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Corruption eroding gains of government intervention programmes

Mr. Richard Quayson, Deputy Commissioner of the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has said public expenditure exaggeration by people entrusted with...

Isaac Dogboe demolishes Hidenori Otake in one round

Isaac Dogboe’s first WBO super bantamweight title defense was on course as he stopped Japanese veteran Hidenori Otake in the first round. Otake went down twice before the...

Fake doctor arrested during abortion on 17-year-old final year SHS student

Fifty-nine-year-old fake doctor who has operated for over 20 years has been grabbed by the Kwabenya District Police with the help of Medical and...

Photos: Funeral for Dansoman fire victims underway

A funeral service for the family of five including a two-months-old baby who died in a fire outbreak at Dansoman, a suburb of Accra...

Man, 27, sodomises grandmother for ‘sakawa’ money

Akwesi Eshun, a 27-year-old man from Tarkwa in the Western Region, has allegedly sodomised his 70-year-old grandmother. Details available to Nyankonton Mu Nsem have it that,...

Did Chief Imam try to stop Anas’ #12 documentary?

It has emerged the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr. Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, may have tried to persuade undercover Investigative Journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, not...

Uber removes driver accused of attacking rider

Ride-hailing firm, Uber, has removed the driver who was accused of assaulting a passenger after a dispute over a fare. Uber, according to a statement, took...

E/R: Two dead after consuming puffer fish

Two people are reported dead while four are on admission at the Presbyterian hospital at Donkorkrom in the Kwahu Affram Plains North district of...

PHOTOS: Otumfuo calls on Rawlings

Former President Jerry John Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings have praised the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and the Okyehene, Osagyefo Amoatia...

Kidnapped girl found mute utters first words after 6 days; sparks jubilation

It was a moment of celebration, tears of joy and champagne popping Wednesday when the 16-year-old girl who was kidnapped and returned dumb a...

PHOTOS: Otumfuo visits President Akufo-Addo at Jubilee House

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, on Friday, 24th August, 2018, paid a courtesy call on the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa...

2018 BECE: 83 results cancelled, 2,061 withheld

The entire results of 83 candidates who wrote the 2018 Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) have been cancelled. That is according to the examination body...

Suspected gay attacked by angry friends at Madina

The fight against same-sex relationships which is abhorred in Ghana was taken to an extreme on Thursday by a group of friends in the...

‘Legalize marijuana in honour of Kofi Annan’

Some users of marijuana have called on government to legalize the narcotic substance in honour of the late former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan. According...

Kofi Annan likely to be buried on September 13

The President, Nana Akufo Addo has declared a full state burial for the late UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, a ceremony befitting a global...

Pastor impregnates fetish priestess; threatened with a curse to marry her

A pastor with the Jesus Way International Church at Awia Nkwanta in the Ashanti region, Nicholas Obeng Nyame, has impregnated a traditional priestess in...

Mamma Beer – A beer developed specifically for cancer patients

Chemotherapy has many nasty side effects, and one that patients often find particularly frustrating is dysgeusia. This side effect causes food and drink to...

Man uses 300 billboards to ask forgiveness from girlfriend

A young Indian man, Mr Nilesh Khedekar who wanted to get back with his girlfriend after an argument, put up 300 billboards all over...

DKM customers clash with Minister over payment [Video]

The customers of DKM Financial Services are accusing President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his ministers of not honouring the promise of retrieving their...

Ex-convict jailed 20 years

The Wa Circuit Court has sentenced a 30-year-old ex-convict to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour for robbing a marketing officer of his personal...

PHOTO: KNUST’s single-sex halls begin intake of female students

Authorities of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have today commenced intake of female students in all three single-sex halls in...

Man 38, begs court for mercy

“My Lord I met the girl eight months ago and had sex with her, but I am surprised I have been arrested in 2018...

Pastor held over sexual abuse acquitted in absentia

An Accra Circuit Court has acquitted and discharged Pastor Blessing Owusu Ansah, who was held for sexually assaulting a 12-year old girl at Gbawe. Delivering...

Bloody clashes in Nandom; scores wounded, properties destroyed

Bloody clashes at Nandom in the Upper West Region have left scores of residents with machete wounds and several houses destroyed. It is unclear what...

Woman gets contact lens stuck in eye for 28 years

A missing contacts lens isn’t something you should turn a blind eye toward. Case in point: A 42-year-old woman in Great Britain who lost a...

Six pupils reveal how they were initiated into witchcraft

Six pupils (one male and five females) who are alleged to be witches and wizard, have revealed how they were initiated into witchcraft. The oldest...

Ghana records 2 cases of Dengue Fever in 2 children

A research conducted by a group of researchers at the West Africa Centre of Cell Biology and Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP)  at Legon and  Nougochi...

Photos: ‘I came with love’ Asantehene praises golf partner Okyehene

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has stepped foot in the kingdom of his traditional rival, Okyeman. It is one small step for the king and one...

Boy drowns in abandoned ‘One-Village, One-Dam’ project pit

A community has fallen into a state of shock and is infuriated with the government following the death of a 14-year-old who drowned while swimming...

One dead, 2 injured as taxi driver rams into them

A taxi cab with the registration number, GT-5711-12, has rammed into three people, leaving one dead and two seriously injured at Fumeso near New...

Naked man running after naked woman arrested

A police night patrol team recently arrested a naked young man who was suspected to be under the influence of tramadol with an erected...

Watch how Mahama declared his intention to contest NDC Flagbearership

Former President John Dramani Mahama has submitted to the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) his letter of intent to contest for...

1st Photos of Otumfuor’s historic visit to Ofori Panin Fie

The Overlord of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuor Osei Tutu II, has arrived at Akyem Abuakwa where he is guest to the Okyenehene, Osagyefo Amoatia Oforipene. The...

It’s official: Mahama will contest NDC flagbearership

The day some National Democratic Congress (NDC) faithful have dreaded is here, former President John Dramani Mahama has officially declared his intention to run...

VIDEO: How trade resulted in long-standing rivalry between Ashantis and Akyems – Historian explains

Head of History Department at the University Of Cape Coast, Professor Kwame Osei Kwarteng, has named trade as a factor of the long-standing rivalry...

VIDEO: Asantehene makes historic visit to Ofori Panin Fie

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu, is expected to join Okyehene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin at Kyebi as part of a grand durbar to mark...

Fisherman held for robbing Vehicle Inspector

A 25-year-old fisherman, who allegedly robbed a Vehicle Inspector of the Driver Vehicle and Licensing Authority (DVLA) of three mobile phones at Bortianor beach...

VIDEO: Girl, 3, fires 1,111 arrows in a row to set Guinness record

A 3-year-old girl fired off 1,111 arrows in three and a half hours in a bid to make it into the Guinness Book of...

Carjackers adopt new tactics – Police warn

Carjackers have adopted a new way of robbing unsuspecting car dealers and owners of their vehicles. According to a police statement issued on Monday, August...