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Robber stabs okada rider, bolts with motorbike
A commercial motorbike rider locally called okada has been stabbed in the rib with a knife by a robber in the Birim North District of the Eastern Region.The victim Fatawu Moro, 19, is...
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33-year-old electrician dies on low voltage lines in Kpando
A 33-year-old electrician has died in an attempt to replace a streetlight on an Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Low voltage (LV) line at Kpando in the Volta Region.The lifeless body of Joseph Ademi, who...
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Statistical Service recruits 60,000 officials for 2020 census
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has given a firm assurance that it is well prepared to deliver the 2020 Population and Housing Census (PHC) on schedule.The Head of Publicity, Education and Advocacy for the...
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VIDEO: I don’t want to be President of Nigeria – Aliko Dangote
Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote says he does not want to be the President of Nigeria.
In an interview with The David Rubenstein Show, Dangote said he is doing a great job as a businessman...
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VIDEO: How you can easily be sold a painted laptop at Circle
Kwame Nkrumah circle undoubtedly is the number one hub when it comes to selling and buying of electronic gadgets in Ghana.But just as there are genuine businessmen, there are nefarious ways to get sold...
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Fire Service seeks BNI, National Security support to arrest prank callers
The Ashanti Regional Command of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has said it has taken a tough stance against persons who engage in prank calls to its emergency lines.A prank call, also known...
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Somanya University to admit first students in September 2020
The University of Environment and Sustainable Development at Somanya in the Eastern region has planned to admit its first batch of students in September this year.This follows the completion of the first phase of...
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Three Chinese nationals arrested for engaging in illegal mining
Three Chinese nationals have been arrested for allegedly engaging in illegal mining at Fahiakobo, a town in the Amansie Central District in the Ashanti Region.The three were arrested on Monday, January 6, 2020, by...
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Menzgold customers to appear in court next week
The more than ninety customers of Menzgold, who were arrested and granted bail, are being processed for court next week.The Police arrested them when they marched to the home of Nana Appiah Mensah, also...
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ACP Agorzos bail application fixed for January 16
A Criminal High Court on Friday adjourned the hearing of a bail application filed on behalf of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Dr Benjamin Agordzo to January 16.The adjournment was necessitated by the fact...
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Thieves break into EC, GWCL offices in Winneba
The offices of the Electoral Commission and the Ghana Water Company in Winneba in the Effutu Municipality of the Central Region have been burgled by suspected robbers.Speaking to Kasapa FM News Yaw Boagyan, the...
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This Ghanaian makes amazing artworks using eggshells
A young Ghanaian artist and entrepreneur is helping to find solutions to waste problems by performing wonders with eggshells in the art industry.Lanto Kwame Azasime, a student at the Takoradi Technical University in Ghana,...
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Teachers to undergo aptitude test before promotion GES
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced teachers in the country will now undergo aptitude test before they get promoted.According to a statement by the GES, the move is to ensure efficiency and effectiveness...
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Afenyo-Markin queries UEW governing council over reinstatement of staff
Member of Parliament for the Efutu, Alexander Afenyo Markin, has questioned the decision by the governing council of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) to reinstate only three of the lecturers who were sacked.According...
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3 persons confess to stealing from GRA
At the Kpetoe District Court on Wednesday, 8 January 2020, three persons arrested by the Kpetoe District Police for stealing from the Ghana Revenue Authority premises in Kpetoe confessed to the crime.The three, Badawusu...
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Three arrested persons confess to stealing from GRA Academy
Three persons arrested by the Kpetoe District Police for stealing from the Ghana Revenue Academy, GRA premises in Kpetoe have confessed to the crime. The three individuals confessed to the crime at the Kpetoe...
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KMA to demolish Central Market January ending
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has concluded negotiations with traders for them to move into the new Kejetia Market to pave the way for the construction of the second phase of the Kejetia/Central Market...
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EC replies opposition political parties
The Electoral Commission has once again denied the allegation that it intends to rig this year's election in favour of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP)."We have no intention of rigging the election; we...
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Scores of violent MenzGold customers arrested at NAM1’s residence
About 100 aggrieved customers of the defunct gold-dealership firm MenzGold have been arrested by the police in Accra.Police say the demonstrating customers who forced their way into the plush Trassaco Estate Wednesday to demand...
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NDC Parliamentary candidate reportedly found dead in his room
The National Democratic Congress(NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Subin in the Ashanti Region, Linford Owuo, popularly known as Cedi has been found dead in his bedroom at Asafo in Kumasi Wednesday(today) morning, Kasapafmonline.com can report.It...
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Fire ravages 17 stores in Ashanti Region, only a Bible survived
A devastating fire outbreak at Asokwa Tunsuom in the Ashanti Region has led to the destruction of 17 stores.The sad incident is said to have happened on January 6, with properties worth thousands of...
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Several passengers injured in near-fatal crash at Nsawam
About twenty-three (23) persons are seriously injured in multiple accidents on the Nsawam stretch of the Accra to Kumasi Highways.The near-fatal multiple vehicle collision involved three Vehicles a Sprinter Bus, Hyundai10 and a...
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Ghana needs a cleanup of security services ahead of 2020 elections – Kofi Abotsi
Former Dean of Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) and secretary to the Emile Short Commission, Kofi Abotsi is calling for a cleanup of the security services ahead of this year's general...
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Four NIA officials arrested over malpractices in Ashanti Region
Four officials of the National Identification Authority (NIA) and another person have been arrested by the Ghana Police Service for engaging in a number of malpractices in the mass registration exercise in the Ashanti...
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Over 40 kiosks, cars burnt to ashes at Achimota
Over 40 kiosks, some cars and a bar have been burnt to ashes at a slum under the Achimota overhead bridge.Residents at the slum located between Eden Securities and Makey Pub woke up to...
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Menzgold customers begin fresh push to retrieve locked up cash
Mr Fred Forson, spokesperson of the Coalition of Aggrieved Menzgold Customers, said they were ready to go all lengths to get their investments back from the gold dealership firm.He said customers across the country...
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Axim Area Church of Pentecost prays for peaceful elections
The Axim Area branch of the Church of Pentecost in the Western Region has offered intercessory prayers to God in the quest for a free, fair and transparent election in the upcoming December 07,...
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Know all the Ghanaian holidays in 2020
The Ministry of Interior has published a list of all Ghanaian holidays for the year 2020.The list comprises 13 statutory public holidays and two commemorative days.See the entire list below;STATUTORY PUBLIC HOLIDAYSNew Year's Day...
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Delay distribution of ambulances Health Minister begs Akufo-Addo
The National Ambulance Service and the Minister of Health, Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu have urged the President, Nana Akufo-Addo to delay the intended distribution of some 275 ambulances to each of the constituencies in Ghana.The...
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Meet the first Ghanaian preacher who read the bible from a mystical stone
Kwame Sampson Oppong, also known as Sèbètutu; meaning (Destroyer of native charms or Personal deities) was born in Brong-Ahafo, (now in Ghana) in a slave family originating in Gurunsi (now in Burkina Faso). He...
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Five cold stores at Asafo market closed down over illegal electricity connection
Officials from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Ashanti Region have locked up five cold stores at the Asafo Market in Kumasi for engaging in illegal electricity connection.The operation which lasted from...
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Dont keep hearing-impaired children at home – Parents advised
The Headmaster of the Research Utilisation School For the Deaf (RUSFORD) in Obuasi, Mr Agyemang Prempeh, has appealed to parents with hearing-impaired children not to delay in sending them to school.He said the delay...
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Fulani herdsmen to support police in combating crime
Nomadic herdsmen in the Bono East have pledged their support to assist the police in combating crime in the area.This follows incessant robbery and kidnapping cases in the area attributed to Fulani herdsmen in...
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UGs Kweku Agyepong wins World Universities Debate Championship
University of Ghana's (UG)Kweku Apreku Agyepong has emerged as the winner in the Public Speaking Category of the 2020 World Universities Debate Championship in Thailand.Agyepong, a level 300 students Bachelor of Laws Degree student...
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New JHS uniforms not compulsory GES
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed reports that it has contracted a foreign firm to design the new school uniforms to be used in junior high schools from the 2019/2020 academic year.It said,...
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MTTD accrues GH¢869,152.00 through fines
The Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service in 2019 accrued a total of GH¢869,152.00 through court fines in the Accra Metropolis.The amount was court fines imposed on traffic offenders.Deputy...
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Queen Nanny, the Ashanti woman from Ghana who ended up as a hero in Jamaica
Queen Nanny lived during the late 17th centuries, she was born into the Ashanti people in the present-day Ghana and escaped from slavery after being transported.She and her relatives were sold as slaves and...
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2020 promises to be a good one – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo says 2020 is another important 'democratic journey' in Ghana since the country will head to the polls in December to elect leaders.According to him, 2020 promises to be a good one because...
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Maame Tiwaa removed as CID boss in latest police shakeup
The Director-general of the Criminal Investigative Department of the Ghana Police Service COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah has been removed from the position in the latest shakeup to hit the service.She is now the...
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Thanks for your support, but respect our privacy – Alex Mould speaks on daughter’s death
Former CEO of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Alex Kofi Mensah Mould, has confirmed the passing of his daughter Nah Densua Mould which was reported on Thursday.The 28-year-old died in Mauritius where she...
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God not an author of confusion Prince David Osei on 31st December prophecies
Actor, Prince David Osei has expressed shock at the discrepancies in the Prophecies by some Prophets on 31st December 2019.
Some Prophets including Nigel Gaise prophesied that Kwame Dramani will win for the National Democratic...
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DVLA in UER register 98 vehicles in one and half days of the year
The Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) in the Upper East Region has registered 98 vehicles in the first one and half days of the year.Vehicle owners in the Region thronged the office of the...
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Two National Security Operatives remanded over alleged fraud
An Accra Circuit Court has ordered two persons to be remanded for allegedly engaging in a GH¢25,000.00 fraud under the pretext of securing the complainant an auction vehicle.Edmond Kabutey and Michael Osei Okanah, National...
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Okyenhene organises party for 5000 children
Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, the Okyenhene, has organised a party for more than 5000 children at Kyebi as part of his 20th Anniversary celebration.The children, who came from the over 120 towns and communities...
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