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Pastors should stop making divisive, ethnocentric comments – Rev Opuni-Frimpong

Rev Dr. Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, a Lecturer at the Department of Religious Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, has urged Ghanaians, especially, ...

N/R: Robbers attack police at checkpoint, kill one and steal their weapons

A female police officer has been shot dead by suspected armed robbers at a checkpoint in the Sagnarigu Municipality of the Northern Region. She was...

Pastor arrested for allegedly raping three women

The Asunafo South District police command in the Ahafo Region has arrested a 29-years-old self-styled man of God for allegedly raping ...

Breaking news: Gov’t suspends PDS contract

The government of Ghana has suspended the concession agreement it has entered into with Power Distribution Services (PDS), a statement by the Minister of...

Full Statement: Minority predicts IMF “bailout” for Ghana

The Minority caucus of parliament has predicted that it would not come to them as a surprise if the government sought an International Monetary...

Oti River in danger, residents appeal for help

Residents of the Oti Regional Capital, Dambai are appealing to the government, to as a matter of urgency, provide them with a potable water...

Govt to pilot centralised application and processing service for tertiary institutions in Nov.

The Government of Ghana, through the Ministry of Education, is set to pilot Centralised Application and Processing Service (CAPS) for tertiary institutions in the...

Gyakiti residents appeal to govt for potable water [Photos]

Residents of Gyakiti in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern region have appealed to government for an immediate intervention to deal with the absence...

Ignore Badu Kobi’s comments, remain focused – Gender Minister urges woman

Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cynthia Morrison has urged Ghanaian women to ignore Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi’s provocative comment against Ashanti, Fante...

Audio: Okyenhene rejects govt’s community mining initiative

The Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has vehemently rejected government's community mining initiative instituted by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Mining as alternative to illegal...

Photos+Audio: Car knocks down man to death at Gomoa Mpota Junction

A 30-year-old man, identified as Neenyi, has been knocked down to death by an unidentified car at Gomoa Mpota Junction in the Gomoa East...

We will match to your church if…– Group to Badu Kobi

A group, calling itself the Women of Faith and Substance, has threatened to match to Prophet Badu Kobi’s church if he fails to apologise...

We shall fix our roads not with pictures and videos – Ofori-Atta jabs

The politics about infrastructural development will be taken a notch higher as the Akufo-Addo government intends to fix a lot of roads across the...

Population census to be conducted in 2020

Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister has revealed that a new population census would be conducted in 2020 to among others update the country’s statistical...

Infographics: All you need to know about 2019 Mid-year Budget Review

Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta on Monday, July 29, 2019 presented the 2019 Mid-year Budget Review in Parliament. The infographics below details the government's efforts...

Audio: Prophet Badu Kobi incurs wrath of women group

Leader and Founder of Glorious Wave Church International, Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi, has incurred the wrath of Ghanaians and social media users for branding...

Foreigners make Asemkro community miserable through illegal mining

Residents of Asemkro in the Western region are complaining about water-borne diseases as their main source of water is being polluted as a result of illegal...

Asantehene receives committee’s report on KNUST students’ disturbances

The three-member committee tasked to investigate students' disturbances that led to the closure temporarily of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)...

Video: Fire guts NIB building at Kokomlemle

The Kokomlemle office of the National Investment Bank (NIB) was on Sunday evening gutted by raging fire. No casualties were recorded in the unfortunate...

Photo+Audio: Two JHS pupils drown in pool

Two pupils of Agona Swedru A .M. E Zion Junior High School (JHS) in the Central region have drowned in a swimming pool. Teenagers Isaac...

Bonanza: Govt gives 105, 000 palm seedlings to 450 farmers for free

Over 450 farmers in the Asante-Akyem Central Municipality in the Ashanti Region have received about 105,000 free palm seedlings under government’s Planting for Food and Jobs...

Attacks on journalists: Akufo-Addo’s record similar to Rawlings’ era – Haruna Attah

Veteran journalist, Abdul Raman Haruna Attah, wants President Nana Akufo-Addo to break his silence on the increasing attacks on journalists. This, according to the editor of...

Akufo-Addo will not contest 2020 general election – Osofo Kyiri Abosom

Founder and General Overseer of Life Assembly Worship Centre, Rev. Christian Kwabena Andrews, popularly known as Osofo Kyiri Abosom, has predicted that President Nana...

Photos: Over 200 houses demolished at Dansoman

The Ablekuma West Municipal Assembly has carried out its demolition exercise at Dansoman Beach Road and its environs. The exercise, which started at 6:30 last...

Video: Ruling on ‘Militia’ documentary: The documentary was a good piece of journalism that was good- Kweku Baako tells NMC

Veteran journalist Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has described JoyNews documentary, ‘Militia in the Heart of the Nation’, put together by Manasseh Azuri Awuni, as...

Photos: One dead, 4 in critical conditions in Akuse Junction accident

One person is feared dead with eight persons in critical conditions in an accident at Akuse Junction in the Eastern region. According to a witness,...

4 dead, others injured in gory accident

Four women have been confirmed dead, with 10 other passengers injured after the bus they were travelling in got involved in an accident around...

Church elder’s p3nis almost mutilated after trying to have s3x with a married woman

But for the timely intervention of the police, residents of Akim Akwatia in the Eastern Region would have mutilated the penis of an elder...

NAM1 doesn’t have to prove he defrauded 16,000 people – Lawyer

A legal practitioner Nii Kpakpo Samoa has said the Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah popularly known as NAM 1 doesn’t have...

Revealed: This is how much NAM 1 owes 105 police officers (Audio)

It has emerged that Menzgold, a gold dealership firm, is owing some 105 retired and active police officers almost 40 billion old cedis. A retired...

Video: NSS speaks on paperless system; a year after implementation

The National Service Secretariat, a year after the implementation of a paperless deployment system, says it has helped reduce difficulties personnel encounter when going...

NSS explains how personnel would be selected for service abroad

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has set the records straight about its new programme which seeks to give fresh graduates in Ghana the opportunity...

Video: Not even angels can stop cocoa smuggling in Ghana – Former Minister

Former Western Regional Minister, Dr Kwaku Afriyie says not even angels can clamp down on the smuggling of cocoa beans from Ghana to neighbouring...

Video+Photos: Menzgold customers storm court over NAM1

Desperate customers of Menzgold Friday morning besieged the premises of the court to demand the release of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the...

Oppong-Boanuh: Acting IGP expects attitudinal change in Police

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr James Oppong-Boanuh says he expects a positive attitudinal change from the police in their interactions with colleagues, junior...

Menzgold Saga: Ace Ankomah rubbishes claims of involvement

Popular legal practitioner, Ace Anan Ankomah, has dismissed claims that he was involved in the Menzgold and Horizon Royal Diamonds scandal that resulted in...

First Lady, Chair of AU Commission to grace inauguration of Bisa Aberwa Museum on Sunday

Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Mr Moussa Faki Mahamat, is expected in Ghana at the weekend as a special guest at the formal inauguration...

Akufo-Addo reassures families of Tadi kidnapped girls

President Nana Akufo-Addo in his speech on the second day of his tour in the Western Region assured families of the three Takoradi Missing...

Video: Adentan-Madina footbridge: Police detain 55 people for crossing highway

The Accra Regional Police on Wednesday morning detained 55 pedestrians who abandoned the newly constructed Adentan footbridge to cross the road. The operation of the...

Check out the breakdown of $4.5m AFCON 2019 budget that has got many angry

The Minister for Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah on Wednesday July 24, 2019 presented to Parliament the breakdown of Ghana's expenditure...