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“I sometimes feel death would have been better” — Man battling sight failure says as he appeals for support

A 45-year-old carpenter, Hayford Abradu, has made an emotional appeal for public support as he battles a deteriorating eye condition that doctors warn could...

41 injured after bee attack at Daavi Blessed Police Station in Gomoa East

One person is in critical condition, while 40 others, including four police officers, sustained injuries after a swarm of bees attacked Daavi Blessed Police...

Dr. Clement Apaak defends dog and cat meat consumption amid criticism

Deputy Minister for Education, Dr. Clement Abas Apaak, has dismissed concerns raised by the Institute of Community Sustainability regarding the consumption of dog and...

GRA interdicts five customs officers over suspected transit cargo breaches

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has interdicted five officers of its Customs Division with immediate effect, pending the outcome of an internal investigation into...

Police intercept truck carrying over 7,000 parcels of suspected marijuana in Nkwanta South

The Nkwanta South Divisional Command of the Ghana Police Service has intercepted a suspected drug-laden container truck, retrieving more than 7,000 parcels of dried...

Abesim murder: Footballer sentenced to life in prison

The High Court in Accra has sentenced Richard Appiah, the footballer and draughtsman convicted of murdering two children in Abesim in the Bono Region,...

Six Aggrey Memorial SHS students arrested over brutal attack on ADISCO student

The Ghana Police Service has arrested six students of Aggrey Memorial Senior High School for allegedly attacking a final-year student of Adisadel College in...

Suspects identified as Police confirm arrest over assault on Obrachire SHS student

The Central Regional Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three students in connection with the assault of an Obrachire Senior High School student,...

Nana Yaa Jantuah clashes with Titus Glover on Mahama’s performance [Watch]

A heated exchange erupted on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem between former Greater Accra Regional Minister Daniel Titus Glover and Presidential Staffer Nana Yaa Jantuah...

Two dead, 19 injured in gory accident on N1 highway [Photos]

Two people have died and 19 others sustained injuries in a serious accident near Fiesta Royale Hotel on the N1 highway in Accra. The collision,...

OSP probes alleged GH₵25.8m palm oil diversion scheme

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has launched an investigation into suspected corruption involving the diversion of 50 twenty-foot containers of palm oil...

Athletics clash: CID boss gives SWESBUS headmaster 24 hours to produce culprits

The Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, COP Lydia Yarkor Donkor, has directed the Headmaster of Swedru School...

Three arrested over Obrachire student assault

The Central Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has confirmed the arrest of three suspects in connection with the violent disturbances that...

Korle Bu interdicts two doctors and two nurses over alleged negligence

Management of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has interdicted two medical doctors and two nurses over their alleged failure to provide emergency medical care...

Kotoka International Airport renamed Accra International Airport

The Government has officially reverted the name of Kotoka International Airport to Accra International Airport. In a statement issued by the Ministry of Transport, the...

4 arrested, one killed as police dismantles carjacking, murder syndicate in Ashanti Region

The Ashanti Regional Police Command says it has dismantled a carjacking gang known as the 'Duku Syndicate' following a series of intelligence-led operations across...

152 bales of suspected cannabis intercepted in Western Region, three arrested

The Western Regional Police Command has arrested three persons and intercepted two Kia trucks loaded with substances suspected to be cannabis in separate operations...

ICS calls for a ban on cat and dog meat consumption

Institute of Community Sustainability Calls for Ban on Slaughter and Consumption of Cats and Dogs in Ghana The Institute of Community Sustainability (ICS) has urged...

Two reportedly killed in renewed Nkwanta tribal clash

Two people have been shot dead and another seriously wounded following a renewed tribal clash at the farming community of Keri in the Nkwanta-South...

Mahama’s appointee passes on after short illness

The District Chief Executive of Bongo in the Upper East Region, Joseph Abaa Akaseke, has passed away following a brief illness. Mr. Akaseke reportedly died...

It was irresponsible – Former MP slams gov’t over GH₵6,000 price promise to cocoa farmers

Former Member of Parliament for Sefwi-Wiawso, Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, has strongly criticised the National Democratic Congress (NDC) over their handling of cocoa pricing, describing...

Ex-soldier, pastor jailed for death of man over alleged fake GH₵50

A retired military officer, Joseph Abusah, and a pastor, Benjamin Kofi Agbetiafah, have been convicted by the High Court in Accra for manslaughter over...

Police probe violence at Agona Swedru Schools Athletics Games

The Ghana Police Service has launched an investigation into a violent clash that disrupted the District Schools Athletics Games in Agona Swedru, Central Region,...

Trucks carrying Hyundai Van, 1,000 bags of cement catch fire at Buipe

Two trucks transporting a Hyundai van and 1,000 bags of cement were gutted by fire at Buipe in the early hours of Sunday, February...

Prophet Elisha Osei’s cause of death revealed

The founder and General Overseer of Grace Family Church International, Prophet Prince Elisha Kofi Osei, has passed away following a cardiac arrest, his family...

Group of SHS students allegedly assault night security guard at BESS

A night security guard who was allegedly assaulted by a group of students of the Berekum Senior High School (BESS) in the Bono Region...

Interior Ministry announces mop-up dates for security recruitment Aptitude Test

The Ministry of the Interior has announced new dates in February for applicants who were unable to complete the Centralised E-Recruitment Portal Aptitude Test...

Nii Moi Thompson challenges Anokye Frimpong over ‘distorted’ historical claims

The Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Nii Moi Thompson, has criticised media personality and self-styled historian Anokye Frimpong over what he...

Ga Mantse discharged from UGMC following Oti Region accident

The Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, has been officially discharged from the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) following a harrowing road...

Bursar of Ghanata SHS arrested for alleged diversion of student food supplies

The bursar of Ghanata Senior High School (SHS), Lamisi Sarah, has been arrested for the alleged diversion of food supplies intended for students. The arrest...

Gomoa Akoti unlawful demolition: 12 National Security officers, 2 land guards remanded

The Awutu Ofaakor Circuit Court, presided over by Her Honour Nana Asantewaa Attakorah, has remanded 12 National Security officers and two notorious land guards...

Government bans land transit of cooking oil; orders crackdown on customs complicity

Government has announced a sweeping ban on the land transit of cooking oil through Ghana’s borders, directing that all such consignments must henceforth be...

Majority Leader fires back at Sefwi protesters

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has launched a fierce counter-offensive against the wave of cocoa-related demonstrations sweeping the Western North Region, dismissing...

Cocoa Farmers picket at COCOBOD headquarters over farmgate price reduction

Cocoa farmers have besieged the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) in Accra, demanding a reversal of the recent reduction in the farmgate price of cocoa. The...

Suspect arrested as Ridge Hospital confirms assault on security officer

The Greater Accra Regional Hospital, popularly known as Ridge Hospital, has confirmed that a security officer on duty was assaulted earlier this week. In a...

Apam–Mankessim Highway blocked after fuel tanker accident

Traffic on the Apam Junction–Winneba stretch of the highway has been temporarily halted following an accident involving a fuel tanker at Ekumfi Essarkyir Junction...

Alleged killer of Gen. Constable Seth Oppong-Damoah re-arrested

Abdul-Aziz Iddrisu, also known as Baaluuse, the alleged killer of General Constable Seth Oppong-Damoah, has been re-arrested. A police brief issued on Tuesday said that...

Majority, Minority clash over bill to revert NIB name to BNI and overhaul national security structure

A proposed Security and Intelligence Agencies Bill triggered heated exchanges in Parliament, as the government moves to restructure Ghana’s national security architecture and change...

Customs intercepts 12 articulated trucks; over GH¢85m in taxes at stake

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has intercepted 12 articulated trucks in a major enforcement operation along the Dawhenya–Tema Road, in...

Over 800 trainees stranded as GTEC shuts down Royal Nursing College

The Ghana Tertiary Education Council (GTEC) has ordered the immediate closure of Royal Nursing College in Tafo Nyhiaeso, Ashanti Region, citing the institution’s failure...