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Nigeria: Soldier dies in army detention centre, widow demands probe

The family of Lance Corporal Kazeem Aribido, who was attached to the 81 Battalion, 2 Division of the Nigerian Army, has been thrown into...

Bongo DCE blames teenage pregnancy on drinking water; says it boosts s3x drive

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for the Bongo District, Peter Ayinbisa, has attributed the rise in teenage pregnancy in the area to the drinking...

Farmer shot dead over palm wine tapping pipe

A 45-year-old farmer has allegedly been shot dead at Nweneso No.1 in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region over a fight for...

Lecturer rejects KNUST appointment over poor salary

A Zimbabwean lecturer, Dr Matthew Chiwaridzo, has declined an officer as a senior lecturer at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in...

Vet reveals what pets do just before they’re put down – and it will break your heart

There are few more heartbreaking moments in life than taking a beloved pet to the vets for the final time. For some, putting an animal...

Burkinabe authorities announce Bagre dam spillage

Burkinabe authorities have said the spillage of the Bagre dam in Burkina Faso will begin on Friday, August 27. In a statement, issued by management...

Shocking as Pokuase Interchange pavement turns into chop bar [Video]

A video of a chop bar operation on the pavement of the Pokuase Interchange has stirred massive reaction among some Ghanaians. The video, intercepted by...

Man shoots visually impaired father dead

A 30-year-old man has shot to death his 70-year-old visually impaired father whose name has only been given as Jorvuon. The incident occurred on Monday...

Man shot dead after being mistaken for animal

A 35-year-old man, Clement Blay, has been shot dead after he was mistaken for spurfowl (Akokohwedie) at Sehwi Amoaya. The suspect, Kwadwo Asoah, is...

Truck kills final-year student on motorcycle, rider unhurt

A final-year student of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Blessing Kalu, has been killed by a truck in Umudike Oboro in the Ikwuano...

Man gets stroke after judge pronounced his sentence

An unemployed driver, Emmanuel Appiah, has been struck by stroke after he was sentenced to three years imprisonment by a court in the Central...

Man who allegedly shot and killed his wife remanded in police custody

The Atebubu Magistrate court, presided over by His Lordship Joseph Twumasi, has remanded a 45-year-old farmer, Yaw Muntom in Police custody for allegedly shooting...

Two killed as driver rams into partying crowd

Two people died on Saturday at Abura Tetsi in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese District of the Central Region after a driver drove into a...

COCOBOD sets records straight on GHS23.9 million expired fertilisers

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says approval was duly granted for some fertilisers and agrochemicals valued at GHS 23.9 million which was written off...

Mother, children found dead in their room [Video]

A mother and her two children, who are yet-to-be-identified, have been found dead in their room at Akyem Ntronang in the Birim North District...

Six marijuana dealers arrested in police raid

The Asikuma District Police at the weekend arrested six people for allegedly dealing in a substance suspected to be Indian hemp at Breman Brakwa...

Trader fined for heaping refuse in her premises

A trader, Bernice Agbemavor, has been fined for accumulating refuse in her shop. She pleaded guilty to the charge and was subsequently convicted on...

RCC partners Zoomlion for greening in Ashanti Region

The Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) has launched a new strategy to drive environmental cleanliness and restore Kumasi to its pride as the Garden...

Hawa Koomson sends message to naysayers over her English

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Awutu Senya East, Hawa Koomson, says she is not perturbed about the mockery over her spoken English. According to...

I pat myself on the back – Hawa Koomson on achievements at …

Former Minister for the Special Development Initiative now Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mrs Mavis Hawa Koomson, says she pats herself on the back...

Kasoa shooting: Case against Hawa Koomson dropped

JoyNews/AdomNews · Kasoa shooting: Case against Hawa Koomson dropped Police have dropped charges against Member of Parliament (MP) for Awutu Senya East, Mavis Hawa Koomson,...

Two brothers shot while separating fight, one in critical condition

A man is battling for his life after a fellow man shot him and his sibling while separating a fight at Afigya Kwabre. The suspect,...

Information Minister sends important message to media practitioners

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has asked media practitioners to eschew misleading reports about the economy, especially during this Covid-19 era, since that drives...

Police Hospital to start second phase of mass burial exercise

The Ghana Police Hospital is to commence the second phase of a mass burial exercise for unidentified dead bodies by the close of work...

Ejura committee was an incubator of fake news, attack dog on media – Kaaka’s family

The family of Ibrahim Kaaka Mohammed, the social media activist who was murdered, has taken a jibe at the Justice Koomson Committee, which was...

Nursing mother dead, two in critical condition in accident on Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway [Photos]

A 39-year-old nursing mother has been reported dead with her baby and driver in critical condition in an accident at Gomoa Mpota on the...

Pius Hadzide lands new appointment

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed a former Deputy Information Minister, Pius Enam Hadzide Pius Hadzide as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth...

Kaaka’s murder: Family sends important message to Chief Imam

The family of late ‘Kaaka Macho’, a murdered social media activist at Ejura, is asking the Chief Imam to assist in the release of Kaaka's...

Savelugu Police intercept two containers of Rosewood

The Savelugu Police in the Northern Region have intercepted two containers of rosewood at Diare on the Tamale-Bolgatanga highway. Police sources indicated the rosewood, which...

Acting IGP yet to respond to our request for a meeting – Kaaka’s family

The family of ‘Kaaka Macho’, a murdered social media activist at Ejura, says its request to meet with the Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP)...

Bystanders filmed while people perished – Survivor of accident that killed 10 [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Bystanders filmed while we perished - Survivor of Gomoa Mampong accident that killed 10 A male survivor of Sunday's accident on the...

IGP, senior officers visit 4 personnel who were injured on duty [Photos]

Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, on Tuesday led a high-powered delegation to visit four officers in the Bono Region. These personnel...

Man who went missing found dead with hand in rat hole [Photos]

A middle-aged man, Rockson Kwasi Nsiah, who went missing for about a week, has been found dead at Biadan of the Bono Region. Mr Nsiah...

Man stabs friend to death over Bluetooth player [Photos]

A young man, believed to be in his 20s, has allegedly stabbed his friend to death at Nkawkaw Zongo in the Eastern Region. Reports...

Lands Ministry takes steps to ban production of Chang-fa boats

 The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources is taking steps to ban the use and assembly of Chang-fa boats, which float on water bodies...

Police Hospital to hold mass burial

The Police Hospital in Accra will embark on a mass burial of some unidentified and unclaimed bodies. According to a statement, signed by the Head, Public Affairs,...

Meet the visually impaired Ghanaian elected as President of Oxford University’s African Society

Ebenezer Azamati, a visually impaired Ghanaian student of Oxford University’s African Society (AfriSoc), has been elected to become the new president for the citadel...

Petition to remove Chief Justice unwarranted and unmeritorious – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has described as unwarranted and unmeritorious a petition seeking the removal of the Chief Justice (CJ), Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, from office. The Chief...

Abesim murder: Chiefs to pacify land to avert wrath of gods

Chiefs in the Bono region have resolved to pacify the land after the barbaric murder of three people in one of their towns called...

Notorious thief beaten to pulp while seeking refuge at Police station [Video]

A notorious thief, identified as Gabriel Gyapong, was beaten to pulp in an attempt to seek refuge at the Bibiani Police station. The suspect, believed...