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Bail granted to 21 suspects arrested in connection with Lukula clashes

The Tamale District Court has decided to grant bail to 21 individuals who were apprehended in connection with the recent communal clash in Lukula,...

R.K Atikpo Foundation donates medical equipment and supplies to health facilities in Oti Region

R.K Atikpo Foundation (RKAF) under the auspices of the Member of Council of State, Richard Atikpo, in partnership with German Agency for International Cooperation...

Parents, stakeholders urged to support fight against child marriage

The Volta Regional Director of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Mrs Thywill Eyra Kpe, has re-emphasised the need to fight child marriage in the...

Galamsey: Operation Halt II arrests 26 illegal miners at Patase

The Operation Halt II team has on Monday arrested 26 suspects, found operating at an illegal mining site, popularly known as galamsey, and also...

School Feeding Programme: Caterers’ arrears to be paid next week – Gender Minister

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Lariba Zuweira Abudu, has assured that the caterers working under the School Feeding Programme will receive...

Nogokpo saga: Perez Chapel Bishop declares week-long fast over controversy

The Presiding Bishop of Perez Chapel International, Benjamin Ohene Aboagye, on Sunday, June 4, declared a one-week fast with prayers for all members across...

NPA impounds 181,000 litres of crude oil, diesel in Western Region

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has confiscated 73,000 litres of crude oil and 108,000 litres of diesel from smugglers on the high seas in...

Police arrest 2 friends of suspect in SHS girl murder

Authorities from the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service have taken into custody two individuals who are friends of Osei Michael, the...

Best teacher in Tarkwa-Nsuaem constituency goes home with $14,500 vehicle

As part of the agenda to encourage teachers, the Member of Parliament for Tarkwa-Nsuaem constituency and a Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources,...

Tariq Lamptey speaks on World Cup experience in Qatar

Black Stars defender, Tariq Lamptey, says playing at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar was an exciting experience. The Brighton and Hove Albion player, having...

Stop giving cash to child beggars – Minister

The growing numbers of child beggars on the streets of Accra and other major cities in the country could be minimised if the public...

99-year-old pastor walks at high school graduation to finally get his diploma

It is never too late to fulfill your dreams, and one man from Big Sandy, Texas is proving just that. The 99-year-old Dr Jack Hetzel...

Daboya unrest: 49 suspects granted bail, others to appear in court on Monday

The Savannah Regional Police Command has granted bail to some 49 suspects who were arrested at Daboya in the Savannah Region following unrest in...

Newborn babies, pregnant women share same bed at Akyem CHPS compound

Pregnant women who are due for delivery and newborn babies share beds with men at the maternity ward at the Community-based Health Planning and...

50 church members injured in accident involving four cars

About 50 church members of Resurrection Power New Generation Church have sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident involving four cars. The incident happened...

June 4th uprising: Let’s observe day with utmost respect and gratitude – Mahama

Exactly 44 years ago today, frustration among the Ghanaian people and misunderstandings within the Ghanaian army led to one of the greatest uprisings the...

COCOBOD, police intercept cocoa concealed in 35 oil drums, one arrested

Quantities of bags of cocoa beans concealed in 35 oil drums and being smuggled have been intercepted through a joint operation of Ghana Cocobod...

Suspected thief lynched at Sehwi Hwenampori after failed mission

A man, believed to be in his late thirties, has met his death at Hwenampori, a suburb of Bibiani in the Bibiani Anhweaso Bekwai...

Serial phone thief apprehended after falling asleep in church

The Nigerian police have arrested a suspected serial phone thief identified as Saheed Abioye aka Anini on his way from a church after a...

British Vogue editor Edward Enninful steps down

British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful will be stepping down from his role after six years of breaking boundaries at the top fashion magazine. The 51-year-old...

Elohim theological college and seminary awards and confers honorary doctorate on George Krobea Asante

George Krobea Asante, Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party, has been honored with an honorary doctorate degree by Elohim Theological College and...

Two police officers injured as ghetto boys escape with handcuffs during arrest at Gomoa Nyanayano

Two police officers were injured when two young individuals from the local neighborhood managed to escape with police handcuffs at Gomoa Nyanayano. The authorities had...

Woman, 55, killed by hit-and-run driver on Asukawkaw-Dambai highway

The Krachi East Motor Traffic and Transport Division (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service is investigating the tragic death of a 55-year-old woman, who...

KNUST tops world ranking for helping to achieve UN SDG 4 devoted to Quality Education

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is number one in the world for helping to achieve the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goal...

Bill Cosby slapped with fresh sexual assault lawsuit

Bill Cosby is facing a new lawsuit from former Playboy model Victoria Valentino, who says he drugged her and sexually assaulted her. The 80-year-old says...

Tears as former DCE for Nkwanta South is laid to rest [Photos]

The late Joseph Ninkab, former District Chief Executive of Nkwanta South, was laid to rest at his residence in the Nkwanta South area of...

Kumchacha defends Archbishop Agyinasare amidst criticism over Nogokpo remarks

Renowned spiritual leader, Nicholas Osei, popularly known as Kumchacha, has expressed his dissatisfaction over the negative response from netizens following Archbishop Charles Agyin-Asare's apology...

Man drowns with car, body retrieved days later

The body of a yet-to-be-identified man has been retrieved from the Densu River at Nsawam in the Eastern Region after crashing into the river...

Sam George fires back at Nigerian gay pastor over LGBTQ+ comments

Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam Nartey George, has strongly responded to a Nigerian gay pastor who criticised his stance on LGBTQ+ issues...

Gomoa East DISEC, police take action against land guards invading Gomoa Okyereko

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Gomoa East, Solomon Darko Quarm, along with a team of police officers, has apprehended a group of land...

Fuel tanker overturns and blocks Morso-Kurofa road at Asante Akyem South

A fuel tanker en route from Tema to Morso has reportedly toppled over, obstructing the Morso-Kurofa road within the Asante Akyem South Municipality. Fortunately,...

Construction of Assin Bereku astroturf progressing steadily ahead of bye-election

The Astroturf project at Assin Bereku, the Assin North District Capital, is progressing steadily ahead of the bye-election scheduled for June 27, 2023. The project,...

Rastafarian student nearly rejected by Achimota School may represent them at NSMQ

Social media has been buzzing since a photo of Achimota School’s potential team for this year’s National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) surfaced on...

NYA sensitises pupils on menstrual health at Sehwi Humjibre

The National Youth Authority (NYA) in the Western North Region has held a public sensitisation on menstrual hygiene and teenage pregnancy for pupils at...

Stop illegal mining along Birim River – Sanitation Minister appeals

The Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has called on residents living around the intake point of the Oda Water Treatment...

Accident at Nyinahin leaves 15 people in critical condition

About fifteen people are in critical condition after two Sprinter mini buses collided head-on at Akorabokrom close to Nyinahin in the Ashanti Region. Eyewitnesses say...

Accra West ECG recovers GH¢675k in revenue mobilisation exercise

The Accra West Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Limited recovered GH¢675,313 from some customers during its revenue mobilisation exercise from May...

Woman unleashes curses on partner after DNA test reveals he’s not the father

In a shocking incident that unfolded on Mama Efe's show on Nhyira FM, a young woman in her early twenties unleashed a torrent of...

Govt delivering on promises as it funds 8 contractors on major by-passes on Accra-Kumasi highway – Dep. Finance Minister

The Government of Ghana is engaging and funding eight local contractors in the dualisation of Accra-Kumasi Highway. This, according to the Deputy Finance Minister, Mrs...

Akufo-Addo receives highest international diplomatic award

In a ceremony held at the Jubilee House in Accra on May 30, 2023, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was honoured with the highest...