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No more ‘paper folders’ at KATH as hospital goes fully paperless

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital has announced the operationalisation of the computerisation of the final phase of all its clinical functions on Saturday, 1...

EC details items destroyed in fire outbreak

The Electoral Commission has broken silence on a fire outbreak that swept through one of its Regional offices in Sarpeiman, Accra. The EC, in a...

Laboratory scientists ‘fight’ FDA over test kits validation method

The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS), has expressed concern over the Food and Drugs Authority's (FDA) method of validating antibody Rapid Diagnostic...

Kuami Eugene gives reason for buying four ‘super’ cars after becoming a star

Singer Kuami Eugene has opened up on his passion for driving expensive cars after he rose to fame in his latest interview on Daybreak...

Man rescued after being locked up by parents for 7 years [video]

The Kano State Police Command has rescued a 32-year-old man, Ahmad Aliyu, who was allegedly locked up by his father and stepmother for seven years in Farawa Babban...

Minors and foreigners present in new register not our doing – NPP, NDC

Both the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP) have denied claims of being responsible for the names of minors and foreigners...

Security expert makes shocking revelation about guns and robberies in Ghana [Audio]

Chief Executive Officer of the African Centre for Security Studies, Paul Boateng, has predicted that by October ending there would be a proliferation of...

Akufo-Addo hints of reopening date for Sunyani airport [Photos]

President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has hinted the Sunyani airport will be ready and opened to the public by October 2020. The President explained the ongoing...

AG’s Department takes over trial of pastor who flouted coronavirus protocols

An itinerary Pastor, Joyce Oyedele, who was caught preaching without a nose mask at the Central Business District in Accra, shed tears when an...

Two jailed for stealing TV, phones… [Photos+Video]

The Bole District Magistrate Court, presided over by His Worship Andrew Prince Cudjoe, has sentenced two friends, Malik Sule, 18, and 16-year-old...

Kwesi Pratt recounts how Kufuor, Mills gave him big offers… (Listen)

JoyNews/AdomNews · Kwesi Pratt recounts political appointment offers he turned down Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has recounted numerous political appointment...

The Big Agenda: NDC poses vital questions on Voters Register cleaning

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed disappointment in the Electoral Commission(EC), after it announced the presence of some minors and foreigners in the...

Meet Bernice Dapaah, the Ghanaian woman building bikes from bamboo

Bernice Dapaah is a Ghanaian entrepreneur who is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Bamboo Bike Initiative in Kumasi. This Initiative addresses...

Rapist begs police to kill him [Video]

A man, who was arrested and confessed to being an armed robber and a rapist, suggested that police officers should kill him, and a video...

Fire guts EC’s Greater Accra Regional office

The Greater Accra Regional Office of the Electoral Commission (EC), located at Sapeiman near Amasaman, has been gutted by fire. The fire started at about...

Widower makes amazing statue of dead wife to keep her memory alive (photos)

An Indian widower has commissioned a lifelike statue of his late wife after she was killed in a car crash.  The statue holds pride of...

Agya Koo drops 2020 election campaign song [Watch]

With few months to Ghana’s 2020 general election, award-winning actor and comedian Kofi Adu, popularly known as Agya Koo, has released a campaign song...

Kennedy Agyapong speaks with Sammy Gyamfi’s father; reveals what he told him about his son [Listen]

Outspoken Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has revealed that the father of the National Communication Officer of the National Democratic...

MoMo vendor shot dead by robbers at Techiman for refusing to hand over sales [Video]

A 26-year-old MoMo vendor, identified only as Jacob Cudjoe, has been shot dead by some unknown armed men at Abuosu in the...

Nigeria goes digital, set to include DNA data for ID cards

Nigeria has moved from National Identification and Registration of citizens via card-based version to strictly digital, the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, and...

Address me as Ya-Na Abukari II – Overlord of Dagbon

The Dagbon State has clarified that the King and Overlord of the land should be addressed as Ya-Na Abukari II and not Ya-Na Abukari...

All you need to know about Joe Mettle’s wife

Multiple award-winning Ghanaian gospel star, Joe Mettle, tied the knot with longtime fiancée Salomey Selasie Dzisa in a traditional wedding ceremony on August 13,...

‘Akufo-Addo hijacks Mahama’s Greenhouse Project and names it after himself’

All is set for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to commission some 75 Greenhouses and Entrepreneurship Innovative Centre at Dawhenya Irrigation site today, but The Herald's...

Widower installs ultra-realistic life-size sculpture of his wife at family home

An Indian man melted the hearts of millions in his home country after unveiling a life-size and almost lifelike sculpture of his late wife...

Education Minister discloses when schools will reopen

Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has said the reopening of schools in Ghana will be dependent largely on how the coronavirus behaves...

Lady who deliberately infected men with HIV begs for forgiveness (video)

A Kenyan lady, Harriet Vihenda Akunava took to social media to beg for forgiveness for infecting people with HIV. While many thought she was joking, the...

Presidency throws out petition for Jean Mensa’s dismissal

President Nana Akufo-Addo has rejected a petition to have the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) dismissed. The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability...

NPP sends message to Ghanaians over Mahama

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has expressed reservations about former President John Mahama’s promises to Ghanaians ahead of the December polls. According to the party,...

FIPM fights for innocent prisoners

A pressure group - Free Innocent Prisoners Movement (FIPM) - is calling on the President, Nana Akufo-Addo to support the Free Innocent Prisoners movement...

Teen who raped, inserted knife into 4-year-old girl’s private part sentenced! (Video)

An 18-year-old man, Kwaku Mensah, has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for defiling a four-year-old girl at Dabiasem in the Suaman...

MTN invests $2.5m into artificial intelligence to fight MoMo fraud

MTN Ghana has announced that it is investing US$2.5 million to beef up its artificial intelligence so they can win the fight against mobile...

Evangelist fined GH¢1,500 for defying Covid-19 protocols

The Judicial Committee of the Sunyani Traditional Council (STC) has imposed a GH¢1,500.00 fine on an evangelist for defying Covid-19 protocols. The evangelist, popularly known...

UG Chancellor elected to African Academy of Sciences Fellowship as Honorary Fellow

Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Mary Chinery-Hesse, has been appointed an Honorary Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences. This was communicated by Prof....

GES commended for timely sanctions against marauding students

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Sub-Platform 4 (SDG4), a civil society organization, has commended the Ghana Education Service (GES) for the timely sanctions against...

UK based educationist condemns politicisation of education in Ghana

Following the intolerable behaviour of some final year students that went viral on social media, many educationists have called for a proper, strict and...

Kennedy Agyapong helps bring stranded Ghanaians in Lebanon home [Video]

Some stranded Ghanaians in Lebanon have successfully arrived in the country following businessman, Kennedy Agyapong's support. The group, numbering about 300, arrived at the Kotoka...

Parliament approves $80 million loan amid myriad of concerns

Parliament has approved an 86-million-dollar loan facility from the Israeli Discount Bank for the purchase of armoured vehicles for the Ghana Armed Forces but...

70-year-old sentenced to death for defiling 12-year-old girl

An Islamic court in the Nigerian city of Kano has sentenced a 70-year-old man to death for defiling a 12-year-old girl. In recent weeks, there...

The Big Debate: Kwaku Boahen and MASLOC boss clash over projects in Ashanti region

National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Kwaku Boahen and New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Stephen Amoah have clashed over projects undertaken by their respective parties in the...

The Big Debate: Anyone who compares NDC to NPP is suffering from ‘unconscious incompetence’ – MASLOC CEO

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre, Stephen Amoah, has said persons who compare the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to...