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Human rights advocate sues police, demands ¢20m for damages

The 2020 parliamentary candidate for the Effutu constituency has sued one Benjamin Ackah and the Ghana Police Service for alleged malicious prosecution and is...

Video of nurses being taught s3x positions goes viral

A viral video on social media gives an account of nurses being taught how to practice and master d*ggy style in the classroom. The nurses...

Tricycle riders directed to operate within catchment area

Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has dismissed claims that the Regional Security Council plans on placing a total ban on the operations of...

Robbery attack on gas filling station leaves one dead

A 54-year old security guard, Edem Kpodogah, with Makolives Gas Filling Station at Tegbi-Xekpa near Busco Junction, has been killed in an attack at...

COVID-19 should not stop breastfeeding – Dr Kuma-Aboagye

There is a decline in the exclusive breastfeeding rate which has dropped from 63 per cent in 2008 to 43 per cent in the...

AMA, Police arrest drivers for unlawful parking

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), in collaboration with the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service, has arrested about 35...

Chaos as chiefs halt ‘Okada’ operation

There was confusion at Akyem Akroso in the Eastern Region after the chief, elders, assembly members, and unit committee placed a moratorium on commercial...

Henry Quartey has this to say about support from colleagues [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Henry Quartey has this to say about support from colleagues The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has said that he is determined...

Learn how to speak – Henry Quartey fires ‘Aboboyaa’ Association President [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Learn how to speak – Henry Quartey fires ‘Aboboyaa’ association President The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has hit hard at the...

24-year-old man allegedly kills lover, 28, at Obuasi

A 24-year-old man, identified as Atta, has been arrested in connection with the death of his 28-year-old lover. The man, a machine operator, is said...

I will soon be invisible – Henry Quartey

"I will soon be invisible once the names of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) are out," says Greater Accra Regional Minister,...

Married woman leaves husband to live with her rapist while the case is still in court

A woman, who was allegedly raped by her customer, has abandoned her husband to live with the rapist before the court hearing the matter...

Supreme Court judge, Justice Samuel Marful-Sau passes on

A Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Marful-Sau, has passed on, a source has confirmed to JoyNews. He was 64. Justice Marful-Sau was a member...

Health Minister goes on leave

The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, is currently on a two-week leave to enable him to attend to some personal issues. Sources at the presidency...

Mahama mourns after being hit with sad news

Former President John Dramani Mahama and some National Democratic Congress (NDC) party faithful have joined the family of the late Lionel Kukondap Molbila to mourn...

Police make shocking revelation about robbers who engaged in gun battle with personnel [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Police make shocking revelation about robbers who engaged in gun battle with personnel The Acting Director-General, Public Affairs Unit of the Ghana Police...

Ghana’s Embassy in UAE reacts to Dubai visa-free travel

Ghana’s Embassy in the United Arab Emirate (UAE) has revealed the visa waiver agreement between the two countries is yet to take effect. Parliament on...

Health Minister writes to Sheikh Al Maktoum to refund money for non-supplied doses

The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has written to Sheikh Al Maktoum with whom he signed a deal to procure Sputnik V vaccines, to...

Job scam hits Labour Ministry

An ongoing recruitment scam, which began in January this year, has seen a number of desperate job seekers falling victim to it. The Ministry of...

Fire guts house of actress Beverly Afaglo [Videos]

Fire has gutted the house of Ghanaian actress and television presenter, Beverly Afaglo. It destroyed the entire building and all its contents, leaving only its...

Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana calls off strike

The Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG) and the Federation of Universities Senior Staff Association (PUSSAG) have suspended their industrial strike action with immediate...

Don’t compare me to others – Minister warns

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has urged Ghanaians to desist from comparing him to his colleagues in the other 15 regions. According to...

Motor rider dies in crash with bus at Peduase

The driver of a Toyota Hiace bus has crashed a motor rider to death on the Peduase- Aburi road in the Eastern Region. The driver,...

YEA sends message to GRNMA over Community Health Workers

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has urged the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwifery Association (GRNMA) to eschew any fear of displacement, competition, or adulteration...

‘Operation clean your frontage’ to make Accra clean – Minister

JoyNews/AdomNews · ‘Operation clean your frontage’ to make Accra clean – Minister Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, is optimistic of a clean Accra with...

By-law for motorbikes to be passed in Accra

A by-law on the use of motorbikes in the local assemblies within the Greater Accra Region will soon be operational. This will regulate the use...

More trouble for Agyeman-Manu as OccupyGhana joins calls for his resignation

The job of Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, is on the line due to incessant calls on him to resign following revelations in the report...

Man slumps and dies at Weija-Gbawe

Residents at Weija-Gbawe in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region have been thrown into a state of shock after a man...

Man who went missing found dead in river [Photo]

A 22-year-old man, who was declared missing on Saturday, August 7, 2021, has been found dead in river Onwah. The body of the deceased was...

Power of Eight: 665 Ghanaian tourists visit Africa, Asia and Europe

At least, a total of six hundred and sixty-five (665) Ghanaians have been scheduled to visit parts of the world through 'The Power of...

Man stabs wife to death over divorce threat

The Police at Bibiani are on a manhunt for one Emmanuel Okyere Baffour for allegedly stabbing his wife, 26-year-old Joyce Johnes Afi Jassika, to...

1D1F: Chief hails Akufo-Addo for starch factory at Prang

The Paramount Chief of the Prang Traditional Area in the Pru West District of the Bono East Region, Nana Kwadwo Nyarko III, has expressed...

Gifty Oware-Aboagye shares rare photo of husband

The Deputy Executive Director of the Ghana National Service Scheme (NSS), Gifty Oware-Aboagye, has taken to social media to eulogise her husband. As a woman...

Confirmed: Dampare, Hotel Manager detained as more secrets leak over policewoman’s death

Police at Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region have arrested one Timothy Dampare and Richard Nimo in connection with the death of one Lance Corporal...

UTAG tightens strike

Members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) in 13 public universities are demanding that the national strike continues. The association and its members...

Meet the lawyer who has been appointed as Consul of Jamaica to Ghana

The Government of Jamaica has appointed Isaac Emmil Osei-Bonsu, a legal practitioner, as the first Honorary Consul of Jamaica to Ghana. The Honorary Consul...

Two arrested in connection with policewoman found dead in hotel room

Two persons have been arrested in connection with the death of Lance Corporal Sarah Adjei who was found dead in a hotel room. The suspects,...

Covid-19: Ghana records 30 deaths in seven days

As many as 30 people have succumbed to the novel coronavirus in just seven days, that is according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The...

Covid-19 vaccine: Govt receives over 177,000 doses of Johnson and Johnson [Photos]

The government has taken delivery of 177,600 doses of the single-shot Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. The procurement was done under the African Vaccine Acquisition...

Akufo-Addo commissions Kintampo Court Complex, Feeder Roads building at Prang

President Nana Akufo-Addo, on Sunday, August 8, at the commencement of his two-day working visit to the Bono East Region, commissioned a fully furnished...