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NDC calls off event over police confirmation of T’di girls’ death

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced the cancellation of the 6th edition of "Moment of Truth", which was slated for today, September...

SHS placement saga: GES restores calm at Black Star Square

The Ghana Education Service (GES) in the early hours of Tuesday began an organised process to address the challenges of over a thousand stranded...

Audio: SHS placement saga: Some parents were bused – Sekondi MP

The pandemonium at the Black Star Square where frustrated parents seeking admission for their wards into various Senior High School (SHS) was politically orchestrated,...

Video: Maame Tiwaa must return our children alive – Families of dead Taadi girls

The families of the four Takoradi girls, who have been confirmed dead by the police through a DNA test, are calling on the Criminal...

T’di girls: Family rejection of DNA test justified – Bright Appiah

Executive Director of Child Rights International, Bright Appiah, has said the decision by families of kidnapped girls in Takoradi not to accept the police...

Video: Stranded parents, students hold vigil over SHS placement confusion

Some stranded parents and students-hopefuls who gathered at the Black Star Square over the Computerised School Placement System with the hope of resolving the...

AMA apologises to Joy News over assault on journalist

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), on behalf of the Assemblyman for Ngleashi Electoral Area in the Odododiodio constituency, has apologised for an assault on...

Audio: Owusu Bempah defends CID boss over death of Taadi Girls

The Founder and Leader of Glorious Word and Power Ministry International, Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, has defended the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department...

Revealed: Families of missing Takoradi girls refuse to pick Akufo-Addo’s call

It has emerged that aggrieved families of the missing Takoradi girls refused to speak to President Nana Akufo-Addo when he placed a call to...

Taadi girls: CID boss, others must resign – Family

The families of the four Takoradi girls, who police say are dead, are calling for the head of three security chiefs, citing their failure...

Audio: Give us bones of our dead children -Families of dead Tadi girls to police

Families of the missing Takoradi girls say they won’t accept the latest report by the Ghana Police Service that the DNA tests carried out...

Speeding bus crashes pedestrian to death

A speeding commercial bus has crashed to death a man believed to be in his 30’s. The bus with a registration number GN – 2336...

Ex-con wants to go back to prison so he can watch premium TV channel for free

We’re no strangers to weird stories here on OC, but this one’s a bit too weird even for us. A French burglar intentionally left...

Full transcript: Police confirm missing Taadi girls are dead

At a press conference Monday, the  Acting IGP, James Oppong Boanuh announced that the results of the DNA test on remains retrieved in Takoradi...

Photos: 2019 NSMQ winners tour Nairobi, Dubai

The winners of the 2019 edition of the National Science & Maths Quiz (NSMQ) from St. Augustine’s College enjoyed a trip to remember when they embarked on...

Confirmed: Takoradi missing girls dead, skeletons found are theirs -Police (Video)

The three Takoradi missing girls, Ruth Quauson, Priscilla Blessing Bentum and Priscilla Koranche, who were kidnapped between August 2018 and January 2019, have been...

Don’t be education directors in your shops – GES tells Café attendants

The Deputy Director of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr Kwabena Bempah Tandoh, has urged Café attendants to stop being education directors in their...

Photos: How a man beheaded his six-year-old son

Kwabena Abraham is in Police grips for allegedly murdering and beheading his six-year-old son, Oscar Tanu. He was arrested after a complaint was made to...

Suspected killer of Otumfuo’s Asamponhene arrested in Burkina Faso

The businessman on police wanted list in connection with the murder of Otumfuo’s Asamponhene, Oheneba Kwadwo Aforduor, has been arrested in Burkina Faso, sources have revealed...

Audio: GES PRO blames parents, café attendants for SHS placement confusion

The Ghana Education Service (GES) is blaming parents and Cafe attendants for the confusion that has marred the 2019 Senior High School (SHS) placements in Ghana. According...

Bride-to-be swallows engagement ring while sleep-eating

A California bride-to-be said she thought she was having a nightmare when she swallowed her engagement ring — then awoke to find that the dream...

Photo: Triplets complete same school with same GPA score of 4.0

It was all joy for authorities of a high school in McDonough, Georgia after a set of triplets scored the same Grade Point Average...

Video: Nigerians’ reaction to South African violence will be dangerous – Nigerians in Diaspora President

The President of Nigerian Citizens in the Diaspora, Ogbonna Kaycey, has shared his thoughts on the xenophobic attacks in South Africa against African migrants, particularly Nigerian. In...

Takoradi kidnappings: Police conclude DNA test on retrieved parts

The Ghana Police Service has completed the DNA test on the remains retrieved close to the residence of Sam Udoetuk Wills, the main suspect...

Fabewoso: Ahafo residents to demonstrate against Newmont over neglect [Video]

Aggrieved residents of mining communities within the Ahafo region are up in arms with Newmont Gold Ghana Limited for not giving them their share...

COCOBOD pledges to be first class borrower

Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has assured banks that it will remain a dependable first class borrower that pays back loans on time.  He was speaking...

Assemblyman who attacked JoyNews’ photojournalist charged

The Assemblyman for James Town, Joseph Addo, has been charged with assault over an attack on JoyNews' photojournalist David Andoh. He pleaded not guilty...

Video+Photos: JHS graduate collapses at Independence Square over SHS placement confusion

A female Junior High School (JHS) graduate on Monday morning collapsed at the Independence Square, Accra after long hours in a queue to change...

Ghanaian chief grabs headlines in Japan after foiling suicide

A Ghanaian chief, Nana Opare Kwafo I, demonstrated bravado when he rescued a Japanese woman who attempted to commit suicide by jumping from the...

Video+Photos: Police-Military team storms Madina; arrests over 300 suspected criminals

A joint Police and Military team on Monday morning, as part of nationwide swoops, stormed Madina in the Greater Accra region and arrested about...

Audio: Angry parents to storm Jubilee House over SHS placement confusion

Some disgruntled parents, whose wards were turned away by authorities of Mfantsipim Senior High School (SHS) in the Central region, have expressed disgust at...

Techiman: Man, 29, impotent after police assault

A 29-year-old man is accusing police at Techiman in the Bono East region of rendering him impotent after an unprovoked assault on him. Larri Taesar...

Bawumia celebrates his mom as she clocks 80

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has described his mother as "the pillar" in his life. Celebrating the special woman in his life on the occasion of...

Father poisons two children to death in Kumasi

Two children have allegedly been poisoned to death by their father at Oforikrom in the Ashanti region. The suspect is believed to be in his...

Teacher swindles lover to marry another woman

A pupil-teacher in Obuasi, Richmond Nana Boison Benyenu, is standing trial at an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly failing to go by his promise...

Photo: JHS graduate commits suicide over school choice

A 15-year-old Junior High School (JHS) graduate has committed suicide by hanging at Agona Asafo in the Agona East District of the Central region...

Bizarre: Three watchmen murdered at Ashaiman

Three persons said to be night watchmen have been murdered with some body parts missing at Ashaiman in the Greater Accra region. The deceased, Ibrahim...

Mfantsipim SHS turns away first year students

Some first year students and their parents who turned up at the Mfantsipim Senior High School (SHS) in the Central Region with their trunks...

Man kills wife for refusing to breastfeed their baby

One Kingsley Madukwe has been arrested for beating his wife; Glory Madukwe, to death for refusing to breastfeed their crying one-month-old baby at...

Excessive consumption of ‘koobi’ can cause heart-related diseases – Cardiologist

A cardiologist has cautioned against excessive consumption of salted tilapia (koobi) citing it as one of the causes of heart-related diseases.  Dr Abdul Sahmed Tanko further described...