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US islands of slave descendants

Spanish moss draped over St Helena Island, South Carolina, as Elting Buster Smalls and his children hummed down the earthen path in their 1960s...

PHOTOS: Weirdest wedding dresses ever

There are few occasions in life when you are the centre of attention and everybody's celebrating you. One of these occasions is, of course,...

2018 School Placement: No schools for over 67,000 students as GNAT calls for postponement in reopening

The Ghana Education Service (GES) on Wednesday released the placements of 423,134 students who successfully made it under the 2018 Computerised School Selection and...

GHS to introduce drone services to distribute essential medicines

The Director-General of Ghana Health Service says plans are advanced to introduce drone services to distribute essential medicines, vaccines and blood to the various...

Life in Ghana prison is like living in hell – Ex-convict

Apart from your freedom that is denied you, life in Ghana prison is like living in hell, says ex-convict, Emmanuel Odoom.“The food you are...

KNUST student found dead on campus

A second-year Business Administration student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been found dead in his room at the...

Taxi driver arrested for attacking woman with machete

Police in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region, have arrested a taxi driver who reportedly assaulted a woman in her home with a machete...

Out of control Ford car kills mother of three, injures 8 others in Accra

A mother of three died instantly while eight others were injured after an alleged out of control Ford Caravan hit them Wednesday afternoon in...

uniBank Receiver sues Duffours, others over GHS5bn

Mr Nii Amanor Dodoo, a Senior Partner of...

[Audio] People we name our babies after can have negative influence – Prophet Joshua Adjei

The General Overseer of Bread of Live Ministries International, Prophet Joshua Adjei, has warned parents to be careful with the people they name their...

Ayariga sues Ga East Assembly for GHS1.2m

The founder and leader of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has sued the Ga East Municipal Assembly for demolishing his property at...

US, Canada to try to salvage three-country NAFTA

Efforts to salvage the North American Free Trade Agreement as a three-country pact are due to resume Wednesday when Canada and the US sit...

Parents arrested after teen son dies during 40 days fasting

A Nigerian couple has been arrested in the US after their 15-year-old son reportedly died during a 40-day religious fast.Kehinde Omosebi, 49, and Titilayo...

Court fines two okada riders for breaking traffic regulations

The Wenchi Magistrate Court has fined two Okada riders GHC 1,800.00 each for the violation of the road traffic regulations.The accused Persons are Adams...

Photo+Audio:  Landguards inflict cutlass wounds on farmer

A 28-year-old farmer has been attacked by some armed men at Ahemadiya farm at Dromankesse in the Nkoranza North District of Brong Ahafo Region.The...

Check out why Nkwanta South MCE can’t sleep

Municipal Chief Executive for Nkwanta South, John Thasun, says he is unable to sleep due to bad roads in his Municipality.According to him, almost...

Bride and mother-in-law exchange slaps over food

A story has emerged online about how a bride fought her mother in law at her marriage ceremony over the shortage of food.The incident...

Obengfo doctor saves dying man in court

The director of Obengfo Hospital, a private medical centre in Accra, Dominic Obeng-Andoh, rescued a man who nearly died at an Accra High Court.He...

Fire Service flouts High Court order, refuses to reinstate sacked female fire officers

The hope of two female officers sacked by Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) for getting pregnant while on probation to be reinstated has been...

False, doomsday prophets ‘have bleached faces’ – Korankye Ankrah

The Apostle-General of Royalhouse Chapel International, Reverend Sam Korankye Ankrah, has made a very interesting observation about false and doomsday prophets in Ghana –...

Local Govt Ministry inaugurates committee to fight galamsey in the Northern region

The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahamain conjunction with various ministries has inaugurated and sworn in the District Committees on...

Berekum boy gets support; Child Rights NGO takes over case

The Ghana NGO Coalition on the Rights of the Child is seeking justice for the young boy allegedly shot at close range by a...

Six Zongo youth killed in K’si to be buried on Thursday amid heavy security

The remaining six of the seven youths killed in Kumasi Zongo by police for alleged robbery in Amansie West District will be laid to rest on Thursday.Ahead...

13-year-old boy drown following Bagre Dam spillage

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has confirmed the death of a 13-year-old boy who drowned in a dam in the Northern Region, following...

Car-stealing syndicate busted in Somanya

Police in Somanya, in the Eastern Region, have apprehended four persons suspected to be ringleaders of a car stealing syndicate in Somanya and its...

Lift ban on use of mobile phones by students; GUNSA urges govt.

The Ghana United Nations Students and Youth Association (GUNSA) is demanding an immediate lifting of the ban on the use of mobile phones and...

Teller, Cash Boy held after stealing 200K from Consolidated Bank

Two persons who allegedly conspired and stole an amount of GH¢200,000 from the Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited were on Tuesday put before an Accra...

George Opare Addo files nomination for NDC National Youth Organizer

National Youth Organizer hopeful and former Municipal Chief Executive of Akuapem North, George Opare Addo has successfully filed his nomination in a bid to...

24-year-old auto mechanic apprentice sentenced for stealing Gov’t vehicle

A Koforidua Circuit court presided over by Her Honour Mercy Adei Kotei has sentenced a 24-year-old auto mechanic apprentice Osarfo Richard to pay a...

NPP deceived Ghanaians with juicy promises during 2016 elections – Ofosu Ampofo

Director of Elections for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, says the incumbent New Patriotic Party lied their way to power in...

BECE candidates given second chance at placement

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has asked Basic Education Certificate examination candidates who did not get automatic placement into senior high schools by the...

AUDIO: NSS chase employees who failed to offer service to the nation

National Service Scheme (NSS) has set a task force to sensitize employees on the effects of not offering service to the Nation after obtaining...

More horrific photos emerge of Berekum boy who was shot

More photos of the boy who was allegedly shot at close range by a man who claimed he was trespassing on his property have...

197 Out of 204 electrical items substandard – Standards Authority

Only seven out of the 204 electrical items tested by the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) at Opera Square and Zongo Lane in Accra conform...

Berekum police deny cover-up in trespass shooting case

Police at Berekum in the Brong Ahafo region has denied covering up for a suspect who shot a 15-year-old boy at Kato, near Berekum...

Joy Prime now airs Joy News Prime

Whether you have or haven’t noticed, consider it official and not a mistake: Joy Prime now airs Joy News Prime, Ghana’s most content-rich news...

Video: Fishermen use condoms for protection from the sea

Fishermen in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa are using condoms for protection - but not in the way you think.Watch video:

Idol worshipers need land at Asomdwee Park for a National shrine – Bonsam

In the wake of the controversy that has been generated over the construction of a national cathedral, renowned Fetish priest, Nana Kwaku Bonsam has...

Abura Dunkwa: Chief linguist, wife beheaded by unknown persons [Audio]

A linguist at Abura Dunkwa, Okyeame Kwadwo Mensah, believed to be in his forties has been found dead in a pool of blood with...

Mark Woyongo survives near fatal crash

A former Interior Minister under the erstwhile NDC administration, Mark Owen Woyongo, was involved in a near fatal accident Sunday on the Mampong road.Mr...