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2018 SONA: Security concerns must be addressed – Dr Aning

Security expert, Dr Kwesi Aning, on Wednesday, said he expects security to be crucial in President Nana Akufo-Addo’s second State of the Nation Address...

HOT AUDIO: Kofi Boakye is the only ‘clean’ police officer – Kennedy Agyapong

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has hailed the professional conduct of the past Ashanti Regional Police Commander, COP Nathan Kofi Boakye. According...

Forestry Commission to arm guards to the teeth- CEO

The Forestry Commission says it will deploy armed forest guards to ward off encroachers engaged in illegal mining as well as logging and lumbering...

Belgium Queen in Ghana for 3-day visit

The Queen of Belgium, Her Royal Majesty, Queen Mathilde, and the Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium, Alex De Croo, on Wednesday, 7 February 2018,...

2 shot dead in Atwima-Foase over siting of new district capital

Four persons have been killed in Atwima-Foase in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region following a misunderstanding over the siting of a...

HOT VIDEO + AUDIO: 2 ladies lick, defile six-year old boy

A six-year-old boy has accused two ladies of sexually abusing him over a period of time, leading to him developing a swollen penis and...

NCA to close down defaulting radio stations

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has threatened to close down defaulting radio stations following the expiration of the general amnesty granted defaulting FM stations...

FABEWOSO VIDEO: Contractor exposes Agric Ministry

A contractor named in the Auditor General’s report for wrongful payments of up to 5.4 billion Ghana cedis is claiming innocence. Eric Sorkpor, the Chief...

Hot video: Man manufactures pavement blocks with plastic waste

A Ghanaian inventor has found solution to Ghana’s headache on the disposal of plastic waste. Nelson Boateng who resides in one of Ghana’s most populous...

PHOTOS: Fuel demo hits Accra

Some members of the public have demonstrated in the capital, Accra, over what they describe as ever increasing fuel prices in spite of promises...

National Service begins registration of defaulters; sets March 16 deadline

The Management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has announced that eligible Ghanaians who missed the opportunity to do their national service in the...

Ban on small scale mining to be lifted soon

Small scale miners could soon be back to business as the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources increase efforts to streamline their operations. That's the...

PHOTOS: Pastor drowns while trying to baptize members

A South African pastor drowned while trying to baptize his church members on Sunday. The pastor was preparing to conduct the baptism on Sunday when...

Forestry Commission begins reclamation of degraded forest reserves

The Forestry Commission has begun reclaiming forest reserves degraded by activities of illegal miners. Eight local firms are working on the program over 12 months...

Cooking for your husband not slavery – Joyce Aryee

The Executive Director of Salt and Light Ministries, a para-church organization, Dr Joyce Aryee, has dismissed claims by some feminists who claim that cooking...

PHOTOS: 25 year-old man burnt to death

A 25-year-old man was burnt to death at Kpalsi near Tamale in the Northern region. According to the Regional Fire Commander, Godwin Damalie, the incident...

Two pregnant women, seven others drown in Oti River

Two pregnant women and seven others died when a boat, carrying some eleven people traveling from Mawuvi Kofe to Dzagbeshi Kofe, capsized on the...

Traditional priest 'mistakenly' stabs himself to death during rituals

A traditional priest, Kofi Anane, has met his untimely death at Drobonso after rituals he was performing failed him yesterday . The scene was described...

It’s a curse to demand money from congregants – Owusu Bempah

A man of God has described as a curse pastors who extort monies from poor church members desperate for spiritual attention. Prophet Daniel Owusu Bempah...

Attorney-General’s Department blamed for increasing road carnage

The Attorney-General’s Department must take the blame for high accident rate on the country’s roads, according to Chief Executive of a road safety campaign...

Auditor General’s power to prosecute long overdue – Ace Ankomah

Legal practitioner, Ace Ankomah has backed the Auditor-General’s call for prosecutorial powers. In his view, the request should not be difficult to grant by a...

YOLO girl donates bags of cement to her community

Ghanaian actress Fella Makafui has donated bags of cement towards the building of a community center in her hometown, Anfoega Akukome in the Volta...

Use lithium to develop Volta Region -PIAC urges gov’t

Vice Chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), Kwame Jantuah has urged government to use the newly discovered mineral, lithium, to develop...

Gender Ministry condemns FGM; proposes prosecution of culprits

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is recognized internationally as a human rights violation of girls and women. It results in deep rooted inequality between the sexes...

Read what Abdul Malik Kweku Baaku Jr remembers about his arrest and incarceration 36 years ago

Read full text of his post below as narrated unedited by him: Exactly 36 years ago today, I was arrested for being part of a...

PHOTOS: Chief builds road, school, water and sanitation facilities for his people

For years, their repeated appeal to successive governments for basic amenities and other development projects have gone unheeded. Tired of waiting, their chief is spearheading...

HOT AUDIO: Man dies in Akpeteshie drinking contest

Thirty-two-year-old Kwame Asirifi has ended his life after drinking two bottles of locally distilled gin, ‘Akpeteshie’ at Asuakoso, a suburb of Akyem Hemang in...

Auditor General applies for prosecutorial powers

Barring any hitches, the Auditor General’s Department may soon be prosecuting persons who they find to have engaged in any illegality. Auditor General, Daniel Domelevo,...

Dead body exhumed, raped

The farming community of Wassa Saaman in the Wassa Amenfi East District of the Western Region was thrown into a state of shock last...

Late Ghanaian Coach Herbert Addo’s children forced to spend weekend in cells

Five sisters, all daughters of the late Ghanaian Coach, Herbert Addo, were detained at the Adenta Police Station over the weekend following a family...

Murdered Police officer Kwaku Ninja reincarnated?

The son of the late martial artist and Police Officer, Owusu Sekyere, widely known as Kwaku Ninja, is displaying traits that lead his family...

PHOTOS: Multimedia holds remembrance service for late Sales Manager, George Hansen

Management and Staff of The Multimedia Group have held a solemn memorial service in honour of late Sales Executive, George Augustus Nii Lante Hansen. George...

There are more drinking spots in Ghana than churches – Agyinasare

The founder and leader of Perez Chapel International, Bishop Charles Agyinasare has diffused claims that Ghana is religiously being controlled by Christians following the...

Tanker explosion kills two at Atuabo

At least two people have perished at Baku, a community near the Atuabo Gas Processing Company in the Western Region after a tanker truck...

PHOTOS: Lake Bosomtwe gets safety and emergency services team

The Bosomtwe District Assembly is to set up a standing emergency services team to protect holidaymakers and other visitors to Lake Bosomtwe. U.S-based Global Mission...

WFP commend Ghana for working to end hunger and malnutrition

The World Food Program is commending government of Ghana for prioritizing food security and nutrition and its determination to achieve zero hunger in Ghana. In...

PHOTOS: Violent clashes in Kwabre East leaves scores injured

Violence has broken out at Ahwiaa, a community in the Kwabre East district of Ashanti region between some youth in the Zongo community and...

Teachers who date students should be jailed – Majority Leader

Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has called on the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Ghana Education Service (GES) to sack and revoke certificates of...