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Aflao E-block community day SHS 96% complete – Education Ministry

The Ministry of Education has said that work is on course to fully complete the E-block community Senior High School at Agblekpui, Aflao in...

Only 40k out of 1.25m gun owners renew their licence in Ghana

A Security Analyst, Adib Saani, has revealed that only 40, 000 people out of over 1.25 million gun owners in Ghana renew their licence...

Thousands throng El-Wak stadium for Ghana Immigration Service screening

Thousands thronged the El-Wak Sports Stadium in Accra on Monday for screening and subsequent recruitment into the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS).According to the applicants,...

Aunt drags nephew to court for stealing $2,000 meant for her treatment

A 22-year-old man, Emmanuel Okorie, was docked in an Upper Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja, for allegedly misappropriating his aunt’s 2,000 dollars.The police charged Okorie of...

Trotro driver parks in the middle of the road to urinate

A commercial minibus driver has been apprehended by the Pantang Police for allegedly parking in the middle of the road to urinate, causing traffic...

South Sudan to understudy Ghana’s National Service Scheme [Photos]

A delegation from South Sudan, led by the Minister for Youth and Sports, Peter BaptistAbakar, has called on the Executive Director of the National...

Sad moment as Ayariga brothers lay mother to rest

The Founder of All People's Congress, Hassan Ayariga and his brother, Bawku Central Member of Parliament (MP), Mahama Ayariga, have laid their mother to...

CBOD calls on govt to fix deplorable road network in petroleum industrial area in Tema [Video+Photos]

The Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distribution (CBOD) is calling on the government to urgently rehabilitate and properly maintain the road network in and...

Advertising Association of Ghana President passes on

The Great Argon Holding Limited has announced the passing of its Chairman, Torgbor Mensah.Mr Mensah died on Saturday, October 23, while he was on...

Interior Minister sends strong warning to Gaming Commission

Government has challenged the newly inducted Governing Board of the Gaming Commission to mitigate underage gaming in vulnerable communities.Speaking at the swearing-in ceremony for...

Scores queue for immigration, Fire Service recruitment [Video]

https://youtu.be/5infPkeEcD4Thousands of Ghanaian youth have besieged the El-Wak Sports Stadium with their credentials, hoping to be recruited into the Ghana Immigration Service.The long queue...

Motor rider crushed to death on Asikuma-Bogoso road [Video]

https://youtu.be/_MDt8j3VVa8A motor rider, identified as Mustapha, has been crushed to death in an accident on the Asikuma-Bogoso road in the Western Region.The accident,...

Court sets date to rule on Akuapem Poloo’s appeal case

The Criminal Court 1 Division of the High Court has set December 1, 2021, for judgment in the appeal case of social media personality,...

Pastor who prophesied Shatta Wale’s death granted bail

Bishop Stephen Kwesi Appiah, also known as ‘Jesus Ahuofe’ of the New Life Kingdom Chapel, has been granted bail.He was granted bail to the...

LGBTQI+ brouhaha: Don’t disappoint the next generation – Akufo-Addo told [Video]

https://youtu.be/NqabKWX3CTMThe host of Adom Ahengua and the Accra Regional Overseer of the Resurrection Power and Living Bread Ministries, Bishop Yaw Owusu-Ansah, has waded into...

‘Fast and Furious reckless Benz driver’ admitted at hospital

The 28-year-old driver, who was arrested for reckless driving akin to the Fast and Furious movies at Opeibea in Accra, has taken ill.The...

C/R: Footballer jailed 10 years for defilement

The Cape Coast Circuit Court 1, presided over by Her Honour Mrs Dorinda Smith Arthur, has sentenced a 31-year-old self-acclaimed footballer at Assin Aworosso...

Houses submerged; bridge washed away by floods at Nyamekrom [Photos]

Residents of Nyamekrom, a farming community in the New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region, are counting their losses after their homes and...

Justice at last: Farmer freed after 5 years incarceration

A farmer has become a victim of injustice after spending more than five years on remand in prison although a murder case against him...

The world ain’t fair – Ghanaian producer’s last words before he was found dead

A budding Ghanaian music producer, identified as Yaw Boakye Dankwa, has been found dead in what his family suspects to be suicide.The producer and...

COVID-19: Centre for Plant Medicine Research develops medicines for treatment

Executive Director, Centre for Plant Medicine Research, Dr Kofi Bobi Barimah, has hinted that they would soon outdoor two herbal medicines developed to treat...

MP’s police guard arrested for allegedly pulling gun on tricycle rider

The police guard for the Zabzugu Member of Parliament (MP), John Jabah, is in the grips of the Zabzugu police for allegedly threatening a...

Parts of Accra to experience power cut today; check out affected areas

Parts of Accra will today, October 25, 2021, experience power outages, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced.The outage, according to ECG,...

Madina MP leads ‘Fix our roads’ demo

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina, Francis Xavier-Sosu, will be leading a demonstration over deplorable roads in his constituency today, Monday, October...

Asantehene eulogises Hajia Mariama Bawumia

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has paid an emotional tribute to Hajia Mariama Bawumia, the late mother of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.The glowing...

Police kill two notorious armed robbers in gun battle

Police personal, who were escorting two armed robbers to a location of other armed robbers hiding weapons near Bole in the Savannah Region, exchanged...

Akufo-Addo launches ‘Operation Clean Your Frontage’ initiative

President Akufo-Addo has launched 'Operation Clean Your Frontage' initiative in Accra.The initiative by Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council (GARCC), is to ensure all households...

Why I didn’t want to be Greater Accra Regional Minister – Henry Quartey breaks silence

The Member of Parliament for Ayawaso Central, Henry Quartey, has explained why he was initially reluctant in accepting his appointment as Greater Accra Regional...

3 in police custody for faking kidnapping incident in Takoradi

Three people, who allegedly faked a kidnapping incident in Takoradi in the Western Region last Friday have been arrested by the police.The suspects are...

Spectacular and Elusive Bird rediscovered in Atewa Forest

The Shelley’s Eagle-Owl, a giant owl and one of the most elusive and mysterious of all birds, has been rediscovered in the Atewa Forest,...

2 land guards arrested for assaulting mason

The Gomoa Ojobi District Police command has arrested two land guards for allegedly assaulting a mason at Gomoa Ojobi in the Gomoa East District...

C/R: Seven dead in separate trailer accidents

Seven persons have been confirmed dead in two accidents that took place in the Central Region on Sunday, October 24.Five persons in a taxi...

Police arrest man who was driving recklessly in viral video

The Police have arrested the driver of the black Mercedes Benz, who was captured in a viral video driving dangerously at the airport traffic...

Ejisuman SHS embarks on Peace Walk over encroachment of school lands [Photos]

Authorities and students of Ejisuman Senior High School (SHS) have embarked on a peaceful march over the encroachment of their school lands.They alleged...

Bawku Chief Imam passes on

The Chief Imam of Bawku in the Upper East Region, Sheikh Muhammad Murtada, has been reported dead.Shiekh Murtada is said to have died on Friday, October...

Go and sin no more – Court cautions evangelist for fondling woman

An Adentan Circuit Court has cautioned an evangelist accused of fondling a lady and inserting his finger into her vagina, to desist from such...

38 arrested for alleged assault on police officers

The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested 36 persons for an alleged assault on officers at Luhour, a suburb of Sege in the...

Korle-Bu releases breast cancer patients after NDC Deputy Women’s Organiser settles medical bills

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has released some three breast cancer patients who were detained due to their inability to settle their hospital bills.The...

Adongo mourns with Bawumia, gifts him a cow for mother’s funeral [Photos]

Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central Constituency in the Upper East Region, Isaac Adongo, on Friday visited Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia at his Walewale...

Medikal’s day in court [Photos]

Rapper Medikal has been remanded in prison custody for five days.He was remanded by an Accra Circuit court on Friday, October 22.The artiste, born...