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Man murders brother and commits suicide

A 53-year-old man, Batori Gbari who stabbed his 56-year-old elder brother to death has also committed suicide. Police sources from the Upper West Regional...

Mourner perishes in motor accident

The display of motor bike riders during funeral activities have left one dead and another hospitalised at the Ho Municipal Hospital. Mr Harry Nonu, 40,...

Listen: Auditor of controversial GETFund scholarship breaks silence

Principal Auditor, who led the audit of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), has spoken after their report went viral. RELATED STORIES: Napo reacts to his...

Ghana, Norway pledge to reinforce ties of co-operation

Ghana and Norway have pledged to deepen the ties of co-operation that exist between the two countries, following the holding of bilateral...

Adwoa Safo breaks silence on GETFund scholarship debacle

The Minister of State in-charge of Public Procurement, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has justified the decision by the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to...

Woman, 85, murdered at Kasoa over land dispute

Unknown assailants have murdered a woman, 85, identified as Edoe Torgbui, over land dispute in a village called Patron near Odupong Ofaakor in the...

GETFund exposé: I fund education of strangers why not mine – MP fumes [audio]

A Member of Parliament (MP) named as one of the beneficiaries of a Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) scholarship has denied receiving any such...

What man did to lady who turned down his proposal [Watch]

A man, believed to be in his twenties, who was angered by a lady after she refused to accept his proposal took away food...

Niger National jailed for attempting to register for Ghana card

The Ofaakor Circuit Court, presided over by his Lordship Ebenezer Osei Darko, has jailed a man from Niger who allegedly attempted to register for...

Accra Aca ’99 Group climaxes 20th anniversary with refurbished staff common room

The 1999 old students of Accra Academy have handed over a renovated staff common room at a ceremony in the school located at Kaneshie,...

Audio: Fetish priest, pastor clash over leaked nude photos

A pastor, identified as Owusu Kwaakye, is in a banter with one Okomfo Sakumba, a fetish priest who allegedly leaked his nude photos for...

Land guards lock classrooms at Gomoa Sinbrofo

Classrooms of the various basic schools at Gomoa Sinbrofo in the Central region are reported to have been locked by land guards in the...

Mahama appointee threatened at gunpoint

A former government appointee in the erstwhile John Mahama administration, Mr Ben Dotsei Malor has disclosed an unfortunate incident that befell him on Sunday...

Gambia Massacre: Survivor casts doubts about reburied Ghanaian bodies

Martin Kyere, a Ghanaian who survived the massacre of 44 Ghanaians in Gambia, doubts whether the eight bodies that were reburied in 2009 at...

Gomoa Sinbrofo residents flee from land guards

Gomoa Sinbrofo, a farming community with a population estimated to be a little over 1,000 in Gomoa West in the Central region, is reported...

Ras Mubarak takes on Napo; here is why

Member of Parliament for Kunbungu, Ras Mubarak, has described as pathetic, the attempt by the Education Minister, Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, to explain himself away from...

Study proves kids inherit smartness from mothers, not fathers

One of the most intriguing questions while raising a child is most definitely, "who has the child taken after, the mum or the dad?"...

Let’s cherish our mother tongue to preserve heritage – Educationist

The Principal of Jackson College of Education (JCE), Mrs. Theodosia Jackson is making a strong case for Ghanaians to cherish their local languages in...

Today in history – Kwame Nkrumah overthrown

Today in History exactly 54 years ago, President Kwame Nkrumah was unconstitutionally ousted from office through a military coup. The Coup was launched by...

Man jailed 20 years for impregnating daughter

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced 42-year-old man to 20 years’ imprisonment in hard labour for impregnating his own daughter. The convict, Daniel Kwame Baah,...

Man’s lip chewed over GHC 1 worth of ‘Akpeteshie’

A 42-year-old man only identified as Paul has had his lips chopped off by his friend Francis Darkoh over one cedi tot of...

Prof Gyampo wades into government appointees benefiting from scholarships

Embattled senior political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has shared his thoughts some ministers in the Akufo-Addo government and other...

Napo reacts to his name appearing on list of GETFund beneficiaries

The Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has reacted to a report in which he was listed as beneficiary of government scholarship programme for the...

NaCCA boss confirms taking GETFund scholarship but…

Dr Prince Hamid Armah, the Executive Secretary of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment has reacted to news of him benefitting from...

GETFund denies awarding scholarships to Ministers, NaCCA boss

The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) says its current administration has not awarded scholarships to three prominent government personalities. According to GETFund, in a statement...

‘Sex for Grades’ reporter gets journalism honours

The BBC's Kiki Mordi has been awarded the inaugural People Journalism Prize for Africa for her ‘Sex for Grades’ documentary. Taking to Twitter after receiving...

Akua Donkor accuses Akufo-Addo of theft

Founder and leader of Ghana Freedom Party, Akua Donkor, has accused of President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo of stealing policies she had outlined during...

Audit report lists Education Minister, NaCCA boss, Adwoa Safo et all as GETFund scholarship beneficiaries

Some ministers in the Akufo-Addo government and other government appointees have been listed as beneficiaries of GETFund scholarships, which are meant for needy but...

Coronavirus cases in Italy moves from 3 to 130 in three days

Italian authorities have announced sweeping closures in the country's north as they scramble to contain Europe's biggest outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Italy's confirmed cases...

Ako Adjei Interchange sparkling with beautiful artworks [Photos]

One of Ghana’s most used flyovers, the Ako Adjei Interchange, has witnessed a face-lift as part of plans to make Accra the beautiful city...

Steve Harvey: How I became GH₵ 851 Million rich from GH 186 just 2 decades ago [Video]

Steve Harvey, one of the world’s most popular comedian, businessman, and entertainer, has shared a touching-but-inspiring experience of how he morphed from being a poor hustler into...

Man kills brother and hangs himself

A man has allegedly killed his elder brother at Kanyini in the Nadowli-Kaleo District of the Upper West region after which he has committed suicide. The...

Meet the prisoner who lost his teeth from his wife’s slaps [Video]

A prisoner at the Sekondi Central Prison, identified as Enoch Baidoo, has narrated how he lost three of his front teeth from a slap...

Hawa Koomson challenger risks disqualification as he’s accused of ‘deceit’ of delegates

Delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Awutu Senya East, have petitioned party executives of the constituency to withdraw their endorsement of parliamentary...

UCC’s Oguaa Hall week celebration turns into another blood bath (VIDEO)

A hall week celebration at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) Saturday dawn turned bloody and led to the destruction of some property. According to...

Ghanaian boxers are not serious – Former world boxing champion

Former IBF Welterweight champion Joshua Clottey has descended heavily on Ghanaian boxers describing them as unserious and lovers of alcohol and parties. “Ghanaian boxers are not serious;...

Armed robbers kill quarry engineer, injures another [photos+audio]

A Chinese engineer with Executive Stone Quarry at Gomoa Ojobi in the central region has been shot dead. One other person is said to be...

President Kufuor leads delegation to Amematekpor’s funeral at Agbozume

Former President John Kufuor has led dozens of past and current government officials and members of Parliament to attend the final funeral rites...

Pastor invited for family deliverance dies in his sleep

A pastor, who is to perform a deliverance on a family in Anambra State, died in his sleep hours before the exercise. It was gathered...

Guess who Funny Face calls his guardian angel

Ghanaian comedian and actor, Funny Face has described his best pal Emmanuel Adebayor as his guardian angel. This follows a day after the Togolese football...