The suspect, Charles Antwi who was arrested at the Ringway Assemblies of God church for carrying a loaded gun has confessed that he went there to kill President John Dramani Mahama. He said this in court on Tuesday. He told the court presided over by Justice Francis Obiri that he “wanted to kill the President Mahama to take over his position.” Charles Antwi further told the court [....]

The governing National Democratic Congress has recaptured the Talensi seat it lost to the opposition New Patriotic Party in a hot-tempered by-election that was not without violence. Mr. B.T. Baba, 67, a retired Deputy Director General of the Ghana Prisons Service and the former chairman of the Ghana Olympic Committee returns to the eye of the public  [....]

The Queenmother of Atinpoku in the Akwamu Traditional area, Nana Abrewa Kwabiaa IV has called for the legalization of homosexuality in Ghana. Nana Abrewa Kwabiaa IV said the legalization of same-sex marriage will help reduce high birth rate in the country and help in the even distribution of national resources. Nana Abrewa Kwabiaa IV said this at the launch of the book [....]

Ghana's State Attorneys have declared an indefinite strike action, Monday, over poor conditions of service. Over 150 lawyers at the Attorney General's office say they are tired of the disappointment and contempt shown to them by the Finance Ministry having started negotiations for over a year. After a botched meeting with the Chief of Staff Julius Debrah at the presidency  [....]

Award winning Nigerian actor and comedian John Okafor well known as Mr. Ibu has described Ghanaian actor and comedian Agya Koo as a “supernatural talent” worth celebrating. The actor who is currently in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, to shoot a new movie in an interview with Charles Asare on the Angel Entertainment Show disclosed Ghana [....]

Nearly two weeks after the flood and fire disaster that claimed more than 100 lives at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra, the area experienced another flooding on Sunday following a heavy downpour. This is despite the demolition of structures supposed to be on waterways by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA). Several vehicles were seen stuck on the flooded [....]

A 22-year-old lady, Francisca Oteng-Mensah, has won the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primary held on saturday 13th June, 2015 in the Kwabre East Constituency in the Ashanti Region. Ms Oteng-Mensah beat the incumbent MP for the constituency, Hon.Kofi Frempong. She is a second-year law student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology [....]

Presidential Candi­date of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaians to have trust in him and vote for him in 2016. He said he was confident of winning hands down in 2016. "I have a vision for Ghana; I'm not corrupt and will never steal Ghana's money into my pocket. Trust in me and vote for me as the next president to [....]

244 inmates in the country’s prisons have tested positive of HIV/AIDS and currently on anti-retroviral treatment. All the prisons, except Navrongo Central and those in the Northern Region, have recorded cases of the disease. Mr. Twumasi Ankrah, the Programme Officer of the Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG), disclosed this at a national advocacy  [....]

A 46-year-old teacher, Dotche Kossivi was on Thursday sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court for having sex with a 13 year-old at Laterbiokoshie, a suburb of Accra. Charged with defilement, Kossivi who pleaded guilty is said to have had sex with the victim through her vagina and anus thereby making the victim unable to sit down [....]

The Sunyani High Court has sentenced a soldier to 75 years imprisonment with hard labour for his involvement in the robbery of the Brong-Ahafo Catholic Co-operative Society for Development (BACCSOD) at Wenchi. Staff Sergeant Alhassan Hamid, 42, of the Sunyani Third Battalion (3BN) was sentenced accordingly when he changed his plea from not guilty to guilty [....]

The Koforidua Polytechnic will become a technical university by September 2016, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Deputy Minister in Charge of Tertiary Education has said. According to him, the transformation is in line with the policy of government to upgrade the polytechnics to promote technical education. Mr Ablakwa said this on the floor of Parliament [....]