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New twist to Western Togoland case

The Kaneshie District Court presided over by Rosemond Agyiri Doudua has discharged eleven accused persons involved in the Western Togoland case. Detective Inspector Richard Amoah...

We’ll move motion to remove Finance Minister if… – Okudzeto Ablakwa

Ranking Member on Parliament’s (MP) Foreign Affairs Committee has served notice that the Minority will move a vote of censure to remove the Finance...

Why A Plus wants Efia Odo, #FixTheCountry conveners to meet John Mahama [Video]

Musician cum politician, Kwame A Plus, has asked actress Efia Odo and the #FixTheCountry conveners to ready their minds for a meeting with former...

Parliament approves ¢1.4bn for GETFund [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Parliament approved ¢1.4 billion for GETFund Parliament has approved an amount of ¢1.4 billion for the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund). According to a...

RTI Act: 72 requests granted so far – Information Minister [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Oppong Nkrumah speaks on progress of RTI Act Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has revealed a total of 72 requests have been granted...

DVLA to conduct driving tests in local languages

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) says the Computer Based Test (CBT) taken by persons applying for driver licences would be available in...

GAF reacts to military brutality in Wa

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) says internal disciplinary measures have been instituted to deal with all those who will be found culpable in this...

Kasoa cops murder: Court fails to empanel jurors

An Accra High Court presided over by Justice El-Freda Denkyi was unable to empanel jurors, for the third consecutive time, to commence the trial...

Fantasy Dome fights for reopening

The Management of the Fantasy Dome at the Ghana International Trade Fair Centre has filed a motion at the Accra Circuit Court for the...

President Akufo-Addo remembers martyrs

President Nana Akufo-Addo has joined the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) and the Judiciary at a remembrance service to mark the 39th anniversary of the...

Military personnel assault Wa residents over missing phone

Some soldiers have been accused of brutalising some residents of Wa in the Upper West Region on Thursday. The move is said to have been...

New twist to Jomoro MP’s case

The order by a Sekondi High Court judge, Justice Dr Richmond Osei Hwere, asking the Jomoro Member of Parliament (MP), Dorcas Affo-Toffey, to produce...

Kroll case: Domelevo makes shocking revelation about Audit Service employees

Former Auditor General, Daniel Yao Domelevo, has revealed that the Audit Service employees who helped him raise issues of financial impropriety in the Kroll...

One arrested in connection with Agbogbloshie unrest

A man, yet to be identified, has been arrested in connection with the unrest that occurred at the Agbogbloshie market in the wee hours...

JHS pupils allegedly assault headmistress for refusing love proposal

Two Junior High School (JHS) pupils of Rev Cobbah Yalley Junior High School at Newsite, a suburb in the Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipality of the Western...

Tear gas, warning shots fired at Agbogbloshie Market [Photos]

A joint security taskforce has fired tear gas and warning shots at the Agbobloshie Market in what they described as a move to rid...

NDC gurus storm Ejura; demand dismissal of MCE [Photos]

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is demanding the dismissal and prosecution of the Ejura Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Salisu Bamba, over the recent riot...

Ejura deaths: Check-out members of Public Inquiry Committee

The Interior Ministry has constituted a three-member committee to investigate the shooting of two persons at Ejura in the Ashanti Region. This follows a directive...

Four arrested for possessing narcotics

Police have arrested four men for allegedly trafficking substances suspected to be Indian Hemp at Ahlidja, Ashally Botwe in Accra on Thursday, June 30...

Floods: Odaw, Korle Lagoon heavily dredged [Photos]

The Odaw River and Korle-Lagoon appear well dredged in anticipation of the rains which invariably flood the city. A visit by journalists to the Korle...

Ben Abdallah lands top appointment

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed former Offinso South Member of Parliament (MP), Ben Abdallah Banda, as the Presidential Coordinator for the Zongo Development Fund...

Why Ejura riot escalated – Asiedu Nketia gives reasons [Video]

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has blamed whoever deployed military men to calm tempers during the riot...

Asiedu Nketia’s interesting take on GPGC deal

"I am very proud we entered into the GPGC agreement under Mahama administration," says General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu...

Three jailed 210 years for robbery at Techiman

The Techiman Circuit Court in the Bono East Region has sentenced three persons to 210 years imprisonment for robbery. The court presided over by His...

Drama: Hawa Koomson storms Keta with huge key to ‘lock’ the sea

The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Hawa Koomson, has announced a one-month closure to fishing in Ghana's waters, starting Thursday, July 1 to...

I will not transfer your case to another judge – Chief Justice replies Opuni

Chief Justice, Kwasi Aning Yeboah has declined a request by former COCOBOD CEO Dr. Stephen Opuni that he transfers his case to a different...

Asiedu Nketia flays IGP; questions his loyalty to Ghanaians [Video+Audio]

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has verbally attacked the competence of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong Boanuh. Johnson Aseidu...

Ejura deaths: Ambrose Dery to announce members of Public Inquiry Committee

The Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, is expected to announce the names of members of the Public Inquiry Committee into the Ejura killings. This follows...

Police arrest fake currency dealers at Dansoman

The police at Dansoman, a suburb of Accra, have arrested five suspects for allegedly dealing in fake currencies. Akwasi Boateng alias ‘honourable’, Michael Marfo Ohene...

Over 3,000g of cocaine intercepted at Dabala Junction

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has intercepted 3,229.4 grammes of a substance suspected to be cocaine. This was on a commercial...

Agbogbloshie traders shower praises on govt over this… [Photos]

The money meant for transportation as part of relocation plans has finally hit the hands of traders at Agbogbloshie to convey their wares. The traders,...

Four suspected kidnappers shot dead [Audio]

Four suspected kidnappers have reportedly been killed by irate youth at Busunu in the West Gonja District of the Savannah region. This was during a...

Ejura killings: MP demands compensation for victims

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ejura-Sekyedumase is demanding compensation for victims killed and injured during a riot between the youth of the town and...

Fire ravages Zenith University [Photos]

An inferno has ravaged parts of the Zenith University College near the Accra International Trade Fair Centre, La, destroying several properties. Reports indicate the fire...

Fishermen, families demand livelihood support as govt announces closed season

Fisherfolk in the Keta Municipality of the Volta Region are demanding livelihood support from the government during the closed season period.  According to them, the...

Police names robbery gangs’ top financier

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service is investigating the alleged financier of five robbery gangs busted by the Service. Joseph Abrefa...

CID lists 22 persons wanted for robberies, attacks on bullion vans

Twenty-two people including six Nigerians have been declared wanted by Police in relation to some crimes including the bullion van attack at Jamestown and...

Govt slapped with $15 million judgment debt over unlawful seizure of excavators

A Kumasi High Court has slapped government with a $15.3 million judgment debt for the unlawful seizure of excavators. It has also ordered that government...

People within Energy Ministry forged my signature – Agyarko

Former Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, has said officials within the Energy Ministry forged his signature and filled forms with it when he was at the...

No arrest in bullion van robbery – CID boss

The Director of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service says no arrest has been made in the Jamestown Bullion Van...