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Adwoa Safo wades into LGBT brouhaha

The Minister-designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has taken a bold stance against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)...

Coup Plot: ACP Agodzor, Mac-Palm, others’ treason trial adjourned

The Accra High Court hearing the case of Dr Frederick Yao Mac Palm and ten others, being held over alleged treason, has adjourned the...

Absence of these elements make a health facility substandard – HeFRA boss

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA), Dr Philip Bannor, has announced the minimum requirements for the establishment of hospitals...

Kumawu Polyclinic suspends some services after storm rips off roof [Photos]

Kumawu Government Polyclinic in the Sekyere Kumawu District has suspended surgeries and other services after a rainstorm ripped part of its roofing off. Speaking to...

Rescuers helpless as attempt to salvage broken ferry fails

Several attempts to salvage the ferry which has ran aground on the Volta Lake at Ekye Amanfrom in the Kwahu Afram Plains District has...

Interior Minister-designate reacts to police suicides [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Police to engage services of Ghana Psychological Association over alleged suicides - Ambrose Dery Interior Minister-designate, Ambrose Dery, says his ministry, in response...

Tears as groom-to-be dies few days to wedding [Photo]

The sudden death of a Ghanaian groom who has died four-days to his wedding has left his friends and family members devastated and mourning. Reports...

Right To Play organises training for scrap dealers, kayayei, others under sport for development programme

A five-day training workshop to equip scrap dealers, kayayei and other artisanal workers with relevant skills, has opened at Agbogbloshie in Accra.  The trainees, including...

Coronavirus: Ghana records 6 more deaths; active cases now 7,866

The upsurge of the novel coronavirus in Ghana has claimed six more lives bringing the death toll to 561. According to the Ghana Health Service...

Ebola: GHS issues red alert to all hospitals

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has directed the management of all health facilities in the country to initiate response protocols for the Ebola Virus...

Man impregnates two biological sisters at Kasoa

A man, identified as Kweku Boateng, is in the grips of Kasoa Tollbooth Police for allegedly defiling and impregnating two biological sisters. Mr Boateng, who...

EU defends LGBT group

The European Union in Ghana has waded into the debate surrounding the opening of a new community space for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and...

Community Police Officer stabs neighbour to death

Police in Upper Denkyira East District of the Central Region are on a manhunt for a Community Police Officer (CPO). The CPO is being looked for...

COVID-19 partly to blame for delay in paying contractors – Amoako-Attah [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Delay in paying contractors due to Covid-19 - Kwasi Amoako Atta The Roads Minister-designate, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, has attributed the delay in paying road...

Botweburg donates Covid-19 protective items to Nii Sowah Din schools

Botweburg, a social club made up of professionals from varied backgrounds in Accra, has made a donation to the Nii Sowa Din Memorial Cluster...

Man who posed as late Jerry Rawlings’ aide busted

A man, who posed as former aide to late former President Jerry John Rawlings, is in the grips of the police. The suspect was trying...

Allotey Jacobs sends message to NDC over Bawumia, election 2024

Former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Allotey Jacobs, has showered endless praises on Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. According to the...

Passengers, cargo stranded as ferry’s engine stops midway on Afram river

Scores of passengers and goods got stuck on River Afram after a ferry transporting them developed a mechanical fault. The ferry was transporting scores of...

Suicides: Retired police officer reveals real police problems [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · RETIRED OFFICER ON SUICIDE A retired police officer has reacted to reports of some personnel of the Ghana Police Service committing suicide in...

Pupils stranded as unknown persons lock classrooms [video]

Pupils of the Nana Badu Bonsu Junior High School and Methodist Primary School in the Western Region had the shock of their...

Robbers invade SHS, molest female students

Armed robbers have attacked students of Spiritan Senior High Technical School (SHS) at Adankwame in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti Region. The...

Pontoon breaks down on Volta Lake, passengers stranded [Video]

A pontoon that transports cargo and passengers across the Volta Lake at Ekye Amanfrom in the Kwahu Affram Plains South District has...

Group calls for closure of LGBTQI office in Ghana

The National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values has expressed disapproval over an alleged opening of an office by the Lesbian,...

Ursula Owusu defends shut down of some radio stations

The Minister-designate for Communications and Digitisation, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has defended a decision by the National Communications Authority (NCA) to shut down Radio XYZ and...

‘Vitamin C will not save you from catching Covid-19’

Contrary to popular belief that taking Vitamin C supplements will protect an individual from catching Covid-19, a new opinion suggests otherwise. It may rather shorten...

Gabby Otchere-Darko reacts to photo of Ken Ofori-Atta and wife in US

A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has reacted to a viral photo of Ghana’s Finance Minister-designate, Ken Ofori-Atta...

Independence Day celebration suspended

The Office of the Chief of Staff and President Nana Akufo-Addo have directed that this year's 6th March celebrations and all its related activities...

My last conversation with Ofori-Atta – Gabby reveals

A member of the New Patriotic Party has reacted to false reports of the sudden demise of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko took...

Ama Sey honoured

The Chiefs and Elders of Akyem Kusi in the Denkyembour District of the Eastern Region have named two streets of Akyem Kusi in honour...

Henry Godson-Afful donates to UCC [Photos]

A United Kingdom-based educational consultant and Reverend Minister, Henry Godson-Afful, has donated technological gadgets to the Department of Business and Social Sciences of the...

Chief Justice’s hilarious message to Akoto Ampaw over his wig

The Supreme Court was Monday thrown into laughter when the Chief Justice, Justice Anin-Yeboah, advised counsel for the 2nd Respondent, Akoto Ampaw, to dispose...

GHS 10 lands man in police cell, another dead

A misunderstanding over GHS10 has left one dead and another behind bars at Pakyi No1 in the Amasie West Constituency. The suspect, identified as Yaw...

I was so big I couldn’t get CT Scan – Joe Jackson shares scary Covid-19 ordeal

The Director of Strategy and Business Operations at Dalex Finance, Joe Jackson, has shared a harrowing experience of having tested positive for the deadly...

SALL: Chiefs throw weight behind Dan Botwe, urge Parliament to approve him

Some chiefs and opinion leaders of Akpafu and Lolobi in the infamous Santrokofi, Akpafu, Lipke and Lolobi (SALL) saga, have thrown their weight behind...

Military invasion of Parliament: ignore calls for probe – Akufo-Addo told

Founder of the Atta Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho, has sent an message to President Akufo-Addo over the military invasion in Parliament. Mr Anyidoho has asked...

Mahama mourns after being hit with sad news

Mohammed Gorka, a Chief Security Officer of former President John Mahama, has reportedly passed on. With the cause of death not immediately known, Mr Gorka...

Fire consumes 4-bedroom house, stall at Sefwi

A four-bedroom house and an attachment stall have been razed down by fire at Sefwi Bodi in the Western North region. The source of the...

Singleness is no curse – Pastor Mensah Otabil

Theologian, motivational speaker and entrepreneur, Pastor Mensa Otabil, has noted that singleness is not a curse by any means. The Founder of the International Central...

Over 11,000 students refused admission to UDS

The University for Development Studies (UDS) offered 16,763 applicants admission to study various undergraduate programs in the 2020-2021 academic year. However, out of the total...

Funny Face in fresh trouble [Video]

Comic actor, Funny Face, is set to appear before the Ofaakor Circuit Court, today, Monday, February 15, 2021. The actor, born Benson Boateng, was arrested...