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43 killed in Algeria wildfires – Police

Algerian police say at least 43 people are now known to have died in wildfires that raged for days in the north of the...

Kenya election: Odinga submits truckload of evidence

Kenyan politician Raila Odinga ferried cartons of paperwork in a truck as he files a legal case challenging the results of the presidential election. A...

Special Prosecutor investigates vehicle auctions, others by Customs from July 2016 till date

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is embarking on a full-scale probe of some activities at the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue...

Malta Guinness kicks off national plastics clean-up campaign at Alogboshie

Ghana's biggest non-alcoholic brewed malt beverage, Malta Guinness, has kicked off a national plastic clean-up and awareness campaign at Alogboshie in the Greater Accra...

Tonto Dikeh quits Nollywood

Tonto Dikeh has disclosed that she would not be returning to Nollywood after the governorship election in Rivers State. This comes after the actress was...

I don’t support Asamoah Gyan’s Black Stars return – Alhaji Grusah

Veteran Ghanaian football administrator, Alhaji Karim Grusah, says he's against Asamoah Gyan's desire for Black Stars return ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Gyan,...

Samuel Eto’o names his best ever Ghanaian footballer

Cameroon Football Association president, Samuel Eto'o, has named Ghana legend, Abedi Pele as the greatest Ghanaian player ever. The former Barcelona forward, who was in...

We can’t prosecute NAM 1 – EOCO boss

Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, says there is “insufficient evidence” to prosecute Nana Appiah...

Odike banished from Manhyia

Politician cum businessman, Akwasi Addai, nicknamed as ‘Odike’, is in trouble as he has allegedly been banished from Manhyia, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II’s palace. Scores...

Faceless NPP members seeking my downfall – Education Minister

Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has indicated that certain faceless New Patriotic Party (NPP) members are seeking his downfall at the Ministry...

Losing Kenyan candidate challenges election result

Raila Odinga, who came second in Kenya's presidential election, has filed a legal case challenging the result, his lawyers have said. According to the electoral...

Obuasi: Groups petition Akufo-Addo, Otumfuo over illegal miners’ invasion of Anglogold Ashanti’s concessions

There have been growing concerns on the part of residents of Obuasi and officials of AngloGold Ashanti on the impact of recent invasion of...

Beyi W’ano: 250 Ghanaian students on govt scholarships stranded in Morocco share ordeal

Some 250 Ghanaian students on government scholarships in Morocco have been rendered homeless over delay in the release of their stipend. The stipend between $250...

Ghana has equal chance of winning World Cup – Samuel Eto’o

Qatar Legacy Ambassador, Samuel Eto’o, believes Ghana and other countries representing Africa in Qatar have equal chances of winning the FIFA 2022 World Cup. No...

Oleksandr Usyk calls out Tyson Fury after victory over Anthony Joshua

Anthony Joshua’s bid to recapture the unified heavyweight titles ended in disappointment as Oleksandr Usyk produced a terrific performance to win by split decision...

Power drought hit Shanghai, sights go dark

An iconic skyline in the Chinese city of Shanghai - called The Bund - will not be lit for two nights to save power,...

ECG to pursue people responsible for destroying transformer

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced its commitment to finding the persons responsible for the destruction of some of its transformers serving...

Pakistan charges ex-PM over terror act

Pakistan's police have charged the country's former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, under anti-terror laws. Their investigation comes after he accused the police and judiciary of...

Woman drowns while filming live on Facebook

A Kenyan lady based in Canada drowned in a swimming pool while live-streaming herself on Facebook.  Hellen Wendy, whose Facebook profile says that she worked as a...

Singapore to end ban on gay sex

Singapore will repeal a law that bans gay sex, effectively making it legal to be homosexual in the city-state. The decision, announced by Prime Minister...

KNUST to revoke certificates of alumni involved in riot

The management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says it is taking steps to revoke the certificates of alumni who...

Famer in police grips for selling daughter for GHS 20k

The Agona Swedru Police Command in the Central Region is holding a 35-year-old farmer after bargaining to sell off his two-year-old daughter for an...

Akufo-Addo begins 4-day tour of Upper West and Savannah Regions

President Nana Akufo-Addo will from today begin a four-day working visit to the Upper West and Savanna regions. He will, on this tour, commission completed...

Education Ministry takes delivery of textbooks tomorrow

The Ministry of Education will take delivery of 3,742,624 textbooks from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) tomorrow. In all, 11,135 schools under...

SHS student battles stroke after allegedly being beaten by teacher

A 21-year-old student of Assin Manso Senior High School (SHS), popularly known as Great AMASS, Janet Halm, is battling for her life after being...

Education Ministry gives final demand notice to TANIT Limited

The Education Ministry has sent a final notice to an information technology company, TANIT Ltd, demanding a refund of an amount of GH₵859,115.46. According to...

We’re not going to allow any terrorist implantation in Ghana – Akufo-Addo vows

President Nana Akufo-Addo has called for cooperation between security forces in the country and the civilian population to help ward off terrorists and their...

I did not deserve ex-gratia – Togbe Afede XIV

The Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV, has reiterated that he returned the ex gratia paid him as a Council of State...

Former IGP Odartey Lamptey laid to rest

The Ghana Police Service on Friday, August 19, 2022, laid to rest a beloved former Inspector-General of Police, Charles Odartey Lamptey (Rtd.). Present at the...

Irate Barekese youth chase chief with stones

There was mayhem in the early hours of Sunday, August 21, at Barekese in the Ashanti Region as irate youth of the area allegedly...

Mahama, Asiedu Nketia, NDC executives throng Tamale for Alhaji Mobila’s funeral

The final funeral rites of the late Northern Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Ibrahim Mobila, has been held in his...

Mahama reveals late Alhaji Mobila’s wish before his demise

Former President John Dramani Mahama has revealed the last wish of late Northern Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Ibrahim...

Four injured in clash at Kasoa

A clash between some yet-to-be-identified persons has left four people seriously injured at Awutu Papaase number 2 near Kasoa in the Awutu Senya West...

Ghanaians stranded in Dubai send SOS message to govt

About 500 Ghanaians are stranded in Dubai after being charged various sums of money by some recruitment agencies in Ghana under the pretext of...

Photos: Mahama supports Kumasi Sofoline Mosque Project with GH¢110,000 cash donation

Former President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday, August 20, 2022, visited the Kumasi Sofoline Mosque and made a cash donation of GH¢110,000.00 to the...

3 granted GH₵60,000 bail for illegal connection

Three unemployed young men have been granted a bail of GH₵20,000 with one surety each by an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly engaging in...

2-year-old revenges, bites 20-inch snake to death

A two-year-old bit a snake to death in Turkey last week after she was struck first.  Newsweek reports the toddler was in her backyard on August 10 when neighbours heard...

Notorious criminal caught after applying for police job

A man has been dubbed 'South Africa's dumbest criminal" after walking into the police station to check on his application to join the police...

Davido’s baby mama Sophia breaks silence on rumoured pregnancy

Sophia Momodu, Davido’s first baby mama, has refuted claims that she is once again pregnant for the singer. Rumours were rife that she is carrying...

Rwanda woman faces jail over ‘shameful dressing’

Rwandan authorities have arrested and taken to court a young woman over ‘indecent’ dressing, after a photo of her in a fish net attire at...