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Ghana, center of academic excellence soon – Envoy

The government of Ghana is making frantic effort to reposition the country as regional center of academic excellence, technological innovation and human capital development. Consequently, the necessary infrastructures...

A day after Old Fadama fire; hundreds rendered homeless [Video+Photos]

Slum dwellers at old Fadama who were affected by Tuesday dawn's fire outbreak are asking government and the public to assist them with some...

Covid-19: Stay at home or I will shoot you –Angry security officer warns

An angry security officer has had to use unsavory words on persons believed to be violating the lockdown directive with a threat to shoot...

Eastern GJA distributes face masks to media practitioners

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Eastern region has distributed 50 pieces of locally manufactured nose masks to some media personnel and media houses. The...

Covid-19: Man constructs locally-made ventilator [Watch]

As the world struggles against coronavirus with a shortage in medical supplies, an unnamed young Nigerian man has risen to the challenge by...

Mayor sends Police to break up Coronavirus party only to find his wife there

Illinois's Mayor Brant Walker had an awkward apology to make on Monday morning after he sent police to break up illegal parties, and his...

Man assaults 20-year-old stepdaughter to death for ‘disrespecting’ him

A man has physically assaulted his stepdaughter to death at a farming community in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis of the Western Region. Emmanuel Devor, popular known...

Coronavirus: Kufuor calls for prayers

Former President John Kufuor has commended the government for measures put in place to combat the deadly coronavirus in the country. Speaking on Nkawkaw-based Agoo FM, he...

Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo woos doctors

The President of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr Frank Ankobea, has applauded the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for the bold measures...

Punishment for loitering during lockdown (Photos)

Some 50 individuals have been made to desilt chocked drains in the Central Business District of Kasoa after they were found loitering during the partial lockdown...

Good Friday, Easter Monday declared declared statutory holidays

The Ministry of the Interior has reminded the public that Friday, 10th April 2020, and Monday, 13th April 2020 are statutory...

Listen: Cause of Old Fadama fire will shock you

Slum dwellers at Old Fadama in Accra are hunting for a couple whom they claim are responsible for a fire outbreak Tuesday dawn. ALSO READ: Photos:...

Pastor Mathew Ashimolowo shreds Pastor Chris into pieces over his 5G Antichrist theory (Video)

Illustrious Nigerian pastor, Matthew Ashimolowo, has castigated his colleague in God’s work, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, for spreading dumb conspiracy theories during this dangerous time. For the past few...

Video: Man caught stealing liquid soap after using it to wash his hands

A video of a youngman stealing a liquid soap after using it in broad day light has surfaced online. In the video, sighted by Adomonline,...

Over 1,000 people served with food in Weija-Gbawe constituency [photos]

The Member of Parliament who doubles as Deputy Health Minister, Hon. Tina Naa Ayeley Mensah, today, April, 6, 2020, led a team of...

Photos: fire guts parts of Old Fadama; over 800 slum dwellers homeless

Over 800 wooden structures, which serve as accommodation for residents of Old Fadama, have been gutted by fire. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: China reports no Covid-19 deaths...

NCCE director arrested for allegedly producing fake hand sanitisers

A director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti region has been arrested...

COVID-19 lockdown: If you need food call these numbers announced by govt…

As part of measures to ensure that members of the public within the restriction of movement areas – Accra, Kumasi, Tema and Kasoa –...

COVID-19: Ghana’s age group distribution of recorded cases

Dr Badu Sarkodie, Director for Public Health at the Ghana Health Service, has disclosed the country’s age group distribution of recorded cases of the...

Why Akufo-Addo is under attack on twitter over Coronavirus post

President Nana Akufo-Addo has come under attack on twitter over his diplomatic post to wish United Kingdom Prime Minister, Boris Johnson well as he...

Coronavirus: Organise private burials, mortuaries could be congested – Korle-Bu Mortuary Manager warns

Coronavirus: Organise private burials, mortuaries could be congested – Korle-Bu Mortuary Manager warns The Mortuary Manager at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Mr George Denkyi, has...

COVID-19: Ministry begins recruitment of nurses, midwives, check out application process

The Ministry of Health will on Tuesday, April 14, commence recruitment for trained diploma and degree nurses and midwives. The recruitment will involve only those...

Meet the Ghanaian slave who later became a Jamaican Queen

Queen Akua, the Queen of Kingston in Jamaica or Cubah Cornwallis, as she is popularly known, is lost in history due to the improper...

COVID-19: Minister vows to unleash soldiers with horse whips on prostitutes

Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Saeed, has vowed to stamp out prostitution in the Northern region by all means necessary. Mr Saeed, speaking at a press...

Coronavirus caused by error in advanced technology – TB Joshua

Renowned Nigerian prophet, Temitope Balogun Joshua, known better as T. B. Joshua, has revealed that the novel coronavirus is caused by an “error in...

Man shoots five people dead for ‘making too much noise’ amid coronavirus lockdown

A doctor's husband shot five people dead for making too much noise outside during the coronavirus lockdown in Russia, police say.  Anton Franchikov, 31, berated a group of...

Fetish priest arrested over lockdown extortion in Kumasi

A fetish priest and three others, who posed as officers enforcing movement restrictions in Kumasi, have been arrested by the police. The three are...

Police officers enforcing lockdown to be served food

The Ghana Police Service has announced that personnel deployed to enforce the restriction of movement will be provided with food and water. According to a...

Two employees of Jeff Bezos’ space venture, Blue Origin, test positive for coronavirus

Jeff Bezos' space venture Blue Origin confirmed on Monday that two employees at its Seattle-area headquarters tested positive for the coronavirus. The employees, who are married...

Coronavirus wreaks havoc in US black communities

Stark statistics from Chicago health officials have underscored the heavy toll of coronavirus on black Americans. Black Chicagoans account for half of all coronavirus cases...

How a man was exposed for pretending to be mad for 3 years to be rich (Photos)

A young man, who pretends to be mad, was caught on the streets of Asaba in Nigeria when he was trying to change his...

Hon Aponkye shares ‘Koko’ to residents of Adukrom Nima amid lockdown (Video)

Disappointed Assembly Man of Adukrom Nima, Ibrahim Issah Ampim, aka Hon Aponkye, is back again in the news headline, but this time around, fulfilling...

Coronavirus: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved to intensive care as symptoms ‘worsen’

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care in hospital after his coronavirus symptoms "worsened", Downing Street has said. A spokesman said he...

Why Some Ghanaians want to ‘beat up’ Bridget Otoo over her comment about Akufo-Addo

Controversial broadcaster, Bridget Otoo, has been a subject of social media trolls for saying that her tap has not been running for two weeks. Her...

COVID-19: China-aided medical supplies arrive at Kotoka Airport

China-aided urgently-needed medical supplies for fighting against COVID-19 in Ghana and other 17 Africa countries have arrived at the Kotoka International Airport. Chinese Ambassador...

Just in: Okoe Boye appointed Deputy Health Minister-Designate

Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku constituency, Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, has been appointed Deputy Minister for Health, a statement from the presidency has...

Bees storm drinking spot; kills one at Nyanyano

Bees have attacked some men in a drinking spot at Suncity near Kasoa leaving one person dead and injuring two. ALSO READ: Coronavirus fight: NDC...

Double jeopardy: Police officer serving 20 years jailed again!

A High Court in Koforidua has sentenced a police officer who is already serving a prison sentence of 20 years for robbery to additional...

Ashaiman MP demands justice for constituent soldier accidentally ‘murdered’

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashaiman Constituency, Ernest Henry Norgbey, is demanding for justice to be served for a constituent who was allegedly shot and killed...

Lady beaten mercilessly for ‘snatching’ friend’s lover [Watch]

A lady received the beatings of her life when her best friend caught her making advances at her boyfriend. The said lover did not forgo...