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Woman ‘steals’ baby boy

An unemployed woman is before the Weija Circuit Court for allegedly stealing a baby boy. Mrs Abena Appiah was charged with stealing a baby but...

Court acquits mason over defilement

A 47-year old mason, who was accused of defiling a nine year old girl at Pantang Village has been acquitted and discharged by an...

Italian-born Ghanaian barred from singing contest because she is 'not a true Italian'

A 15-year-old Italian girl of Ghanaian descent has been barred from taking part in a singing contest in Verona, Italy because she is black...

‘Create technology pool to feed new industries’ – Council of State Chair

To achieve its vision to develop a vibrant technologically driven and competitive trade and industrial sector, government has been advised to set up a...

Man turns cemetery into cassava farm

Residents of Busua, a community in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region, last week woke up to the bizarre news of eating...

Operation Vanguard begins night patrols to smoke out evasive illegal miners

The joint police and military anti-illegal mining taskforce, Operation Vanguard, says it will extend operations into the night following intelligence that illegal miners have...

Kpando Assembly to hold emergency meeting over ‘poisonous fish’

The Kpando Municipal Assembly will hold an emergency meeting over reports of food poisoning in the Municipal area which allegedly caused the death of...

Indian company launches pickle flavoured condom

An Indian company has launched a pickle flavoured condom. Manforce condoms shared the new product on their Facebook page with the caption, "Presenting the very...

Boko Haram killed my father and teacher in front of me – Girl, 8 reveals

UNICEF Nigeria posted this touching story of this young girl from Borno, who witnessed the killing of her father and teacher by Boko Haram...

Popular marriage counselors divorce

Role model couple, Francis and Amara Van-Lare have sadly announced their divorce on their social media pages. This news came as a shock to many...

Photos: Group seeking signatures to make homosexuality legal in Ghana

Eight men living in Canada focused on one mission. Armed with a pen and paper, the “Ghana Pavilion”, hope a petition will pressure Ghana...

Teacher jailed for having sex with student

A 27-year old teacher, who defiled his 13-year old student twice at Abokobi, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit...

Photo: Man kills wife for serving him hot food

A man who married his wife in January this year has allegedly stabbed her to death after she served him hot food. This is a...

Reconstituted National Service Scheme Board inaugurated

An eight-member reconstituted Governing Board of the Ghana National Service Scheme (GNSS) has been inaugurated in Accra. This is in accordance with Section 10...

Help build a prosperous, progressive Ghana – Akufo-Addo to lawyers

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged Christian lawyers, in their work and advocacy, to be at the forefront of...

JB murder trial: docket forwarded to AG

The prosecution in the case involving two persons allegedly involved in the murder of the late J. B. Danquah Adu, Member of Parliament (MP)...

Inside the country where Down syndrome is disappearing

With the rise of prenatal screening tests across Europe and the United States, the number of babies born with Down syndrome has significantly decreased,...

C-H-A-L-E-W-O-T-E ! Not just a Ga word

Now very popular for its art, culture and street jamborees, the word ‘’chalewote’’ is a native Ga word which means ‘’Let’s go friend’’ or...

Hot Audio+Photos: Two killed at Oshiye over chieftaincy dispute

Two people have been killed at Oshiye in the GA-South municipality of the Greater Accra region over alleged chieftaincy dispute. 25-year-old Yaw Amoako was shot...

Indian petitions Akufo-Addo over deportation

An Indian businessman who says he feels harassed by Minister for the Interior Ambrose Dery as well as the Comptroller of the Ghana Immigration...

Reading your Bible at work is a mark of incompetence – Professor Adei

A former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) Prof. Stephen Adei has stated that reading Bibles, chatting on WhatsApp...

NPP, NDC clash over bus terminal in Kumasi; delay passengers

A clash between some members of the opposition National Democratic Congress and the governing New Patriotic Party has caused some delay for passengers travelling...

New study suggests men prefer women with smaller breasts

A new PornHub study suggests that millennials aren’t that into boobs. Yup. Breasts. Millennials are ruining those, too. In collaboration with Mashable, PornHub carried out a...

Photos: Fire guts Kumasi-based Royal TV

Fire on Thursday morning ravaged one of the of studios of-based Royal Television (TV) destroying property estimated at several thousands of Ghana cedis. Sources indicate...

PHOTOS+Hot Audio: Three die after consuming ‘strange’ fish

Three persons have died and seven others are on admission at the Margarete Marquart Catholic Hospital in Kpando in the Volta Region after consuming...

Displaced workers in UT, Capital banks need psychological insurance

The Ghana Psychological Association says employees who may lose their jobs following the collapse of two Ghanaian-owned banks, need psychological and unemployment insurance benefits. In...

PHOTO: Two students in court over nude pictures of 14-year old girl

Two students have appeared before an Accra circuit court for allegedly publishing nude pictures and videos of a 14- year-old girl on Instagram –...

PHOTOS: Rawlings commends Methodist girls for high performance at Ukraine competition

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has immensely commended students of Mamfe-Akwapim Methodist Girls Senior High School for performing exceptionally at the Students for the...

We’ll send relief items to Sierra Leone – Akufo-Addo

Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disclosed that relief items will be sent to Sierra Leone following the flood and devastating mudslides that...

First lady challenges African scientists to tackle infectious diseases on the continent

First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo called on African scientists, Wednesday, to do all they can to deal with the challenge of emerging infectious diseases on...

FDA bans bleaching creams

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has since last year stopped registering body creams with bleaching agents. The acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the...

World population to hit 9.8 billion in 2050

The world population will reach 9.8 billion in 2050, up 31 percent from an estimated 7.5 billion now. The world youth population (ages 15 to...

HOT AUDIO: Shocking!!! Female Teachers in rural Ghana trading sex for survival

Some female teachers who accept posting to rural Ghana after undergoing training have to be in amorous relationships with some opinion leaders and some...

Unqualified persons to be taken out of LEAP programme

The Jirapa District Assembly in the Upper West Region is to investigate the infiltration of unqualified persons benefiting from government’s social intervention programme, Livelihood...

PHOTOS: Ex-convict butchers girl, 13, to death

An ex-convict attacked and killed a 13-year-old girl Monday at Namasim near Nalerigu in the East Mamprusi district of the Northern region, the police...

Beautician in court for distributing photoshopped nude images of actress

A beautician who out of jealousy doctored and distributed the nude images of her boyfriend's former girlfriend has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. The...

Auditor General exposes massive rot at Judicial Service

Auditor General (AG) has uncovered a disturbing practice at the Judicial Service where various sums of money cannot be reconciled. The AG said in its...

GNPC allocates $1.5m to support science, maths at tertiary institutions

Students of Mathematics, Science, Technology, and Engineering are to benefit from a $1.5 million support from the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC). Fifty per cent...