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Police killing: Joint Police-Military deplored to Zongos

A joint police and military personnel have been deplored to all Zongo communities in the Ashanti regional capital Kumasi to avert any reprisal attacks. This...

PHOTOS: Jilted lover kills girlfriend

A 30-year-old man, Isaac Bonnie, has been arrested by the Awutu Breku Police for allegedly killing his lover at Gomoa East District in the...

Man arrested for tranquilizing and raping alligators

A Florida man has been arrested after authorities report he was tranquilizing alligators in the Everglades and then raping them. 57 year old Shawn Kilums...

Police, Zongo youth clash over killing of 7 indigenes by police

Youth in one of the Zongo communities in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi have clashed with the police over the gory killing of seven...

We have to review laws against marijuana usage in Ghana – A Plus suggests

Ghanaian musician and political activist, Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly called A-Plus has urged the incumbent government to re-examine laws on the use of marijuana...

Ethiopian journalist reunited with daughters after 16 years

Ethiopian journalist Addisalem Hadigu has met his daughters Asmera and Danait in Eritrea for the first time in 16 years. He was among many families...

Kasoa: Hairdresser raped and killed by armed robbers at Opeikuma

A 25-year-old hairdresser, Ama Bonsuwaa, has been raped and murdered by armed robbers at Opeikuma, a suburb of Kasoa in the Central Region. According to...

Fight over Woyome properties; SC sets Oct 15 for hearing

The Supreme Court has ordered U.T Bank and one Abena Akyea to show proof that some properties the state say belong to businessman Alfred...

Cabinet approves incentive packages for 1D1F programme

Cabinet has approved incentive packages, including tax waivers to support government’s One District, One Factory (1D1F) campaign promise. The Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta disclosed this...

Heavy police presence in Kumasi as Asawasi youth go on rampage, attack Manhyia Gov’t Hospital

Some youth in Kumasi are allegedly on a rampage, pelting stones and setting public facilities on fire. Local reports say their actions have resulted in injuring a police...

23-year-old mother commits suicide in front of her 3-year-old daughter

A 23 years old mother has been found dead beside her 3-year-old daughter in their at home in Cheshire. Police report the unfortunate incident happened following...

ALL THE PHOTOS: 2018 Mid-Year Budget Review

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has presented before Parliament the government’s 2018 mid-year budget review Thursday afternoon. The presentation was in line with Ghana’s Financial Management...

PHOTOS: Two Nigerians arrested with narcotic drugs concealed in ‘kako’

The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has arrested two Nigerian Nationals for attempting to traffic narcotics through the General Post Office in Accra. A press release...

AUDIO: Stop lying to us – Family of alleged robber tells police

The family of one of seven alleged armed robbers gunned down by police in the Ashanti region has accused the Ashanti Regional Police of...

VIDEO: Man curses AMA taskforce for alleged overcharging

A commercial (trotro) driver has cursed the Accra Metropolitan Assembly taskforce for allegedly charging him GHc150 instead of GHc40 for a road offence. He says he...

Midyear budget review 2018: Gov’t urged to drop wholesale Free SHS implementation

There are mixed expectations ahead of the 2018 mid-term budget review later this morning as the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta will be reviewing...

Make tax payment prerequisite for becoming Free SHS beneficiary – Steve Manteaw

Campaign Coordinator of ISODEC, Dr Steve Manteaw, has proposed to government to make tax payment a prerequisite for qualifying as a beneficiary of Free...

High levels of screen time linked to cancer and heart disease

Too much screen time has been linked to heart disease and cancer in a new study. Researchers at the University of Glasgow analysed the amount...

The driving school for flying cars

It seems just about everyone has been launching a flying car lately, but the Kitty Hawk Flyer stands out for one big reason: it’s here today. Specifically,...

Obama tells African youth to mobilise

Former US President Barack Obama is addressing over 200 young African leaders from across 44 countries in South Africa's largest city of Johannesburg. They are...

90 percent of Magistrate Courts to be shut down?

A Private Legal Practitioner, Lawyer Frank Agyapong, says about 90 percent of magistrate courts in Ghana will be shut down if the Chief Justice...

About 3000 Abossey Okai traders not paying tax – Spareparts Dealers Chairman

The Acting Chairman for Abbosey Okai Spareparts Dealers and the National Organizer for Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), Clement Boateng says about 3000...

WAEC opens short notice registration for WASSCE Private Candidates

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has opened a short notice registration for WASSCE for Private Candidates, from 17th to 31st July 2018 for...

Video: Man sets record by slicing watermelons on stomach

A New York man known for setting more than 600 world records added another to his tally by slicing 26 watermelons with a sword...

Court jails unemployed seven years for defilement

Ben Dorgbetor, 22, unemployed, has been jailed seven years by an Aflao Circuit Court for defiling a Kindergarten two pupil, aged six. He pleaded guilty. Mr....

Police yet to identify suspected robbers killed

The Ashanti Regional Police Command is yet to identify the seven alleged robbers gunned down by the police in a shootout at Poano, in...

Photo: Man beaten severely for stealing bibles

A suspected thief was severely beaten after he was caught stealing bibles at a store in Anambra state on Wednesday. READ: Audio: Akufo-Addo is in my DNA...

Zongo chief takes on police for shooting 7 indigenes

Some seven persons who were shot dead by police near Anhwiakwanta on the Kumasi-Obuasi road on Tuesday are not armed robbers as alleged by...

Fresh application filed to stop EC chair appointment

A Ghanaian citizen, Fafali Nyonantor, has filed a fresh application praying the Supreme Court to restrain President Nana Akufo-Addo from appointing a new Chairperson...

You may write me down in history, but still like dust, I rise – Charlotte Osei jabs

Ousted chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei seems unperturbed by her recent dismissal. In a post on social media platform, Instagram, Mrs Osei sought...

VIDEO: Former KASSTECH caterer confirms theft of students’ food items to Fabewoso

A former caterer at Kade Senior High Technical School (KASSTECH) has revealed how matrons smuggle food items meant for students under the Free Senior...

Traditionalist appeals for Traditional Day on nation’s calendar

Prophet Torgbe Korku Anaglasi, the Founder of the New Gavriel Enlightenment Traditional Church has appealed to the Government for the institution of National Traditional...

FABEWOSO: KASSTECH Matron accused of “stealing” Free SHS food items (VIDEO)

A security officer at the Kade Senior High School (KASSTECH), 65-year-old Mr Jacob Oscar has accused the matron of the school of allegedly stealing...

PHOTO: 3 allegedly rob Chinese master, set house ablaze

Personnel of the Commercial Crime Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have arrested three persons suspected to have attacked and robbed their Chinese...

3 of Manso ‘armed robbers’ my campaign team members -Asokore MCE (AUDIO)

The Municipal Chief Executive for Askore-Mampong, Alhaji Alidu Seidu has disclosed that three of the seven suspected armed robbers killed in a shootout at...

Ghanaian pastors divided over Rwanda’s demolition of unfit church buildings

Some pastors in Ghana are divided on Rwanda government’s demolition of unfit structures serving as church buildings. The Rwandan government has reportedly set up the...

Sack incompetent IGP – Pressure group tells President

A Pressure Group called United Press for Development (UPD) has called on President Nana Akufo Addo to sack the Inspector General of Police (IGP)...

EC saga: NDC promises massive protest after Amissah Arthur’s burial

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it will surely take decisive steps to register its revulsion in the strongest possible terms against the...

George Opare Addo to run as National Youth Organizer of the NDC

Former Municipal Chief Executive of Akuapem North, George Opare Addo, has formally declared his intention to run as National Youth Organizer of opposition party,...

Obuasi: Snail-hunting teens shot after they were ‘mistaken’ for thieves

Police in Obuasi have arrested a man who claimed he mistook four boys who had gone on snail hunting as robbers, and shot them. Two...