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Ghanaian, African soldiers receive training in anti-terrorism

The Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College has, for the first time, offered training in counter terrorism to help the Military deal swiftly...

Kpando Assembly bans 'poisonous’ puffer fish

The Kpando Municipal Assembly in the Volta region has placed an immediate ban on the sale of ‘poisonous’ puffer fish in the area. The temporary...

NGO rescues two boys from trafficking on the Volta Lake

MIHOSO International, a Non-Governmental Organisation, has rescued two teenagers who were trafficked to Yeji in the Pru District of the Brong-Ahafo Region to fish...

NSS embarks on nationwide capacity building

The Deputy Executive Director of National Service Scheme Dr. Gifty Oware-Aboagye has launched a two day Capacity Building Workshop for Prospective National Service Personnel...

Bawumia set for Sierra Leone with $1m supplies for disaster victims

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia is expected to lead a government delegation to Sierra Leone where a tragic natural disaster has left about 400 dead and...

Ghana’s education focuses on quantity, lacks quality – Prof. Aheto

A former lecturer of University of Ghana and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Prof. John Bright Kobla Aheto said Ghana’s education...

Free SHS will collapse secondary education – Okudzeto Ablakwa

Former Deputy Minister of Education is predicting the collapse of the free Senior High School (SHS) policy to be rolled out by the Akufo-Addo...

7-year-old accident victim needs GhȻ700 daily for medical upkeep

Doctors the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi say a 7-year-old boy who was run over by a truck at Samproso in Offinso,...

Woman loses engagement ring on farm, finds it 13 years later, wrapped around carrot

It was September of 2004, when Mary Grams, of Alberta, Canada, lost her diamond-encrusted engagement ring, while working on her family farm. She spent days looking...

Government to abrogate 136 road contracts

About 136 road contracts awarded by the previous government are to be terminated because of the inability of contractors to execute the projects. A total...

Why the internet is important in maximizing Ghana's tourism potential

  The Internet is a global network that links all computer devices together, allows transmission of information and facilitate communication. This is the textbook...

Freight forwarders up in arms against gov’t over paperless port

Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF) and concern freight forwarders association are up in arms against government over the proposed paperless port to be...

Ghana gives $1m aid to Sierra Leone

The Government of Ghana will today, Friday, 18 August 2017 airlift relief items worth $1million to Sierra Leone in support of that country’s recovery...

Man turns cemetery into cassava farm

Residents of Busua, a community in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region, last week woke up to the bizarre news of eating...

Audio: SEND Ghana wants Free School Uniform Program reviewed

Send Ghana, a non-governmental organization, is urging the government to review the Mahama adminstration's Free School Uniform Programme in the country. A Senior Programme Officer...

Hot Audio: 'Mad' woman murdered; private parts removed

There is fear and panic among residents of Akyem Aprade in the Eastern Region following an alleged murder of a woman Thursday night. Some residents...

Residents butcher suspected armed robber at Akokwaso

32-year-old suspected armed robber Francis Eddy has been butchered by some residents at Akokwaso a suburb of Jacobu of the Amansie Central District of...

Woman ‘steals’ baby boy

An unemployed woman is before the Weija Circuit Court for allegedly stealing a baby boy. Mrs Abena Appiah was charged with stealing a baby but...

Court acquits mason over defilement

A 47-year old mason, who was accused of defiling a nine year old girl at Pantang Village has been acquitted and discharged by an...

Italian-born Ghanaian barred from singing contest because she is 'not a true Italian'

A 15-year-old Italian girl of Ghanaian descent has been barred from taking part in a singing contest in Verona, Italy because she is black...

Front pages: Friday, August 18, 2017

‘Create technology pool to feed new industries’ – Council of State Chair

To achieve its vision to develop a vibrant technologically driven and competitive trade and industrial sector, government has been advised to set up a...

Man turns cemetery into cassava farm

Residents of Busua, a community in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region, last week woke up to the bizarre news of eating...

Operation Vanguard begins night patrols to smoke out evasive illegal miners

The joint police and military anti-illegal mining taskforce, Operation Vanguard, says it will extend operations into the night following intelligence that illegal miners have...

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...

Indian company launches pickle flavoured condom

An Indian company has launched a pickle flavoured condom. Manforce condoms shared the new product on their Facebook page with the caption, "Presenting the very...

Boko Haram killed my father and teacher in front of me – Girl, 8 reveals

UNICEF Nigeria posted this touching story of this young girl from Borno, who witnessed the killing of her father and teacher by Boko Haram...

Popular marriage counselors divorce

Role model couple, Francis and Amara Van-Lare have sadly announced their divorce on their social media pages. This news came as a shock to many...

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...

Photo: Man kills wife for serving him hot food

A man who married his wife in January this year has allegedly stabbed her to death after she served him hot food. This is a...

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)...

Inside the country where Down syndrome is disappearing

With the rise of prenatal screening tests across Europe and the United States, the number of babies born with Down syndrome has significantly decreased,...

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...