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VIDEO+PHOTOS: Aboakyir Festival 2017

The Aboakyir festival is a bushbuck hunting festival celebrated by the people of Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana.The name ‘'Aboakyire’ translates as...

First Lady, Multimedia Group commended for KATH project

A principal of the Jackson Educational Complex has commended the First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo for her commitment to ensuring better health care delivery...

Clans in Winneba Celebrate Aboakyir in Grand Style

With respect to the customs of the people in Winneba, during the Aboakyir festival, two different clans are arrayed into the forest to capture...

Prof Badu Akosa installed chief

Renowned pathologist, Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa has been installed a chief of Kwahu-Abene in the Eastern region.He succeeds Snr. Daasebre Akuamoah Boateng. His stool...

Photos: Taxi driver killed in gory accident

A taxi driver known as Atopa died in a head-on collision with a commercial bus on the Techiman - Tamale highway in the Brong...

Nana Akufo-Addo honoured in Cote d’Ivoire

The President of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, on Friday, May 5, 2017, decorated Ghana's President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo with his...

Galamsey findings citing Okyehene’s palace mischievous – Lawyer

Lawyer for Okyehene, Osagyefo Amotia Ofori Panyin, has criticised an intercepted National Security report that says the paramount chief’s palace is perceived to be...

Former MASLOC CEO Sedinam Tamakloe to face EOCO Monday

A Former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedinam Tamakloe Attionu, is to appear before the Economic and Organized...

Salaga North residents clamor for police protection after robbery attacks

Residents of Salaga North constituency in the Northern Region are in dire need of police protection following recent armed robbery attacks there which have...

Ghanaian peacekeepers praised by UN for foiling attack in South Sudan

Ghanaian peacekeepers have been praised by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) for foiling an attack at a United Nations (UN) protection...

Riot in Kwahu-Abene over enstoolment of Prof. Badu Akosa as Chief

There is tension at Kwahu-Abene following the installment of renowned Pathologist Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa as Chief of the town which is the royal...

Asantehene turns 67

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II today, Saturday 6 May, turned 67.The overlord of Asante has been King since 26 April 1999 following the death...

Audio: I will retire in four weeks – Chief Justice

The Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood on Friday May 5, 2017 announced that she will retire in the next four weeks with a promise...

National Security galamsey report against me is fallacy- BT Baba

Member of Parliament for Talensi BT Baba has debunked a national security confidential report accusing him of illegally owning and mining in the Upper...

Chiefs, politicians, others cited in BNI report on galamsey

Some chiefs and political figures in the country have been cited in a report by the Bureau of National Investigations for involvement in illegal...

Family fight Ridge Hospital over missing corpse

The mortuary block of the Ridge Hospital was a scene to behold when grief-stricken family vent their spleen on the mortuary attendants over their...

Science Communication requires collaboration-Director of UNU-INRA

The United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa ( UNU-INRA), the United Nations University Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation...

Chereponi DCE nominee confirmed

The Northern Regional Minister Hon. Salifu Saeed has swear Mr Tahidu Abdul Razak in as District chief executive (DCE) for Chereponi District after all...

Audio: Akatsi chiefs to demonstrate against doctors over death of teacher

Chiefs and people of Akatsi in the Volta Region have threatened to stage a massive demonstration against doctors of Akatsi District Hospital in the...

Chiefs, politicians, others cited in BNI report on galamsey

Some chiefs and political figures in the country have been cited in a report by the Bureau of National Investigations for involvement in illegal...

Why I’m relocating my ministry to Israel – TB Joshua

Nigerian Prophet Temitope Balogun (TB) Joshua has declared his intention to leave Nigeria and relocate his ministry to the nation of Israel.Speaking at his...

Ban on noisemaking starts Monday

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has announced that this year’s ban on drumming and noisemaking commences from Monday 8 May to Thursday 8 June,...

Mineworkers vow to go into robbery after company shuts down

Some displaced mineworkers at Gbani in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region have levelled strong threats to start a new life with...

We’ll cut down our cocoa trees and go into galamsey – Angry Mampong Chiefs threaten

The Chiefs and people of Akwapim Mampong in the Akwapim South District of the Eastern Region are threatening to cut down cocoa trees in...

First Lady, Multimedia raise GHS7.7m to save babies, mothers at KATH

The #SaveThemNow fundraising event jointly held by The Multimedia Group and the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo to save babies and mothers at the Komfo...

Lands minister orders Shanxii mining to stop work following tragedy

Lands and Natural Resources minister John Peter Amewu has directed Shanxii Mining Ghana Limited in the Upper East region to stop work following the...

Gov’t launches diaspora homecoming summit

The government of Ghana says it is ready to host thousands of Ghanaians who will be coming back to the country next month to...

Hospitals beyond KATH need urgent help; First Lady cries

First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo has promised to extend a helping hand to health institutions struggling with the infrastructure needed to save the lives of...

KATH’s Fundraising Event: The seed to save Ghana’s future president

Later today, a giant leap will be made towards saving the lives of innocent women and children who are appointed to die at the...

PHOTOS: AMA breaks shops to decongest Kwame Nkrumah Interchange

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Thursday morning undertook a decongestion exercise at the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange Thursday morning.The taskforce of about 50 men disrupted...

Audio: Taxi driver attacked, stripped naked by police

A policeman stationed at the Anyaa police station in Accra, Gabriel Tabiri, went berserk Tuesday by physically assaulting a taxi driver for allegedly jumping...

Nationwide blackout pose security threat – Security analyst

A security analyst, Nana Owusu Sekyere says the erratic power supply which hit the nation Wednesday night poses a security threat.According to him, the...

85% power restored across Ghana- ECG announces

The Electricity Company of Ghana ECG says it has restored power to over 85 percent of its customers who were affected by last night’s...

Don’t let African literature die; Samira Bawumia charges youth

The Second Lady Samira Bawumia has called on the youth to make reading and writing an enviable attribute of their everyday life so they can...

20 stopped from joining ISIS in Ghana

A 21-year-old from northern Ghana was last year stopped from joining the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Executive Director of the...

AUDIO: No return of ‘Dumsor’ – ECG

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has said that there is no return of dumsor despite a nationwide blackout on Wednesday night in some...

VIDEO: I wash my wife’s panties – Manasseh Azure

“I will wash your pants any day. You don’t need to fall sick. I will gladly wash your pants anytime there’s the need to...

Woyome’s judgment debt case: Gov’t promises ‘good news’ next week

The Deputy Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah-Dame has revealed that the public will in the next few days be informed about what he describes as...

Nationwide blackout hits Ghana

Majority of Ghanaians went to bed without power Wednesday night after what appeared to be a nationwide blackout hit the West African nation.The lights...

13,800 teachers’ salaries blocked

The April salary of nearly 14,000 teachers have been mistakenly blocked by the Controller and Accountant General's Department.The mistake, according to officials of the...