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Scores injured in gas explosion in Takoradi

There has been a gas explosion in Takoradi in the Western Region.Twenty five to thirty persons are said to have sustained varied degrees of...

137 fishermen arrested in Accra

A total of 137 fishermen have been arrested at Prampram in the Ningo-Prampram District in the Greater Accra Region for engaging in illegal fishing...

Hot AUDIO: Captain Smart, BT Baba clash over galamsey

It was fireworks on Adom FM’s Morning Show on Monday morning when host of the show, Captain Smart interviewed Member of Parliament for Talensi,...

MoFA ‘cheap cars’ auctioneer risks losing license

The auctioneer involved in the irregular auctioning of 24 vehicles at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) risks losing his licence or being suspended...

Upper East Regional Minister to sue Bugri Naabu over false accusation

The Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari has served notice that he’ll sue his fellow party member and Northern Regional Chairman of the governing...

We’ll resolve your issues next week – MoH to allied health professionals

Deputy Minister of Health Tina Mensah has assured members of the Coalition of Bonded Unposted Allied Health Professionals that government will address issues concerning...

GAF is not involved in ‘galamsey’- Col Aggrey Quarshie

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has denied claims that its officers are involved in galamsey activities in some parts of the country as stated...

Arrest of powerful Chinese galamsey woman; blow-by-blow account

A harmless revelation on Joy FM's Newsfile programme about how a powerful Chinese woman, blackmailed Ghana's top politicians and security officers with sex tapes...

708 killed within four months in road accident

Statistics from the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) indicates that a total of 708 people killed while 3,983 got injured in 4,049 road accidents...

Audio: Gov’t owes school feeding caterers GHC 165m

Government is indebted to caterers rendering services under the Ghana National School Feeding Programme (GNSFP) to the tune of GHc165 million.Public Relations Officer of...

Avoid early sex to prevent cervical cancer

Dr Shimaila Ibrahim medical doctor in charge of the Daboase Ahmadiyya Hospital has entreated young ladies, especially teenagers to desist from engaging in early...

Drunkards strike, bare teeth at FDA over Adonko ban

Alcohol abusers in Ghana are currently on strike and have vouched to demonstrate against the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) if they fail to...

Angry Akyem Abuakwa chiefs storm BNI offices over Galamsey report

All the chiefs in Akyem Abuakwa in the Eastern Region are getting ready to visit the offices of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI)...

We’ll accept judgment on Ivory Coast maritime dispute – Nana Addo

President Akufo-Addo has suggested that Ghana is ready to accept any ruling by the Tribunal for the International Law of the Sea over the...

Who’ll be next chief Justice?

After 47 years of public service, the Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood, will retire on June 8, 2017, and two names remain in the...

‘BNI galamsey report an attempt at denigrating Okyenhene’

The secretary for the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council has accused the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and the National Security of being on a...

Ghanaian man attacked on horror date in Australia

A young man is in hospital after being viciously stabbed in an ambush by a woman he met online.The attacker and two of her...

Ga ban on drumming, noise-making starts Monday

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly has announced a ban on drumming and noise making. The ban takes effect from May 8 and ends on June...

DOVVSU advises women against providing dowry

Women have been advised to stop the practice of providing dowry for men to present to their (women) parents as bride price to marry...

Why I chose my sister as Asantehemaa

Nana Konadu Yiadom III, has officially been outdoored as the new Asantehemaa, succeeding Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II who passed on last year.The...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: Aboakyir Festival 2017

The Aboakyir festival is a bushbuck hunting festival celebrated by the people of Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana.The name ‘'Aboakyire’ translates as...

First Lady, Multimedia Group commended for KATH project

A principal of the Jackson Educational Complex has commended the First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo for her commitment to ensuring better health care delivery...

Clans in Winneba Celebrate Aboakyir in Grand Style

With respect to the customs of the people in Winneba, during the Aboakyir festival, two different clans are arrayed into the forest to capture...

Prof Badu Akosa installed chief

Renowned pathologist, Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa has been installed a chief of Kwahu-Abene in the Eastern region.He succeeds Snr. Daasebre Akuamoah Boateng. His stool...

Photos: Taxi driver killed in gory accident

A taxi driver known as Atopa died in a head-on collision with a commercial bus on the Techiman - Tamale highway in the Brong...

Nana Akufo-Addo honoured in Cote d’Ivoire

The President of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, on Friday, May 5, 2017, decorated Ghana's President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo with his...

Galamsey findings citing Okyehene’s palace mischievous – Lawyer

Lawyer for Okyehene, Osagyefo Amotia Ofori Panyin, has criticised an intercepted National Security report that says the paramount chief’s palace is perceived to be...

Former MASLOC CEO Sedinam Tamakloe to face EOCO Monday

A Former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedinam Tamakloe Attionu, is to appear before the Economic and Organized...

Salaga North residents clamor for police protection after robbery attacks

Residents of Salaga North constituency in the Northern Region are in dire need of police protection following recent armed robbery attacks there which have...

Ghanaian peacekeepers praised by UN for foiling attack in South Sudan

Ghanaian peacekeepers have been praised by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) for foiling an attack at a United Nations (UN) protection...

Riot in Kwahu-Abene over enstoolment of Prof. Badu Akosa as Chief

There is tension at Kwahu-Abene following the installment of renowned Pathologist Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa as Chief of the town which is the royal...

Asantehene turns 67

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II today, Saturday 6 May, turned 67.The overlord of Asante has been King since 26 April 1999 following the death...

Audio: I will retire in four weeks – Chief Justice

The Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood on Friday May 5, 2017 announced that she will retire in the next four weeks with a promise...

National Security galamsey report against me is fallacy- BT Baba

Member of Parliament for Talensi BT Baba has debunked a national security confidential report accusing him of illegally owning and mining in the Upper...

Chiefs, politicians, others cited in BNI report on galamsey

Some chiefs and political figures in the country have been cited in a report by the Bureau of National Investigations for involvement in illegal...

Family fight Ridge Hospital over missing corpse

The mortuary block of the Ridge Hospital was a scene to behold when grief-stricken family vent their spleen on the mortuary attendants over their...

Science Communication requires collaboration-Director of UNU-INRA

The United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa ( UNU-INRA), the United Nations University Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation...

Chereponi DCE nominee confirmed

The Northern Regional Minister Hon. Salifu Saeed has swear Mr Tahidu Abdul Razak in as District chief executive (DCE) for Chereponi District after all...

Audio: Akatsi chiefs to demonstrate against doctors over death of teacher

Chiefs and people of Akatsi in the Volta Region have threatened to stage a massive demonstration against doctors of Akatsi District Hospital in the...

Chiefs, politicians, others cited in BNI report on galamsey

Some chiefs and political figures in the country have been cited in a report by the Bureau of National Investigations for involvement in illegal...