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Ghanaian who lost fingers to frostbite in trek to Canada gets refugee status

More than five months after he almost froze to death walking across the Canada-United States border, eventually losing his fingers to frostbite, Razak Iyal...

Family of murdered hotel proprietor in Kumasi suspect contract killing

Relatives of a 78-year old man who was stabbed to death by an unknown assailant at a hotel at Adiebeba in Kumasi say they...

Ghanaian media one of the best in Africa – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has hailed the Ghanaian media saying it remains relevant and competitive across the sub-region. Speaking at a presidential lecture at...

Investigations into GHc1.3m gold scam transparent – Police

The Ghana Police Service has disputed claims it has not been committed and transparent in the investigation of the Ghc1.3 million gold scam, of...

Woman bolts with 5 months baby after deceiving girl with eggs

The Police in the Ashanti region are on a manhunt for a woman who stole the baby of a trader at the Kwame Nkrumah...

Instant National ID Card starts Sept 15

The National Identification Authority (NIA) will issue the first of the proposed Ghana National Identity Card from September 15, 2017. According to Prof. Kenneth Agyemang...

CID to ‘interrogate’ widow of late Major Mahama

The widow of slain Major Maxwell Adam Mahama is to be interrogated by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, Spokesperson...

Hot Audio: Woman’s ‘curse letter’ disrupts partner’s wedding

A woman who could not stand the displeasure of seeing her husband marry a second wife will not be deterred by distance in her...

PHOTOS: Police officer beats taxi driver over GHC100

A police officer whose name was only given as Corporal Charles has allegedly beaten a cab driver, Meshach Armah to pulp at Gomoa Akotsi-Ojobi...

Hot Audio: ‘We won’t stop showing porn on TV’

General Manager for ICE TV, Samuel Owusu Asare said his media company cannot desist from showing pornography films on their channels regardless the complaints...

More Police Transfers

The Inspector General of Police, David Asante Apeatu, has made other changes in the Police Service as some senior police personnel have been transferred...

Go and learn – Judge hearing suit against UEW slams lawyer

Proceedings at the Winneba High Court turned dramatic after a judge hearing a case against the University of Education, Winneba schooled a lawyer over...

Audio: 44 girls and their traffickers arrested at Aflao boarder

Ghana Immigration Service has arrested victims being trafficked alongside four (4) of their leaders at the Aflao boarder trying to move out of the...

Gold, guns and China: Ghana’s fight to end galamsey

At the start of April, Ghana’s government issued a three-week ultimatum to illegal gold miners operating in the country. They were told that they...

Nationwide Dumsor: Gridco apologises to Ghanaians

The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has apologized to members of the public over the fluctuation which occurred yesterday which led to total black out...

Man spends months at Ankaful Prison instead of Ankaful Hospital

A 61-Year-Old farmer, Kwesi Ofori, who has been in prison custody for six years and four months for murder has been discharged under the...

Sack non-performing police personnel – IGP urged

The Member of Parliament for Sekondi Constituency in the Western Region, Andrew Kofi Agyapa Mercer, is making a passionate appeal to the Commander-in-Chief of...

PHOTOS: Police officer shot dead by unknown assailants

A police officer with the Rapid Response Unit at Tema, Constable Michael Kporyi, was on Monday night gunned down by two unidentified armed men. The...

PHOTO: Fake Korle-Bu and Ridge Hospitals doctor arrested

A man who posed as a medical doctor has been busted for duping patients at the Korle Bu Teaching and the Ridge hospitals in...

Brong Ahafo YEA deletes 1,016 names from payroll

THE Brong Ahafo Regional Branch of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has, so far, deleted 1,016 names from the payroll of 6,102. Michael Osei Boateng,...

Major Mahama’s attackers shot him severally – Post mortem

The police have revealed that apart from the fractures on the head of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama, there were bullet wounds on his body,...

I’m serious about galamsey fight – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said he will not allow illegal mining to destroy the country’s water bodies and forest reserves. Speaking to the...

Murder of Major Mahama: Twelve (12) on police wanted list

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has mounted an intensive search for the arrest of 12 key suspects for their...

‘Big names’ behind trafficking of girls to Gulf states – Former Ambassador

Ghana’s former Deputy Head of Mission to Saudi Arabia, Hajia Hawawu Boya Gariba, has lent credence to speculations that government heavyweights and influential persons...

GWCL cuts water supply to firms over GHC40m debt

The Ashanti North branch of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has suspended water supply to both state and private institutions in the area...

ECG: Blackout due to ‘technical challenges’ at GRIDCo

Power distributor, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has blamed Monday evening's blackout that hit parts of the country on technical challenges at the...

Kandahar boys clash with youth group over Tamale Hospital new CEO

There were clashes between youth groups in the Northern Region over who is the rightful person to take over the management of the Tamale...

Hot audio: Family of murdered police officer demands compensation from govt

The family of the policeman who was reportedly shot by his colleagues who mistook him for an armed robber is appealing to the state...

Police begin investigations into murder of Amasaman ‘Chief’

The Accra Regional Police Command says it has begun investigations into the murder of Nii Tettey Sarbah, Nkusuohene of Amasaman, who was shot and...

VIDEO: Any idiot can kill a Pastor without a bodyguard – Kumchacha

The founder and leader of the Heavens Gate Ministry International, Nicholas Osei popularly known as 'Kumchacha' has defended the use of bodyguards by Pastors...

Audio: Ex-military officer, 8 others arrested for dealing in narcotics

Eight persons including an ex-military officer have been arrested for dealing narcotics. ASP Joseph Benefo Darkwah, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Tema Regional...

Audio: Two dead in Pioneer Food Canery fire

The Pioneer Food Cannery (PFC) has been shut down following a fire outbreak at the facility on Sunday that killed two people. According to an...

Photos: Chief of Ardayman killed over chieftaincy dispute

There is uneasy calm at Ardayman in Amasaman in the Greater Accra region after some thugs murdered the Development Chief for the area Nii...

Special Courts grant bail to 31 remand prisoners

Thirty-one remand prisoners in two prisons in the Central Region, were on Friday granted bail under the Justice For All Programme (JFAP). This followed the...

Galamsey operator jailed 14 years for robbery

A Tarkwa circuit court has sentenced an illegal miner (galamsey operator) to 14 years imprisonment in hard labour for robbery. The convict, Joseph Boakye alias...

I faced internal opposition – Cephas Arthur

Superintendent Cephas Arthur, a former Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police, has reminded the media that beginning Monday, June 12 he ceases...

“UN SDGs can be met” – President Akufo-Addo

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reiterated the commitment of his government towards the industrial transformation of the country’s economy,...

Woman who allegedly raised false alarm in Maj Mahama’s murder arrested

The eight suspected killers of Major Maxwell Mahama who were arraigned last Friday included the snail seller who allegedly gave a false alarm that...

Soldier, woman die from drinking ‘Mahogany bitters’

Two persons — a woman and a soldier — have died after allegedly consuming an alcoholic drink popularly called ‘Mahogany Bitters’ at a drinking...

Thanksgiving service held for late Major Mahama

A thanksgiving service was held on Sunday, June 11 in honour of the late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama at the Light House Chapel International,...