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Shocking as grieving family finds stranger’s body in funeral casket

A grieving family was traumatised after finding a complete stranger's body in their loved one's funeral casket. The other body was even dressed in Sonya...

Teachers’ Group applauds Education Minister for showing leadership

A group calling itself "21st Century Teachers" has applauded the Minister for Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum for showing leadership by reversing the academic...

UN Peace Ambassador commiserates with Apiate explosion victims

The International Association of World Peace Advocates has emphasized the need to educate Ghanaians on what to do in the event of an explosion....

Scrap dealers steal digital address plates at Ngleshie Amanfro

Scrap dealers are reported to have started stealing the metal plates on which the digital addresses have been inscribed. At Ngleshie Amanfro in the Ga...

Chaos at Akro SHS as students beat suspected thief to death

A suspected thief has been beaten to death by students of Akro Senior High Technical School in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the...

SHS student slits throat of junior for refusing to run errands

A college senior student of an Islamic Theology school has slit the throat of an 11-year-old junior student, Jubril Mato. The junior student, Jubril, who...

Man arrested for setting neighbour on fire for refusing his love advances

A woman, identified as Jane Amos, has been hospitalised after a police inspector, Ezekah Akbelu, allegedly set her ablaze for refusing his love advances. According...

Teacher arrested for murdering, burying child in school premises

Nigeria Police command has arrested a school teacher, Abdulmalik Mohammed Tanko, for abducting and killing his five-year-old pupil, Hanifa Abubakar, despite collecting part of...

Taxi driver shares horrific experience of how he picked up a ghost

A taxi driver has shared a bizarre experience of how he accidentally picked a ghost. The man, who remains anonymous, said he suspected the woman...

Sports Ministry demand restructure of Black Stars management committee

The Ministry of Youth and Sports has directed the Ghana Football Association to reconstitute the Black Stars management committee following Ghana's heartbreaking exit from...

Apiate explosion: Chief Inspector of Mines interdicted, company involved suspended

The Lands Minister, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, has instructed the Chief Executive Officer of the Minerals Commission, Martin Kwaku Ayisi, to interdict the Chief Inspector...

Former Ejisu MP under fire over bribery allegation

Former Roads Minister, Kwabena Owusu Aduomi, is under fire for openly confessing payment of about 3 million Ghana Cedis as an enticement fee during...

Apiate explosion: 96 discharged, 4 in critical condition

The Ghana Police Service has provided an update on the number of casualties from the explosion that occurred at Apiate in the Western Region...

Apiate explosion shot ‘coaltar’ into victim’s tummy – Doctor

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bogoso InnerCity Hospital where some victims of the Apiate explosion were rushed to for medical care says...

Asante Kotoko appoint Countryman Songo as communication team member

Asante Kotoko has announced the appointment of award winning sports journalist, Patrick Osei Agyemang, as a member of their communications team. The club released a...

Community police officer shot dead while chasing murder suspect

A Fulani herdsman has reportedly shot dead a Community Police Assistant, Salisu Lampo at Lingbinkura, a farming community near Buipe in the Central Gonja...

Apiate Explosion: 11-year-old boy to be airlifted to Accra for treatment

The administrator of the Tarkwa Municipal Hospital, Mukabbir Amasa Abass, has revealed that the hospital is preparing to airlift an 11-year-old boy, a victim...

Coach arrested for allegedly sodomising footballers [Video]

A 26-year-old coach, Benjamin Kojo Bannor, is in the grips of the Central East Regional Police Command for alleged sodomy at Kasoa Zion in...

Nima-Maamobi gang clash: 7 suspects plead not guilty

Seven out of 11 suspects accused of rioting and causing harm during Tuesday’s clash between Nima and Maamobi youth, have pleaded not guilty to...

Another explosion renders many homeless [Photos]

Firefighters battled an intense blaze that emanated from a fuel tanker at the Kaase Industrial Area in Kumasi on Friday. The affected area is alleged...

Tamale Police arrest woman and daughter for selling ‘wee toffee’ to pupils

The police in the Northern Region have arrested a woman and her daughter at Sakasaka, a suburb of Tamale Metropolis for processing and selling...

Ghana takes over AMERI plant

Ghana has taken full ownership of the 250-megawatt (MW) power production plant from the African and Middle East Resources Investment Group, otherwise known as...

Confusion as father-of-six dumps wife to marry househelp

A distraught woman has threatened to deal mercilessly with her spouse after he ditched her to wed their househelp on her blind side. In a voice tape that has...

It’s as if we’re in a war-torn country – Witness recounts explosion near Bogoso

A witness has recounted his experience regarding the explosion at Apiate, a community near Bogoso in the Western Region. In his narration, he said human...

13 dead, 59 injured in Apiate explosion

A total of 13 people have been confirmed dead in the Appiatse explosion near Bogoso in the Western Region. The incident which occurred as a...

Mahama commiserates with victims of Bogoso explosion

Former President John Dramani Mahama has commiserated with the victims of the Apiate explosion which occurred in the Bogoso District of the Western Region,...

Apiate explosion: Interior Minister issues orders to explosive manufacturer

Ambrose Dery, the Minister of Interior, has ordered the management of MAXAM, one of the world’s leading explosives manufacturer and technical services provider, operating...

Apiate explosion: Sue mining company for damages – Kwaku Azar

A US-based Ghanaian lawyer and scholar, Prof. Stephen Kwaku Asare, has bemoaned the lack of implementation of rules and regulations in the country in...

Committee to probe Bogoso-Apiate explosion

The Lands and Natural Resources Ministry has announced a committee will be set up to probe the fatal explosion at Apiate near Bogoso in...

GES directs teachers to pay GH¢10 for appointment letters

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced the release of about 1,000 appointment letters to newly-trained teachers in the country. The beneficiaries, according to the...

Foreign Affairs Minister holds discussions with UN Secretary-General on Africa security

Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration on Tuesday held discussions with the UN Secretary-General on the security situation in the Sahel and...

Ghana Police Service introduces new phase of DOVVSU

Director of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU), Chief Supt Owusuwaa Kyeremeh, has said that the Ghana Police Service has introduced a...

Sad: 15-month-old baby among deceased in Apiate explosion

The aftermath of the horrific explosion that happened at Apiate, near Bogoso in the Western Region is still being felt. Thursday’s incident occurred when a...

Bawumia, Dampare, other govt officials visit Apiate [Video]

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has led a delegation to commiserate with residents of Apiate near Bogoso in the Western Region. This follows a...

Apiate: Victims of explosion speak for the first time [Video]

Affected victims have shared their horrifying accounts on the cause of explosion at Apiate, on Thursday, January 21. Buildings and other facilities at Apiate near...

Sepaase insecurity; Police call on assembly to complete police station

The Atwima Nwabiagya South District Assembly has been asked to immediately complete an ongoing police station project at Sepaase to help combat crime effectively. The...

CLOGSAG calls off strike; directs members to resume work on Monday

Members of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) have called off their strike. The industrial action, which started this morning, was...

The Police know where they are- NPP member wades into Nima clash

Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alhaji Kamal-Deen Abdulai, has alleged that the Police have information on the whereabouts of the...

Waste-to-Energy plant to provide power to local ginger processing company

A six million euro waste-to-energy plant will supply power to a local ginger processing company at Gyankobaa in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of...

I’m adding 1,000 branches to my 378 churches in 2022 – Rev Obofour [Video]

Leader and Founder of Anointed Palace Chapel, Reverend Obofour, says he is certain he'd add about 1,000 branches to his already existing 378 branches of...