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National Cathedral Secretariat clears air on Sonnie Badu payment brouhaha

The Executive Director of the National Cathedral Secretariat has refuted claims that it made some payments to gospel musician, Sonnie Badu. Dr Paul Opoku-Mensah, in a...

Police retrieve body of woman with slit throat at Assin Fosu

The remains of a teenager suspected to have been murdered and dumped on the Assin Fosu - Yamoransa highway was Monday retrieved by the...

Man drowns in stream at Adumasa

A man believed to be in his 40s has reportedly drowned in a stream at Adumasa in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti region....

National Cathedral: Executive Director reacts to allegations of private ownership

The Executive Director of the National Cathedral of Ghana has reiterated that the project is state-owned and not a private entity as alleged by...

Check out rare photos of Adomi Bridge while under construction

Between 1955 and 1956, one of Ghana’s most iconic road infrastructure was built. Treasured as a national landmark, the arch bridge built from the Lazer...

Thousands stranded as flood waters block Takoradi-Agona-Tarkwa highway [video]

There was a gridlock at the Takoradi-Agona-Tarkwah highway on Tuesday evening, June 21. This followed a flooding situation following a downpour in that part of...

At least 280 killed as earthquake hits Afghanistan

A powerful earthquake has killed at least 280 people and left scores injured in Afghanistan, according to the country's state news agency. Pictures shared on...

Grounded rescue boat found in Cape Coast

A grounded lifeboat has washed ashore in Cape Coast.The lifeboat is believed to have been from Portugal making its way to the Gulf of...

Girl stabs teen brother to death over PlayStation 4

A 15-year-old girl was charged with murder on Monday for reportedly stabbing her 16-year-old brother to death during an argument about a video game. The...

Govt to roll out automatic premix fuel pumps [Listen]

In order to reduce the hoarding of premix fuel massively in the country, government is set to introduce automatic fuel pumps at the various...

179 customers of defunct Menzgold have passed away – Convenor

Convener of Menzgold Customers, Fred Forson, has disclosed that following the collapse of the company, 179 of the customers have died. According to him, many...

Office of Special Prosecutor board inaugurated

The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Dame Yeboah, has sworn in a nine-member board for the Office of the Special Prosecutor. This comes...

IGP not working, only seeking human faces – DCOP Akrofi

Former Eastern Regional Police Commander, Douglas Akrofi, has accused the Inspector-General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, of what he described as 'seeking human...

Man allegedly butchers pregnant woman and kid

A man has allegedly butchered a pregnant woman, slit open her belly and slashed her foetus at Atobora, near Tepa, in the Ashanti Region. The...

Latest demand by customers of Menzgold against NAM 1 will shock you

Customers of defunct Menzgold are calling for the prosecution of the founder of the firm, Nana Appiah Mensah, also known as NAM 1, to...

Parts of Kumasi Shoe Factory to be demolished after fire incident

Engineers at the Asokwa Municipal Assembly in the Ashanti Region have recommended the demolition of parts of the building within the Kumasi Shoe factory...

NADMO not ready for unforeseen occurrences – Disaster management expert

DCOP Douglas Akrofi Asiedu, a disaster expert who doubles the former Greater Accra police commander, has revealed the inadequacy of the National Disaster Management...

Help Africa recover from impacts of COVId-19, Russia-Ukraine war – Akufo Addo

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged the global community to increase its efforts to help developing countries withstand the...

Group charges Parliament to pass Affirmative Action Bill to reduce gender bias

A group called the Affirmative Action Bill Coalition has made a strong case for Parliament to pass the Affirmative Action Bill into law with...

Cathedral saga: I’m pained Duncan-Williams, Heward-Mills, others have been roped in – Sammy Gyamfi

National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress, Sammy Gyamfi, has criticized the Akufo-Addo-led administration for "dragging" some revered men of God into the...

Evangelist apologises to her followers for getting pregnant out of wedlock

A popular Nigerian Facebook evangelist, Patience Otene has apologized to her followers for having a child out of wedlock.  Taking to social media, Evangelist Otene revealed...

Man stoned to death at Gomoa Aprah

A man has been stripped naked and stoned to death at Gomoa Aprah near Gomoa Buduburam in the Gomoa East District of the Central...

Daughter of Elon Musk cuts ties with father

Elon Musk's transgender daughter has applied to legally change her name and gender, saying she no longer wants to "be related to my biological...

Boy, 5, dies in hot car after being left for 3 hours

A five-year-old boy died in a hot car after mistakenly being left for up to three hours by his mum, it is claimed. The mother...

French court upholds ban on burkini swimsuits

France's highest administrative court has upheld a ban on full-body "burkini" swimsuits in public pools, rejecting an appeal by the city of Grenoble. Last month,...

Bosomtwe District Assembly orders Feyiase Church of Pentecost to revert to approved building permit

The Bosomtwe District Assembly in the Ashanti region has ordered the Church of Pentecost at Feyiase to pull down 15 feet of its church...

Supreme Court Judge expresses concern over prosecution of corruption cases

A Supreme Court Judge, Nene Amegatcher, has expressed concern over what he says is the trend of lawyers using court processes to frustrate the...

Two soldiers remanded in police custody for rape

Two soldiers who were arrested by the Damongo Police Command for raping a nurse graduate at the Damongo Nurses Training College have been remanded...

Lighthouse loses case against resigned bishop, Larry Odonkor

At the Ivato International Airport in Madagascar, the missionary-in-charge of Lighthouse Chapel International’s branch in that country, Bishop Larry Odonkor, faced his assistant pastor,...

Man allegedly poisons two children to death; attempts suicide

A father has allegedly poisoned his two children to death at Shamaa in the Western Region. Reports indicate the incident happened on Sunday, after the...

GJA Elections Committee Chairman resigns 3 days to election

The Chairman of the Elections Committee of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has resigned barely three days to the national executive elections. Osei Kwadwo Adow...

Association of Judges and Magistrates clears air on ‘ex-gratia’ payments

The Association of Magistrates and Judges of Ghana (AMJG) has dismissed claims Superior Court Justices are paid ex-gratia. According to the Association, the claims...

Ato Essien heads to the Supreme Court

The embattled founder and Chief Executive Officer of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, has taken his fight to the Supreme Court seeking to...

Another teenager killed by lightning in Volta Region

Another teenager has been struck and killed by lightning at Penyi in the Ketu North Municipality of the Volta Region. This happened last week, two...

Scrubbing of toilet and urinal at school not child abuse – Cecilia Dapaah

The Caretaker Minister for Gender, Children and Social protection, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has urged school authorities to allow pupils to help in cleaning facilities...

7 feared dead in accident at Caprice [Photos]

Seven persons have reportedly died in a fatal accident that occurred at Caprice near Circle in Accra. The incident is said to have occurred...

Mahama, NDC gurus visit Archbishop of Tamale [Photos]

Former President John Dramani Mahama has paid a courtesy call on the Archbishop of Tamale, Most Reverend Philip Naameh. The visit to Bishop Naameh,...

Employee crashes Cristiano Ronaldo’s £1.7m Bugatti Veyron [Photos]

Cristiano Ronaldo’s £1.8million Bugatti Veyron was sent away on a tow-truck under blue tarpaulin after his bodyguard crashed the supercar into a wall in Majorca. The Manchester...

Punish attackers of journalists severely – Oppong Nkrumah to judges

The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has called on judges to punish persons who attack journalists irrespective of their social status and political affiliations. He...

Police intensify community engagement nationwide

In line with the proactive prevention policing strategy of the Ghana Police Service, all Regional, Divisional and District Police Commanders embarked on intensive community...