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Labourer gets 7 years for defilement

A 32-year-old labourer who had sex with a 12-year-old minor who was his step-daughter has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by an Accra...

Coup plot: Court adjourns treason trial to December 19

The Kaneshie District Court on Wednesday adjourned the treason trial involving ten persons to December 19.This was to enable the prosecution to continue with...

New airplane seat design will make it easier to sleep in economy

Who hasn't struggled to sleep on an airplane economy seat, forced to improvise a makeshift pillow out of a rolled-up sweater or scarf?A new...

Snake delays start of cricket match in India

A professional cricket match in India was delayed Monday when a snake wandered out into pitch just as players were getting into position.The Ranji...

Fire kills 5-year-old boy in Ashanti Region

A five-year-old boy perished when he got trapped in an inferno that gutted a nine-bedroom apartment last Saturday night at Ahwiaa Over-Seas, in the...

Lost wedding ring found at world’s largest Christmas light maze

Workers at a Florida attraction billed as the world's largest Christmas light maze found a visitor's lost wedding ring several days after the item...

25-year-old man arrested for allegedly killing sex worker at Dansoman

The Dansoman Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man, Prosper Nii Aku, who is suspected to have killed a 40-year-old woman.According to the police...

UK Ambassador speaks on Ghana-UK relationship

Ghana’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland is confident the relationship between Ghana and the UK is very good.According to Papa Owusu-Ankomah,...

Adom FM’s Entertainment Hall host, Mike 2 graduates from AUCC

Host of Adom FM’s Entertainment Hall, Michael Boateng, has graduated from African University College of Communications (AUCC).Mike 2, as he is called in his...

Photos: Fire destroys dozens of abandoned SADA tricycles in Wa

At least 50 buckets and bonnets of tricycles belonging to defunct Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), have been burnt by fire at the...

Domelevo wins Integrity Personality Award

Auditor-General, Mr Daniel Yaw Domelevo, has been awarded the Integrity Personality of the Year at this year’s Ghana Integrity Award. Also...

Death sentence too final, mistakes can be made – Justice Lovelace-Johnson

Supreme Court judge nominee, Avril Lovelace-Johnson, has kicked against the death penalty sentence.The death penalty, a form of capital punishment instituted by...

Cost of Ghana passport in UK high – High Commissioner admits

Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Papa Owusu Ankomah, has said his outfit is considering reviewing passport fees downwards.According to...

Nana Fredua joins ‘eat local rice’ campaign

A Member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) communications team, Nana Fredua Agyeman Ofori  Atta, has urged Ghanaians to patronise Made in Ghana products, particularly rice to support  local farmers...

Okyenhene commends sanitation Minister

The Okyenhene of the Kyebi State, Osagyefo  Amoatia  Oforipanyin, has commended the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah  for her hard...

Manasseh’s book: EC Chair sought ‘permission’ from military before declaring Akufo-Addo President

It has emerged that Mrs Charlotte Osei, Chairperson for the Electoral Commission (EC) sought for clearance from the top hierarchy of the Ghana Armed...

Female judge accused of having threesomes with lawyers in her chambers

A female Kentucky lawyer has been handed nine misconduct charges after being accused of engaging in threesomes and group sex inside the court chambers.38-year-old Dawn...

GES to publish ‘legacy arrears’ beneficiaries in wake of teachers’ strike

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says it will not be stampeded into paying illegal money to teachers under the guise of legacy arrears....

Video: From enmity to amity: Story of chiefs’ new found friendships and community development

From about 500 years ago, when settlements began to take shape here, to when the Gold Coast was visited by the Portuguese, Danes, Dutch and British...

Tricycle rider punished to sweep for littering [Watch]

A Berekum Divisional Crime Officer, Franklin Yevugah, on Sunday punished a tricycle rider to sweep an area of about 150 metres for littering.The policeman...

Farming now a lucrative venture – 2019 National Best Farmer

The 2019 National Best Farmer, Charles Gyamfi, has asserted that farming, unlike in the past, has become very rewarding for farmers.READ THIS: Supreme...

Audio: MCE calls for emergency meeting over Mankessim shooting

Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Mfantseman, Kenneth Kelly Essuman, has called for a Municipal Security Council Meeting over the shooting at Mankessim during a...

Students left to their fate over teachers’ strike

Students in some basic, junior high and senior high schools across the country have been left stranded following the indefinite strike action by three...

Audio: Tilapia seller butchered at Yeji

James Naah, a tilapia seller at Yeji in Pru East District in the Bono East region, has been reportedly butchered by some armed robbers.Information...

Man catches ‘cheating’ wife; batters her into coma

Police have arrested a 35-year-old man, Kofi Bandoli, for beating his wife to oblivion after allegedly catching her having sexual intercourse with another man....

SHS students attack teacher after getting ‘high’

Students of Zappa Secondary School in Asaba, Delta State allegedly attacked their teacher after getting ‘high’ on hard drugs.The students were reported to have...

A US town that lies in Canada

Traffic moves easily on 56th Street, a leafy roadway in suburban Vancouver, Canada, until a maze of concrete barriers abruptly disrupts the flow.I steered...

Supreme Court Justice nominees to face Appointments Committee

The Appointments Committee of Parliament will begin vetting of the three Supreme Court Justice nominees later today, Monday.The three who are all justices...

Volta, Oti chiefs disown Western Togoland

The Volta Regional House of Chiefs has disassociated itself from persons who have declared independence for an area they are calling “Western Togoland” which...

IGP interdicts 2 Policemen over Kasoa killing

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr James Oppong-Boanuh, has directed the immediate interdiction of two policemen in connection with the shooting and killing of...

GES to publish legacy arrears beneficiaries in wake of teachers’ strike

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says it will not be stampeded into paying illegal money to teachers under the guise of legacy arrears.According to...

Listen: Police pick up 5 persons in connection with Mankessim shooting

The police have picked up five people in connection with disturbances during the ‘outdooring’ of a Paramount Queenmother, Nana Araba Otua II, at Mankessim...

Overnight fuel hikes: COPEC raises alarm

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers-Ghana (COPEC) are raising alarm over what they is almost a 1 percent increase in fuel at the pump since...

I was held in America over Ahmed Suale’s murder – Kennedy Agyapong reveals

The Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has revealed that he was recently held at Houston Airport by security officials for six...

Karpowership: Akufo-Addo commissions use of natural gas for electricity generation [Photos+Video]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned the use of gas as the primary fuel for power generation from Karpowership on December 7, 2019.According...

Just in: Teacher killed in Walewale armed robbery attack

A teacher with the Ghana Education Service (GES) has been killed in an armed robbery attack at Walewale in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North...

Sad photos of frustrated Tikowre Capital investors lying on the floor at Zoe Outreach Embassy surfaces

Photos have emerged of frustrated Zoe Outreach Embassy members pitching camp at the premises of their church to demand their locked up investments made...

Pressure mounts at Zoe Outreach Embassy as members make fresh push for locked-up capital

Some aggrieved customers of defunct Tikowre Capital have once again pitched camp at the Zoe Outreach Embassy at Obojo in the Greater Accra region...

Akufo-Addo celebrates Kufuor on his 81st birthday

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo took to his social media handle on tweeter on Sunday, December 8, to celebrate former President John Agyekum Kufuor.He lauded...

Scars of the Revolution: Rawlings shreds ‘coward’ Major Rida with anger [Must-read]

Scars of the Revolution has caused former President Jerry John Rawlings to open up, for the first time probably, on some operational details of...