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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...

Armed fishermen attack taskforce on sea

A group of fishermen from Akplabanya and its environs in the Ada West in the Greater Accra Region on Monday dawn allegedly attacked members...

US Embassy clears air on visas

Ghana’s three living former presidents would not have to queue up with fellow citizens seeking American visas for non-official purposes.This is according to Press...

Armed fishermen attack taskforce on sea

A group of fishermen from Akplabanya and its environs in the Ada West in the Greater Accra Region on Monday dawn allegedly attacked members...

Narcotics use highest in La Dade-Kotopon Municipality

The La Dade-Kotopon Municipality has been identified by the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) as having the highest prevalence rate of narcotics use in the...

Hot audio: We are now aggressive marketers – Popular fetish priest

Popular fetish priest has mounted a spirited defense against attempts to ban them from advertising on television, radio and social media.According to Nana Agradaa,...

Regent of Dagbon appeal for completion of Tamale International Airport

The Regent of Dagbon, Kampakuya Naa Andani Yakubu Abdulai has appealed to government to complete the construction of the second phase of the Tamale...

Akufo-Addo can make a huge difference for Africa – Kenneth Kaunda

The first President of independent Zambia has urged the President Nana Akufo-Addo to continue to shine the torch of Africa, and help deliver the...

Ghana needs political will and leadership to fight corruption

Madam Gloria Afua Akuffo, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, on Tuesday, said the establishment of the Office of the Special Prosecutor is a...

Law Student dares Akufo-Addo to return Gitmo detainees

President of the Students Representative Council at the Ghana School of Law is daring President Akufo-Addo to return the two ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees who...

Hot Audio: Police ordered to arrest  Assin Dansamea chief

The Assin North Municipal Chief Executive, Nicholas Fifi Baako has directed the Assin Fosu Divisional Police Command to immediately arrest the Chief of Assin...

No plastic eggs on Ghanaian market – FDA

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has assured Ghanaians there are no plastic eggs on the market.The assurance comes days after the regulator also...

2 die in police station protest

Two young men from Yorogo, a suburb of the Bolgatanga Municipality, lost their lives as a result of gunshot wounds they sustained during a...

‘Set up a national fund to campaign against drug abuse’

The Executive Director of Creg Afful Foundation (CAF), a Tema-based anti-narcotics organisation, is advocating for the establishment of a national fund to campaign against...

Photos+Audio: 4 dead in Winneba accident

Four (4) people have been confirmed dead in a fatal accident on the Winneba – Cape Coast highway in the Central region.Nine others who...

Dog chews 6-yr-old boy to death

Residents of New Amanful, a fishing community in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region, were dumbfounded when news broke that a six-year-old...

Revealed: Assin Dansame corpse was exhumed over GHC 500 debt (PHOTOS + VIDEO)

The Chief of Assin Dansame, Okofo Twum Berimah IV, has revealed that he ordered the exhumation of a corpse buried at the public cemetery...

Government yet to clear Accra Psychiatric Hospital’s 3-year debt

Almost a year after the government released about GHc 500,000 to offset part of a GHc4 million debt owed suppliers of the Accra Psychiatric...

Foreign prostitutes invade Ashanti – Minister

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has raised concerns about the invasion of the region by foreign sex workers.He also cited the activities...

Why rotten plantain used to prepare ‘kakro’ can give you cancer

A former dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Ghana, Legon, Professor George Tawia Odamtten has cautioned the public against eating...

Small scale miner in court for assaulting lover

A small scale miner, Quashie Dzumako, has appeared before the Tarkwa Circuit Court for unlawfully causing harm to his lover Sabina Aba Arthur.The accused...

We can’t fight fire above 5 floors – GNFS

The Ghana National Fire Service is currently incapable of dealing with fires in high-rise buildings.The modern equipment of the service cannot fight fires beyond...

Bawumia, wife mark Eid Mubarak with children’s home, Accra Psychiatric visit

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has marked this year’s Eid Mubarak with a visit to the Osu Children’s Home and other facilities.The Vice Pesident...

Hot audio+photos: Drama as body buried exhumed

A body of a man buried on Saturday on a disputed piece of land in Assin Dansame was on Monday June 26, 2017 exhumed...

Audio: Akufo-Addo announces prosperity for Zongo communities

President Akufo-Addo has announced consultations are under way with Zongo communities across the country to map out strategies to ensure development of those areas.The...

Agona East MP gives to Muslims

Queenstar Pokuah Sawyerr, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Agona East has donated  to Muslims in the constituency.Muslims from various communities of the constituency...

Police Service announces security plans for Edul Mubarack holiday

For a smooth celebration of this year’s Edul Mubarack holiday the Ghana police service says it has outlined some plans to ensure that the...

NDC wishes Muslims well at Eid ul-Fitr festival

The Greater Accra Regional branch of the National Democratic Congress released a press statement extending their fraternal greetings of peace and blessings to all...

Sir John urges Muslims to uphold the principles of Islam

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and now Chief Executive Officer of Forestry Commission Lawyer Kwadwo Owusu...

Hot audio: Chinese loan wont affect galamsey fight – Bawumia

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says 15 billion dollar financial partnership entered between Ghana and China will not affect the government’s fight on illegal...

Continue to intercede for Ghana – Rawlings’ to Muslims

The family of former President Jerry John Rawlings has congratulated the Muslim community for successfully ending their month-long fasting.The Rawlings’ in a statement Sunday...

10 killed 8 injured in fatal accident at Bole

Ten people have been reportedly killed and eight in critical condition in a gory accident at Tinga in Bole Bamboi district of the Northern...

EID MUBARAK to all Ghanaians – Amankwa Sarfo

On the occasion of the celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr, to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan dedicated mainly to fasting, prayer and...

Muslim youth advised to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in moderation

The Executive Secretary of the Brong-Ahafo Regional Council of Zongo Chiefs, Mr Jascot Hawkins Alhasan has warned Muslim youth to celebrate the Ramadan in...

PHOTOS: Angry mourners dump coffin at Police Station

Just one tragedy involving a mortuary man and a young man in the Upper East region has led to multiple catastrophes, turning the regional...

Don’t bow to US pressure on Gitmo 2 – Antwi-Danso

International Relations Analyst, Dr. Vladimir Antwi-Danso, believes government must be resolute in whatever decision it takes on the continuous stay of the two former...

Excessive smoke killing us – Kpone residents

Residents of Kpone in the Greater Accra region are complaining of ‘excess poisonous smoke’ from industries at the Free Zones enclave.The residents in an...

Road Safety Director under police grip over tow levy concept

A director at the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) is under interrogation at the police headquarters in connection with the mandatory tow levy concept.The...