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Kennedy Agyapong takes on Obofour [Watch]

Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has sent a strong warning to Francis Antwi, popularly known as Reverend Obofour.In his...

Girl, 12, man perish in gory accident at Akyem Asafo

A 12-year-old-girl and a 45-year-old man have died in a gory accident at Akyem Asafo near Suhum on the Accra-Kumasi highway in the Eastern...

The traffic congestion wearing out residents of Kasoa

The nation is estimated to lose millions of Cedis through long hours of vehicular traffic.Workers are also said to be less productive as a...

Pentecost University set to raise problem-solving leaders

The Pentecost University says it has geared up its loins to raise more problem-solving leaders in the country. This would be achieved with the newly...

Security agencies arrest 500 foreign nationals in Bolga

The security agencies, led by the Ghana Police Service, last Sunday rounded up about 500 foreigners in a dawn swoop at various locations in...

VRA to diversify energy generation

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has stated its resolve to diversify its energy generating investment portfolio to solar, wind and biomass to remain competitive...

How you can be a good defensive driver

Since 2011, Joy FM has been campaigning for safe driving to reduce accidents on the country’s roads.As of early April 2021, figures from the Motor Transport...

Appoint non-partisan body for anti-galamsey operations – NDC man to Akufo-Addo

A sympathiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Marrer Ghana Limited and Susagtad Boat Building, Novihoho...

Checkout reopening and vacation dates for SHS

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released new reopening and vacation dates for all senior high schools.A press release signed by the Director-General of...

Danger looms on Ho-Accra highway as portion of road caves in [Video]

There is danger looming on the Accra-Ho highway following the caving in of a section of the road around Tsito in the Ho West...

Labour Commission orders ECG staff to call off strike

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has ordered staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to call off their sit-down strike.The Commission wants the...

Snakes affect lessons as students study under trees in Bata [Video+Photo]

Some upper primary students who study under trees in Bata, a community in Akatsi South municipality in the Volta Region are calling on the...

Akufo-Addo leaves for Sierra Leone

President Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Monday for Sierra Leone to attend the 60th Independence Day celebration of that country, which comes off on Tuesday.The...

Cape Coast: Muslim father storms school; threatens to withdraw ward over fasting [Audio]

An angry father on Monday stormed Wesley Girls High School in Cape Coast to withdraw his ward from the school saying he does not...

COVID-19: Occupy Ghana reacts to surge in cases at KIA

Civil Society Group, Occupy Ghana, has called on government to impose a travel restriction on countries with high rate of Covid-19 cases to reduce...

Maurice Ampaw buries wife

Private legal practitioner, Maurice Ampaw's wife, Mrs Evelyn Ampaw (nee Banini) has been laid to rest two months after she passed on.Mrs Ampaw...

M&C properties commission 100-bed facility for GAF at Bundase

M&C Properties, a member of M&C Group (Global), has commissioned a 100-bed facility for the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) at the Bundase Battle Training...

High Court judge, Ashanti Regional Police Commander and 6 others in trouble

Some seven persons through their lawyer, Nana Obiri Boahen of ‘Enso Nyame Ye Chambers’ are asking a Kumasi High Court to commit some eight...

Three dead as car crashes into roundabout

Two men and a woman have died after a car crashed into a roundabout in Liverpool.Police were called to the Knotty Ash area of...

I’m ready to help end ‘galamsey’ – Former MP

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for the Manso Nkwanta Constituency, Joseph Albert Quarm, has pledged his commitment to helping end illegal mining (galamsey) in...

All you need to know about Kissi Agyebeng

Legal Practitioner and Chairman of the Electronic Communications Tribunal, Kissi Agyebeng has been nominated for the position of a Special Prosecutor.His nomination was done...

KIA COVID-19 surge: Minority calls for travel restrictions

The Minority in Parliament has asked the government to impose more travel restrictions due to the surge in COVID-19 cases at the Kotoka International...

A/R: Boy, 21, allegedly defiles four-year-old girl

A 21-year-old, Emmanuel Odame, is in police grips for allegedly defiling a kindergarten pupil at Komeso in Asante Akyem South municipality.According to reports, the...

Trainee nurses, midwives appeal to govt over unpaid allowances

The Ghana Nurse and Midwife Trainees Association (GNMTA) has passionately appealed to the government to pay allowances and all outstanding arrears.The association, in...

ECG workers on strike, wants MD out

Staff of the Accra East branch of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) on Monday morning embarked on a strike in protest against the...

Lands Minister, Abu Jinapor embarks on working tour of Western Region

The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor will from Monday, April 26 to Wednesday, April 28 embark on a working visit to...

Broad-based non-partisan national effort needed to protect natural resources – Abu Jinapor

The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor, says a broad-based non-partisan national effort is needed to protect the country’s natural resources.The Damongo...

Minerals Commission reacts to Mole National Park mining permit

The Minerals Commission has denied reports of granting permits to mining companies near the Mole National Park in the Savannah Region.Three Civil Society Organisations,...

150 suspected criminals arrested at ‘The Event Hub’ [Photos]

A team of Police Officers from the National Police Operations Department, have arrested 150 suspected criminals including 25 females at "The Event Hub”, at...

Ghanaians react to video of China manufacturing gari-making machine [Video]

A Chinese company has developed a small-scale gari production machine to reduce the tedious labour involved in the traditional making of dry edible granules.A...

‘Beyi W’ano’: IT Consultant drops bombshell over dead Dolphins washed ashore [Video]

An IT consultant who is into fishing, Asafoatse Sowah has made a shocking revelation about the 120 dolphins washed ashore the Axim-Bewire and Osu...

Official: Kissi Agyebeng nominated Special Prosecutor

President Akufo-Addo has nominated legal practitioner, Kissi Agyebeng as the Special Prosecutor, subject to the approval of Parliament.This was announced in a statement signed...

Obinim mourns father at one-week observation [Photos]

It was a sad moment as Founder and Leader of International God’s Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim, mourned his father at his one-week observation....

Anloga Junction fire destroys house; displaces over 40 people [Photos]

Over 40 persons have been displaced following a fire outbreak at a compound house at Anloga Junction in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi.The fire...

Traders asked to vacate Asantehene’s ceremonial route

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has given traders occupying official streets meant for the Asantehene up to Wednesday, April 28 to vacate “to avoid...

Kissi Agyebeng pencilled for Special Prosecutor

A legal practitioner, and Chairman of the Electronic Communications Tribunal, Mr Kissi Agyebeng is expected to be nominated as the next Special Prosecutor (SP).Sources...

How Kennedy Agyapong used the ‘Anas method’ on Nana Agradaa [Video]

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has detailed how he used a secret recorder to get embattled fetish priestess, Nana Agradaa, to...

Herdsman found dead at Guaman in Jasikan

The body of a herdsman with gunshot wounds has been found at Guaman in the Jasikan District of the Oti Region.The body of a...

Dynamite explosion kills illegal miner at Akyem Amenam

At least, one person has been killed in a dynamite explosion at Akyem Amenam in the Birim North District of the Eastern region.The victim...

Armed robbers shoot police officer eight times [Photos]

A police officer stationed at Juaboso escaped death when four armed robbers attacked him.The officer identified as G/SGT Akoka Thomas is said to be...