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TESCON treasurer dies in accident

Treasurer of the Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON), the student wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the Krachi Nursing and Midwifery Training College...

Running water sweeps away boy, 12, at Cape Coast

A 12-year-old boy has met his untimely death after heavy running water swept him away and dumped him into river Kakum at Esuekyir, a...

Education Minister gets ‘Mr STEM’ cake to mark birthday

Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum celebrated his 59th birthday on Sunday, April 9, 2023. To celebrate the milestone, he was gifted a cake in...

Police probe death of Assembly man after car crash

Police in Somanya in the Eastern region are investigating the death of Eric Narh Aglazo, Assembly member for Sra electoral area, who was killed...

 Parents witness lynching of 35-year-old son after crushing 4 to death

A mob has lynched a 35-year-old man, OlorunFemi Tope, after he reportedly crushed four persons to death in an accident at ljoka area of...

Akufo-Addo commissions model Police station at Obo Kwahu [Photos]

President Nana Akufo-Addo on April 8, 2023, commissioned a model Police station for the Obo Kwahu and its environs in the Kwahu South District...

US to push for ‘speedy’ action on debt relief for Ghana

The United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will push for immediate action on requests by Ghana and Zambia for restructuring their sovereign debts during...

Trailer crashes three saloon cars, one dead

A trailer has run over three saloon cars at Sokoban in the Ashanti region, leaving one person dead.  The trailer with registration AS 9456 D...

1999 policing style cannot be used in 2023 – Peter Toobu

The Wa West MP says the recent attacks on some security personnel threaten the nation’s security. Peter Lanchene Toobu, therefore, wants an immediate review of...

Boy, 12, escapes lynching for breaking into shop to steal

A 12-year-old boy narrowly escaped lynching after he was caught red-handed stealing in a shop at Agona Swedru in the Central region. The boy who...

‘Facebook rapist’ who faked death arrested in Tanzania

A rapist and murderer who escaped a South African prison by faking his own death has been arrested in Tanzania. Thabo Bester was at large...

Thunder strikes 2 siblings to death at Begoro

Two siblings, a boy and girl have met their untimely death when thunder struck them at Apaa Junction, a suburb of Begoro in the...

UK wife dumped by Ghanaian husband after taking £30k loan for him

A UK-based woman is living in regret after taking a huge loan for her husband only to get dumped. The wife, Mercy on Adom...

Police destroy ‘wee bases’ in Bibiani

Police in Bibiani in the Western North region have raided areas believed to be dens for 'wee' smokers and criminals. One suspect was arrested...

Ejura chief performs rituals over protest on land

Ejura Traditional Council stormed Kyenkyenkura, a farming community in the Ejura-Sekyedumasi Municipality of the Ashanti Region to sacrificed a white sheep to curse some...

‘Reckless’ driver kills two children at Obuasi

A 'reckless' driver has killed two teenagers at Peace Parliament in Obuasi East district of Ashanti region. According to reports, the two teenage boys were...

Man misses death by inch after his car veered off at Kwahu [Photos]

A man is thanking God for his life after he survived an accident at Kwahu in the Eastern region. The young man who was in...

6 arrested, 2 officers interdicted over Kumawu police attack

Police have arrested six persons for attacking a police officer at the Wono Akotsosu snap checkpoint in the Kumawu District of the Ashanti region. Preliminary...

Groom killed after bride’s ex gifted them sound system rigged with explosives

Police in India have arrested a man after he allegedly gifted a music system rigged with explosives, which killed the new husband of his ex-lover, according...

Pilot forced to make emergency landing after spotting snake on plane

A routine flight turned into a nightmare for pilot Rudolf Erasmus when he discovered a highly venomous Cape cobra on board. Erasmus, who obtained...

Pastor flees with worshippers 52 phones, money during crusade

A pastor, Dr. Owen Abraham, has allegedly absconded with 52 phones, money and other valuables of worshippers that attended a crusade he organised at...

Three injured as land guards attack block factory at Millennium City

A violent attack on workers of a block factory at Gomoa Millennium City by land guards has left three persons with serious injuries. The yet-to-...

Obomeng Chief inaugurates Kwahu Obomeng astroturf park

Chief of Obomeng, Nana Effah Opinaman III officially opened the Asempa FM Kwahu Easter games. He also inaugurated the Obomeng astroturf park which is venue...

Kwahu Easter: Paragliding business booms as scores patronise flying event [Video]

This year's paragliding business certainly soared above the others as patrons from different parts of the world patronised the flying event. The paragliding zone...

Man stabs brother-in-law to death in his sleep

A 39-year-old man, Selorm Ayi, has stabbed his brother in-law, Donkor Kofi to death at Pupsupu, a farming community in the Nkwanta South of...

Akufo-Addo praises Dampare for Easter deployment

President Akufo-Addo has commended the Ghana Police Service and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) George Akuffo Dampare for the deployment of police personnel...

Kumawu: 5 suspects who assaulted police officer arrested

Five suspects, said to have assaulted a police officer who was performing his lawful duty in Kumawu in the Ashanti Region have been arrested. The...

Inside Ghana’s 12,000-year-old ancestral cave [Photos]

The Abetifi Stone Age Park is currently the only park in Ghana that houses one of the oldest caves known to have been occupied...

Kwahu Easter celebration: See some beautiful photos

The popular Kwahu Easter celebration kicked off on Thursday night, with thousands of people trooping to the Kwahu enclave in the Eastern region. Many activities...

Abetifi: Over 12,000 year-old ancestral cave converted into eco-park

An ancestral home of the Kwahu people at Abetifi in the Eastern Region dating over 12,500 years old has been converted into an eco-tourism...

Police officer caught in a brawl over rat carcass [Video]

A police officer on highway patrol duties has been caught in a brawl with some civilians allegedly over a rat carcass. It is alleged the...

Over 2,000 apply for National Rental Assistance Scheme

Rent Control Ghana has revealed that, over 2,000 Ghanaians have applied for the National Rental Assistance Scheme (NRAS). Out of these numbers, they are yet...

History behind why Easter is celebrated on different dates every year

Easter is a religious holiday celebrated by Christians around the world, but have you ever wondered why it's celebrated on different dates each year? Unlike...

Easter pushes transport fares up in Kwahu area

Drivers at the Atibie-Nkawkaw taxi rank in the Kwahu South Municipality of the Eastern Region have decided to increase transport fares due to increased...

Atuabo Gas processing maintenance works completed

Ghana National Gas Company Limited says the planned maintenance works on its Atuabo Gas Processing Plant have been completed. This is contained in a release...

Farmer commits suicide on Good Friday

A 40-year-old farmer, Kofi Annan has committed suicide at Esaman, a suburb of Elmina in the Central Region on Good Friday. The deceased is said...

Meet the 7 paragliding pilots for 2023 Kwahu paragliding festival

The Kwahu paragliding festival has attracted attention both locally and internationally with revellers from different parts of the world coming to the area annually...

Emulate the sacrifice of Jesus Christ to humanity – Bawumia urges Christians on Easter

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has expressed his well-wishes to Christians in Ghana and around the globe as they celebrate the Easter. He made this...

Easter festivities: Police deploy 1,200 personnel to Kwahu

The Eastern Regional Police Command have confirmed that the service under the leadership of the Inspector General of Police, George Dampare, has deployed about...

Immigration Service leadership visits family of murdered officer

The leadership of the Ghana Immigration Service led by the Comptroller General has visited the family of the slain immigration officer who died last...