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Kofi Adams celebrates 1st indigenous catholic priest of Gold Coast

The member of Parliament for Buem in the Oti Region, Mr. Kofi Adams, has joined the Roman Catholic Church of Ghana and the diocese...

8 dead, others sustain injuries in accident

Eight persons died on the spot, while others sustained injuries following an accident on the Kwapong-Nobekaw road in the Asunafo South District in the...

Some have made it a life mission to frustrate me – Barker-Vormawor cries

A lead convener of the #FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, says some people have sworn to make life unbearable for him due to claims that...

Some Hajj pilgrims demand refund after being left stranded

Some Muslim pilgrims expected to travel to Mecca have expressed disappointment in their leadership after they were left stranded at the Accra Hajj Village...

Mahama mourns wife of late Gen Akuffo, Emily Akuffo [Photos]

Former President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday, July 2, led a delegation of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to the burial service of the...

IGP orders arrest of truck driver for insecure loading

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has ordered the arrest and prosecution of a driver for insecure loading. According to the Police...

IMF bailout: Ghana will be ungovernable if… – Prof Gyampo

A political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof Ransford Gyampo, has warned that the country will be ‘ungovernable’ if government accepts any...

My wife visited me in Norway while pregnant for another man – Norway-based Ghanaian

Norway-based Ghanaian, Charles Asare, aka Togo Delicious, has revealed that his ex-wife was four weeks pregnant with another man’s baby, but she kept it...

Ministry of Health threatens to discharge cured mental health patients in forensic wards

Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has called for an immediate intervention to discharge the huge number of persons sent by the law courts to...

Kumasi kidnappers trial nears end

An Accra High Court has concluded the trial of four persons put before it for allegedly kidnapping two Canadian ladies in Kumasi in 2019...

Akufo-Addo’s boy, Thomas Amoani blows course in UK University

The 19-year-old boy, who had 8As in his West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) at Adeiso and was given a scholarship by President...

22-year-old narrates how he survives on gari daily, takes GH¢400 as a security guard

A 22-year-old man, Eric Mensah, has narrated how he survives while working for a security company as a house guard here in Accra.He narrates...

Two drown in River Birim

Two young men, Larbi Grant and Bless Damptey, have drowned at the tributary of the Nsuapemso River in the Fanteakwa South District of the...

Man, 28, arrested for stabbing his stepfather

The Assin Fosu Police Command, led by the Assin Fosu Divisional commander, DSP Daniel Kwabena Darkoh, has arrested a 28-year-old man, Akwasi Sadique for...

My Jerry John Rawlings’ experiences

As a normal Ghanaian, I have since the death of H.E. Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, former Chairman of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council,...

Don’t blame us for rising food prices – Russian Embassy to Ghanaian media

Russia is not to be blamed for increasing food prices on the African continent, the Russian Embassy in Accra has said. According to the Embassy,...

NSA boss sues 2 staff members for defamation, demands ¢4m in damages

Director-General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Prof Peter Twumasi, is demanding ¢4,000,000 in damages in a defamation suit filed against two staff of...

Ken Ofori-Atta has lost credibility, replace him – Mahama charges Akufo-Addo

Former President John Dramani Mahama has charged President Nana Akufo-Addo to urgently replace his Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, with a more assured and competent...

Report of IGP paying medical bill for injured protester malicious – Arise Ghana

The organisers of the Kuromu Aye She demonstration, Arise Ghana, has clarified reports the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr Akuffo Dampare footed the medical...

KGL Group hosts CEO of Nigeria Lottery Regulatory Commission

The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Lottery Regulatory Commission, Lanre Gbajabiamila, has paid a courtesy call on the KGL Group as part of...

Youth of Labadi, Madina Zongo jointly hunt for alleged homosexual

Labadi and Madina Zongo youth have jointly embarked on an operation to hunt down one Kevin Abafari, who is believed to be initiating and...

Court jails trader 20 years for attempted robbery

A 27-year-old trader has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court for attempted robbery. Nii Aryee Allotey, who...

Residents of Ho shocked by revelation that a state land was sold at ¢41

There has been a public outcry following allegations that a state land in the Volta Regional capital of Ho was sold for GHC41.00 by...

IMF confirms receipt of Ghana’s request for economic support

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has confirmed to have received a request from the Ghanaian government for economic support. According to a tweet from its...

IMF bailout: Free SHS, key govt interventions won’t be affected – John Kumah

The government has allayed the fears of Ghanaians claiming government’s key social interventions like free Senior High School (SHS) will be scrapped as it...

TUC kicks against govt seeking IMF support

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is kicking against suggestions that government should consider seeking a financial bailout from IMF to address the escalating economic...

Sales girl fined GH¢36,000 for stealing employer’s money

The Circuit Court in Accra has sentenced a sales girl to a fine of GH¢36,000. 00 for stealing GH¢60,502.00, belonging to her employer.Felicia Baidoo...

Skeletal remains of missing 47-year-old man found in Sehwi forest

The search for a missing man has come to an end as his skeletal remains have been located in a forest at Sehwi Asempanaye...

Fix economic problems – Prof Adei to Akufo-Addo

A former Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Prof Stephen Adei, has charged President Akufo-Addo to rise to the occasion and fix...

Latest twist to Takoradi ‘pregnant’ woman case will shock you

Josephine Panyin Mensah, the 27-year-old woman at the centre of the controversial pregnancy and kidnapping claims in Takoradi, has for the first time narrated her...

Otabil’s ICGC, Lighthouse, among churches missing from National Cathedral donor list

A document has revealed that Dr Mensa Otabil’s International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) and Lighthouse Chapel International are among the churches that have not...

Scores of students displaced as fire ravages Kwahu Ridge SHS

Hundreds of female students of the Kwahu Ridge Senior High School at Obo in the Kwahu South District of the Eastern Region have been...

Why it is impossible for Land Ministry to provide data on state lands transferred to individuals since 2017 – Abu Jinapor explains

Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor says due to the large volume of data on state lands transferred to private individuals...

Akufo-Addo orders Ofori-Atta to engage IMF

President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has instructed the Minister of Finance to commence official engagements with the International Monetary...

We are not discouraged by police’ brute force – Arise-Ghana

A leading member of Arise-Ghana, a newly formed nationalist group, Bernard Mornah, says the spirit of its members cannot be dampened by the brute...

BoG warns over linking Ghana card to bank account via social media link

The Head of Financial Stability at the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Joseph France, has warned the general public against linking their Ghana cards to...

GRA sets records straight on charging E-levy on merchant accounts

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has written to clarify misleading reports on social media which claim that starting July 1, merchant SIMs will be...

National Cathedral: Full list of churches and how much they have donated towards construction

Various church denominations have so far contributed GH¢2.21 million towards the construction of the cathedral. Major donors to the project include the Church of Pentecost...

Adulterated palm oil on markets reduced by 23% – Health Minster

Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, has revealed that the rate of substandard and adulterated palm oil in the market has reduced by 23% in...

Suspected robber busted as accomplices desert him

Residents of Soma, near Tuna in the Sawla district of the Savannah Region, have apprehended an armed robber who attacked a shop in the...