrax disease as...

GAF inducts new Chief of Air Staff

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has held a religious induction ceremony for Air Vice Marshal Frederick Asare Kwasi Bekoe, the new Chief of Air...

Overlord of Mamprugu calls for amendment of chieftaincy Act as he rejects paramount chief ‘tag’

The overlord of the Mamprugu Traditional Area, and President of the North East Regional House of Chiefs, Naa Bohagu Abdulai Mahami, has called for...

UAE Ambassador speaks on maltreatment of Ghanaians [Video]

Ghana's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Ahmed Ramadan, has stated reports of maltreatment of Ghanaian citizens in Dubai are not always entirely...

Two hunters suspected to be armed robbers battling for their lives following police shooting

Two people are currently in critical condition at the Upper West Regional Hospital after allegedly being shot by the police in the Upper West...

Robbers attack over 10 commercial vehicles, rob passengers on Dodowa-Somanya road

Armed robbers have reportedly targeted over 10 commercial vehicles and robbed passengers of their belongings on Thursday night. The incident happened along the main Dodowa...

Mother demands Gh20,000 compensation from man who jilted her daughter

A mother is demanding a Gh20,000 compensation from a man who allegedly jilted her daughter by going for another woman. Aunty Serwaa, who appeared on...

2023 Homowo: Ban on drumming and noisemaking officially lifted

The month-long ban on drumming and noisemaking in Ga States has officially been lifted. This was after Gbese Mantse, Nii Ayi-Bonte II, on Thursday, June...

Gbese Mantse rebukes Henry Quartey, demands apology for modifying noisemaking ban

Gbese Mantse, Nii Ayi-Bonte II, has asked the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, to render an apology to the Ga state for allegedly...

Rejected Juaben MCE: Court admits viral ‘bribe’ video as evidence

The High Court in Kumasi has admitted in evidence the viral video in which the rejected Municipal Chief Executive nominee for Juaben in the...

Believe in the healing power of the blood of Jesus – Dag Heward-Mills to congregants

The Presiding Bishop of Lighthouse Chapel International, Evangelist Dag Heward-Mills, has urged congregants to believe in the healing power of the blood of Jesus. Speaking...

Don’t come to my palace without NHIS card – Chief ‘orders’ indigenes

The Omanhene of Goaso traditional area, Nana Akwasi Bosompra, has disclosed that the doors of his palace will be shut to anyone who attempts...

Ex-convict arrested for stealing exhibit motorbike at police station

An ex-convict, Mohammed Osman, is back in police grips again for stealing a motorbike at a police station at Bole in the Savannah Region. Mr...

GNPC offers full scholarship to brilliant ‘galamsey’ boy to study law at Legon

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has offered a full scholarship to Stephen Koomson to study Law at the University of Ghana (Legon). The...

Let’s abolish witch camps; it’s embarrassing to Ghana – Ablakwa [Video]

https://youtu.be/mshfk-m1WQU The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has called for immediate action to abolish witch camps in Ghana. The MP has...

PR firm BHM among 100 fastest growing companies in Africa

BHM, leading public relations and reputation management consultancy, has just been acknowledged as one of Africa’s 100 fastest-growing companies by The Financial Times. The...

Driver’s mate burnt to death, 2 injured in ghastly accident on Accra-Kumasi highway

A driver’s mate has been burnt to death while two drivers are battling for their lives having sustained various degrees of burns. This was after...

Former Assemblyman for Nogokpo found dead in his room

Residents of Yelibato, a community near Nogokpo in the Ketu South Municipality in the Volta Region, are in a state of shock following the...

EC insists on using Ghana Card as sole ID for voter registration

The Electoral Commission (EC) has insisted on using the Ghana Card as the sole identification document for voter registration exercise. The elections management body...

Anthrax virus: Suspend or reduce meat consumption – Minister tells meat lovers [Video]

https://youtu.be/jfVgr9cLrkM Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture in Charge of Crops, Yaw Frimpong Addo, has urged Ghanaian meat lovers to stop or reduce meat intake...

Tiktok stars ‘Godpapa the Greatest’ and wife ‘Empress Lupita’ to go for psychiatric assessment

The latest 'TikTok stars' in Ghana, 'Godpapa the Greatest and his wife 'Empress Lupita God Muzaria' are to go for a psychiatric medical assessment, a...

Accra High Court orders ‘galamsey queen’ Aisha Huang to open defense

The High Court in Accra has directed Galamsey Queen, Aisha Huang, to open her defence in the galamsey charges she is facing. Aisha Huang has...

Akufo-Addo outlines 8-point agenda to revamp economy

Government is rolling out significant incentives to drive interest in commercial agriculture with the ultimate aim of revamping the ailing economy. Under the Novel Agricultural...

‘Manholes, valleys’ on Nungua-Tema road pose threat to motorists [Photos]

The State of the road from Teshie to Nungua (Junction Mall ) to Tema is posing a threat to motorists. Manholes and potholes have suddenly...

SHS teacher loses certificates, valuables to house fire at Sehwi Bibiani

A teacher at Bibiani Senior High School (SHS) lost her items worth thousands of cedis to a fire outbreak in her house at Bibiani-Hwenampori...

Two friends arrested for stealing iPhone

Two friends have been arrested by Tuna police in the Sawla District of the Savannah region for stealing an iPhone from a provision shop. The...