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Video: Million cedi stadium that served Tony Yeboah, C.K. Akonnor now a maize farm

The once vibrant Nkawkaw Sports Stadium located at Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region is now a maize farm. The stadium served as playing grounds for football...

Baby survives thunder which struck mother, 10-yr-old brother to death

Two people have been struck to death by thunder at Sina, a farming community in the Daboya District of the Savanna Region. The two persons, a...

Lover cuts girl’s hand …over ‘Chale Wate’

There was pandemonium at Komfuor Nkwanta near Obuasi in the Adansi Akrofrom District when a 16-year old girl, had her wrist chopped off following a misunderstanding...

Video of how Bukom Banku knocked out opponent in 3rd round

Popular Ghanaian boxer, Braimah Kamoko (31-1 23 KOs) stopped his opponent, Rojhat Bilgetekin (10-18 9 KOs) to win his first fight outside Ghana. Bukom Banku as...

Photos: Ekow Ewusie makes grand return as he visits women of Abura Market, Cape Coast

Days after a supposed suspension of the New Patriotic Party's Central Regional 1st Vice Chairman, Horace Ekow Ewusie, was overturned, he has paid a...

Video: Kwame Nkrumah Circle traders find innovative way to punish thieves

As Ghana looks for innovative ways to deal with her many problems, some traders at Odo Rice, near the Kwame Nkrumah Circle have also found a...

Photos: Charles Bissue, Deputy Information Minister Dokua tie the knot

A presidential staffer Charles Cromwell Nanabanyin Onuawonto Bissue has tied the knot with 37-year old deputy Information minister Nana Ama Dokuaa Asiamah-Adjei who is also MP for Akuapem...

Two out of three Ghanaians injured in South Africa discharged – Dep. Foreign Affairs Minister

Two out of the three Ghanaians who were receiving medical attention for injuries from the xenophobic unrest, in South Africa have been discharged. The Ministry...

President Akufo-Addo consoles Zimbabwe on Robert Mugabe’s death

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has extended his sincere condolences to the Government and people of Zimbabwe, and to the...

Video: I felt unbearable pain after DNA test proved my 3 children were not mine – Odartey Lamptey

Former national youth star, Nii Odartey Lamptey has disclosed that he felt unbearable pain after a DNA test confirmed rumors that three children he...

Sniffer dogs deployed at KIA in new GRA search exercise

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), has embarked on a search exercise with the help of sniffer dogs at the Kotoka International Airport to screen...

Ghana National College 2005 Alumni holds reunion

The Nananom 2005 Old students of Ghana National College in Cape Coast on Saturday August 31, 2019 held a reunion to raise funds to...

Collapsing Sogakope bridge kills 5

At least five persons have died in crashes on the deteriorating Sogakope Bridge that spans the lower part of the Volta River. District Chief Executive...

GHIS builds Prime Meridian Monument at Somanya

The Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GHIS) has built a Prime Meridian Monument worth GHc 90,000.00 at Somanya in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the...

Police arrest 2 agitating on KNUST campus

Police in the Ashanti region has arrested two persons for agitating on the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology for the return of University Hall,...

Why not Ghana beyond corruption – Dutch Ambassador asks

Netherlands’ Ambassador to Ghana, Ron Strikker, has asked the Government of Ghana to pursue a policy of “Ghana beyond corruption.” He said this in...

Let ‘cop killers’ face firing squad – Irbard Ibrahim

Executive Director of Irbard Security Consult, Irbard Ibrahim, has called for death penalty for Eric Kojo Dua, the suspected murderer of two police officers...

SA xenophobic attacks influenced by apartheid mentality – Antwi-Danso

Dean of the Ghana Armed Forces and Staff Command College, Dr Vladmir Antwi-Danso, has attributed the xenophobic attacks by South Africans (SA) against other...

Commonwealth Office, partners resolve to fight kidnapping, terrorism

Partners at the just ended Commonwealth Speaker Series are urging government to find solutions to poverty, youth unemployment, lack of inclusivity which are the...

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe ex-president, dies aged 95

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's first post-independence leader, has died aged 95. He died after battling ill health, his family confirmed to the BBC. Mr Mugabe had...

Audio: Asiedu Nketia chokes on NDC campaign message for 2020

Barely a year to the 2020 elections, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is yet to come out with its policies to govern the...

Listen: How my grandfather defiled me – Girl, 9, shares story

A nine-year-old girl is traumatised for life after her grandfather allegedly defiled her in Somanya in the Eastern region. The victim, currently on admission at...

NIA to register foreigners for Ghana Card

The National Identification Authority (NIA) will begin a mass registration of foreign nationals living in Ghana on Monday, September 9 – Thursday, October 31, 2019. The exercise...

Dangote reacts to Xenophobic attacks in South Africa

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has admonished Africans to shun hate and any form of violence on their fellow Africans if they want the...

Xenophobic attacks: Nigerian airline to evacuate citizens free of charge

Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has served notice that it will evacuate its citizens in South Africa following recent xenophobic attacks there. The owner of a...

New strategies are needed to counter violent extremism – President Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Wednesday called on West African leaders to adopt new strategies to counter the shared and unprecedented threat of terrorism and violent...

Xenophobic attacks: Ghana sets up emergency numbers for Ghanaians in distress

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has set up dedicated emergency lines for Ghanaians in distress in South Africa. This follows recent attacks on foreigners in...

Wa Regional Airport to commence commercial flights Oct 15

The Ministry of Aviation has announced that the Wa Regional Airport would be opened for commercial flights on October 15, 2019. The Ministry of Aviation...

Fabewoso: Man accuses East Legon police of selling his car [audio]

A businessman based in Germany is accusing police in East Legon of selling his Man Diesel tipper truck with registration number GR-370U. Mr Victor Owusu...

Let’s remain calm; Ghanaians in South Africa are safe – High Commission

Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa, George Ayisi-Boateng, following the unrest in South Africa over xenophobic attacks, has assured Ghanaians in South Africa are...

Ablekuma West Assembly gives 500 dual desks to schools ahead of reopening

The Ablekuma West Municipal Chief Executive, George Bray, has presented 500 dual desks to the Ablekuma West Municipal Directorate of Education to be distributed to schools in...

Y’asem Nie: ‘Goro boys’ go digital as DVLA, passport office go paperless [audio]

"Man must eat so we are changing our style," a desperate middleman at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has said. Nana Yaw Oti...

Total South Africa halts operations over xenophobic attacks

Total South Africa, following the renewed xenophobic attacks in the country, has decided to halt operations till calm is restored. In a statement signed by...

‘Okada’ men rescue six children from alleged kidnapper

Commercial motor riders have rescued six children from the hands of an alleged kidnapper at Omandjor near Sowutum in Accra, JoyNews' Henry Kwesi Badu has reported. The...

Audio: Pray for us – Ghanaian Association in SA

The Chairman of the Ghanaian Association at Kempton Park in South Africa, Wofa Atta has dismissed reports that there are Ghanaian casualties among the...

No Ghanaian dead in SA Xenophobic attacks – Govt

The Government of Ghana, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has assured that no Ghanaian has died in the recent South...

Sacked NYA deputy CEO blames boss for procurement breaches

One of the acting Deputy Chief Executive Officers of the National Youth Authority (NYA), sacked by the President, has blamed his boss for the...

Why you must watch this if you consume cow, goat meat

Ghana’s fast-growing population is certainly increasing the demands and consumption of meat, just as the case is in many other countries. In Ghana, beef, chevon...

‘It is not just simply protecting the police’ – Peace Council Chair on arming MTTD officers

Chairman of the National Peace Council has admonished the police administration to train it's Motor Traffic and Transport Department  (MTTD) officers on the use of...

Akufo-Addo terminates appointments of NYA CEO, two deputies

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has dismissed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Youth Authority (NYA) Emmanuel Sin-nyet Asigri and his two...