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COVID-19: Ghana to produce vaccines in 2 years

The Committee set up by President Nana Akufo-Addo to look into the possibility of Ghana producing her own COVID-19 vaccine and other vaccines has...

Viral video: Foreign students learning Twi in class

A video of foreign teenage students learning Twi in class has gone viral on social media. The video, sighted on a Facebook page called...

2 ladies caught on camera stealing from shop in ‘mafia-style’ [Video]

A surveillance camera has captured the moments two women walked into a supermarket pretending to be selecting items from a shelf before stealing products....

Abesim murder: Residents accuse suspect of killing more people

Some residents of Abesim, a town rocked by the gruesome murder of two children, say they suspect the alleged murderer to be a serial...

Bagre dam spillage: GWCL warns of shutdown of plant at Nawuni

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) in the Northern Region has announced a temporal shut down of its intake plant at Nawuni. This follows the...

Fire destroys 16 rooms, 4 shops at Berekum [Video]

A fire incident at Berekum in the Bono Region has destroyed 16 rooms, four shops, and other property running into thousands of cedis. The incident,...

Fire guts portions of Agbogbloshie Yam Market

Fire on Thursday night gutted scores of wooden structures at the Konkomba Yam Market at Agbogbloshie, in the Greater Accra Region. The fire, which reportedly...

Fake Airforce officer jailed 6 months for impersonation

A Zuba Grade I Area Court in Abuja on Friday sentenced a 25-year-old man, Abdulmajid Mohammed, to six months imprisonment for impersonating an Airforce...

Woman’s earlobe infected after unusual s3xual encounter [Photo]

A panicked woman took to Facebook to ask for advice as her ear became infected after an unusual sexual encounter with her boyfriend. The woman posted in the Facebook...

Man arrested for allegedly attempting to rape his male friend

A young man, identified as Isaac Opoku, has been arrested at Ejisu Kranpa in the Ashanti Region for allegedly trying to sleep with his male...

23-year-old illegal miner jailed 20 years for robbery

A 23-year-old illegal miner, Satar Salifu, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by the Wa Circuit court for his involvement in a robbery. Prosecuting,...

GHS to begin administering AstraZeneca vaccine from Tuesday

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is set to administer AstraZeneca Vaccines from Tuesday, August 31. This was revealed by the Programme Manager, Expanded Programme on...

‘Open our land borders’ demo shakes Aflao [Photos+Video]

Masquerades joined scores of residents to attend the much-anticipated 'open the borders' demonstration held at Aflao in the Volta Region. The Member of Parliament (MP)...

Bagre Dam spillage: NADMO deploys Operation Thunderbolt to flood-prone areas

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) says it has dispatched its Operation Thunderbolt 2021 team to areas in the northern part of the country...

JoyNews launches Habitat Fair 2021 [Video+Photos]

The JoyNews Habitat Fair 2021 has been launched at Ecobank Ghana’s head office in Accra. The event, headlined by Ecobank Ghana PLC, was under the...

Open defecation rampant at Asiwa

Residents of Asiwa in the Bosomefreho District of the Ashanti Region defecate openly. This is because the district capital, Asiwa, has no modern public toilet...

Man shot, 13-year-old daughter allegedly gang-raped [Video]

Irate residents of Gomoa Adeantem in the Central Region have waged war against Fulani herdsmen in the area over what they described as incessant...

Juventus coach says Ronaldo no longer plans to play for the club

Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri says Cristiano Ronaldo has told the club he “no longer has any intention” to play for the Italian side. Ronaldo, 36,...

Citizens’ lack of trust in institutions eroding corruption fight – GACC

The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) has expressed worry about the spate of corruption at various government institutions in the country. Executive Director of GACC, Mrs...

Bosome Freho chiefs appeal for hospital

The chiefs and people of Asiwa in the Bosome Freho District are asking for the construction of a hospital to help meet the health needs of the increasing...

Corruption Watch: ECG must be your first assignment – Kissi Agyebeng told

The Executive Director for Revenue Mobilisation Africa, Godfred Ocansey, has opined that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) must be Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng's...

Daily Guide’s sub-editor passes on hours after attending press conference

A sub-Editor of privately-owned Daily Guide Newspaper, Thomas Fosu Jnr., is reported dead. The sudden demise of the former Parliamentary Correspondent, according to reports, occurred...

Buhari turns heads with his shoes [Photo]

Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari, has set social media buzzing with his pair of shoes he wore to an event. The shoe was a blue suede on...

Evangelist remanded over ‘wee toffees’

A 30-year-old evangelist has been remanded by a Koforidua Circuit Court in the Eastern Region for allegedly administering locally manufactured cannabis (wee) to his...

Daasebre Prof Oti Boateng passes on

The Omanhene of the New Juaben Traditional Area in the Eastern Region, Daasebre Professor Emeritus Oti Boateng, has passed on. He died about two weeks...

Python swallows whole cow, but something strange happens

A ravenous Burmese python swallowed a cow before its stomach swelled so much it burst and died. The 15ft-long snake slithered into the grassy pasture...

Latest photos of veteran actor ‘Kohwe’ fill Ghanaians’ eyes with tears

Some Ghanaians have been drowned in tears over the latest photos of veteran Ghanaian actor and comedian, Kofi Laing, aka Kohwe. The actor has been spotted...

Lightning kills Hilla Liman Senior High School student

Heavy rains with it’s accompanying lightning on Wednesday struck dead a student of the Hilla Liman Senior High School at Gwollu in the Sissala...

Two drown while attempting to cross river after downpour at Najong 1

Two persons have been reported dead in the North East Region on Thursday. Badisoma Damyee, 50, and her seven-year-old grandchild, Priscilla Badisoma, are said to have met...

Institute of Engineering roots for more women on governing boards

The vice president for the Institute of Engineering and Technology, Ghana, Henry Boateng, is urging the government to appoint more women on governing boards. This,...

Agenda 111: Institute of Architects takes govt on

The Ghana Institute of Architects says government did not follow laid down procedures to award a design contract recently. The company was awarded the contract...

Over 470 teen mothers return to school in Central Region

A total of 473 girls in the Central Region, who were either pregnant or breastfeeding, have returned to school. A representative of the National Girls...

Ghana, North Rhine-Westphalia sign agreement of co-operation

The Government of Ghana and the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, on Wednesday, 25th August 2021, signed an agreement to deepen the ties of cooperation...

Chiefs’ touching message to IGP

"We have been living here all our lives and no Inspector-General of Police (IGP) or top police management team has ever visited the communities...

Abesim murder suspect remanded

The Kaneshie District Court has remanded Richard Appiah, the 28-year-old architect alleged to have murdered three children at Abesim in the Bono Region. Suspect Appiah...

Man dies after having s3x using ultra-strong glue instead of condom

A man has died after using ultra-strong glue instead of a condom as contraception, it has been reported. Drug user Salman Mirza, 25, sealed his...

Single teacher marries herself

Most people would agree that your wedding day is one of the most special days of your life, not to mention probably the most...

One dead, two others in critical condition in Buipe accident

One person has reportedly died while two others have sustained injuries following an accident at Buipe in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah...

MGL Adom Cluster General Manager gets top post at GIBA

General Manager (GM), Adom Cluster of the Multimedia Group Limited (MGL), Abdulai Awudu, has been elected to serve on the next Executive Council of...

Dredge Masters refurbishes 98-year-old Korle Bu Children’s Ward

Dredge Masters Limited has received commendation for refurbishing the Children's Ward at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH). The leading provider of cutting-edge modern technological...