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Gov’t to restructure Non-Formal Education Division, Ecobank promises to invest in educational projects

The government has announced plans to restructure the Non-Formal Education Division of the Ghana Education Service to provide alternative education to Ghanaians.Minister of Education,...

Mysterious: City in Crimea has no birds

Armyansk, a city on the Russian-occupied Crimea Peninsula, has been left without any kind of birds after a mysterious chemical incident at the nearby...

UK government sets Sept. 18 for deportation of ‘rogue trader’ Kweku Adoboli

Kweku Adoboli, the former UBS banker jailed for the UK’s biggest ever fraud, was on Wednesday transported to an immigration removal centre near Heathrow...

Wife of Kofi Annan, Nane’s final words to her husband [Photos]

In a tribute to her departing husband, wife of Kofi Annan, Nane Annan wrote the following touching words as farewell:“My Beloved,Thank you for...

Full Speech: Nana Addo’s emotional tribute to Kofi Atta Annan

President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo described the late UN Secretary-General, Busumuru Kofi Atta Annan, as a man who brought renown to the...

All the photos as Kofi Annan goes home today

The mortal remains of the late United Nations (UN) Secretary-General will be laid to rest today at the Military Cemetery in Accra.The three-day state...

Video: Contractor uses 40-footer container as culvert for bridge

Traders and residents who ply the Kadjebi to Kwame Danso stretch of road in the Brong Ahafo region are appealing to the government to fix...

Electrician gets four years for pouring acid on woman

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced an electrician to four years’ imprisonment in hard labour for pouring acid on a food vendor, which caused...

Photos: Man arrested with cocaine in Assin Fosu

A 24-year-old man, Isaac Arthur, a native of Gomoa Tarkwa in the Central region, has been arrested by the Assin Fosu Divisional Police Command...

I won’t respond to Allotey Jacobs ‘indiscipline’ comment – Asiedu Nketia

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says he will not respond to comments made by the Central regional chairman of the...

14 teacher trainees in police custody over licensure exam leakage

At least fourteen teacher trainees who sat for the just ended teacher licensure examinations are currently in police custody for their roles in the...

2 dead, 45 injured in gory accident at Cape Coast

Two passengers onboard a Hyundai bus died on the spot when their vehicle got involved in a gory accident in the early hours of...

AUDIO+PHOTOS: Man allegedly shot by police over land dispute

A 30-year-old man, Elias Ojoo has been left paralysed after he was allegedly shot by a policeman in the Ga West District of the...

Double-Track system a blessing in disguise – Dr. Adutwum

Deputy Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has assured that all the problems that have come up following the implementation of the double...

The world is poorer without Busumuru Kofi Annan – Otumfuor Osei Tutu II mourns

Asantehene Otumfuor Osei Tutu II says the world has lost a true gem of the Ashanti Kingdom, Kofi Atta Annan.In a tribute delivered by...

10-meter wall collapses at Sofoline Interchange Project

Traffic into Kumasi township from the Kwadaso Market has been diverted as one of the retaining walls on the Sofoline Interchange project has collapsed.The...

PHOTOS: Otumfuo’s rep pays last respect to Kofi Annan

Paramount chief of Mampong, Daasebre Dr Osei Bonsu II heeded to the words of Asantehene Otumfuor Osei Tutu II to represent him at the...

PHOTOS: Akwamu delegation pours libation to bid Kofi Annan farewell in afterlife

The delegation of Akwamuhene, Odeneho Kwafo Akoto III were part of the tall list of traditional palaces who thronged the Accra International Conference Centre...

AUDIO: Chiefs angry over closure of Kofi Annan’s casket

The day two of the interment ceremony of the late Ghanaian Diplomat, Kofi Annan has rather been greeted with agitations over the decision to...

3 die in Tema-Accra motorway accident (AUDIO)

Three (3) people have been reported dead and several others injured in an accident on the Tema-Accra motorway.An eyewitness narrating the incident to Adom...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: Mfatsipim old boys sing ode to bid Kofi Annan farewell

Some Old Students of Mfatsipim Senior High School (SHS) were part of the tall list of dignitaries who were present at the Accra International...

AUDIO: Education Ministry to deal with head teachers in placement scandals

The Education Ministry has vowed to deal with head teachers who are involved in pseudo placement in various schools following the implantation of government’s...

(AUDIO) NCCE urged to educate parents on double track policy

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has been tasked to educate Ghanaians especially parents and students on the Senior High School (SHS) double-track...

PHOTOS: “He always put others first before him” Staff of KIPTC mourn Kofi Annan

Officers and the executive staff of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre paid their last respect to the man who laid the foundation...

PHOTOS: Kofi Annan’s wife, children pay their last respect 

The wife of Kofi Annan has paid her last respect to her husband, Kofi Atta Annan.Nane, who was married to Kofi for over 30...

PHOTOS: Dignitaries pay last respects to Kofi Annan

The three-day state funeral for former United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan enters day two today, Wednesday.Government officials, Ministers, Members of Parliament, diplomats, Chiefs among...

SEC orders Menzgold to shut down trading immediately

The Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered, gold trading firm, Menzgold Ghana Limited to suspend their operations with the public with immediate effect.In a...

PHOTO: Woman 56, hot after issuing fake cheque

An Accra Magistrate Court has issued a warrant for the immediate arrest of a trader and self-employed woman, Marabel Darko, 56, for issuing a...

GCB staff, one other charged for stealing GH¢1.158 million from bank

Two persons, including a banker at the Takoradi branch of the GCB Bank, have been put before an Accra circuit court for conspiring with...

Amend marriage laws – lawyer advocates

A Senior Lecturer of Ghana School of Law, Lawyer Frederica Ahwireng-Obeng is advocating for the amendment of marriage laws.According to her, Ghana practiced three...

‘End of days’ prophecy allegedly fulfilled after first red heifer in 2,000 years is born in Israel

The Temple Institute, a religious organization dedicated to “every aspect of the Holy Temple of Jerusalem”, recently announced the birth of a completely red...

PHOTO: Two Nigerians jailed ten years for sex trafficking

The Koforidua Circuit Court “B” presided over by Her Honour Mercy Adei-Kotei has jailed two Nigerian sex traffickers operating in Asokore in the New...

PHOTO: Police vehicle runs over ‘Okada’ rider killing him instantly

A 23-year-old Okada rider, only known as Sulemana, met his untimely death Tuesday morning at Mallam Junction when a police vehicle ran over him.The...

Why Kofi Annan’s casket was covered explained

Some Ghanaians who filed past the remains of the late former Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Kofi Annan, on Tuesday, 11 September 2018,...

Supreme Court asked to stop referendum for new regions

The Supreme Court is set to hear a suit challenging the constitutionality of a referendum which will lead to the creation of six new...

Man kills his wife; walks into police station with her severed head

An Indian man who suspected his wife of cheating hacked off her head and carried it to the police station to confess to her...

We will put national security on you – Minister tells DCEs, MCEs involved in galamsey

The Local Government Minister has threatened to expose politicians, District Chief Executives (DCEs) and Municipal Chief Executives (MCEs) engaged in illegal mining, popularly known...

Tears flow for Kofi Annan as Ghanaians pay last respect [Photos]

Most Ghanaians who thronged the Accra International Conference Centre to pay their last respect to Kofi Atta Annan, were captured in a gloomy state....

VIDEO: UN Officials file past, pay last respect to Kofi Annan

Persons holding office, or having held office, in the United Nation were present at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) on Tuesday to bid...

Stop the argument – Rev. Frimpong Manso to critics on National Cathedral

President of Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC), Rev. Prof. Paul Yaw Frimpong Manso has urged critics to stop criticizing the building of National...