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PassionAir reacts to flight landing in Cote d’Ivoire instead of Kumasi

Domestic airline, PassionAir has explained the circumstances that led to its Kumasi-bound flight landing in Côte d’Ivoire. The company says it had to land in...

New twist to Major Mahama trial as suspects make interesting claim

Eleven out of the 14 alleged killers of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama have accused the police of coercing them to confess to the murder...

Camera captures Ghanaian student lovers in uncompromising position during zoom lectures [Video]

A Ghanaian student identified by Zoom-registered name, Ruth Bilson, has been captured on a Zoom video in an uncompromising position with her lover during...

High Court set date for Akuapem Poloo’s appeal

An Accra High Court has set the date to hear the appeal filed by lawyer of actress, Rosemond Alade Brown, aka, Akuapem Poloo jailed...

Ghana Water Company to cut water supply to these areas

The Management of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has announced that there will be an interruption of water supply to the eastern part of...

Ghanaian women stranded in Saudi Arabia call on Akufo-Addo for help [Video]

Some Ghanaian women stranded in Saudi Arabia are as a matter of urgency appealing to the government to evacuate them. The dreams of the women,...

COVID-19: Over 500 vaccines expire

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has discarded over 500 expired Covid-19 vaccines in the Northern and Oti Regions as of last Friday. This...

Lady confesses to stealing mother’s surgery money for lover

A woman identified as Linda Amoako's decision to please her lover has landed her in big trouble, with her mother vowing to disown her. A...

Teacher allegedly butchers man over debt

A teacher identified as Foster Amankona has allegedly butchered one Francis Yaw Opoku to death over debt he owes him at Berekum-Mpatasie Residents say the...

Fire engulfs administration block of Mampong training college [Video]

Fire has engulfed the administration block of the Mampong College of Technical Education in the Ashanti region. Reports indicate the incident occurred in the early...

Akuapem Poloo’s lawyers finally appeal her 90-day sentence

Lawyers for actress, Rosemond Alade Brown, popularly known as Akuapem Poloo, have filed an appeal against her 90-day jail sentence. The Accra Circuit Court on...

Kasoa: Gunshots as armed robbers raid mobile money, electrical shops

Armed robbers have raided mobile money and an electrical shop at Kasoa Opeikuma in a daylight mission. The two suspects were said to have first...

C/R: NPP Executives defend Kutin in School Feeding cash brouhaha

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central region, has defended its Chairman, Robert Kutin Junior over school feeding funds allegedly stashed in his...

Stolen spiritual ring: Another teenager’s finger rotting away at Pantang [Photo]

Another case of ring theft has rocked Pantang as a teenager is almost losing his index finger in a suspected spiritual attack. The distraught young...

Ghana arrests 9 suspected Nigerian jailbreakers

Nine persons suspected to be inmates of a Nigerian prison who recently broke jail have been arrested in Ghana at Ada Foah. According to the...

Sad news hits National Science and Maths Quiz community as former contestant dies [Photo]

A former contestant of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) and student of Chemu Secondary School, Francis Tetteh, has been reported dead. He...

Fear grips Breman Asikuma residents as python comes out of resident’s bedroom [Video]

Residents of Akumfi, a suburb of Breman Asikuma of the Central region are in a state of fear after a python was killed in...

Why I declined to grant Joy FM Journalist interview – Roads Minister [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Amoako-Atta breaks silence on why he snubbed top journalist Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Attah has defended his decision to deny an...

Assemblies of God pastor found dead on Atwea Mountains

An Assemblies of God pastor, Mr Godfred Amofa, is said to have been discovered dead at Atwea Mountains where he holds prayer sessions. According to...

Linda Dor rest stop turns into nightmare for travellers as thieves raid VIP bus [Video]

The usual stop travellers make at Linda Dor Rest Stop at Bunso Junction off the Accra-Kumasi highway turned into a nightmare when passengers onboard...

Manasseh Azure wades into Akuapem Poloo sentencing brouhaha

Investigative Journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has spoken about actress Rosemond Brown, also known as Akuapem Poloo's sentencing. Poloo's sentencing topped the headlines last week...

Security alarm system foils bank robbery

An attempt by suspected robbers to break into the GCB Bank branch at Fise Junction, near Pokuase in the Greater Accra Region at dawn...

Fire guts over 20 shops at Kumasi Central market [Photos]

Fire has destroyed over 20 shops and other properties at the Kumasi Central Market. The fire, the cause of which is not immediately known, is...

Lady drowns at Saltpond beach

A lady believed to be about 18 years old has drowned at the Saltpond Beach in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region.Reports say...

Second dose of Covid-19 vaccine extended

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says Ghanaians who have taken their first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines should not be worried if they...

Vice-Chancellors pledge to support Education Minister, Dr. Adutwum

Vice Chancellors of Public, Private and Technical Universities in Ghana have pledged to support the Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, to transform...

About 700 residents in Yapei rendered homeless after rainstorm [Photos]

Another rainstorm disaster in the Savannah Region has rendered about 700 residents from three communities homeless with several properties worth thousands of cedis destroyed. The...

Covid-19: 8 more die active cases now 1,334

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has indicated that eight more Ghanaians have succumbed to the Covid-19 pandemic. According to GHS Director-General, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the...

Let’s find safety in the Lord – Pastor Otabil

General Overseer, International Central Gospel Church, has asked Christians to find safety, peace and rest in the Lord when faced with challenges. Pastor Mensa Otabil...

Coalition of La Associations bare teeth at GAF

The leadership of the Coalition of La Associations (COLA) has described as false reports by the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) indicating that the people...

Ghana will soon deploy automated traffic policing system – MTTD

The Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service will soon activate its automated traffic policing system designed to record violations...

Ghana Navy gets 72-bed capacity transit quarters

A 72-bed capacity transit quarters has been opened for Senior and Junior ratings of the Ghana Navy Stores Department in Takoradi in the Western...

Kumbungu flood victims given a 26-acre parcel of land to relocate

The Chief of Dalun Dalunlanaa Mahama Amidu has released a 26-acre parcel of land to last year’s flood victims to relocate to higher grounds. About...

Chief Justice to set up tax court soon

The Judicial Service is set to establish a tax court to consider and hear tax-related cases in the country. A copy of a letter dated...

Kufuor gifts two peacocks to Australian High Commissioner

Ghana's former president, John Agyekum Kufuor, has presented two peacocks as gifts to the Australian Commission in Ghana. This follows a visit by the High...

23-yr-old ex-convict with good BECE grades denied admission by 3 Senior High Schools

A 23-year-old ex-convict, Abu Safianu Yahaya who dreams of becoming a nurse had his hopes dashed because of his ex-convict status. Yahaya has been denied...

There is an urgent need to regulate the media – Godfred Dame

The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, says efforts to regulate the media is cast in law and falls within international...

230 suspected criminals, sex workers arrested at Soldier Bar

Personnel from the National Police Operations have arrested 230 suspected criminals and commercial sex workers at the environs of Soldier bar at the Kwame...

Yaw Sarpong surprised with new car from manager; land from Ayisha Modi [Video]

Veteran gospel musician, Yaw Sarpong couldn’t conceal his excitement after his executive manager, Nana Kobo gifted him a brand new Toyota RAV 4 vehicle...

Akuapem chief ‘disowns’ Akuapem Poloo

Mampong Akwapem Apesemakahene, Nana Yirenkyi l, has disclosed that actress Rosemond Brown, popularly known as Akuapem Poloo, is not of Akuapem origin.Speaking to Accra...