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What Akufo-Addo told me when Mahama appointed me in 2016 – Domelevo drops bombshell [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Domelevo holds thanksgiving service The former Auditor-General, Daniel Yao Domelevo, has revealed President Nana Akufo-Addo encouraged him to accept John Mahama’s appointment in...

Adom TV Nsoromma winners visit sponsors [Photos]

Winners of Adom TV’s Nsoromma music talent show visited ace sponsors who made it possible to showcase their talent to Ghanaians. The three finalists -...

Dog shortage hits Sandema market

Dog meat sellers at Sandema in the Builsa North Municipality of the Upper East Region were disappointed when they visited the major market in...

Meet the two children who survived the Apam drowning [Video]

Rescuers are still making efforts to retrieve more bodies, three days after some teenagers drowned in the Apam Sea in the Central...

54-year-old kidnapper nabbed

Police in the North East Region have arrested a 54-year-old suspected leader of a kidnapping gang. According to reports, the suspect kidnapped a 60-year-old cattle...

NIA to set up 13 offices at GRA by April

The National Identification Authority (NIA) says it is working towards setting up 13 offices at the Ghana Revenue Authority's (GRA) offices by April 1,...

Apam drowning: Akufo-Addo donates to families of victims

President Nana Akufo-Addo has donated GHS 36,000 to the traditional council and families of Apam in the Central Region following the tragedy that hit...

Reinstate Domelevo – CSOs tell Akufo-Addo

The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Against Corruption on Wednesday, March 10 held a press conference to state reasons why the former Auditor...

Bawumia mourns with Kweku Baako [Photos]

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, commiserated with veteran journalist, Kweku Baako and his family, following the demise of...

Brother of lady who fell to her death at East Legon gives inside story

"I am very sad because my sister has been through a lot. She was in an abusive marriage," says brother whose sister fell to...

Revealed: Last conversation of lady who fell to her death at East Legon

Hans Peter Lasu, younger brother of 43-year-old Lilian Dedjoe, who allegedly slipped and fell off the stairs of her East Legon home, has revealed...

New revelation to story of midwife who lost son in Apam drowning [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · New revelation to story of midwife who lost son in Apam drowning The medical officer in charge at the St Luke Catholic Hospital...

Two dead, over 30 injured in ghastly accident near Kintampo

Two persons, including a toddler, have lost their lives in a gory accident at Suronuase near Kintampo in the Bono East Region. A woman, whose...

Emotional as man narrates how he lost two nephews in Apam drowning [Listen]

An uncle of two teenagers, who drowned with others at Apam sea on Sunday, March 7, 2021, has spoken on the matter. Speaking on Adom...

Fake lecturer, another remanded over murder

The Kaneshie District Court has remanded two persons who have been held for the murder of one Wendy Fynn Morris at Japan Motors –...

Over GH¢ 4,000 lost as fire destroys four-bedroom house [Video]

Fire has destroyed a four-bedroom-house at Goaso in the Ahafo Region with property and an amount of GHS 4,400 burnt into ashes. The landlady, Madam...

My new task as Energy Minister won’t be easy – NAPO acknowledges

Ghana’s Energy Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has acknowledged that his latest challenge as Energy Minister will not be an easy ride. Dr Opoku-Prempeh takes over the...

Don’t buy Covid-19 vaccines online – FDA cautions

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has urged Ghanaians not to purchase any Covid-19 vaccine advertised by unauthorised online platforms. In a press release, the...

New twist to Western Togoland secessionists’ case

Six new suspected Western Togoland secessionists have been arrested by the police. This brings the total number to 28. Prosecution informed the Kaneshie District court...

Businessman in police grips over death of his wife

A businessman, Prince Charles Dedjoe, has been charged with murder by police prosecutors for allegedly killing his wife. State Prosecutor, Sergent Eva Gidiglo, said the...

Akufo-Addo announces juicy package for teacher unions

President Akufo-Addo has announced plans for the acquisition of some 280,000 laptops for teachers unions in the country. He said list of unions will include...

SONA 2021: 100,000 healthcare professionals recruited in first term – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced the recruitment of more health workers in his second term as part of measures to improve healthcare delivery in...

Two notorious adult phone thieves busted at Tip Toe Lane [Video]

Two suspects are currently in the hands of the Tesano police for stealing phones in a shop at Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra. The suspects,...

Traders fume at KMA; forcibly remove barricade at central market [Video]

Angry traders at the Kumasi Central Market, on Tuesday, forcibly removed barricades erected to bar them from entering the market as a deadline elapsed...

Thief beaten to pulp for stealing during KMA traders’ protest [Video]

A thief was just inches away from visiting the grave after receiving intense beatings for stealing during a traders' protest against the Kumasi Metropolitan...

National IDs to become TIN, SSNIT numbers – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced that all National ID Card numbers will, this year, be used as Tax Identification Numbers (TIN) and SSNIT numbers.The...

Boy, 15, who survived Apam drowning recounts horrifying incident

A 15-year-old boy, who escaped death after many children mysteriously drowned in a sea at Apam in the Central Region, has recounted the horrifying...

SONA 2021: Bagbin wins Akufo-Addo’s heart

President Nana Akufo-Addo has eulogised the Speaker of Ghana's 8th Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin. According to him, the former Nadowli Kaleo Member of Parliament...

Apam sea drowning: 2 kids found alive

Chief Fisherman of Apam in the Central Region, Kow Panyin, has disclosed that 10 out of the 12 bodies washed ashore in last Sunday’s...

Radio presenter loses wife to cancer two years after their wedding

No pain comes close to that of a man who just lost the woman he planned to spend eternity with. Ugandan journalist Stephen Mbidde was...

‘Lady falls to her death’ at East Legon, husband faces court

A 43-year-old woman, identified as Lilian Dedjoe, has met her death after allegedly slipping and falling off the stairs of her East Legon home. Confirming...

What Duncan-Williams said after receiving Covid-19 vaccine [Photos]

Presiding Archbishop and General Overseer of the Action Chapel International Ministry, Nicholas Duncan-Williams, has advised people to take the Covid-19 vaccine. According to him, taking...

Stop ‘examining’ foodstuffs before buying them – Market women to buyers

The President of the Greater Accra Market Women Association, Madam Mercy Naa Afrowa Needham, has appealed to the public to desist from the practice...

Check out new prices of sachet and packaged water effective March 15

The National Association of Sachet And Packaged Water Producers (NASPAWAP) has clarified an announcement of a price review of sachet water which takes effect...

ECG breaks silence on frequent power outages

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has informed Ghanaians of tireless efforts being made to resolve the intermittent power outages being experienced in the...

Apam drowning: Traditional leader gives the inside story

The chief of Apam, Nana Ekow Payne, has detailed circumstances that might have led to the mysterious drowning of many children in the Apam...

Apam drowning: Midwife in tears after she ‘spotted’ son in hospital morgue [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Apam drowning: Midwife in tears after she spotted son in hospital morgue It has emerged that one of the children who drowned in...

IWD: Showing the right way: Meet four Ghanaian women making the story of womanhood adorable

Women are given equal rights under the Constitution of Ghana, yet disparities in education, employment, and health for women remain prevalent. Furthermore, women have...

We must push for reforms that protect and promote the interest of women – Lordina Mahama

Former First Lady, Lordina Mahama, is urging the government to implement policies that will address the country’s gender disparity. Celebrating International Women’s Day on Monday,...

156 suspected criminals arrested in Accra [Photos]

The Accra Regional Police, led by DCOP Afful Boakye Yiadom, has arrested 156 suspected criminals from their various hideouts across the city. Speaking to the...