• Nine Individuals are vying for the position of Kumasi Mayor • All nine have gone through vetting and the names of three will be submitted to the President to make a final pick • In the lead to make the top three are incumbent Osei Assibey Antwi, Kennedy …

  Embattled Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator, DCOP (Retired) Kwaku Ayesu Opare Addo has been warned not to dare members of the defunct Delta Force group or they would be compelled to leak secrets about him. While accusing him of masterminding the physical attack and the removal of his predecessor, Mr …

A 9-year-old boy died when he reportedly tried to imitate a suicide scene he had seen on TV, his family and close relatives said on Thursday. Christian, a Class 3 student of New Age International School at Atonsu Dompoase, was found hanging from a stick in his Afful Nkwanta home …

• Ghana’s Martha Pobee has been appointed by the United Nations as Assistant Secretary-General for Africa • Ms. Pobee succeeds Bintou Keita of Guinea • Pobee comes to the job with more than 30 years of experience in international affairs and diplomacy. United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres, has on …

Shatta Wale has paid a visit to Archbishop Nicholas Duncan Williams in his office The renowned prophet was captured in a viral photo praying for the dancehall artiste Shatta Wale in all humility knelt before the man of God A heart-warming picture of Archbishop Duncan Williams offering prayers to dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale, …

Tshwane metro police spokesperson Isaac Mahamba said six people were burnt beyond recognition Image: Supplied: TMPD/Isaac Mahamba Six people died and at least 57 others were injured, one critically, when a bus caught fire in Tshwane on Friday afternoon. The incident took place on the R573 Moloto Road. Tshwane metro police …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGESimage captionGen Attahiru was only appointed to the post in January Nigeria’s army chief, Lt-Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, has been killed in a plane crash in the north-western state of Kaduna, officials say. The incident happened as the plane was trying to land in bad weather, the military said. …

  A 33kv Electricity cable connected to a Pylon (High Tension) belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana, has been set ablaze by unknown persons. The Pylon, which is fenced with a wire mesh adjacent to the Ghana Grid Company GRIDCo close to the Tema Oil Refinery, is suspected to …

A Ho Circuit Court has remanded some twenty-one persons believed to be activists and members of Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Society into police custody. The suspects were earlier arraigned before the court by the Volta regional police command. The suspects including sixteen (16) females and five (5) male counterparts …

Ghana is to be removed from the European Union’s money laundering list, government has announced. According to the Jubilee House, the EU is taking the decision as a result of Ghana’s efforts in implementing the Action Plan of the International Country Risk Guide. A government statement Friday also noted Ghana …