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Accra International Book Festival launches on Tuesday, August 14

The 2018 Accra International Book Festival (AIBF) scheduled for September this year, would be launched on Tuesday, August 14, 2018. The event would bring together...

Probe leaked law exam questions – GBA urges GLC

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) says it would be a disturbing development for legal education in Ghana if reports that questions for the entrance...

Parents throw out 15-year-old girl for sleeping around with many men

The life of a 15-year-old girl has been left to the mercy of street boys and the weather after being ejected from home by...

Thief returns cash stolen from wallet with apology note

An Arkansas woman's stolen cash was turned over to police with a letter of apology from the thief who took it from her wallet. Susan...

Court frees NCA suspect’s passport

An Accra High Court has ordered the registrar of the court to temporarily release the passport of Nana Owusu Ensaw, a former chairman of...

Why ‘Wise Vagina’, ‘Penis is a Fool’, ‘Testicles are Sad’ became village names

Last week, Members of Parliament in Ghana lost their composure in fits of giggles and horselaughs, when the Member for Abirem in the Eastern...

Ghanaians more concerned about LGBT issues than rape, armed robbery & galamsey – study reveals

A new study has shown that Ghanaians are more worried about the perceived negative effects of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) activities than they are about...

Former NPP Chairman sues party over election malpractices

Immediate-past chairman of the New Patriotic Party in the Bia East Constituency of the Western Region, Nkuah Asante, has sued the party over what...

Hurray!: You can now have group video calls on WhatsApp

WhatsApp has updated its messaging service with support for group video calls, allowing you to chat with up to three more people simultaneously on its iOS and Android apps. To use...

AUDIO: Man butchers wife for denying him sex, locks her up

A 38-year-old farmer Kofi Abraham has allegedly butchered his wife at Oboum in Assin Fosu of the Central Region. An eyewitness narrating the incident to...

Two university students sentenced to death for murdering pastor

Two students of the Tamale Technical University (TaTU) have been sentenced to death by hanging for murdering the Head Pastor of the End Time...

Read my judgements, they prove I have no political bias – William Atuguba tells critics

Retired Supreme Court Justice, William Atuguba, has dismissed allegations that he favoured the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) when he led a nine-member panel...

Teacher who had countless sex with 15-year-old JHS girl gets bail

A 42-year-old teacher, who allegedly had countless sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old Junior High School (JHS) girl at Abokobi, has been granted bail by...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: First ever Rottweiler and German Shepherd Dog specialty dog show held in Accra

More than 60 dogs of two breeds and different ages were present at the Ghana Trade Fair Centre on Saturday, July 28, 2018, to...

Photos: Groom,13 others die in car crash on their way to wedding

Fourteen members of the same family were killed today in a car crash in central Vietnam on their way to a wedding party. The groom was...

Police man kills 3 robbers, 4 escape with gunshot wounds

A police officer has allegedly killed three of seven armed robbers who attempted to rob some market women at Agosa, a town between Techiman...

Court awards GHC 600 cost against Hajia Fati

The Human Rights High Court presided over by Justice Gifty Adjei Addo has this afternoon, thrown out an application by Captain Nkrabea Effah-Dateh, seeking...

Man goes viral for his unusual signature

A Peruvian man recently got his five minutes of online fame after his curious signature went viral on social media. Instead of the typical...

Audio: Majority Leader warns police over assault

Majority Leader of Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has charged the Police administration to be professionals in discharging its duties as a law enforcement...

Man kills mom & daughter over charcoal

A man, believed to be in his 30s, has committed a cruel crime by butchering a mother and daughter to death, following a misunderstanding...

AUDIO: MP to fix broken down street lights with his Common Fund 

Deputy Minister for Transport and Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema East, Daniel Titus-Glover has promised to fix broken down streets lights, especially in...

Woman gets 20 boyfriends to buy her iPhones, then sells them to buy a house

One crafty female from China has performed the ultimate hustle to raise funds for a home deposit. The scheme involved a lady convincing her 20...

Man caught having sex with a cow; Cow owner demands GHC 3,500 as compensation

A 25-year-old man, Kofi Sarpong, has been caught sleeping with a cow at Sefwi in the Western Region. The owner of the cow is demanding...

AUDIO: Sexually suggestive community names won’t be changed – Abirem MP

Member of Parliament for Abirem constituency, John Frimpong Osei, says sexually suggestive names of towns in the Abirem Constituency of the Eastern Region will...

Police killing: Gov’t not to blame for delay in burial of 7 suspected robbers

Municipal Chief Executive for Asokore Mampong says government cannot be blamed for the delay in the burial of seven Zongo youth killed on suspicion...

AUDIO: Odekro disappointed in Parliament for deferring sanctions against Ken Agyapong

Parliamentary Research group, Odekro has expressed disappointments in...

Pressure mounts on Law School to cancel leaked entrance exam

Some aggrieved LLB holders have called on the General Legal Council (GLC) to investigate the circumstances under which the questions and marking scheme for...

Pregnant women who crave excessively may have low iron level

Cravings is known to be a normal part of pregnancy, but an Obstetrician-Gynecologist at the 37 Military Hospital, Dr Caroline Ladzekpo has revealed that...

Cylinder Re-circulation Policy: Injunction application against NPA dismissed

A Human Rights court Judge, on Friday 27th July 2018, dismissed an application for an interim injunction brought against the National Petroleum Authority (NPA)...

VIDEO: Anas to release video on Illegal child beggars in August

Award-winning investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas will in the month of August release a 10-minute video on illegal child beggars on the streets of...

Three-day-old baby allegedly murdered by parents

Residents of Essaman in Sekondi in the Western region are yet to come to terms over the alleged killing of a three-day-old baby by...

Two nomadic herdsmen arrested for robbery

Two nomadic herdsmen are in the grips of the Kwahu Mpraeso Police for allegedly engaging in a highway robbery. The two suspect Ibrahim Sambo and...

VRA senior staff kick against new AMERI deal

Senior staff of the Volta River Authority (VRA) have declared their opposition to the new arrangement on the AMERI power deal which is currently before...

NACOB destroy Ghc400 million worth of illicit drugs

The Narcotic Control Board (NACOB) has destroyed narcotic substances estimated at GHC400 million. The drugs were burnt on the premises of the Bundase Military Training...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: Woman delivers strange baby with missing facial features

A strange birth has occurred at Ampiaw-Ajumako in the Ajumako Anyan Essiam District of the Central Region. A woman has given birth to a baby...

Doctors’ strike in the offing

Doctors have threatened to withdraw outpatient services at public health facilities from Monday, August 6, 2018, unless government resolves outstanding emolument issues. Members of the...

Parents poorly briefed on free SHS challenges – Baako wants govt to admit

Veteran journalist, Abdul-Malik Kwaku Baako, wants government to concede that it did not properly brief parents on the difficulties associated with its flagship education...

Strange spirit forcing Begoro residents to sleep early

Residents of Begoro in the Fanteakwa North District in the Eastern Region are being forced to retire to bed before 10:00 pm for the...

Obengfo doctor granted bail

Dominic Kwame Obeng-Andoh, the director of a private medical centre in Accra – Obengfo Hospital, who has been arraigned before an Accra Magistrate Court...

Ghana-US military deal in force, 800 troops here – US Ambassador

The outgoing US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert P. Jackson, has stated that nothing untoward has happened in Ghana nearly four months after the opposition...