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51-year-old trader takes advantage of free SHS

Comfort Nutsugah, a 51-year old trader, has taken advantage of government's Free Senior High School Policy to further her education.Ms. Nutsugah, a mother of...

Breaking: Abossey Okai spare parts shops gutted by fire

Popular spare parts dealing hub, Abbosey Okai in Accra has been gutted by fire. An initial assessment by officials of the National Disaster Management Organisation...

Lover cuts girl’s hand …over ‘Chale Wate’

There was pandemonium at Komfuor Nkwanta near Obuasi in the Adansi Akrofrom District when a 16-year old girl, had her wrist chopped off following a misunderstanding...

Photo: Student narrowly escapes death after fasting for 41 days and nights

Barely three days after a pastor died after fasting  for 20 days, Ikechukwu Oke, a student of Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, has also been...

Video of how Bukom Banku knocked out opponent in 3rd round

Popular Ghanaian boxer, Braimah Kamoko (31-1 23 KOs) stopped his opponent, Rojhat Bilgetekin (10-18 9 KOs) to win his first fight outside Ghana. Bukom Banku as...

Video: Reshuffle your appointees now – ‘Mad’ TV host tells Akufo-Addo on radio

Popular Adom TV host, Omanhene Kwabena Asante has questioned the competence of some of the ministers, chief executives, directors and other institutional heads in the Akufo-Addo-led...

Photos: Ekow Ewusie makes grand return as he visits women of Abura Market, Cape Coast

Days after a supposed suspension of the New Patriotic Party's Central Regional 1st Vice Chairman, Horace Ekow Ewusie, was overturned, he has paid a...

Video: Kwame Nkrumah Circle traders find innovative way to punish thieves

As Ghana looks for innovative ways to deal with her many problems, some traders at Odo Rice, near the Kwame Nkrumah Circle have also found a...

Photos: Charles Bissue, Deputy Information Minister Dokua tie the knot

A presidential staffer Charles Cromwell Nanabanyin Onuawonto Bissue has tied the knot with 37-year old deputy Information minister Nana Ama Dokuaa Asiamah-Adjei who is also MP for Akuapem...

Two out of three Ghanaians injured in South Africa discharged – Dep. Foreign Affairs Minister

Two out of the three Ghanaians who were receiving medical attention for injuries from the xenophobic unrest, in South Africa have been discharged. The Ministry...

President Akufo-Addo consoles Zimbabwe on Robert Mugabe’s death

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has extended his sincere condolences to the Government and people of Zimbabwe, and to the...

Video: I felt unbearable pain after DNA test proved my 3 children were not mine – Odartey Lamptey

Former national youth star, Nii Odartey Lamptey has disclosed that he felt unbearable pain after a DNA test confirmed rumors that three children he...

Taxi driver shot dead in Takoradi by suspected robbers

A taxi driver has allegedly been shot dead within the Sekondi/Takoradi metropolis of the Western Region. He was allegedly shot three times in the chest...

Katanga Hall conversion: Gov’t prevails upon KNUST authorities to change stand

The government of Ghana has, through the Ministry of education, written to the governing council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to...

Court remands 49-year-old ‘wee peddler’

A Bole Magistrate Court has remanded a 49-year-old Taaza Bongu into prison custody for alleged possession of a substance believed to be weed. The suspect who...

Sniffer dogs deployed at KIA in new GRA search exercise

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), has embarked on a search exercise with the help of sniffer dogs at the Kotoka International Airport to screen...

Ghana National College 2005 Alumni holds reunion

The Nananom 2005 Old students of Ghana National College in Cape Coast on Saturday August 31, 2019 held a reunion to raise funds to...

Collapsing Sogakope bridge kills 5

At least five persons have died in crashes on the deteriorating Sogakope Bridge that spans the lower part of the Volta River. District Chief Executive...

Video: We will not rest until we get our hall back – ‘Katangees’

Old students and current students of the University Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have vowed not to rest...

GHIS builds Prime Meridian Monument at Somanya

The Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GHIS) has built a Prime Meridian Monument worth GHc 90,000.00 at Somanya in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the...

Video: Frustrated DCE gives “shoot-and-kill” order

The District Chief Executive Officer, for Gomoa East in the Central Region, Solomon Darko Quarm has charged police officers in the district to shoot...

Video: Woman, 18, raped by 2 self-styled pastors wants to kill herself

An 18-year-old woman, who was raped multiple times by two self-styled pastors, feels dirty and unworthy of living that she wants to end it...

Policewoman ‘shot in the neck’

Details are emerging about how a policewoman was gruesomely killed by six men who also stole her rifle in Tamale in the Northern Region...

Africa can reduce hunger with use of improved seed – Research

Farmers in Africa charged to go for improved seeds to help transform food production and economic fortunes President of Seed Systems Group Dr Joseph D....

Two receive continental awards for their pioneering roles in Africa’s agriculture

Two exceptional professionals, who are at the same time successful agriculturalists have been announced as joint winners of the 2019 Africa Food Prize. Dr Emma Naluyima, a...

Police arrest 2 agitating on KNUST campus

Police in the Ashanti region has arrested two persons for agitating on the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology for the return of University Hall,...

3 Ghanaians injured, 5 arrested in SA xenophobia attacks – Govt

The Government of Ghana, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has reported that three Ghanaians have been injured while five others...

Why not Ghana beyond corruption – Dutch Ambassador asks

Netherlands’ Ambassador to Ghana, Ron Strikker, has asked the Government of Ghana to pursue a policy of “Ghana beyond corruption.” He said this in...

Let ‘cop killers’ face firing squad – Irbard Ibrahim

Executive Director of Irbard Security Consult, Irbard Ibrahim, has called for death penalty for Eric Kojo Dua, the suspected murderer of two police officers...

SA xenophobic attacks influenced by apartheid mentality – Antwi-Danso

Dean of the Ghana Armed Forces and Staff Command College, Dr Vladmir Antwi-Danso, has attributed the xenophobic attacks by South Africans (SA) against other...

Ghanaian-born US citizen posed as soldier in dating site scam – prosecutors

A New Jersey man is accused of using dating websites to scam women out of $2.1m (£1.7m) while claiming to be a US soldier...

Here is the academic calendar for SHS students

The Ghana Education Service has released the 2019/20  1st Semester Academic Calendar for Senior High Schools. 

Gun-wielding policemen on traffic duty cannot guarantee safety- GPRTU

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), has added its voice to calls on the government to err on the side of caution before arming Police...

30 things GES wants all parents, students to know as schools reopen

The Ghana Education Service has addressed a press conference as public schools reopen across the country. Here is a bullet-point presentation of information, the GES wants...

Photo: Final year UG medical student dies from suspected suicide

A student of the University of Ghana Medical School is reported to have taken his own life on Wednesday. Joseph Obeng Opuni’s lifeless body found...

Commonwealth Office, partners resolve to fight kidnapping, terrorism

Partners at the just ended Commonwealth Speaker Series are urging government to find solutions to poverty, youth unemployment, lack of inclusivity which are the...

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe ex-president, dies aged 95

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's first post-independence leader, has died aged 95. He died after battling ill health, his family confirmed to the BBC. Mr Mugabe had...

Textbooks for new curriculum not ready – Ghana Book Publishers Association reveals

The Ghana Book Publishers Association has revealed that textbooks developed based on the new curriculum are not ready and will not be available in...

NAGRAT declares strike

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has declared a strike over what it describes as untold pressure and hardship on teachers following the...

Photo: Barber electrocuted while repairing hair clipper

A barber believed to be in his late 40s, Arise Asare has been electrocuted at Shiabu, a suburb of Dansoman in the Ablekuma West Municipality. Police...