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60-year-old man stabs friend over bride price

Residents of Oboosi, a town near Twifo Praso in the Western region are still in shock following a brawl between two best friends which...

Dansoman fire: Fire Service begins investigation

The Ghana National Fire Service has commenced investigations into circumstances leading to the death of the wife, two children and mother-in law of the...

Mason fined 600 cedis for stealing

A mason, Desmond Nsiah, has been fined GH¢ 600.00 by the Enchi District Magistrate court for stealing 40 kilograms of dried cocoa beans valued...

GRASAG tragedy: Body of student yet to be found after drowning

Police in the Central Region are investigating the circumstances that led to the drowning of two university students during a GRASAG conference in the...

Otabil gives biblical ‘explanation’ to Capital Bank collapse

Head Pastor of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) has offered a terse, albeit biblical ‘explanation’ for the collapse of Capital Bank. In what was...

Photos: No road; electricity, no vote – Jang residents to govt

Aggrieved residents of Jang in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district of the Northern region have threatened to boycott 2020 general election if they are not connected to...

My husband died peacefully in his sleep – Kofi Annan’s wife reveals

The family and foundation of former UN secretary-general, Kofi Annan, have confirmed his death and provided additional information on his final moments. YEN.com.gh earlier reported...

Dansoman fire: SDA pastor’s wife, children, in-law burn to ashes

A family of five including a two-months-old baby are reported dead in a fire outbreak at Dansoman in Accra Sunday morning. The deceased including a...

President directs that flags fly at half-mast for a week in tribute to Annan.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed deep sorrow at the death of Ghana’s celebrated diplomat – former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and...

Tributes begin to pour in for the late Annan

Tributes are pouring in for Ghana’s celebrated diplomat - former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who died in the early hours of Saturday...

I predicted collapse of banks – Eagle Prophet

Founder and Leader of God’s Crown Chapel, Prophet Reindolph Oduro Gyebi popularly known as Eagle Prophet has waded into the discussion concerning the recent...

(AUDIO) Couple arrested for forcing 12 year-old daughter into marriage

The Tenaso police have arrested a couple for their involvement in child marriage. Fifty-one-year-old Ishmeal Kamal and his wife, Rakatu Abdullah were arrested for forcing...

Prostitute tag prevents most Ghanaian women from politics – Report

A research by the International Republican Institute (IRI) on females’ participation in politics in Ghana has shown that most women desist from contesting political...

Kofi Annan’s death; Ghana flags to fly at half-mast for one week

Ghana’s national flag is to fly at half-mast across the country and in all of Ghana’s diplomatic missions across the world, from Monday, August 20, 2018,...

Mahama mourns Kofi Annan

Tributes have been pouring for the late former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan who died on Saturday morning in Bern. They include Ghana’s...

Kofi Annan left trail of pleasant memories – Akufo-Addo mourns

The president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he is saddened by the news of the death of Ghana’s highly revered statesman, Kofi Annan. The diplomat...

GUNSA mourns the loss of former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan

The Ghana United Nations Students and Youth Association (GUNSA) has joined Ghanaians to mourn Ghana’s highly revered statesman, Kofi Annan who died Saturday morning. In a...

Give us privacy to mourn – Kofi Annan’s family

The family of the late former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan has asked the media and the general public to give them space to...

Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is dead

Former United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan is reported dead. The Ghanaian died at a hospital in Switzerland, Saturday morning after a short illness, former Deputy...

Vice President leaves for Hajj

The Vice President Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia has left Accra for Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to perform the Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj. The Vice President, accompanied by...

Posting to rural areas not punishment – National Service Personnel told

National service persons have been urged to not see postings to rural areas as punishment but rather as an opportunity to gain experience. Executive Director...

Beauty contestant dies during photo shoot at beach

Tragedy hit a group of beauty contestants when a strong wave hit them while they were taking a photo shoot at the Oasis beach...

Frimpong Boateng advocates for galamsey court

Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng is advocating for a special court for prosecution of illegal mining-related cases. According to him, prosecution...

Audio: Divorced couples worse than armed robbers – Prophet

Married couples who divorce due to reconcilable differences are candidates for hell more than armed robbers, controversial prophet, Nicholas Osei popularly known as Kumchacha...

Health Minister teases Ajumako NDC Youth over stone-pelting incidence

An embittered Minister of Health, Hon. Kwaku Agyemang Manu has taken a swipe at some irate NDC youth of Ajumako after they hurled stones...

Laboanu residents share water with animals

Residents of Laboanu, a community in the Nkwanta South District of the Volta Region say they feel neglected due to a myriad of challenges...

VIDEO: Breakout of confines; conquer the world- Otabil charges Africans

The only way for Ghana and Africa to develop and be counted amongst the league of powerful nations or continents is to break out...

Prince Amoabeng breaks silence on the collapse of UT Bank a year after

Prince Kofi Amoabeng has broken his silence on the collapse of UT Bank and said he was quiet and refrained from commenting on the...

Pastor, deceased’s family clash over who buries body

A pastor is in the grips of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) District Police Headquarters for abandoning the body of...

Pattern of poverty in Northern Ghana changing – UNDP report

Pattern of poverty in Northern Ghana is changing, a report by the United Nations Development Programme has said. The report entitled “Bridging the Poverty Gap...

AUDIO: Parents of KNUST students express worry over halls conversion

Some parents of newly-admitted female students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have expressed fear for their wards following the...

Photos: NDC supporters pelt stones at Health Minister; injures Multimedia cameraman

Some irate supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have allegedly injured a cameraman of the Multimedia Group in an attempt to stop...

PHOTO: Ringleader of Tamale Hospital CEO attackers arrested

Police in the Northern region have arrested a member of the governing NPP, Baba Alhassan, for being the brain behind the attacks on the...

Kandahar attack, a snowball effect – Policy Analyst says

Policy Analyst for the People's National Convention (PNC) party, Atik Mohammed, says the attack at the Tamale Teaching Hospital by a group suspected to...

 NSS personnel stranded at registration centres [Audio]

Students undergoing National Service registration at the Accra Metropolitan Centre Zone 1, specifically at the Ministry of Information, have been left stranded after long...

PHOTOS: 2-year-old girl drowns in Assin Breku

A 2-year-old girl has drowned in a well at Assin Breku, the capital town of the newly created Assin North District. Circumstances surrounding her death...

OccupyGhana wants directors, shareholders of collapsed banks jailed [Audio]

Pressure group, OccupyGhana has joined a growing list of individuals and institutions calling for the prosecution of directors and shareholders of the seven collapsed...

Dery justifies GHC26,000 expenditure for private security

The Interior Ministry has justified spending GHS26,100 on private security. According to the 2016 Auditor General's report, the Ministry paid the amount to Magnum Force...

Deal with your hooligans; Ghanaians need peace – NDC man to Akufo-Addo

Greater Regional Organizer for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Anthony Nukpenu has called on President Akufo-Addo to call the “hooligans” in the New...

Economy to suffer if population is not checked – NPC

The National Population Council (NPC) says Ghana's economy is heading towards a meltdown if urgent steps are not taken to control population growth . Experts...