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IT Manager jailed for hacking, stealing GH¢159,300 from former employer

The Tamale High Court has sentenced a 32-year-old system administrator to eight years imprisonment with hard labour. The man, Cephas Agbodo, was jailed for stealing...

Teenager who wore ‘sakawa’ ring breaks silence

A 17-year-old boy, who almost lost his finger after he wore his friend’s ring made for spiritual purposes, has broken his silence. The teenager, identified...

NLA commends KGL for positive partnership

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has commended KGL Technology Limited, operators of the official short code of the authority’s *959# for a solid partnership...

Police raid ‘illegal’ on-street car dealers

A team from the Tesano Division of the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service and the National Road Safety...

History textbook saga: Former NaCCA boss makes passionate appeal [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Give NaCCA legal backing to sanction publishers who breach regulations - NaCCA Former Dir. to Parl. The former Director-General of the National Council...

National Catholic Health Service reacts to disappearance of deceased body parts

The National Catholic Health Service has disclosed that the St Anthony Hospital has recorded some missing body parts of a number of corpses at...

Timber falls from moving truck; one dead, another in critical condition [Photos]

A timber truck driver is reportedly dead while another person is in critical condition after a terrifying accident at Abene in the Kwahu East...

SSNIT Scandal: Ernest Thompson and 4 others freed

A former Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Ernest Thompson, and four others accused of causing financial loss of $14.8 million...

Allotey Jacobs makes u-turn on Ofosu-Ampofo’s alleged leaked tape

Former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Allotey Jacobs, has made a u-turn about the party’s National Chairman, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo's alleged...

Meteo warns of heavy rains tonight

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMA) has warned of possible rains in Southern parts of the country tonight. In a statement, the GMA said the rains...

Man causes arrest of wife for selling his goat to feed children [Video]

A woman, simply identified as Afia, has narrated how her husband caused her arrest for selling their goat to fend for her children. Following a...

Klagon chief, six others granted bail

The Chief of Klagon, Nii Bortey Klan I, and six others, accused of causing the death of one Ibrahim Mohammed Abass over a parcel...

Ewe textbook brouhaha: Ursula Owusu wants publishers sanctioned

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma West, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, wants publishers of the newly-authored history textbooks titled ‘History of Ghana’ sanctioned. In her view,...

Apam drowning: Families cover graves with concrete over fear bodies can be exhumed for rituals [Photos]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Families cast concrete on graves over fear bodies can be exhumed for rituals Some family members at Apam have started cementing the graves...

JB’s murder trial starts April 26, five years after murder of the MP

The trial of the man accused of killing J.B. Danquah-Adu, the former Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North Constituency, is finally set to...

COVID-19: Ghana’s death toll hits 698

Ghana has recorded 13 new deaths from the COVID-19 disease bringing the death toll to 698. An update from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) indicated that...

Koforidua Govt Hospital reacts to reports of missing COVID-19 dead body

The Koforidua Government Hospital has reacted to reports that the body of a COVID-19 patient had allegedly gone missing from its morgue. Initial reports suggested...

‘Rambo trotro’ mate beats female passengers in traffic [Watch]

A viral video has captured a trotro driver's mate in a fierce fight with passengers onboard the vehicle. The mate was seen...

Bawumia mourns after being hit with sad news

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is mourning the death of one Shaykh Ali Ahmed Maikano Kalamu. According to Dr Bawumia, he received with shock the...

MP hints at monument for 13 drowned teenagers

Member of Parliament (MP) for Gomoa West, Richard Gyan Mensah, has hinted at a decision to construct a monument for some 13 teenagers who...

Driver dead as mate gets trapped under truck

A driver of a timber truck has reportedly died with his mate trapped under a vehicle after an accident that occurred at Abene, near...

I’m pregnant – Suspect in Kafaba 90-year-old woman’s lynching pleads in court

One of the main accused persons in the lynching of 90-year-old Akua Denteh at Kafaba in the East Gonja district of the Savannah region...

Akufo-Addo leaves for Cote d’Ivoire

President Nana Akufo-Addo has left Ghana for Cote d’Ivoire to attend the funeral of its late Prime Minister, Hamed Bakayoko. This will be held on...

Washing bay attendant jailed 10 years for stealing

The Nkawie Circuit Court has sentenced a washing bay attendant to 10 years imprisonment for stealing at North Patase, in Kumasi. Kwasi Sarfo was said...

Ama Benyiwa-Doe sends harsh message to Allotey Jacobs

A founding member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and former Central Regional Minister, Ama Benyiwa-Doe, says the party’s former Regional Chairman, Bernard Allotey Jacob’s...

Sad story of how 9-year-old brilliant boy died in blazing fire at Medoma [Video]

A nine-year-old boy was killed in an inferno at Medoma in the Ashanti Region on Monday dawn. The blaze swept through four rooms...

Spiritualist arrested over death of friend [Photos]

A 30-year-old man has been arrested over the murder of his friend at Nyakpala in the Northern Region. The body of the deceased from Sierra...

GRIDCo announces power cuts in Volta, Oti Regions

The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has requested the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to interrupt power supply from Thursday, March 18, 2021. This, according to...

COPEC kicks against new fuel levies

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has expressed reservations about the government's decision to roll out new fuel tax levies. According to its Executive Secretary,...

Bagbin warns Committees over Akufo-Addo

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, is on a collision course with President Nana Akufo-Addo over his decision to slash budget estimates for the...

Covid-19 Trust Fund cries for support over ‘virtually empty stores, accounts’

The Chairperson of the COVID-19 National Trust Fund, Justice (Rtd) Mrs Sophia Abena Akuffo, has made a passionate appeal to the business community and...

AstraZeneca vaccine safe – FDA assures

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has assured the Ghanaian public that the AstraZeneca vaccines are safe. According to the Authority, despite the little side...

My life is in danger – Senyo Hosi cries

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distribution (CBOD), Senyo Hosi, claims he has been receiving threats on his life...

The final resting place for Apam drowned teens [Photos]

A joint burial for the 13 children, who drowned while swimming at the Apam beach in the Central Region, has been held. Ministers of State,...

He was to travel with me to Spain – Father of drowned Apam teen mourns [Video]

Seth Narh, the father of one of the kids who drowned at the Apam beach, is still in a state of denial...

Man lynched for stealing motorbike

A yet-to-be-identified robber was lynched at Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya West Municipality for snatching a motorbike. According to a witness, the deceased acquired...

Drama as man is arrested for refusing to pay for borrowed coffin

A man, believed to be in his forties, Kwaku Tawiah, has been arrested by the Wiawso Police Command for refusing to pay for a...

CPP sets up committee to probe anti-Nkrumah textbooks

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has set up a four-member committee to meet with publishers of the controversial new textbooks, which they say seek...

Ken Ofori-Atta thanks God, Ghanaians for his recovery

Finance Minister-nominee, Ken Ofori-Atta, is attributing his recovery to God and prayers from Ghanaians. Speaking at the Virtual PwC Post Budget Forum Tuesday, from his...

Ghana to observe national prayer service over LGBTQI+

Ghanaians will on Sunday, March 21, 2021, hold a national day of prayer over the recurring debates of the Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer,...