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Man stabs friend to death over Bluetooth player [Photos]

A young man, believed to be in his 20s, has allegedly stabbed his friend to death at Nkawkaw Zongo in the Eastern Region. Reports...

Lands Ministry takes steps to ban production of Chang-fa boats

 The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources is taking steps to ban the use and assembly of Chang-fa boats, which float on water bodies...

Police Hospital to hold mass burial

The Police Hospital in Accra will embark on a mass burial of some unidentified and unclaimed bodies. According to a statement, signed by the Head, Public Affairs,...

Meet the visually impaired Ghanaian elected as President of Oxford University’s African Society

Ebenezer Azamati, a visually impaired Ghanaian student of Oxford University’s African Society (AfriSoc), has been elected to become the new president for the citadel...

Petition to remove Chief Justice unwarranted and unmeritorious – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has described as unwarranted and unmeritorious a petition seeking the removal of the Chief Justice (CJ), Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, from office. The Chief...

Abesim murder: Chiefs to pacify land to avert wrath of gods

Chiefs in the Bono region have resolved to pacify the land after the barbaric murder of three people in one of their towns called...

Notorious thief beaten to pulp while seeking refuge at Police station [Video]

A notorious thief, identified as Gabriel Gyapong, was beaten to pulp in an attempt to seek refuge at the Bibiani Police station. The suspect, believed...

Ghana Institute of Architects disowns Abesim murder suspect

The Ghana Institute of Architects says they do not know 28-year-old Richard Appiah, suspected to have murdered three persons at Abesim, near Sunyani in...

Covid worker sacked after filming himself urinating in soap dispenser at test centre

A Covid test worker has been sacked after filming himself urinating in a soap dispenser at a primary school used as a test centre...

‘Chale Wote’ organisers granted bail

The organisers of the Chale Wote Art Festival, who were arrested by the Police, have been granted bail. They were granted bail after being cautioned. They...

Abesim murder: Family of victims, police officers to get psychological support

JoyNews/AdomNews · Abesim murder: Family of victims, police officers to get psychological support Families of three persons murdered at Abesim in the Bono Region will...

Prioritise equipping already existing hospitals – Mahama tells govt

JoyNews/AdomNews · Government must prioritize equipping already existing hospitals along building new ones – Mahama Former President John Dramani Mahama says the government should prioritise...

Togbe Kwasinyi Agyeman V enstooled as new chief for Adidome [Photos]

The Kingmakers and Council of Elders of the Toh/Tovie Clan of Mafi Adidome and associated communities have announced the enstoolment of a new chief...

Robbers strangle driver’s mate, make away with 21k cedis

A driver’s mate, who is believed to be in his late thirties, has been strangled to death by suspected armed robbers at Oborpah, in...

Allotey Jacobs reveals why he left the Catholic Church [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Allotey Jacobs reveals why he left the Catholic Church Veteran politician, Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has shared a funny story of why he quit...

School Feeding caterers paid

The Government of Ghana, through the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has disbursed an amount of GHC160 million out of the GHC213...

COVID-19: Hajj Board urges Muslims to get vaccinated

The Ghana Hajj Board has urged all Muslims and prospective pilgrims to get the COVID-19 jab in preparation for next year's holy pilgrimage. Addressing a...

Titus-Glover has this to say about Abesim murder [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Titus Glover has this to say about Abesim murder Former Member of Parliament for Tema East Constituency, Nii Kwatei Titus-Glover, has described as...

Suspect in Abesim murder case is mentally challenged – Chief declares [Video]

The chief of Abesim, Barima Kumi Acheaw, says suspect Richard Appiah involved in the Abesim murder case is not mentally sound. He claims they...

WAEC ‘fires’ Africa Education Watch over ‘misleading’ information [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · WAEC 'fires' Africa Education Watch over misleading information The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has debunked claims by Africa Education Watch that the...

Seven injured in another accident [Photo]

All seven passengers on board an Opel Zafira with registration number UE 343-21 have sustained injuries in an accident at Zebilla in the Upper...

Abesim Murder: IGP makes passionate appeal to community

The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has appealed to the Abesim Community to support police investigations with any information in...

Man burnt alive after confessing to using juju to kill his brother

He confessed to killing his brother. So he was roasted alive in the village square with the crowd cheering. Ayo 'Cassidy' of Ofodua community in...

Mahama mourns at Bole

Former President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday was at Bole to mourn the death of his aunty, Gbolo Ayisha Kuamua. The deceased is the mother...

We will not condone wrong practices for the sake of dev’t – Shai-Osudoku DCE tells new cement company

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Shai-Osudoku District Assembly, Daniel Akuffo, says although it is the objective of any assembly to see developmental projects...

Six-month-old baby, others die in road crash at Apedwa

Some nine persons, including a six-month-old baby, have been confirmed dead in a deadly crash at the Apedwa section of the Accra to Kumasi...

Pru West: Man shoots wife to death for not leaving him food

A 45-year-old husband has shot his wife, Abena Jayon, a mother-of-nine, to death during a quarrel.The couple have been married for over a decade...

Abuga Pele breaks silence about his incarceration

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for the Chiana–Paga Constituency, Abuga Pele, says he believes that the truth about his incarceration “will come out one...

Man reports himself to police after allegedly killing wife

A man has reported himself to the police after allegedly killing wife at Prang in the Pru West district of the Bono East Region. Yaw...

Chale Wote 21: Two organisers, artiste arrested at Jamestown

Two organisers of ‘Chale Wote’, the popular annual street art festival held at Jamestown in Accra, have been arrested by the Accra Central Police. One...

WidowsAid_Gh poised to support widows

One of the painful events of life women go through is widowhood, because after the loss of a husband, companionship, breadwinner and supportive aspects...

10 dead, others injured in gory accident at Gomoa Mampong

About 10 people have been confirmed dead after two buses collided at Gomoa Mampong on the Kasoa-Winneba Highway in the Central Region. The incident, which...

Tipper truck kills motor rider at Tarkwa

A motor rider has been crushed after he was trapped under a green tipper truck at Tarkwa on Friday morning. According to witnesses, the motor...

My baby daddy neglected our child and he died – Lady reveals

Groundnut seller, Charity Kyerewaa, has disclosed that she would not marry her babies' daddy because he neglected their child and it led to his...

Police impound 40 vehicles for various traffic offences

The Police have impounded 40 vehicles for various traffic offences along the Kpone-Dawenya stretch of the N1 highway during a special exercise conducted in...

Savelugu Police detain suspect for attempted rape, assault

Police at Savelugu in the Northern Region are holding a 43-year-old suspect for attempted rape and assault. The police say the victim, Zarawu Haruna, who...

Petition to remove CJ: Council of State presents report to Akufo-Addo

The Council of State has presented the outcome of its deliberation on a petition demanding the removal of the Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, to...

Police arrest suspected criminals in Kumasi commercial s3x hub

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested over 80 suspected criminals in a swoop at a popular commercial sex hub in Kumasi. The suspects, mainly...

GIS nabs 18 foreign nationals at Jirapa checkpoint

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has nabbed 18 foreign nationals at Kucheni temporal checkpoint in the Jirapa municipality. The suspects, comprising 12 males and six...

Man found dead in his room at Koforidua-Adweso

A man has been found dead in his room at Kwakyea, a suburb of Koforidua–Adweso in the Eastern Region. The deceased, Andy Sackey, alias Foofo,...