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Napo reveals suspects behind SHS fires

Education Minister Dr Mathew Opoku-Prempeh says he suspects arson in the recent spate of fire outbreaks in schools. At least, five Senior High Schools (SHS)...

Coronavirus: Ghana’s first test results prove negative [audio]

Test results from the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research have proved negative for the two men being held at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital....

Today in History – Accra Hearts of Oak battle Brazil’s Pele in a friendly match

Today in history, exactly 51 years ago, On the 6th February 1969, Accra Hearts of Oak were held to a 2-2 drawn game by a...

Airbus scandal biggest Int’l disgrace to Ghana – Information Minister

Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has described Ghana’s involvement in the Airbus bribery scandal as by far the biggest international disgrace to the...

This man has been sharing a bed with his wife’s remains for 16 years

Unable to deal with the loss of his beloved wife, a Vietnamese man dug up her remains, sealed them in a plaster sculpture and...

GES revises promotion process for staff

Two teacher unions and some teachers have hailed the decision of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to revise its promotion process. The National Association of...

Court fines driver for using expired vehicle documents

The Tarkwa District court on Wednesday fined, Appau Bernard Konadu, GHc 504 for failing to renew his roadworthy and insurance certificates and driving without...

Court adjourns ex-Beige boss trial

The prosecution in the case involving Michael Nyinaku, former defunct Beige Capital boss on Wednesday prayed the court for more time to file documents...

Mahama attributes bad grades to double-track system

Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed worry over the sharp decline of the results of students who undertook the West African Senior School Certificate...

Man, 29, defiles 13-year-old twins at Apam

A 29-year-old man has brutally defiled 13-year-old girls who are twins at Apam in the Central Region. The victims had reportedly been sent on an...

Bomb scare at Living Faith Church: Father of suspect speaks!

Samuel Ezekiel, the father of the suspect who was arrested for allegedly attempting to bomb a Living Faith Church in Kaduna, has said his son, Nathaniel...

Voters Register brouhaha: EC faces first legal challenge

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashaiman constituency, Ernest Henry Norgbey, has, through his lawyer, written to the Electoral Commission (EC) to demand for...

I will never denigrate teachers for their selfless and sacrificial service – Napo

Education Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has clarified that his comments suggesting diploma holders attended colleges with worst results were taken out of context. In parts...

MFWA condemns attack on Adom FM reporter

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has condemned the vicious attack on Kafui Justice, a Central Regional correspondent of Adom FM, one of the...

Takoradi girls saga: Suspects charged with murder [Video]

The two Nigerian suspects in the Takoradi girls kidnapping saga, Samuel Udoetuk Wills and John Orji, have been charged with murder by...

Two remanded for alleged child stealing

Two accused persons, Issah Morro and Mohammed Amidu, both labourers have been remanded to prison custody by a Tema circuit court for attempted child-stealing...

Nigeria unveils new visa policy to attract specialized skills

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has unveiled a new biometric visa policy, intended to improve transparency of their security database. The president announced the policy dubbed ‘Nigeria Visa Policy...

Ghana signs MoU with Israel to strengthen cybersecurity

The Government through the Ministry of Communications has signed two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with the Israeli government to strengthen cybersecurity in Ghana. The MoU...

Wendy Shay reacts to death prophesy by prophet

Afrobeats singer Wendy Shay, born Wendy Addo, has reacted to a video circulating on social media in which a prophet is seen prophesying her...

Fabewoso: Taskforce official makes interesting revelations on missing excavators [Video]

Leader of the Special Monitoring, Evacuation and Operation Team of Operation Vanguard, Nana Yaw Boadu has admitted that a number of equipment seized by...

Cause of SHS fires still not known – GNFS

The National Fire Service has revealed it is yet to complete investigations into the first fire outbreak at Accra Academy recorded on January 15th...

NPP disappointed in NDC’s refusal to sign roadmap on vigilantism eradication

General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, has expressed disappointment in the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) refusal to append its...

Comply or get sanctioned – NRSA to Highway Authority on faulty Ashaiman bridge

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has charged the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) to divert their attention to the damaged Ashaiman Bridge on the...

Road Safety Authority bares teeth at three public universities over traffic non-compliance

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has hinted of plans to sanction three public universities over non-compliance of traffic rules. The universities include the...

Airbus scandal: A case of legal infractions of workers, agents of Airbus and nothing more – Sammy Gyamfi

National Communications Officer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has, in a write up, rendered a comprehensive analysis of the Airbus bribery...

Guess who missing SADA tricycles were found with

A militia group aligned to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kandahar Boys, allegedly forced its way into the Northern Development Authority premises and took away...

Fake lawyer nabbed in court [Photo]

A self-styled lawyer has been arrested by police in Techiman in the Bono region. The suspect, Iddrisu Yahya, was nabbed when he appeared in...

AMA reveals unhygienic ways by which fishes are washed [video]

The sanitation task force of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has uncovered a number of unhygienic methods by which fishmongers engage in washing their...

Ofosu Ampofo Trial: Defence team appeals high court’s decision

Lawyers for National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, have filed an application at the Court of Appeal seeking to...

Attack on Adom News correspondent: Elmina police arrest NIA official

The Elmina Police has arrested an officer of the National Identification Authority (NIA) for assaulting Adom News correspondent, Justice Kafui. The NIA official assaulted Kafui...

Fire destroys 5 bedroom self-contained house in Berekum

Fire has swept through a five-bedroom self contained house at Berekum New Market in the Bono region, destroying the entire building. The fire, which started...

UG’s survey on new register means nothing – Ayariga [audio]

Founder and Presidential Candidate for the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has rejected findings from the recently conducted survey on Ghanaians' preference for...

Just in: Court discontinues case against UT Bank CEO

An Accra Circuit Court has dropped all charges against Prince Kofi Amoabeng, the former Managing Director of defunct UT Bank. Police Prosecutor, ASP Emmanuel Nyamekye, on...

Mum shares chilling message of ex who killed daughter

The broken mum of a 10-year-old girl killed by her dad has shared details of the messages he sent before starting the fire that...

Luxury floating hotel opens in Sweden

Framed by abundant woodland, surrounded by icy water and bathed in the glowing winter sun, this new hotel in Swedish Lapland already sounds pretty...

UDS student killed in Tamale- Wa road accident [photos]

A second-year student of the University for Development Studies, (UDS), Wa campus has met his untimely death in a road accident that occurred at...

Mason, 32, jailed 12 years for defiling girl 8

A 32-year-old mason who defiled an eight-year-old girl at Obogu in the Asante-Akim South Municipality has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment in hard...

Thief remanded in custody

An-eighteen-year old unemployed who entered rooms of three different houses at Mpasatia in the Atwima-Mponua District and stole various items, has been remanded into...

Two killed in weird motorbike accidents

Two persons died Tuesday afternoon after two motorcycles crashed into a cargo truck in separate accidents at Asuom in the Eastern region. The first incident...

Ayawaso West MCE inspects ongoing projects, presents 2 pick-up trucks to Assembly [Video]

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly, Hon. Sandra Owusu-Ahinkorah, took a tour on Tuesday, February 4, 2020, to inspect ongoing...