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Wa residents and military smoke peace pipe after brutalities

The President of the Wala Traditional Council, Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV, has organised fun games between the military and civilians as part of...

COP George Dampare begins work as Ag IGP

Commissioner of Police (COP), George Akuffo Dampare, has officially begun work as the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP). This follows his appointment by President...

Two suspected kidnappers arrested in Buipe

Police in Buipe in the Savannah Region have apprehended two suspected kidnappers. The two, Mohammed Aliu and Naaru Joli, were arrested on Friday, July 30,...

UTAG declares nationwide strike today

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), has directed members to withdraw all teaching and related activities on...

Robbers break into home of GNAT Chair; bolt with cash, other items

Armed Robbers have broken into the Mankessim residence of the Central Regional Chairman of the Ghana National Association of Teachers(GNAT), Rev Dr Isaac Owusu. They...

Our Day: Manasseh sends strong message to critics of gifts for 9-year-old Oswald

Ghanaian journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, has questioned the thinking of people criticising nine-year old Oswald Gennuh for receiving gifts from brands and companies in...

Attorney-General makes shocking revelation about Saglemi contractor

Documents filed in court on behalf of the Attorney-General (AG) alleges that the contractor who executed the Saglemi project has been paid $179m despite...

Most Rev. Palmer-Buckle sends message to academics

The Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast, the Most Rev. Charles Gabriel Palmer-Buckle, is asking Ghanaian academics and workers to learn to take time off...

9-year-old Oswald donates ‘Our Day’ gifts to orphanage [Photos]

Viral ‘Our Day’ schoolboy, Oswald, has donated all the gifts he received at his end-of-term party to an orphanage home. Oswald has proved to have...

Free SHS: Uncompleted structures converted to classrooms at Prempeh College

JoyNews/AdomNews · Prempeh College converts parts of its uncompleted structure to classroom School authorities at Prempeh College in the Ashanti Region have been compelled to...

14 Madina market traders charged with contempt freed

The Adentan High Court, presided over by Justice Fred Kwasi Awuah, has acquitted and discharged 14 traders of contempt charges. The charge was brought against...

Road accident: 56% of deaths from January to June involve motor riders

The Bono East Regional head of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has disclosed that 66 persons died between January and June this year...

UTAG declares nationwide strike

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), has directed members to withdraw all teaching and related activities on...

Elmina fishermen punished by Fisheries Minister

The Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister, Mavis Hawa Koomson, says fishermen at Elmina of the Central Region will continue to observe the closed season despite...

GHS reacts to ‘fake’ KIA covid-19 testing

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has debunked allegations of fake covid-19 antigen tests being carried out at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). A statement, signed...

Minerals Commission, 2 others sued

The Chief of Kwapia in the Adansi District of the Ashanti Region, Nana Gyamena Kwabena Oyiakwan II, and his Krontihene, Nana Anokye Ababio, have...

Late journalist Sekyere ‘Poporo’ Boateng, wife laid to rest

It was a difficult moment for family and sympathisers as they pay their last respects to late journalist Sekyere Poporo Boateng and his wife,...

One dead, 2 injured over land clashes

Two persons have sustained gunshot wounds with one dead in a misunderstanding as two groups claim ownership of a piece of land at Sabon...

National Cathedral secretariat clears air on GHS100 public donation

The National Cathedral Secretariat has clarified that the appeal for funds towards the construction of the project is not an initiative of the government. The...

Mahama warns public against daughter’s fake social media accounts

Former President John Mahama has issued a disclaimer on Facebook account in his daughter, Farida's name. The account is said to be posting things in...

Lack of fuel at BOST depots renders tanker drivers jobless for months

The Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union has appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to intervene in the operations of the Bulk Oil...

Police Service bids farewell to IGP, James Oppong-Boanuh

The Ghana Police Service has said goodbye to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh as he proceeds on retirement. This was in a colourful ceremony...

Six who inserted stick into an*s of teenager granted bail

Six persons arrested for inserting a stick into the anus of a teenage boy at Agogo in the Asante Akim North District have been granted...

Deputy Railway Minister embarks on working tour

The Deputy Minister of Railway Development, Kwaku Asante Boateng, has embarked on a tour to inspect ongoing projects at various locations in the country. Mr...

Two motor riders crash to death, pillion in critical condition

Two motorbike riders have crashed to death in a fatal accident at Gefia on the Gefia - Tadzewu road in the Akatsi South Municipality...

Collins Dauda faces criminal charges over Saglemi Housing project

The Attorney-General’s Office has pressed criminal charges against former Works and Housing Minister, Collins Dauda. This is over his alleged role in the controversial Saglemi...

Confiscated rosewood to be used to build National Cathedral [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · National Catheral to benefit from impounded rosewood The government has revealed that five containers of rosewood impounded at the Tema Port will be...

Federation to Defend the Rights of Children launched [Video]

An association, the Federation to Defend the Rights of Children, has been launched in Ghana to protect the rights of homeless children who are...

Alleged phone thief chops off 4 fingers of owner

A man has lost both his phone and his four fingers to a suspected thief in the Berekum West District of the Bono Region. The...

Man ends up in prison for hitting wife with stone [Video]

A Ghanaian man has booked his ticket to prison after he hit his wife with a stone for confronting him over his infidelity. The man,...

This is my best ‘Our Day’ – Boy who wrote wishlist to mother [Video]

The nine-year-old boy, who has become a social media sensation through an ‘Our Day’ wishlist to his mother, says he is overwhelmed by the...

The stories of these child trafficking survivors will break your heart [Watch]

Some survivors of child trafficking have shared heartbreaking stories of the torture they had to endure all in the name of getting their daily...

Kojo Anan Ankomah writes: Dear Ghana person living in abrokyire and visiting Ghana:

We aren’t dumb because we live here. And you aren’t smarter than us because you live there. We have OUR COVID protocols based on...

Busunu youth apologise to MP for rejecting Sallah rice

Youth of Busunu in the Savannah Region have apologised to Member of Parliament (MP) for Damongo Constituency, Abu Jinapor, for rejecting his Sallah rice. The...

Bryan Acheampong donates GHC500,000 worth of farm inputs to farmers in his constituency

Over six thousand farmers in the Kwahu East District of the Abetifi constituency have received farm inputs worth Ghc500,000 to support their farming activities. The...

Police impound 89 motorbikes, 4 tricycles at Techiman

The Techiman District Police Command has impounded 89 motorbikes and four tricycles following an operation to clamp down on the use of motorbikes for...

Four remanded for stealing vehicles belonging to EC boss’ husband

Four national security operatives have been remanded into police custody by an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly stealing vehicles belonging to the husband of...

Mövenpick Ambassador hotel holds blood donation exercise

Mövenpick Ambassador hotel, Accra, as part of its 10th year anniversary celebration, has embarked on a blood donation drive in collaboration with the Accra...

Most homos3xuals in Ghana are bi-sexual

The Programmes Manager of the National AIDS/STI Control Programme has disclosed that most men who have sex with men in Ghana are bi-sexual, which...

Jane Opoku-Agyemang presents gift to ‘Our Day’ boy

Presidential Running Mate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has entered the list of sponsors for Oswald's popular 'Our Day'. Oswald's...