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We will protect Akosombo Dam from galamseyers

Director of the Akosombo Hydro Generating Station, Richard Oppong Mensah, has assured that robust measures are in place to bar illegal miners (Galamseyers) from...

US government pleased with ECG ‘privatization’ processes so far – Ambassador

The US Government has told Citi Business News everything is on track for the private sector participation in the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG)...

Suspected thief, 19, escapes lynching

A 19-year-old suspect escaped lynching by the skin of his teeth at the Wa Central lorry station in the Upper West Region (UWR) when...

Fmr. AUCC WOCOM Fafali Nyonator attends 4th AU 'HLP on GEWE'

After her successful participation in the 30th GIMAC Conference, and as part of her schedule, Ms Fafali Nyonator also attended the 55-soverign AU assembly...

Maj. Mahama murder: President applauds professionalism and discipline of Armed Forces

President Nana Akufo-Addo has commended the professional manner with which the Ghana Armed Forced handled the situation involving the callous murder of Major Maxwell...

Hot audio: Queen mother suspends market women

Six market women has been suspended for flouting a law about the sale of plantain at Ahafo Hwidiem in the Brong Ahafo region.According to...

Audio: Highway Authority demolishes houses at Kasoa to make way for new road

Houses in and around Kasoa in the Central Region are being demolished to pave way for the construction of a new road on the...

8 feared dead in boat accident on Bui Reservoir

At least eight people cannot be accounted for after a boat in which they were travelling on capsized in the reservoir of the Bui...

I have not resigned – BOST MD

The Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transport, Alfred Obeng Boateng has not resigned.Spokesperson of BOST, Nana Akua Adubea confirmed on Asempa...

Prempeh to present NSMQ trophy to Otumfuo

The headmaster of Prempeh College, Samuel Fordjour, has said that winners of National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) 2017 will be presenting their trophy to...

Hot Audio: I didn’t over dress – Adisco Headmaster

Headmaster of Adisadel College, William Kusi-Yeboah says his costume for the grand finale of the 2017 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) at the...

Hot Audio: We didn’t steal quiz mistress’ handbag- Adisco Headmaster

The Headmaster of Adisadel College, William Kusi-Yeboah has debunked rumours on socail media that students from his school 'stole' the handbag of the quiz...

Teacher abuses 13-year-old girl

A teacher at Dimona Divine Junior High School at Santa Maria in the Greater Region, Pious Ocloo has been accused of abusing a 13-year...

JB murder trial adjourned

The prosecution in the case involving two persons allegedly involved in the murder of the late J. B. Danquah Adu, Member of Parliament (MP)...

197 BRT buses idle – Only 48 on road, as routes not ready

One hundred and ninety-seven out of the 245 Aayalolo buses imported into the country for the Quality Bus System (QBS) have remained idle since...

VIDEO: Taifa residents use ‘Pure Water’ to quench fire in a house 

Taifa residents use 'Pure Water' to quench fire in a house

Nungua performs rite towards Homowo

Numo Borketey Laweh, the Nungua Gborbu Wolomo and the Overlord of Ga-Dangme State has performed the Nungua “Klejo” to pave way for the celebration...

Seventh student dies in 4 months at KUMACA

The death of another student at the Kumasi Academy on Wednesday has heightened tension among parents and fear among the students.The death of Seedock...

Ghana produces 1.7 billion tonnes of waste annually

A research fellow, Urban Planning, UN Development and Programme, Ms Heather Troutman, says Ghana produces 1.7 million tonnes of plastic waste annually, which could...

Mahama lynching: Catholic Church holds Mass over unholy act of Denkyira-Obuasi

The Catholic Church in the Central region has held an historic mass at Denkyira- Obuasi in the Central region in relation to the slain...

Send Gitmo 2 back to US – Catholic Bishops

The Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference has reiterated calls for the government to send back the two Guantanamo Bay detainees currently being hosted to the...

Vice President advocates positive discrimination for PWDs

Government is undertaking positive discrimination in favour of women, youth and persons with disabilities (PWDs), as part of measures to enhance their sources of...

Audio: Fear grips Asensesu residents after military attack

Residents of Asesensu, a farming community in the Wassa Amenfi East District of the Western region have been forced to hold a vigil for...

Ghanaians are friendly but not efficient

‘’One thing everybody wants and needs in this world is FRIENDLINESS’’ - William E. Holler. Before you start getting heated up if you are a...

Major Mahama’s family visits Denkyira Obuasi lynching site

The family of the late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama has visited Denkyira Obuasi to see where the Army officer was killed one month ago.Among...

Woman ‘kills’ husband; locks up body for 3 days

The Police in Akyem Old Tafo in the Eastern region is hunting for a woman who allegedly poisoned her husband to death.The woman, after...

Broken down vehicles kill 22

About 22 people have lost their lives in three separate accidents within the last five days reportedly due to broken down vehicles.Available statistics indicates...

Teachers, lawyers impregnating teenagers in Central Region – MPs

Members of Parliament (MPs) have bemoaned the increasing spate of teenage pregnancy among some students by their teachers and other professionals including lawyers and...

Ghana’s population rate not to influence world statistics in 2050 – UN report

Ghana will definitely not be part of African countries with high population rates come 2050.This is according to a report by the United Nations...

We can’t stop fake products from coming to Ghana – FDA

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Mrs. Delese Mimi Darko, has said it would be impossible for Ghana...

Rabid dog kills four-year-old boy in Western Region

A four-year-old boy has died of human rabies at the Tarkwa Nsueam Municipal Hospital in the Western Region.Benard Bentum was attacked a month and...

Hot audio: Trotro drivers save journalist from lynching

A Journalist with Kumasi-based Otec FM in the Ashanti region has escaped death following the timely intervention of some trotro drivers.The victim, Isaac Nsiah...

Photos+Hot audio: ‘Immigration officers keeping stowaway girls as sex slaves’

Some Immigration officers in the Central region are reportedly keeping ladies who were arrested attempting to leave Ghana to Saudi Arabia as sex slaves.The...

Fireman caught having sex with a woman in a fire engine

A photo of a couple having sex in a fire engine has sparked outrage and led to an investigation to find the culprits. In...

PHOTO: Two teenagers arrested with 30 parcels of ‘wee’

Two teenagers are in the grips of the Eastern Regional Police Command for possessing narcotic substances, believed to be marijuana.The two, Evelyn Adade Korkor,...

Energy Ministry set up Committee to investigate BOST contaminated oil saga

The Ministry is Energy has set up an eight member committee to investigate the over 5 million litres of contaminated oil sold to Zupoil.This...

VIDEO + PHOTOS: Ghanaian engineering student drowns in America

A Ghanaian undergraduate student, Francis Manu, at Colorado School of Mines (CSM), USA passed on Wednesday, June 21, during the school's organized field session.He...

PHOTOS: Collapsed storey building kills one in Techiman

One person was confirmed dead on Wednesday after a storey building under construction collapsed in Techiman.The structure which is part of several construction projects...

Ghana ranked 3rd highest cocaine transit point in Africa

Ghana has been ranked the third cocaine transit destination in Africa behind Nigeria and South Africa respectively.According to the 2016 World Drug Report by...

Kumasi: Boy, 15, shot dead during Eid-Ul-Fitr celebration

A 15-year old boy, was shot in the head by unknown assailants on Tuesday night at an event to mark the Eid-Ul-Fitr in Kumasi.Unconfirmed...