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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...

Two shot, 3 injured after Apam Police, youth clash [Photos]

Two persons sustained gunshot wounds with three others injured after an aggrieved youth group clashed with the district police.Following the rampant road accidents at...

Man kills girlfriend in cold blood at Shama-Kumasi

A 40-year-old man, whose name has been given as Papa Gyabi is in the grips of the Shama District Police Command for allegedly killing...

Man narrowly escapes death after armed robbers tried snatching his car at GIMPA [Photos]

A Ghanaian Facebook user who goes by the name Sparrow GH has taken to social media to warn Ghanaians to beware of plying the...

Teachers in fear as former student hires thugs to vandalise school properties

Teachers and students at the Nsawam Methodist Complex, have been gripped with fear after a former student and his thugs vandalised properties on Friday.Information...

Alleged coup plot: ACP Agordzo, Mac Palm and others granted bail

Embattled Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Benjamin Agordzo and nine others charged with, high treason has been granted bail.The accused persons who are facing...

Darkness in a lighthouse: Pastors recount abuse and trauma

A former bishop of Lighthouse Chapel International, Larry Odonkor, is uneasy about his birthday, which falls on July 9.He will turn 45, but...

Driver escapes death while chasing rider who insulted him

A commercial driver nearly lost his life in a gory accident at Osofo Lamptey in the Upper West Akim District of the Eastern Region.The...

Good news for people of La over stool lands

A five-member committee has been set up to resolve the land dispute between the people of La in the Greater Accra Region and the...

Investigate police officers who buried man who died in their custody – Lawyer

Director of Programmes at the Institute for Human Rights Development Africa, Edward Foley, has asked the state to investigate three police officers who secretly...

A/R: Pastor shot in church after assailants asked him to say last prayers

Two unidentified gunmen have reportedly shot a pastor at Yawkrom, near Manso Nkwanta in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region.Pastor Isaac Opoku,...

I never challenged the authority of Akufo-Addo – Razak Opoku

The Head of the Public Relations Unit of the National Lottery Authority, Kojo Razak Opoku, has stated that he has never challenged the authority...

Broadcasting law can help make Ghana’s media safe for all – Advocates for Christ Ghana

Faith-based public policy research and advocacy group, Advocates for Christ Ghana (A4CG) has hailed the ongoing efforts to expedite processes on the development of...

Jailed robber sheds tears in court

An accused person broke down in tears after an Accra Circuit Court sentenced him and three others to 15 years imprisonment each for robbery.Kwabena...

Maintain our MCE or we will disappoint you – Assembly members to President

The Greater Accra Regional Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Odarlai Parker, has urged for calm among party supporters in the region.He has...

19-year-old goes to jail for 9 years for defilement

A Kibi Circuit court presided over by His Honor Peter Oppong-Boahen has convicted and sentenced a 19-year-old to 9 years imprisonment for defilement.Presenting the...

Stop aiding foreigners in galamsey – Chinese Ambassador

The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Shi Ting Wang says his government would aid the Ghana government to urgently repatriate any Chinese found to have...

My ‘virgin wife’ is pregnant for her pastor – Devastated man narrates

A man is snapping his fingers in regret as his virgin wife he adored prior to marriage has turned out to be the opposite...

Legon authorities break silence on student who fell from 4th floor of Sarbah Hall

The Dean of Students at the University of Ghana (Legon), Prof Godfred Bokpin, has called for calm among students after a young man fell...

Chief Imam blesses Alan Kyerematen with Ramadan prayer

National Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, has asked for Allah’s blessings for Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen,...

Four grabbed for stealing railway steel at Twifu Nuamakrom

Four persons have been arrested at Twifo Nuamakrom in the Central Region for stealing railway lines that pass through Twifo Nuamakrom through to Assin...

COVID-19: How are the vaccines faring in ‘dumsor’ – Omane Boamah asks

Former Communications Minister, Dr Edward Omane Boamah is concerned about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines in the wake of the erratic supply of...