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'I paid GH¢6,500 for trip to Spain but was left in Libya' – Returnee migrant

The harrowing experience of a Ghanaian migrant who paid GH¢6,500 for a trip to Spain but was abandoned in Libya by his agent has...

VIDEO: Togbe Kedinakpo performs Magic at Asantehemaa's Funeral

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Ghanaian prisoners beaten to pulp in Libya for making phone call

Fifteen Ghanaian prisoners have been beaten to pulp in a prison in Libya for possessing phones. The fifteen were identified and subjected to serious beatings...

One injured in 'battle' over cutlass on Farmers’ Day

A farmer has been severely injured at New Juaben during the Farmers’ Day celebration in the Eastern Region following mad rush for cutlass. According to...

PHOTOS: Priestesses and priests pay homage to Asantehene

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3 children drown at Amasaman

Three children have reportedly been drowned in a pool of water at Odumase Sonitra, a community near Amasaman in the Greater Accra Region. The kids, aged,...

Be creators of opportunities and entrepreneurs – Graduates urged

Graduates in the country have been urged to make use of the skills they acquire in school to transform society instead of adding to...

Government scraped taxes on lotto operators

Government has successfully abolished the 7.5 percent tax on the 20 percent commission being charged lotto operators under the National Lottery Authority (NLA). Mr Kofi...

50-yr-old walks away with $100,000 as 2017 National Best Farmer

A 50-year-old Philip Kweku Agyeman from the Brong Ahafo region has been adjudged the 2017 National Best Farmer. He becomes the first to walk away...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: Asantehemaa’s final funeral rites (Day 1)

The final funeral rites of the late Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II kicked off today with performances from traditional priests and...

2 KUMACA students die 'mysteriously', 3 hospitalised

At least two first-year students of Kumasi Academy (KUMACA) in the Ashanti Region have died under mysterious circumstances, Myjoyonline.com has learnt. Three others are said...

E/R: Scores injured as VIP bus crashes into trailer at Teacher-Mante

Scores of Passengers on board a VIP bus are in critical condition following a head-on collision on with a Trailor Truck Friday dawn. The accident...

Bus passenger arrested over smelly socks

  Police in India say they have arrested a man whose smelly socks caused a dispute between him and fellow passengers on a bus. They told...

Continue the good work – Pokua Sawyer commends farmers

The Member of Parliament for Agona East, Queenstar Maame Pokua Sawyerr has lauded the roles farmers in her constituency play to sustain the nation...

Farmers Day: MP promises farmers free cutlasses in 2018

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for the Gomoa East Constituency, Mr Kojo Asemanyi, has pledged wholeheartedly to distribute farming equipment specifically...

Hot Audio+Photos: Man kills wife over mobile phone

A 35-year-old man has been remanded into prison custody by the Kasoa District Magistrate Court for allegedly killing his wife at Nyanyano Kakraba in...

Mahama salutes farmers

Former president John Dramani Mahama has congratulated farmers and fishermen across the country on the occasion of Farmers’ Day. While commending farmers for providing food...

Ghana honours farmers as gov't woos youth into farming

For the 33rd year running, government is set to honour several farmers whose work contributes 21% to Ghana's Gross Domestic Product. Since 1988, the first...

Farmers are worth more than National awards – MP

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Agona East, Hon Obaatanpa Queenstar Maame Pokua Sawyerr has observed farmers in the country are worth more than...

2 drug smugglers flee arrest; 76 slabs of suspected cocaine seized

The Police at Axim in the Western Region have impounded a total of 76 slabs of substances believed to be narcotics. The substances were being...

Businessman jailed 11 years for stealing

An Aflao Circuit Court has sentenced a businessman to 11 years in prison for stealing. Mali Hashim, 30, was sentenced on his own plea. Police Chief...

AMA orders closure of stores for Saturday clean up

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), has ordered the closure of all stores and markets on Saturday, December 2, 2017, for a clean-up exercise expected...

People suspect freemasonry because they don’t know much about it – Kufuor

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor, a Freemason and Senior Grand Warden of the United Grand Lodge of England, has stated, the Craft of Freemasonry...

12-year-old girl dies after sexual assault

The Police at Bibiani in the Western region are investigating the death of a 12-year-old girl who was allegedly defiled in Tano Odumase in...

Civil servant remanded for defiling girl, 15

A 47-year-old civil servant has been remanded into police custody by an Accra circuit court, for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old Junior High School graduate,...

Ghana will be destroyed if homosexuality is legalized – Muslims warn

The Ghana Muslim Mission has warned that the country would attract the anger and destruction of Allah if the Government of Ghana gives in...

Gov't warned: Libyan returnees will become armed robbers if…

An international relations expert has said that the 127 Libyan returnees would become security threats to the country if the government fails to integrate...

Woman undergoes 50 surgeries to look like Angelina Jolie

 An Iranian woman has had at least 50 surgeries to look exactly like her idol, Angelina Jolie. Sahar Tabar, 19, says she is one of...

Kumasi gears up for Asantehemaa’s funeral

Preparations are underway for the final funeral rites of the late queen mother of Asanteman, Nana Afia Serwaa Kobi Ampem II. According to Manhyia Palace,...

Ghanasco, Vittin students share water with animals

Students of Ghana Secondary School (Ghanasco) and Vittin Secondary Technical in the Tamale South constituency of the Northern region are threatening to demonstrate against...

20 suspected criminals arrested in Kasoa

Twenty (20) suspected criminals mainly land guards and drug peddlers have been grabbed by the Anti-land guards at Gomoa Budumburam, Kasoa and its environs. Adom...

Hot Audio: Three dead, several injured in Noyiri accident

Three passenger have been confirmed dead in a gory accident that occurred along the Bandankwanta and Tinga road in the Bole -Bamboi district of...

PHOTOS: Fulani menace: Mpaemu chief, queen mother’s houses torched

Four houses at Mpaemu a small village near Hweehwee in the Kwahu East District of the Eastern Region have been burnt allegedly by some...

Abortion doctor chased out of Wa

Some residents at Wa in the Upper West region have staged a demonstration against an alleged quack doctor in the area. The angry residents wielding...

Two jailed for child trafficking

Dambai Magistrate Court in the Brong Ahafo Region has sentenced a 39-year-old farmer, Lydia Dotse, and Mawuli Nyajor, 30, a fisherman, to 12 months...

Father smuggles son, 3 through desert to Libya

A three-year-old boy was among the 168 Ghanaian migrants who embarked on a perilous journey to North African country, Libya. The young boy was said...

HOT AUDIO: 'People went mad everyday in prison' – 168 Libya returnees land in Accra

Some 168 Ghanaian detainees in Libya for illegal migration have arrived in Ghana after government facilitated their release from the Libyan authorities. The returnees landed...

Fight against corruption: Let’s give gov’t a little more time – US Ambassador

US Ambassador Robert Porter Jackson has called on Ghanaians to be a little more patient with the government as it prepares to fight against...