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2018 WASSCE: Three more arrested at Tamale for impersonation

Three suspects including a minor were arrested in Tamale for impersonating candidates of this year’s ongoing West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination. The suspects...

AMA moves to address Dansoman Junction, Asoredanho stench problems

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) says it is putting in place interim measures to curb stench emanating from Dansoman-Darkuman Junction to Asoredanho and other...

Two teenagers flogged by Obinim for fornication ‘missing’

The Police say they are having difficulties in locating the two teenagers who were flogged on live TV during a church service in 2016...

Growing public debt in Africa worse than you thought

Last month, ahead of his ill-fated African tour, then US secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned African governments about the amount of debt they were amassing...

'Witch' escapes death at Tamale (AUDIO)

A woman believed to be in her 50s, Mma Samatah was attacked on Wednesday night by residents of Dungu in Tamale for allegedly being...

PHOTOS: GRA storm shops, confiscates goods without tax stamps

Ghana Revenue Authorities have started confiscating goods without tax stamps from some shops in Accra. The Deputy Commissioner at the Communication and Public Affairs Department,...

President sacks 256 judges for not having law degrees

President Joseph Kabila "sanctioned more than 200 individuals who do not fulfil the conditions to function as magistrates", Justice Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba said...

Video: Ghanaian, 30, flees US over rape accusation

An Uber driver charged with raping a passenger earlier this month was able to walk free because officials failed to notify immigration agents about...

Woman charged £930 for a single banana

A slip-up by supermarket Asda in an online order saw a woman charged £930 for a single banana. Bobbie Gordon, from Sherwood in Nottingham, said...

HOT AUDIO: I’m not at SSNIT for 'chop chop' – Addo-Kufuor

The Board Chairman of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Dr. Kwame Addo-Kufuor has assured that he is going to take good care...

Don’t be intimidated for being professional – Domelevo to Auditors

Mr Daniel Yaw Domelevo, the Auditor-General, has urged internal auditors to be professional and courageous in the discharge of their duties despite the poor...

Prince Charles lauds Ghana’s Nkrumah for Commonwealth effort

Listen to Prince Charles below: Britain’s Prince Charles has lauded the foundation effort of Ghana’s first president Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in building the commonwealth...

Marine biologist turned prostitute sells sex to pay off whopping debt

A marine biologist turned prostitute has revealed why she's selling sex to pay off her £20,000 student debt. The British graduate admits she's "stubbornly defiant"...

Driver sentenced for knocking down and killing woman, 85

A commercial driver was on Tuesday fined GH¢1,920.00 by an Accra Circuit Court for knocking down and killing an 85-year-old woman on the spot He...

Teenager remanded for trading in tramadol

A 19-year-old electronics repairer suspected to be involved in narcotic trading has been remanded into prison custody by the Juaso Circuit Court. Justice Boansi who...

Legalisation of homosexuality: Foh Amoaning slams UN rapporteur, Theresa May

A senior lecturer at the Ghana School of Law, Moses Foh Amoaning, has descended heavily on the United Nation’s Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty...

Girl, 13, found dead with slit throat

A 13-year-old girl has been allegedly killed at Yawkwei near Juaso in the Asante Akyem South District of the Ashanti Region. The father of the...

MMT scandal: MD ordered to proceed on leave

The board of the Metro Mass Transit Limited has ordered the managing director of the company Bennet Aboagye and his personal assistant Yiadom Kesse...

AGI press for access to funding and further reduction of utilities

Issues of Power supply, cost, finance and labour continue to impede the growth of indigenous business and companies in Ghana, despite government interventions in...

Liberian President Weah Orders Probe of Exxon's 2013 Oil Deal

Liberian President George Weah ordered a probe into Exxon Mobil Corp.’s 2013 deal for drilling rights off the West African nation’s coast, his office...

Ghanaian student in Harvard ‘assaulted’ by police

A Ghanaian Harvard University student, who was reportedly high on drugs, was repeatedly punched by a police officer after running naked into the street,...

HOT VIDEO: God banned my friend’s wife from heaven for failing to pay tithe – Pastor

A Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) pastor, Mike Nwanegbo, has defended general overseer, Pastor Enoch A Adeboye who said anyone who doesn’t pay tithe...

13 students arrested for writing WASSCE on behalf of candidates

Some 13 students have been arrested by the Akyem Oda police for writing the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) on behalf...

GPHA Boss moves to intervene in poor educational performance at Asuogyaman

Some prominent personalities from the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region and other stakeholders of the area are concerned about the falling standards of...

Christiane Amanpour's double standards stink – Manasseh Azure

  Dear Christiane Amanpour, I have read your article in defence of Moesha Boduong, one of the people you interviewed in Ghana as part of your...

Court issues bench warrant for arrest of Bukom Banku

An Accra Circuit Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Braimah Kamoko popularly known as “Bukom Banku,” for failing to appear...

AUDIO: Five arrested for alleged murder of Aeronautic Engineer

Five suspects are in the grips of the Eastern Regional Police Command for their alleged involvement in the murder of the astronaut engineer at...

Former SSNIT boss, 4 others indicted by EOCO

Former Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust, Ernest Thompson together with three others have been charged with causing financial loss to...

Mystery behind stench emanating from Dansoman Junction/Asoredanho broken

 People living and trading between Darkuman Junction and Dansoman Asoredanho say they can no longer live with the stench emanating from a drain in...

PHOTOS: Police pick vital lead on slain journalist's murder

Bekwai police investigating the murder of slain journalist who worked with DESS FM in the Ashanti Region have picked vital leads for possible arrest...

Foreign entrepreneurs are not better than us – Ibrahim Mahama

No entrepreneur outside the shores of Ghana is any cleverer than those in the country, trying in their various fields to make it in...

Ghanaian journalist gives 6-point response to Amanpour's non-factual defence of Moesha

Multimedia journalist and editor of Adom FM, Samuel Nii Narku Dowuona, has, in a six-point write-up, responded to claims made by Cable News Network...

No deaths occured in students’ clash – Management

Management of the University of Ghana, on Tuesday, confirmed that no one died as a result of clashes between the students of the University...

Father of 9 divorces wife after finding out he had been sterile for most of his life

A Moroccan man recently filed a lawsuit against his wife, accusing her of adultery. After undergoing a routine health checkup, the man allegedly learned that...

Court orders arrest of Bukom Banku

An Circuit Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Braimah Kamoko popularly known as “Bukom Banku,” for failing to appear before...

I paid GHC40,000 to bait my ‘blackmailers’ – MMT boss

The embattled Managing Director of Metro Mass Transit Limited (MMT), Bennet Aboagye, says he paid an amount of GHC40,000 to bait some people who...

VIDEO: Ghanaian student in Harvard ‘assaulted’ by police

A Ghanaian Harvard University student, who was reportedly high on drugs, was repeatedly punched by a police officer after running naked into the street,...

Top romantic getaways around the world

Whether you're a couple that finds romance in relaxation or in adventure, there's always going to be that place that sparks the flame and...

Ibrahim Mahama to support 20 GRASSAG members with $ 2,000 as start–up capital

CEO of Engineers and Planners, Ibrahim Mahama has pledged two thousand dollars to each twenty members of the Graduate Students' Association of Ghana (GRASAG)...

Double salary saga: Inusah, 2 others cautioned for stealing

At least three former government officials have been cautioned with a charge of stealing and are to reappear before the Police Criminal Investigations, on...