Ada SHS and KNUST Students die

Tragedy hit two educational institutions when three of their students died in two separate incidents over the weekend. In the first tragedy, a student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Abdul Fataaw Seidu, died … Read more →

SSNIT pays questionable GH¢2.4million to Vanef

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) paid over GH¢2.4million on behalf Intercity STC (STC) Company Limited to the former owners of STC, Vanef Consortium, to settle a dispute, when in fact a Vanef owed STC over GH¢2.8million, B&FT … Read more →

PHOTO: Final year KNUST student dies at University games

A final year student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is reported to have died at the ongoing inter-university games at the University of Cape Coast. The deceased, whose name was given as Abdul Fatawu Issah, … Read more →

UNAIDS reveals: Ghana’s middle class don’t use condoms

The joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has revealed that below 10 percent of Ghana’s middle class use condoms. According to the United Nation’s subsidiary responsible for the fight against HIV/AIDS, research data available to them indicate that in … Read more →

Farmer on trail for inserting his fingers into 64-year old woman’s vagina

A farmer on Thursday went on trial for allegedly inserting his fingers into the vagina of a sick old woman at Pasoro in the Atwima-Nwabiagya District. Yaw Obeng, 36, was ordered by the Kumasi Gender-based Violence Court, presided over by … Read more →

Malaysian Plane MH370: Families get £30,000 payments

The families of passengers on the missing Malaysian passenger plane have begun to receive initial compensation payments of $50,000 (£30,000). So far six Malaysian families and one Chinese family have received the money, and insurers are assessing the claims of … Read more →

Egypt asks YouTube to remove Cairo sexual assault video

Egypt has asked YouTube to remove a video of a woman being sexually assaulted during a rally in Cairo’s Tahrir Square supporting the country’s newly elected president. A spokesman for President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi said the request was made by … Read more →

Hijacked oil vessel found

The oil vessel which was reported missing off the coast of Ghana has been found. The Hijacked oil vessel found was reported missing last Saturday after the captain sent a distress call saying, the vessel was hijacked by pirates. The Public Relations … Read more →

Police will determine whereabout of Suweiba’s baby – Health Minsitry

The Ministry of Health says the whereabout of Suweiba Mumin’s missing baby will be determined by the Police after its investigations. The Ministry’s final report on the issue released on Thursday exonerated the doctor on duty but ordered the suspension … Read more →

Research: Texting ‘can boost children’s spelling and grammar’

Children’s unorthodox spelling and grammar while texting does not stop them learning the rules of formal English, suggests research. Just over 160 children, aged between eight and 16, from the West Midlands, took part in the snapshot study. The researchers … Read more →

AGONA: Pastor remanded for raping woman at knife point

Agona Swedru District Magistrate’s Court has remanded into prison custody a pastor, Rev. Isaac Newton, 31, for allegedly raping a church member at knife point in his living room at Agona Nyakrom in the Central Region. Police Sergeant Emmanuel Agbafe … Read more →

2 bank workers and 2 police officers killed by armed robbers

Two police officers and two staff of the East Mamprusi Community Bank, have been shot and killed at Gbentri near Gambaga in the Northern Region. Gbentri is a farming settlement in the East Mamprusi District of the region. The police … Read more →

VIDEO: iPhone being removed from man’s throat

Revealed: 5,720 sex workers in Ghana living with HIV

The Ghana Aids Commission has disclosed that 5,720representing 11% out of 52,000 female sex workers (FSW) in Ghana are living with HIV. Dr. Fred Nana Poku of the commission added that 17% of men who sleep with men (MSM) are also having the virus. According … Read more →

Man found eating love rival’s heart

South African police have arrested a man they found using a knife and fork to eat the heart of his ex-girlfriend’s new lover. The victim, aged 62, had been stabbed in his chest and neck and had a bite mark … Read more →

Ghana records over 3,000 maternal deaths in 2013

Professor Richard Adanu, Dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Ghana has said 3,100 maternal deaths were recorded in Ghana in 2013. He said one out of about 66 women  was likely to die from a … Read more →

PHOTO: Will accused vanish from court room again?

All roads lead to an Accra Fast Track High Court today where a suspect who vanished through spiritual means during sentencing will reappear to be sentenced again. On Tuesday, May 20, 2014, the accused, Paul Amankwa Osei Tutu, 28, vanished … Read more →

Man accused of chopping up woman and eating her remains

It wasn’t enough for Gregory Scott Hale to kill his victim, authorities say. He also chopped off her head, her hands, her feet. Buried her torso in a burn pile outside his south-central Tennessee home. And — by his own … Read more →

Solution to ‘dumsor’: ECG needs Gh¢500m every year

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) needs an injection of at least Gh¢500 million every year for the next five years before Ghanaians can have stable and uninterrupted power, a senior official of the company has disclosed. William Boateng, Public … Read more →

33 Cantonments prostitutes fined GH¢ 720 each (PHOTO)

The 33 suspected commercial sex workers, including two men, who were arrested by the Cantonments police in Accra for allegedly engaging in prostitution, have been convicted by an Accra magistrate court. The suspects were fined an amount of GH¢720 each … Read more →