A newlywed husband divorced his wife before they could even consummate their marriage after her ex sent him compromising photos of her. The couple had been wed only hours when the groom was passed a memory stick containing the pictures hidden in a bouquet of flowers. A note told him to look at the contents ...

The Ministry of Health is calling on the general public to cooperate with the International Certification Team which will be in Ghana to assess nation’s readiness for certification as a guinea worm free country. According to the Ministry, Ghana has not recorded any case of guinea worm infection since the year 2010. Ghana has since ...

President John Dramani Mahama, in his capacity as Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS), will be hosting leaders of the sub-region at a two-day summit in Accra, on Thursday 10th and Friday 11th July. The mid-year Summit of ECOWAS will consider a ...

Former Chelsea defender Ashley Cole has joined Roma on a two-year deal. The Italian Serie A club tweeted a photograph  of the 33-year-old and confirmed on their website that he has signed a contract until 2016. The left-back was a free agent after Chelsea opted not to offer him a new deal at the end ...

The herald newspaper carried out a story that alleged that the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation sent its officials to watch the World Cup Tournament. The Corporate Affairs Manager, Mr. Eric Paudura confirmed the story and justified why the GNPC made the decision. Hiplife Musician, Castro is feared dead after reports emerged he drowned after in ...

The Goaso Municipal Education Directorate in the Brong Ahafo Region has dismissed 40 teachers for using fake certificates to teach in the municipality. The teachers are said to have been teaching in the municipality for three years now. The Municipal Director of Education, Jonas Yeboah Yelboureri said the abysmal performance of students in the Basic ...

Madrid legend Alfredo Di Stefano, regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, has died. The 88-year-old suffered a heart attack on Saturday and had been in an induced coma in Madrid’s Gregorio Maranon hospital. Real Madrid confirmed the news, saying Di Stefano, their honorary president, died at 17:15 CET (15:15 GMT). As ...

The timely intervention of the headmistress of Ketan Catholic JHS in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis prevented the marriage of a 15-year-old JHS 2 student to a 47 year old man. The parents of the young girl have allegedly betrothed the girl to a Ghanaian based in Saudi Arabia. However when some classmates of the girl informed the ...

The Ministry of Roads and Highways says it has not received any complaints from the Progressive Road Contractors Association over the financing of their projects. The contractors have abandoned all road projects due to government’s failure to direct funds into the Ghana Road Fund for the payment of work done. However the Deputy Roads Minister, ...

The Ghana Nurses and Midwives Trainees Association on Monday hit the streets of Accra to protest the non-payment of their allowances. The student nurses are also demanding the release of their clearance letters, the payment of book and research, clinical as well as transportation allowances due them for the past two years. The clearance form facilitates the release ...

Organizers of the #OccupyFlagstaffHouse demonstration have introduced a new Campaign called the “Red Friday” to pressurize government to respond to concerns listed in their petition to the President. According to the Concerned Ghanaians for Responsible Governance the “Red Friday”, the main objective of the campaign is to keep the issues raised in their petition alive until ...

Manchester United are the latest Premier League club to unveil their new home kit for the forthcoming season. The strip remains in the club’s traditional colours – red, white and black – with a new-look white collar. There is also a small label inside the back of the neck with the message ‘youth, courage, greatness’, ...

A woman slept with 10,091 men during her 15-year stint working in the sex industry and has written a tell-all book about her experiences. Gwyneth Montenegro worked as an escort in Australia and has penned a book entitled 10,000 Men And Counting that opens the lid on the truth behind the somewhat seedy industry. Despite being ...

President John Dramani Mahama has asked Ghanaians to stop being pessimistic about the state of affairs and count their blessings instead. “Let us eschew pessimism, we must count our blessings and our successes and we must continuously ask God why are we so blessed; it is only with such a positive frame of mind that we ...

Singapore has begun talks with the government to secure a double-taxation agreement with Ghana in a move that is intended to deepen trade ties between the two countries. The Singapore government has since last year set up an office in the country for its investment promotion and facilitation agency, International Enterprise (IE) Singapore, in a ...

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has defended its decision to send about 40 officials to Brazil saying they were there to work and promote the Corporation’s brand. The Herald newspaper reported on Monday that the GNPC sponsored officials and their spouses to Brazil and paid about $250 as per diem. The report has angered many with some Ghanaians questioning the ...

The CEO of Newmont Mining Corporation, Gary Goldberg has lauded the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II,for his commitment towards the development of his people in Asanteman and Ghana as a whole. Mr. Goldberg made the observations when he paid a courtesy call on the Asantehene during a recent working visit to Ghana. The visit to ...

A two-year contract extension handed Black Stars’ coach, Kwasi Appiah, is expected to send Ghanaian laughing all the way to the bank a windfall of $873,000 for the duration of the deal. According to aspects of the deal disclosed to the Graphic Sports by an inside source, Appiah will be placed on a new monthly ...

The crisis that has rocked Nigerian football occasioned by the sacking of the Aminu Maigari led Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) board has taken another twist as a major sponsor of the team has suspended its co-operation with Nigeria. Sports Wear giants, Adidas, has suspended it’s involvement with Nigeria with immediate effect and has also expressed ...

The Ministry of Health has confirmed that a suspected fever case is being investigated in the country. Earlier reports on Sunday said Ghana had recorded its first case of the deadly Ebola disease. Many Ghanaians took to social media to express their fears about the disease which has no cure. However a statement issued by ...