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Listen: Torture of 6-year-old boy an act of wizardry – MP

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tano North Constituency, Mrs Freda Akosua Prempeh, has condemned the abuse of a six-year-old boy at Manhea in...

Man electrocuted while attempting to steal transformer

A middle-aged man suspected to be a thief has been electrocuted while trying to steal a transformer in Abuja, Nigeria. His lifeless body...

Two children dead after being shot in farm at Kintampo

The Kintampo Divisional Police Command has started investigations into the death of two children at Krabonso-Adiambra in the Kintampo South District of the Bono...

Nicknames of Presidents of Ghana’s 4th Republic

Leaders in every sphere or jurisdiction usually earn certain names and descriptions from their followers depending on the characteristics they exhibit or events which...

Ghana records 80 armed robbery cases in 10 months – WANEP

From January to the end of October this year, the West Africa Network for Peace building (WANEP)’s Early Warning system has recorded captured 80...

Police shoot and kill man who stabbed officer at Doboya

A 32-year-old man and a native of Daboya in the North Gonja District of Savannah Region, Abudulai Mustapha, is said to have been shot...

Pastor feeds church members with millipede and beer

South African Pastor, Lesego Daniel is in the news again for feeding his church members with millipede and beer.  Photos from the 'mass feeding' programme was...

Sanitation Minister honours National Chief Imam

Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has honoured the National Chief Imam, Sheik (Dr) Osmanu Nuhu  Shaributu, as the Chief Patron of Sanitation and Water.  The Minister presented...

Adom FM’s ‘MyRoadMyVote’ campaign gets results as work begins on Jasikan-Hohoe road

Construction work has begun on the Jasikan-Hohoe road following reports by Adom FM’s 'My Road My Vote' team that visited the area. Prior to the...

GH₵1.8 billion spent on free SHS -Kwaku Kwarteng

Government has spent GH₵1.8 billion in the implementation of free Senior High School (SHS) for the past three years. This initiative, according to Deputy Minister...

Odartey Lamptey welcomes third child

https://twitter.com/SaddickAdams/status/1194528441468694528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1194528441468694528&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ghanaweb.com%2FGhanaHomePage%2FSportsArchive%2FOdartey-Lamptey-welcomes-third-child-798769 Former Ghana international, Nii Odartey Lamptey, has welcomed his third child. READ: Video: Minority taunts Finance Minister over ‘Bye Bye’ budgetThe child is...

Free SHS numbers jump from 400,000 to 794,899

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta says the free Senior High School (SHS) education has recorded significant enrollment. According to the Minister, records display an increase...

Protection of Atewa Forest must be prioritised – Top American actor

Oscar award-winning actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, has added his voice to calls for the protection of the Atewa Forest as Ghana prepares to commence the...

National Cathedral project to begin in March 2020

Construction work on the interdenominational National Cathedral at Ridge in Accra is set to begin in March 2020. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta announced this...

Listen: Why JUSAG is on strike; the inside story

The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has directed its members to stay away from work following its declaration of indefinite strike against...

Govt has delivered on flagship programmes –Minister

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has delivered on its flagship programmes it promised Ghanaians. According to Mr Ofori-Atta, the...

Economic growth not driven by oil – Finance Minister says

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, in his 2020 budget presentation to Parliament, said Ghana’s economic growth is not primarily driven by oil, but the economy's...

A look at Ghana’s 2019 fiscal performance captured in 2020 Budget

  The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said provisional fiscal data present indicates that government’s fiscal operation of the first nine months of 2019 shows...

Govt committed to safeguarding macroeconomic gains– Ken Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, in his 2020 budget presentation, has assured Ghanaians of government’s commitment to strict fiscal discipline and pledged to maintain the...

2020 Budget: Govt plans 600-bed hostel for homeless ‘Kayayei’

The government has revealed plans to provide accommodation for head porters or ‘kayayei’ in various parts of Accra. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said in the...

Amidu Waterville writ incompetent – Supreme Court rules

The Supreme Court has ruled that an application filed by the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu seeking to compel the Attorney-General (AG) to retrieve some...

‘If you don’t respect me, you can’t come to me’ – Amidu tells Deputy AG in court

Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu on Wednesday clashed in court with Deputy Attorney, General Godfred Yeboah Dame. While the Special Prosecutor remarked “if you don’t respect...

Infographics: Highlights of 2020 budget statement

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has presented before Parliament the 2020 budget statement and economic policies set to drive Ghana's economy in the coming...

Your strike illegal – NLC to JUSAG

The National Labour Commission (NLC) says the strike by the Judicial Service Association of Ghana (JUSAG) is illegal and expects its members to rescind...

Illegal miner jailed 22-years for defiling 3-year-old girl

The Bekwai Circuit Court in the Ashanti Region has sentenced a 26-year-old man who defiled a three-year-old girl to 22-years imprisonment with hard labour. Akwasi Adu...

Missing taxi driver’s rotten body found in a bush

A Taxi driver in his thirties, Eric Adu who went missing one week ago with his car in Mankessim in the Mfanteman Municipality of...

Police activate hotlines to report police misconduct on roads

The Ghana Police Service has activated hotlines to enable members of the public especially motorists and passengers to reach Police authorities at the national headquarters on...

Man locks up sister for 2 years to deny access to ex-husband

Two years after being locked up in a dark room at her family residence, a mother of four has regained her freedom at Rigasa,...

Armed robbers attack passengers travelling from Kumasi to Tatale

Five armed robbers suspected to be Fulanis wearing masks with raffles and cutlasses attacked 22 passengers travelling in a sprinter bus with registration number...

Kasoa police killers’ case adjourned to November 19

The case of Eric Kojo Duah and Michael Osafo Anim who are being held for allegedly killing two police officers on the Kasoa-Buduburam road...

Protect Atewa Forest – American actor Leonardo DiCaprio

Oscar award-winning actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, has added his voice to calls for the protection of the Atewa Forest as Ghana prepares to commence the...

Video: How Ghana can turn her filth into gold

Over the last 40 or 50 years, bags and other household materials made of polythene have been good servants, but also very bad masters. ...

Expert cautions govt over tax increment on alcohol and tobacco in 2020 budget

William Owusu Dimitia, a tax expert, has cautioned the government against proposals to increase taxes on the consumption of alcohol and tobacco in the 2020 budget. READ...

Mother and son remanded for allegedly killing granddaughter

A 19-year-old trader from Fosu-Newtown who allegedly conspired with his mother to kill his two year-old daughter was on Friday remanded into prison...

Mother of 6-year-old boy on verge of losing fingers breaks silence

The mother of the six-year-old, whose hands were dipped in hot water and left to rot by his guardian, has broken her silence on...

Just in: JUSAG declares indefinite strike

The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has declared an indefinite nationwide strike with effect from Wednesday, November 13, 2019. READ: Video: SWAT team...

Abiola Bawuah Foundation pledges more support for girl child education in Ghana

The Abiola Bawuah Foundation (ABF), a non-profit organization has pledged its continuous support to promote girl child education in Ghana as part of its "100 Girls...

Statistical Service to go digital in 2020 census

Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, a statistician at the Ghana Statistical Service, has said that the agency will use successful censuses conducted in other countries...

Video: #MyRoadMyVote: Oti region Minister speaks on bad roads

Oti Regional Minister, Kwesi Owusu Yeboah, has said measures have been put in place to ensure that all bad roads in the region are...

Ghanaian “Sakawa boys” who preyed women for over £240,000 cash sentenced in UK

A gang of "cruel" men who preyed on women for cash through a dating scam have been jailed. The fraudsters extracted more than £240,000 from...