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Security man who was caught on CCTV stealing from a supermarket jailed

A 48-year-old private security man, caught on closed-circuit television (CCTV) stealing from a supermarket he guards, has been jailed two years by the Assin-Fosu...

Trailer transporting excavator kills 2; leaves 5 injured [Photos]

A trailer transporting an excavator has crashed two persons to death at Sefwi Besibema in the Akontombra District of the Western North Region. The accident,...

Airport staff interdicted for conducting pre-boarding search on Minister

The Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) has interdicted Awudu Basit, an aviation security officer with the Kumasi Aiport for conducting a "Pre-Boarding search" on...

Private Transport Operators Association announces 30% hike in transport fares

The Private Transport Operators Association of Ghana has announced a 30% increment in transport fares effective September 21, 2022. The increment, according to the association,...

Sachet water to sell at 50 pesewas as producers announce price increment

The National Association of Sachet and Packaged Water Producers has announced price increment for bottled and sachet water effective September 19, 2022. The move,...

Aisha Huang in court: One accused person collapses

There was drama in court on Wednesday morning when the case of notorious illegal mining suspect, Aisha Huang was called. She is being held on...

Moment Aisha Huang appeared in court [Video]

https://youtu.be/CprIkk4XHCc A video of Chinese galamsey suspect, Aisha Huang in court on Wednesday has popped up. The video, intercepted by Adomonline.com, captured Madam Huang's arrival at...

SIM re-registration: Minority threatens to sue Communications Ministry, NCA

The Minority in Parliament has threatened a class action suit against the National Communications Authority (NCA) and Ministry of Communications over the SIM card...

SIM card block: Some people’s lives are programmed on their phones – Pratt tells NCA

Seasoned journalist, Kwesi Pratt Jnr., has called on the National Communications Authority (NCA) and the Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful to reconsider the punitive...

Galamsey pit kills 5 in North East region

An illegal mining pit trapped and killed five persons at Nangurumah in the Mamprugu Moaduri District of the North East Region. The unfortunate incident occurred...

Pay our CPD allowance – Teacher Unions remind GES

Teacher Unions across the country have reminded the Ghana Education Service (GES) to pay their Continuous Professional Development (CPD) allowance. The CPD allowance is meant...

Aisha Huang returns to Circuit Court to answer two charges

En Huang, aka Aisha Huang, a businesswoman, who has been arrested for engaging in illegal mining will appear before an Accra Circuit Court on...

Two remanded over 86 sacks of narcotic drugs

The Circuit Court in Accra has remanded two persons who have been arrested for possessing 86 sacks of narcotics drugs (marijuana).The two, Rashid Adamu,...

Data Analyst jailed two years for fraud

An Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced a 34-year-old Data Analyst to two years imprisonment for defrauding a businessman of GHC11,800 under the pretext of...

Our water is not contaminated – GWCL

The Communications Manager for the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), has refuted claims that water from the Company is contaminated.  Mr Stanley Martey stressed that...

Missing security man feared killed as blood stains are found on school compound

There is another suspected case of murder of a night private security person in Wa making it the sixth in five months.  A 60-year-old father...

Big Stone Mining demands retraction and apology over ‘defamatory’ media reports

The only legally recognised Director and Secretary of Big Stone Mining company who has been center of unwarranted media attacks in recent times, seem...

SEC, EOCO warn public against these 17 entities

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) have published a list of 17 entities operating in the...

Gunman arrested over attempt to shoot chief at funeral

The Akyem Kade police in the Kwaebibirem Municipality of the Eastern Region have arrested a 42-year-old Osei Kojo Forson who went to a funeral...

Akufo-Addo never said he isn’t sure if Aisha Huang left Ghana – Kojo Oppong Nkrumah

The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has defended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's viral statement over deportation of galamsey queen, Aisha Huang. Earlier, President...

Autopsy reveals man who died in police custody suffered severe head injuries

An autopsy has revealed that severe head injuries were the cause of death of a man who was in police custody. Prince Kuffour was allegedly...

Motorcyclist and pillion rider in ghastly accident on Kumasi-Ejisu highway [Photos]

A motorcyclist and a pillion rider have been involved in a ghastly accident after their bike crashed into a private car at Boadi Junction...

Man spends money mistakenly credited to his account, claims it was gift from God

The Circuit Court in Accra convicted a 21-year-old unemployed man, who withdrew and spent GH¢17,812 mistakenly credited to his bank account.  Felix Kwame Akakpo...

GJA appoints New Juabenmanhene as member and patron

The Eastern Regional Branch of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has co-opted the Omanhene of New Juaben Traditional Area, Nana Kwaku Boateng lll, as...

EOCO should have acted quickly in freezing NAM 1’s assets – Former Deputy AG

A former Deputy Attorney General has criticised the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) for its delay in freezing the accounts of the Chief...

I pay my own bills – Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama has described as "absolute lies" claims by the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Kwame Baffoe alias...

Expatriate detained for using presidential sticker

An expatriate, Ghaadour Hishan-Hassaan, has been detained by the Airport police Motor Traffic and Transport Directorate (MTTD) for using an office of the president...

I deported almost 5,000 Chinese nationals during my tenure – Mahama

Former President John Mahama has opened up on challenges he faced with Chinese nationals and illegal mining during his tenure of office. Stating he values...

Akufo-Addo should have resigned by now – Mahama

Former President John Mahama has asserted President Nana Akufo-Addo should have resigned from office by now if it was in any other jurisdiction. This,...

Cocoa farmers demand 30% increase in price for 2022 crop season

Cocoa farmers in Ghana have warned that the country could lose more productive cocoa farms to illegal mining if cocoa prices remain unchanged. The call...

Aisha Huang was not escorted – Okudzeto Ablakwa

The Ranking Member on Foreign Affairs Committee in Parliament has alleged that ‘galamsey’ kingpin, Aisha Huang, had no escort when she was deported in...

My SIM card was blocked – Mahama

Former President John Mahama has revealed his SIM card was blocked and he was unable to make phone calls for two days. He said this...

Apae Live sends message to naysayers over sale of church to Agradaa

Popular prophet, Tony Asamoah Boateng, popularly known as Apae Live, has sent a message to critics over the sale of his church to repented...

Pothole kills 3 on Sunyani-Techiman highway

Three persons perished following a ghastly accident on the Sunyani-Techiman highway in the Bono Region. The accident reportedly occurred when a Daewoo Matiz Taxi with...

Chief bans school dropouts from playing on community astroturf

The Paramount Chief of Enyan Abaasa Traditional Council, in the Central Region, Osagyefo Kwamena Akonu X, has banned children in the area who have...

Portions of La beach road to be closed

The Ministry of Roads and Highways says free flow of vehicular traffic will be disrupted on the Kpeshie lagoon stretch on the La breach...

6-year-old battling for his life after being pushed off palanquin

A six-year-old boy is battling for his life at the Ajumako Government Hospital in the Central Region. This was after he was pushed to the...

Baptist Convention New President unveils ‘Operation Showers of Blessing’ as new vision

Reverend Enoch Nii Narh Thompson, the newly inducted Executive President of the Ghana Baptist Convention (GBC) has unveiled “Ezekiel 34:26-27: Operation Showers of Blessing”...

British High Commission opens Book of Condolence in Queen’s honour

The British High Commission in Accra has opened the official book of condolence in honour of Queen Elizabeth II.   The Queen died on Thursday, September...

I’m not sure Aisha Huang was deported from Ghana – Akufo-Addo

With growing concerns about the activities of Aisha Huang, a notorious Chinese lady aka the ‘galamsey queen’ in Ghana, President Nana Akufo-Addo says he...