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Court sentences 2 robbers to 10 years each

Two robbers were sentenced to a combined 20 years imprisonment by the Goaso Circuit Court on Friday, April 22, 2020. This was after they attacked...

COCOBOD reacts to payment of inconvenience, overnight allowances

JoyNews/AdomNews · COCOBOD on allowances to Board members The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has reacted to alleged illegal allowances paid to Directors of its Board. Head...

1D1F: Akufo-Addo commissions $30m factory at Ningo-Prampram

President Nana Akufo-Addo has commissioned the Atlantic LifeSciences Ltd, a company operating under government’s 1-District-1-Factory initiative. Speaking at the commissioning ceremony on Friday, 22nd April...

HD+ equips 6000 satellite TV technicians

Ghana’s premium high-definition satellite broadcast service provider, SES HD PLUS, marketers of the HD+ TV service, has organized a training program for satellite TV...

EPA begins nationwide market surveillance to check sale of banned chemicals

JoyNews/AdomNews · EPA begins nationwide market surveillance to check sale of banned chemicals The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has commenced a nationwide market surveillance to...

TUC calls for public sector salary review

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) says government must review the public sector pay to mitigate the effects of increased prices of goods and services...

Govt to pay CLOGSAG’s ‘neutrality allowance’ in October

JoyNews/AdomNews · Nana Ato Arthur reacts to CLOGSAG strike Government has kowtowed to pressure from the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG)...

Manasseh Azure Awuni: I went to wash dishes for left-over food, and I met this angel

In the Konkomba-Nanumba war in the Northern Region, Ghana’s military intervened to restore peace. Some of the soldiers in the Operation Gongong mission encamped...

Fetish priest busted in attempt to bury boy and cow alive at Abura Tuakwa

An attempt by a 25-year-old self-acclaimed fetish Priest to bury a young boy and a cow alive at Abura Tuakwa in the Abura Asebu...

Car snatchers strike at Trede

Some suspected car snatchers have snatched an unregistered Toyota Highlander from a man in his house at Trede, a community in the Ashanti Region. The...

Richard Asante Yeboah appointed Executive Secretary of Public Servants Housing Loan Scheme

President Akufo-Addo has appointed a Deputy Communications Director for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Richard Asante Yeboah, as the Executive Secretary of the...

Glo customers directed to select AirtelTigo as network provider in new partnership

Globacom telecommunication network (Glo) has announced a new partnership with AirtelTigo as part of efforts to improve service experience. The move is a...

My wife looked down on me – US-based Ghanaian on why he got a degree

A US-based Ghanaian, Kwabena Bentum, has disclosed that his former wife belittled him because he had a lesser qualification and salary. This encouraged him...

How Dr Okoe Boye celebrated NHIA appointment [Video]

https://youtu.be/lDCtajAKf_I?t=45 The appointment of Dr Bernard Okoe Boye as the acting Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) brought joy to his...

Eid makes return to Independence Square after Covid restrictions – Veep Bawumia

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has announced that this year's Eid prayers will be held at the Independence Square following the easing of...

I want to be like Kwame Nkrumah – Sam Jonah

Business mogul and statesman, Sir Sam E. Jonah, says if he was to get the opportunity to be President of Ghana, he would want to...

Every true Christian drinks alcohol – GIHOC CEO

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GIHOC Distilleries, Maxwell Kofi Jumah, has claimed that every true Christian drinks alcohol. He explained that alcohol was bequeathed to...

Businessman who allegedly insulted MP granted ¢10k bail

An Accra District Court has granted a GH¢10,000 bail with two sureties to a businessman who allegedly insulted Carlos Ahenkorah, Member of Parliament (MP)...

Why husband of late ‘Ekwueme’ hitmaker is yet to be arraigned in court – IGP

Usman Alkali Baba, Nigeria's Inspector-General of Police, has revealed why his outfit is yet to arraign gospel singer, Osinachi’s husband, Peter Nwachukwu, to court...

Ashesi spiderman steals show on ‘Crazy Day’ [Photos+Video]

A male student of Ashesi University who is yet-to-be-identified stole the spotlight at the 2022 Crazy Day celebration with his spiderman costume. The day...

Go to sleep and mind your own business – CLOGSAG boss ‘attacks’ Franklin Cudjoe

Executive Secretary, Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG), Isaac Bampoe-Addo, has asked the founder of IMANI-Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, to stay away...

Losing your child is a painful experience – Mahama consoles Dag Heward-Mills

Former President John Mahama has visited Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, the founder of the Light House Chapel to sympathize with him over the loss of...

Sad: Birthday girl dies after falling into septic tank

A five-year old girl fell into a septic tank on Thursday and died at Ejisu in the Ashanti Region on her birthday. The body of...

Man in court for insulting NPP MP

An Accra District Court has granted a GHC10,000.00 bail with two sureties to a businessman who allegedly insulted Carlos Ahenkorah, Member of Parliament (MP)...

Tears as teacher, 36, perishes in ghastly accident

Sylvia Etornam Gbormita, a teacher at the Border Basic School at Aflao in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region, has died in...

Check out new legal fees issued by GBA

A new directive on what clients seeking legal representation will be paying to their lawyers has been announced by the Ghana Bar Association (GBA).The...

Opoku-Ahweneeh Danquah is new GNPC CEO

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has announced Opoku-Ahweneeh Danquah as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mr Danquah, who was a Deputy CEO in...

KNUST deferment: Over 3,550 students reinstated

About 3,350 out of the over 6,000 students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) whose programmes of study were deferred...

Gabby Otchere-Darko has this to say about Dr Okoe Boye’s appointment

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has urged politicians to stay loyal to their parties no matter the...

Kofi Buah petitions CHRAJ over Police killing of constituent

The Ellembelle MP has filed a petition at the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), to investigate the April 1, 2022 shooting...

CLOGSAG playing politics with neutrality allowance or not; top executive sets records straight [Listen]

National Organiser of the Members of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG), Emmanuel Acquah, has said no member of the association...

AG criticises lawyers who ‘denigrate’ judges

The Attorney-General (A-G) and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has lashed out at some lawyers who he accused of denigrating judges and the...

KMA announces major partnership with national security [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · KMA announces major partnership with national security The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has said it is ready to deal with sanitation offenders in...

PRESEC, Wesley Girls must admit students with aggregate 20 – Minister

The Education Minister is asking Grade 'A' schools to learn to accept students with low grades and mould them into good students capable of...

Admit only cases with potential of resulting in change of law – A-G urges Supreme Court

The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has implored the Supreme Court to screen cases that are brought before it for hearing. Speaking at...

Deferment will be reversed for students who pay fees – KNUST SRC

The Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has stated that the deferment of about 6,000 students...

Police collaborate with town council to ease crime at Worawora

The Biakoye district police command in the Oti Region is advocating for effective collaboration with the Worawora Zonal Town Council to help fight the...

Dr Oko Boye gets top appointment

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed former Ledzokuku Member of Parliament, Bernard Okoe Boye, as the acting Chief Executive of the National Health Insurance Authority...

Lands Commission sets records straight on demolition exercise at Mpehuasem

The Lands Commission has justified a demolition exercise at Mpehuasem in the Ayawaso West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. According to the outfit,...

23-year-old Ghanaian woman in the U.S. fatally killed by unknown gunman

A 23-year-old Ghanaian woman living in the United States of America has been reported dead after a man opened fire in Concourse, killing her...