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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...

AMA arrests man for open defecation

A man in his mid twenties, identified only as Lukeman, has been arrested by the public health officers of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA)...

Coronavirus: Ghanaian students in China bemoan living conditions

Ghanaian students in China, following the outbreak of Coronavirus in the country, are lamenting about how the epidemic is affecting living conditions. Ghanaian students in...

307 ambulances Commissioned [Photos]

The 307 ambulances, procured by the Akufo-Addo-led government, have been commissioned at the Black Star Square in Accra. This is in fulfillment of the Akufo-Addo-led...

Coronavirus: Ridge, Tema General Hospitals named management centres

The Ministry of Health has announced the Ridge Hospital and the Tema General Hospital as centres to manage possible cases of coronavirus in Ghana. The move, according...

Railway service bounces back in Takoradi/Tarkwa after 12yrs break

For the first time in 12 years, a passenger train from Takoradi to Tarkwa has commenced operation. The transport service has been out of operation...

Woman ‘completely humiliated’ after being ‘banned’ from flight over outfit

A woman was "completely humiliated" after she was almost denied boarded a flight because of her outfit. Andrea Worldwide was stopped by a male employee just as...

Today in history – Achimota College was formally opened

Prince of Wales College and School, later Achimota College, was founded in Achimota, Gold Coast (now Ghana) in 1924 by Dr James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey, Rev....

Provide Ambulance bays or we’ll deny you – Minister to MMDCEs [listen]

Minister for Special Development Initiative, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has threatened the possible retainment of ambulances from constituencies with no ambulance bays. The Minister’s threat follows observation by...

Fish stabs boy in the neck, leaves him severely injured

A 16-year-old Indonesian boy suffered a horrific injury to his neck after a needlefish suddenly jumped out of the water and literally pierced his...

Farmer guns down surveyor

A 34-year-old Mapping and Surveying apprentice, Thomas Yaw Kyame, has been gunned down by a farmer after mistaking him for a game. The incident occurred...

Baby brought back to life in sandwich bag after his heart stopped for 40 minutes

A miracle premature baby was brought back to life in a sandwich bag after his heart stopped for 40 minutes. Doctors desperately tried "one more time" to revive Ryan...

‘Barrister’ remanded over alleged narcotic substances

An unemployed man who was found with two table tennis ball-shaped drugs suspected to be Shisha concealed in a bag has been remanded by...

Two remanded for robbery

Two persons who attacked and robbed a trader of her mobile phones and money at Kwantwoma, in Kumasi, have been remanded into prison custody...

Popular Nollywood actor turns roadside beggar as he battles stroke

Veteran Nigerian actor, Ernest Asuzu, has turned into a roadside beggar over a long time battle with stroke, popular Nigerian blogger, kemifilani, has reported. In...

Coronavirus: Ghanaian students in China demand evacuation

Ghanaian students in Wuhan in China, are calling on government to evacuate them from the country since there is an outbreak of coronavirus in the...

Kpatinga turns ‘ghost town’ after Friday clashes

The Northern Regional town of Kpatinga continues to remain a ghost community as residents including health workers and teachers abandon the area over fear...

Video of Ghanaian boxer smashing face of football supporter goes viral

WBO Africa Super welterweight champion, Patrick Allotey, has been captured in a circulating video beating up a football fan.  The incident is believed to have...

We’ve not created a vaccine for coronavirus – KNUST responds to fake news

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has described as false media reports that, its Pharmacy Department, has created a vaccine for...

Report: Dr Adutwum has deep understanding of Ghana’s education system

A report by two research firms, Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) and FAKS Investigative Services, has revealed that Deputy Education Minister,...

Employ play-based learning – Right To Play Ghana charges teachers

Right To Play Ghana has charged Ghanaian teachers to employ play-based learning methodology in their classrooms to enhance academic and developmental learning outcomes of...

Ghana, China to hold emergency meeting over Coronavirus

Ghanaian Ambassador to China, Edward A. Boateng, says an emergency meeting will be held with the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss how...

Woman dies while taking part in a cake-eating competition

A woman has choked to death while taking part in a cake-eating competition to celebrate Australia Day. The 60-year-old was taking part in a lamington...

Man dies in fire he set to his father’s house

A 50-year-old man has died in a fire that ravaged a residential apartment at Achiase, in the Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti region. The...

Exhumed corpse dumped at chief’s palace near Nkawkaw [Audio]

The coffin containing the body of a woman named Adwoa Antwiwaa has been exhumed by some persons who are yet to be identified and...

Fabewoso: Auditor-General’s report exposes rot at AMA [Video]

The Auditor-General’s report has revealed millions of waste revenue collected by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) cannot be accounted for. The report, dated March 31,...

Govt protects eight cement companies with new ban

Government, through the Ministry of Trade and Industry, has banned further issuance of permits to companies that want to set up cement processing plants...

Prof. Oti Boateng explains why election’s ’50+1 vote’ is wrong

A respected statistician and emeritus professor, who is currently the Omanhene of New Juaben Traditional Area, has said there is a constitutional misrepresentation in how...

Achimota school take-over: Spokesperson assures of calm

Spokesperson for the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) of the Achimota Preparatory School, Julius Adusi Poku, has said the operations and management of the school...