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Drama in court as alleged fraud syndicate at NSS are discharged, re-arrested

The Asokore Mampong District Courtroom was scene of drama as police re-arrested nine persons accused of fraud after they had been discharged by the...

The effects of heavy rains on tourism in Ghana

Wise men say ‘’If it never rains, then we’ll never grow’’. They also say ‘’without the rain, then there will be no rainbow’’. These...

Prestea galamseyers died out of disobedience – Owusu Bempah

Founder of the Glorious Word and Power Ministry International, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah said the 22 people who perished after a galamsey pit they...

22 trapped miners declared dead, buried

Twenty-two people trapped in the Prestea-Nsuta mining pit disaster have been declared dead. On Friday 7 July, the chiefs and traditional leaders, together with families...

19 charged for killing Major Mahama

At last 19 persons, including one woman, have been charged by the state over the murder of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama at Denkyira-Obuase in...

Farmer, 50, jailed 20 years

The Techiman Circuit Court has sentenced a 50-year-old farmer to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling, impregnating and eloping with a 13-year-old. Father...

PHOTOS: Man of God carries God's love to Denkyira-Obuasi

At a time when the nation was a bundle of furious judgment, heaven was a bundle of generous mercy over a crime in Denkyira-Obuasi. One...

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Good Evening Ghana’s Paul Adom Otchere appointed NCA Governing Board Member

Host of current affairs programme on Metro TV, Paul Adom Otchere has been appointed a member of the governing board of the National Communications...

California reporter vomited on during live report at drunken event

A California TV reporter is gaining national fame from an unfortunate incident: Being sprayed with vomit by a drunken reveler. Wendy Burch of KTLA-TV was...

Gov’t releases GH¢600m to pay road contractors

The government has paid road contractors about GH¢600 million for work done in various parts of the country. This is despite an earlier comment by...

Seven perish in Kpong-Tema road accident

Seven persons have died in a head-on collision on the Tema-Kpong road. Ten other persons who were seriously injured in the Wednesday crash are...

PHOTOS: First Lady tours lavender hill project

First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo today visited the Lavender Hill Sludge Treatment Project in Accra to familiarize herself with the level of work and...

Police caution public sector workers against fraudsters

The Police has warned the general public especially public sector workers to be wary of fraudsters parading themselves as staff of Controller and Accountant...

22 declared dead in Prestea-Nsuta disaster as rescue efforts come to a close

The number of persons feared dead in the Prestea-Nsuta mining pit collapse is estimated be at least 22, eight more than the 14 initailly...

PHOTO: Snail seller who raised 'alarm' on Major Mahama discharged by Court

The snail seller, who raised the "alarm," that the late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama was a suspected armed robber, was Thursday discharged by the Accra Central...

University of Energy inaugurates $1.2m ground station

The Earth Observation Research and Innovation Centre (EORIC) of the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) has inaugurated a US$1.2 million COSMIC-2 Satellite...

ECG investigates outages during downpours

Electricity Company of Ghana has commissioned a team of engineers to investigate incessant power cuts during downpours. ECG Managing Director, Samuel Boakye-Appiah, who describes the...

Lawyer urges LLB students denied admission to sue General Legal Council

US-based Ghanaian law Professor Kwaku Asare is urging all LLB students who were denied entrance into the Ghana School of Law to sue the...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: Farmer, 22 welcomes quadruplets; calls for support

A 22-year-old farmer, Amadu Razak and his 19-old wife Amina Razak from Bodada in the Jasikan District of the Volta region have welcomed a...

Photos: Man holds crusade at Denkyira-Obuasi

At a time when the nation was a bundle of furious judgment, heaven was a bundle of generous mercy over a crime in Denkyira-Obuasi. One...

E-commerce; a catalyst for startups in Ghana

Startups seem to be the new ‘’ish’’ in Ghana. These days, nearly 5 startups are launched every day and this is both encouraging and...

50-year old farmer sentenced 20 years for impregnating 13-year old

The Techiman Circuit Court has sentenced a 50-year-old farmer to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling, impregnating and eloping with a 13-year-old. Father...

Hot video: Ken Agyapong jubilant after suit

Outspoken Member of Parliament for Assin Central in the Central region, Ken Agyapong was seen cruising and chilling with friends after he was sued...

PHOTOS: Akufo-Addo commissions 3rd FPSO

President Nana Akufo-Addo has commissioned Ghana's third oil Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel named after former President John Agyekum Kufuor. Watched on by...

17 Nkrumah Circle prostitutes nabbed

About 17 women suspected of engaging in prostitution have been nabbed by the Police in Accra. The number includes two nursing mothers and some other...

Audio: Lab technicians threaten strike

The Coalition of Cheated Medical Laboratory Technicians has issued a two-week ultimatum to the Ghana Health Service and the Ministry of Health to rectify...

19-year-old delivers quadruplets

A 19-year-old subsistent farmer from Bodada in the Jasikan District of the Volta region has been delivered of a set of quadruplets at the...

Akufo-Addo’s African wear fake – Abraham Koomson

General Secretary of the Textile, Garment and Leather Employees Union (TEGLU) has claimed the African print shirts won by President Akufo-Addo are fake. Abraham Koomson...

Audio+Photos: Awutu Senya Assembly members angry over GHC 300,000 toilet project

Concerned Assembly Members in the Awutu-Senya West District of the Central Region have accused erstwhile National Democratic Congress government of squandering GHC 300,000 on...

EOCO asks Deputy EC boss, Accountant to proceed on leave

The Economic and Organised Crimes Office has written to the EC demanding that two officers of the commission be made to proceed on leave. EOCO...

MFWA Unveils Journalist of the Month

In recognition of his compelling television documentary that raised alarm and prompted action on the devastating maternal and child mortality situation in Ghana’s second...

Major Mahama's death: Court discharges 13 suspected killers

An Accra District Court has discharged thirteen (13) persons accused of murdering Army Major, Maxwell Adam Mahama. The 13 were part of a group of...

The mystery behind Greece’s temples

When I was a little girl, I would pester my grandfather with the same question every time we wandered the flagstone streets of Athens’...

Fetish priest forewarned perished galamseyers

It has been revealed that a fetish priest in the Nsuta area of the Western Region forewarned illegal miners (galamseyers) in the community not...

Photos: One in critical condition after head-on collision at Akosombo

One person is said to be in a critical condition after a head-on collision at Akosombo Textile Ltd junction. The incident left the five occupants...

Child beggars invade Accra

Some children from slum communities in Accra and some West and Central African countries have invaded the streets of Accra, begging for alms to...

Trainee Nurses, teachers involved in fatal accident en route to excursion

Trainee Nurses and lecturers from the Afua Kobi Nursing Training School at Tafo Nhyiaeso in Kumasi have been involved in a serious accident near...

Tenant stabs co-tenant over electricity bills

A revenue officer at Kintampo Municipal Assembly, only identified as Fred stabbed his co-tenant, Stephen Boakye, during a heated argument over electricity bill in...

Rescue efforts suspended at Prestea-Nsuta collapsed mining pit following heavy rains

Rescue efforts to rescue illegal miners trapped in a pit at Prestea-Nsuta in the Western Region have suspended operation following heavy rains in the area. The...