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$50m approved for completion of UG Medical Centre

Parliament has approved $50 million for the completion of the final phase of the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC). Health Minister, Mr Kwaku Agyemang-Manu,...

Driver, mate trapped at Ashaley Botwe landfill site

A truck driver and his mate are trapped in a fecal matter dumping site at Ashaley Btowe in the Greater Accra region. According to reports,...

Kasoa baby death: My wife almost went mad – Man reveals

Mother of the nine-week-old baby boy who died at the St Gregory Hospital at Kasoa in the Central Region over a GH₵533 medical bill...

Rev. Owusu Bempah confirms his appointment to Gender Ministry’s Cancer Board

Rev. Owusu Bempah has confirmed his appointment to the Breast and Cervical Cancer Board  He says his appointment is for him to assist and...

Mystery monkey mummy found in ceiling of Minneapolis building

The mystery of a mummified monkey found by construction workers renovating a downtown Minneapolis building may have been solved. Adam Peterson, a construction worker on...

Man kills neighbour's dog and invites owner to eat it

A South Korean farmer killed and cooked a neighbour’s barking dog before inviting its unsuspecting owner to join him for a dog-meat dinner, in...

Hot video: Houseboy oozes maggots from private parts after sex with boss' wife

A randy houseboy received far more than he bargained for after he slept with his employer’s wife. ALSO READ: My appointment to Cancer Board not...

PHOTO: Chief arrested for fraud

The Zambrama Chief at the Ga West Municipal Assembly has been arrested by the police for allegedly defrauding a mobile money merchant of GH¢7,000. Nana...

Commonwealth Games visa scandal: BNI release two suspects on bail

Two staff of the National Sports Authority (NSA) who have been implicated in the running saga of the visa racketeering for fake journalists and...

Three arrested for robbery at Gambaga

Gambaga police have arrested three suspected armed robbers after they allegedly robbed one Limuna Agoligo of Gh¢2000 and his motorbike at Gbentiri in the East Mamprusi...

Bloggers to pay $930 annual licence fee or be forced out of business

Reports from Tanzania say bloggers and other “online content creators” now have to pay $930 in licence fees per year to be approved by...

Brides sit exams in wedding gowns

Getting married and sitting university exams are pretty stressful events in anyone's calendar, so imagine the problem you face when you find they're both...

2019: 2face Idibia declares political ambition

Nigerian singer, Mr Innocent Idibia, aka 2face Idibia is set to run for a political office. While speaking with newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos,...

AUDIO: Use of WhatsApp to call members for prayers not practicable – Muslim Cleric

A Muslim cleric says the appeal by the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovations, Dr. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, for Islamic worshipers to call...

AUDIO: Akroso students demand refund of 'illegal' fees

Some form Two and Three students of Akyem Akroso Senior High School (SHS) are calling on school authorities to refund what they describe as...

Opuni case halted

An Accra High Court has put on hold the trial of the former Cocobod boss Dr Stephen Opuni until a case referred to the...

HOT AUDIO: YEA suspends payment of ‘allawa’ to officers

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has suspended payment of allowances to its management and board members. Board chairman,  Sammy Awuku, who revealed this on Adom...

Kwaku Boahen reacts to "drunk" video; says he doesn't drink alcohol

Embattled Deputy National Communication officer, Kwaku Boahen, has denied news of him being dragged from the studios of an Accra-based radio station as false...

Fake Somanya commander grabbed

Police in Somanya, the Municipal capital of Yilo Krobo in the Eastern Region, have arrested a young man (name withheld) for allegedly impersonating the...

I have more cars so Mercedes Benz is nothing – Wa Polytechnic Rector brags

Embattled Rector of Wa Polytechnic, Prof. Emmanuel Marfo-Owusu, says he is baffled at the noise being made about his acquisition of an official car. According...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: See what happened when Africans first spotted a self-driving car

ALSO READ: Journalist dies after attempting abortion It was excitement laced with wonder when Nigerians spotted a self driving car for the first time on the...

HOT VIDEO: Baby dies as doctor cuts oxygen supply over nonpayment of bills

A nine-week-old baby boy has died at the St Gregory Hospital at Kasoa in the Central Region because his parents could not afford the...

Journalist dies after attempting abortion

A 23-year-old woman, Mary Owusua, has met her untimely death after allegedly drinking mixed coke with sugar solution in an attempt to abort her...

Minority to sue CID over double salaries allegation

The Minority in Parliament has served notice it will sue the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police and some newspapers following allegations that...

The best countries for entrepreneurs

Starting a business anywhere takes grit, determination and a marketable idea, but certain countries make it just a little bit easier for start-ups to...

MTN Heroes of Change: Naomi Amoah changing lives of street children

Naomi Esi Arku Amoah, is a nomienee of  MTN Heroes of change season IV. The 42-year-old is an evangelist and the founder of the Royal...

MTN Heroes of Change nominee Ayisha Fuseini empowers shea butter processors

MTN Heroes of Change nominee, Ayisha Fuseini has taken shea butter production to the next level. The 32-year-old business entrepreneur from Surogu in the Northern...

Veterinary student turns home into ‘hotel’ for cats

Veterinary student Ahmed Taher Maki has turned his home in the southern city into what he believes is Iraq’s first cat hotel. For as little...

Landlady Locks Up Tenant’s Wife And Two Month Old Baby

Residents around Community 20 Methodist Church in Tema had to struggle to process the fact that a landlady, Mrs. Dinah Ayemeduh, locked up her...

National Security busts 5 in latest oil smuggling scheme

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) in collaboration with National Security have arrested five persons suspected to be part of a cartel dealing in illegal...

RE: 19 Billion China Loan will Arrive in August – Hamid

My attention has been drawn to a news item on your web portal that purportedly quotes me as saying that Ghana will conclude a...

Oil-funded projects can’t be found in three regions – PIAC

Fifty percent of all oil-funded projects in three regions are nonexistent, the Public Interest and Accountability Committee, (PIAC) report has revealed. The 2017 Project Inspections...

George Opare Addo officially informs Mahama about his National Youth Organizer bid

In his quest to become the next national youth organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the immediate past Akuapem Municipal Chief Executive, George...

PHOTOS: Ekosiisen host OB advises youth on how to earn more in life

Host of Ekossiisen, Philip Osei Bonso, has urged Ghanaian youth to build their minds by reading and learning. According to him, it is by these...

Man butchers father at Okorase

A 29-year-old unemployed man, Kelvin Quist Agbenyega, is currently in the grips of police for allegedly butchering his father to death at Okorase in...

Car window shatters after giraffe gets head stuck

Footage taken at West Midlands Safari Park, Bewdley, Worcs, shows the creature poking its head into the passenger window of the vehicle. The woman in...

Zoo theft attempt foiled when monkeys fight back

A zoo in New Zealand said an apparent attempt to steal squirrel monkeys from their enclosure was foiled when the primates fought back. The Wellington...

Blood shortage hits Korle Bu

Scores of expectant mothers at the antenatal clinic of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) were left stranded yesterday as health authorities insisted on...

GJA, Koans sign MOU to build houses for journalists

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Koans Estate, a Real Estate Company, to kick-start the Media...

Deen Foundation, Education Minister, others to be honoured

This year's Annual African Quality Awards organized by Micjoy Advertising Company comes off on April 17, 2018 at the Golden Tulip Kumasi City Hotel. Among...