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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...

Halt occultism in schools – Psychotherapist

A clinical psychotherapist has called on management of educational institutions to take bold measures to halt occultism practices on school campuses.The Very Reverend Father...

Gov’t approves $3m for Yendi Water Project

The Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has assured the chiefs and people of Dagbon that the perennial water crisis in Yendi will soon be...

Photos: 20-year old girl pounds fufu to save GH₵50 for WASSCE

With poverty appearing to be as permanent as her tribal marks, it would be okay for the 20-year old to roll over and remain...

Small Scale miners threaten ‘All die be die demo’

Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners says is warning of a massive demonstration against government over the ban on mining.The demo dubbed: ‘All die...

Update: Two dispatch riders in Bawumia’s convoy involved in accident

Two of Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia’s dispatch riders has reportedly been involved in an accident Thursday.According to reports, the rider crashed into a Nissan...

GBA condemns discharge of Delta Force suspects

The Ghana Bar Association says it is a big threat to the rule of law if members of the vigilante group who assaulted a...

Ghana School of Law students boycott exam over mix-up

Students of the Ghana School of Law Thursday morning boycotted a paper they were supposed to write in protest against a mix-up in the...

PHOTOS: Labadi Beach Hotel staff on sit down strike

The workers of Labadi Beach Hotel have embarked on a sit-down strike over what they describe as poor salaries and conditions of service.Chairman for the...

Hot Audio+Photos: Tema Port Expansion Project Workers protest against poor working condition

Workers undertaking Tema Port Expansion Project are protesting what they described as poor conditions of service.The workers therefore held a demonstration Thursday morning against...

More Ghanaian deportees from US expected in coming weeks

More charter planes will be arriving in Ghana in the next few weeks with Ghanaians deported from the United States of America, according to...

Pastors caught up in sex blackmail

Two men believed to be leaders of a syndicate allegedly using images of sexual intercourse and videos to force their victims to pay a...

Husband burns house, poisons himself after quarrel

What started as a small quarrel between a couple at Kwesikrom in the Ahanta West District turned bad when the husband burned the belongings...

GIS hot over Aisha Huang leaked tape

Second-in-Command at the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) in the Ashanti Region, is in hot waters over a recording of a conversation between him and...

AG unaware of discontinuation of Delta 8 case – Gov’t

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice Gloria Akuffo is not aware of the decision to discontinue the case against the eight members of...

We’ll deal decisively with Aisha Huang despite threats – Amewu

The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu has said that his outfit determined to decisively apply the country’s laws against Chinese galamsey...

Ghana Bar Association expresses surprise over release of Delta 8

The Ghana Bar Association says it was shocked by the release of some eight members of pro-NPP vigilante group, Delta Force, who were being...

British High Commission fleecing Ghanaians – CPA

The Consumer Protection Agency (CPA) is calling on President Nana Akufo-Addo to take steps to ensure that “unfair” treatment meted out to Ghanaians who...

Hot Audio: Galamseyer invokes ‘Antoa Nyama’ on President Akufo-Addo

The man whose earthmoving equipment was torched by some angry youth at Abekoase in the Atiwa district of the Eastern Region has invoked the...

PHOTOS: One dead in Tamale gas explosion

One person has been killed in a gas explosion at Lamashegu Industrial area in Tamale in the Northern Region.The victim, according to Adom News’...

PHOTOS: Vehicle runs over family of six; two dead

Two persons were confirmed dead when a vehicle run over a family of six at Assin Juaso in the Central Region.An Infinity private car...

Audio: GAMLS threaten strike over release of health policy

The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) is threatening to strike if the Ministry of Health (MoH) does not make available to them...

AG drops case against Delta Force 8

The Attorney General (AG) has dropped the case against the eight members of the vigilante group, Delta Force, who were said to have aided...

Man boasts of killing wife

“I am satisfied that she is dead and I don’t regret killing her. Now the police can do whatever they want to do with...

Nana Yaa Jantuah resigns from PURC

The Director of Public Relations and External Affairs at the Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) Nana Yaa Jantuah has resigned over allegations of financial...

Charges against galamsey queen, 4 others ‘minor’ – OccupyGhana

Pressure group OccupyGhana has challenged the charges levelled against Asia Huang and four other Chinese illegal small-scale miners (galamseyers) by the Ghana Immigration Service...