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GOWA honours Asempa FM’s Mavis Amanor

Executive Producer of Ghana’s biggest morning sports show on Asempa FM, Ultimate Sports Show, Mavis Amanor, has been honoured at the 5th edition of...

One dead in accident involving vehicle returning from mortuary

A 24-year-old corn mill operator has met his untimely death after a vehicle crushed him at Enyan Abaasa in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District...

How to track your water and electricity consumption

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has launched a device similar to a calculator to help consumers track the exact amount of utility units...

‘Wild moves’ at 2022 Gomoa Fetteh Atopa Dance Festival [Video]

https://youtu.be/X7djd9slPzc The chiefs and people of Gomoa Fetteh have made another history with their annual Ahobaakese festival which saw thousands from all walks of life...

We’re troubled – Benkum SHS students cry over leaked sex tape amidst WASSCE

https://youtu.be/pIY3AzOl6VM The Benkum Senior High School(SHS) is still in a state of shock due to the leaked sex tape that has swooped the school. Administration, teaching...

Teshie-Nungua residents beat up 3 teenagers over attempted stealing

Three teenagers have allegedly been assaulted by some residents of Teshie-Nungua Estate, a suburb of Accra, over attempted stealing. According to eyewitnesses, the suspects...

Dadiesoaba Nursing Training College gutted by fire [Video]

Students of the Dadiesoaba Nursing Training College in the Ahafo Region are counting their loses after fire gutted some portions of the school structure. The...

Sad: Journalist crushed to death on his way to work

A Ghanaian journalist at Gyimah FM located at Yeji in the Bono East Region has passed on. The presenter, identified as Peter Asabese (Efo Gbagamalo),...

Krachie EAST MCE found dead in hotel room

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Krachi East in the Oti Region, Francis Kofi Okesu, has been found dead in a hotel room in...

Akufo-Addo leaves for Netherlands, France

President Nana Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Saturday, 3rd September, to participate in the African Adaptation Summit to be held on Monday, September 5, at...

Check out what will happen to unregistered SIM cards from Monday, September 5

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has announced its decision to roll out some punitive actions against users who have not registered their SIM Cards. This...

Pay all default tithes and funds received since October 2021 or face court – Christian Divine to its pastors

Christian Divine Church Headquarters has directed all pastors to comply with the directive to pay tithes and funds directly into the church's account. A press...

Families abroad try to control you because they helped you travel – Belgium-based Ghanaian

A Belgium-based Ghanaian, Jenelle Agyeiwaa, has disclosed that some family units in Belgium break up because they try to control and coerce others into...

I almost died from working two jobs for five years in the UK – Ghanaian reveals

A UK-based Ghanaian, Alfred Adom, has disclosed that he worked two jobs as a cleaner and a construction worker but decided to quit after...

Tamale residents hit street over economic hardship

A group called the Coalition of Progressive Forces in the Northern Region has embarked on a demonstration against what it said is the worsening...

UG to receive accreditation panel this month following A-G’s report

The University of Ghana (UG) says it will, from September, receive an accreditation panel from the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) as part of...

Komenda Sugar Factory to be commissioned by end of 2022 – Akufo-Addo

Barring any hitches, the Komenda Sugar Factory will be commissioned before the end of this year. That is the latest assurance from President Akufo-Addo on...

Checkout unaccredited academic programmes offered by UG and KNUST

The Ghana Tertiary Commission (GTEC) has released the list of both accredited and unaccredited programmes run by two of the top public universities in...

Rotary Club of Obuasi collaborates with GHS to immunise children against polio

The Rotary Club of Obuasi has collaborated with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to immunise children against Polio under the age of five years...

Hajj Board issues guidelines ahead of pilgrims’ refund

The Ghana Hajj Board has begun processing applications to refund monies to persons who could not travel to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. According to...

Constitution must be added to educational curriculum from class one to SHS – Robert Klah [Video]

Event organiser and Public Relations Officer for Charterhouse, Robert Klah, has called for the need to add Ghana's constitution to the educational syllabus to...

Lightning kills mother and son

Favour Kamasah, a 30-year-old farmer together with her one-year-old son, Kofi Semenyo, were killed by lightning at Ahlepedo-Dukpome in the Akatsi South Municipality of...

2 farmers arrested for stealing goat

Two farmers have been arrested for stealing a goat at Sawla, a district in the Savannah Region. The suspects; Kojo Dari Michael, aged 23, and...

Abu Jinapor’s private residence gutted by fire

There was a fire outbreak at the private residence of the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, on Friday, September 2,...

Nhyira FM Management reacts to bribery allegation against Nana Kwadwo Jantuah

Management of Nhyira FM, a subsidiary of The Multimedia Group, has stated that allegations of bribery levelled against one of its presenters, Nana Kwadwo...

3 professors nominated for KNUST Pro Vice- Chancellor position

The Vice-Chancellor of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Rita Akosua Dickson, has nominated three Professors for the Pro Vice-Chancellor position....

More than 1,000 doctors compelled to stay home after completing housemanship

More than 1,000 junior physicians have reportedly been compelled to stay home after completing their housemanship. This is according to reports confirmed by the Ghana...

$2m spent on $3bn Sky Train project – Auditor-General

Government is said to have spent some $2 million on the Sky Train project. This, according to the Auditor-General, was executed through the Ghana Infrastructure...

Free SHS: Eduwatch welcomes Akufo-Addo’s call for broader conversation

The Executive Director of Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), Kofi Asare, has welcomed President Nana Akufo-Addo’s call for broader conversation on the Free Senior High...

Telecom workers to embark on strike on Monday

Workers in the country‘s telecommunications industry have announced that they will be embarking on an indefinite nationwide strike from Monday, September 5, 2022. The strike,...

Man who stole 1,000 fowls trains boy, 14, to steal motorcycle

A notorious criminal, who was convicted five months ago for stealing about 1,000 fowls from a poultry farm that belonged to a customs officer...

Popular ‘waakye’ joint closed down over suspected food poisoning

A popular ‘waakye’ joint at Columbia, a suburb of Takoradi, has been shut down by the Western Regional office of the Food and Drugs...

Nigerian church donates to National Cathedral of Ghana

The Redeemed Christian Church of God, a Nigeria-based church, has donated an amount of GH¢11,500.00 towards the construction of the National Cathedral of Ghana. The...

Over 2,000 women die annually from breast cancer

More than 4,650 women are diagnosed with breast cancer annually in Ghana, according to the chairperson of the Ghana Non- Communicable Diseases Alliance (GhNCDA),...

CID takes over case involving mysterious death of 2 JHS pupils

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) at the Eastern Regional Police headquarters has taken over the case involving the mysterious death of two Junior High...

Sex scandal hits Benkum SHS: Teacher in ‘sexual bout’ with student, video leaks

There is serious confusion at the Benkum Senior High School (SHS) in the Eastern Region where a final year student, Adwoa (not real name),...

Man who inflicted cutlass wounds on lover kills informant

A 30-year-old man, Bawumia, who inflicted cutlass wounds on his lover, has struck again, murdering another victim. The suspect, who is at large after attempting...

GT Bank holds free autism consultation session

Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Ltd. has held it’s maiden autism consultation programme at the Chartered Institute of Bankers, East Legon, to counsel and create...

There’s no evidence Ato Forson authorised payment of ambulances – Health Minister

The Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has told the High Court in Accra that he has not seen any document that Dr Cassiel Ato...

Ghana’s Cardinal to undergo heart surgery

Ghana’s Cardinal Richard Kuuia Baawobr is expected to undergo heart surgery in Rome by the end of this week, according to the spokesman for the Ghana Catholic...