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Kwahu South district Assembly disburses disability fund

The Kwahu South District Assembly has disbursed a total of one hundred and five thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢105,000.00) to Persons With Disability (PWD) within...

Police officer in Midland assault granted Gh¢60,000 bail

The Accra Circuit Court has granted bail to Lance Corporal Frederick Amanor in the sum of Gh¢60,000 with two sureties to be justified for...

Double track system long overdue – Kokofu

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Bantama, Henry Kwabena Kokofu has said the implementation of the double track system is long...

No toilet, no light – MCE orders

Municipal Chief Executive for Hohoe, Teddy Ofori, has asked the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), not to give electricity metres to households without toilet...

Corn Miller remanded for sexually abusing five year old niece

A Circuit Court in Accra on Wednesday remanded into Police custody a 21-year-old corn miller for allegedly having sex with his five-year-old niece at...

A French village committed to deception

On a wind-scoured plateau in France’s Haute-Loire department stands a village teeming with secrets. Through an extraordinary campaign of nonviolent resistance during World War...

Herd of cows chases down fleeing crime suspect

A Florida sheriff's helicopter captured video of a fleeing suspect being chased and ultimately cornered by some unusual concerned citizens -- a herd of...

Menzgold CEO meets EOCO next week Friday

The Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold Company Limited, Nana Appiah Mensah will meet officials of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) on Friday,...

University of Ghana to ‘cough’ $160million for Africa Integras

The University of Ghana is said to have lost an arbitration in London in relation to the Africa Integras Project and therefore expected to...

Photo: Woman arrested for asking hubby for money before she breastfeeds their baby

A 25-year-old woman was on Tuesday arrested for allegedly refusing to breastfeed her baby unless she was paid by her husband.Faith Nyokabi abandoned her 4-month-old...

Man has to pay $8.8 million for seducing another man’s wife

For some people, the pursuit of happiness and love is worth risking it all, even if it means having an extramarital affair. But sometimes,...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: Heads must roll over our delayed salaries – Teacher trainees

Teacher trainees across the country have threatened to take the government on if they are not paid their delayed two-year salary.According to Mr Kwabena...

Double-track system a very smart approach – Deputy Education Minister

About 181 thousand students can now heave a sigh of relief following government’s decision to roll out the double track system in September this...

Capital Bank Board squandered BoG cash – Report

The then-Board Chair of the now-defunct Capital Bank, Dr Mensa Otabil is suspected to have been party to the misuse of liquidity support given...

New scam hits Sekondi/Takoradi; Thieves pose as preachers

Unsuspecting persons in the Sekondi/Takoradi metropolis are falling prey to a new modus operandi that has been adopted by tricksters.Within a week, many persons...

Double track system is temporary – Education Minister

Minister of Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh says the double track system is only a temporary measure by government to cater for the infrastructural deficits...

Sarkodie’s wife jumps to Menzgold’s defense

Rapper Sarkodie's wife, Tracy Owusu Addo, has asked the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to leave Menzgold alone and rather focus on the banks.Tracy has...

Serena Williams says motherhood struggles led to Rogers Cup withdrawal

Serena Williams says she pulled out of this week's Rogers Cup in Canada after feeling like she was "in a funk" and "not a...

Four busted at Tarkwa for robbing Chinese of gold dust, phones

Four persons are in the grips of the police for allegedly robbing two Chinese nationals at Efuanta, a suburb of Tarkwa in the Western...

AUDIO: 40 Crocodile Matchet workers suspended for demonstrating

Forth (40) workers of Crocodile Matchet Company Limited, manufacturers of various types of cutlasses, have been suspended for protesting on the streets of Tema.The...

Man who concealed 44 slabs of narcotic drugs in ‘kokonte’ arrested

A 38-year-old man who concealed 44 slabs of illegal drugs in ‘kokonte’ (dried cassava) has been arrested by the Police in the Eastern Region...

Mortuary recalls all bodies they released after one disappears

A Kenyan mortuary has been forced to recall a total of five bodies which they released after one disappears mysteriously.Upon embarking on a fruitless...

GACC urges government institutions to work without fear or favour

The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition is urging government institutions to discharge their duties without fear or favour or religious considerations.Executive Secretary of the Coalition, Beauty...

The Italian city carved into solid rock

Today, it's one of the most astonishing places in Italy -- a city carved into a rugged hillside -- but just a few years...

Student takes graduation photos with 14-foot alligator

A student preparing to graduate from a Texas university incorporated a nearly 14-foot alligator named Big Tex into her graduation photos.Makenzie Alexis Noland, 21,...

10-year-old girl crashed to death at Lower Manya Krobo

A 10-year-old girl, Abena Tetteh, has been crashed to death by an Opel Astra Taxi with registration Number GR 9378V.The incident occurred Monday at...

Mason remanded for defiling four-year-old girl

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody, a 48-year-old mason over allegations that he sexually assaulted a four-year-old girl at Odorkor-Tipper, a...

State burial for J.H Mensah on August 17

President Nana Akufo-Addo, has revealed that Government will honour the late John Henry Mensah with a state burial, which will be held on Friday,...

Ashanti records 6, 269 teenage pregnancies in six months

A total of 6, 269 teenage pregnancies were recorded in the Ashanti Region between January and June, this year, Dr. Kwasi Yeboah-Awudzi, Deputy Regional...

Audio: Residents of sexually suggestive towns ‘mad’ over Agyarko’s dismissal

Residents of sexually suggestive towns in the Abirem Constituency of the Eastern Region say their hope of being connected to the national grid has...

Photos: Boy, 7, with severe skin disorder responding to treatment – KATH

Doctors at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) say a 7-year-old boy who is suffering from severe skin and mucous membrane disorder is responding to...

Grace Mugabe sued over $278,000 debt

Former Zimbabwean First Lady, Grace Mugabe, has been sued by lawyers who represented her in several court cases involving a $1,2 million diamond ring...

AUDIO: Did Agyarko not give you your part of the booty – Adongo asks Akufo-Addo

Member of Parliament for Bolga Central, Isaac Adongo is alleging former Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko is just a victim in a "create, loot and...

I feel sad over painful Boakye Agyarko’s dismissal- Lawyer Foh Amoaning suspects trap

Ace broadcaster and lawyer, Moses Foh Amoaning says he feels sad for what he described as "the painful dismissal" of former Energy minister, Boakye...

VRA staff jubilate over Agyarko’s dismissal

The Senior Staff Association of the Volta River Authority (VRA) is jubilating over the dismissal of the Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko.According to the workers,...

Menzgold CEO calls BoG’s bluff; calls caution a joke

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Menzgold Ghana Company Limited, Nana Appiah Mensah, also known as NAM1, has described as the “joke of the day”,...

Police go after cemetery ritual organisers

The stool father of the Prampram Traditional Area, Numo Osabu Abbey, is assisting the Police in Tema in the investigation of a case involving...

Ghana celebrates the elimination of blinding trachoma 

The World Health Organization (WHO) will today present a certificate to Ghana to congratulate the country on becoming the first sub-Saharan country in Africa...

We’re coming after you – Bank of Ghana to Menzgold

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has issued a public notice that it is in discussions with relevant regulatory authorities to sanction Menzgold Company Limited...

Academics disagree on the introduction of Chinese language into basic education curriculum

The Director in charge of Confucius Institute at the University of Cape Coast, Professor Ishmael Mensah, has called on the government to consider adding...