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114 Gays, Lesbians Cry Foul – Narrate Abuses To Human Rights Watch

A total of 114 Ghanaians who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) have narrated widespread discrimination and abuses meted out to them both...

AMA demolishes illegal structures at Nkrumah Circle;calls for media support

Head of the Rapid Response Unit of Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Moses Abor, has said the ongoing decongestion exercise by the Assembly will be...

Revealed: What killed Alhaji Bature

The son of late Managing Editor of Al-Hajj newspaper; Alhaji Bature, Mubarak Bature has indicated that his father died as a result of high...

Fulani menace: Three military men; police man attacked

Three military men and a police officer have sustained gunshot wounds when they are attacked by persons suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. According to reports,...

Bring J.B killers to book as promised – Tafo youth to gov't

The Akyem Tafo Youth Movement (ATYM) has asked the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to fulfil its promise of ensuring that killers of J.B....

Photos: Police officers escaped death at Gbulahagu

Officers of the Ghana Police Service in Tamale in the Northern region escaped death when they were attacked at Gbulahagu on Sunday on January...

U.S. embassy honours Ghanaian-born soldier who died saving Bronx inferno victims

The United States embassy in Accra has honoured the sacrifice of Pfc. Emmanuel Mensah, a Ghanaian-born soldier in the U.S. Army who died whiles...

'Gay Ghanaians 2nd-class citizens' – Human Rights Watch

A rights group says Ghanaians who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) are effectively "second-class citizens" because they are criminalised and not protected...

I can’t control GBC – Information Minister

Minister of Information, Mustapha Hamid has revealed his ministry has no control over state broadcaster, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC). According to him, he will be...

‘I stopped women from disgracing Owusu Bempah’

But for the intervention of his spiritual son, outspoken prophet, Rev Isaac Owusu Bempah would have been disgraced by many women. Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi...

'Today you are fired' Accra Mayor sacks two for failing to enforce bye-law

The Chief Executive Officer of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Mohammed Adjei Sowah has fired two officials of the Assembly’s task force for failing to...

Video of ‘Angel’ outside TB Joshua’s church goes viral!!!

This video uploaded to the official YouTube Channel of T.B Joshua’s Christian channel, Emmanuel TV, shows a figure uncannily dressed in white apparel mysteriously speeding...

‘No more arrest of DV, DP number plate users’

Inspector General of Police, David Asante-Apeatu has ordered officers across the country to desist from impounding vehicles with Defective Vehicle (DV) and Direct from...

Prophet Badu Kobi responds to Owusu Bempah's threat to collapse his church

Prophet Badu Kobi, Head Pastor of Glorious Wave Church, has stated that he will always be grateful to Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah for spiritually...

FDA: Ads on alcoholic beverages must be aired from 2000 hours

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has reminded the media, advertisers, manufacturers and importers of alcoholic beverages that advertisements on alcoholic beverages are supposed...

Dr Antwi-Danso gives thumps up to government

Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso, an experienced Researcher and Consultant on International Relations, says the Government has performed creditably in the first year in office. He expressed...

Owusu Bempah is fake; I’ve known him since 1974 – Apreku my daughter

Former Popular Christian radio preacher, Evangelist Kweku Apraku has descended heavily on the founder and leader of Glorious Word Ministry describing him as a...

CCG congratulates Ghana for 25th Republican Anniversary

The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) has congratulated the country for marking her 25th Anniversary as a Republic. The CCG said 25 years under a...

GBC Reacts To TV Licence Uproar

The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) says it will intensify public education on the need for voluntary payment of TV Licence fees and ensure easy...

Thanksgiving Service for Ghana's stable 4th Republic underway

The Silver Jubilee thanksgiving celebration of Ghana’s fourth Republic is underway at the Independence Square, Accra. A multitude of Ghanaians, led by president Nana Akufo-Addo...

Mahama supported Alhaji Bature – Family

The family of the late Alhaji Bature Iddrisu has said it is “extremely scandalised by the inexorable attempts by some political entrepreneurs to score...

IGP orders against arrest of DV, DP number plate users

The Inspector General of Police, David Asante-Apeatu has ordered officers across the country to desist from impounding vehicles with Defective Vehicle (DV) and Direct...

PHOTO: What Alhaji Bature said about late KABA

Editor of the Al Hajj Newspaper, Alhaji Bature Iddrisu who described KABA as one of the ‘excellent journalists’ in the country said the late...

4 facts you didn’t know about Alhaji Bature

Until his demise, Alhaji Bature served as the Managing Editor of the Al-Hajj newspaper – a position he has occupied for many years now....

Alhaji Bature to be buried today

The mortal remains of late Editor of the Al Hajj Newspaper will be laid to rest at the Nima Cemetery in Accra today. His burial...

Photos+Video: Three households destroyed by fire in Takoradi

Some three households at Effia, a suburb of Takoradi in the Western region have been completely destroyed by a fire outbreak. The inferno, which started...

Jailing GHANAIANS OVER TV LICENSE NEEDLESS

Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) has learnt with mirth a move by the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo to set up a special TV License...

Top 5 local food restaurants in Accra you didn't know

Restaurants! A place where we often go to attend to a very important call from nature. Food is good and essential to human existence....

I will always love you as my father – Badu Kobi to Owusu Bempah

Leader of the Glorious Wave Church has expressed his profound gratitude to Prophet Isaac Owusu Bempah for his spiritual mentorship. According to Prophet Emmanuel Badu...

HOT AUDIO: Missing JB's autopsy: Arrest pathologist now – Family demands

The family of late Abuakwa North Member of Parliament (MP), Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu is demanding the arrest of the pathologist who conducted autopsy on...

Photos: US soldiers eating python meat in Ghana

Some soldiers from the U.S Army were captured on camera while queuing to feast on python meat. The U.S soldiers who were being trained by...

Lotto Agent dies in a football match at Krofrom

A 28-year-old Lotto Agent, Kwasi Bonsu, met his untimely death during Christmas Inter Community football gala games at Serwaa Nyarko Park at New Tafo...

Hohoe: MCE laments springing up of Illegal structures

The Municipal Chief Executive for Hohoe in the Volta Region, Andrews Teddy Ofori, has expressed concern about the development of illegal structures in parts...

Man claims to use 30 virgins for money rituals

A 46-year-old man, Stephen Nortey, has claimed that he sleeps with virgins in order to make money. Nortey claimed on Koforidua-based Byte FM that he...

Kpando: One dead, six hospitalised after eating poisonous fish

One person has been confirmed dead and six others hospitalised in Kpando in the Volta Region after consuming the highly poisonous puffer fish. This will...

NHIA considers tax on sugar, cigarette to fund collapsing health insurance scheme

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) may impose taxes on sugar in order to deter people from taking the product and raise funds to support the...

Tap water cleaner than most sachet waters

The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), Stanley Martey has claimed that the water produced and sent to homes...