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‘Fast and Furious reckless Benz driver’ admitted at hospital

The 28-year-old driver, who was arrested for reckless driving akin to the Fast and Furious movies at Opeibea in Accra, has taken ill. The...

C/R: Footballer jailed 10 years for defilement

The Cape Coast Circuit Court 1, presided over by Her Honour Mrs Dorinda Smith Arthur, has sentenced a 31-year-old self-acclaimed footballer at Assin Aworosso...

Houses submerged; bridge washed away by floods at Nyamekrom [Photos]

Residents of Nyamekrom, a farming community in the New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region, are counting their losses after their homes and...

Justice at last: Farmer freed after 5 years incarceration

A farmer has become a victim of injustice after spending more than five years on remand in prison although a murder case against him...

The world ain’t fair – Ghanaian producer’s last words before he was found dead

A budding Ghanaian music producer, identified as Yaw Boakye Dankwa, has been found dead in what his family suspects to be suicide. The producer and...

COVID-19: Centre for Plant Medicine Research develops medicines for treatment

Executive Director, Centre for Plant Medicine Research, Dr Kofi Bobi Barimah, has hinted that they would soon outdoor two herbal medicines developed to treat...

MP’s police guard arrested for allegedly pulling gun on tricycle rider

The police guard for the Zabzugu Member of Parliament (MP), John Jabah, is in the grips of the Zabzugu police for allegedly threatening a...

Parts of Accra to experience power cut today; check out affected areas

Parts of Accra will today, October 25, 2021, experience power outages, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced. The outage, according to ECG,...

Madina MP leads ‘Fix our roads’ demo

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina, Francis Xavier-Sosu, will be leading a demonstration over deplorable roads in his constituency today, Monday, October...

Asantehene eulogises Hajia Mariama Bawumia

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has paid an emotional tribute to Hajia Mariama Bawumia, the late mother of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. The glowing...

Police kill two notorious armed robbers in gun battle

Police personal, who were escorting two armed robbers to a location of other armed robbers hiding weapons near Bole in the Savannah Region, exchanged...

Akufo-Addo launches ‘Operation Clean Your Frontage’ initiative

President Akufo-Addo has launched 'Operation Clean Your Frontage' initiative in Accra. The initiative by Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council (GARCC), is to ensure all households...

Why I didn’t want to be Greater Accra Regional Minister – Henry Quartey breaks silence

The Member of Parliament for Ayawaso Central, Henry Quartey, has explained why he was initially reluctant in accepting his appointment as Greater Accra Regional...

3 in police custody for faking kidnapping incident in Takoradi

Three people, who allegedly faked a kidnapping incident in Takoradi in the Western Region last Friday have been arrested by the police. The suspects are...

Spectacular and Elusive Bird rediscovered in Atewa Forest

The Shelley’s Eagle-Owl, a giant owl and one of the most elusive and mysterious of all birds, has been rediscovered in the Atewa Forest,...

2 land guards arrested for assaulting mason

The Gomoa Ojobi District Police command has arrested two land guards for allegedly assaulting a mason at Gomoa Ojobi in the Gomoa East District...

C/R: Seven dead in separate trailer accidents

Seven persons have been confirmed dead in two accidents that took place in the Central Region on Sunday, October 24. Five persons in a taxi...

Police arrest man who was driving recklessly in viral video

The Police have arrested the driver of the black Mercedes Benz, who was captured in a viral video driving dangerously at the airport traffic...

Ejisuman SHS embarks on Peace Walk over encroachment of school lands [Photos]

Authorities and students of Ejisuman Senior High School (SHS) have embarked on a peaceful march over the encroachment of their school lands. They alleged...

Bawku Chief Imam passes on

The Chief Imam of Bawku in the Upper East Region, Sheikh Muhammad Murtada, has been reported dead. Shiekh Murtada is said to have died on Friday, October...

Go and sin no more – Court cautions evangelist for fondling woman

An Adentan Circuit Court has cautioned an evangelist accused of fondling a lady and inserting his finger into her vagina, to desist from such...

38 arrested for alleged assault on police officers

The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested 36 persons for an alleged assault on officers at Luhour, a suburb of Sege in the...

Korle-Bu releases breast cancer patients after NDC Deputy Women’s Organiser settles medical bills

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has released some three breast cancer patients who were detained due to their inability to settle their hospital bills. The...

Adongo mourns with Bawumia, gifts him a cow for mother’s funeral [Photos]

Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central Constituency in the Upper East Region, Isaac Adongo, on Friday visited Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia at his Walewale...

Medikal’s day in court [Photos]

Rapper Medikal has been remanded in prison custody for five days. He was remanded by an Accra Circuit court on Friday, October 22. The artiste, born...

Lawyers reject compensation packages for victims of Ayawaso West Wuogon bye-election

JoyNews/AdomNews · Lawyers on Ayawaso West Wuogon compensation package There was drama at the National Security Ministry as lawyers for the victims of the Ayawaso...

‘Side-chicks’ are ‘helpers’ who spice up marriages, I demanded my husband gets one – Joy FM Listener

Discussions on the topic of ‘Side-Chicks’ or mistresses and cheating in marriages never seem to die down. There are diverse opinions and reasons why...

Kejetia traders agree to start payment of electricity bills

Traders at the Kejetia Market in Kumasi have agreed to start payment of accrued electricity bills. The traders have defaulted payment of 2.1million cedis in...

Walewale: One of 3 police officers involved in accident still in critical condition

The Northern Regional Crime Officer, Superintendent Bernard Baba Ananga, has indicated that one of the three police officers who was involved in an accident...

JoyNews’ Kwetey Nartey wins big at 2021 West Africa Media Excellence Awards

JoyNews’ Kwetey Nartey has grabbed two awards at the 2021 edition of the prestigious West Africa Media Excellence Awards (WAMECA 2021). He won the Investigative Journalist...

John Dumelo promises to help Aflao chief complete E-block project

Actor and politician, John Dumelo, has promised to donate 100 bags of cement to the paramount chief of Aflao, Togbui Amenya Fiti V, to...

Kayaye is modern-day slavery – Otiko Djaba

The Executive Director of Henry Djaba Memorial Foundation, Otiko Afisah Djaba, says head porters ' job, popularly known as kayaye, is purely modern-day slavery...

Speeding car runs over traders at Nzema-Nkwanta [Photos]

Some traders at Nzema-Nkwanta in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region have been crashed by a speeding private car. The Vibe...

I’m excited there’s Ga Mantse in my time as president – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed his delight over the peace that has finally been restored to the Ga State, following the installing of a...

4 motorcyclists arraigned for allegedly beating, removing policeman’s teeth

Four motorcyclists were on Friday docked in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beating up a police officer and causing his teeth to...

IGP airlifts police officers who got injured in Walewale road crash

The Inspector-General of Police Dr. George Akuffo-Dampare has airlifted three Police officers who sustained serious injuries while on duty to receive medical care in...

Court throws out injunction suit against empire cement factory [Photo]

The Accra High has thrown out a suit seeking to place a perpetual injunction on the construction of Empire Cement Ghana Limited under the...

22-year-old woman arrested over murder of boyfriend

A 22-year-old woman, Akosua Frimpomaa, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her 26-year-old-boyfriend, Seidu Mohammed to death. The alleged crime occurred at Asankari Barrier in...

Obengfo Hospital to be closed down on court orders

A criminal court division of the Accra High Court has endorsed the closure of the Advanced Body Sculpt Centre, popularly known as the Obengfo...

Kwaw Kese offers powerful prayers for Shatta Wale

Rapper Kwaw Kese, known in private life as Emmanuel Botwe, has offered prayers for his colleague musician, Shatta Wale. It is Kwaw Kese's prayer...