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Review Of Book: THE MFANTSIPIM DREAM

Title of Book:                     ‘THE MFANTSIPIM DREAM’ Author:                                MAGNUS REXDANQUAH Reviewed by:                    ENIMIL ASHON   One does not point at the father’s village with the left...

Photo:'Dwarfs' arrested for selling marijuana

A 43-year-old woman, Alaba Mulika and her 16-year-old daughter, Olamide, have been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly trading in cannabis. The...

MP to cover funeral cost of slain Alajo mechanic

Deputy Interior Minister, Henry Quartey has pledged to cover the funeral cost of the mechanic, Yaw Boadi who was shot at Alajo. Speaking to colleagues...

Jobs for the people ; Tourism and Hospitality's contribution

The cool thing about unemployment is that every day is a holiday.However, a holiday is only fun and interesting when you have money to...

Girl 13, beats friend to death over boyfriend

A 13 year old girl, Faustina Korankye has beaten her 14 year old friend named Maa Abena to death at Asamang in the Afigya...

PHOTO: Meet the friends who outwitted the gods to steal gold from shrine

Two friends dared the gods to steal gold ore worth GHC116, 000 from a shrine at Wiamoase in the Ashanti Region. Nineteen-year-old Kwabena Mensah connived...

Beware of fake drugs – FDA warns public

The Food & Drugs Authority (FDA) is warning the public to beware of fake and expired drugs on the market. Public Relations Officer of Food...

PHOTOS: Hajj pilgrims stranded at Tamale

Hundreds of Muslims embarking on the Hajj pilgrimage are stranded in Tamale due to an emergency at the destination country – Mecca. About 500 pilgrims...

MultiTV-M&C Habitat Fair: Elegant Homes promises hassle-free home owning deals

From issues of financing to land litigation, purchasing a home can be a daunting task for a first timer. But with the MultiTV-M&C Habitat Fair...

Over 3,000 public workers to lose salaries over SSNIT biometric registration

Over 3,000 government workers are yet to complete their registration unto the SSNIT biometric database, which will affect payment of their salaries. A Deputy Minister...

Boy with ‘wrong’ gender but good grades gets $50K Ashesi scholarship

Ashesi University College has awarded a scholarship worth $50,000 to Tubare Kolah to undertake a four-year engineering programme at the university. The scholarship covers his...

WAEC says it has not released BECE results

The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has refuted rumours that it has released the 2017 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). It said its systems had...

Five countries where people live the longest

Explorers throughout history have searched for the legendary fountain of youth. And while the elusive fountain has yet to be found, certain places across...

PHOTO: The doctor who records sexual encounters with women

Police have arrested one Faith Mensah Tekpor said to be a serial confident trickster. He poses as a Medical Doctor with several names such as...

Taxi driver gets 12 years imprisonment for defiling class five pupil

A 33 year-old Taxi driver, Nana Francis Ejako has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment in hard labour by an Agona Swedru Circuit Court...

Man in trouble over alleged killing of friend

A 23-year old unemployed, alleged to have stabbed a friend to death at Obogu in the Asante-Akim South District, was on Thursday arraigned on...

Front pages: Friday, August 11, 2017

Minister orders closure of illegal mining pits in Talensi

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu has ordered for the permanent closure of all illegal mining pits in Gbane mining...

Over 20% of pupils enter school at wrong ages

The Coordinator of the Communication for Development (C4D) of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr. Fakor Disu, has disclosed that there are over 20...

Trotro mate remanded for defiling 13-year-old girl

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody one Atoquaye Quaye, a resident of Chorkor and a bus conductor for allegedly defiling a...

City council meeting interrupted by woman's purse explosion

A Nevada city council meeting was interrupted when a woman's purse abruptly burst into flames in a moment caught on camera. Video from the Boulder...

Two friends defy the gods to steal gold from shrine

Two friends dared the gods to steal gold ore worth GHC116, 000 from a shrine at Wiamoase in the Ashanti Region. 19-year-old Kwabena Mensah connived...

Stop competing for breasts with babies – Men told

Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Steve Ayorinde, ​has advised fathers ​to allow their babies ​enjoy the period of breastfeeding. ​He said this in a message...

Hot audio: Family of Alajo garage shooting victim invoke Anto Nyama on police

Family of victim shot and killed at Alajo in Accra have invoked the dreaded Ashanti deity, ‘Antoa Nyama’ on any police officer who will...

Hot audio: We will help you to flush out illegal miners if… – Galamseyer to gov’t  

The man whose earthmoving equipment was torched by some angry youth at Abekoase in the Atiwa district of the Eastern Region some months ago...

Kofi Annan led 'demo' over food at Mfantsipim

Soft-spoken and reserved to a fault, Kofi Annan's personality hides an interesting detail of his student days at Mfantsipim School in the Central Region. There...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: Drivers threaten strike over potholes on Eastern corridor road

Prior to the 2016 elections in December, the erstwhile President John Dramani Mahama highlighted his administration’s commitment to opening up the Eastern stretch of...

Afia Schwarzenegger arrested for alleged fraud

The Nima police has charged popular radio host, Valentina Agyeiwaa, also known as Afia Schwarzenegger for fraud. Nima District Police Commander, Superintendent Paul Bampo confirmed...

PHOTO: Police nab "serial confident trickster"

A man is in the grips of the police for allegedly defrauding several women under false pretences as a doctor. The Police say the suspect, Faith...

Hot Audio: Galamsey taskforce deny shooting illegal miner at Sefwi

The anti-galamsey task force known as Operation Vanguard (OV) has denied shooting a miner at Sefwi-Ankra in the Juaboso District of the Western Region...

PHOTOS: Victim of Alajo garage shooting dies

A hospitalised victim of a shooting incident at Alajo in Accra has died, a family source has confirmed to Joy News. The victim, Richard Yaw...

Hot Audio: American-based Ghanaian drowns at Boti Falls

An American-based Ghanaian has drowned at Boti Falls in the Eastern region. The victim, Jeremiad Bediako is believed to be in his 30s. Brother of the...

Man gets 20 years for robbery

Baba Musah, a two-year-old armed robber based at Awona Nkwana in the Western Region, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by the Tarkwa...

PHOTOS: Artisans at Alajo demonstrate over killing of colleague

A group of artisans in the Accra suburb of Alajo today besieged the frontage of the JoyFM building demanding justice following the fatal shooting...

Viral VIDEO: Galamsey operator weeps, curses gov't while watching excavators burn

The video of a galamsey operator crying out loud and cursing the government while watching his two excavators burn has gone viral on social...

Ghana tourism highlight – Cape Coast

Previously Ghana’s capital city, Cape Coast was once the center of all business in Ghana. From colonial days through slave trade to present day, this...

29 'born again' Christians return their certificates to WAEC for cheating

Twenty-nine born again Christians have returned their results slips to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) after they had confessed of engaging in examination...

GNUTS directs members to pay last academic year’s fees

The Ghana National Union of Technical Students (GNUTS) has directed technical universities/polytechnics students still pursuing their programmes of study to pay the last academic...

Atuabo Gas Plant critical to Ghana’s transformation – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo, has described the Atuabo Gas Plant as a critical piece of infrastructure that will aid in the transformation of the Ghanaian economy,...