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Farmer imprisoned over inability to pay GHS 3,400 court fine

A 23-year-old farmer, Nuhu Seidu, who was fined for assaulting a male nurse at Grupe, a farming community in the West Gonja Municipality of...

No more airplane mode – EU to allow calls on flights

Airline passengers in the European Union (EU) will soon be able to use their phones to full effect in the sky. The European Commission...

Phase 2 of Tema Motorway Roundabout expansion works begin

Construction work on phase two of the three-tier interchange at the Tema end of the Accra-Tema Motorway has commenced. Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on...

Indonesia: Parliament creates new law banning sex before marriage

Indonesian lawmakers unanimously passed a sweeping new criminal code on Tuesday that criminalizes sex outside marriage, as part of a tranche of changes that critics say threaten...

Police hunt MPs who attacked female colleague in parliament

Police in Senegal are searching for two opposition lawmakers who attacked a female MP during a brawl in parliament last week.  Massata Samb slapped...

Agric Minister begins tour of Northern Ghana

The Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), D. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, is currently touring northern Ghana. The visit, which is the last leg of the...

Ugandan doctors kneel to appeal to President to contest for the 7th time

Doctors under the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) were seen kneeling before President Yoweri Museveni to beg that he contests for the country’s presidency in...

I’m a grandfather – Mahama proudly announces grandchild’s birth

Former President John Mahama has proudly announced the safe birth of his grandchild. According to him, the baby, who happens to be a girl,...

Samuel Eto’o ‘kicks fan in face’ after Brazil vs South Korea clash [Watch]

Samuel Eto’o has been caught on camera kneeing a photographer in the head at the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar. The Cameroonian legend has...

YEA increases monthly allowances for CPAs

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has increased the monthly allowances paid to the Community Protection Assistants (CPAs) by about thirty percent. This was revealed by...

Meet Jackie Appiah’s adorable mother [Video+Photos]

A rare image of Ghanaian actress, Jackie Appiah's adorable mother has popped up on social media and Ghanaians cannot keep calm. The mother, Janet...

Nurses and Midwives upset over govt’s Debt Exchange Programme

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has expressed displeasure over the government’s debt exchange programme. The Association has described the programme as unfair...

Ghana to earn £‎1,000 per nurse in trade with UK – Health Minister

The Government of Ghana has announced a bilateral agreement with the British Government to send trained nurses to the United Kingdom (UK) in exchange...

Economic crisis: Be cautious, we’re in this together – Ofori-Atta to media

Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has warned the media to be cautious and disseminate accurate information regarding the current economic crisis and its debt...

Popular American actress dies at 71

Actress Kirstie Alley, best known for her role in the comedy series Cheers in the 1980s and 90s, has died of cancer at 71,...

South Korea boss Paulo Bento quits after World Cup elimination

South Korea coach Paulo Bento says he is leaving his role following his team’s elimination from the 2022 World Cup in the last 16. Bento’s...

Sunyani Regional Hospital to be upgraded into teaching hospital by April 2023

The Sunyani Regional Hospital will be upgraded to a teaching hospital by the end of the first quarter of 2023, the Health Minister has...

Tracker exposes motorbike thief granted bail by court

A motorbike sprayer who was arrested through a tracker installed in a motorbike which he allegedly stole, is before court. Sulemana Haruna, 37, the accused person, was...

Nike part ways with Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving

Nike has ended its sponsorship deal with Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving one month after he promoted a documentary which contained anti-Semitic material on...

Phone owners without Ghana card have not been blocked – Ursula

The Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has dismissed reports that mobile subscribers without a Ghana Card which is the main document for the SIM...

Govt still peddling falsehoods in the middle of a crisis – Ato Forson on ‘haircut’

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Finance Committee has described as a hoax government’s suggestion that there will be no haircuts on investments. According to Dr...

Ejura traditional council reaffirms intention to bar Fulani herdsmen

The Ejura Traditional Council has reaffirmed its decision to bar nomadic Fulani herders from entering communities in the traditional area with their cattle. Barima Osei Hwedie...

Local tourists schooled on new agric module introduced by B-BOVID farms

Local tourists who visited B-BOVID farms, located at Angu, in the Shama District of the Western Region, as part of the celebration of this...

I lost vision in one eye due to medical negligence – Victim recounts

Normally, patients resort to hospitals with the trust and assurance that their health needs will be attended to, but it gets disappointing when the...

All Agenda 111 hospitals cannot be completed by 2024 – NPP MP

Chairman of the Health Committee in Parliament, Dr Nana Ayew Afriyie, has admitted that all the hospitals promised by government under the Agenda 111...

Preventing nomadic herdsmen from entering Ejura will negatively affect farmers – Fulani leaders

Any attempt to forcibly stop nomadic herders from entering the Ashanti regional town of Ejura during the upcoming dry season will have disastrous effects...

Labour unions kick against any ‘haircut’ on pension funds of workers

Labour unions in the country have vowed to kick against any attempt by the government to reduce the value of pension funds of public...

Bawumia launches MyNHIS app

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Monday launched a new comprehensive online self-enrollment portal, "MyNHIS app". The launch of the app held in Tamale is...

Jospong Group begins weeklong Thanksgiving Service

The Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) and Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) on Monday, December 5, 2022, began this year's (2022) Service of Thanksgiving. The thanksgiving...

Cocoa farmer killed by fallen tree at Mankranso

A 65-year-old cocoa farmer has met her untimely death after a falling tree fell on her in a bush at Mankranso in the Ahafo...

Facial recognition metric app saved NSS GH₵112m – Executive Director

The Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Osei Assibey Antwi, has said the Scheme saved government an amount of GH₵112m after its...

Good news for Ghanaian nurses

The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, has revealed that engagements are underway to send trained Ghanaian nurses to the United Kingdom (UK) to work. According...

Minority kicks against debt restructuring programme

The Minority in Parliament has rejected government's proposed debt exchange programme which seeks to reduce high public debt. The Caucus has described the programme as...

Fans sarcastically praise Dede Ayew for missed penalty as Brazil humiliate South Korea

Ghana might have dodged a misfortune - Social media users appear to have made a u- turn on Dede Ayew's missed penalty after Brazil...

Digitalisation of customs process has enhanced smooth operations at the port – GRA

Principal Revenue Officer for Customs Operations of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Mrs Esther Kwakyewaa Amekudzi, has disclosed that the emergence of digitalisation at...

Cedi strengthens in value against dollar; 1$ now ¢13.70

 The Ghana cedi strengthened in value against the dollar almost a day after the government launched the Debt Exchange Programme. The local currency also...

Countryman Songo slams GFA, Otto Addo after Ghana’s early World Cup exit [Hot Video]

Adom TV's exquisite sports show, Fire for Fire, was electrified as host Countryman Songo takes a swipe at president of Ghana Football Association, Kurt...

We expect to reach a Staff-Level Agreement with IMF soon

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has expressed confidence that government would reach a Staff-Level Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) soon for a programme...

We’re shocked Akufo-Addo watched World Cup in Qatar despite economic crisis – Minority

The Minority group in Parliament says it is shocked by the President’s World Cup trip to Qatar despite the country’s economic difficulties. Addressing the press...

Fans verbally attack Moesha for twerking

Actress Moesha Budoung seems to be enjoying her life by jamming to songs that cause her to jump to the dancefloor and shake what...