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Hot video: ‘Facebook live’ nurse home torched

The woes of a  junior nurse who was sacked from her job for doing Facebook live while on duty is far from over. Trudy Ewurama...

Police discover speeding driver nearly naked and covered in Vaseline

An Oklahoma man is greasing the wheels of justice with lots of Vaseline. When John Wayne Kellerman was pulled over on Oct. 15, he could...

GES releases postings for new teachers

The Ghana Education Service has published postings for the latest batch of graduate teachers from the training colleges across the country. The postings are to...

Herbalist jailed five years for slashing man with cutlass

A herbalist, arrested for inflicting deep machete wounds on the head of another person, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by the KMA...

Ghanaian footballer who murdered his mother, sister in Italy released from prison

The Ghanaian footballer who confessed to the harrowing murder of his mother and sister in Italy just four months ago has been released from...

Man arrested for raping 14-yr old girl

A man believed to be in his 20s has been arrested for defiling a 14-year-old girl in his room at Larteh in the Eastern...

PHOTOS: Pastor rejects Rolls Royce Birthday gift

A Nigerian pastor has rejected a Rolls Royce Phantom presented to him as a birthday gift. Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere is the founder of Omega Power...

Fabewoso: Why is Africa still poor? Captain Smart quizzed

Host of Adom FM's morning show, Dwaso Nsem, Captain Smart has bemoaned how Africa is still poor in spite of the abundance of resources...

Video/Photos: Traders panic as two-storey housing 12 shops sinks

A two-storey building around the Asafo Interchange in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi is sinking by the minute. Panicked traders are moving their wares out of...

Drivers kick against ‘smart’ licence

The Ghana Drivers and Car Owners Association has kicked against moves by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) to introduce a new smart...

Africa earned US$ 35 billion in international tourism receipts in 2016

International tourist arrivals in Africa went up by 8% in 2016 according to UNWTO Tourism Highlights 2017 Edition, which cites comparatively limited data available...

Father of defiled victim asked to pay GHC200 for medical report

The parents of a 4-year-old girl defiled by a community member at Assin Adadientem in the Central Region have been asked to pay GHC200...

Farmer assaults wife, kills himself at Sankore

A 41-year-old farmer, Akwasi Agyeman has assaulted his wife, Akosua Brago, and subsequently committed suicide over fears of a reprisal attack at Sankore in...

Akufo-Addo raises concern over ‘Sakawa’

President Akufo-Addo has expressed grave concern about the growing spate of internet fraud – known in local parlance as ‘Sakawa’ and other cyber crimes...

Doctors detail rare condition of woman who sweats blood

A pair of Italian doctors detailed the unusual case of a woman hospitalized with a condition that causes her to sweat blood from her...

Reinhard Bonnke to hold last global crusade in Lagos

From across the globe, particularly from Africa, pastors, prophets, evangelists and bible teachers will gather in the capital of Africa’s most populous nation between...

Sakawa Boy dies after coming into contact with water

A 24-year-old man believed to be part of a group of ‘Sakawa boys’ died on the spot after coming into contact with water. His friends...

Hot Audio: Galamsey pit collapses, killing 26 yr-old man

A galamsey pit at Adansi Mpirekyire in the Adansi South district has collapsed killing a 26-year old miner, Isaac Gbafa around 4pm Monday. The deceased...

PHOTOS: 10-year-old, one other die in a bizarre manner at Akosombo

Tears continue to flow for 10-year-old Emmanuel Offei and 27-year-old Abigail Ocloo who met their untimely death last Friday at Akosombo in the Eastern...

Improved transport sector will grow Ghana’s domestic tourism

A white man or African American woman flies into Ghana, stays in a hotel and steps out occasionally in shorts, t-shirt and sunglasses with...

Man jailed five years for stealing GH¢ 66,076

Gabriel Kofi Honny, unemployed, was on Monday sentenced to five years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court for stealing GH¢ 66,076.00 belonging to Dreamsen...

51 remand prisoners released under JFA programme in Brong-Ahafo

A total of 51 prison inmates on remand at the Sunyani Central Prison and Duayaw-Nkwanta and Kenyase Prison Settlement Camps in the Brong-Ahafo Region...

Police exchange gunshots with armed robbers at Omenako

There was a gun battle between a group of armed men and personnel from the Ghana police service at Omenako near Suhum on the...

Journalists behind my arrest – Akua Donkor

The Founder and leader of Ghana Freedom Party(GFP), Madam Akua Donkor who is under police investigation for defrauding one trader, Ama Yeboah of GH¢10,500...

‘Problematic’ roundabouts on Kumasi-Ejisu road to be removed

The Roads and Highways Minister has ordered four traffic islands on Kumasi-Ejisu stretch of the main Kumasi-Accra Road be removed for the free flow...

Front pages: Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Joy FM Sugar project not initiative of Ghana Diabetes Association – Kojo Yankson

Ghana Diabetes Association's claim that a diabetes sensitisation program, Sugar Project, was plagiarised by Joy FM presenter Kojo Yankson has been debunked. The broadcaster says...

ECG to name and shame defaulting customers in the press

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) says its customers who default should soon expect to hear and see their names on radio and in...

Ashanti Region: ‘Problematic’ roundabouts on Kumasi-Ejisu road to be removed

The Roads and Highways Minister has ordered four traffic islands on Kumasi-Ejisu stretch of the main Kumasi-Accra Road be removed for the free flow...

Macron’s dog pees on fireplace during on-camera meeting

French President Emmanuel Macron's dog upstaged an on-camera meeting at Elysee palace by urinating on the fireplace. Footage recorded by French TV station TF1 during...

About 1,000 NADMO workers starve 3 years without pay

Over one thousand employees of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), are yet to receive salaries owed them for the last three years. Some of...

Gov’t promise to pay Sofoline Interchange contractor

The Roads and Highway Ministry is promising payment of outstanding debt   to contractors working on the Sofoline Interchange in Kumasi. Work on the reconstruction of...

Newborn baby found abandoned in Tamale forest

A two-months-old baby was found abandoned at the Gumani forest in the Tamale metropolis. According to an eyewitness, the baby was found in a polythene...

PHOTOS: Prisoner on death row eats an entire Bible as last meal

A 33-year-old prisoner on death row ate all the 1200 pages of a bible including the cover, as his final meal before his execution. The...

This boy slept for 11 days straight and doctors have no idea why

A 7-year-old boy from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, recently woke up from an 11-day slumber that left doctors scratching their heads. When Wyatt Shaw finally woke up, the second-grader...

Hot Audio: School Feeding Program under threat in Tamale

Schooling Feeding program in the Northern regional capital, Tamale, is said to be in limbo as zonal coordinators who are supposed to supervise its...

Fabewoso: Attorney General’s Dept making corruption fight difficult

The Attorney Generals Department is being accused of the needless delays in the prosecution of corruption cases in the country. According to reports, cases sent...

Ashanti region records 40 per cent drop in fire outbreaks

Fire incidents has dropped by 40 per cent in the Ashanti Region,  between January and September of this year, compared to 2016. Casualty rates over...

PHOTOS: Train derails at Tesano

An Accra-bound train from Nsawam has derailed at the Tesano Railway Monday morning. It is unclear how many people were in the train, but two persons...