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Footballer found alive 4 years after being presumed dead

Former Schalke player, Hiannick Kamba, has been found alive and well, four years are being presumed dead. The defender who was once team-mates with German...

COVID-19: Plane evacuating Nigerians returns to Dubai after woman gives birth mid-air

A baby boy was born onboard an Emirates airline's flights en route to Lagos to repatriate Nigerians stranded in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UEA). After...

Man remanded for defiling two apprentices

A 41-year-old man, who allegedly defiled two hairdresser apprentices at Amoabeng, in the Atwima-Nwabiagya South Municipality, has been remanded into police custody by the...

Akan drum, the oldest African-American object in the British Museum

The Akan drum is the oldest African-American object in the British Museum, brought from West Africa to the Colony of Virginia as part of the slave...

Coronavirus: Patient turns preacher at isolation centre [watch]

A middle-aged woman, who has been infected with coronavirus, has turned into a preacher while in isolation. The controversial Nigerian woman from Benue State, Susan...

Ladies reveal disturbing items they discovered after ripping their pillows ‬apart

A good night sleep, as they say, depends on the comfort of pillow one lays on, but some manufacturers have pushed that saying into...

JHS pupil jailed for breaking into drinking bar to steal alcoholic beverages

A Junior High School (JHS) three pupil, who broke into a drinking bar through the ceiling and took away several sachets of alcoholic beverages,...

Car crashes man, 26, while making video call with girlfriend

A 26-year-old man, Olajide Asade, who was reportedly making a video call with his girlfriend in Siun along Abeokuta-Sagamu expressway, was crashed by a...

Re-union in sight? Shatta Wale sings for Shatta Michy [Audio]

Shatta Wale has been more than busy celebrating his baby mama, Shatta Michy, on her birthday which fell on May 6, 2020. Shatta's way of...

New recoveries as Ghana’s coronavirus case count jumps to 3,091, check out details

Ghana’s total coronavirus case count has jumped from 2,719 to 3,091. This means 372 more cases have been recorded. According to the Ghana Health Service...

Ghana to find vaccine for Covid-19 – Prof Alex Duodu

The Director-General of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Professor Alexander Duodu, is optimistic Ghana can help find a vaccine for the deadly novel coronavirus...

Taxi driver electrocuted while plucking pawpaw

Tragedy on Wednesday struck at Wassa Akropong in the Western region when a middle-aged man was electrocuted to death. The deceased, Yaw Owusu, popularly known...

I slept with my landlord to feed my husband, kids during lockdown – Woman cries

A Nigerian woman has taken to popular Facebook counselor, Vivian Valerian Raphaels to open up on what she did to feed her family during...

Police partner Zoomlion to disinfect, fumigate facilities

As part of measures to provide a safe environment for police personnel in the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Ghana Police Service...

Esoko predicts continuous increase in food prices

Agricultural profiling and messaging service organisation, Esoko, is predicting a continuous increase in the prices of food items due to uncertainty on the way...

2-year-old dies from fuel tanker fire in Takoradi

The body of a two-year-old boy has been retrieved after two tankers caught fire at Apremdo in Takoradi, Wednesday afternoon. The boy was sleeping in...

Police gives chief 48 hours to produce banished boy

The Nkwanta South Police Command has given Nana Poku Antoh III, Paramount Chief of Tutukpene in the Oti Region, 48 hours to produce a...

Mahama’s touching birthday wish to Otumfuo

Former President John Mahama has wished the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II a happy birthday in a special way as he celebrates his 70th...

2 farmers arrested for possessing 17 bags of ‘weed’

A 47-year-old suspected drug trafficker, Isaac Echi, has been arrested in Edo State by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after...

Wife and lover arrested after mistaking contract killer’s number for that of police commander

A wedded wife along with her lover have been arrested for conniving to murder her husband. The two were arrested by the Manhyia Divisional Police...

Zoomlion denies buying Live 91.9 FM

Management of leading waste management company, Zoomlion, has denied reports of being the new owners of radio firm Live FM. Live FM is one...

Rawlings’ message to Otumfuo as he celebrates 70th birthday

Former President Jerry John Rawlings and his wife Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, have congratulated the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II on the occasion of his...

Police Service begins mandatory testing of personnel for Covid-19

The Ghana Police service has begun testing all its personnel for Covid-19. This follows an earlier announcement that those who were dispatched during the lockdown...

Go Help Africa supports women at Ayawaso West

Go Help Africa Ghana has supported 10 women in the Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly with GH¢500.00 each towards the purchasing of working materials to...

STC, Metro Mass Transit suffer losses due to COVID-19 protocols

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has put Inter-City STC and Metro Mass Transit Limited (MMT) into dire financial situation compelling them to turn to...

Akuapem chief installation: Four chiefs fined!

The Akropong Circuit Court presided over by Her Lordship Harriet Nsembo has fined four chiefs of Akuapem a 1,012 penalty units each. The chiefs were...

Diesel tankers gutted by fire in Takoradi

Two diesel tankers due to discharge fuel at a station at Apremdo in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis have been gutted by fire. The two trucks were...

Y’asem Nie: Of Galamsey pits and dark underworld of illegal activities – Accounts of former ‘child galamseyer’

An 'ex-galamseyer', Kojo Owusu, has shared his experience on the life-threatening occupation of illegal mining, popularly known in Ghana as 'galamsey'. Mr Owusu, known to...

‘Corpse-hunting’ fetish priest jailed for 2 years

The Effiduase Magistrate Court in the Ashanti Region has sentenced a 27-year-old fetish priest at Effiduase to two years imprisonment. The fetish priest's punishment is...

Y’asem Nie: Former ‘galamsey’ kingpin makes important connection between galamsey pits and crime [Video]

A man, identified as Kojo Owusu, has revealed how most wanted criminals use galamsey pits as a hideout haven from the police. As someone who...

Armed robbers shot my dad seven times – Ghanaian singer

Singer Irene Logan says she is no longer keeping her life story to herself and has narrated how armed robbers shot her stepfather seven...

Awutu Senya East MP supports Association of Private Schools

The Member of Parliament (MP)/ Minister for Special Development Initiatives, Mrs Mavis Hawa Koomson of Awutu Senya East Constituency, who is known as Obaatanpa,...

Press Freedom: MFWA boss challenges Mahama’s number one claim

The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, has described as false claims by former President John Mahama on...

Afia Schwarzenegger reminds ‘hypocritical’ movie stars of another ailing colleague [video]

Ghanaian comedian, Afia Schwarzenegger, has told movie stars in the country to go help Emmanuel Armah, another ailing colleague of theirs.   Her call on...

Coronavirus: No soldier has tested positive – Defence Minister

Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul, is a happy man because none of his officers and men of the Ghana Armed Forces has tested positive...

Covid-19: GES releases virtual learning timetable for KG to JHS

The Ministry of Education, through the Ghana Education Service (GES), has released the timetable for the virtual learning for Kindergarten (KG) to Junior High...

Why not test COVID-19 vaccine on senior govt officials first? – Social justice advocate quizzes

Social justice advocate, Martha Wangari Karua, has come out to strongly oppose the testing of the coronavirus vaccines on Kenyans. On Saturday, the Kenyan politician, who...

Man cheats death; survives close range gunfire [photos]

Elder Newland Ansah-Baah, secretary to the Kofi Akrashie Stool, on Tuesday evening survived an assassination attempt. Mr Ansah-Baah is reported to have been shot four...

Details of Bishop Bernard Nyarko’s one-week observance out (Watch)

Bishop Bernard Nyarko's family has finally revealed details for the one-week observance of the late actor. Bishop Nyarko passed away at the Greater Accra...