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Social Media buzzing for Chief Imam; find out why

The National Chief Imam, Shiekh Osman Sharubutu, today, April 23, 2021, marks his 102nd birthday with social media buzzing over the celebration.Many Ghanaians have...

Legon: Student feared dead after falling from 4th floor of building [Video]

A yet-to-be-identified young man is feared dead after falling from the 4th Floor of the Mensah Sarbah Hall Annex A at the University of Ghana...

Poisoning at Obuasi funeral: One dead, others hospitalised

One of ten persons who attended a funeral at the St. Thomas primary school park in Obuasi, Ashanti Region, has died over alleged food...

Two illegal chainsaw operators nabbed in Mpameso Forest Reserve

The Dormaa Forestry Commission has arrested two illegal chainsaw operators in the Mpameso Forest reserve in the Bono Region.The two were apprehended by the...

Bawumia celebrates Chief Imam on 102nd birthday

Vice-President, Dr Bawumia, has eulogised the National Chief Imam, Shiekh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu as he turns a year older today.The Islamic cleric turns...

Seikwa: Police officers interdicted for secretly burying man who died in custody

The Bono Regional Police Command has interdicted three officers at the Seikwa police station for allegedly brutalising a suspect in custody to death and...

Joe Ghartey files appeal against Sekondi High Court’s ruling

Mr Frank Davies, Counsel for Mr Joe Ghartey, Member of Parliament for Essikado-Ketan has filed an appeal in the Court of Appeal at Cape...

Ofosu Ampofo visits Chief Imam

The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has visited the Chief Imam, his eminence Alhaji Nuhu Shaributu Thursday.He, on behalf of...

Headmaster found hanging dead from a tree behind his house

The Headmaster of the Queen of Peace RC JHS has been found hanging dead on a mango tree behind his home at Wiawso, a...

UEW student found dead at Winneba beach

A young man whose body was washed ashore at the Winneba beach on Wednesday, April 7, has been identified as a student of the...

16 ‘galamsey’ excavators seized at Amenfi West in Western Region

Some 16 excavators believed to be used by illegal miners in the wanton destruction and pollution of rivers bodies have been seized by the...

Checkout charges against Nana Agradaa

Aide to embattled fetish priestess, Patricia Asiedu popularly known as Nana Agradaa has denied his boss has been charged for money doubling.Rather, Enoch Owusu...

Ofosu Ampofo’s take on how NDC can recapture power

Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has said a united front is the only way the party can recapture power.The party's...

Operations Vanguard arrests 4 illegal miners

Operations Vanguard, the task force constituted to deal with illegal mining, has arrested four persons involved in small-scale mining.The team, led by DSP Nana...

Ofosu Ampofo sends important message to NDC supporters over senior cadres

Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has urged party supporters not to attack senior cadres of the party.He said some...

Robbers attack MoMO vendor, bolt with about GHS200k

Armed robbers have stormed a mobile money outlet in the open streets of Bantama in the Ashanti Regional Capital, Kumasi.The robbers made away with...

SSNIT Scandal: Fresh trouble for 5 accused persons

The state has for the second time dragged former Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Ernest Thompson, and four others...

Security personnel hit Accra streets; desilt chocked gutters [Photos]

Over 800 security personnel drawn from the Army, Police, and Fire Service have hit the streets of Accra to undertake a cleanup exercise under...

Women ‘fight’ over Taadi robbery victim

It has emerged that the lady who was with the man that was fatally shot and killed by armed robbers in Takoradi in the...

Hyundai, KIA to establish assembling plants in Ghana in 2022

South Korean Automobile giants, Hyundai and Kia are the latest to announce their intentions to set up assembling plants in the country by the...

Kwesimintsim MP launches Foundation

The residents of Kwesimintsim in the Western Region have been assured of improved quality of life following the official launch of the Dr Prince...

Pastor arrested for allegedly sodomizing church member

A Pastor has been arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Koforidua in the Eastern Region for allegedly having anal sex with a church member.The...

Achimota School fails to respond to Rasta student’s suit; case adjourned

The Human Rights Court 1 Division of the High Court has adjourned to April 30, the case involving one of the Rastafarian boys, Oheneba...

Economic Fighters League rejects reintroduction of towing levies, road toll increment

The Economic Fighter League has rejected the government's decision to increase road toll levies and also reintroduce the compulsory towing levy.The group, in a...

Nana Agradaa granted bail

Popular fetish priestess Nana Agradaa has been granted self-recognizance GHS 500K bail by the court following her arrest and remand yesterday, April 1.Nana Agradaa...

Video shows Shatta Wale may be preparing to form political party [Watch]

An old video of dancehall musician Shatta Wale threatening to form a political party has popped up on social media.Even though an analysis of...

Seikwa: Police accused of burying suspect who died in custody without family’s knowledge

The police in Seikwa are currently in hot waters after a family alleges that some officers of the outfit have brutalized their kin who...

Weed, snakes, take over gov’t’s One-District-One-Warehouse facilities

Weed, snakes, and other reptiles have taken over most of the warehouses constructed by the government under the Ministry of Special Development Initiatives (MSDI)....

Family of five including two babies killed in car crash

A family of five were tragically wiped out after their car was crushed in between two lorries.The horrifying crash in Santa Maria do Para,...

Social media users mock Nana Agradaa over her arrest

Ghanaians are poking fun at Nana Agradaa, the self-styled Accra-based fetish priestess who was arrested yesterday.Following the murder of a 10-year-old boy by two...

Parked truck kills motor rider who rammed into it

A 27-year-old motorbike rider has died after ramming into a stationary truck on the Begro-Ahomam road in the Eastern region.Police reports indicate the deceased,...

Two kids drown in Ashaiman open drain [Photo]

Two kids have drowned in a dugout at Adjei Kojo, a suburb of Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region.The kids, eleven and 14 years...

19 Nigerians on board VW bus from Aflao arrested

Nineteen suspected Nigerians on board a VW crafter bus with registration number GR 5314-21 were arrested on Wednesday, April 21 by a joint military...

41-year-old cocoa farmer found dead in galamsey pit in Western Region

A 41-year-old cocoa farmer identified as Kwame Manu has been found dead in a galamsey pit at Kwassa Kwagyansa in the Amenfi East Municipality...

COVID-19: Ghana begins digital verification of test results

Ghana has become the first country in West Africa to deploy a system for the digital verification of COVID-19 PCR test results based on...

NCA shuts down 49 TV stations

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has shut down 49 television (TV) stations for operating without authorisations.This forms part of a continuous monitoring exercise conducted...

40 suspected criminals arrested in Kasoa

The Ghana Police Service has arrested 40 suspected criminals at Kasoa in the Central Region, Wednesday.The swoop was undertaken by the security agency in the...

Trader remanded for allegedly impregnating physically challenged daughter

Moses Agbavitor, a 37-year-old trader, has appeared before the Ofaakor Circuit Court for impregnating his 17-year-old physically challenged daughter, at Odunkwa, near Papaase number...

Man found dead in his farm

A man believed to be in his early sixties has been found dead and his body decomposed in his farm hat near Dakpalakura, a suburb...

Meet the 10 women on Akufo-Addo’s Deputy Ministerial list

President Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, submitted to the Speaker, Alban Bagbin, the names of his deputy ministerial nominees for Parliament’s prior approval.The 39-nominee list is...