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Russia-Ukraine crisis: Govt commends Okudzeto Ablakwa [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Commends Okudzeto Ablakwa North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has been lauded for meeting Ghanaian students evacuated to Romania...

Sanitation Minister blames water rationing on sand winning, ‘galamsey’

JoyNews/AdomNews · Sanitation Minister blames water rationing on sand winning and 'galamsey' The Sanitation and Water Resources Minister, Cecilia Dapaah, is blaming the ongoing water...

26 researchers receive grants from Jospong’s Environmental Sanitation Research Fund

Twenty-six (26) teams of researchers from 13 universities and research institutions across the country have received grant from the Jospong Group of Companies’ (JGC)...

My therapist asked me to mention names to free my mind – Abena Korkor [Video]

Social media influencer and mental health ambassador, Abena Korkor, says mentioning names of people she has had an encounter with forms part of her...

Afram Plains: Still births, anaemia among pregnant women on the rise

The Kwahu Afram Plains District Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has expressed concerns over the high prevalence of anaemia among pregnant women...

Major roads in Cape Coast to be blocked on Independence Day

The Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police service will on Sunday, March 6, temporarily closed four major roads in Cape...

’28th, The Crossroads’ animated film premiered in Accra

The animated film, “28th, The Crossroads” was last Monday premiered at the Silverbird Cinema at the Accra Mall. It is Ghana’s first feature length animation...

Six including 2-year-old boy feared dead in head-on collision at Wassa Asikuma

About six persons, including a two-year-old boy, are feared dead following a head-on collision at Wassa Asikuma in the Western Region. The incident involved a...

Police Inspector and wife die in accident at Akuse

A Police Chief Inspector at Osiem Police Station in the Abuakwa North Municipality of the Eastern Region, James Tey, and his wife have both...

Apiate explosion: Govt will publish Committee’s report when needed

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has stated that the government is ready to publish reports on the Apiate disaster...

Ellembelle MP, 4 others face court for various traffic offences

Ellembelle Member of Parliament (MP), Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, and four other motorists have been arrested by the Airport Divisional Police Command for road...

School feeding programme is functional and not on hold – Gender Ministry clarifies

The Gender, Children and Social Protection Ministry, has denied claims that the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), has been put on hold. The Caretaker of...

Court orders BoG to produce Capital Bank’s statement of accounts

The High Court has ordered the Governor of Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison, to produce and tender into the court, on March 10,...

My husband beats me but I cannot leave him – Woman cries [video]

A 32-year-old woman, Alberta Nkansah, living at Akroma in the Central Region of Ghana, has narrated how her husband does not take care of...

Govt approves budget for evacuation of students; check out amount [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Govt approves budget for evacuation of students; check out amount Deputy Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister, Kwaku Ampratwum Sarpong, has said the...

Teacher hit by stray bullet during police struggle with Okada riders

A primary school teacher with the Kogyina M/A Primary School in the Bibiani Anwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region has been hit...

Agric Ministry projects difficulty in fertiliser supply in 2022

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture is projecting 2022 as a difficult year for government’s flagship programme, ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ because of...

AG takes over Owusu Bempah’s case with Agradaa

The commencement of the trial in which Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah and six others are standing trial for the threat of death on Patricia...

Ghanaian man invents electric bicycle that can charge phones [Photos]

Accolades are in order for a 26-year-old Ghanaian man for inventing electric bicycles that have the capability to charge gadgets. Lawrence Adjei, a cyclist, powered...

Mere comments about coup don’t warrant arrest – Obed Asamoah

A former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr Obed Asamoah, says mere speeches about coup d’etat are not enough to trigger the arrest of...

Woman’s sweet tattoo tribute to her dad backfires after huge spelling mistake

Getting a tattoo tribute for someone you care about is a big commitment, and you'll want everything to go smoothly if you're going to have someone's...

Wage war against tax offenders – AG to newly inaugurated EOCO Board

The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has charged the Economic and Organized Crime Office  (EOCO) to go after multinational companies that...

Russia-Ukraine crisis: Ablakwa meets Ghanaian students in Romania [Photos]

The Ranking Member on the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has met Ghanaian students evacuated to Romania amidst the Russia-Ukraine crisis....

Project funded by oil money non-existent – PIAC reveals

JoyNews/AdomNews · Project funded by oil money missing - PIAC reveals The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has revealed a rural market project funded...

3 injured, pupils displaced after rainstorm rips off schools’ roofs at Kadjebi [Video]

At least three pupils have been injured after a violent rainstorm that hit Kadjebi Akan District in the Oti Region. The roofs of two schools...

19-year-old jailed for online dating fraud

A 19-year-old student of Keta Business College will spend the next 30 months behind bars for leveraging on the nude photos of a supposed...

K.T. Hammond condemns Atuguba’s coup comment

JoyNews/AdomNews · K.T Hammond condemns Atuguba’s coup comment Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa, K.T. Hammond, has criticised the Dean of University of Ghana Law...

Bawumia launches Digitalised National Assay Laboratory

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has reiterated government’s willingness to support any institution, public or private, which intends implementing digital initiatives to promote...

Govt to hold 5th E-levy Townhall meeting in Ho

Government is taking its next Townhall meeting to discuss the Electronic Transaction levy (E-levy) to the Volta Region. The 5th Townhall meeting to be organised...

NMC appoints new boards for state-owned media

The National Media Commission (NMC) has appointed new governing boards for public corporations, managing the four state-owned media. They are the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), Ghana...

Man killed during fight over dog meat

It has emerged that a 46-year-old man has lost his life in a fight over dog meat at Assin Atweneboanda in the Assin North...

Without E-levy govt cannot pay workers – PNC General Secretary

General Secretary of the People's National Convention (PNC), Mrs Janet Nabla, has reaffirmed that the government will be incapable of paying the salaries of...

YouStart programme to commence in April – Ken Ofori-Atta

The government has completed the piloting of its flagship YouStart programme and says it is ready to be rolled out in April this year. According...

Damba festival lights up Obuasi amid rich display of culture

The entire mining town of Obuasi went agog as hundreds of people from all walks of life troop to the Zongo Play Grounds to...

Kadjebi residents left without electricity after Monday’s rainstorm

Residents of Kadjebi Akan in the Oti Region have had to live at least three days and counting without electricity to major parts of...

Private legal practitioner sends SOS message to Barker-Vormawor’s lawyers

A private legal practitioner is baffled at the legal procedures being adopted by lawyers of embattled FixTheCountry Movement convener, Oliver Barker-Vormawor. Nana Adjei Baffour Awuah...

I don’t want coup in Ghana; God forbid it – Effah-Dartey [Audio]

Private legal practitioner, Captain Nkrabeah Effah-Dartey (rtd), has said he never wishes for a coup to occur in Ghana again. The former Deputy Minister...

Suspected armed robber lynched at Denkyira Abuakwa Nkwanta

A suspected armed robber has been lynched by residents of Denkyira Abuakwa Nkwanta in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the Central Region. The...

Police roll out community policing nationwide

The Police Administration has decided to expand community policing to all district police commands across the country. This is a significant scale-up of the concept...

Woman killed in road accident at Sewuah Junction [Video+Photos]

A young lady has died in an accident involving a sprinter bus that collided with a stationary commercial minibus at Kumasi’s Sewuah Junction. Two...