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Kpando Assembly to hold emergency meeting over ‘poisonous fish’

The Kpando Municipal Assembly will hold an emergency meeting over reports of food poisoning in the Municipal area which allegedly caused the death of...

Photos: Group seeking signatures to make homosexuality legal in Ghana

Eight men living in Canada focused on one mission. Armed with a pen and paper, the “Ghana Pavilion”, hope a petition will pressure Ghana...

Teacher jailed for having sex with student

A 27-year old teacher, who defiled his 13-year old student twice at Abokobi, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit...

Reconstituted National Service Scheme Board inaugurated

An eight-member reconstituted Governing Board of the Ghana National Service Scheme (GNSS) has been inaugurated in Accra. This is in accordance with Section 10...

Help build a prosperous, progressive Ghana – Akufo-Addo to lawyers

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged Christian lawyers, in their work and advocacy, to be at the forefront of...

JB murder trial: docket forwarded to AG

The prosecution in the case involving two persons allegedly involved in the murder of the late J. B. Danquah Adu, Member of Parliament (MP)...

C-H-A-L-E-W-O-T-E ! Not just a Ga word

Now very popular for its art, culture and street jamborees, the word ‘’chalewote’’ is a native Ga word which means ‘’Let’s go friend’’ or...

Hot Audio+Photos: Two killed at Oshiye over chieftaincy dispute

Two people have been killed at Oshiye in the GA-South municipality of the Greater Accra region over alleged chieftaincy dispute. 25-year-old Yaw Amoako was shot...

Indian petitions Akufo-Addo over deportation

An Indian businessman who says he feels harassed by Minister for the Interior Ambrose Dery as well as the Comptroller of the Ghana Immigration...

Reading your Bible at work is a mark of incompetence – Professor Adei

A former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) Prof. Stephen Adei has stated that reading Bibles, chatting on WhatsApp...

NPP, NDC clash over bus terminal in Kumasi; delay passengers

A clash between some members of the opposition National Democratic Congress and the governing New Patriotic Party has caused some delay for passengers travelling...

New study suggests men prefer women with smaller breasts

A new PornHub study suggests that millennials aren’t that into boobs. Yup. Breasts. Millennials are ruining those, too. In collaboration with Mashable, PornHub carried out a...

Photos: Fire guts Kumasi-based Royal TV

Fire on Thursday morning ravaged one of the of studios of-based Royal Television (TV) destroying property estimated at several thousands of Ghana cedis. Sources indicate...

PHOTOS+Hot Audio: Three die after consuming ‘strange’ fish

Three persons have died and seven others are on admission at the Margarete Marquart Catholic Hospital in Kpando in the Volta Region after consuming...

Displaced workers in UT, Capital banks need psychological insurance

The Ghana Psychological Association says employees who may lose their jobs following the collapse of two Ghanaian-owned banks, need psychological and unemployment insurance benefits. In...

World population to hit 9.8 billion in 2050

The world population will reach 9.8 billion in 2050, up 31 percent from an estimated 7.5 billion now. The world youth population (ages 15 to...

Unqualified persons to be taken out of LEAP programme

The Jirapa District Assembly in the Upper West Region is to investigate the infiltration of unqualified persons benefiting from government’s social intervention programme, Livelihood...

Auditor General exposes massive rot at Judicial Service

Auditor General (AG) has uncovered a disturbing practice at the Judicial Service where various sums of money cannot be reconciled. The AG said in its...

HOT VIDEO: Two die in gas explosion

Two persons were burnt beyond recognition at Kikam in the Ellembelle district of the Western region in a motor crash which resulted in a...

Audio: Manya youth declare war on chief over sale of lands

Irate youth of Manya Krobo in the Eastern region have protested against the Divisional Chief of the Community, Nene Tei Djahene Korabo IV over...

Hot video: The school girl scared of computer

A primary school girl has been trending on social media following her phobia for computers. In an ICT class at a town in Ghana, the...

Employee 'disciplined' for reporting to work 'too early'

When journalist Fred Smith got a new job with Accra-based television ETV, he thought reporting early for work would earn him a little space...

Hot Audio: Taxi driver commits suicide over cheating wife

A 48-year-old taxi driver has reportedly killed himself after his wife left him for another man. Thee deceased Kwadwo Kesse, according to reports, jumped into...

15 illegal miners arrested at Ntrotroso

The police have arrested 15 alleged illegal miners at Ntrotroso in the Asutifi North District in the Brong Ahafo Region. At the time of the...

Audio: Kwabeng miners were chased by military men – Miner alleges

A small scale miner at Anyinam in the Atiwa District of the Eastern Region is alleging that the four men whose bodies were retrieved...

I have ‘absolute trust’ in anti-galamsey taskforce – Amewu

The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu has asked the public to disregard what he describes as propaganda by some persons to...

I fast and pray before going to work – Prostitute confesses

When she revealed to me that she fast and pray before going to work every night, I was shocked to the marrow and asked...

UT takeover won't affect pensions – NPRA

The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has assured trustees who appointed UT Bank as their Custodian that their Pension Funds will not be affected...

No blood spill again – Operation Vanguard assures

In the wake of recent clashes between some galamseyers and the anti-galamsey task force which incident has led to the death of some Galamseyers,...

India donates $1million for Flagstaff House renovation

The seat of government, the Flagstaff House is to be renovated after nine years of its commissioning by former President John Agyekum Kufour. Details of...

Council of State okays Akufo-Addo's creation of new regions

The Council of State has unanimously said there is a substantial demand for the creation of new regions, after studying the petitions for the creation of...

Woman shot at Nkonya – Chiefs call for calm

A 28-year-old farmer from Nkonya Asakyiri, Mercy Broni was on Monday shot on a farm at about 1000 hours. Two men said to be in...

Two in court for splashing nude pictures of an actress on the internet

A beautician who out of jealousy splashed her boyfriend’s ex-girl friend nude pictures on the internet has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Chantel Nunekpeku...

Audio: Jospong commits to partner with more companies in towing job

Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group, Joseph Siaw Agyepong has indicated his intention to engage more companies in providing compulsory towing service to the...

Audio: Boti Falls drowning: Hopes diminishing as search enters day six

Hope of retrieving body of the tourist who drowned in Boti Falls is fading out as search entered day six without any headway on...

Audio: Bats invade Shama hospital

Bats have invaded Shama Health Centre in the Western Region destroying some of the structures. The hospital according to the District Chief Executive for Shama,...

Ho at bottom of open defecation – Free league table

The Ho Municipality has been ranked 13th on the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) implementing districts’ Open Defecation-Free (ODF) League Table for the first half...

Otumfuo joins galamsey fight

Otumfuo’s Manwerehene has condemned chiefs who sell lands to illegal miners popularly known as ‘galamsey’ hinting that the activities of these miners are affecting...

Don’t allow yourselves to be used – Senior Minister cautions youth

The Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, has cautioned the youth against fighting political proxy wars for politicians. He made mention of this at the...