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Stop giving cash to child beggars – Minister

The growing numbers of child beggars on the streets of Accra and other major cities in the country could be minimised if the public...

Daboya unrest: 49 suspects granted bail, others to appear in court on Monday

The Savannah Regional Police Command has granted bail to some 49 suspects who were arrested at Daboya in the Savannah Region following unrest in...

Newborn babies, pregnant women share same bed at Akyem CHPS compound

Pregnant women who are due for delivery and newborn babies share beds with men at the maternity ward at the Community-based Health Planning and...

50 church members injured in accident involving four cars

About 50 church members of Resurrection Power New Generation Church have sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident involving four cars. The incident happened...

COCOBOD, police intercept cocoa concealed in 35 oil drums, one arrested

Quantities of bags of cocoa beans concealed in 35 oil drums and being smuggled have been intercepted through a joint operation of Ghana Cocobod...

Suspected thief lynched at Sehwi Hwenampori after failed mission

A man, believed to be in his late thirties, has met his death at Hwenampori, a suburb of Bibiani in the Bibiani Anhweaso Bekwai...

Elohim theological college and seminary awards and confers honorary doctorate on George Krobea Asante

George Krobea Asante, Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party, has been honored with an honorary doctorate degree by Elohim Theological College and...

Two police officers injured as ghetto boys escape with handcuffs during arrest at Gomoa Nyanayano

Two police officers were injured when two young individuals from the local neighborhood managed to escape with police handcuffs at Gomoa Nyanayano. The authorities had...

Woman, 55, killed by hit-and-run driver on Asukawkaw-Dambai highway

The Krachi East Motor Traffic and Transport Division (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service is investigating the tragic death of a 55-year-old woman, who...

KNUST tops world ranking for helping to achieve UN SDG 4 devoted to Quality Education

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is number one in the world for helping to achieve the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goal...

Tears as former DCE for Nkwanta South is laid to rest [Photos]

The late Joseph Ninkab, former District Chief Executive of Nkwanta South, was laid to rest at his residence in the Nkwanta South area of...

Kumchacha defends Archbishop Agyinasare amidst criticism over Nogokpo remarks

Renowned spiritual leader, Nicholas Osei, popularly known as Kumchacha, has expressed his dissatisfaction over the negative response from netizens following Archbishop Charles Agyin-Asare's apology...

Man drowns with car, body retrieved days later

The body of a yet-to-be-identified man has been retrieved from the Densu River at Nsawam in the Eastern Region after crashing into the river...

Sam George fires back at Nigerian gay pastor over LGBTQ+ comments

Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam Nartey George, has strongly responded to a Nigerian gay pastor who criticised his stance on LGBTQ+ issues...

Gomoa East DISEC, police take action against land guards invading Gomoa Okyereko

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Gomoa East, Solomon Darko Quarm, along with a team of police officers, has apprehended a group of land...

Fuel tanker overturns and blocks Morso-Kurofa road at Asante Akyem South

A fuel tanker en route from Tema to Morso has reportedly toppled over, obstructing the Morso-Kurofa road within the Asante Akyem South Municipality. Fortunately,...

Construction of Assin Bereku astroturf progressing steadily ahead of bye-election

The Astroturf project at Assin Bereku, the Assin North District Capital, is progressing steadily ahead of the bye-election scheduled for June 27, 2023. The project,...

Rastafarian student nearly rejected by Achimota School may represent them at NSMQ

Social media has been buzzing since a photo of Achimota School’s potential team for this year’s National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) surfaced on...

NYA sensitises pupils on menstrual health at Sehwi Humjibre

The National Youth Authority (NYA) in the Western North Region has held a public sensitisation on menstrual hygiene and teenage pregnancy for pupils at...

Stop illegal mining along Birim River – Sanitation Minister appeals

The Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has called on residents living around the intake point of the Oda Water Treatment...

Accident at Nyinahin leaves 15 people in critical condition

About fifteen people are in critical condition after two Sprinter mini buses collided head-on at Akorabokrom close to Nyinahin in the Ashanti Region. Eyewitnesses say...

Accra West ECG recovers GH¢675k in revenue mobilisation exercise

The Accra West Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Limited recovered GH¢675,313 from some customers during its revenue mobilisation exercise from May...

Woman unleashes curses on partner after DNA test reveals he’s not the father

In a shocking incident that unfolded on Mama Efe's show on Nhyira FM, a young woman in her early twenties unleashed a torrent of...

Akufo-Addo receives highest international diplomatic award

In a ceremony held at the Jubilee House in Accra on May 30, 2023, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was honoured with the highest...

World Environment Day: Zoomlion cleans, creates awareness on clean environment

Zoomlion Ghana Limited has organised a massive clean up exercise at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra to create public awareness on environmental sanitation...

Mahama calls for calm over renewed Gonja-Mamprusi conflict

Former president John Dramani Mahama has expressed readiness to assist in any way possible to resolve the ongoing communal rivalry in some parts of...

Lifeless baby abandoned near Tesano Cluster of Schools’ dumping site

A lifeless newborn baby has been discovered inside a box near a gutter at the dumping site close to the Tesano Cluster of Schools...

Lecturer sends important message to Gyakye Quayson

A Corporate Governance lecturer, Dr Otchere Ankrah, has advised deposed Assin-North Member of Parliament (MP), James Gyakye Quayson, not to contest in the upcoming...

Gonja Youth besiege Yagbonwura’s palace; demand intervention in Daboya conflict

A group of Gonja youth has besieged the residence of Yagbonwura Bii-Kunutu Jewu Soale, the Overlord of Gonja, demanding his intervention in the ongoing...

GBC staff to strike in one week if allowances are not restored

The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) is facing a potential indefinite strike as staff members have threatened to lay down their tools if their allowances...

Man fined for attempting to sleep with friend’s wife

Philip Osei, a retired teacher who was caught in an attempt to have sex with his friend's wife at Bibiani-Natwikumye in the Bibiani Anhweaso...

We did not organise and pay market queen mothers to rally behind Alan’s presidential bid – Alan team

A member of Alan Kyerematen's campaign team, Nana Ohene Ntow, has strongly denied allegations that some market queen mothers were paid to file for...

We’re not cancelling BECE – GES

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has denied claims that it plans to cancel the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for junior high school students. GES...

Chiefs endorsing candidates and political parties unconstitutional – Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has, in a unanimous decision, declared that it is unconstitutional for Chiefs to endorse candidates or their party. The court, however, pointed...

Pastor held over murder of student nurse at Mankessim makes another shocking revelation

A Chief and a self-acclaimed pastor who confessed to killing and burying a 25-year-old student nurse at Mankessim in the Central Region last year,...

Man slashes wife for asking for divorce

A 39-year-old teacher has been hospitalised after her husband allegedly assaulted her with a machete at Pankese in the Birim North District of the...

Savannah Region: Police arrest 3 persons in connection with communal conflict

The police have arrested three persons and are currently pursuing others in connection with violent attacks on Mempeasem and Lukula communities in the Savannah...

Gonja-Mamprusi clash: Security personnel deployed to restore calm

The Regional Security Councils of Savannah and North East Regions have dispatched military and police personnel to the North Gonja town of Lukula following...

We won’t stop picketing until we’re paid – Pension bondholders tell Finance Ministry

Convener of the Pension Bondholders Forum, Dr Adu Anane Antwi, says pensioners will not stop picketing at the Finance Ministry until their coupons are...

46-year-old man lynched at Adansi Asokwa over alleged property damage

A 46-year-old man, Abraham Kwadzo Goka, has been brutally lynched at Adansi Asokwa. Family members are now pleading for the intervention of the Inspector-General of...