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Driver assaulted by police at Kasoa compensated – Brother reveals

A brother of the driver, Kwesi Odei, allegedly assaulted by police for jumping red light at McCarthy Hill in Accra has given a different...

Journalists deserve all the protection the nation can offer – Rawlings

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has stressed the need for the protection of journalists in every way possible.He said the profession was saddled with many dangers, especially...

Sex for grades: Rawlings suggests external examiners for universities

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has urged higher institutions of learning to use external examiners to stem incidents of sex for grades.The former President...

I was in the spiritual realm – Rev. Obofour tells Police

Reverend Francis Antwi aka Rev. Obofour who was invited by the Greater Accra Regional Police Command on Thursday, 31st October, 2019, for allowing a...

Gov’t using ‘free SHS ambassadors’ to campaign in schools – NDC

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has alleged that the government is using subterfuge means to campaign in Senior High School across the country.According to...

Kidnapping not new in Ghana – Interior Minister

The Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery has dismissed claims that the recent spate of kidnappings is new to Ghana.Defending his assertion, Mr. Dery said the...

Video: Queen mother appeals to gov’t to amplify powers of Traditional rulers

Queen mother of Worawora in the Biakoye District of the Oti Region, Nana Abena Safoa Awerewa II has appealed to President Akufo-Addo to...

Audio: Lecturer cries over rise teenage pregnancy

Failure to provide the needed parental protection is to blame for the increase in teenage pregnancy, a lecturer at Central University has said.Dr Benjamin...

AdAge Media presents Name Tags to UG School of Pharmacy

AdAge Media, a Marketing and Advertising Agency, has presented 'Name Tags' to staff and students of the School of Pharmacy under the College...

Our lecturers don’t carry guns – KNUST dismisses report

Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has reacted to publications that lecturers of the institution have resorted to the...

Tema fishermen disagree on significance of flags on canoes

Flags are generally used as symbols, signalling devices or for decoration.Associations and countries have various reasons for settling on one type of flag...

Audio: Prisons Service reacts to Minority’s secret recruitment claims

The Ghana Prisons Service has rubbished claims by the minority in parliament that the service is secretly recruiting some personnel into the service without...

Audio: Second phase of UGMC expansion begins

The University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) has officially commenced work as part of the second phase to expand and scale up operations of...

Fake UK Doctor arrested for defrauding 3 people

The Koforidua Circuit Court ‘B’ has remanded a 32-year-old unemployed for disguising himself as a United Kingdom-based Ghanaian doctor to defraud three persons to...

No more projects on Aburi mountain – Roads Minister

The Ministry of Roads and Highways is urging local assemblies whose control span the Aburi mountain area to be firm and take action against...

GHA to reconstruct culverts under Tema Motorway

As part of measures to control and totally do away with the possible recurrence of flooding on the Tema motorway, the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) intends...

Israel suspends diplomatic activities in Ghana

The Embassy of Israel in Accra has suspended daily diplomatic activities in Ghana until further notice, a statement from the Middle East country has...

Photos: Two dead, others injured in building collapse at Ajumako

A collapsed building has killed two persons leaving six others in critical conditions at Ajumako in the Central region after a heavy downpour on...

Flood halts lectures at UG

The University of Ghana (UG) has suspended lectures and quizzes due to flooding on its campus.The flooding in parts of the campus, according to...

Y’asem Nie: Hairdressers tell their most horrifying stories [VIDEO]

From washing a head full of lice to detangling chunks of hair knots, three hairdressers share their most terrifying stories.On the social discussion segment...

Kwesi Pratt descends on political leaders over recent floods

Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has blamed leaders in Ghana for the recent floods in parts of the country.According...

Ghanaian victims of Jammeh killings want to testify before Reconciliation Commission

Ghanaians who survived the unlawful killing of 56 West African migrants in the Gambia and the victims’ families have requested to testify at the...

Watch: Nkroful residents demonstrate over bad road

Residents of Nkroful, the hometown of Ghana's first president, Kwame Nkrumah, on Wednesday staged a demonstration against the government to protest over the bad...

Israeli diplomats in Ghana suspend consular services

The Israeli Embassy in Ghana has suspended consular services from Wednesday, a statement from the consulate has announced.“No consular services will be provided and...

Flooding in Ghana: MP hints of food crisis in Upper East

The recent floods in parts of Ghana may result in serious food crises, especially in the Upper East Region, Member of Parliament for Builsa...

Accident deaths drop by 7.6%

Efforts by stakeholders to reduce the increasing carnage on the roads have started showing positive results as the number of commuters killed in...

Gays need medical attention or deliverance – Speaker

Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Prof. Mike Ocquaye, is of the view that gays are humans with deviant conduct who should either be treated medically...

MP threatens demo over bad roads in constituency

National Democratic Congress Member of Parliament for Amenfi West in the Western Region, Eric Afful, has threatened a demonstration over the bad nature of...

Facebook lover runs away after impregnating 20-year-old lady

A 20-year-old lady who only gave her name as Ama is appealing to the public to help locate her lover who has impregnated and jilted her.According...

Man hacks wife for threatening divorce

A middle-aged woman is battling for her life after her estranged husband inflicted cutlass wounds on her for threatening to end their marriage.According to...

Photos: Hundreds trapped as houses submerge after heavy downpour in Cape Coast

Hundreds of residents in Cape Coast and its environs have been trapped in their homes with their houses submerged in floods after six hours...

Mobile phone is devil’s tool to divert attention from the Bible – Evangelist Amofah

Heaven and Hell Revelator, evangelist Lawrence Amofah, has cautioned Christians in Ghana to be very cautious about how much time they spend on their...

Rusty Rails: The story of Ghana’s lost glory and government’s new worry

Of all the means of transport in Ghana – road, air and sea – the weakest link remains railways.It didn’t use to be that...

Teacher found hanging dead on a tree

Kwesikum, a village near Agona Duakwa in the Agona East District in the Central Region was thrown into shock Tuesday when a 55- year-...

No school for primary pupils today as teachers undergo training

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that pupils in primary school will not attend school on today, October 30, as the day has...

African Ministerial Conference on Information Access opens in Accra

The 3rd Ministerial Round table for African Ministers with oversight responsibilities for Libraries has opened in Accra under the auspices of the Ministry of...

Time to end stigma on female infertility- President

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged African governments to urgently integrate the issues of infertility and its treatment in the maternal and reproductive...

Our school now a den of sex workers & wee smokers – Awutu Mankomda Christian Int’l School

Teachers and pupils at the Awutu Mankomda Christian international school in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central region have decried the activities...

Corporate Income Taxes stifling rural banks’ support for communities

The decision by the government to up Corporate Income Taxes imposed on Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) from eight (8) to 25% is stifling...

Photos: Building collapse kills man, wife in critical condition after heavy downpour

Kwakuvi Atiti, a 70-year-old man, has lost his life with his 59-year-old wife, Ekom Atiti, in a critical condition after a building collapsed on them...