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Elmina fish processing plant to be revived – Hawa Koomson

The Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has told Parliament that her Ministry is leaving no stone unturned to revive the...

Kissi Agyebeng explains why he will have few friends

Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has announced he will surround himself with a few friends in his quest to succeed in his new endeavour. Mr...

Police commence investigation into murder of gym instructor at Tantra Hills

Police in Accra have commenced investigation into the murder of a 34-year-old gym instructor, who was shot dead at Tantra Hills on Thursday, July...

Police raise alarm over organ harvesters

The Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Police Service has raised an alarm over supposed organ harvesting syndicates that may lure members of the...

Fire destroys 3 containers at Lashibi

Fire has destroyed a drinking spot and three containers close to Shalom Spot at Lashibi, near Tema West. Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National...

51-year-old man arrested over alleged defilement of girl, 6

A 51-year-old man, Abugri Akuri alias Baba Stone, has been arrested over allegations that he has defiled a six-year-old girl at Diare, a suburb...

Chief, 65, charged with defilement

A 65-year-old chief has been put before the Koforidua Circuit Court for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 15-year-old girl at Mpanmu near Dedeso. The chief,...

Will relocation of Agbogbloshie onion sellers solve flooding in Accra?

The vice president of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, Ghana, Engineer Henry Boateng, says the government is one step ahead of solving the...

Trial of suspects in Kaaka’s killing adjourned

The Asokwa District Court in Kumasi has adjourned to August 12, 2021, the trial of three persons arrested in connection with the death of...

One dead, others injured as Taxi runs into palace

A man, believed to be in his 40s, has been killed after a Taxi run into a Palace at Ajumako Eduyaw in the Ajumako...

Why family of Kaaka has lower expectation of Committee’s report

Even as the three-member Committee set up by the Interior Minister to probe the disturbances in Ejura, on June 29, prepares to submit its...

Kissi Agyebeng’s message to naysayers over his age [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Kissi Agyebeng responds to concerns about his age Special Prosecutor nominee, Kissi Agyebeng, has fought off assertions that he is too young and...

Special Prosecutor nominee, Kissi Agyebeng approved by consensus

Parliament’s Appointments Committee has unanimously recommended for approval the nomination of Kissi Adjebeng as Special Prosecutor by consensus. This comes less than an hour after...

Gym instructor shot dead at Tantra Hills [Photos]

A gym instructor, Stephen Akowuah, who goes by the moniker, Little, has been shot dead at Tratra Hills, Golden Door in Accra. The incident happened...

Shatta Wale to launch his own ride-hailing service, ‘Shaxi’

Dancehall musician, Shatta Wale, has taken to social media to announce his upcoming ride-hailing service dubbed Shaxi. According to the business-minded musician, 'Shaxi', which simply...

Editor’s home at Greda Estates burgled, CCTV destroyed, laptop, phone stolen

The Greda Estates home of the Managing Editor of the Day Break Newspaper, Prince Prah, was on Wednesday dawn broken into by suspected robbers. The...

Ministry of Information cautions against fake recruitment portal

The Ministry of Information has cautioned the public against what it has described as a fake 2021 protocol e-recruitment portal. The portal is purported to...

Canadian girls kidnapping case: 3 guns, 52 live ammunition tendered in evidence

The prosecution in the trial of four men accused of kidnapping two Canadian girls in Kumasi has tendered in evidence. This includes three pistols and...

Taxi thief arrested

A 23-year-old man who attempted to rob a Kia Morning vehicle on the night of 19th July 2021 around Kpeshie Lagoon in Accra is...

Policewoman found dead in her car

A female police officer, Chief Inspector Victoria Ntowaah, has been found dead in her vehicle at Asokore Kobriso in the Ashanti Region. The car of...

Truck kills three women at Agona Swedru

A truck has run over three women at 99 Junction in Agona Swedru in the Central Region.The deceased are Edna Etison, 18; Issah Wasila,...

19-year-old lady narrates how her baby daddy abandoned her after pregnancy

Teenager and mother of one, Paulina Blay, has revealed that she had to name her child in the absence of her baby daddy because...

Chief in court for allegedly impregnating girl, 15

A Chief has been arraigned before the Koforidua Circuit Court for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 15-year-old girl. Mark Koranteng, 65, Dademantse of Mpanmu near...

Las Palmas eatery shutdown over unsanitary conditions

Environmental Health Officers of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly have shut down the Las Palmas restaurant over sanitation breaches. This follows a visit to the Kwame...

Covid-19: Ghana records 342 cases in two days

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says the country’s Covid-19 active cases have increased by 342 within two days. According to the Service in its latest...

Meet Acting Director-General of Prisons Service

President Akufo-Addo has appointed Isaac Kofi Egyir as the Acting Director-General of the Prisons Service effective Sunday, August 1, 2021. Until the appointment, Mr Egyir...

COVID-19: Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana expresses worry over increasing cases

The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) has expressed concern over the increasing number of new cases of Covid-19 over the past few weeks. The PSGH...

Allotey Jacobs eulogies COP George Dampare [Audio]

Former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is elated at the appointment of COP George Dampare as the Inspector General of...

Two arrested over Aboabo Aboabo Eid-ul-Adha shooting

Two persons have been arrested in connection with a shooting incident at Aboabo No. 2 in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti Region. This...

Court orders 37 Military Hospital to pay over ¢1m for medical negligence

An Accra High court has fined the 37 Military Hospital an amount of ¢1,075,000 for medical negligence which resulted in the death of a...

Kumasi Girls’ SHS final year students allowed to go home after protest

Final year students of the Kumasi Girls Senior High School (SHS) in the Ashanti Region have been allowed to go home for their mid-semester...

Three dead, others injured as truck rams into walkway

A truck has run over three women at 99 Junction at Agona Swedru in the Central Region. The deceased are 18-year-old Edna Etison, Issah Wasila,...

Fraudsters inject 800 Ugandans with water instead of Covid shots

At least 800 people in Uganda received fake Covid-19 vaccines in June from “unscrupulous people” as employers rush to inoculate workers amid a spike...

Covid-19: We warned about third wave months ago – GMA

The Deputy General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) and a member of the Infectious Diseases Committee, has said that the third wave...

Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa gets PhD at 75

In 2005, the then almost 60-year-old George Ayisi-Boateng told himself it was never too late to go back to school for higher educational qualifications. If...

Ghana Armed Forces: Check-out number of applicants shortlisted in Volta and Oti Regions

The Military Command has shortlisted some 3, 000 applicants from the Volta and Oti Regions for screening as part of an ongoing recruitment exercise. The...

One injured as notorious gang clashes with police at funeral

One person sustained injury from a gunshot during a shoot-out with Police from Asesewa District Command in the Eastern Region. The gang of four suspects,...

Ejura: Economic Fighters League donates GH¢11k to affected families

The Economic Fighters League has donated, through fundraising, GH¢11,120 to families affected by the Ejura disturbances. The presentation was made when a four-member delegation,...

Armed robbers shoot nurse in the face in Bolgatanga

A nurse with the Bawku West District Hospital has been shot dead by armed robbers on the Bawku-Bolgatanga road in the Upper East Region...