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Front pages: Friday, November 3, 2017

Why women in Tamale refuse to wear helmets when riding motorbikes

The capital city of the Northern Region, Tamale is undoubtedly one of the most populated zones in Ghana with innumerable motorbikes. The site of motorbikes...

The boat trip that changed my life

At a distance, I spotted the towering 236ft cruising schooner S/V Mandalay anchored in Grenada’s St Georges bay. Sailing the Southern Caribbean, much like...

On strike: Colleges of education teachers leave classrooms over unpaid salaries

Teachers at Ghana's colleges of education have begun a nationwide strike to protest unpaid salaries spanning 12 months. Early on, the Colleges of Education Teachers Association...

Judge orders man to write 144 compliments about his ex-girlfriend

When sentencing wrongdoers, judges sometimes choose to mete out punishments that go beyond the usual fine or prison time. That was the case last week...

Paebo victims to receive GHC 50.00 compensation

Victims of Peabo explosion in the Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipality of the Eastern Region are to receive an amount of GHC 50 each as compensation. On...

120 inmates at Kumasi Central Prisons benefit from Justice For All programme

Over 120 remand prisoners have appeared before the justice for all program as three judges sit in Kumasi Central Prisons to decide the fate. The...

JUMIA party launches in Ghana

Africa’s leading online food delivery service, Jumia Food in partnership with Pernod Ricard has announced the launch of Jumia Party, an alcoholic beverage e-commerce...

Audio: Ayalolo bus drivers threaten legal action

Drivers of the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) have threatened court action against management if they fail to pay them. The drivers embarked on strike on...

Hot audio: I still hear my husband’s voice – Major Mahama’s wife

Barbara Mahama, wife of the late Major Maxwell Mahama says she still hears the voice of the husband. According to her, she has become even...

Culprits of child marriage to be fined only GH¢500

Persons found to have forced minors into early marriage or impregnated one in the Sisala East District of the Upper West region would be...

Hot Audio: COCOBOD interdicts 13 staff over embezzlement

The Cocoa Marketing Board, (COCOBOD) has interdicted thirteen (13) of its workers for allegedly embezzling funds of the company. The Chief Executive of the Company,...

Parliament to be furnished with cost of smart driver’s license

Following pressure from Parliament’s Roads and Transport Committee, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) is expected to present the cost details for the new...

Police officers conspiring to kill me – Kennedy Agyepong

New Patriotic Party (NPP) firebrand, Kennedy Agyapong feels threatened following attempts by some senior police officers in collusion with land guards  to kill him. The...

Interdicted UEW VC, others not arrested – UTAG

The leadership of University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has challenged reports of the arrest of the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba by the...

Kwahu residents demand one farmer, one police man

The menace of Fulani herdsmen in Kwahu in the Eastern region have taken a dangerous dimension as residents now live in fear following intermittent...

Eastern region revives Operation Cow Leg

Renewed destruction of farms by nomadic herdsmen in the Eastern Region has prompted calls for the revival of the Operation Cow Leg taskforce. There have...

CJ orders judges to wear wigs ‘to preserve the tradition’

The Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, has directed all Judges to with immediate effect begin the wearing of the symbolic wigs during court sittings. The directive...

Businesswoman charged with fraud

Isha Tenu, a businesswoman on Wednesday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding four persons of amounts totaling GHc26,600.00. Isha pleaded not guilty...

GHANASS students hospitalised after ‘food poisoning’

Some students of Koforidua-based Ghana Senior High School (GHANASS) are receiving treatment following a suspected case of food poisoning. Citifmonline is reporting that more than...

Accra Girls’ School turns to solar to save energy cost

A five-kilowatt solar power system has been inaugurated at the Accra Girls’ Senior High School to save cost on energy. The project has two components,...

Mother, son remanded over murder

A mother and son arrested for alleged murder at Ehiamankyine, a farming community in the Fanteakwa District, have been ordered by the District Magistrate...

UEW Vice-Chancellor, five others interdicted

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education Winneba (UEW) Prof. Mawutor Avoke and five other top officials have been asked to step aside as investigations...

Ayalolo bus drivers on strike; passengers stranded

Drivers of the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) are on strike in protest at what they said are poor working conditions. The drivers and conductors of the...

Photos: Married lovers dead after sex in a car

Few days ago, we brought you reports about the lovers who were found dead inside a vehicle while having sex, in the Ogba area...

Bantama recording increasing robbery cases

Residents of Bantama and other communities in the Constituency say they are reporting increased armed robbery in the area. At a town hall meeting, market...

‘Roadworthy’ rickety passenger vehicles, ‘necessary’ death traps

The most common means of commuting, especially, in Ghanaian cities and towns is by private commercial vehicles, popularly known as ‘trotro’. For most people, however...

10% of children out of school – World Bank Report

A new World Bank report on education in Ghana says less than 10% of children of primary school age (age 6-11), are out of...

Kumasi Traditional Council partners KMA to relocate traders on pavements

The Kumasi Traditional Council has teamed up with the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly to relocate traders occupying pavements and unauthorized areas in Kumasi.  The move is...

HOT AUDIO: YEA bought a bicycle for GHC15k under Mahama – Awuku

The Board Chairman for the Youth Enterprise Agency Sammy Awuku has disclosed that the agency under the erstwhile Mahama government purchased bicycles for GHC15,...

100,000 crosses that can't be destroyed

Around 11km outside the city of Siauliai in northern Lithuania, an old, earthen mound hunches under the weight of thousands of crosses. As the...

You can't embark on 'baseless' demonstration – Gender Minister to school feeding caterers

The Gender and Social Protection Minister, Otiko Afisah Djaba has brushed off threats by caterers under the School Feeding Programme to hit the streets...

Police intercept car loaded with AK47, ammunition

A team from the Ashanti Regional Highway Patrol Unit has intercepted a private Toyota Corolla Saloon car with registration number AS 1108-17, along the...

Snake catcher called to woman's home to remove rubber strap

An Australian snake catcher was called to the home of a panicked woman who spotted a serpent in her yard -- but the supposed...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: Volta Lake: ZOIL workers demand salaries after two and half years

Workers and Lifeguards from Zoil Ghana Limited, a private firm responsible for rescue operations on the lake are calling on their authorities to pay...

Ghana Post GPS records 160,000 downloads in 2 weeks

The National Digital Property Addressing System, also known as the Ghana Post GPS has recorded over 160,000 downloads since its launching a fortnight ago. The...

Your vagina SHOULD smell – Doctor to women

She's had a strong opinion on the recent trends for women cleaning their vaginas with cucumbers and Vicks' Vaporub. Now Dr Jen Gunter, who is...

Man caught sleeping with neighbour’s wife

A  27-year-old  man known as Nkosilathi Sibanda, was on Tuesday arraigned before a Zimbabwean Magistrates’ court for allegedly sleeping with his neighbour’s wife after...