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2020 Hajj cancelled with monies to be refunded

The Ghana Hajj Board has announced the cancellation of the 2020 pilgrimage amid the coronavirus pandemic. As part of preparations, pilgrims pay for Hajj services...

Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo self-isolating after close associate tests positive

President Nana Akufo-Addo is taking a 14-day precautionary self-isolation measure after at least one person within his close circle tested positive for COVID-19. Information Minister,...

Jubilating lottery winner in Volta region kills 5

The first move of celebration by a 30-year-old unemployed, who won GH¢1,200.00 lottery, ended in the death of five people at Tegbi Vakpomda in...

Ag. Auditor-General re-evaluates Osafo Maafo’s US$1M Kroll deal after Domelevo’s exit

The Auditor-General's (AG) office has expressed satisfaction about documents regarding Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo's  $1 million Kroll deal. This comes a few...

Call Domelevo back – Lawyer urges Akufo-Addo

Lawyer Martin Kpebu has made a request to President Nana Akufo-Addo to review his decision on asking the Auditor-General to take accumulated annual leave...

I walked from Lomnava to Osu in search of job – Sam George

Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram Constituency, Sam Dzata George, has taken to social media to recount how hard life was for him before...

‘They induce us at 8 months’ – Church where babies are delivered, sold for millions exposed

One Mr and Mrs Chidi and Maureen Martins, who run a baby factory at a church, Grate Mercy Deliverance Ministry, in the Rumuolumili area...

Checkout full charge sheet of Hushpuppi’s crimes as he goes to court in the US

The United States (US) authorities on Friday, July 3, charged Nigerian fraudster, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi, to court in Chicago. The...

Hushpuppi’s best friend, Woodberry, allegedly chatted with an FBI agent without knowing

An alleged screenshot of how Hushpuppi’s best friend and partner Woodberry chatted with a Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agent without knowing has popped...

ICUMS yields GH₵55.4 million in airport revenue

The newly introduced Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS), which began a month ago at the Terminal Three of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), has...

Residents block road to protest against bad drainage system [Video]

Several communities in the Tamale Metropolis and Sagnarigu Municipality have been flooded following an hour downpour on Saturday morning, June 4, 2020. At Gumani, following...

Tears flow as late Peace FM’s Kwadwo Wiafe is laid to rest [Video]

It is a sad and heartbreaking moment as late Despite Media employee, Kwadwo Wiafe, is laid to rest today, July 4, 2020, at Tabora...

Nigeria records 12 deaths in 1 day as Coronavirus cases reach 27,564

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday, July 3, released the latest updates of the deadly Coronavirus pandemic as it affects states...

Ghanaians can’t be misled by your lack of understanding of the law – Presidency fires back at Domelevo

The Office of the President has reiterated its directive for the Auditor-General (A-G) to proceed on his annual leave or risk being subjected to...

Auditor-General Domelevo’s leave period extended from 123 to 167 days – Presidency

The Office of the Presidency has extended the leave period of the Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo from 123 days to 167 effective July 1, 2020. This...

Voters’ ID card registration: Check out all centres for phase 1, batch 2

The Electoral Commission (EC) has published the movement plan for the second batch of phase one of the ongoing voter registration exercise. The nationwide registration...

UN suspends 2 officials caught making love in its vehicle

The United Nations (UN) on Thursday said it had suspended two of its staffers for suspected sexual misconduct after a video clip surfaced last...

Driver’s mate suffers injuries in Kintampo highway accident [Video]

A driver’s conductor has sustained some severe injuries after the vehicle he was riding in was involved in a near-fatal accident on...

FBI releases the number of years Hushpuppi will spend in jail if convicted

Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, popularly known as Ray Hushpuppi, now faces a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in a United States (US) federal prison after being...

Carlos Ahenkorah’s campaign team member passes on …2 others receiving COVID-19 treatment

A member of Carlos Ahenkorah’s campaign team in the Tema West Constituency passed on on Thursday after he was rushed to the LEKMA Hospital...

NDC polling agent recounts how he was beaten at registration centre

“Hawa Koomson is a man, not a woman, because she has no compassion,” that was the statement made by a polling agent of the...

Luv FM’s Prince Appiah receives special recognition for 2020 IFAJ Star Prize Award

Luv FM’s Prince Appiah has been acknowledged with a special recognition award by the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) for 2020 IFAJ Star...

Covid-19: FDA warns against unauthorised rapid test kits

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) is cautioning the public against the patronage of unauthorised Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) kits supposedly meant for COVID-19. According...

COVID-19: ‘More trouble’ for Carlos Ahenkorah over protocol breach

Pressure group, OccupyGhana, is calling for the prosecution of the Tema West Member of Parliament, Carlos Ahenkorah, for breaching the COVID-19 protocols. This comes after...

Y’asem Nie: Husband absconds after impregnating wife’s niece aged 13 [Video]

Comfort Adzidzi, an unemployed single mother of three children, has narrated how her husband of eight years abandoned her and their three children after...

Man covers his tricycle with mosquito net to protect himself against Coronavirus

A photo making rounds on social media has a man covering his tricycle with a mosquito net to possibly prevent himself from contracting killer...

Dubai Police, FBI agree to extradite Hushpuppi, partners to the US

Dubai Police has released a statement after it reached a consensus with Director of Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to hand over "notorious hacker"...

Carlos Ahenkorah’s driver tests positive for Covid-19

It has emerged that driver of former Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Carlos Ahenkorah has also tested positive for the infectious Covid-19. ...

5-year-old girl sodomized at Sakumono [Video]

A 5-year-old girl has allegedly been sexually assaulted by a shop attendant at Sakumono in Accra. The girls family say the 16-year-old perpetrator sodomized their...

Nigeria: Law School audit uncovers unauthorised payments to ‘cleaner’

Several oddities have been uncovered in the financial records of the Nigerian Law School by the Office of Auditor-General of the Federation. The 2015 Audit...

Carlos Ahenkorah embarked on biological warfare – Segbefia

Tema West MP Carlos Ahenkorah has been accused of embarking on biological warfare after vising a crowded location despite being coronavirus positive. His resignation from...

MP Appiah-Kubi’s ‘boys’ deny being behind Wednesday’s gun battle

Supporters of the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Asante Akim North, Andy Appiah-Kubi, have denied media reports that they were responsible for the...

Kumasi Metro Mass staff strike over unpaid salaries [Video+Photos]

Commuters are stranded at Kumasi depot of the Metro Mass Transit following a decision by workers of the outfit to embark on...

Relive the interview that cost Carlos Ahenkorah his job

Sometimes it takes just a moment of letting down your guard for your whole world to come crashing. This was exactly the case when Philip...

Amma Frimpomaa donates water supply facility to Odumaseman Senior High School

The Girls Dormitory of the Odumaseman Senior High School, located at Odumasi in the Sunyani West Municipality in the Bono region, can now boast...

COVID-19 gaffe: Carlos Ahenkorah resigns!

The Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Carlos Ahenkorah has resigned from his position. This comes after he admitted breaching COVID-19 protocols by visiting a...

Man arrested for pushing 86-year-old from lift ‘to protect himself from virus’

A 72-year-old man has been arrested after pushing another, aged 86, from a Miami Beach apartment block lift, claiming he was protecting himself and...

Artist jailed for sexually abusing maternal granddaughter

A 32-year-old artist, who sexually abused his 13-year-old maternal granddaughter at La in Accra has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by Accra Circuit...

Carlos Ahenkorah to resign or be fired – Reports

Deputy Minister for Trade and Member of Parliament for Tema East, Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah has been given an ultimatum by the President to resign or get...

2 remanded over attempt to sell 20-year-old Beninois

Two persons who allegedly lured a 20-year-old Beninois to Ghana to be sold at a cost of $160,000 to a Police Officer have appeared...