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Audio: Second phase of UGMC expansion begins

The University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) has officially commenced work as part of the second phase to expand and scale up operations of...

Fake UK Doctor arrested for defrauding 3 people

The Koforidua Circuit Court ‘B’ has remanded a 32-year-old unemployed for disguising himself as a United Kingdom-based Ghanaian doctor to defraud three persons to...

No more projects on Aburi mountain – Roads Minister

The Ministry of Roads and Highways is urging local assemblies whose control span the Aburi mountain area to be firm and take action against...

GHA to reconstruct culverts under Tema Motorway

As part of measures to control and totally do away with the possible recurrence of flooding on the Tema motorway, the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) intends...

Israel suspends diplomatic activities in Ghana

The Embassy of Israel in Accra has suspended daily diplomatic activities in Ghana until further notice, a statement from the Middle East country has...

Photos: Two dead, others injured in building collapse at Ajumako

A collapsed building has killed two persons leaving six others in critical conditions at Ajumako in the Central region after a heavy downpour on...

Flood halts lectures at UG

The University of Ghana (UG) has suspended lectures and quizzes due to flooding on its campus.The flooding in parts of the campus, according to...

Y’asem Nie: Hairdressers tell their most horrifying stories [VIDEO]

From washing a head full of lice to detangling chunks of hair knots, three hairdressers share their most terrifying stories. On the social discussion segment...

Kwesi Pratt descends on political leaders over recent floods

Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has blamed leaders in Ghana for the recent floods in parts of the country. According...

Ghanaian victims of Jammeh killings want to testify before Reconciliation Commission

Ghanaians who survived the unlawful killing of 56 West African migrants in the Gambia and the victims’ families have requested to testify at the...

Watch: Nkroful residents demonstrate over bad road

Residents of Nkroful, the hometown of Ghana's first president, Kwame Nkrumah, on Wednesday staged a demonstration against the government to protest over the bad...

Israeli diplomats in Ghana suspend consular services

The Israeli Embassy in Ghana has suspended consular services from Wednesday, a statement from the consulate has announced. “No consular services will be provided and...

Flooding in Ghana: MP hints of food crisis in Upper East

The recent floods in parts of Ghana may result in serious food crises, especially in the Upper East Region, Member of Parliament for Builsa...

Accident deaths drop by 7.6%

Efforts by stakeholders to reduce the increasing carnage on the roads have started showing positive results as the number of commuters killed in...

Gays need medical attention or deliverance – Speaker

Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Prof. Mike Ocquaye, is of the view that gays are humans with deviant conduct who should either be treated medically...

MP threatens demo over bad roads in constituency

National Democratic Congress Member of Parliament for Amenfi West in the Western Region, Eric Afful, has threatened a demonstration over the bad nature of...

Facebook lover runs away after impregnating 20-year-old lady

A 20-year-old lady who only gave her name as Ama is appealing to the public to help locate her lover who has impregnated and jilted her. According...

Man hacks wife for threatening divorce

A middle-aged woman is battling for her life after her estranged husband inflicted cutlass wounds on her for threatening to end their marriage. According to...

Photos: Hundreds trapped as houses submerge after heavy downpour in Cape Coast

Hundreds of residents in Cape Coast and its environs have been trapped in their homes with their houses submerged in floods after six hours...

Mobile phone is devil’s tool to divert attention from the Bible – Evangelist Amofah

Heaven and Hell Revelator, evangelist Lawrence Amofah, has cautioned Christians in Ghana to be very cautious about how much time they spend on their...

Rusty Rails: The story of Ghana’s lost glory and government’s new worry

Of all the means of transport in Ghana – road, air and sea – the weakest link remains railways. It didn’t use to be that...

Teacher found hanging dead on a tree

Kwesikum, a village near Agona Duakwa in the Agona East District in the Central Region was thrown into shock Tuesday when a 55- year-...

No school for primary pupils today as teachers undergo training

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that pupils in primary school will not attend school on today, October 30, as the day has...

African Ministerial Conference on Information Access opens in Accra

The 3rd Ministerial Round table for African Ministers with oversight responsibilities for Libraries has opened in Accra under the auspices of the Ministry of...

Time to end stigma on female infertility- President

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged African governments to urgently integrate the issues of infertility and its treatment in the maternal and reproductive...

Our school now a den of sex workers & wee smokers – Awutu Mankomda Christian Int’l School

Teachers and pupils at the Awutu Mankomda Christian international school in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central region have decried the activities...

Corporate Income Taxes stifling rural banks’ support for communities

The decision by the government to up Corporate Income Taxes imposed on Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) from eight (8) to 25% is stifling...

Photos: Building collapse kills man, wife in critical condition after heavy downpour

Kwakuvi Atiti, a 70-year-old man, has lost his life with his 59-year-old wife, Ekom Atiti, in a critical condition after a building collapsed on them...

Robber breaks into pastor’s luxurious home but ends up falling asleep (photos)

If the mighty hands and watchful eyes of God are upon you, no weapon fashioned against you shall prosper indeed. A Nigerian pastor, Ephraim Ononye,...

Okyenhene launches tertiary education fund for Asona people

Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II, has launched the Asona Family Educational Foundation and Scholarship to assist members of the Asona clan to get...

Titus-Glover reacts to Motorway flooding [Audio]

Titus-Glover, the Member of Parliament for Tema East constituency, has blamed the encroachment of lands along the Accra-Tema motorway for Monday’s flood. The legislator who...

Listen: MP announces good news for road contractors

About GH¢ 2.2 billion out of three billion Ghana cedis is ready to pay road contractors for works done. This was announced by the...

Unitylink financial services shows love to Nsawam Government Hospital

Unitylink Money Transfer Company, an international money transfer firm, has donated health equipment worth thousands of cedis to the Children’s Ward of the Nsawam Hospital in...

NPP and NDC must unite – MP

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Sekondi Constituency, Andrew Egyapa Mercer, believes unity between the incumbent NPP government and the major opposition,...

BPS reveals cause of Tema Motorway flooding

The Bureau of Public Safety (BPS) believes that human activities along the Tema Motorway contributed to the flooding incident that occurred after a downpour...

6-year-old girl drowns after downpour; MP blames Assembly

One person is reported dead after severe flooding in Moshie Zongo, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti region. According to reports, the deceased, said to be...

Water supply to parts of Accra to be interrupted, check out areas affected

Water supply to parts of Accra will be interrupted following a cut in power supply, the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has announced. In a...

2 suspects arrested for leading mob to lynch alleged thief

Two suspects in a mob attack that led to the death of an alleged motorbike thief have been arrested at Sawaba in the Northen region. The...

Audio: NADMO issues warning to residents of flood prone areas

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) is appealing to residents living in flood prone areas to relocate to higher grounds. According to the Director of Communication of...

Meteo agency predicts increased rainfall in southern sector

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) is predicting more rains in the southern sector as the country is in the minor rainy season. READ: Menzgold begins...