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4 dead, 19 injured in accident on Mankessim-Apam road

A vehicular accident around Essuehyia on the Mankessim - Apam stretch of the Cape Coast - Accra highway on Monday afternoon has claimed four...

PRINCOF appeals to Education Minister to allow teacher trainees to feed themselves starting November 7

The National Conference of Principals of Colleges of Education – Ghana (PRINCOF) is requesting for teacher trainees to start to fund their own feeding...

Foreign Affairs Ministry clears air on UAE visa ban

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has dispelled rumours that Ghana has been slapped with a visa ban by the United Arab...

New twist to story of man who died over GH₵2 fare increment

New details emerging suggest no death has been recorded at the Lapaz bus terminal over fare increment. One of the executives at the terminal,...

Sad news hits NDC’s Ofosu-Ampofo

The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has lost his mother, Mary Gyawubea Badu. Auntie May as she was popularly...

Woman killed, 3 others injured in gory accident at Offinso

A mother of seven children has been killed in a gory accident on the Offinso – Aboffour highway. Three others sustained severe injuries in...

Govt’s assurance of no ‘haircuts’ covers just principal – Oppong Nkrumah

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has explained that President Akufo-Addo's assurance of no ‘haircuts’ with investments in bonds will cover just the principals. The Minister...

Why Akufo-Addo did not speak on Ofori-Atta’s sack in address

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has indicated President Akufo-Addo's address on Sunday was to focus on measures to turn the economy around amid the...

Akufo-Addo’s speech touched on everything except… – Sulemana Braimah

The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, says President Akufo-Addo’s address on Sunday evening, did not address the...

Excerpts from 1D1F Documentary: We have no raw materials for Komenda Sugar Factory – Minister

Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Michael Okyere Baafi has admitted to the lack of raw materials to feed the Komenda Sugar Factory despite...

Ban ritualists from TV to reduce ritual killings – Fetteh Kakraba chief to Akufo-Addo

The Chief of Fetteh Kakraba in the Central Region, Nana Essel Amoaquandoh III, says ritualists plying their trade on television are a major cause...

World Cup: Uruguay star Valverde opens up on facing Ghana, others in Group H

Real Madrid and Uruguay midfielder, Federico Valverde has highlighted the importance of playing Ghana, Portugal and South Korea at the 2022 World Cup in...

Ghana Tourism Authority, Kirani Ayat reach agreement on copyright issue

The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has reached an agreement with rapper Kirani Ayat following issues of copyright infringement. This was contained in a statement...

Akufo-Addo should have apologised to Ghanaians in his address – Okudzeto Ablakwa

North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has berated President Nana Akufo-Addo's address to the nation on the economy. The lawmaker says...

Afena-Gyan, Issahaku and Kamaldeen needed for DR Congo qualifier – Black Meteors coach

Head coach of Ghana’s Black Meteors, Ibrahim Tanko, has asked for the inclusion of foreign-based players ahead of the team’s final qualifier game against...

9-year-old girl whose hand was boiled by stepmother undergoes surgery

After close to six months in the hospital, the nine-year-old girl whose hand was literally boiled by her stepmother at Goaso in the Ahafo...

I regret divorcing my husband after he cheated – Actress

Kumawood actress, Maame Dorcas, has described her divorce as one of her greatest regrets in life. The actress, widely known in showbiz, says she...

VALCO workers protest continuous stay of retirees

Workers of Tema-based Volta Aluminum Company (VALCO) are protesting the continuous stay in office of some top management personnel who they described as retirees. According...

100-year-old man who has never been hospitalised gives powerful testimony

An elderly man who hails from Benue state has celebrated his 100th birthday anniversary at Dunamis Church, Abuja. The man who was born in 1922 is said to...

Teacher Unions divided over appointment of new GES Director

The teacher unions in the country are divided over the suitability of Dr Eric Nkansah as acting Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES)....

Dr Siaw Agyepong adjudged CEO of the Decade

The Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has been awarded the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the...

De Bruyne hints Qatar 2022 could be his last World Cup

Manchester City and Belgium talisman, Kevin De Bruyne, has hinted that Qatar 2022 could be his last World Cup. De Bruyne, now 31-years-old, has confessed...

I think Akufo-Addo owes Ofori-Atta – KKD

Media personality, Kwasi Kyei Darkwah (KKD), has alleged that the President’s inability to sack the Finance Minister could be due to an undisclosed indebtedness...

I receive threats for bashing govt – Prince David Osei

If there was one person likely to publicly criticise President Nana Akufo Addo and his New Patriotic Party (NPP) government, actor Prince David Osei...

Man commits suicide at Konongo

Police at Konongo have retrieved the body of a man believed to be in his forties who allegedly committed suicide. The deceased, whose identity is...

Residents block road, accuse Bawumia and MP of deception

Chiefs and residents of Nyamekrom, a suburb of the New Juaben South Municipality in the Eastern Region, on Monday blocked a bypass road to...

South Africa to adopt Ghana’s 1D1F programme – High Commissioner

The South African High commissioner to Ghana, Grace Jeanet Mason, has declared that South Africa seeks to adopt Ghana’s One District One Factory (1D1F) programme...

Former Chief Fire Officer Ekow Blankson laid to rest [Photos]

A former Chief Fire Officer (CFO) of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), Edwin Ekow Blankson, has been laid to rest in a solemn...

We have been cursed with leaders who care about their pockets – Ebo Whyte

One of Ghana’s most renowned playwrights, James Ebo Whyte, popularly known as, Uncle Ebo Whyte, says the country has been cursed with leaders who...

13 galamseyers arrested in Dormaa East

Thirteen persons have been arrested in the Dormaa East District of the Bono Region, for engaging in illegal mining, popularly called galamsey. They were grabbed...

Star Assurance wins Best CIMG Insurance Company (General) 2021 Award

Star Assurance Company Ltd., one of Ghana's leading insurance providers, has been named the Insurance Company of The Year 2021 (General) by the Chartered...

Cedi strengthens again to the dollar; one dollar now ¢13.60

The rate of depreciation of the cedi slowed down for three days running as the local currency is now going for ¢13.60 to one...

Man arrested for stealing street lights at Effutu

A 25-year-old resident of Effutu in the Central Region has been arrested for stealing street lights in the area. The area has since four days...

Hearts of Oak players are the highest paid in Ghana – Sowah Odotei

A Board Member of Accra Hearts of Oak, Vincent Sowah Odotei, has dismissed assertions that Hearts of Oak underpays players of the club. He claims...

Armed robbers inflict cutlass wounds on man and wife at Kintampo

A man and his wife narrowly escaped death when armed robbers suspected to be of Fulani descent attacked them at Atta Akuraa in the...

Suspected Boko Haram fighter arrested at Bolga

Security and defense forces have arrested in Ghana a suspected fighter of the Nigerian dreaded jihadist group Boko Haram. The suspect, Hassan Hussein, was arrested...

Man shot dead over alleged witch-hunting at Kpassa

A man in his 60's has been shot dead by unknown assailants over alleged witch-hunting at Kpassa in NKwanta North district of the Oti...

Ghana assumes UN Security Council presidency

Ghana will assume the presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council on November 1, 2022. As President of the council, Ghana will hold a...

Brokenhearted man commits suicide at Juansa

A man, believed to be in his late thirties, has allegedly committed suicide at Juansa, a suburb of the Asante Akyem North district in...

Cedi value higher than Akufo-Addo’s address – Manasseh Azure

Award-winning investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure, says the value of the local currency is weightier than President Nana Akufo-Addo’s address to Ghanaians on Sunday. In a...