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State pursues Alex Mould, another over ‘missing’ former MASLOC CEO

State prosecutors are pursuing the two sureties who satisfied the bail conditions of the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Microfinance and Small Loans...

Metro Mass security coordinator jailed 10 years

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a security coordinator of Metro Mass Transit Company Limited, Lawal Fuseini, to a 10-year jail term for blackmailing...

UTAG strike: UG lecturers vote against suspension of strike

The University of Ghana (UG) branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), has voted against a decision by the National Executive Committee...

3 suspected robbers arrested during ‘fortification’ ritual

The Western North Regional Police Command has arrested three suspected robbers while they were allegedly fortifying themselves with what is believed to be the...

Man hangs himself at Abrewankor

A man has committed suicide at Abrewankor in a small settlement at the Bole- Sawla highway in the Bole district of the Savannah Region. The...

Metro Mass staff jailed 10 years for blackmailing former MD

A security coordinator at the Metro Mass Transit Company Limited, Lawal Fuseina, has been handed a 10-year prison term for blackmailing his former Managing...

Use fit for purpose vehicles in transporting cash – IGP after foiled robbery attack

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akufo Dampare, has renewed calls for the use of armoured vehicles in the transport of bulk cash...

UTAG Strike: I cannot betray my colleagues – Prof Gyampo

Secretary to the University of Ghana Chapter of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Prof Ransford Gyampo, has dismissed claims that he has betrayed...

We’ll stop teaching if… – UTAG-KNUST

The General Secretary of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology chapter of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG-KNUST), Dr Eric Abavari,...

Opuni fails to remove Justice Honyenuga again

The Supreme Court has dismissed yet another application by Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni which sought to recuse the trial judge hearing his alleged corruption...

Court sets date to rule on UTAG strike

The Labour Division of the Accra High Court will on March 9, 2022, rule on the legality of the strike embarked by the University...

Hundreds witness first ever boxing bout at Tafo

Hundreds of people spent sleepless nights to witness the first-ever boxing competition organised at Tafo in the Ashanti Region. The maiden occasion was electrified with...

Two injured in gory accident at Okponglo [Photos]

Two persons have reportedly been injured in a multiple-vehicle accident at Okponglo on the Legon-Madina road. The incident is said to have occurred on Tuesday...

Prison officer accidentally fires gun in court hurting himself in the process

There was pandemonium at the Law Court Complex in Accra when a prison officer inadvertently fired his weapon in a courtroom. Sources tell Joy News,...

W/R: Tension as pig head in basin is found at basic school at Mpintsin

Teachers and pupils of the Mpintsin AME Zion Basic School in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis of the Western Region were left in a state of...

Police release fresh update on attempted bullion van robbery at Industrial Area

The Ghana Police Service has assured the general public of plans to arrest the perpetrators of a bullion van robbery that occurred on Tuesday. In...

Two teenagers arrested for stealing tricycle

Two 19-year-olds have been nabbed and handed over to the Damongo police for stealing a tricycle in Tamale. The two unemployed suspects, Iddrisu Abdul Mushid...

Kelyvn Boy remanded over alleged assault on baby mama

Afrobeat star, Kelvyn Boy, has allegedly been remanded into police custody by an Adentan Circuit Court for allegedly assaulting the lady he has been...

No man can understand women because God put Adam to sleep before he created Eve – Pastor

A senior pastor has asserted that any man who wants to understand women is only building a castle in the air because it is...

NIA pushes for extension of sim card registration

The National Identification Authority (NIA) is pushing for an extension of sim card registration exercise arguing the situation has brought unnecessary pressure on the...

KNUST lecturer pleads not guilty to kidnapping his wife as court issues bench warrant for two accomplices

A KNUST lecturer standing trial over his missing wife has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and deceit of a public officer when he appeared before a...

Priest tortures two Ghanaian women accused of witchcraft

A video showing a Togolese priest torturing two Ghanaian women at his camp has sparked anger among authorities in the North East region. The two...

Police foil attempted bullion van robbery at Industrial Area

The Ghana Police Service has foiled a robbery attack on a bullion van at the Industrial Area in Accra.The police in a short notification...

French ambassador enstooled as ‘Nkosuohemaa’ at Begho; visits Twene Amanfo SHS during ‘Thank You’ tour

The French Ambassador, Anne Sophie-Avé, together with her manager and team were in Kumasi and some parts of the Bono Region as part of...

Adwoa Safo deactivates her Tiktok after backlash

Barely 24 hours after being accused of shirking her responsibilities to the people of Dome Kwabenya and engaging in fanciful activities on social media,...

2 dead, 1 injured in wall collapse

Two persons have been confirmed dead after a wall collapsed on some contractors who were working at a project site at Konkromoase in the...

Unpaid NABCo trainees better than unemployment association -Ambrose Dery [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Unpaid NABCo Trainees Better Than Unemployment Association -Ambrose Dery Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, has joined the clarion call to urge support for the...

Covid-19: We’re not letting down our guard – Zoomlion assures govt

Amidst uncertainties about whether coronavirus is out of the country or not, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), in collaboration with the government, has embarked on...

Coffin makers ordered to obtain permit

The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has directed casket makers along the Mortuary Road, near the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, to obtain permits...

Sam George ‘defends’ Adwoa Safo

Ningo Prampram Member of Parliament (MP), Sam George, has waded into calls to declare the seat of Dome-Kwabenya MP, Sarah Adwoa Safo vacant. According...

Former NCCE boss gets top post in ECOWAS

The outgoing Chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Josephine Nkrumah, has been appointed the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)...

Transport fares go up by 15%; checkout new prices

Transport operators in the country have agreed to adjust fares by 15 per cent, beginning Saturday, February 26, 2022. They concluded negotiations on the increment...

Police on manhunt for Anwiankwanta Highway robbery suspects

The Ashanti Regional Police Command is on a manhunt for a three-member armed robbery gang, who allegedly attacked and robbed passengers on Monday, February 21, 2022....

Otumfuo renders account to Asanteman

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has virtually rendered accounts of his stewardship, stressing that his 23 years reign has led to massive transformation...

Apiate explosion: Survivors demand timelines for completion of their community

Victims of the January 20 explosion at Apiate in the Western North Region are demanding timelines for the completion of their would-be new community...

Suame Interchange project to start in October – MCE

The Suame Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Maxwell Ofosu Boakye, says construction of the Suame Interchange project in the Ashanti Region is scheduled to start...

UTAG suspends strike

The University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UTAG) has resolved to suspend its industrial action temporarily. This followed an emergency meeting by UTAG’s National Executive Committee...

Collapsed wall kills two construction workers in Ashanti Region

Two workers at a construction site were buried alive when a wall collapsed on them at Konkromoase, near Atasemanso in the Ashanti region. The two...

Husband of missing Land Commission staff discharged by court, re-arrested

An Asokwa District Court, on Monday, discharged a KNUST lecturer standing trial for alleged kidnapping.of his wife; a staff of the Lands Commission. Dr. Wilberforce...

19-year-old jailed eight years for defiling girlfriend’s friend

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a motor rider to eight years imprisonment for defiling his girlfriend’s companion at Agbogboloshie, Accra. Edward Mensah, 19, charged...