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NRSA reacts to Bureau of Public Safety report

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has censured a report issued by the Bureau of Public Safety dubbed ‘Ghana Public Safety and Crime...

Asempa FM marks 2020 Valentine’s Day in grand style

Asempa FM, as part of celebrating Ghanaians and loyal listeners in the month of love, February awarded five couples on Valentine’s Day. This was after...

Fabewoso: Why Kennedy Agyapong can end galamsey (video)

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for the Obuasi East constituency is calling for a partnership with Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong...

Meningitis hits Nyankumasi SHS; two students dead[audio]

Two students of Nyankumasi Ahenkro Senior High School (SHS) have reportedly died from Meningitis out of seven reported cases in the Assin South...

Ghana gives out KIA Terminal 1 as US Military Logistical Support Base

Minister for Aviation, Joseph Kofi Adda, has disclosed government's plan to allow the United States (US) military to use Terminal 1 of the Kotoka...

Father impregnates teenage daughter

A 42-year-old scrap dealer has been arrested by the police for allegedly impregnating his 14-year-old daughter. According to the police, the suspect identified as...

NPP Primary: Okere Constituency youth besiege party headquarters [Video]

Some New Patriotic Party (NPP) youth from the Okere Constituency in the Eastern region have besieged the party’s head office over what they say...

NPP MP withdraws from parliamentary primary; cites harassment for decision

Incumbent Member of Parliament for Fomena Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Andrews Amoako Asiamah, has withdrawn from contesting in the upcoming presidential and parliamentary...

Western Togoland State speaks on invasion of ‘secessionists’ camp

The Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF) has denied knowledge of some 21 people arrested at a training camp at Kpevedue and Fievue, a twin...

EOCO freezes accounts of Council of State member

The assets of Council of State member, Nii Kotei Dzani, who founded the now-defunct First Trust Savings and Loans and Ideal Finance,...

Y’asem Nie: How stress forced police officers to rehabilitate Railway Police Station [photos]

Police officers of the Railway District Police Station in Accra have resolved to rehabilitate the Railway District Police Station to effectively render services to...

‘Vindictive’ Akufo-Addo collapsing NDC members’ businesses – NDC

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused President Nana Akufo-Addo of victimising political opponents particularly its members, in his 'capricious' application of State power....

Berekum queen mother curses MCE, others over public toilet proceeds [Video]

The Paramount queen mother of Berekum Traditional area in the Bono Region, Nana Akosua Ameyaahene, has pronounced curses on political appointees she says are...

Y’asem Nie: Captain Smart rallies support for ‘dying’ patient [Video]

Adom FM’s Captain Smart has championed a charity course to save the life of one Ebenezer McCarthy, a man in urgent need of cardio...

CLOGSAG threatens nationwide strike

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike action over unpaid premiums effective March 3,...

When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty of the people – Asiedu Nketia tells Akufo-Addo

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has offered some advice to President Nana Akufo-Addo. The ‘advice’ comes on the...

Demolishing of Raymond Archers’ printing press act of vindictiveness – NDC

The National Democratic Congress (NDC), has bemoaned the demolishing of the offices and factory of Color Planet Limited, one of the largest industrial printing...

Outdooring of ambulance sparks jubilation at Obuasi East

There was spontaneous jubilation among the people, especially rural women in Tutuka and its environs in the Obuasi East District, when the new ambulance...

Bloomberg partners Ghana in fight against road accidents

Ghana has been selected as one of the 15 countries to benefit from Bloomberg Philanthropies’ $240 million commitment to help prevent road traffic deaths...

John Boadu gives conditions under which Nana B will be called to order

General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, has set conditions under which the party will call its Youth Organiser, Nana Boakye...

Director of Veterinary Services ‘chokes’ on infested gizzard question on live radio [Audio]

Director of Veterinary Services Directorate at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Dr Asiedu Baah, in a live radio was unable to answer a...

Allotey Jacobs speaks on arrest of Western Togoland ‘military recruits’ [audio]

A former Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Central region, Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has urged leaders in Volta Region not to...

Maurice Ampaw reveals why Ghana is losing galamsey fight [audio]

Private legal practitioner, Dr Maurice Ampaw, believes the Akufo-Addo-led government’s fight against galamsey has not been successful due to lack of support. According to him,...

Sammy Gyamfi reveals why he joined NDC [audio]

National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has revealed why and how he became a staunch member of the...

Construction works on National Cathedral can continue – Supreme Court rules

The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision refused an application seeking to halt ongoing construction works on the National Cathedral. The seven-member panel, presided over...

ASEPA condemns UG’s decision to suspend Gyampo, Butakor

The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) has described the University of Ghana’s communiqué on the decision taken against Prof Gyampo and...

Call Nana B to order or….NDC Youth Wing warns

The National Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), led by George Opare Addo, has called on elders of the ruling New Patriotic...

Prof. Gyampo, Butakor accept suspension

Professor Ransford Gyampo and Dr. Paul Butakor have accepted a respective six and four months suspension handed them by management of the University of Ghana. Legal...

We’ve not demolished any property on political grounds – Trade Fair Company

The Ghana Trade Fair Company Limited (GTFCL) has debunked media reports that it has targeted some businesses for demolition at the International Trade Fair...

Catholic Youth Council fires Kelvin Taylor for insulting Bishops

The Ghana National Catholic Youth Council (GHANCYC) has condemned freelance journalist, Kelvin Taylor, for verbally abusing members of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference. The...

Listen: Woman whose ‘boyfriend’ inflicted cutlass wounds on husband breaks silence

Esther Tawiah, wife of the middle-aged man whose rival inflicted cutlass wounds on him at Gomoa Nkwantanan in the Central region, is pleading innocence. RELATED...

Sex for grades: Gyampo, Butakor suspended

The University of Ghana has suspended two of its lecturers after completing investigations into the BBC’s Sex for Grades documentary. ALSO READ: Lady, 25, dies...

Development being spread equitably in new regions – Akufo-Addo

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says his government is ensuring the equitable distribution of development in each of the six newly created regions. Speaking ...

GES investigates teacher’s assault of pupil over ‘sobolo’ drink

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says it has started investigations into the case of a teacher assaulting a nine-year-old pupil who criticised the taste...

Police to quiz managers of Silicon Hotel after student’s drowning

The police at the Kwame Nkrumah University Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi are set to quiz managers of Silicon Hotel over the death of...

New Voters Register: Independent body offers to resolve impasse between EC, parties

The Gamey & Co Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre has offered to mediate to resolve the ongoing impasses between the Electoral Commission (EC) and opposition...

19-year-old arrested for kidnapping 9-year-old

A 19-year-old boy has been arrested for kidnapping a nine-year-old boy at Akim Asuboa in the Oda District in the Eastern Region. The victim,...

Former Enquirer newspaper editor loses factory in Trade Fair demolishing

Former editor of the Enquirer newspaper, Raymond Archer, has lost his factory in a demolishing exercise by the Ghana Trade Fair Company. ALSO READ: Angry youth...

Africans face most expensive internet charges in the world; new report says

Consumers in African countries are paying some of the highest rates in the world for internet access as a proportion of income, according to...

NPP Constituency chairman collapses after being chased by party youth

New Patriotic Party (NPP) chairman for Asante-Akim Central in the Ashanti Region, George Kyei Baffour, has reportedly collapsed after some angry youth of the...