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President directs that flags fly at half-mast for a week in tribute to Annan.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed deep sorrow at the death of Ghana’s celebrated diplomat – former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and...

Tributes begin to pour in for the late Annan

Tributes are pouring in for Ghana’s celebrated diplomat - former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who died in the early hours of Saturday...

Grave looter grabbed with human skull

The police in the Central Region are holding 23 year old man who was arrested by residents and sent to the police station for...

I predicted collapse of banks – Eagle Prophet

Founder and Leader of God’s Crown Chapel, Prophet Reindolph Oduro Gyebi popularly known as Eagle Prophet has waded into the discussion concerning the recent...

(AUDIO) Couple arrested for forcing 12 year-old daughter into marriage

The Tenaso police have arrested a couple for their involvement in child marriage. Fifty-one-year-old Ishmeal Kamal and his wife, Rakatu Abdullah were arrested for forcing...

Prostitute tag prevents most Ghanaian women from politics – Report

A research by the International Republican Institute (IRI) on females’ participation in politics in Ghana has shown that most women desist from contesting political...

Kofi Annan’s death; Ghana flags to fly at half-mast for one week

Ghana’s national flag is to fly at half-mast across the country and in all of Ghana’s diplomatic missions across the world, from Monday, August 20, 2018,...

Man sexually assaults 10-year-old daughter

The Amasaman branch of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service has apprehended a 37-year-old man for allegedly...

Mahama mourns Kofi Annan

Tributes have been pouring for the late former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan who died on Saturday morning in Bern. They include Ghana’s...

Kofi Annan left trail of pleasant memories – Akufo-Addo mourns

The president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he is saddened by the news of the death of Ghana’s highly revered statesman, Kofi Annan. The diplomat...

GUNSA mourns the loss of former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan

The Ghana United Nations Students and Youth Association (GUNSA) has joined Ghanaians to mourn Ghana’s highly revered statesman, Kofi Annan who died Saturday morning. In a...

Give us privacy to mourn – Kofi Annan’s family

The family of the late former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan has asked the media and the general public to give them space to...

‘Exclude ministers, MPs from Free SHS’

A member of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), Dr Steve Manteaw, has suggested that the Free SHS policy can be successfully targeted...

Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is dead

Former United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan is reported dead. The Ghanaian died at a hospital in Switzerland, Saturday morning after a short illness, former Deputy...

Vice President leaves for Hajj

The Vice President Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia has left Accra for Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to perform the Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj. The Vice President, accompanied by...

Kweku Adoboli to be deported from UK

Kweku Adoboli, the former UBS trader who was sentenced to seven years in prison after running up the largest unauthorised trading loss in UK...

Posting to rural areas not punishment – National Service Personnel told

National service persons have been urged to not see postings to rural areas as punishment but rather as an opportunity to gain experience. Executive Director...

Photos: Akufo-Addo leads mourners in eternal send-off for J.H Mensah

A state funeral has been held for late Statesman and New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Joseph Henry Mensah. The funeral service took place at the...

Beauty contestant dies during photo shoot at beach

Tragedy hit a group of beauty contestants when a strong wave hit them while they were taking a photo shoot at the Oasis beach...

Trader remanded for allegedly defiling minor

A Nigerian trader, Uchena Akposioha who allegedly defiled a 13-year-old girl in a hotel at Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Accra and left her to fate...

Frimpong Boateng advocates for galamsey court

Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng is advocating for a special court for prosecution of illegal mining-related cases. According to him, prosecution...

Ringleader of TTH attack granted GHC10,000 bail

The ringleader of the pro-NPP vigilante group that attacked the office of the CEO of the Tamale Teaching Hospital, last Monday has been granted...

Video: The 13-yr-old girl who has had a threesome

The cordiality of the relationship parents have with children goes a long way to affect their development as adolescents. Such a relationship determines if the...

Audio: Divorced couples worse than armed robbers – Prophet

Married couples who divorce due to reconcilable differences are candidates for hell more than armed robbers, controversial prophet, Nicholas Osei popularly known as Kumchacha...

Health Minister teases Ajumako NDC Youth over stone-pelting incidence

An embittered Minister of Health, Hon. Kwaku Agyemang Manu has taken a swipe at some irate NDC youth of Ajumako after they hurled stones...

Laboanu residents share water with animals

Residents of Laboanu, a community in the Nkwanta South District of the Volta Region say they feel neglected due to a myriad of challenges...

AUDIO: Man’s hand chopped off at Ejura

Residents of Ejura in the Ashanti Region have been left in shock after a man’s hand was chopped off in a forest reserve near...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: Pastor arrested for dumping body of house help at Ayigya

A pastor is in the grips of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) District Police Headquarters for abandoning the body of...

Rescind your decision on Halls’ Conversion or face our wrath – Katanga boys warn [AUDIO]

Students of Katanga Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), have warned authorities of the school to rescind the decision...

Woman, 36, auctions her virginity online for €250,000

AT A GLANCE Mandy 36, sold her virginity on auction site Cinderella Escorts The highest bidder was an anonymous businessman who paid €250,000 Mandy...

C/R Minister orders arrest of NDC thugs who allegedly pelted Health Minister with stones [Audio]

The Central Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan, has charged the Police to immediately arrest supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) who allegedly pelted...

Pastor who congregants gifted private jet dragged to court for impregnating church member

A Canada-based Ghanaian pastor, Martin Kofi Danso, has made headlines following revelations that he has impregnated a member of his church. Pastor Danso is reported...

Conversion of halls senseless, we’ll fight it – Kantanga Alumni

Alumni of the University Hall popularly referred to as Katanga at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), say they will fight...

VIDEO: Breakout of confines; conquer the world- Otabil charges Africans

The only way for Ghana and Africa to develop and be counted amongst the league of powerful nations or continents is to break out...

The surprisingly successful business of luxury chicken diapers

In urban areas like New York, Denver, and Los Angeles, it’s become a trend for the elite to shy away from traditional pets such...

Prince Amoabeng breaks silence on the collapse of UT Bank a year after

Prince Kofi Amoabeng has broken his silence on the collapse of UT Bank and said he was quiet and refrained from commenting on the...

Ghana needs sober deliberations on free SHS – Otumfuo

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called for sober deliberations and frank discussions on the implementation of the free senior high school education...

Pastor, deceased’s family clash over who buries body

A pastor is in the grips of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) District Police Headquarters for abandoning the body of...

Pattern of poverty in Northern Ghana changing – UNDP report

Pattern of poverty in Northern Ghana is changing, a report by the United Nations Development Programme has said. The report entitled “Bridging the Poverty Gap...

Government to surcharge its bungalow occupants – Housing Ministry reveals

The government will soon begin to surcharge occupants of government bungalows in order to keep them clean and maintained, the Ministry of Works and...