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Journalist enstooled chief of Anum-Asamankese

The chiefs and people of Anum-Asamankese Traditional Area, have enstooled Samuel Osei Agyei as their Asomkahene at a colourful ceremony held at the Anum...

Man crashes Ferrari he rented to impress his friends [Video]

A young Ghanaian man has incurred massive repair cost on himself after he crashed a plush Ferrari car he is reported to have rented...

Meet the woman who lost her forehead in car crash

A woman, who lost her forehead when her knees slammed into her face in a car crash, has finally finished her reconstructive surgery 14...

COVID-19: GHS to roll out Moderna vaccine next week

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has disclosed that it will soon begin administering the 1.2 million Moderna Covid-19 vaccines it received from the United...

Akufo-Addo, Mahama meet in Koforidua

President Nana Akufo-Addo and former President John Dramani Mahama over the weekend met in Koforidua. The two leaders were in the Eastern Regional capital to...

Seven-year-old boy needs GHS 10,000 to undergo tumour surgery

A seven-year-old boy, Ali Nbaipare, from the Oti Region, is in dire need of GHS 10,000 to enable him to undergo tumour surgery. Ali and...

Sunyani: S3x workers allegedly murder man for failing to pay for services

A man, believed to be in his 30s, has allegedly been murdered by persons suspected to be commercial sex workers at Sunyani-Newtown. The man, who...

Asante Akyem Agogo traditional council bans expensive funerals

The Asante Akyem Agogo Traditional Council has introduced comprehensive measures to curb expensive funerals in the area. Among the measures is a ban on the...

Professor Samuel Kwaku Bonsu is the new rector of GIMPA

A colourful event has been held at the Greenhill Campus of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) to swear in Professor...

Western Regional Minister reacts to funeral contribution allegation

Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah, has rejected claims that District Assemblies in his region have been asked to contribute between ¢2,000 and...

My wife knows I have a ‘side chick’ – Odike

Businessman and Founder of the United People’s Party, Akwasi Addai Odike, says his wife knows he has a girlfriend and has no problem with...

Popular journalist’s father buried in cutlass-shaped coffin

Samuel Addo’s father, John Kwaku Addo, popularly known as Kyirem, a sports producer, has been buried in a cutlass-shaped coffin in a grand style. Akyirem...

Yaw Acheampong Boafo elected GBA national president

A private legal practitioner in the Ashanti Region, Yaw Acheampong Boafo, has been elected as the new national president of the Ghana Bar Association...

Achimota SHS names Rasta student Tyrone Marhguy as part of NSMQ squad

Rastafarian student, Tyrone Iras Marhguy, has reportedly been added to the list of students who will represent Achimota Senior High School (SHS) for the...

Armed police deployed to KNUST campus over planned disturbances

Armed police personnel have been deployed to the campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) after the Ashanti Regional Security...

‘Kristo Asafo’ pastor shot dead by unknown gunman

An unknown person has shot dead a retired pastor of the Kristo Asafo Church, Adu Gyamfi at Konongo in the Ashanti Region. The incident reportedly...

Cases of African Swine fever confirmed in Bono Region

The Bono Regional Director of the Veterinary Services, Dr Donald Joachim Darko, has confirmed that some seven farms have so far been affected with...

Tuesday, September 21, declared public holiday

The government has declared Tuesday, 21st September 2021, as a statutory public holiday. A statement, signed by Ambrose Dery, the Minister for Interior, says the...

MMDCEs appointment: Akufo-Addo to submit final list to Dan Botwe today

President Nana Akufo-Addo has finalised the list of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) who are to serve in his second term. The Minister of Local...

MMDCEs instructed to contribute GH¢49k towards father of Regional Minister’s funeral

The Western Regional Coordinating Council (WRCC), has directed Metropolitan, Municipal, District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to contribute GH¢ 49,000 by the close of Monday, September...

There is shortage of food; not food crisis – Minister [Audio]

The Deputy Minister for Agriculture has dismissed claims that the country is faced with a food crisis. Mr Yaw Frimpong Addo speaking on JoyNews on...

KNUST students ordered to leave campus by Saturday

The Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council has directed students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to vacate the school premises latest...

Three arrested over police recruitment scam

Three persons have been arrested at Akatsi in the Volta Region for alleged recruitment fraud in the ongoing police service recruitment. The trio has been...

Govt suspends premix fuel supply to 4 landing beaches

The government has suspended the supply of premix fuel to some four landing beaches in the Central Region. The affected areas are British Komenda, Moree,...

Six perish in accident on Huni-Ano road

Six persons have died with others injured in an accident involving a Toyota Hiace transporting 17 passengers to Prestea in the Western Region. Four of the...

NPP’s role in Owusu-Bempah’s arrest – Sammy Gyamfi drops bombshell

JoyNews/AdomNews · NPP’s role in Owusu Bempah’s arrest – Sammy Gyamfi drops bombshell National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi,...

Owusu-Bempah’s debacle: Archbishop sends strong message to pastors [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Prophet Amoako reacts to Owusu Bempah's bail Men of God in Ghana have been charged to use the tribulation of Revered Isaac Owusu-Bempah...

Africa Watch petitions CID over 2021 WASSCE

Africa Education Watch has petitioned the Criminal investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to investigate reports of examination leakage in the ongoing...

Fetish priest arrested with human parts [Video]

https://youtu.be/5l71o1gVVWU The Obuasi Police have arrested a 21-year-old fetish priest for exhuming human parts at a cemetery at Anyinam in the Ashanti Region. The Divisional Police...

Wontumi speaks on Akufo-Addo, Bawumia and Owusu-Bempah [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Wontumi gives interesting revelation on Owusu Bempah Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, has fought off claims...

Mahama, NDC top gurus visit Prophet 1 [Photo]

As part of his 'Thank You' tour in the Ashanti Region, former President John Mahama has paid a courtesy call on popular prophet, Ebenezer...

Suspected serial robbers on trial

Two suspected serial robbers are standing trial at the Accra Circuit Court for stealing a black unregistered Toyota Corolla and a cash sum of...

Owusu-Bempah to reappear in court on Monday

JoyNews/AdomNews · Owusu Bempah is reappear in court Monday The woes of embattled Founder and Leader of Glorious Word Power Ministries International, Reverend Isaac Owusu-Bempah,...

Applications open for 4th Kwame Nkrumah Creative Writing Workshop 2021

The Accra International Book Festival (AIBF) is inviting applications from aspiring authors for the 4th Kwame Nkrumah Creative Writing Workshop.  The 4th Kwame Nkrumah Creative...

Owusu-Bempah’s church apologises to media

The Glorious Word Power Ministries International has apologised for the attacks on some journalists by followers of the Head Pastor, Rev. Isaac Owusu-Bempah at...

Level 300 UDS student found dead in his room

A Level 300 student of the University For Development Studies (UDS), Nyankpala campus, was found dead in his room on Tuesday, September 14. According to...

‘Narcotic drugs not legalised’

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has warned the public not to see the new Narcotics Control Commission Act, 2020 (Act 1019) as a free...

WAEC reschedules two WASSCE papers

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has rescheduled the Physics and Business Management examination in the ongoing West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The papers...

WASSCE leakage: Check out schools being monitored by WAEC

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has published a list of 11 schools that it is monitoring following a tip-off of 'intents to cheat'...

Cop killed in accident on Wamfie-Dormaa highway

A police constable was killed on Monday in an accident on the Wamfie-Dormaa Highway in the Bono Region.Reports gathered by the Ghanaian Times indicated...