HomeNewsLocal News

Local News

Road accident deaths in 2021 scary – NRSA

JoyNews/AdomNews · Road accident deaths in 2021 scary – NRSA The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) is hinting 2021 road accident deaths would be the...

Fundraising campaign for National Cathedral to be launched in Ho

A regional fundraising campaign to mobilise funds to support the construction of the National Cathedral will be launched in Ho, in the Volta Region...

Akomadan accident: Families bury ashes of deceased

JoyNews/AdomNews · Families of Akomadan accident burying ashes Some family members of the six people who were burnt to death in an accident at Akomadan...

LGBTQ+ activities distort the procreation order – Tobinco CEO

The Group Chairman for Tobinco Group of Companies, Elder Nana Samuel Amo Tobbin, has cautioned the youth against engaging in homosexual activities. The comment by...

Boyfriend arrested over another Takoradi fake kidnap

Two persons, including a media practitioner, are assisting police with investigations into a suspected kidnapping saga at Mpohor in the Western Region. The culprits, Stephen...

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation partners Cocoa Licensed Buying Companies to support agric entrepreneurs

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation has partnered with the Cocoa Licensed Buying Companies to support agriculture entrepreneurs in the Ashanti Region. The partnership forms...

Mobile phone repairer arrested for robbery and murder

The Eastern Regional Police Command has apprehended a 35-year-old man, Elisha Asante, a mobile phone repairer at Ekye Amanfo in the Kwahu Afram Plains...

Bawumia’s aide replies critics of digitisation agenda

Aide to Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Gideon Boako has mounted a spirited defence for the incumbent government's digitaisation agenda. According to him, the...

Ashanti Regional Police holds memorial service for fallen heroes

The Ashanti Region Police Command has held a memorial service in commemoration of six police officers who died during their line of duty. The service...

2 arrested for parading teenagers naked on the streets

Police have arrested two people in the Eastern Region who stripped two teenagers naked and paraded them on the streets of Akuapem Adawso. According to...

Why we blocked entrance to China Mall – West Hills Mall

Management of West Hills Mall has described as misleading, claims that the entrance to China Mall was blocked due to competition between the two...

NRSA investigates Abofour and Akomadan accidents

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) is investigating two crashes at Abofour and Akomadan in the Ashanti Region which have claimed 26 lives in...

No licence for cannabis business yet — Narcotics Control Commission

The Narcotics Control Commission (NCC) has warned the public against the cultivation of narcotic plants or the establishment of a business related to narcotics...

NDC man’s incest case adjourned to January 26

A Cape Coast Circuit Court hearing the alleged incest case involving the Central Regional Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress, Emmanuel Kwesi Dawood,...

Amansie South residents demonstrate over bad roads [Video]

https://youtu.be/2iXDJ_e350c Residents in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region have taken to the streets to protest against bad road network in the area. Despite...

NUGS appeals for funds to renovate office

JoyNews/AdomNews · NUGS appeals for funds to renovate office The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) is appealing for support to help fund the repairs...

New twist to Akumadan accident that claimed six lives [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Driver Who Caused Akumdan Accident Arrested The driver of a Daewoo Grandbird KS bus with registration number GT 4215-17 believed to have caused...

NRSA enforces driving protocols to reduce road crashes

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) says it has intensified the enforcement of protocols for inter-city operators and drivers in the quest to minimise...

24-year-old imposter jailed at Sogakope

Noah Donkor, a 24-year-old man, who posed as a police officer, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment in hard labour by a Sogakope...

Accident: Former MP marks 3 years anniversary; cautions drivers

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Awutu Senya West, Nenyi George Andah, has cautioned road users to be extra careful on the road. According to...

Offinso-Abofour accident: 3 more deaths recorded

The Monday morning accident which occurred on the Offinso-Abofou road in the Ashanti Region has claimed 20 lives as of November 3, 2021. Information from...

Special Prosecutor gets Int’l support to fight corruption

The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson, has paid a courtesy call on the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng. The visit on Tuesday, November 2,...

Juaben MCE confirmation: Assembly member ‘blames’ NPP supporters for confusion [Listen]

Assemblyman for Nobowam electoral area, Emmanuel Gallo, has said the brouhaha surrounding the exercise to confirm President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s Municipal Chief Executive...

Akumadan accident: Police on manhunt for bus driver

Police in the Ashanti Region are on a manhunt for the driver of a Daewoo Grandbird KS bus with registration number GT 4215 –...

Police formally file charges against Sosu in court [Listen]

Police have formally filed charges, including causing damage to public property, against Francis Xavier Sosu in court over a demonstration he led in his...

Man jailed 18 years for defiling, impregnating fiancee’s 13-year-old sister

A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for defiling and impregnating a 13-year-old junior sister of his fiancee. The Koforidua Circuit Court...

NIA’s itinerary as it begins operations in all 16 regions

The National Identification Authority (NIA) will from today, November 3, 2021, commence operation in its 16 Regional and 275 District offices across the country....

Pankrono residents go berserk as vehicle crashes two to death [Video]

Angry residents of Pankrono in Kumasi smashed the windscreen of a tipper truck after a commercial vehicle crashed into the stationary vehicle killing two...

Commander attacked with stones as road workers clash with police

The Assin Fosu Divisional Police Commander, ACP Augustine Luguyare, has been attacked by angry workers of Shimizu Dai-Nippon JV, a road construction firm working...

Confusion rocks Keta Municipal Assembly over missing stamp

Confusion is brewing at the Keta Municipal Assembly in the Volta Region over the disappearance of the Chief Executive Officer's official stamp. This disappearance, according...

Dangers on Accra roads: The story of stolen crash barriers, median fences [Watch]

Consultant for the Four-Tier-Pokuase interchange, Kwabena Bempong, has revealed some miscreants are stealing crash barriers on the stretch. According to him, some persons, pretending to...

Ambrose Dery sympathises with families of Akomadan accident

Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, has expressed his condolence to families who lost relatives in the gory accident that happened at Akomadan. The Member of Parliament...

Nurse hires 3 men to help kidnap ‘stingy’ husband for ransom

Police in Ogun State have arrested a housewife, Memunat Salaudeen, for allegedly conniving with three others to kidnap her husband for ransom. Police spokesman in the...

Impose curfew on Prampram – Asafoatse begs Akufo-Addo, IGP

A member of the Prampram Traditional Council, Asafoatse Lartey Bantama IV, has sent an urgent request to President Nana Akufo-Addo and the Inspector-General of...

Ghana Card to enable citizens abroad travel without visas – Bawumia [Audio]

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has revealed that Ghana’s unique biometric identification card, the Ghanacard, will soon become an electronic passport for all Ghanaians. Delivering...

Newborns to receive Ghana Card number at birth – Bawumia

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, every new born child delivered in Ghana next year will get, within a few months, a Ghanacard number, Vice President...

Security agencies recruitment: Police send important message to qualified applicants

The Ghana Police Service has announced the commencement of the next phase of its ongoing recruitment exercise. Following the filing of applications by prospective recruits...

Alajo Coup Plot: Court admits secret audiovisual recordings as evidence

A hard drive containing audiovisual recordings of alleged activities by suspects standing trial for plotting a coup will now be admitted as evidence by...

Survivors of ghastly Akomadan accident make shocking revelation [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Survivors of ghastly Akomadan accident makes shocking revelation Survivors of a ghastly accident that claimed six lives at Akomadan are blaming the...

The inconsistency of GLC is too much – Research Fellow

A Ghanaian Research Fellow at the University of Johannesburg’s Law Faculty is blaming the inconsistency of the General Legal Council (GLC) for the many...