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Murdered judges: Rawlings’ friend drops bombshell [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Murdered judges: Rawlings’ friend drops bombshell A close friend of former President Rawlings has mounted a spirited defense for the late leader over...

Rawlings is still alive – Old time friend weeps [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Rawlings is still alive – Old time friend weeps "I refused to look at his body; Rawlings is alive in my heart...

What Rawlings told me about Akufo-Addo – Best friend reveals [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · What Rawlings told me about Akufo-Addo – Friend reveals President Nana Akufo-Addo appears to have won the hearts of some Ghanaians, especially friends...

Agbotui family to hold mini funeral for Rawlings [Photos]

Preparations are underway at the family house of the late former President Jerry Rawlings to hold a mini funeral service for the late President...

Drama as thief gets stuck on rooftop [Watch]

It was a mission impossible for a young thief when he got trapped in the roof of the building he intended to raid. In a...

Coronavirus: Over 1,000 positive cases recorded at KIA

As of January 24, 2021, the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) had recorded 1,085 positive cases of covid-19. Out of that 41 per cent were Ghanaians, while...

‘Working with Rawlings’ hurt Rawlings so much – Close associate reveals

Former Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South, and close associate of late former president Jerry Rawlings, Fritz Baffour, has revealed that the controversial book...

ECOWAS caps covid-19 PCR test for nationals at $50

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State have capped the cost of PCR test for COVID-19 for nationals within the region...

Rawlings’ Death: Dzifa Gomashie offers powerful prayers for family

Member of Parliament for Ketu South, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has offered powerful prayers for the family of late ex-President Jerry John Rawlings. It is the...

Govt’s ¢12.5b education investment in 2019 is yielding fruits – Kwesimintsim MP

Ghana spent a whopping ¢12.5 billion on educating young Ghanaians in 2019 alone, Member of Parliament for Kwesimintsim, Dr Prince Hamid Armah, has said. This...

Rawlings’ last days were not his best; this is why…

A close associate of the late ex-President Jerry John Rawlings, Group Captain Richard Fordjour, has revealed that Mr Rawlings died feeling betrayed. According to him,...

Members of Aowin Traditional Council march to river with goat, schnapps over ‘galamsey’

The Aowin Traditional Council in the Western North Region has evoked a curse on illegal miners in their area. Stating the reason to Adom...

NSS releases 2021/2022 nurses’ postings

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has announced the release of national service postings for over 10,964 nurses for the 2020/2021 service year. The secretariat has,...

Chief Biney pays last respects to Rawlings

Deputy National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Chief Biney, has penned a heartfelt tribute in honour of late ex-President Jerry John Rawlings. The...

NDC to hold symposium in honour of Rawlings

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) will today, January 25, 2021, hold a symposium in honour of its late founder, Jerry John Rawlings. The virtual event,...

Senyo Hosi writes to Akufo-Addo over Rawlings’ funeral

Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors, Senyo Kwasi Hosi, has suggested to President Nana Akufo-Addo to consider a virtual...

Parts of Volta Region to experience power outage

Parts of the Volta Region will today, January 25, 2021, experience power outage from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm. The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG)...

Rawlings’ funeral: No media or picture taking will be allowed – Family

The Jerry John Rawlings Foundation, on behalf of the Rawlings’ family through the Ministry of Information, wishes to announce to the media that no...

Rawlings’ home dead!

The family home of the late Jerry John Rawlings, the Agbotui, Nyaho and allied Family Home is dead of human presence and funeral activities. A...

All set for J.J. Rawlings’ funeral

All is set for the State Funeral of former President Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings at the Independence Square in Accra on Wednesday, January...

Why we didn’t get to spend much time with our father – Zanetor Rawlings explains

Daughter of late Jerry John Rawlings, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, says she and her siblings could not spend enough time with their late father because of...

Photos: Vigil held in honour of Rawlings

A vigil was held in honour of late Jerry John Rawlings at the Air Force Officers Mess in Accra. This was after a Catholic requiem...

Forgive Rawlings – Archbishop Palmer Buckle

The Archbishop of the Cape Coast Archdiocese, Most Rev. Charles Gabriel Palmer-Buckle has called on Ghanaians to forgive late former President Jerry John Rawlings. "Beloved, if...

Photo: Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings weeps

Former First lady was at the requiem mass held for her husband, late former President Jerry John Rawlings at the Holy Spirit Cathedral in...

Requiem mass for Rawlings at Holy Spirit Cathedral [Photos]

President Akufo-Addo on Sunday led government delegation to bid farewell to late President Jerry John Rawlings. He was accompanied by First lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, Vice...

Livestream: Requiem mass for Rawlings at Holy Spirit Cathedral

The four-day state funeral of former President Jerry John Rawlings begins today, Sunday, January 24, 2021, with a service at the Holy Spirit Cathedral. This...

Coronavirus: Oti Region confirms two new cases

The Oti Region has confirmed some new cases of Covid-19. This was announced in a press release signed by the Director of Health Services...

Bring Rawlings’ body home – Group appeals

The people of Anlo have petitioned Torgbui Agbesi Awusu II, the Awadada of Anlo to demand that the body of former President Jerry John...

Operation Calm Life personnel extorted ₵1000 from me – Man alleges

One Abeku Adams Ekumfi on Facebook has shared the story of how his friend was forced to give ₵1000 to members of Operation Calm...

Akatsi police arrest members of cattle rustling syndicates

Akatsi Police have arrested two suspected members of a cattle rustling syndicate and saved some of the animals. The suspects, identified as Gariba Ali and...

64-year-old woman burnt alive

Police in Nakpanduri in the Bunkpurugu District of the North East Region is on a hunt for two suspects who set a 64-year-old woman...

Coronavirus: Ghana records more than 600 daily infections

Ghana's COVID-19 active cases have seen a further surge to 2,799 on Saturday following the confirmation of 635 new cases of infections.This is from...

Rawlings’ state funeral begins today

The funeral rites of late former President Jerry John Rawlings begins today, Sunday, January 24, 2021. He will be laid-in-state from today to January 26,...

Akufo-Addo’s speech at the 58th ECOWAS Ordinary Session

Opening Statement By The President Of The Republic Of Ghana, And Chair Of The ECOWAS Authority, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, At The Virtual Summit...

Death-trap school building collapses on boy, 13 [Video]

 A death-trap school building of the New Nsuta Junior High School (JHS) in the Obuasi Municipality of the Ashanti Region has collapsed on a...

Taxi driver shot dead at Mmoatiakrom

A taxi driver, identified as Culture, has been shot dead at Mmoatiakrom, a community near Dunkwa-On-Offin in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the...

Articulated truck kills truck pusher at Mankessim

A 40-year-old truck pusher, popularly known as Taller, has met his untimely death after an articulated truck run over his head at Mankessim in...

2 injured after building collapse at Adabraka [Video]

https://youtu.be/lWi3pFQlw-I Two persons are currently battling for their lives at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital after part of an uncompleted two-storey building collapsed on them. The...

200 arrested at Tesano for breaching Covid-19 protocols

Police at the Tesano Police Station have arrested 200 persons in the area for failing to wear facemask in public areas. Speaking to JoyNews, the...

Six dead, others injured in fatal accident at Mpaha junction

Six persons have been confirmed dead with five injured in a fatal accident at Mpaha junction in the Central Gonja district of the Savannah...