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We provided adequate security for by-election violence commemoration – Police

The Ghana Police Service has debunked reports that its officers failed to provide security for the one-year commemoration of the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election...

Videos: Tears flow at funeral of policewoman, 3 children killed in gas explosion

Funeral service for 45-year-old policewoman, Inspector Kate Abban, who died together with her three children in a gas explosion at Ablekuma Fanmilk, a suburb...

Gomoa Antseadze accident: Attempt to reach ambulance service through 112 proved futile-Victim [Video]

Victims of an accident at Gomoa Antseadze on the Winneba – Cape Coast highway in the Central region have been identified as church members...

Govt to update Ghanaians on Emile Short’s recommendation –Oppong Nkrumah

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, says state agencies mandated to implement portions of the Emile Short Commission’s recommendations on the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election...

Garu police reject over GH¢6,000 bribe in theft case

Police in the Upper East Region town of Garu rejected a GH¢6,540 bribe and arrested the suspects in a theft case, the regional Command...

Photos: Five feared dead in Gomoa Antseadze accident

Five persons are feared dead in an accident at Gomoa Antseadze on the Winneba - Cape Coast highway in the Central region. According to reports,...

Woman and six months old baby drown in pond

A woman aged about 32 years and her six months old son have drowned in a pond at Blaakor-Badzikope in the Kpoglu...

Gov’t to inject GH¢700 million into School Feeding and LEAP this year

Government will, this year, inject GH¢200 million into the implementation of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) and GH¢500 million in the School Feeding Programme (SFP) to...

Watchman jailed for assaulting third wife

A 51-year-old watchman has been sentenced to one month imprisonment by the Tepa District Court for assaulting his third wife at Tepa, in the Ahafo Ano...

Audio: GES holds stakeholder consultations on Comprehensive Sexuality Education

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has held a stakeholder engagement on the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in Accra. ALSO READ: Parliament summons Health Minister over...

GES hints of date to begin teachers’ promotion process

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has hinted of plans to begin teachers’ promotion processes for 2019 and 2020 by February, 2020. According to the Director...

Bawumia promises a stronger and more united Ghana after 2020 elections [Audio]

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, addressing a delegation from the European Union at the Presidency, assured the European delegation of a more stronger and...

I killed my girlfriend because she left me for wealthy men – Suspect confesses

A 31-year-old man, paraded by the Taraba State Police Command, has confessed to killing his girlfriend, Imbajuri Ambisi.  The suspect, identified as Munda Bala, reportedly conspired with his...

Photos: Oppong Memorial SHS petitions chief over burnt dormitory

Days after fire gutted the boys’ dormitory of Oppong Memorial Senior High School (SHS), management has appealed to the Omanhene of Kokofu to use...

Coronavirus: GMA demands hotline to tackle emergencies

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is asking for the establishment of hotlines for the public to report any case of the deadly...

Jubilee House to go solar by June

Jubilee House, the seat of Ghana's Presidency, will from June this year be powered by Solar Energy as part of measures to change energy...

You cannot afford to disappoint Ghanaians – Mahama to Peace Council

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress has called on the Peace Council not to disappoint Ghanaians in its quest to help fight vigilantism...

Help LEAP beneficiaries to be self- reliant – IMANI tells govt

IMANI Centre for Policy and Education has advised the government to aid beneficiaries of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme to be self-reliant. IMANI...

House wife jailed for calling neighbour a ‘prostitute’

A Shari’a Court sitting in Rigasa, Kaduna has sentenced a housewife, Mariya Muhammad, to two weeks imprisonment without an option of fine for calling her...

Laws on vigilantism useless – Kwesi Pratt (Watch)

Editor-In-Chief of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has described as ‘useless’ laws on vigilantism in the country.   SEE THIS: NDC commemorates 1 year of...

AWW anniversary: Shot victims give accounts of ordeal

Two victims of the Ayawaso West Wuogon violence have narrated their living conditions following the La Bawaleshie by-election violence. One of the victims, Yaro Isharo,...

Lebanese accused of raping house girl freed

The Accra High Court has acquitted Rabih Haddad, a Lebanese man who was accused of raping his 19-year-old house help. According to the prosecution, the...

Tema health officials on high alert over Coronavirus

Health officials in Tema are on high alert over fears that the deadly Coronavirus reported in China and other parts of the world could...

Middle-aged woman dies in Abukari Kura bus accident [photos]

A middle-aged woman has died in a motor accident involving a 65-seater Neoplan bus at Abukari Kura, a suburb of Busunu in...

‘El Chapo’ drug-smuggling underground tunnel discovered

A drug-smuggling tunnel nearly a mile long and equipped with its own railway and lift has been found at the United States border...

AWW Violence: Mahama condemns police boycott of commemoration

Flag-bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has condemned the decision by the Ghana Police Service to boycott the commemoration of...

Parliament summons Health Minister over Coronavirus

The Parliament of Ghana has summoned Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, to answer questions regarding security measures on the outbreak of Coronavirus. The Minister is...

Three-month-old baby, 3 other siblings burnt to death at Kintampo [photo+audio]

A three-month-old baby with three other siblings have reportedly been burnt to death at Bonche, a farming community near Portor in the Kintampo Municipality...

Ghana slowly sliding down the path of chaos – Kwesi Pratt [Watch]

Editor-In-Chief for the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has said current happenings in the country indicate that Ghana is slowly but surely sliding into...

Cancel debts, return stolen items of colonised countries – Ghanaian-born UK MP tells British govt

The Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Streatham, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, has urged the United Kingdom (UK) government to return items forcefully taken from countries...

Nigerian university translates physics, chemistry and maths textbooks into Hausa

Bayero University, Kano, has reportedly translated physics, chemistry, and mathematics textbooks into the Hausa language to aid learning. A twitter user, with the name...

Otumfuo lauds Akufo-Addo

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has showered plaudits on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his instrumental role in the revamping of the Obuasi...

NDC commemorates 1 year of Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence [video]

National Democratic Congress (NDC) has today, Friday, 31st January, 2020 commemorated one year of the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence which saw some members...

AWW violence anniversary: Sam George recounts ordeal

National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s MP for Ningo Prampram believes the violence that marred the Ayawaso West Wuogon gave Ghanaians a collective power to speak to truth. According...

NDC to file suit against Akufo-Addo

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced plans to sue President Nana Akufo-Addo over the White Paper on the Emile Short’s Commission report...

Foreign Affairs Ministry announces service price reviews

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has announced price reviews for passport applications in Ghana. A statement from the ministry noted that the new prices will...

Ketu North MP, Avedzi, loses wife

The Ketu North legislator and Chairman of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has lost his wife, the NDC Volta regional communication officer has confirmed.  Fortune Abla...

Nurse still alive 10 years after planning funeral over terminal cancer diagnosis

A nurse who planned her own funeral after being told she had terminal cancer has returned to work ten years after her diagnosis. Brave Gemma...

Free SHS food suppliers threaten to withdraw services over non payment

Suppliers of foodstuff to the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) for the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) feeding programme are threatening to...

Armed robbers seize truck carrying 220 bags of cocoa

A gang of armed robbers has reportedly seized and fled with a KIA truck, loaded with 220 bags of cocoa, on the Bogoso-Tarkwa-Nsuaem road. The...