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Show love to patients at hospitals this Xmas – Road Safety Ambassador

National Road Safety Ambassador, Gabby Adu - Gyamfi has called on Ghanaians to show love to patients on admission in various health facilities across...

Three passengers threaten suit over alleged assault at Kotoka

Three passengers of TAP Portugal Air, have reported a case of assault after some confusion over the boarding of their flight. The three passengers claim...

Ghana’s UN rep explains why Jerusalem vote was rejected

Ghana’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN, Martha Ama Pobee, says Ghana’s decision to reject the United States’ intention to recognise Jerusalem as the...

Photos: One injured, many traumatized in SDA robbery attack

One person has been injured after a gang of armed robbers attacked members of the Adoato-Adumanu branch of the Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Church during...

No Dumsor during X’mas – Energy Minister assures

The Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko has assured Ghanaians that there will be no power interruptions during the Christmas season. According to Mr Agyarko, there...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: 8, 9 year-old kids publish a book about Ghana

Two students, 8-year-old Senyefia  Kpedor and Mawuena  Akafia aged 9 of Pioneers International Academy in the Greater Accra Region have published a book containing...

Hot audio: SDA church members recounts

The congregants of Adoato-Adumanu church of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) in Kumasi were on Sunday dawn attacked by armed robbers during an All-night Service. The...

Photos: Samira Bawumia donates to widows at Gomoa

Some underprivileged individuals, particularly widows at Gomoa in the Central region have received Christmas donations from the Second Lady, Samira Bawumia.The items which include,...

Ghanaians advised to ensure a noise-free Christmas

Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, has called on the public to avoid environmental pollution, particularly noise and air...

AMA announces campaign to curb drinking and driving

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), in collaboration with the Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) of the Ghana Police, has launched a communication initiative...

SHS graduate, others arrested for producing fake drugs

The Food Drugs Authority (FDA) in collaboration with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, on Friday, arrested 22 suspected local...

More affordable houses soon – Atta Akyea

Ghanaians should expect more affordable houses across the 10 regions soon, Minister of Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, has said. The Abuakwa South MP...

Rattray Park fountain starts dancing again after stolen USB saga

Kumasi’s popular leisure facility, Rattray Park, is set to bounce back with thousands of visitors as city authorities find a way to restore the...

Over 700 Ivorians detained, 4 arrested in Ashanti Region

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has detained about 700 Ivorians at Atimatim New site in the Afigya Kwabre West District. According to them, they are...

Sefa Kayi’s award was based on results not reports – GJA speaks

The Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) says the best journalist award went to Sefa Kayi based on results and not reports. The GJA on December 20,...

Photos: Woman dies in trotro leaving behind daughter

A woman whose identity is not yet known died in a commercial vehicle she boarded with her two-year-old daughter, Thursday. The Yamoransa police who confirmed the...

HOT AUDIO: 4 arrested for recruiting over 500 youth under suspicious circumstances

Four men have been arrested in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, for allegedly camping 580 youth in a shady recruitment business. The police swooped in...

PHOTOS: Soldiers brutalise taxi drivers in Tamale (Graphic Content)

At least eight taxi drivers were injured after military men went on rampage Thursday night at a busy bus terminal in Tamale. Three of the...

NGO plants rubber trees to reclaim Galamsey lands

Partners of Nature, Africa (PONA) has launched a galamsey site rejuvenation project nursery in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region. The nursery holds...

Former NCA boss, Board Chair, 3 others in court

The immediate past Director-General of the National Communications Authority (NCA), Mr William Tevie was Friday brought before court and charged with causing financial loss...

H1N1 outbreak: Vaccination extended to health workers who attended to KUMACA students

Health personnel who attended to HIN1 flu-infected students of Kumasi Academy are to be vaccinated beginning Friday. Staff of KNUST Hospital -- where three nurses...

Woman dies in trotro leaving behind two-year-old daughter

A woman whose identity is not yet known died in a commercial vehicle she boarded with her two-year-old daughter, Thursday. The Yamoransa police who confirmed the story said...

Disease outbreak: Asamankese SHS student dies from meningitis, 60 others quarantined

The outbreak of diseases in parts of the country continues to spread as one student of the Asamankese Senior High School (ASASCO) in the...

Two preachers fight in public over offertory

Two preachers who claim to be Christian ministers drew attention at the Kumasi Central Market in the Ashanti region as they engaged in fisticuffs...

Ghana Police Service understaffed

The Ghana Police Service is seriously understaffed, Interior Minister Ambrose Dery has told Parliament. He explained that the Service needs a minimum number of 56,000...

I’m not offering employment on social media – Ursula Owusu

Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu Ekuful is warning the public about fake recruitment scam purportedly coming from her office on social media. According to her,...

Col. William Agyapong bows out of Operation Vanguard

The leadership of the national anti-galamsey task force, Operation Vanguard, has changed with Colonel Michael Amoah-Ayisi taking over from Colonel William Agyapong as Commander. A...

Hot Audios: Widow defrauded by lover

A woman’s desire to reciprocate the love of an alleged fraudster lover has confined her to the wheel-chair following an accident she encountered. Mother of...

Sefa Kayi wins 2016 Journalist of the Year Award

Host of Peace FM's morning show programme, Kokrokoo, Kwame Sefa Kayi has been adjudged the PAV Journalist of the year, 2016. Mr Sefa Kayi was...

No drinks in glass bottles, cans – Prisons Service warns

The Ghana Prisons Service has banned drinks packaged in bottles and cans by visitors and families of inmates during the festive season. But those in...

Media coverage of presidency has been respectful, impartial – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has commended the media for its coverage of his presidency since he assumed office. In an interaction with members of the presidential press corps...

AUDIO: GII calls for probe into $100k expats saga

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to order the Ministry of Trade and Industry to render financial...

4 Multimedia journalists win at 2017 GJA Awards

Four Multimedia journalists have received awards at the ongoing Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) awards ceremony ongoing at the banquet hall of the State House...

Hot video: 'Parents of Bantama gang rapists must be punished'

Controversial counselor, George Lutherodt is calling for stiffer punishment for parents of the teenage boys who raped a young girl at Bantama in the...

Eastern Corridor road now a death trap

The much-touted Eastern Corridor road has been a major campaign promise of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) since 2009 when the party was...

VIDEO: Meet the 17-year-old prostitute who sleeps with 15 men a night for GHC20

The constitution of Ghana frowns on prostitution and it’s actually illegal for anyone to solicit for sex in a public place. Not withstanding, commercial sex...

Not even God can jail Major Mahama's 'killers' if… Lawyer

Lawyer for the suspects facing trial for their role in the gruesome murder of Major Maxwell Mahama is confident of victory. According to Lawyer George...

Endangered monkey species discovered in Atiwa Forest

Ghana has attracted global attention as a Rocha Scientists have discovered Cercocebus lunulatus, a rare terrestrial Monkey in the Atiwa Forest Reserve in the Eastern Region. The...

ROPAA a ploy for NPP to win 2020 elections – Hassan Ayariga

Founder and Leader of the All People's Congress Party (APC), Hassan Ayariga has lambasted the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the implementation of the...

Boy, 5, calls 911 to report Grinch stealing Christmas, police make arrestc

A 5-year-old Mississippi boy called police to prevent the Grinch from stealing Christmas -- and police made an arrest. TyLon Pittman saw a video clip...