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Saudi man divorces wife for walking ahead

A Saudi man has divorced his wife for walking ahead of him despite repeated warnings, a media report said today. Saudis are becoming increasingly...

PHOTO: Single woman advertises for husband

A Kenyan woman has taken to the street of Nairobi to advertise for a husband. Pris Nyabura, 28 years old, said she has a seven-year...

Togo Unrest: Take steps to protect your citizens- ECOWAS CDP Media network

The Ghana Chapter of the ECOWAS Community Development (ECOWAS CDP) Media Network condemns the raging political violence in Togo which has claimed two lives...

200,000 still at risk from Bagre dam, heavy rains – NADMO

The combined effect of the water levels of the White Volta rising and the Bagre dam being opened could leave almost 200,000 persons affected...

Girl,16, loses pregnancy after police brutality

A 16-year-old girl lost her pregnancy at a Police station after she was allegedly manhandled by a Police officer during an arrest at Begoro...

Seven boys gang defile 15-year-old girl in Eastern Region

The Suhum Police has launched manhunt for seven suspects for gang-defiling a 15-year-old girl. Mother of the Victim accompanied by her lodged complaint at the...

High Commissioner cautions Nigerians over unlawful acts

Mr Olufemi Michael Abikoye, newly appointed Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana has advised Nigerian nationals in Ghana to desist from acts that break the...

Seamstress fined 480 Cedis for refusing to vaccinate dogs

The Tarkwa Magistrate Court One has fined a seamstress from Nkamponase in the Tarkwa Nsueam Municipality 480,00 cedis for refusing to vaccinate her dogs. The...

Dismissed Police Officer in court over recruitment scam

dismissed Police officer who collected GHC91,000 cedis from 44 people under the pretext of enlisting them into the Ghana Police Service, Ghana Armed Forces...

SSNIT scandal: $66m software deal is ‘a scam, ridiculous’ – IT expert

An IT expert has described the $66 million dollar software investment by the management of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) as too...

We are not afraid of exams – GNAT

Mr David Ofori Acheampong, the General Secretary of Ghana National Association of Teachers has stated that their members are ready for any exams for...

Exton Group: EPA statement flawed, unfortunate

Exton Cubic Group Ltd, the company embroiled in the Nyinahini Bauxite mining controversy has hit back at the Environment Protection Agency for suggesting the...

Gh¢2.7m missing at EOCO

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) is yet to unravel the mystery surrounding an excess transfer of $619,039.16 (Gh¢2,748,977) to an applicant following...

Cats inherit $300,000 trust fund from late owner in New York

A pair of New York cats are living in the lap of luxury as real-life Aristocats after their affluent owner left them $300,000 in her will. Ellen...

Ghanaians cautioned against travelling to Togo on Friday

Mr Isaac Owusu Mensah, Deputy Commissioner of Immigration in charge of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) in the Volta region has cautioned Ghanaians against...

GJA election is not a do or die affair – Affail Monney

Dr Affail Monney, President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), has said the Association’s upcoming national and regional elections were not an end in...

Exclusive: How cost of SSNIT’s ‘faulty’ software jumped from $34m to over $66m

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) spent $66 million on the acquisition of a faulty software, nearly two times the price it had earlier...

Rabies kills boy at Prestea Nsuta

An eleven year-old boy from Prestea Nsuta in the Prestea Huni/Valley has died of rabies. The deceased, Ibrahim Laminu, passed away at the Government hospital...

Capital Bank collapse: Otabil’s daughter consoles him

One of the daughters of the General Overseer of International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) has written an emotional message to her father on Facebook...

Akufo-Addo doesn’t care about technical education – TUTAG

The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has registered its disappointment with the failure of government to set up councils for technical universities...

Freddie Blay predicts 1.5 million tonnes of cocoa

Ghana will once again attain over one-million metric tonnes of cocoa production under the Akufo-Addo led government, Acting National Chairman of the ruling New...

Audio: Sowutuom residents wage war on Nigerians

Some residents in Sowutuom, a suburb in the Greater Accra region are up in alms against Nigerians living in their community. Some Nigerians living in...

Exton Cubic Group not permitted to mine at Nyinahini – EPA

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it has not granted permission to Exton Cubic Group to undertake bauxite mining activities at Nyinahini in the...

SSNIT contributors attack fmr management over $66m software

Ghanaians are furious after hearing that the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) mismanaged their contributions. Some of the contributors in an interview on...

Hot Audio: Nyinahini youth petition Akufo-Addo over Mahama's company

Some irate youth at Nyinahini in the Ashanti Region have petitioned President Akufo-Addo to ensure removal of EXTON-CUBIC equipment from the area within 24...

Minister charge telcos to stem deteriorating service quality

Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has challenged telecom operators stem to deteriorating service quality and start giving customers value for their money. She was speaking...

Hot video: SSNIT spends $66m on malfunctioning IT project

Social Security and National Insurance Trust, SSNIT spent about $66 million on a malfunctioning Information Technology infrastructure - operational business suite (OBS) last year. The project...

I won’t allow another ‘Denkyira-Obuasi’ incident to happen in Nyinahini – DCE

The District Chief Executive for Atwima Mponua in the Ashanti region, Williams Darko has asked the Chief of Nyinanhini, Nana Amanpene Twum Boateng II...

Aflao police arrest robbers

The police in Aflao on Thursday arrested five armed men who allegedly shot and robbed a mobile money dealer at First Lowcost, Aflao. The suspects...

Don’t ‘steal’ NDC’s credit for Ekumfi pineapple factory – Murtala

The National Democratic Congress  (NDC) wants the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government to credit it for the establishment of a pineapple factory in the...

Discharge Bulldog over murder charge – lawyer tells court

Defence counsel for Lawrence Nana Asiama Hanson, aka Bulldog, Chief Executive Officer for Bull Haus Entertainment, has prayed an Accra District Court to discharge...

Photos: 16 bedroom house gutted by fire in Kumasi

14 households rendered homeless as fire guts an old 16 bedroom house at anloga market in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi. Residents who had to...

Let's discuss sexuality issues with our children – Acting Netherlands Ambassador

Ms Caecila Wijgers, the Acting Ambassador of the Netherlands, has called on parents to discuss sexuality issues with their children at home to help...

SSNIT probes $66m software purchase

The Board of Trustees of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SNNIT) has begun investigations into how the former management acquired a BOS...

‘Yaa Asantewaa’ appears in Togo; arrests soldier

It was reminiscent of the exploits and bravery of Ashanti warrior in 1900, Yaa Asantewaa, a native of Ejisu, Kumasi, last Saturday in Ghana’s...

Upper West, Brong Ahafo regions hit by shortage of police officers

A massive transfer of police personnel out of the Upper West Region without replacement has caused a shortage of officers in the region that...

Legal battle over fishing as Fisheries Commission fights private fishing company

The Fisheries Commission (FC) and Kenbonad Company Limited, a private Ghanaian-owned fishing company, are engaged in a legal tussle in two different courts over...

Studying 10 subjects at basic school is academic torture – GNAT charges

General Secretary of Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), David Ofori Acheampong has also condemned the examinable nine or ten subjects studied by pupils...