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Ghana Association of Anesthetists to withdraw services

The Ghana Association of Certified Registered Anesthetists has announced plans to withdraw services for all forms of surgery till further notice. According to the Association,...

Alex Mould buries daughter [photos]

Alex Mould, a former CEO of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and family, on Thursday January 30, 2020 laid to rest daughter, Elvina Nah...

Pantry man arrested for assaulting his pregnant concubine

A 30-year-old pantry man who attacked and assaulted his seven months old pregnant concubine at Akropong in the Atwima-Nwabiagya South Municipality, on Tuesday appeared...

Farmer killed in motorbike accident at Damang

Kwadwo Sarkodie 40-year-old farmer has been killed in a motor accident on the Huni-Valley Damang road. The deceased and his colleague Kwadwo Grumah who was...

Unemployed jailed over illegal mining

A 27-year-old unemployed, who without authority entered the concession of a gold mining firm at Konongo in the Asante-Akim Central Municipality to mine for...

Court grants woman GH¢50,000.00 bail over theft

An Accra Circuit Court has granted a GH¢50,000.00 bail to a trader with two sureties for allegedly stealing GH¢23,500.00 belonging to a mechanic. The Court...

3 Nigerian stowaways land in Ghana instead of Spain

Three Nigerians have become the latest suspects to be arrested by the Tema Port Authorities in the year 2020 after they failed in their...

This is how your new motor insurance sticker looks like

The National Insurance Commission has rolled out its novel Motor Insurance Database (MID), to replace the manual system. The new policy which took effect on...

BBC to axe 450 newsroom jobs in cost-cutting drive

Britain’s BBC said on Wednesday it would axe 450 jobs from its news division in a restructuring designed to cut costs and change the...

Truck crashes into building at Aboabo in Kumasi [photos]

A 28-year-old man is receiving medical attention at the Manhyia Government Hospital in Kumasi after the articulated he was driving, crashed into a storey...

Mobile Money Interoperability records impressive growth in value, volume

The Mobile Money Interoperability (MMI) platform recorded a whopping 317% growth in volume of transaction and 267% value of transaction between 2018 and 2019. This...

Cost of 307 ambulances revealed [Audio]

Minister for Special Development Initiatives, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has pegged the cost of each of the 307 new ambulances procured at $133,000. According to...

University of Ghana Alumni Association honours Multimedia Group CEO

The Leadership of the University of Ghana Alumni Association has honoured Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Multimedia Group, Kwasi Twum. Vice President of the...

Curfew on Bole township lifted

The Ministry of Interior has lifted the curfew imposed on Bole and its environs in the Savannah region. This follows the resolve by the chiefs...

Fire engulfs Metro Mass bus on Tema Motorway [Video]

Fire has engulfed a Metro Mass transit bus on the Accra-Tema Motorway near the Ashaiman under-bridge. Though the cause of fire is yet to...

Good news for businesses, as RGD reviews two key requirements

The Registrar-General’s Department (RGD), in its quest to improve the ease of doing business in Ghana, has abolished some two key requirements before a...

Y’asem Nie: How a bank manager duped doctor to the tune GH¢92,000

A medical doctor has narrated how a branch manager of a reputable bank in Ghana duped him of GH¢92,000.00 in seven days. According to...

Y’asem Nie: Doctor narrates how a pregnant woman died due to lack of beds [listen]

A medical practitioner (name withheld) has narrated how a seven-month-old pregnant woman died as result of lackadaisical attitude portrayed by some health professionals in...

Teacher uses mobile phone to teach ICT

The Assistant Head Teacher of Bosuso D/A Junior High School (JHS) at Fanteakwa South District in the Eastern region, has been using his...

Just in: Court throws out application to search Sammy Gyamfi’s phone, Facebook records

An attempt by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to annex the phone records of the National Communications Officer of...

Ghana needs land cruiser-type ambulances, not these – ACHP [listen]

Executive Director of health policy think tank, the Africa Center for Health Policy, Research and Analysis, Dr Thomas Anaba, has described the new ambulances...

Court stops Opuni’s lawyer

Attempts by lawyer for the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr. Stephen Opuni, to cite a witness...

Akufo-Addo asks Diplomatic Corps to report corrupt officials

President Akufo-Addo has asked members of the Diplomatic Corps to report any of his appointees who engage in acts of corruption for the necessary...

Over 10,000 government employees to have their salaries stopped

A payroll audit by the Auditor General has uncovered that over 10,000 employees have either no justification or sufficient information to continue drawing salaries...

Man, 52, jailed for defiling 3-year-old girl

A 52 year old unemployed, who defiled a three-year-old girl at Apatrapa New Site, near Kumasi, has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by...

Kasoa Cops killer’s bill of indictment not ready – Police

Prosecution on Tuesday said the Bill of Indictment of Eric Kojo Duah, the man who allegedly shot and killed two Police officers on the...

Ghana announces 112 as new general emergency number

Ghana has launched a new general emergency number to replace the current emergency numbers for the various emergency service providers in the country. Effective today,...

13-year-old girl claims her 10-year-old boyfriend got her pregnant

In a controversial case that has been the talk of a whole country these last few days, a 13-year-old girl went on TV to...

Court remands suspects in Kpatinga conflict

A Tamale Circuit Court has remanded into prison custody five persons arrested in connection with the chieftaincy disturbances that broke out at Kpatinga in...

Accra Academy on fire again

Parts of the Accra Academy School near Kaneshie has been engulfed in fire. The fire started at Alema Hall, is reported to have started around...

Indonesia unveils new flogging squad

The masked woman nervously approaches her target, shuffles into position and then unleashes a flurry of lashes -- proving herself as the newest member...

Listen: It’s impossible to mix marijuana with faeces – Rastafarian debunks NACOB’s claim

A Rastafarian has debunked claims by the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) that some youth smoke marijuana mixed with dried faeces. ALSO READ: Kobe Bryant’s fans petition...

Audio: Chief to fine parents whose teenage girls get pregnant

The chief of Ayensu Adze in Gomoa Central, Nana Akyirpanyin IV, has introduced a fine as a measure to end the increasing rate of...

Ministry of Finance gives clearance for ambulance service recruitment

President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced the Finance Ministry has given clearance for the recruitment of 1,477 Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs). According to President Akufo-Addo, the...

I couldn’t walk the next day – Woman, 80, talks about her first sexual encounter with toyboy

Iris Jones, the 80-year-old British pensioner who is planning to marry her 35-year-old Egyptian toyboy despite the age difference between them, has opened...

307 ambulances: EMT dazzle patrons with emergency response demonstration

Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) on Tuesday, as part of the commissioning and distribution of 307 ambulances, put up impressive mock emergency response performances. The EMT,...

Avoid excessive partisan debates ahead of December polls – Speaker to MPs

Speaker of Ghana's Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, has urged Members of Parliament to refrain from excessive partisan debates in the run-up to the 2020...

Dompoase accident: Family members fall on psychologist to break news of death of parents to children [Listen]

Family members of a man who died with his wife and eight months old baby in the Cape Coast-Takoradi Highway accident say they will...

Measures put in place will keep Ghana safe from coronavirus – GHS

Head of Disease Surveillance at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Franklin Asiedu Bekoe, has described measures put in place to avert the spread...

Oil prices fall by 10% as coronavirus raises fears for global growth

China's coronavirus outbreak has rattled oil markets, sending prices sharply lower as investors worry that efforts to prevent it from spreading will harm the country's...