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24 suspected robbers nabbed for allegedly terrorising travellers

Twenty-four suspected highway robbers believed to be the masterminds of a number of robberies on major highways across the country have been busted by...

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VIDEO: Queen Elizabeth picks Ghanaian as special aide

Major Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankwah, a Ghanaian-born officer who fought in the Afghanistan war, has been selected by Queen Elizabeth as her first black aide. The...

Pantang Hospital staff strike today

Staff of the Pantang Psychiatric Hospital will today Monday, July 10, 2017 begin a sit-down strike to protest the encroachment of the health facility’s...

Watch: Oklahoma man proposes to girlfriend while under arrest

An Oklahoma man placed under arrest decided to pop the big question before going to jail. Brandon Thompson was at home is Muskogee, Okla. on...

RF-Ghana launches charity concert to support juvenile offenders

In its quest to complement government’s effort, the Juvenile Reform Foundation- (JRF-Ghana) has launched its charity concert to support released juvenile offenders and incarcerated...

Make Your Vacation a Little Smoother with These Handy Gadgets

Traveling can be stressful enough with overcrowded flights and trying to find your way in unfamiliar surroundings. Running out of power for your phone...

Wayne Rooney rejoins Everton from Manchester United

Wayne Rooney has returned to boyhood club Everton, the Premier League club have announced. The 31-year-old has signed a two-year deal at the club, and...

Reconsider IGF remittance policy against universities- Asantehene tells gov’t

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu the second has called on government to reconsider the policy of universities remitting part of their internally generated funds to...

Audio: NADMO begs for food, relief items for flood victims

The National Disaster Management Organisation says it’s overwhelmed by the increasing number of persons forced out of their homes by floods in Twifo Praso...

Hot video: How quiz mistress handles her handbag after robbery

The quiz mistress of the National Science and Maths Quiz, Dr Elsie Effah Kaufmann has taken precautionary measures to ensure her handbag is not...

Why did Rawlings sack Graphic Editor?

Martyrs’ Day is June 30. At dawn of this day in 1982, some men with close connections to the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC),...

Court to begin committal proceedings against six for murder of Fidelity bank official

A state attorney, Ms Joyce Debrah, was expected to start the committal proceedings yesterday but requested for more time to do certain minor corrections...

Decongesting Ghana's prisons: Judge wants fines for some convicts

An Appeals Court Judge, has called on interest groups in the legal system to do more in pushing for non-custodial sentences. Justice Clemence Hornyenugah believes...

Insufficient subvention hampering higher education – Asantehene

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has advocated a review of the law that mandates universities to remit 34 per cent of their internally-generated...

Trial of Chinese illegal miners to begin on July 12

An Accra High Court has adjourned the case involving En Huang aka Aisha Hung and four other Chinese for their alleged involvement in illegal...

Police pick 2 for selling prohibited drugs

A joint team from the Ashanti regional Police Drug Law Enforcement Unit and the Food and Drugs Authority have picked up two persons for...

Nsuta Galamsey pit covered

A mining pit that collapsed at Nsuta near Prestea in the Prestea/Huni-Valley District in the Western Region last Sunday, trapping about 22 illegal miners...

Korle Bu Doctor found dead in hotel room

A dental surgeon at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Dominic Avogo was found dead in at hotel room at Dansoman in Accra on Thursday...

Oil contamination cannot be business for BOST workers- Ace

Legal practitioner Ace Ankomah is incensed by what appears to be the deliberate contamination of Ghana’s fuel by workers of the Bulk Oil Storage...

Ghana launches its first satellite into space

Ghana has successfully launched its first satellite into space. GhanaSat-1, which was developed by students at All Nations University in Koforidua, was sent into orbit...

Hot Audio: Pregnant teenage girl sleeps with 15 men a day for money

A jobless teenage mother is pregnant again two years after she gave birth to her first child. The man, Afia Nyarko claims impregnated her has...

Man drown's in River Pra over GH₵10.00 bet

A 22-year-old man is reported dead after drowning in Pra River during a swimming competition. The deceased, Kwame Porter is said to have gone to...

PM Express tonight: When the chief takes the mic to another chief

In a very rare setting, a chief has one of the most difficulties assigned to him- interview another chief. That is the charge Nana Ansah Kwao...

4 remand prisoners freed under Justice for All Programme

Four persons on remand at the Akuse Local Prison have been set free under the “Justice For All Programme” (JFAP), an initiative meant to...

Dozens displaced after River Pra spillover

Hundreds of residents at Twifo Praso in the Central region have been rendered homeless following a spill-over of the Pra River. More than a dozen...

Audio: Water shortage to hit Ashanti region – GWCL

Some parts of the Ashanti Region will soon be hit by acute water shortage. The head of corporate communications at Ghana Water Company Limited, Stanley...

Drama in court as alleged fraud syndicate at NSS are discharged, re-arrested

The Asokore Mampong District Courtroom was scene of drama as police re-arrested nine persons accused of fraud after they had been discharged by the...

The effects of heavy rains on tourism in Ghana

Wise men say ‘’If it never rains, then we’ll never grow’’. They also say ‘’without the rain, then there will be no rainbow’’. These...

Prestea galamseyers died out of disobedience – Owusu Bempah

Founder of the Glorious Word and Power Ministry International, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah said the 22 people who perished after a galamsey pit they...

22 trapped miners declared dead, buried

Twenty-two people trapped in the Prestea-Nsuta mining pit disaster have been declared dead. On Friday 7 July, the chiefs and traditional leaders, together with families...

19 charged for killing Major Mahama

At last 19 persons, including one woman, have been charged by the state over the murder of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama at Denkyira-Obuase in...

Farmer, 50, jailed 20 years

The Techiman Circuit Court has sentenced a 50-year-old farmer to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling, impregnating and eloping with a 13-year-old. Father...

PHOTOS: Man of God carries God's love to Denkyira-Obuasi

At a time when the nation was a bundle of furious judgment, heaven was a bundle of generous mercy over a crime in Denkyira-Obuasi. One...

Front pages: Friday, July 7, 2017

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Good Evening Ghana’s Paul Adom Otchere appointed NCA Governing Board Member

Host of current affairs programme on Metro TV, Paul Adom Otchere has been appointed a member of the governing board of the National Communications...

California reporter vomited on during live report at drunken event

A California TV reporter is gaining national fame from an unfortunate incident: Being sprayed with vomit by a drunken reveler. Wendy Burch of KTLA-TV was...

Gov’t releases GH¢600m to pay road contractors

The government has paid road contractors about GH¢600 million for work done in various parts of the country. This is despite an earlier comment by...

Seven perish in Kpong-Tema road accident

Seven persons have died in a head-on collision on the Tema-Kpong road. Ten other persons who were seriously injured in the Wednesday crash are...

PHOTOS: First Lady tours lavender hill project

First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo today visited the Lavender Hill Sludge Treatment Project in Accra to familiarize herself with the level of work and...