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Truck crashes man to death at Ofankor barrier [audio]

A middle-aged man has been crashed to death by a moving truck at John Teye Memorial School at the Ofankor barrier on the Pokuase...

I cried to him sometimes – Chief Justice thanks Asantehene for tremendous support

Supreme Court judges appear tough, but behind the veneer of power lays a softness that the Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo revealed as she bows...

Hon Aponkye to embark on ‘Thank You’ tour

Popular aspiring assemblyman aspirant for the Adukrom Nima Electoral Area in the Ashanti region, Nana Adabor Ibrahim Isaah Ampim, popularly known as Hon. Aponkye,...

Photos: Three bedroom apartment at Bole Nurses Quarters gutted by fire

Fire has destroyed a three-bedroom apartment housing three teachers of the Bole Nursing College. Though the cause of the fire is unknown, the...

Real Account: Lady almost died from suspicious church ‘deliverance’ [Video]

Gifty Anokye, a lady who almost lost her life during church service at Bethel Fellowship has narrated her ordeal.   Gifty went through her ordeal...

Nigerian church set ablaze over buried body of 1-year-old child

Protesters have set ablaze a church in Akure city, south-west Nigeria, following unconfirmed rumours that the body of a missing one-year-old child had been...

I was weak in Maths but Mills passed me – Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo

Profuse in her thanksgiving, outgoing Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, has eulogised the late President John Mills who nominated her to the African Court...

Fulfill your ‘huge’ promises or be recalled by EC – Local governance expert to Assembly members

Dr Eric Oduro Osae, a local governance expert, has said the inability of elected Assembly members to fulfill campaign promises may result in their...

Local governance expert gives reasons for low turnout at Assembly elections

Dr Eric Oduro Osae, Dean of the Local Governance Institute, has blamed the low turnout for district assembly elections on the non-participation of mobilisation...

Y’asem Nie: Taking naked photos; Female photographers share unpleasant experience

Some female photographers have revealed how they feel taking nude pictures of their fellow ladies and also shared some unpleasant experiences encountered in line...

Abirem Old Town now a ghost town as supporters of losing candidate clash with winner

Two people are in critical condition at Abirem Old Town in the Kwabre East Municipality after supporters of a losing candidate in the just...

Illicit arms cause of rampant killing of police officers – Small Arms Commission

The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons has attributed the incessant killings of police officers in line of duty to the...

Courts can sit on weekends, public holidays – Supreme Court rules

The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision ruled that courts are to sit on weekends and public holidays to deal with issues...

Akufo-Addo outlines measures to safeguard borders

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said his government has taken decisive measures to strengthen the intelligence of the security agencies to safeguard the...

Tears flow as Ghanaian woman dies during delivery after pastor advises against C-Section

Amid the social stigma and stereotype against women who opt for or undergo caesarean section, a Ghanaian woman has died after her husband’s pastor...

‘Hon Aponkye’ trends Number 1 on Twitter after coming last with 9% votes

For more than two hours Tuesday, maverick and popular assemblyman aspirant for the Adukrom Nima Electoral Area in the Ashanti region was number 1...

NRSA to stop commissioning of roads without streetlights

The Board Chairman of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), Rev Ismaila Hansmitson Awudu, has said that with the help of the President, the...

Prampram chief’s killers still not prosecuted, family wails

Killers of a Prampram chief have still not been prosecuted since his death last year, according to his family members. The late Mankralo of Prampram,...

Akufo-Addo swears in 45 judges of Superior Courts

President Nana Akufo-Addo has called on judges of the Superior Courts to exhibit honesty, integrity and sound knowledge of the law in the...

Assembly Elections: Voters’ phones seized for taking photo of ballot sheet after voting

A presiding officer at Sempe Mantse We at Jamestown has confirmed the seizure of four mobile phones from voters who attempted to take photos...

Bawumia cuts sod for construction of GH¢35m watermelon factory

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has cut the sod for the construction of a GH¢35 million watermelon processing factory at Walewale in the...

5 arrested for fighting at Towobotom polling station

Five persons are in the grips of the Akyem Oda police command for engaging in a free for all fight at the Towobotom polling...

CJ Vetting Brouhaha: Dep. Speaker, Minority Chief whip call each other names on live radio [Listen]

First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu and Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak has branded each other liars over the decision of parliament's Appointments...

Health Alert: The 16 dangerous tomato paste brands you shouldn’t buy from today

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has listed and called for the withdrawal of some 16 dangerous tomato paste brands currently on the market. The...

Deplorable State of Aowin Roads: Chief readies his head as ‘ultimate sacrifice’

Following decades of unheeded calls for their roads to be fixed by central governments of old and new, the chiefs and people of Aowin...

Video: Zoe Outreach Embassy pastor ‘beaten’ by angry customers

The Head Pastor and founder of Zoe Outreach Embassy, Pastor Kelvin Kwesi Kobiri, was nearly assaulted by some aggrieved customers of Zoe investments. READ:...

Video: Couple with 3 children with rare abnormal growth left devastated

The abnormal condition of three children with growth disorder in Asante-Akyem North District of the Ashanti Region has left their parents devastated. Doctors at the...

JoyNews’ Seth Kwame Boateng grabs 3rd Master’s degree from University of Leeds

One of the country’s decorated journalists, Seth Kwame Boateng, has graduated with a third Master’s degree from the University of Leeds in the United...

Court places injunction on Mpakadan Inland Port construction

An on-going dispute between chiefs and elders of Ajena and the chief of Akwamu over the ownership of land earmarked for the construction of...

Jospong Group holds 2019 annual thanksgiving ceremony

Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, Dr Joseph Siaw Agyapong, and the entire staff of the company, together with stakeholders in the...

School bus conductor crushed to death

Conductor of Pentecost Preparatory School in Koforidua, Eastern region, was crushed to death while attempting to jump on the moving vehicle. The 55-year-old deceased, identified...

Fuel price hike possible due to continuous cedi depreciation – IES warns

Energy think tank Institute for Energy Security (IES), has warned of a possible increment in the price of fuel by the end of December...

Policeman shoots driver’s mate

Lance Corporal Frank Amoako has been placed in police custody by the Western Regional Police Command for allegedly shooting a driver’s mate...

Listen: Middle Belt Authority reveals major challenges of $1 million per constituency projects

The Chief Executive Officer of the Middle Belt Development Authority, Joe Danquah, has revealed two major challenges hindering the implementation of the $1 million...

Accra to become hub of artists – First Lady

First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo says it is her dream to see the nation’s capital, Accra, become the hub for artists on the continent of...

Metro Mass drivers embark on sit-down strike [Video]

Some passengers have been left stranded following a sit-down strike embarked upon by Metro Mass Transit drivers in Cape Coast in the Central Region.  The...

Mankessim shootings: Police accused of demanding GH¢ 2,310 from family of deceased [Audio]

The family of Kofi Yamoah, a man shot and killed during the ‘outdooring’ of a Queenmother at Mankessim in the Central region has appealed...

Insane video of church members drinking pastor’s bath water infuriates Ghanaians

A video of members of a so-called church drinking their church leader's bath water has angered the Ghanaian public. The video, which became an instant...

‘Home alone’ boy escapes burning house

An eight-year-old boy Nana Kwame left home alone, on Friday morning escaped a deadly fire outbreak in his family apartment unhurt in Saki. Nana Kwame...

Newlyweds commit suicide over wedding debt

Two families in Kisumu are mourning their two children who, together, committed suicide four days after their beautiful wedding. According to sources, the new couple...