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PHOTOS: Residents of Bunkpurugu finally get good water

Residents of Jilik and adjourning communities in Bunkpurugu Yunyoo district of the Northern region now have water after years of struggling to get portable...

EC staff buy auction cars for as low as 1,000 cedis

The Electoral Commission says its officers benefitted from cars auctioned to the public in 2013 at give-away prices as a way of motivating its...

Bolga residents live in fear

Residents in Bolgatanga in the Upper East are living in fear as armed robbers, motor snatches and thieves have invaded the Municipality and terrorizing...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

‘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...

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...

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)...

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...

New study suggests men prefer women with smaller breasts

A new PornHub study suggests that millennials aren’t that into boobs. Yup. Breasts. Millennials are ruining those, too. In collaboration with Mashable, PornHub carried out a...

Photos: Fire guts Kumasi-based Royal TV

Fire on Thursday morning ravaged one of the of studios of-based Royal Television (TV) destroying property estimated at several thousands of Ghana cedis. Sources indicate...

PHOTOS+Hot Audio: Three die after consuming ‘strange’ fish

Three persons have died and seven others are on admission at the Margarete Marquart Catholic Hospital in Kpando in the Volta Region after consuming...

Displaced workers in UT, Capital banks need psychological insurance

The Ghana Psychological Association says employees who may lose their jobs following the collapse of two Ghanaian-owned banks, need psychological and unemployment insurance benefits. In...

World population to hit 9.8 billion in 2050

The world population will reach 9.8 billion in 2050, up 31 percent from an estimated 7.5 billion now. The world youth population (ages 15 to...

Unqualified persons to be taken out of LEAP programme

The Jirapa District Assembly in the Upper West Region is to investigate the infiltration of unqualified persons benefiting from government’s social intervention programme, Livelihood...

Auditor General exposes massive rot at Judicial Service

Auditor General (AG) has uncovered a disturbing practice at the Judicial Service where various sums of money cannot be reconciled. The AG said in its...

HOT VIDEO: Two die in gas explosion

Two persons were burnt beyond recognition at Kikam in the Ellembelle district of the Western region in a motor crash which resulted in a...

Audio: Manya youth declare war on chief over sale of lands

Irate youth of Manya Krobo in the Eastern region have protested against the Divisional Chief of the Community, Nene Tei Djahene Korabo IV over...

Hot video: The school girl scared of computer

A primary school girl has been trending on social media following her phobia for computers. In an ICT class at a town in Ghana, the...

Employee 'disciplined' for reporting to work 'too early'

When journalist Fred Smith got a new job with Accra-based television ETV, he thought reporting early for work would earn him a little space...