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Meet the NASA intern who discovered a new planet on his third day

As far as impressing your potential new boss goes, discovering a planet on day three of your internship at NASA is up there. That's what...

Family of Ahmed Suale angry over ‘no justice’ a year after assassination

The family of slain journalist, Ahmed Suale, has expressed anger at the seeming slow pace of justice delivery by the police after the murder...

Ghana gets €250m to expand electricity transmission

The Government of Ghana has received €250 million from the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany to upgrade and expand the country’s electricity...

Prophetess narrates how step-mother ‘fried’ her in oil [watch]

A Prophetess by name Adwoa Nhyira has narrated the near-fatal ordeal she suffered in a polygamous home with her step-mothers who she says wanted...

Artist’s impression of Ahmed Suale’s suspected murderers surfaces online [photo]

An artistic impression of two male adults suspected to be behind the killing of investigative journalist, Ahmed Suale, has for the first time, surfaced...

Rev Owusu Bempah breaks silence on Dompoase accident [Listen]

Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, the leader of Glorious Word Chapel International has told Ghanaians to expect more road accidents in 2020. His notification comes just...

Mobile money robbers grabbed

Two men accused of robbing a female mobile money vendor of GHC 900 in a moving taxi are in the grips of the Fomena...

US lifts visa restrictions on Ghana

The Embassy of the United States of America in Ghana has announced it has lifted the visa sanctions applied under section 243(d) of the...

7 injured in Huni-Ano accident

Seven persons sustained various degrees of injuries at Huni-Ano, a village along the Tarkwa-Bogoso road. This happened when a Hyundai Grace bus with registration number...

Former Beige Bank boss Michael Nyinaku files for bail

Lawyers for Michael Nyinaku, a former Managing Director of Beige Bank, who is being held for stealing and money laundering, have filed a motion...

Ablakwa pushes for national mourning of Dompoase crash victims

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is pushing for the declaration of a state of national mourning for the...

NIA dismisses 10 registration officials

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has dismissed 10 registration officials with immediate effect for misconduct after it concluded administrative investigations into their actions. Seven of...

Nkwanta South SHS students ‘refuse’ to report after Christmas holidays

Management of the Nkwanta South Senior High School has appealed to parents to allow their wards return to school after the Christmas holidays. The appeal...

Video: Fire guts Accra Academy, dormitories burnt, over 100 students stranded

A late night fire has consumed two halls at Accra Academy, displacing more than 100 students. The fire started around 7:00 p.m. at Alema and...

Listen: Hare Krishna gives ‘spiritual forecast’ for Ghana in 2020

The Communications Director of the Hare Krishna Movement in Ghana, Jnana Chaksus Das, is predicting more bloodshed on roads in the country. According to him,...

2020 Population Census will come off – GSS

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) says the 2020 population census will come off though the scheduled date might change. The exercise was to take...

Lack of progress in Ahmed-Suale murder case unacceptable – Int’l Press Institute

One year after the killing of Ghanaian journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale, the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives...

Nkwanta South SHS students ‘refuse’ to report after Christmas holidays

Management of the Nkwanta South Senior High School has appealed to parents to allow their wards return to school after the Christmas holidays. The appeal...

Dompoase accident: Surviving driver breaks silence

The driver of the Yutong bus which had a head-on-collision on the Cape Coast-Takoradi highway says he was not overtaking, as earlier believed. According to the...

International economist hails Ghana’s Sinohydro deal with China

Lauren Johnston, a Research Associate at the China Institute, School of Oriental African Studies of London University and a PhD holder in International Economics,...

Govt grants Takoradi Gold Ghana Limited 15-year mining lease

Just a little over two years of winning a major court case against the Minerals Commission for non-renewal of its gold prospecting license, Takoradi Gold Ghana...

EC appeals for calm amidst Voters Register tension

Eminent Advisory Committee (EAC) of Electoral Commission (EC) has urged political parties and other stakeholders to hold their calm amidst the ongoing new Voters...

Renowned lawyer leads Atewa Forest suit against gov’t

Two institutions, A Rocha Ghana and Flower Ghana and two private citizens, Awula Serwah and Oteng Adjei, have served a notice to the Attorney-General...

GES apologises to teachers over poor organisation of training programme

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has taken responsibility for difficulties experienced by teachers who are being trained on core subjects for the new curriculum. The ...

OAU student records lecturer over alleged threat to fail her over sex

Olabisi Olaleye, a lecturer in the department of International Relations at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife has been allegedly nabbed in an audio recording by a...

Soldier ‘kills’ sister of lady who called him to beat neighbour

Tragedy struck a house located at Seaside Estate, Lagos Nigeria when a stray bullet from an army officer killed the sister of a lady who...

Man, 71, accused of raping disabled man 100 times

A man, 71, has shocked jurors after it was revealed that he tricked a disabled man so he could rape him more than 100...

Man in court for killing a bat

A 40-year-old man, Femi Afolabi, was on Tuesday forced to appear before an Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ile-Ife for killing a ...

Fire officer narrates ordeal in Dompoase accident rescue [audio]

A Fire officer, ADO1 Abdul Wasiru Hudu, who was part of the rescue mission to find survivors at the scene of the Dompoase accident...

One victim of Buipe fire dies on admission

One of the three fire victims near Bulk Oil Storage and Transport (BOST) in the central Gonja District of Savannah Region, Tahiru Abdul Mohammed,...

Survivor of Dompoase accident gives chilling account [Audio]

A survivor of the Dompoase-Komenda accident has given a chilling account of the accident that took place in the early hours of Tuesday morning...

Nigerians ask for selfies not money when they see me – Dangote

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has disclosed that, Nigerians only ask for selfies with him instead of money when they see him. READ THIS:...

Suspending aspiring lawyers over pregnancy primitive – Group charges

Private Law firm, Legal Ink Lawyers & Notaries has come under sharp criticisms over the suspension of two aspiring lawyers for getting pregnant. Pro-democracy group,...

Traditional Council to pacify gods over Dompoase deadly crash [audio]

The Traditional Council of Dompoase in the Central region has revealed plans to perform rites to pacify the gods over the Elmina-Komenda highway accident....

NPP loses executive in Dompoase accident

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has lost one of its constituency executives in the gory accident that claimed 34 lives at Dompoase on the...

ECO: West African Central Bank governors begin talks on single currency

The Central Banks in the ECOWAS sub-region on Tuesday, January 14, 2020, began an extra-ordinary general meeting to deliberate on issues relating to the...

One dead, six in critical conditions in Abrepo accident

One person has been confirmed dead and six others in critical condition in a dawn collision between an urban commercial vehicle and a tipper truck at...

Dompoase accident: Driver of mangled red VVIP bus still alive [audio]

It has emerged that driver of Takoradi-bound bus involved in Tuesday’s accident at Dompoase near Komenda is still alive. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Foster Gyasi...

Revealed: Similar accident occurred at Dompoase junction 10 years ago (Listen)

A resident of Dompoase in the Central region has revealed that, a similar accident between a tanker truck transporting diesel and an Intercity STC...

Two suspected robbers arrested at Fomena

The Fomena Police Command in the Adansi North District of the Ashanti Region have arrested two suspects for allegedly robbing a woman identified as...