Akufo-Addo consoles Trade Fair gas explosion victims

    President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed his condolence to the families of the victims of the Trade Fair gas explosion. A gas station near the Ghana International Trade Fair Centre in Accra exploded Thursday evening burning...

K’si: Fire renders 400 Kayayei, scrap dealers homeless

  Fire has razed down about 200 wooden structures at Asawase in the Ashanti region. The incident has rendered about 400 head porters, popularly known as Kayayei,  and scrape dealers  who reside there homeless. It is unclear...

Update: 5 dead in gas station explosion at Trade Fair

A gas station near the Ghana International Trade Fair Centre in Accra has exploded with five people burnt to death. The fire, according to an eyewitness also affected parts of the national exhibition and trade...

Fifa Rankings: Ghana 9th, Senegal rule Africa

Ghana will end the year as 9th best in Africa and 53rd worldwide after the latest Fifa/Coca-Cola World ranking was released. Senegal (33) are on top of the chart followed by Ivory Coast (34) then...

Minority to boycott approval of new loans

  The Minority in parliament has served notice it will no longer partake  in the approval of new loans and contracts being brought to the house by the outgoing government. According to the Minority leader, Osei...

Black Queens storm parliament over unpaid bonuses

Players of the national Female team, the Black Queens have staged a protest at the premises of Ghana’s parliament over their unpaid bonuses. The Black Queens who came third in the just ended Africa Women’s...

‘Looting’ NDC gov’t will regret last-gasp contracts – Amidu

A former Attorney General, Martin Amidu, has condemned the last-minute contracts and appointments being effected by the outgoing Mahama administration, saying they will regret it. According to him, the move smacks of arrogance while arguing...

Wampah’s in-law jailed 13yrs over cocaine bust

A fugitive drug lord David McDermott, who is the in-law of Ghana’s former governor of the Central Bank Henry Wampah, has been jailed 13 years for smuggling 400 kilos of cocaine into the UK...

ECG rules out ‘dumsor’ return

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has ruled out the return of “Dumsor" in 2017 contrary to earlier reports. According to the power distributor, Ghana has enough generation capacity to serve consumers with power through...

V/R: Minister directs MMDCEs to stay put after Jan. 7

The Volta regional minister, Helen Adjoa Ntoso, has asked Municipal and District Chief Executives in the region to remain at post, even after the inauguration of the President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo and his NPP government...