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Gun-wielding robbers storm Bridget Otoo’s shop

Popular television presenter, Bridget Otoo, has cried out after gun-wielding men raided her cement shop. The two assailants, who were said to be on a...

Sarkodie shares details of advice Nana Ampadu gave him [Audio]

Rapper Sarkodie has joined the tall list of musicians who are mourning the demise of veteran Ghanaian Highlife musician, Nana Ampadu. In a tweet, the...

Housewife allegedly poisons 4-day-old stepdaughter to death

A Chief Magistrates Court sitting in Kano, on Tuesday, ordered that a 30-year-old housewife, Fiddausi Bello, be remanded in correctional facility for allegedly poisoning...

Ghana School Feeding operational manual undergoes review

The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) with support from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Ghana has held a day’s Stakeholder Consultative workshop to...

Woman allegedly slaps policeman after heated argument over son’s arrest

A 55-year-old woman, Maria Taiwo, was on Tuesday docked in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates Court for allegedly slapping a policeman. The police charged the woman, hairdresser,...

Check out how many candidates failed 2021 Ghana Law School entrance exam

Two thousand and thirty-four (2,034) LLB candidates, who sat for the Ghana School of Law 2021 Entrance Exam, failed.Out of 2,824 students from the...

Prof Azar reacts to mass failure at Ghana Law School

Private legal practitioner, Professor Kwaku Azar, has reiterated the need for the monopoly of the Ghana Law School to be broken. According to him, the...

4 confirmed dead after 3 hours of torrential rains in Kumasi [Photos]

Four persons have been confirmed dead in Monday night’s flooding of parts of the Ashanti Region. According to the National Disaster Management Organisation, four bodies,...

35 dead in prison clash between gangs ‘armed with explosives’, 8 beheaded

At least 35 people have been killed and a further 50 injured after gang warfare sparked a riot in an Ecuadorian prison, reports from the...

Man kills mum, daughter, hides bodies under kitchen floor

A man has been charged with murder after the bodies of a woman and her two-year-old daughter were allegedly found under a kitchen floor. Andrew...

Ritual murder case: Invite my client or expunge former Ashaiman MP’s name from the facts – Lawyer

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashaiman has asked the police to invite him or expunge his name from the case of Felix Ansah,...

Tamale Chief opposes attacks against NEDCo staff by youth

The Tamale Dakoema, Nyab Dakpelana Fuseini Bawa, has warned youth in the Tamale Metropolis to desist from attacking any staff of the Northern Electricity...

I’m no longer interested – Wife divorces husband of 3-years over verbal abuse

A Shari’a court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna on Tuesday dissolved a three-year-old marriage between Fatima Abubakar and Jamilu Usman on grounds of incessant verbal...

Nigeria: Residents in fear as lady’s corpse is dumped beside church [Photo]

The body of a young lady was on Tuesday dumped on the road in Akure, the Ondo State capital by yet-to-be identified persons. The corpse...

Armed robbers raid bank, kill police officer

A police officer is feared dead as some suspected armed robbers on Tuesday attacked a first generation bank in Iragbiji, Boripe Local Government Area...

Ejura Kontihene reacts to Inquiry Committee’s report

The Kontihene of Ejura Traditional Council, Nana Odiasempa Antwi Obugyei II, has expressed satisfaction with the report by the Committee of Inquiry. According to him,...

Convicted former NPP MP not member of Narcotics Control Commission

The Narcotics Control Commission has denied reports that Eric Amoateng, a former Member of Parliament for Nkoranza North was a member of the Commission. A...

Zanetor Rawlings urges permanent solution to nomadic herdsmen crisis

The Klottey Korle MP, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings is calling for a paradigm shift in addressing security challenges posed by nomadic herdsmen in the West...

YEA boss touts success of maiden career fair

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), Justin Kodua, has expressed satisfaction with the gains made following the maiden job fair....

Mood at Nana Ampadu’s residence [Video]

Ghana’s music fraternity, and the country at large, have been thrown into a state of mourning and shock following the death of veteran Highlife...

Fetish Priestess gives her life to Christ on live TV [Video]

A popular fetish priestess, Nana Akosua Achiaa, from Kookyirekrom in the Bekwai Municipality in the Ashanti region, has professed repentance and promised to live...

‘S3x for Freedom’ policeman remanded

A policeman who allegedly had sex with a female convict being held at the Nkanfoa Police Station in Cape Coast has been remanded by...

Criminologist sends message to Ghanaian banks over robberies

A criminologist has asked Ghanaian banks to start an in-house cleaning exercise to help prevent robberies that occur in the banking space. Dr Jones Opoku...

15 injured in road crash near Kpone barrier

Some 15 passengers onboard a Battor bound Ford Transit mini bus sustained several degrees of injuries when the vehicle skidded off the road near...

Three persons feared drowned after Ahenema Kokoben flood

Three persons are feared drowned at Ahenema Kokoben in Kumasi after a downpour, Monday evening. About three hours of torrential rains left part of the...

Teacher arrested for allegedly sodomising nine pupils

A teacher at Kulpi M/A Junior High School in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region is in the grips of the police...

Owusu-Bempah’s latest prophecy about an elephant without power in 2024 will shock you [Video]

Head Pastor of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International, Reverend Isaac Owusu- Bempah, has revealed the outcome of Ghana's 2024 December elections in a latest...

GRA cautions against recruitment scam

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has cautioned the public against viral reports of ongoing recruitment. The outfit says the advertisement is fast circulating, especially...

Govt acquiring a new Presidential aircraft – Eugene Arhin

Government is in the process of acquiring a bigger aircraft for presidential travels, Eugene Arhin, Director of Communications at the Presidency, has disclosed. “Government...

Takoradi: Husband should have been more vigilant – Brother-in-law

Emmanuel Ackon, a brother of Michael Simons, the husband of 28-year-old woman, Josephine Simons, who allegedly faked her pregnancy and kidnap, has broken his silence...

Nana Ampadu’s grandson confirms his demise; son claims otherwise [Audio]

A report on Hitz FM has confirmed that 76-year-old highlife legend Nana Ampadu has allegedly passed on after battling illness for some time this...

Save lives by frequently donating blood – Jumia Ghana calls on Ghanaians

Ghana experienced a shortage of over 111,000 units of blood in 2020, representing more than 39.7% of national demand. This means that thousands of Ghanaians...

Man slumps and dies after complaining of headache

A man, believed to be in his early forties, met his death Monday morning when he slumped while on his way to work. The deceased,...

Check out how much Takoradi ‘pregnant’ woman allegedly bought belly bump [Listen]

Josephine Panyin Mensah, the woman at the center of the controversy over her pregnancy and alleged kidnapping, allegedly bought the belly bump at GH¢30.00...

Nigeria: Live cartridges concealed in cassava flour intercepted

The Special Assignment Team of Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Nigeria Customs Service, has intercepted three Mazda saloon cars loaded with live cartridges concealed...

Ejura murder probe: Committee’s 10 recommendations [Read]

The three-member committee, set up to probe circumstances leading to the clash between Police cum Military personnel at Ejura and irate citizens that led...

Man dies after being thrown out of night club for breaking beer mug

Police in Ruaka, Kiambu County, Kenya on Sunday evening nabbed three club workers in connection with the murder of a civilian. The body of Brian...

Check out the 55-page report on Ejura disturbances released by govt

The findings of the three-member committee that looked into the disturbances that took place at Ejura in the Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipality of the Ashanti Region...

Why Takoradi woman is still in police custody after bail [Listen]

Josephine Simons, 28, who allegedly faked her kidnap and pregnancy, is still being caged in the Takoradi Central Police station. Lead counsel for the suspect,...

Man found hanging dead at Obuasi

A man, yet-to-be-identified but believed to be in his 20s, has been found hanging dead on a tree at Akaporiso Abusco in the Obuasi...