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Fire breaks out at a residence in West Legon

There is a raging fire at a residence in West Legon in Accra. Thick smoke has been sighted emanating from the roof of the house. The...

COCOBOD sends strong message over fertilisers, agric inputs

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has cautioned persons diverting subsidised fertilisers and agric inputs meant for cocoa farmers to stop or risk prosecution. According to...

GJA President consoles Jospong Group CEO

The President, of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, has assured the bereaved family of the Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group...

U-20 WWC: Things didn’t go as planned – Head Coach on Black Princesses’ early exit

Head Coach of Black Princesses, Ben Fokuo, is utterly disappointed following their elimination from the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. Ghana's campaign in Costa Rica...

MoFA to rescue 431 stranded Ghanaians in UAE

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration is putting in place measures to rescue some 431 stranded Ghanaians in Dubai and the United...

Father missing after trying to save son in river

A newlywed father is missing in Uganda after trying to save his son who got into difficulty in the River Nile. Robert Kaweesi, 48,...

Judge rebukes police prosecutor for defying court order

The judge at the Circuit Court at Yendi in the Northern Region, Anthony Aduku-Aidoo, has rebuked the police prosecutor in court for defying a...

Latest on Conti-Katanga clash

The University Relations Officer (URO) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has revealed the attack on students of Unity Hall by...

Akufo-Addo congratulates President-elect William Ruto of Kenya

President Nana Akufo-Addo has congratulated the newly-elected President of Kenya, William Ruto, on his victory in the just ended presidential elections of 9th August...

Boy, 12, dies in fire incident; another injured at Chorkor [Photos]

A 12-year-old boy, identified as Prince Bentum Sarkwa, has reportedly died in a fire incident at Chorkor in the Greater Accra Region. A 15-year-old boy,...

Police restore calm on KNUST campus after Conti-Katanga clash

Calm has returned to the campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). This is according to the Ghana Police Service in...

Bawumia commiserates with people of Dagbon over death of heir apparent to Yaa Naa

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has commiserated with the people of Dagbon over the death of the heir apparent to the Dagbon Skin, Mion-Lana,...

ECG facilities in Kroboland damaged: Transformers, cables, poles tampered with

An ongoing assessment by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) of its infrastructure in the Yilo Krobo and the Lower Manya Krobo municipalities has...

Cars vandalised in Katanga-Conti clash on KNUST campus

Rampaging students on the campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have vandalised cars and other property in a clash...

Throwback photo of James Gardiner sends shock waves across social media

A throwback photo of actor James Gardiner which has found its way on social media has set tongues wagging. The picture is of the actor...

2 suspects arrested in connection with death of Ghanaian Taxi Driver in New York

The New York Police Department (NYPD) has charged two men in connection with the death of a city taxi driver. The two, Austin Amos and Nicholas...

Two pilots on Ethiopian Airlines flight ‘fall asleep at 37,000 feet’

Two pilots of a passenger airplane fell asleep mid flight- but miraculously landed their plane without anyone suffering injuries. Flight ET343 was travelling from Khartoum...

Truck driver crushed to death by timber log

Driver of an unidentified truck carrying timber logs has been crushed to death in an accident. The accident happened at a junction that links Sankore,...

Curfew imposed on Bawku after latest killings

The Minister for Interior has, by executive instrument, renewed the curfew hours imposed on the Bawku Municipality and its environs in the Upper East...

Govt determined to bring relief to Ghanaians – Akufo-Addo

“The Akufo-Addo government has not thrown its hands up in despair at this development. We are determined to bring relief to the Ghanaian people,...

No company has been licensed to prospect for minerals in Forest Reserves – Minerals Commission

The Minerals Commission has refuted allegations that the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor, has granted prospecting licences to some companies...

Education Ministry chasing Tanit Ltd to refund over ¢800k after it failed to deliver contract

The Education Ministry has started moves to ensure that Tanit Ltd, an IT Company, which it contracted to provide digital teacher training content and...

Armed men allegedly attack NPP Secretary

The Upper West Regional Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Dauda Tanko Daniel, claims he has been attacked by some armed men...

Woman hospitalised after napkin laced with poison was placed in her door handle

A woman in Texas is shaken up after she was rushed to the emergency room for an apparent poisoning incident. Erin ‘Dawn’ Sims, 37,...

British High Commissioner gifted a goat in Northern Region

The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson, during one of her visits to the northern part of Ghana, received a token she did...

Burial arrangement for former IGP announced

Late former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Charles Odartey Lamptey, is set to be buried on Saturday, August 20, 2022. He will be laid in...

Two churches fight at cemetery over burial of member who owed tithes [Video]

A very disturbing report from Kwabenakrom at Sefwi Bekwai, in the Western North Region indicates that two churches have clashed at a cemetery in...

Man found hanging dead in uncompleted building

A man in his 30s has been found hanging in an uncompleted building at New Kyekyere in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti region. The...

Northern Region CHASS threatens to close schools over lack of funds for food

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) in the Northern Region has threatened to disrupt the academic calendar if the government does...

Manchester United make an approach to sign Casemiro

Manchester United have made an approach to sign Real Madrid's Brazil midfielder Casemiro in a deal that would be worth about £60m. The 30-year-old would...

Sack entire management of GRA – Akufo-Addo told

The Executive Secretary of the Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana (IEAG), Samson Asaki Awingobit, has called on government to dissolve and sack the...

Imprisonment of fishers will be enacted in our laws – Fisheries Minister

The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has disclosed that plans are underway to ensure fishers are imprisoned for three to six...

I will return to Ghana if I get one tipper truck, I’m tired – Germany-based Ghanaian

Germany-based Ghanaian, Kwaku Asante, has stated that he will come back to Ghana immediately after he gets a tipper truck to start a business. In...

7 arrested for allegedly killing 2 over witchcraft accusation

Seven people are in the grips of the police for their alleged involvement in the killing of an old man and woman. The two were...

Man shot dead in his shop at Nalerigu

Unknown assailants have shot dead a yet-to-be-identified man in his shop at Nalerigu in the East Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region. The unfortunate...

Farmer who chopped off his scrotum while asleep breaks silence

A farmer at Assin Akomfode in the Central Region who accidentally chopped off his scrotum while asleep says it was under the influence of...

5 new regions to get universities – Bawumia

The government is to establish universities that will focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in five of the newly created regions,...

98% of frozen chicken consumed imported

More than 600,000 tonnes of frozen chicken were imported into the country last year, a research by the Ghana National Association of Poultry Farmers...

As Ghana gets poorer, Ofori-Atta’s Databank gets richer – KKD fumes

An ace Ghanaian broadcaster has expressed his surprise at government for constantly employing the services of a company co-founded by the Finance Minister –...

Vehicle destroyed as transport unions clash over loading terminal [Video]

https://youtu.be/6exURh7cg1Y There was uneasy calm at the Obuasi Kunka bus terminal after trotro drivers and their conductors clashed with a group on Wednesday. The drivers say they...