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Man found dead in river at Kasoa [Video]

A man believed to be in his late 30s has been found dead in the Okrudu River at Kasoa Komotey in the Awutu Senya...

Remain committed to winning 2024 elections – Speaker charges NDC youth

A delegation from the Tertiary Education and Institutions Network (TEIN) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Thursday called on the Speaker of Parliament,...

Accra, Kumasi to experience more floods – Meteo warns

The Ghana Meteorological Agency has predicted that more floods will hit Ghana’s major cities of Accra and Kumasi during this year’s rainy season. In an...

Robbery suspect on Police wanted list arrested in Kyebi

Police in the Eastern Region say they have arrested a robbery suspect who has been on their wanted list for some time now. The suspect,...

Mad rush for Hearts vs Kotoko tickets [Video+Photos]

Football-loving fans have thronged the headquarters of Accra Hearts of Oak for tickets ahead of the clash against Kumasi Asante Kotoko on Sunday, June...

KAB-FAM CEO changes life of 69-year-old woman wrongfully given 11-year sentence [Video]

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and founder of electronic retail giant, Kab-Fam Ghana Ltd, Mr Charles Antwi-Boahen has come to the aid of a 69-year-old...

Couple feared drowned in Susan stream

An unidentified man and his wife are feared dead after they reportedly fell into the Susan stream in the Oforikrom Municipality, which had flooded. This...

GPGC judgement brouhaha: Why Ghana can’t challenge court decision [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Why Ghana can’t challenge GPGC court decision Deputy-Attorney General-designate, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has explained why the government could not challenge the $170 million judgment...

Quack doctor at Assin Adadientem arrested

The Complaints and Investigative Unit of the Ghana Medical and Dental Council (GMDC) in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service has arrested an alleged...

Come and let’s build Ghana – Ofori-Atta to diaspora community

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has urged the diaspora community to return home with their talents, capital, skills, and knowledge to facilitate Ghana’s growth. He implored...

AG can represent police service in FixTheCountry injunction case – High Court rules

An Accra High Court has ruled that the office of the Attorney General (AG) can represent the Ghana Police Service in a case seeking...

Public Accounts Committee surcharges Works and Roads Ministries

JoyNews/AdomNews · Public Accounts Committee surcharges the Works and Roads Ministries The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has surcharged the Ministry of Works and Housing as...

Efia Odo, more than 10 other #FixTheCountry campaigners arrested! [Video]

Actress and socialite, Efia Odo, and more than 10 other #FixTheCountry campaigners have been arrested by the police. This was shortly after a court hearing...

Pay or Die: The Agony of Pregnant Women (Part II): Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, others exposed [Video+Photos]

A woman is losing so much blood right after having a vaginal delivery; there is a medication to save her, the hospital has it,...

Assemblyman stripped n*ked, robbed at gunpoint [Photo]

The Assemblyman for Asawinso ‘A’ electoral area in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality has allegedly been stripped naked and robbed at gunpoint. Reports indicate the...

Kumasi floods: Woman drowns after wooden bridge collapses at Oforikrom [Video]

In a video fast circulating on Twitter, one 50-year-old woman identified as Akosua Dufie and few others who were plying a wooden bridge, after...

I pity Boakye Agyarko – John Jinapor on GPGC deal

Ranking member on the Energy Committee, John Jinapor, says he pities former Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko over the Power Purchase Agreement with energy company,...

Father and daughter arrested for practising medicine without authorisation

A man and his daughter have been arrested for practising medicine without the required license. They were arrested by a team from the Complaints and...

KGL Group sponsors maiden edition of GIPC Diaspora Investment Summit

KGL Group, a wholly-owned Ghanaian group of subsidiaries, lent support to host the maiden edition of the Ghana Diaspora Investment Summit 2021 organized by...

Kumasi floods destroy wares at Kejetia market

Property running into thousands of cedis have been destroyed by flood at the newly-built Kejetia Market at Kumasi in the Ashanti region. This comes after...

Kumasi: Toddler swept away by flood found dead

A two-year-old boy Mohammed Awal, who was carried away by floodwater at Sawaba in the Ashanti Region on Tuesday, has been found dead. But for...

Details of how suspects killed 12-year-old boy for rituals

Seven persons have been arrested in connection with the disappearance and murder of a 12-year-old boy in the Agotime-Ziope District of the Volta Region.  The...

Government’s free water supply ends June 30

The government's intervention to absorb water bills for all Ghanaians as part of its fight against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic will end...

GPGC judgment debt: Attorney General reveals next line of action

The Attorney General, has revealed steps have been initiated to probe the $170m judgement debt in the Power Purchase Agreement with energy company GPGC. According...

Tsatsu Tsikata’s take on burning of excavators [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · 'That is nonsense' - Tsatsu Tsikata on burning of excavators Legal Practitioner, Tsatsu Tsikata, has described as unlawful, government’s directive to a military...

LGBTQ+ elements have infiltrated Ola Girls SHS [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · LGBTQ+ elements have infiltrated Ola Girls student population - Management Management of Ola Girls Senior High School in Ho in the Volta Region...

Upper East Region tops in teenage pregnancies

Statistics from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) indicate that the Upper East Region recorded a total of 6,533 cases of teenage pregnancies in 2020. The...

COVID-19: Ghana’s death toll hits 794

Four more persons have succumbed to Covid-19, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The GHS, in its latest update, said the country’s death toll...

Mystery: Bumper fish harvest in river Ochi after Tuesday’s downpour

Residents in the Ajumako Ochiso Community of the Central Region are excited beyond measure as a mammoth quantity of fish has appeared in their...

Teacher remanded over assault on pregnant colleague

A Takoradi Circuit Court has remanded a female teacher into prison custody for two weeks over charges of assault and threat against her colleague. The...

Two perish in ‘galamsey’ pit collapse

Two persons have reportedly died in a galamsey pit collapse in the Ashanti region while they were in the process of mining. The incident is...

Nine ‘street beggars’ arrested

Nine persons have been arrested by the Airport police for persistent harassment of motorists along some traffic intersection within the Airport Division. The Divisional Police...

AMA to build modern slaughterhouse in Accra

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has assured that it will be building a modern slaughterhouse to serve the city. This comes after it emerged that...

Minister announces by-Law for motorbikes

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has announced that arrangements are being put in place to pass a by-law on the use of...

This story of 63-year-old visually impaired man will break your heart [Video]

He attempted suicide three times after he went blind at the prime age of 34 when he was doing well in life. 63-year-old Stephen Opoku...

Suspected murderer arrested after five months of intensive search [Video]

The Weija Police have arrested 26-year-old Joshua Quashie, suspected to have murdered one Nii Armah Tagoe, 29 at Obakrowa in the Ga West Municipality....

‘Drivers for Change’ apologize to Ghanaians, Mahama, for campaigning for NPP in 2020

A group of commercial drivers who campaigned for the New Patriotic Party to win the 2020 election says they feel disappointed for supporting the...

Bizarre: Man caught red-handed raping goat

A middle-aged man, identified as Kofi, was caught red-handed raping a goat behind his house. The energetic man was captured on camera strangling the goat...

SHS student allegedly commits suicide at Akrokeri Bobrase

A second-year student of Amankyim Senior High School (SHS) has allegedly committed suicide at Akrokeri Bobrase in the Adansi North District of the...

37 Hospital seeks help to find families of 2 accident victims [Photos]

Management at the 37 Military Hospital are seeking public assistance to locate the families of two accident victims on admission at the facility. The first...