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Tema police bust alleged rape gang involved in raping Nigerian girls

The Tema Regional Police Command has busted two suspects who allegedly raped and robbed victims within the Ada Foah area of the Greater Accra...

Horror: Mad man murders and burns body parts of ‘landlord’ at Dansoman

A ‘mad man’ has gruesomely murdered a 59-year-old property owner at Tunga near Dansoman in the Ablekuma West constituency of the Greater Accra...

Video: Over 500 people displaced after heavy rains in Biakwaso

A heavy Monday night downpour at Biakwaso and Anwona in the Adansi Asokwa district of Ashanti Region has rendered over 500 people homeless. Information gathered...

‘Wee factory’ chief begs

The chief of Great Ametafor in the Shai -Osudoku Traditional Area of Accra, Nene Ogah Osuagbo I, who wanted government to build an Indian...

Video: Groom abandons bride on wedding day

A bride wallowed in tears when her would-be husband abandoned her on their wedding day over reasons unknown. The unidentified bride believed to be a...

Customary marriage not compulsory – Head of Marriage at Registrar General

The head of Marriage Division of the Registrar General’s Department, Mr Oladele Kwaku Aribike, says would-be couples can marry under the ordinance without necessarily...

Audio: Wife of murdered Gomoa Akraman chief narrates how husband was killed

Wife of slain sub-chief of Gomoa Akraman in the Gomoa East District of the Central region says about 30 men carrying clubs, guns and...

Audio: Allotey Jacobs blasts SHS placement secretariat for discrimination

Former Central Regional chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is peeved at the seeming discrimination against indigenes of the Central region. According to...

EC considers reducing voting duration by an hour

The Electoral Commission (EC) is considering reviewing the voting duration downwards ahead of the 2020 elections to improve the security of the polls. At the opening ceremony of...

Minority to summon Health Minister over abandoned Mahama hospital projects in Ashanti region

The Minority in Parliament has served notice it will soon summon the Health Minister before the House to demand answers on why the government...

Butchered Chief’s daughter recounts last moments of father

The daughter of the murdered Gyasehene for Gomoa Akranmang in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region has spoken. The 14-year-old daughter says her...

Audio: Residents feared murdered chief of Gomoa Akraman – DCE

It has emerged that the Chief of Gomoa Akraman in the Gomoa East District of the Central region, Nana Ahor Agyei, who was murdered...

Parents lock up headmistress for charging admission, other fees (Photos)

Some aggrieved parents of a government school at Iron City, a suburb of Kasoa in the Central region have locked up the headmistress over extortion. The parents,...

Parents fume over SHS placement challenges

Some parents and guardians have expressed frustration at their inability to print out the details of Senior High Schools (SHSs) and Technical Schools their...

Audio: Second victim in Gomoa Akraman violence missing, not dead – Police PRO clarifies

A middle-aged man, who sustained gunshot wounds during a cross-fire at Gomoa Akraman in the Gomoa East District of the Central region is reported...

GNAT declares strike in 6 regions

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has joined sister teacher group, National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) in its industrial action...

Former President Rawlings’ mother turns 100

The mother of former President Jerry John Rawlings turned 100 years Monday, September 9, 2019. Born on September 9, 1919, Madam Victoria Agbotui came into...

Oya! Communications revolutionises cross-media measurement

Independent creative agency, Oya! Communications Limited has launched a project to help brands effectively measure their campaigns. It is also targeted at helping companies reduce...

Video: Million cedi stadium that served Tony Yeboah, C.K. Akonnor now a maize farm

The once vibrant Nkawkaw Sports Stadium located at Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region is now a maize farm. The stadium served as playing grounds for football...

Baby survives thunder which struck mother, 10-yr-old brother to death

Two people have been struck to death by thunder at Sina, a farming community in the Daboya District of the Savanna Region. The two persons, a...

Lover cuts girl’s hand …over ‘Chale Wate’

There was pandemonium at Komfuor Nkwanta near Obuasi in the Adansi Akrofrom District when a 16-year old girl, had her wrist chopped off following a misunderstanding...

Video of how Bukom Banku knocked out opponent in 3rd round

Popular Ghanaian boxer, Braimah Kamoko (31-1 23 KOs) stopped his opponent, Rojhat Bilgetekin (10-18 9 KOs) to win his first fight outside Ghana. Bukom Banku as...

Photos: Ekow Ewusie makes grand return as he visits women of Abura Market, Cape Coast

Days after a supposed suspension of the New Patriotic Party's Central Regional 1st Vice Chairman, Horace Ekow Ewusie, was overturned, he has paid a...

Video: Kwame Nkrumah Circle traders find innovative way to punish thieves

As Ghana looks for innovative ways to deal with her many problems, some traders at Odo Rice, near the Kwame Nkrumah Circle have also found a...

Photos: Charles Bissue, Deputy Information Minister Dokua tie the knot

A presidential staffer Charles Cromwell Nanabanyin Onuawonto Bissue has tied the knot with 37-year old deputy Information minister Nana Ama Dokuaa Asiamah-Adjei who is also MP for Akuapem...

Two out of three Ghanaians injured in South Africa discharged – Dep. Foreign Affairs Minister

Two out of the three Ghanaians who were receiving medical attention for injuries from the xenophobic unrest, in South Africa have been discharged. The Ministry...

President Akufo-Addo consoles Zimbabwe on Robert Mugabe’s death

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has extended his sincere condolences to the Government and people of Zimbabwe, and to the...

Video: I felt unbearable pain after DNA test proved my 3 children were not mine – Odartey Lamptey

Former national youth star, Nii Odartey Lamptey has disclosed that he felt unbearable pain after a DNA test confirmed rumors that three children he...

Sniffer dogs deployed at KIA in new GRA search exercise

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), has embarked on a search exercise with the help of sniffer dogs at the Kotoka International Airport to screen...

Ghana National College 2005 Alumni holds reunion

The Nananom 2005 Old students of Ghana National College in Cape Coast on Saturday August 31, 2019 held a reunion to raise funds to...

Collapsing Sogakope bridge kills 5

At least five persons have died in crashes on the deteriorating Sogakope Bridge that spans the lower part of the Volta River. District Chief Executive...

GHIS builds Prime Meridian Monument at Somanya

The Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GHIS) has built a Prime Meridian Monument worth GHc 90,000.00 at Somanya in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the...

Police arrest 2 agitating on KNUST campus

Police in the Ashanti region has arrested two persons for agitating on the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology for the return of University Hall,...

Why not Ghana beyond corruption – Dutch Ambassador asks

Netherlands’ Ambassador to Ghana, Ron Strikker, has asked the Government of Ghana to pursue a policy of “Ghana beyond corruption.” He said this in...

Let ‘cop killers’ face firing squad – Irbard Ibrahim

Executive Director of Irbard Security Consult, Irbard Ibrahim, has called for death penalty for Eric Kojo Dua, the suspected murderer of two police officers...

SA xenophobic attacks influenced by apartheid mentality – Antwi-Danso

Dean of the Ghana Armed Forces and Staff Command College, Dr Vladmir Antwi-Danso, has attributed the xenophobic attacks by South Africans (SA) against other...

Commonwealth Office, partners resolve to fight kidnapping, terrorism

Partners at the just ended Commonwealth Speaker Series are urging government to find solutions to poverty, youth unemployment, lack of inclusivity which are the...

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe ex-president, dies aged 95

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's first post-independence leader, has died aged 95. He died after battling ill health, his family confirmed to the BBC. Mr Mugabe had...

Audio: Asiedu Nketia chokes on NDC campaign message for 2020

Barely a year to the 2020 elections, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is yet to come out with its policies to govern the...

Listen: How my grandfather defiled me – Girl, 9, shares story

A nine-year-old girl is traumatised for life after her grandfather allegedly defiled her in Somanya in the Eastern region. The victim, currently on admission at...