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Judge urges out-of-court-settlement in GJA election crisis

An Accra High Court has adjourned the hearing of a motion on whether to strike out the reliefs sought against the Ghana Journalists Association...

Police confirms shooting of two men at Lapaz

Police have confirmed one officer has died after he was shot at close range by robbers at a popular joint called Las Palmas at...

PHOTOS: Mahama receives Ada chiefs

A delegation of chiefs and opinion leaders from the Ada Traditional Area have called on former President John Dramani Mahama to inform and invite...

Seek the welfare of Ghanaian immigrants in Middle East – Ambassador told

The Middle East branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has congratulated Sheikh T.B Damba on his appointment as the new Ambassador for Saudi...

Four persons arrested for dumping refuse on road

Four culprits arrested for dumping refuse along the Madina-Aburi road have been fined GHC 300 each by the Madina Magistrate court. They are Ayittey Sawey,...

Stop begging for alms by the roadside – Road Safety Ambassador tells persons with deformity

The National Road Safety Ambassador, Gabby Adu Gyamfi has appealed to persons who have suffered some form of deformity from road crashes to stop...

Odartey Lamptey’s ex-wife files appeal over divorce verdict

The ex-wife of former Ghanaian international footballer, Nii Odartey Lamptey, Gloria Appiah has filed for an appeal over recent court verdict, Kasapa Sports can...

Ashanti Regional Minister donates GHC10, 000 to Asante Kotoko

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah has made a cash donation to Kumasi Asante Kotoko after the team’s fatal accident. The Minister gave the team...

PHOTOS: Armed robbers shoot policeman; snatch car at Lapaz

Two suspected armed robbers have reportedly shot a police officer who led a team to stop their robbery operations at Lapaz near popular restaurant,...

PHOTOS: First Lady donates to schools for deaf and blind

First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo has donated various food items, furniture and sanitary products to school for the Deaf and and Blind at Mampong...

PHOTO: Kotoko coach breaks neck in fatal accident

Asante Kotoko head coach Steve Polack is currently in a neck brace after the club’s team bus conveying players and officials of the club...

Asantehene rewards Prempeh College team, teachers for 2017 NSMQ triumph

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has announced an education support package for the contestants that clinched a victory for Prempeh College in the just...

Soldiers, police to chase night ‘galamseyers’, others – Amewu

The Lands and Natural Resources Ministry has said it will deploy a combined team of military and police personnel to illegal mining areas to...

Galamsey queen trial: Chinese interpreter rejected

The search for a Chinese interpreter has once again left the trial of Asian Huang, known popularly as the Chinese galamsey queen, and four...

Veep advocates non-custodial sentence to decongest prisons

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is advocating for non-custodial sentencing to decongest Ghana’s prisons. Non-custodial sentencing is a sentence given by a court of law...

Ghana’s beaches threatened as over 5m people continue to defecate

Ghana’s beaches are under threat from its citizens that if nothing is done to salvage the situation, lives might be lost at the end....

Pantang workers resolve to return to work after Health Minister's intervention

Striking workers at the Pantang Psychiatric hospital have resolved to return to work following the intervention of the Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang Manu. The minister...

Africa lacks leadership that can build public sector – Kufuor

Africa lacks the leadership that can help build a strong public sector, which will stimulate the private sector for the continent's socio-economic development, former...

PHOTO: 21-yr-old boy commits suicide, leaves love note for girlfriend

A 21-year-old boy has allegedly committed suicide at Tweemu, a fishing community near Moree in the Central Region. It is unclear what caused Felix Dorde,...

Police officer commits suicide in Kumasi

A police officer at the Central Police Station, Kumasi, has shot killed dead. The Policeman identified as Corporal Ebenezer Okyere was said to have shot...

Video: Deputy Trade Minister calls investors ‘whiners’, gets a fitting response

Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Robert Ahomka-Lindsay last week told diasporans to stop ‘whining’ about things not working in Ghana. “Nobody likes whiners, people...

152 killed in road accidents in first half of 2017 in Ashanti Region

One hundred and fifty two (152) people have been killed in the Ashanti region through road accidents in the first half of this year. The...

Pantang staff demonstrate today

Striking staff of the Pantang Psychiatric Hospital are set to hit the streets today, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 to protest against what they say...

Alligator hounds Berekum residents

An alligator has been found lurking at a home in Berekum Dominase electoral area in the Brong Ahafo region on Tuesday, July 11 2017. Even...

Prison Service to recruit 1,000 officers to enhance reformation

Government has given approval to the Ghana Prison Service to recruit 1,000 officers to enhance its performance so as to meet the international best...

Israeli detective uncovered ‘spying’ device – Lands Ministry PRO

It has emerged that, the secret audiovisual recording device planted at the Lands and Natural Resource Minister’s office was discovered by an Israeli national...

Six ‘galamseyers’ arrested at Ayiem

Six persons who were involved in illegal small scale mining at Ayiem, a farming community in the Mpohor District of the western region, have...

Audio: Fear grips staff of Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources over ‘spying’ device

Staff of Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources are living in fear following a secret audio/visual recording device which was found in the office...

Bunkpurugu residents plead for district hospital

Residents of Bunkpurugu in the Bunkpurugu Yunyoo District of the Northern region are appealing to government for a district hospital following the increase in...

PHOTOS: Missing state vehicle retrieved at Ashaiman

The Chief of Staff’s task force set up to retrieve missing vehicles state vehicles has retrieved one of the missing V8 vehicles from Ashaiman...

Ashaiman traders to demonstrate over poor condition of market

Traders in the Ashaiman main market have threatened to demonstrate against the Ashaiman Municipal Assembly (ASHMA) over the poor condition of the market. The traders,...

I installed 'spying' device in galamsey minister’s office – Mahama Minister

A former Minister under the erstwhile Mahama administration has admitted that he was indeed the one who installed the audiovisual devices at the office...

Front pages: Tuesday, July 11, 2017

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Another mining disaster looms

Barely a week after the country was hit by one of its worst mining disasters at Prestea-Nsuta in the Western Region, Today can report...

I’m not deterred by ‘spying’ device – Amewu

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has said he is not deterred in his fight against illegal mining, following the...

Chief, 13 others granted bail for exhuming corpse

A District Court in Assin Fosu in the Central region presided over by His Lordship Samuel Ntim Jnr has granted bail to the Chief...

Hot Audio: Good Samaritan accused of using baby's placenta for rituals

A 35-year-old man is accusing a female neighbour of casting a spell on his baby after escorting his laboring wife to hospital to give...

I put my presidency on the line for galamsey fight- Akufo-Addo

The president, Nana Akufo-Addo has put his presidency on the line with a commitment to end the illegal small scale mining popularly called galamsey...

Pregnant prostitute gets international attention after Nhyira FM expose

Radio, indeed, gets results. A story told on Nhyira FM’s 'Wiase Mu Nsɛm' programme and later published extensively on Adom Kasiɛbo and Adomonline on...

Tamale in darkness as residents attack NEDCO staff

Several communities in the Tamale metropolis are likely to be in total darkness for a very longtime. This follows attacks on some workers of the...