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4-member committee established to investigate attack on Suame police station

The Ghana Police Service and Ghana Armed Forces have set up a four-member committee to investigate the alleged attack on Suame Police Station by...

Two perish in gory accident on Nkawkaw-Kumasi Highway

A gory accident on the Nkawkaw-Kumasi Highway has claimed the lives of two persons who are yet to be identified. Reports indicate the accident occurred...

Mortuary man answers questions about dead bodies and how they are prepared

A mortician has been answering morbid questions about dead bodies - and they're not for the faint-hearted. Victor M Sweeney, mortician and funeral director, has...

Ace Ankomah cautions religious leaders [Video]

Renowned lawyer, Ace Ankomah, says religious leaders who are engaged in the prophetic business must be wary of how they communicate prophecies that are...

I regret abandoning my GH¢16,000 paying job to travel – UK based Ghanaian

United Kingdom (UK) based Ghanaian, Collins Owusu, has disclosed that he is saddled with regrets after the first few weeks of living abroad.Speaking on...

Ace Ankomah sends important message to Police Service

Renowned Legal Expert, Ace Ankomah, has charged the Ghana Police Service to go to the Supreme Court to seek an interpretation of Articles 117...

We are not at loggerheads with Members of Parliament – ACP Kwesi Ofori

Acting Director-General of the Public Affairs Directorate of the Ghana Police Service, ACP Samuel Kwesi Ofori, says the Police Service is not at loggerheads...

Shocking as man squanders sister in-law’s GHc 45,000 savings [Video]

When asked to account for Gh45,000 in savings, he merely said, "Sika n'ashye," implying that he had squandered the funds. Baba Dogo is husband to...

Chief demands arrest of persons who connived with fake Togolese witch doctor to defraud elderly women

The chief of Nakpanduri in the North East Region is demanding the arrest of a group of individuals who connived with a fake Togolese...

Family cries for justice as police kill suspected robber

A suspected armed robber has allegedly been shot dead by armed police personnel deployed to Kwahu Afram Plains to curb rampant robbery incidents in...

Stolen luxury cars to be shipped to Ghana intercepted at ports of New York and New Jersey

Stolen cars believed to cost about $500,000 and $600,000 have been intercepted by US Customs and Border Protection officials at the New York and...

Highways Authority backs ban on ‘Aboboyaa’

The Ghana Highways Authority has welcomed the decision to ban the use of tricycles on major roads in the Greater Accra Region. Public Relations Officer...

Strong institutions need strong men to work – Ace Ankomah on IGP Dampare

Strong institutions need strong leaders to ensure they work, says renowned lawyer, Ace Ankomah. Speaking in reference to a speech delivered by the former President...

SRC election results: Why UG’s Commonwealth and Sarbah hall students clashed

Students of the University of Ghana’s Commonwealth and Mensah Sarbah halls clashed on Friday over the delay in announcing the Students Representative Council (SRC)...

KATH suspends orthopaedic surgeries due to lack of theatre tables

The Orthopaedic directorate of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in the Ashanti Region has suspended emergency services due to unavailability of theatre tables. In a...

Police officers assaulted by Military men at Suame

Police and military officers clashed at the Suame suburb of Kumasi on Friday over the arrest of a military officer for flouting traffic regulation. Some...

Police, Military probe clash at Suame police station

The Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Armed Forces, have commenced investigation into an attack at the Suame police station in the Ashanti Region. Officials...

6-year-old drowns; police arrest one suspect at Juaboso

A six-year-old boy named Stephen Adjei has drowned at Sehwi Fawohoma Yesu, a farming community in the Juaboso District of the Western North Region. Information...

499 law students: Lawyers give interesting twist to Parliament’s directive to GLC [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Lawyer reacts to Parliament's directive to General Legal Council A private legal practitioner has downplayed Parliament’s directive to the General Legal Council (GLC)...

Ghana Standards Authority asks NABCo trainees to proceed on leave

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has directed all Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) trainees to proceed on a two-week mandatory leave. The directive, according to...

Man arrested with narcotic substances during Highway operations

One Adebayor Adesa Ako has been arrested by a Highway Patrol team stationed within the Ketu South Municipality, in the Volta Region for possession...

‘Trotro’ driver captured in video urinating on road arrested

Police have arrested Yaw Manu, driver of a commercial vehicle caught on video urinating on the road. The driver, who is in his late...

Fetish priest hot for allegedly defrauding woman of GHS 60,000

A 50-year-old fetish priest is in hot waters for allegedly defrauding a farmer of GHS 60,000 under the guise of mining her gold at...

Aged mother begs for help as son allegedly subjects her to slavery in Brazil

A 62-year-old woman, Mary Akweley Coffie, wants to return to Ghana as her son, Zaid who invited her to Brazil has subjected her to...

CETSED lauds govt over reintroduction towing levy

The Centre for Transport Security Dialogue (CETSED) has lauded the Ministry ofTransport and the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) over plans to reintroduce the...

Kaaka’s family petitions PIPS over alleged misconduct of Ejura police

The family of late Ibrahim Mohammed, alias Kaaka, a social activist, has petitioned the Police Intelligence & Police Professional Standards (PIPS) to request for...

Relationship, airtime major factors of hardship – Economic analyst [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Relationship, airtime major factors of hardship - Economic analyst In a period when the average Ghanaian is lamenting about the standard of living,...

MP to launch ‘gofundme’ account to complete Aflao E-block

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ketu South, Dzifa Gomashie, is set to launch a gofundme account to raise funds to operationalise the uncompleted...

Okoe Boye details his experience at Korle Bu in a book

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ledzokuku Constituency, Bernard Okoe Boye, has launched a book. The book dubbed: 'The Mother in the Monster Calming...

Receiver announces sale of 24 landed property of collapsed microfinance firms

The Receiver for the collapsed 347 Microfinance and 23 Savings Companies, Eric Nana Nipah, has initiated processes to sell another set of landed property...

Akufo-Addo is the most lawless president Ghana has ever had – Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · 'Akufo-Addo is the most lawless president Ghana has ever had' - Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe A founding member of the governing New Patriotic Party...

Kumchacha exposes colleague pastors over prophecies [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Kumchacha exposes Colleague Pastors over prophecies Founder and Leader of Heaven's Gate Ministry, Prophet Nicholas Osei, aka Kumchacha, has hit hard at his colleague...

Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai roads to get a facelift

Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai roads are to get a facelift as the contractor has started work in the constituency, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area,...

Court adjourns 499 ‘failed’ law students’ case as AG asks for more time [Video]

https://youtu.be/1n1Ar4odoP0 The Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court has adjourned the case involving a section of LLB holders denied admission to the Ghana...

I sincerely apologise for my defamatory publication – Adom-Boakye to Eugene Arhin

Maame Afua Adom-Boakye has rendered an apology to the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin. Madam Adom-Boakye was served notice by solicitors of...

Security agencies recruitment: Check out number of applicants qualified to write final aptitude test

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) says out of over seven thousand applicants screened in the Ashanti Region, about four thousand have qualified to...

Parliament passes resolution for GLC to admit 499 law students

Parliament has passed a resolution for the General Legal Council (GLC) to compel the Ghana Law School to admit the 499 students who sat...

FDA makes important statement about expired products ahead of Xmas

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has addressed rumours suggesting that expired products have grace periods. Some media reports indicate that there are edible windows...

Okada rider dumped in a bush after being robbed

An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand of a 25-year-old man, Ajayi Taiwo, for alleged robbery. The court remanded Taiwo, whose address was not...

Another suspect in fake currency syndicate arrested

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested another person in connection with a suspected fake currency trade. The suspect has been identified as 35-year-old...