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Soldiers protecting Galamsey operators – Amewu

The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu has accused sections of the Ghana Armed Forces High command of providing cover for galamsey...

All set for Adom FM’s ‘Fabewoso’ demonstration

All is set for the first-ever media personnel organised demonstration against corruption in the country.The 'fabewoso' demonstration which is being organised by the host...

Front pages: Tuesday, May 23, 2017

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Angry Youth attack Tema Newtown police station

Armed police personnel have been deployed to Tema Newtown over an attack on the police station there by angry youth.The youth pelted the police...

Prison Rights would be improved – Chief Justice

The Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood says “she will use her ‘legitimate powers’ after retirement to improve on prison rights in the country.”“I...

Video+Hot audio: Pastor, fetish priest clash over juju money

A fetish priest is living in fear following a threat by a popular man of God to end his life.Okomfo Danso who lives in...

Teenage pregnancy declines in Ashanti

Teenage pregnancy is on a downward trend in the Ashanti Region as the various interventions and intense public education campaign begin to show positive...

President Akufo-Addo assures alternative source of livelihood for galamseyers

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has indicated that his government was identifying alternative sources of livelihood for persons involved in illegal mining activities, popularly...

Anas to be presented with exceptional Journalist Award

Renowned Ghanaian investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, will be honoured with the GUBA 2017 Black Star Award for Exceptional Journalists at the Intercontinental Hotel...

Hot audio: Some of Akufo-Addo appointees are corrupt – Prof. Martey

Controversial Christian leader Very Rev Prof. Emanuel Martey says some appointees in the NPP government are corrupt.Speaking on the sidelines of the commissioning of...

PHOTOS: 2 fake soldiers arrested 

The Kasoa Divisional Police Command has arrested two men for posing as military men and brutalizing residents of Gomoa Amanda in the Gomoa East...

Audio: Nkonya residents want curfew hours reviewed

Residents of both Nkonya and Alavanyo townships in the Volta region are appealing to government to take a second look at the curfew hours...

15 ‘corrupt’ customs officers fired

Officers of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) have been interdicted for allegedly causing a huge financial loss to the state.The...

Girl, 16 dies after committing abortion

A 16 year-old girl has died after attempting to commit abortion in the Bekwai district of the Ashanti region.Akos, was believed to be carrying...

Front pages: Monday, May 22, 2017

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Asantehene directs chiefs to release lands for government’s ‘1-district, 1-factory’

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has asked chiefs in the Ashanti Region to release portions of land to support the government’s ‘One District,...

NHIS to pay service providers today

The National Health Insurance service providers who are owed by the Authority will begin getting their monies today.This is according to the new Chief...

Give us our own ministry – Prisons

The Ghana Prisons Service is pushing for the creation of a separate ministry to take care of the Service and also tackle challenges confronting...

Prohibit women under 30 from going to Middle East- Lawyer proposes

A private legal practitioner, John Kwame Quayeson is urging the government to consider placing an embargo on women under age 30, from seeking greener...

NHIA to clear 2 months debt arrears, Monday

The National Health Insurance Authority is set to pay two months of outstanding arrears owed service providers by the authority.The new Chief Executive Officer...

Hot audio: Marrying older women better than young ladies – Gabriel Ansah

If you have fallen in love with a woman and later realized that she is older than you, in fact, you must celebrate because...

Curfew on Nkonya, Alavanyo over renewed clashes

Government has renewed the curfew hours imposed on Alanavyo and Nkonya Townships from 8pm to 5:30am effective Sunday, May 21. 2017.The latest move by...

Prison Rights would be improved ­ – Chief Justice

The Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood says “she will use her ‘legitimate powers’ after retirement to improve on prison rights in the country.”“I...

Galamsey queen exposed

An aide to Aisha Huang, the Chinese lady believed to be an illegal mining queen in the country, has made shocking revelations about her...

Christopher Opoku to be buried on July 15

Christopher Opoku, the beloved Ghanaian broadcaster who passed away earlier this month will be buried on Saturday, 15th July, 2017.He died on Wednesday,...

PURC to intervene in Akosombo ECG meter brouhaha – VRA

Volta River Authority (VRA) says Public Utility and Regulatory Commission (PURC) will be needed to help find a lasting solution to several meter complaints...

Woman shot dead at Alavanyo

A 62-year-old woman has been shot dead at Alavanyo in the Volta region Friday in the wake of the frosty relationship existing between the...

US Embassy’s 2-year debt to ECG incorrect – Kofi Bentil

The Vice President of IMANI-Ghana has described as misleading the claim that the Electricity Company of Ghana has refused to redeem debts owed it...

FDA destroyes confiscated unwholesome goods in the Eastern Region

The Eastern Regional branch of the Food and Drugs Authority have destroyed 3 tonnes of unwholesome confiscated goods at Koforidua in the Eastern Region.The...

Hundreds of Ghanaian US-deportees expected in days

More charter planes will be arriving in Ghana in days with Ghanaians deported from the United States of America, according to the US Ambassador...

GJA elections in limbo again

A frontrunner in the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) presidential contest Lloyd Evans has challenged the decision to re-open nominations after the Elections Dispute Adjudication...

12-year-old pupil drowns in Koforidua

Mustapha Sherif, a 12-year-old pupil of Sarkodie M/A Primary School in the New Juaben Municipality in the Eastern Region died through drowning.The deceased who...

Hot Audio: Owusu Bempah predicts death of Presby Moderator

Founder and leader of the Glorious Word Ministry International, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah has prophesied the death of the Moderator of the General Assembly...

Caterer remanded over anal sex

A 41-year old caterer, who is accused of having anal sex with his 15 year old nephew for the past two years at Adabraka,...

Audio+Photos: Fake abortion doctor arrested

Police at La in Accra have arrested a man masquerading as a medical doctor and performing abortion on unsuspecting women at Bukom in the...

Massive corruption at Ports

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia believes that there must be something juicy at the ports of the country that almost everybody who comes to...

PHOTO: Freddie Blay led seven-member GNPC Board inaugurated

The seven-member GNPC Board chaired by the Acting National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Freddie Blay, has been inaugurated by the Minister of...

Tema boys chewing rabbit grass to enlarge their manhood

Some youth in Tema Manhean have resorted to the chewing of ‘rabbit grass’ to enlarge their manhood in a bid to engage in “satisfactory”...

Dr Felix Anyah appointed CEO of Korle-bu Teaching Hospital

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Holy Trinity Medical Centre, Dr Felix Anyah, has been appointed as the acting CEO of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.The...

Shake-up hits Immigration Serivce

45 senior officers of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) have been transferred.They include two Deputy Commissioners of Immigration (DCOI), two Assistant Commissioners of Immigration...