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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,...

Apam drowning: Chiefs announce next line of action after mass burial [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Apam drowning: Chiefs announces next line of action after mass burial Chiefs of Gomoa Akyempim Traditional Council at Apam are planning to build...

Apostle Kwadwo Safo featured in new primary four book

Celebrated Ghanaian inventor, Apostle Dr Kwadwo Safo, has been celebrated in a primary four textbook. Parts of the book that capture the biography and...

Police hospital to undertake mass burial

The Police Hospital in Accra will embark on a mass burial of some 200 unidentified and unclaimed bodies. The exercise, according to the outfit, forms...

UCC engages 3 prison inmates as facilitators

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has engaged three inmates of the Nsawam Medium Security Prison as facilitators for the university’s Distance Learning Programme...

Ghanaians to pay tax for Covid-19 ‘free water’ enjoyed to fill economic gap – Oppong Nkrumah [Video]

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has indicated that Ghanaians will have to pay for the free provision of water and electricity introduced by the...

Fresh trouble for teenager who wore ‘sakawa’ ring [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Fresh trouble for teenager who stole ‘sakawa’ ring The woes of a teenager, who is on the verge of losing his finger or...

Apam drowning: Tears as teenagers are laid to rest [Photos+Video]

It was a heartbreaking moment as teenagers, who drowned at the Apam beach in the Central Region, were laid to rest. The children...

Sleeping man crushed under truck at Tanoso

A man was run over and crushed to death while he was sleeping under the very same truck, the police have confirmed.The incident occurred...

Alan Kyerematen consoles Kweku Baako

Alan John Kyerematen, Minister for Trade and Industry, on Thursday, 11th March 2021, visited Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku...

Suspect linked to Prof Benneh’s murder freed

Opambour Agya Badu Nkansah, one of the suspects allegedly involved in the murder of Professor Emmanuel Yaw Benneh, a law lecturer, has been discharged...

MFWA sues NCA over list of collapsed radio stations

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has filed a lawsuit against the National Communications Authority (NCA) at an Accra High Court. The Media Foundation...

Boy who wore friend’s ‘sakawa’ ring given one week to live if…

'Death sentence' still hovers around the 19-year-old who wore a friend's ring meant for spiritual purposes. The teenager is groaning in pain after the ring...

Daasebre Prof. Oti Boateng lauds Zoomlion’s waste bin campaign

The Omanhene of the New Juaben Traditional Council, Daasebre Prof. (Emeritus) Oti Boateng, has commended waste management experts Zoomlion Ghana Limited for the introduction...

Dixcove chief beaten to pulp by yet-to-be-identified men

Tension is brewing in Dixcove in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region following an attack on a sub-chief of Upper Dixcove. The sub-chief...

Sad: 32-year-old NSS lady dies in ghastly accident at Ajumako Besease

A 32-year-old lady on national service duty at Abura Dunkwa, Seida Barfo, met her untimely death in a ghastly accident on the Ajumako Besease...

Social media divided as ‘real’ photo of Yaa Asantewaa pops up

A new photo of Yaa Asantewaa, the queen mother of Ejisu and a brave warrior who led her people in several wars has divided...

Man exposes ‘wife’ after catching her in bed with fetish priestess’ husband

A cheating wife has no place in my heart, a man who caught his 'wife' in bed with another man in his 'matrimonial' home,...

‘Offensive Ewe’ textbooks still being sold in markets – MP

The controversial newly-authored history textbooks titled 'History of Ghana' is still being sold on the market. According to the Member of Parliament for North Tongu,...

Demolition of Kumasi Central market takes off

Brazilian construction firm, Contracta has started the demolition of structures at the Kumasi Central Market to pave way for the construction of the second...

Expect intermittent outages in coming months – GRIDCo

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has hinted of intermittent power outages in the coming months. This, according to GRIDCo, is a result of ongoing...

V/R House of Chiefs bare teeth at publishers of offensive history text book

The Volta Regional House of Chiefs is threatening to take legal action against publishers of the newly-authored history textbooks titled ‘History of Ghana’. According to...

Covid-19: Sunyani West Municipality records four deaths

 The Sunyani West Municipality of the Bono Region has recorded four deaths out of 97 Covid-19 cases recorded in the Municipality. The Municipal Chief Executive...

Teenager on verge of losing finger after wearing friend’s ‘sakawa’ ring

A 19-year-old boy is on the verge of losing his finger or his life for wearing his friend's ring made for spiritual purposes. According to...

Charges against Ernesto Yeboah leader dropped

The Accra Circuit Court 10 has discharged leader of the Economic Fighters League, Ernesto Yeboah, of charges of breach of the public order law. This...

Man who allegedly assaulted girlfriend to death remanded

The man, who is alleged to have beaten his girlfriend to death, has been remanded into Police custody after he appeared before a Ho...

AXIX GP to begin aircraft manufacturing training in Ghana

AXIX GP Incorporation, a United States-based Aircraft Manufacturing Company, is set to train Ghanaian youth in the manufacturing of next-generation hybrid aircraft.  AXIX GP will...

Agongo bribed Opuni with GH¢25,000 – Says investigator

A GH¢25,000 bribe allegedly paid by businessman, Seidu Agongo, to Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni, a former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Cocoa...

I can’t forgive myself over her death – Lilian Dedjoe’s brother in-law [Audio]

Victor Dedjoe, a brother of Prince Charles Dedjoe, the businessman who is in the grips of the police over the alleged murder of his...

Man, 21, stabbed to death, thrown into drain at Effia

What began as a mere exchange of words between two friends has cost the life of a 21-year-old Emmanuel Ato Simpson at Effia in...

Gomoa chiefs storm Apam sea; sacrifice cow, sheep, fowls and schnapps to angry gods [Photos]

Fetish priests, priestesses, and the entire chiefs of the Gomoa Akyempim Traditional Council have performed rituals to appease the gods of Apam. The ritual comes...

Gays raise funds to buy office

Following the closure of their office recently, the LGBT+ Rights group in Ghana is now raising funds to purchase its own office. In a tweet,...

Choreography teacher jailed 15 years for defilement at Oyarifa

A 33-year-old teacher, who defiled a minor under an orange tree at Oyarifa in Accra, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by an...