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Journalists’ accreditation money in GCB – EC Boss

The monies the Electoral Commission (EC) took from media persons for accreditation to cover last year’s general election are intact at the GCB. Mrs Charlotte...

275 people die of HIV-AIDS in Ashanti

Two hundred and seventy-five (275) people died of HIV/AIDS in the Ashanti Region, last year. Mr. Dennis Bandoh, the Regional Focal Person, who announced this,...

I am not the entire commission; I am speaking for myself- EC chair tells Parliament

A suggestion by the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission that she was speaking for herself and not the entire Commission in an answer to...

Two children swept away by flood in Tamale found dead

Two children who went missing after they were swept away by floods in Tamale have been found dead. The bodies of the deceased, Sulleman Hamuran,...

PHOTO: Major Mahama's phone found with Denkyire-Boase driver

An Accra District Court on Wednesday, 26 July remanded Kwodjo Fordjour, a driver, to police custody after police retrieved late Major Adam Mahama's phone...

Charging media for cards not bad practice – EC boss

Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Charlotte Osei, has said that the number of media houses, both local and international that turned up...

NSS to petition GAF over manhandling of graduates during registration

Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Henry Nana Boakye, has disclosed the NSS directorate will soon send a petition to the...

Francis Sosu's case against ban dismissed

The Court of Appeal has dismissed a motion filed by suspended lawyer Francis Xavier Sosu seeking to halt his three-year ban by the General...

Marwako victim opts for out-of-court settlement

Evelyn Boakye, the kitchen staff of Marwako Fast Foods Limited whose face was allegedly dipped into a paste of blended pepper by her supervisor,...

Nayele Ametefe's $1.8m house seized

An Accra Financial and Economic Crimes Court has given the state the green light to confiscate the two-storey buildings situated at East Legon and...

NPP women fight Otiko over School Feeding jobs

The Concern Constituency Women Organizers of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Northern Region have implored the office of the Chief of...

20-year-old kayayo killed

A 20-year-old itinerant female head porter has died at Adum, Kumasi in the Ashanti Region after bags of rice fell on her at a...

PHOTOS: Bawumia consoles family of slain Lapaz cop

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has visited the family of the late No. 49195 General Constable Daniel Owusu to sympathize with them. He visited the...

Couple threaten to kill entire family over children’s medical condition

A couple at Ekumfi Emmuna in the Central Region, Mr and Mrs Ibrahim, have threatened to take their lives and those of four of...

NSS apologises for manhandling of graduates during registration process

National Service Scheme (NSS) has issued an apology over the manhandling of some graduates at its headquarters, after a video of the incident popped...

Ejisu-Juaben: Library turned to dining room, store

Can you imagine a structure allocated for a library facility now serves as a store room and a place for eating? That is the reality...

Prez Akufo-Addo under pressure to act swiftly on EC rift

Pressure is mounting on President Nana Akufo-Addo to act swiftly in the rift between the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) and two deputies...

Hot video: Ghanaians in Benin to be deported

A Ghanaian fishing community at Akpakpadodome in Benin is facing eviction following the government’s decision to develop the area. The community made up 860 Ghanaians...

EC Boss sues lawyer for petitioners for defamation

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission has proceeded to court with a suit against the lawyer for some faceless petitioners to court. Charlotte Osei is...

NHIS suspends capitation programme

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has said the capitation programme which was being operated in the Ashanti Region has been suspended. A statement released...

Nat’l blood bank sets up committee to investigate donor’s death

The National Blood Service has set up a committee to investigate circumstances leading to the death a 21year-old donor believed to have died after...

Hot video: NSS registration exercise turns chaotic

Fresh graduates seeking to register for a year of national service have been brutalised by soldiers. Chaotic scenes were recorded at centers within the Accra...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: 2 missing, dozens homeless after heavy downpour

Firefighters have been deployed to help local search parties straggle through large gutters to look for two children who went missing, and rescue many...

Photos: Woman, 50 dead, two children missing after heavy downpour in Tamale

A 50-year-old woman is said to have drowned at Gumani, a community in Tamale in the Northern region. The deceased, Hajia Fati, according to reports...

Naadu Mills missing from Atta mills’ 5th anniversary memorial

Monday June 24, 2017 marked the fifth anniversary of the passing of the late President John Evans Atta Mills. A wreath laying ceremony was organised...

VIDEO: Meet the persons who allegedly caused Central Medical Stores arson

The names of the persons who were alleged to be involved in the fire that swept through the Central Medical Stores have started emerging. Host...

Blood donor dies after hospital denies her blood

A 21-year-old girl died on Saturday after the Ashongman Community Hospital in Accra refused to give her blood, even though she is a blood...

Atta Mills’ son ready for investigation into father’s death

The son of the late President John Evans Attah Mills, Kofi Mills, says he is ready to champion any cause that will establish the...

Hot Audio: Man electrocuted after heavy downpour

A 54-year-old man has been electrocuted at Dansoman-Russia in the Ablekuma Central Constituency following a heavy downpour Monday. The deceased, Emmanuel Kotey Neequaye is reported...

Charlotte Osei et al must resign – Peace Council

The Chairman of the National Peace Council, Most Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante is calling on all the commissioners at the Electoral Commission (EC) led...

Hot Audio: Samproso school disowns 6 yr-old boy after losing legs

Teachers at Samproso SDA school in the Ashanti region say they cannot be blamed for the accident of six-year-old Peter Mensah. According to them, the...

‘Gabby Adu-Gyamfi is a certified Road Safety Ambassador’

The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) has clarified that Gabby Adu-Gyamfi is a recognized and approved Ambassador of the Commission. The clarification, according to the...

I feel happy Atta Mills is in heaven looking down on us – Mahama

The President John Dramani Mahama has stated that the late President John Evans Atta Mills ‘is in heaven looking down on us’. Today marks the...

PHOTOS: 4 dead, 15 trapped in galamsey pit in Asante Akyem

Four bodies have been retrieved from a galamsey pit at Pentransa in the Asante Akyem Central Municipality in the Ashanti Region. The illegal mining pit...

Ghana remembers Atta Mills

A ceremony is expected to be held today in Accra to mark the fifth anniversary of the demise of former President John Evans Atta...

GRA clears Agambire, re-opens his office

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has removed the wanted tag on Roland Agambire and has also re-opened his locked office for business. The office of...

PHOTO: Kofi Adjorlolo, Osu Mantse honoured in Liberia

Kofi Adjorlolo and the Osu Mantse in Accra, Nii Okwe Kinka Dowoana VI, who is also President of Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs...

Photos: Police volley ball team involved in accident, two injured

Two people including a police man sustained injuries when the police vehicle carrying volley ball team collided with a Kia vehicle Sunday. According to reports,...

Government settles GH¢539 million NHIS debt

The government has paid GH¢539 million out of the GH¢1.2 billion debt it owes creditors of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) from January...