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Gang-rape turned me into a drunkard, sex addict – Lady narrates her ordeal

A first-year university student who was ganged raped by four of her colleagues said to belong to a secret cult, has given a harrowing...

Otabil@59: ‘I’m grateful for your wishes, prayers’

Founder and leader of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Pastor Mensa Otabil has expressed gratitude to Ghanaians for the birthday wishes he received...

VIDEO: 15-year-old paralyzed in an apparent trespass shooting

A 15-year-old boy has been left paralyzed after he was allegedly shot in the legs by a man who thought he was trespassing on...

You can’t manipulate me – WA Poly rector to lecturers [Audio]

Embattled Rector of the Wa Polytechnic, Prof. Emmanuel Owusu Marfo says he will not allow lecturers of the institution to manipulate him. He has accused...

A-G not ruling out insider job in break-ins

Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Gloria Akuffo, is not ruling out the possibility of an inside job in a recent break-in at some offices...

Wa Poly Rector locked out of office despite court ruling

Embattled Rector of the Wa Polytechnic was prevented from entering his office, Thursday, despite a court ruling directing him to resume official duties. Prof. Emanuel...

PHOTOS: Landguards brutalise, rape 35-year-old woman at Kasoa

A 35-year-old petty trader at Opeikuma, a suburb of Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East District of the Central Region, Christiana Ofori, has been...

PHOTOS: 24 community ICT centres abandoned in Ashanti Region

Only four out of 27 community ICT centres set up in rural communities in the Ashanti Region are functional, Joy News has learnt. The facilities,...

National Cathedral brouhaha: Judges have started moving to new homes – Minister

Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu Bio has revealed judges living at the site for the proposed National Cathedral have started...

NPP executives in Tamale want Musa Superior out

Some party executives of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Tamale Central and Tamale South constituencies of the Northern Region, want the Tamale...

150 unknown dead bodies up for mass burial

The Police Hospital administration has announced it will in the next 21 days embark on a mass burial for some 150 unknown and unclaimed...

VIDEO: Male KNUST students harass females in Conti

https://www.facebook.com/OurCollectiveV/videos/483430245466674/?t=24 Some male students believed to be residents of Unity Hall (Conti) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been caught...

Love charms work – Spiritualist asserts [Audio]

A man highly endowed in spiritual affairs, Peter Hammond, says love charms are real and never a fallacy. According to him, love charms, popularly known...

All you need to know: Friendship, the Dagaaba-Frafra way

True friendship, it is often said, is tested on the day one finds oneself in a crisis and needs the help of others one...

I have no threat in contest for NDC Eastern Regional Chairman – Basil Ahiable

The aspiring National Democratic Congress (NDC) Eastern Regional Chairman, Mr Basil Ahiable says he is sure of victory at the party's delegates conference which...

National cathedral a pact between government and Christian community – C’ttee member

Secretary to the Committee overseeing the construction of the National Cathedral says the erection of the national cathedral was a consensus between President Akufo-Addo...

PHOTOS: Angry fishermen protest over tree harvesting on Volta Lake

Angry fishermen along the Volta Lake in the Eastern region have hit the streets at Akateng, near Asesewa in the Manya Krobo District to...

Anas # 12: Amin Lamptey laments ‘many broken homes’

Controversies surrounding 'Number Twelve',  a documentary by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas and his Tiger Eye Private Investigative team on corruption in football is...

SMASCO: An example of a school needing intensive care

Abandoned projects, completely deteriorated roads, bushy environs and dormitories invaded by bed bugs are the sights that greet you when you step feet at...

Funding for National Cathedral from private pockets – Committee member

Secretary to the Committee overseeing the construction of the National Cathedral has put to rest controversies surrounding sources of funding for the proposed National...

Islamic organisation opposes erection of National Cathedral

The Coalition of Muslim Organisations (COMOG) has described the proposed construction of a National Cathedral by the government as amounting to state meddling in...

Boy,13, drops dead after touching electrified coconut tree at Abirem

A 13-year-old boy dropped dead at Abirem in the Eastern region Monday after urinating beside a coconut tree which had been electrified by its...

Ghana’s cities must be robust and governance friendly – Good Governance Africa

“Young men and women form a group and decide to live in the slums where no one can control their lives. Through our work,...

MP urges Church of Pentecost to focus on building basic schools

The Member of Parliament for Bekwai constituency, Joseph Osei Owusu has entreated the Church of Pentecost to focus on building basic schools instead of...

Video: Child abused in prayer camp; police on manhunt for culprits

The Head of Cyber Crime Unit at the Ghana Police Service, Chief Supt. Herbert Gustave Johnson says the police is in search of the...

I’m sorry – Bagbin apologises for “indiscretionary” comments

The 2020 flagbearer aspirant for the opposition National Democratic Congress Alban Kingsford Sumani Bagbin has apologised for his "indiscretion" after his comments on disabled persons...

Kasoa proposed as site for National Cathedral by Africania Mission [Audio]

The Afrikania Mission in Ghana has expressed its dissatisfaction with the construction of a national cathedral by the Nana Addo-led government with support from...

Journalist murdered by jealous boyfriend after threatening to end romance

It has emerged that a journalist murdered in the Ashanti Region recently was killed for threatening to end a 6-year relationship with her boyfriend. Thirty-six-year-old...

Gov’t not using tax payers’ money to build National Cathedral

Immediate past General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong says government will not pay for the yet-to-be-built National Cathedral. Speaking...

Over 67,000 passports uncollected; names to be published – Passports Office

The Passports Office says it will soon publish the names of some persons they claim have failed to pick up their processed passports although...

Video: Don’t join the world to crucify Otabil – Duncan-Williams urges Christians

Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has urged Christians not to join a worldly campaign to crucify popular pastor, Mensa Otabil, over his role in the collapse of...

Skimpily dressed ladies ’cause of unexplained accidents’ – Tema MTTD Commander

The Tema Regional Commander of the Motor Traffic and Transport Directorate (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service, Chief Supt. Joseph Owusu Bempah, has blamed...

BoG Takeover: 400 staff members sacked sad but beneficial – Benjamin Aryeh

The Member of Parliament for the Upper Denkyira West, Benjamin Aryeh says he feels for the staff of the defunct banks who have been...

Epileptic driver crashes at St. John’s

It was a near fatal accident when a commercial bus (trotro) driver at top speed suddenly veered off the road and crashed into a...

SDA pastor who lost his relations to start life all over again – Spokesperson [Audio]

The spokesperson for the family of a Pastor whose family perished in a bizarre fire outbreak last week in Dansoman, Frank Owusu says the...

Dr. Paul Boafo elected new Presiding Bishop of Methodist Church

The Rt. Rev. Michael A. Bossman was also elected as the Administrative Bishop of the Methodist Church Ghana. Paul Kwabena Boafo was born at Asankrangwa...

Photos: Bawumia returns from Hajj

Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has arrived in Accra on Sunday from Mecca, Saudi Arabia after performing this year's Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj. He was...

Four Chinese caught mining in Ashanti Region forest

Four Chinese nationals have been arrested for mining deep in the Apontosu forest in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region. They were rounded...

Woman arrested for lacing husband’s dinner with tramadol

An adulterous wife, Madam Janfuah, is in the grips of the police for allegedly lacing her husband’s food with tramadol in order for him...

Committee set up to plan Kofi Annan’s funeral

A nine-member committee has been set up to plan the funeral of late UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The committee to be chaired by a diplomat...