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Court sentences beautician for stealing

An Accra Circuit has sentenced a 33-year-old beautician to a fine of GHC12, 000.00 for stealing GHC195,000.00 belonging to a soldier. Wisdom Daklu admitted to...

U/W NADMO Regional Stock Director suspended over expired relief items

The Upper West Regional Stock Director, Ali Sulemana, has been suspended following the distribution of some expired relief items to flood victims in the...

Rawlings treated and discharged from K’Bu Cardiothoracic Unit

The Office of former president JJ Rawlings has debunked reports he is being prepared for medical treatment abroad. A statement from his office allayed fears...

If NPP doesn’t win 2020 elections which party will? – John Boadu asks

General Secretary for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu says he is one hundred per cent confident his party will win the 2020...

Audio: Expired NADMO food items: Heads will roll if necessary – NADMO

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), says it will take action against persons whose negligence led to the distribution of expired food items to...

Court fines Angel Obinim, others GHC 12,000

The founder of God’s Way International Gospel Church Bishop Daniel Obinim and his two associate pastors have been sentenced to a total of GHc12,000...

Lil Win breaks internet with his school launch videos and photos

Kuwamood actor Kwadwo Nkansah, popularly known as Lil Win, has officially launched an ultramodern school he has built in Kumasi, Ashanti Region. Photos and videos...

Tarkwa chiefs, residents block minister’s convoy over bad roads [Audio]

The chiefs and people of Tarkwa in the Western Region Wednesday morning staged a demonstration to protest over bad roads in the town. The residents...

Expired NADMO items: NDC MP fingers NPP internal sabotage of Bawumia’s presidential ambition

The Wa West MP, Joseph Yieleh Chireh claims members in the governing New Patriotic Party are attempting to sabotage the future presidential ambitions of...

Fabewoso: Asuogyaman DCE sets record straight [Video]

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Asuogyaman in the Eastern Region, Samuel Kwame Agyekum has denied any wrongdoing in the allegations that he had...

Obuasi District Assembly blows cash GH₵131,959 on fence wall [Video]

The Obuasi District Assembly has been cited for financial malpractices after it emerged it used GH₵131,959 to construct a fence wall at the residence...

Church building turns classroom for pupils of Gbawe Methodist Primary

A dilapidated building of the Methodist Church has come to the rescue of pupils of Gbawe Methodist '1' Basic school where two classes -...

Audio: Forces of darkness worked against me – Omane Boamah

Former Minister for Communications, Dr Omane Boamah, has revealed that he faced many challenges in the award of contract for Ghana’s Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT)...

Assin North assembly launches campaign against illegal drugs, alcoholism in Assin Fosu

As part of efforts to reduce the increasing rate of drug abuse and alcoholism in Assin Fosu Municipality, the Assin North Municipal Assembly in...

Hunger looms for me and my people – Chief warns

Paramount Chief of the Kologo Traditional area, Clifford Asobayire, is sounding the alarm of an imminent hunger that may hit his community and its environs. According...

Major shakeup hits Police Service again!

A number of Senior Police Officers have been reshuffled in command positions at the Police Headquarters Tuesday. A statement by the Director-General in charge of...

NADMO refuses to declare state of emergency despite push by UNICEF, RED Cross, others

Despite appeals from some international humanitarian organisations and donor partners for the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) to declare a state of emergency in the northern...

Failed 31,196 BECE candidates; Government pays for resit

The government has given a lifeline to candidates of this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) from public schools who could not be placed...

Video: Employee caught spitting in customers’ pizza [Viewer discretion advised]

A video that shows a food service worker at Comerica Park in Detroit spitting on pizza intended for customers has gone viral and the employee...

Unavailability of auditors caused distribution of expired oil; NADMO Director claims

Communications Director for the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), George Ayisi, has said that his outfit has no internal auditors in Wa. His comment comes...

More people going for artificial eyes at Korle Bu – Statistics reveal

DATA released from the Ocular Prosthesis Unit of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) indicate that a total of 126 people have fixed custom...

Visa requirements waived for Ghanaians travelling to South Africa

In a bid to boost tourism, South Africa is finalising a number of visa waiver agreements with other countries, allowing travellers to enter the...

Ghana, U.S. agree deportation deal

The governments of Ghana and the United States of America (USA) have come to a compromise in their efforts to deport undocumented Ghanaian immigrants. This...

Nigerian remanded for stealing two-year-old girl

A Nigerian hairdresser, who allegedly stole a two-year-old girl at Nsamanpon, near Madina, has been remanded into Police custody by an Accra Circuit Court. Aisha...

Photo: NADMO recalls expired food items presented to Wa flood victims

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has admitted it erroneously added some expired cooking oil to food items presented to flood victims in Wa...

Video: 7,000 don lipstick to break Guinness record

A celebrity in the Philippines broke a Guinness World Record by gathering nearly 7,000 people to put on lipstick at one time. Vice Ganda, a...

World Tourism Day to be held in Kwahu

The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture and the Ghana Tourism Authority will spearhead the celebration of this year's World Tourism Day at Kwahu...

Young Ghanaian midwife delivers pregnant woman of her baby on commercial bus

A young midwife has become an internet sensation after she helped a woman in labour deliver her baby safely while on board a Bolgatanga-bound...

Photos: Menzgold boss rips Israel Laryea apart for investigating Menzgold UK

Menzgold CEO, Nana Appiah Mensah, known to many as NAM 1, has virtually devoured JoyNews broadcaster, Israel Laryea, in an Instagram post for leaving...

Photos: Suspected fugitive robber arrested in police cell

One of the last places the police expect to find a suspect is in their own station, but in the case of Osman Mohammed,...

C/R: Driver runs over baby after mistaken brake for accelerator

A vehicle with registration number CR 1410 -16 has run over a baby in the Assin Fosu main lorry station after the driver mistook...

Confirmed: 30 deaths recorded in Northern region flood

About 30 people have been reported dead in the devastating flood in the Northern part of Ghana according to the National Disaster Management Organization...

TUC fires govt over fuel price hikes

Labour has joined public disapproval of fuel price increases that hit the pumps last week. Fuel prices went beyond ¢5 per litre during last pricing window,...

$18M worth of cocaine found in banana boxes donated to Texas prison

Nearly $18 million worth of cocaine was found in boxes of bananas that were donated to a prison in Texas on Friday, law enforcement...

Communications Ministry not trustworthy – Suleimana Braimah

Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, has said the Communications Ministry is not trustworthy. Mr Braimah says the Ministry...

Student grabbed for defiling 14-year-old girl

Daniel Akomea Danso, a student, has been put before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl at Akweteyman in Accra. Danso, 19,...

Car dealer granted GH¢100,000.00 bail for alleged theft

A car dealer was on Monday granted a GH¢100,000.00 bail with two sureties by an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly appropriating GH¢110,000.00, the proceeds...

Ursula Owusu-Ekuful to be enstooled ‘Development Queen’ of Asuom

Minister for Communications and MP for Ablekuma West, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, will be enstooled as Nkosuohemaa (Development Queen) of Asuom On Saturday, September 29, 2018. The enstoolment...

Photos: Tear gas, warning shots fired, 2 tanker drivers injured

Two persons have been hit after police deployed to maintain law and order at Tema Oil Refinery(TOR) in Greater Accra region fired tear gas...

I didn’t influence Startimes deal – First Lady denies allegations

First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo has denied reports that her charity organisation, Rebecca Foundation, influenced a deal between Chinese firm StarTimes and the Ministry of...