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The embattled Minister for Environment, Science and Technology Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has appealed to the Police to probe a journalist working with Accra-based Peace FM and a national security officer in the ongoing missing excavators saga. In a letter to the Police, the minister claimed the reporter used his NIB …

A toddler and a four-year-old child were, on Friday night, 7 February 2020, burnt to death when fire gutted their house at Danoso New site in the Ejisu municipality of the Ashanti Region. The deceased are Zidan Razark, aged four, and his 18-month-old sister Sharifatu Razark. The incident, which occurred …

Former President John Agyekum Kufour has called on all NPP executives across the country to uphold the democratic pillar of the party by obeying the directive from the party’s headquarters to allow all aspirants to obtain nomination forms for the party’s forthcoming primaries. In a strange twist of events, many …

International Criminal Court judges should scrap conditions of release imposed on Ivory Coast’s former president, his lawyers argued Thursday in a move they hope will free Laurent Gbagbo to return home during a tense election year. Gbagbo and former youth minister Charles Ble Goude were both acquitted in January 2019 …

A 22-year-old man Andrews Osafo has taken his own life at Nsawam in the Eastern Region. The graduate of the Nsawam Senior High School hanged himself on a ceiling fan on Thursday. Mother of the deceased, Vida Osae narrated to Kasapa News Bonohene Baffuor Awuah that she left her son …

Today, Saturday February 8, 2020 marks exactly two years since Ebony Reigns, born Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng passed on. The catastrophic news struck Ghana when news broke out that the vibrant Afro-beat and Dancehall artiste could no longer be considered among the living. The ‘Sponsor’ singer died in a fatal road accident …

Ghanaian dancehall musician Stonebwoy has opined that the decision taken by organizers of Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Charterhouse to ban him and Shatta Wale is a good one and will go a long way to help the music industry. Speaking at a press conference in Accra at the Golden Tulip …

One hundred and fifteen out of a total of 161 vehicles have so far been auctioned under the auspices of the Receiver of the collapsed financial institutions. The auction process which started on Monday ended today, Friday, February 7 2020. The cars which are part of assets belonging to the …

US President Donald Trump has dismissed two senior officials who testified against him at his impeachment trial. The US envoy to the EU, Gordon Sondland, said he “was advised today that the president intends to recall me effective immediately”. Just hours earlier, Lt Col Alexander Vindman, a top expert on …

A serving soldier who had bouts of sex with his nine-year-old daughter until she attained the age of 15 has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court. Sergeant Eric Asare-Mante is said to have taken advantage of the victim any time he shaved …

Parliament, through the amendment of the conduct of public officers law, seeks to enforce the assets declaration law binding public officials to publicly declare assets and liabilities before and after terms in public office. The Auditor-General, Daniel Yao Domelevo, in compliance with the provisions of Article 286 of the Constitution and …

The impasse between the management of the University of Ghana and government over the ownership of the UG Medical Centre has been settled. Per an agreement between the two parties, government will take 60 percent shares of the facility with the University reserving  40. The disagreement over who takes control …

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has intensified its investigations into the six persons who were arrested over missing illegal (galemsey) mining excavators. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Juliana Obeng, Head of the Public Affairs Unit of the CID in an interview with the Ghana News …

Hong Kong has begun a mandatory quarantine of two weeks for anyone arriving from mainland China, in fresh efforts to contain the new coronavirus. Visitors must isolate themselves in hotel rooms or go to government-run centres, while returning Hong Kong residents must stay inside their homes. Anyone caught flouting the …

A commercial Hyundai mini-bus with registration number WR 1379 – 10, loaded with over 15 bags of 50 kg rice and several cartons of spaghetti, has been involved in an accident at Klefe Dome, a mountainous community within the Ho municipality. The Friday, 7 February 2020 car crash occurred at …

Mp3Ghana has seen a video trending on social media which involves two Kumasi Polytechnic  students engaging in sexual activity. Sources claim Luchiez Nana Yaw Curtis is a Level 200 student of Kumasi polytechnic who stays at Denyame near Bekwai Roundabout and Benadicta Yeboah, 19yrs old S.H.S Graduate of Adventist Girls …

There was heated debate in Parliament yesterday, on the mass failure of students who wrote the entrance examinations into the Ghana School of Law for the 2019/2020 academic year, with the house generally recommending to the General Legal Council to re-mark the failed scripts of the students at a very …

The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye has put on hold a request for the House to probe the Airbus bribery scandal. The House approved an agreement for the purchase of the Airbus CASA 295 military aircraft after a heated debate in 2011. A recent judgment on the airline’s procurement …

The Techiman Circuit Court has remanded the 34-year-old self-acclaimed lawyer, Iddriss Yahaya, into police custody to reappear on Thursday, February 13, 2020. State Prosecutor, Detective Inspector Phamous kwaku Agbasa, presenting fact of the case to court said there had been many complaints against the suspect since his arrest last Tuesday. …

Had it not been the lineage he has with the Ashanti Kingdom, a region nicknamed the headquarters of the ruling New Patriotic Party [NPP], Bernard Antwi Boasiako widely known as ‘Chairman Wontumi’ would have considered funding former President John Dramani Mahama’s political campaign ahead of the 2016 polls. In an …

Chief Executive Officer of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Daniel Asare, has assured Ghanaians that the over 97-year-old hospital is fully equipped to treat all types of medical conditions. According to him, the hospital is well-resourced with trained personnel and new technologies required for treating and diagnosing more complicated conditions. …

Former Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, on Thursday called for the for wholistic data base collation to address the security issues threatening the unity of Nigeria. Arase, speaking during the 4th annual public lecture organized by United Action for Change with the theme “Security of Citizens as a …

The Greater Accra Regional Hospital – Ridge has put in place a comprehensive system to handle coronavirus cases should there be any in the country. Medical Director, Dr Emmanuel Srofenyo who took journalists on a tour of some of the wards designated for such cases said the hospital is ready to …

Zipline has begun safety tests on its high-performance drones in readiness of the opening of the third and fourth distribution centers. Since launching in Ghana, Zipline said, has delivered over 20,000 units of blood, vaccines and critical medicines to patients in need at more than 350 health facilities over the …

An unidentified man, believed to be in his late 30s, was stabbed to death Thursday dawn by suspected armed robbers at Tarkwa-Maakro in Kumasi. Residents were awakened by shouts for help from a male adult who turned out to be the victim. He was found lifeless with stab wounds and …