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23-year-old mother commits suicide in front of her 3-year-old daughter

A 23 years old mother has been found dead beside her 3-year-old daughter in their at home in Cheshire.Police report the unfortunate incident happened following...

ALL THE PHOTOS: 2018 Mid-Year Budget Review

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has presented before Parliament the government’s 2018 mid-year budget review Thursday afternoon.The presentation was in line with Ghana’s Financial Management...

PHOTOS: Two Nigerians arrested with narcotic drugs concealed in ‘kako’

The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has arrested two Nigerian Nationals for attempting to traffic narcotics through the General Post Office in Accra.A press release...

AUDIO: Stop lying to us – Family of alleged robber tells police

The family of one of seven alleged armed robbers gunned down by police in the Ashanti region has accused the Ashanti Regional Police of...

VIDEO: Man curses AMA taskforce for alleged overcharging

A commercial (trotro) driver has cursed the Accra Metropolitan Assembly taskforce for allegedly charging him GHc150 instead of GHc40 for a road offence.He says he...

Midyear budget review 2018: Gov’t urged to drop wholesale Free SHS implementation

There are mixed expectations ahead of the 2018 mid-term budget review later this morning as the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta will be reviewing...

Make tax payment prerequisite for becoming Free SHS beneficiary – Steve Manteaw

Campaign Coordinator of ISODEC, Dr Steve Manteaw, has proposed to government to make tax payment a prerequisite for qualifying as a beneficiary of Free...

High levels of screen time linked to cancer and heart disease

Too much screen time has been linked to heart disease and cancer in a new study. Researchers at the University of Glasgow analysed the amount...

The driving school for flying cars

It seems just about everyone has been launching a flying car lately, but the Kitty Hawk Flyer stands out for one big reason: it’s here today.Specifically,...

Obama tells African youth to mobilise

Former US President Barack Obama is addressing over 200 young African leaders from across 44 countries in South Africa's largest city of Johannesburg.They are...

90 percent of Magistrate Courts to be shut down?

A Private Legal Practitioner, Lawyer Frank Agyapong, says about 90 percent of magistrate courts in Ghana will be shut down if the Chief Justice...

About 3000 Abossey Okai traders not paying tax – Spareparts Dealers Chairman

The Acting Chairman for Abbosey Okai Spareparts Dealers and the National Organizer for Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), Clement Boateng says about 3000...

WAEC opens short notice registration for WASSCE Private Candidates

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has opened a short notice registration for WASSCE for Private Candidates, from 17th to 31st July 2018 for...

Video: Man sets record by slicing watermelons on stomach

A New York man known for setting more than 600 world records added another to his tally by slicing 26 watermelons with a sword...

Court jails unemployed seven years for defilement

Ben Dorgbetor, 22, unemployed, has been jailed seven years by an Aflao Circuit Court for defiling a Kindergarten two pupil, aged six.He pleaded guilty.Mr....

Police yet to identify suspected robbers killed

The Ashanti Regional Police Command is yet to identify the seven alleged robbers gunned down by the police in a shootout at Poano, in...

Photo: Man beaten severely for stealing bibles

A suspected thief was severely beaten after he was caught stealing bibles at a store in Anambra state on Wednesday.READ: Audio: Akufo-Addo is in my DNA...

Zongo chief takes on police for shooting 7 indigenes

Some seven persons who were shot dead by police near Anhwiakwanta on the Kumasi-Obuasi road on Tuesday are not armed robbers as alleged by...

Fresh application filed to stop EC chair appointment

A Ghanaian citizen, Fafali Nyonantor, has filed a fresh application praying the Supreme Court to restrain President Nana Akufo-Addo from appointing a new Chairperson...

You may write me down in history, but still like dust, I rise – Charlotte Osei jabs

Ousted chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei seems unperturbed by her recent dismissal.In a post on social media platform, Instagram, Mrs Osei sought...

VIDEO: Former KASSTECH caterer confirms theft of students’ food items to Fabewoso

A former caterer at Kade Senior High Technical School (KASSTECH) has revealed how matrons smuggle food items meant for students under the Free Senior...

Traditionalist appeals for Traditional Day on nation’s calendar

Prophet Torgbe Korku Anaglasi, the Founder of the New Gavriel Enlightenment Traditional Church has appealed to the Government for the institution of National Traditional...

FABEWOSO: KASSTECH Matron accused of “stealing” Free SHS food items (VIDEO)

A security officer at the Kade Senior High School (KASSTECH), 65-year-old Mr Jacob Oscar has accused the matron of the school of allegedly stealing...

PHOTO: 3 allegedly rob Chinese master, set house ablaze

Personnel of the Commercial Crime Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have arrested three persons suspected to have attacked and robbed their Chinese...

3 of Manso ‘armed robbers’ my campaign team members -Asokore MCE (AUDIO)

The Municipal Chief Executive for Askore-Mampong, Alhaji Alidu Seidu has disclosed that three of the seven suspected armed robbers killed in a shootout at...

Ghanaian pastors divided over Rwanda’s demolition of unfit church buildings

Some pastors in Ghana are divided on Rwanda government’s demolition of unfit structures serving as church buildings.The Rwandan government has reportedly set up the...

Sack incompetent IGP – Pressure group tells President

A Pressure Group called United Press for Development (UPD) has called on President Nana Akufo Addo to sack the Inspector General of Police (IGP)...

EC saga: NDC promises massive protest after Amissah Arthur’s burial

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it will surely take decisive steps to register its revulsion in the strongest possible terms against the...

George Opare Addo to run as National Youth Organizer of the NDC

Former Municipal Chief Executive of Akuapem North, George Opare Addo, has formally declared his intention to run as National Youth Organizer of opposition party,...

Obuasi: Snail-hunting teens shot after they were ‘mistaken’ for thieves

Police in Obuasi have arrested a man who claimed he mistook four boys who had gone on snail hunting as robbers, and shot them.Two...

Foreign Minister Botchwey arrives in India ahead of “golden opportunities” seminar

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has arrived in India for a working visit.As part of the visit,...

Fulani herdsman allegedly kills his 70-year-old wife

The Police at Prang in the Pru West District of Brong-Ahafo Region seeking to arrest a Fulani herdsman, Umaru Gariba, alias Burger, who allegedly...

11-year-old girl in India raped by 17 men since January, police say

An 11-year-old girl from the Indian city of Chennai was raped by 17 men who worked in the building she lived in, local authorities...

Three before court for beating up a cabbie

Three persons have been given a GH¢20,000.00 bail with one surety each by an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly beating up a taxi driver.All...

Don’t bring your female wards to Unity Hall – Conti old boys warn parents

Alumni of Unity Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(KNUST) Old Continentals Association has threatened parents not to attempt bringing their...

Palm wine tapper jailed 10 years for stealing

A 23-year-old palm wine tapper who broke into the rooms of two persons resident at Obogu in the Asante-Akim South Municipality stealing some cash...

PHOTOS: Pastor sustains multiple wounds during fight at drinking bar

A 32-year-old man, Yaw Opoku has inflicted multiple knife wounds on a 79-year-old pastor of African Faith Tabernacle Church, Odeefo Adu Koli for refusing to drink...

Photo: 7 suspected armed robbers killed

Police in the Ashanti region have killed seven suspected armed robbers in a shoot out in the Manso area.The seven are said to be...

Professor Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu likely to be named next EC boss

Professor Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu is likely to be named the next Electoral Commissioner (EC) following the impeachment of Charlotte Osei.Myjoyonline.com understands the President is keen...

Chinese man faces prison time after squandering $36m to satisfy hot girlfriend

Zhang Xiaoen, the son of a successful businessman from Hangzhou, China, is facing prison time after borrowing tens of millions of dollars to satisfy...