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Alleged bullion van attack: Robbers bolt with over ¢100k

Another bullion van has allegedly been attacked and its content robbed by two armed men amidst sporadic shooting on Monday in Tarkwa in the...

Law students to demonstrate over entrance exam fiasco

The National Association of Law Students (NALS) is set to demonstrate on Wednesday, October 20, 2021, over the Ghana School of Law entrance exam...

Man exhumes corpse at Awutu Ayiresu; claims ghost ordered him [Video]

https://youtu.be/kTjUuAuq1b0 A 22-year-old man, Kwashi Pontro, has incurred the wrath of traditional leaders after exhuming a corpse at Awutu Ayiresu in the Awutu Senya West...

Pastor arrested over Shatta Wale’s ‘gunshot attack’ saga [Video]

https://youtu.be/TGBiZqKzplo The Founder and Leader of New Life Kingdom Chapel International, Stephen Akwasi, aka Jesus Ahuofe, has been arrested over a gunshot prophecy on dancehall...

Zoomlion kick starts proper handwashing campaign in basic schools

In commemoration of Global Handwashing Day, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), through its Zoom kids Club programme, has begun an operation to intensify the proper...

Fact-check: Did the NPP promise to build a harbour in Cape Coast?

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said on a Cape Coast-based radio station, Eagle FM, that he never promised to build a harbour in the Central...

31.2KM Assin Praso-Assin Fosu road to be completed in November 2023

President Akufo-Addo, on Monday, October 18, inspected ongoing work on the construction of the 31.2-kilometre Assin Praso-Assin Fosu Road, which is part of the...

Four taxicab robbers jailed 60 years

Four persons who robbed a driver at Awoshie in Accra in 2020 have been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment each by an Accra Circuit Court. The...

What Assemblies of God church has sent to Parliament on anti-LGBTQI+ Bill

The Assemblies of God, Ghana, has submitted to parliament a memorandum in support of the “Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family...

Ghana Police K-9 Unit ‘lets dogs out’ [Photos]

As part of the Proactive Preventive Policing Strategy, the K-9 Unit of the Ghana Police Service, with renewed energy, has commenced its outdoor operations,...

We’ll perform rites to banish residents who are LGBTQ+ – Terchire Chief warns

The resistance and objection from the traditional leaders against the issue of the LGBTQ+ activities keep gathering momentum in the Bono and Ahafo regions. The...

Police arrest Funny Face following suicide note, threat to kill baby mama

The Ghana Police Service has arrested comedian Funny Face after he threatened to commit suicide and also kill his baby mama in a video...

Coup plot: We wanted to keep Akufo-Addo in my uncompleted building – Witness

Staff Sergeant Awarf Kojo Sule of the Defence Intelligence Department of the Ghana Armed Forces, has told the High Court in Accra how he...

499 ‘failed’ law students send strong message to Akufo-Addo [Read]

The aggrieved 499 law students, who were denied admission, despite passing the 2021 Ghana School of Law entrance exam, have appealed to President Nana...

Police service positions K-9 dog unit to assist operations

As part of the Proactive Preventive Policing Strategy, the K-9 Unit of the Ghana Police Service, with renewed energy, has commenced its outdoor operations. For...

Akufo-Addo commissions engineering workshop at Cape Coast Technical University

President Nana Akufo-Addo has commissioned engineering laboratories and workshops at the Cape Coast Technical University as part of his two-day working visit to the...

JUSAG to embark on nationwide strike on October 28

The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has set October 28, to undertake a nationwide strike. According to the Association, the strike results from...

12-year-old boy missing after he went swimming in a stream at Pakoso

A 12-year-old boy is missing after he went swimming in a stream at the Pakoso suburb of Kumasi. Christopher Andofo Junior, who went swimming in...

Burnt body of unidentified man discovered at Gomoa

Residents of Fiifi, a suburb of Gomoa Nyanyano, have been gripped with fear after the charred body of an unidentified man was discovered Monday...

Reduce rent fees – Agogo chief charges landlords

The Omanehene of Asante Akyem Agogo Traditional Area, Nana Akuoko Sarpong, has charged landlords in the area to reduce rent fees, especially for university students. Nana...

Former Mayor gives solution to Kumasi flooding [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Former Mayor gives solution to Kumasi flooding Former Metropolitan Chief Executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly has proffered solution to the perennial flooding...

Herdsman slashes 16-year-old girl’s head over dam water

A 16-year-old-girl, Aliatu Haruna, is battling for her life at the West Gonja Government Hospital following an attack from a herdsman. The incident happened on...

Netherlands Ambassador reacts to Suhuyini’s visa denial

Netherlands' Ambassador to Ghana, Jeroen Verheul, has expressed reservations about Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini's visa denial statements. The MP, in...

Beyi W’ano: Prestea underground mine workers divided over compensation

There is division in the front of workers of Prestea Gold Resources over unpaid compensation from the management of the company. The workers say they...

Man, 28, slashes friend’s penis after taking picture of him while bathing

A 28-year-old man has slashed his friend’s penis and stabbed him in the thigh after the latter, Kwesi John, took a picture of his...

Why I rejected Cape Coast MCE nominee – Assemblyman [Audio]

An assembly member in Cape Coast has revealed why he voted against the President’s nominee for Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Ernest Arthur. Hamid Alhassan, popularly...

Young man busted for stealing ‘wele’ in the market [Video]

https://youtu.be/uTeU8XLS5K0 There was drama at Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region after a suspect thief, identified as Isaac Owusu, was busted for stealing wele (cow skin)....

Two university students die under tragic circumstances

The University of Ibadan, Nigeria has been thrown into mourning after losing two of its students within 24 hours. The deceased students identified as...

Police probe death of 2 toddlers in broken-down vehicle at Alajo

The Nima Divisional Police Command has commenced a probe into circumstances that led to the death of two toddlers at a mechanic shop at...

Bees hold church members, residents hostage

Residents of Buokrom F Line within the enclave of the Pentecost church have literally been held hostage in their homes as bees have infested...

Man suffers burns after mistakenly using acid as water

A 40-year-old cobbler is on admission at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital after he mistakenly took acid for water when he visited a lavatory...

LGBTQI+ activities morally repugnant and must be stopped – Titus-Glover

Former Deputy Minister of Transport, Daniel Titus-Glover, has joined calls for the passage of the Anti-LGBTQ+ bill currently before Parliament, describing the practice as...

Staff of Nalerigu Baptist Medical Center, others caught selling contraband drugs

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has seized a large quantity of unlicensed and fake drugs from several shops and pharmacies in the West...

Man, 40 on the run after allegedly killing pregnant wife

A 40-year-old man is on the run for allegedly killing his 30-year-old pregnant wife at Nyankyerenease within the Kumasi metropolis in the Ashanti region. According...

President, Asantehene honoured for dedicated services to humanity

The Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church Ghana, Sunday presented citations and portraits to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II,...

Fix flood-causing dam – Upper East residents to govt

Some residents in three major communities in the Upper East Region have appealed to the Akufo-Addo-led government to fix the Tame irrigation dam and...

Tears as 15-year-old victim of Abesim murder is laid to rest

The 15-year-old victim of the cold-blooded Abesim killing, Stephen Sarpong, has been laid to rest in a tearful ceremony. The funeral was held in his...

Funeral date for Ama Benyiwa-Doe announced

The final funeral rites for the deceased former National Democratic Congress (NDC) stalwart, Ama Benyiwa-Doe, have been scheduled for December 17 to 18, 2021. The...

Akufo-Addo to embark on Central Regional tour

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will from Monday, 18th October 2021, begin a two-day tour of the Central Region,...

Akumaa Mama Zimbi honoured, selected as face of American Rejuvenation Clinic

Ace broadcaster and television hostess, Akumaa Mama Zimbi, has received recognition as the champion of women issues for her activism and strong defender of...