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Obinim recounts how he stole money from World Bank ‘spiritually’ [Video]

Founder of the International Gods Way Church, 'Angel' Daniel Obinim, has recounted his numerous spiritual visits to the world Bank to steal money. Bishop Obinim,...

Suspected gay busted at Oyarifa [Photos]

A middle-aged man, suspected to be a homosexual, has been handed over to the police at Adentan. The suspect, Patrick Jobe Asramah, was apprehended by...

Shop attendant gets 10 years for robbery

The Asante Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced a shop attendant to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour for robbing a student nurse. Akwasi Anokye Boateng,...

SONA 2021: Here’s a mixture of Akufo-Addo’s false, misleading and contradictory claims

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo delivered the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, at the Parliament House. In his speech,...

Osei-Kyei Mensah-Bonsu appointed caretaker Minister for Finance

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed the Majority Leader, Osei-Kyei Mensah-Bonsu as the caretaker-Minister for Finance. The appointment was communicated in a letter from President Akufo-Addo...

PURC to investigate recent erratic power supply

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced that it will investigate the recent frequent power outages experienced by consumers across the country. It is,...

Obuasi Police gun down 2 suspected armed robbers

The Police at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region, on Wednesday, gunned down two suspected armed robbers on the outskirts of Akomfokrom near Mawoman at...

YEA sets records straight on staff arrested over death of girlfriend

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has reacted to reports of its staff in police grip over the death of a 31-year-old lady, Elizabeth Yesutor Akpalu....

LGBTQ+ is an abomination – Former President Kufuor [Video]

Ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor says it is not apt to legalise same-sex (LGBTQ+) relationships in the country. According to him, he is very conservative on...

Apam beach drowning: Okudzeto Ablakwa criticises Akufo-Addo [ Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ablakwa criticizes Akufo-Addo over his failure to comment on death of teens who drowned North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, says...

COVID-19: Ghana’s death toll hits 656

Ghana's COVID-19 death toll has hit 656 since the country recorded its first active Covid-19 case in March 2020. In its latest update, the Ghana...

Brother of lady who allegedly fell to her death suspects foul play

Hans Peter Lasu, younger brother of a woman who allegedly fell to her death at her East Legon home, has said he suspects a...

NLA boss instructed to retire

President Nana Akufo-Addo has instructed the Director-General of National Lottery Authority (NLA), Kofi Osei Ameyaw, to retire. In a letter dated March 10, signed by...

Why I will give $1m to buy COVID-19 vaccines – Ken Agyapong

Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, is against the government's decision to receive free COVID-19 vaccines from the World Health Organisation. In...

Int’I women lawyers demand justice for Lilian Dedjoe

The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) is demanding justice for the late Lilian Dedjoe. In a statement signed by FIDA-Ghana President, Mrs Afua Addotey,...

Another body retrieved from Apam sea

The body of a 16-year-old boy, who drowned with about 20 other teenagers in the Apam sea, has been recovered. This brings the number...

Two armed robbers dead after gun battle with Obuasi Police

The Police at Obuasi have gunned down two suspected armed robbers in an operation on the Miles 9 road. According to the Obuasi Divisional Police...

Sad news hits Dr Anthony Akoto Osei

The wife of former Member of Parliament (MP) for Tafo in the Ashanti Region, Dr Anthony Akoto Osei, has passed on. However, the cause of...

Tamale Teaching Hospital staff threaten strike

Staff of the Tamale Teaching Hospital have threatened to embark on strike effective Friday, March 12, 2021. The action, according to them, is to draw...

Association of Lotto Marketing Companies commends KGL

The leadership of the Association of Lotto Marketing Companies has commended the Management of KGL Technology Limited for the timely intervention in releasing funds...

Police discover decomposing body with missing fingers and feet

A 35-year-old man, Vie Adama, has been found dead in a bush at Kotosaa, a farming community in the Juaboso district of the Western...

Domelevo holds retirement Thanksgiving Service [Photos]

The former Auditor-General, Daniel Yao Domelevo, on Wednesday, March 10, went to church for a thanksgiving ceremony after being asked by President Nana Akufo-Addo...

5 female Police Constables punished for ‘improper’ dressing on social media

The Police Administration has punished five female Police Officers stationed in the Ahafo Region for a sexy outlook with police beret on social media. The...

What Akufo-Addo told me when Mahama appointed me in 2016 – Domelevo drops bombshell [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Domelevo holds thanksgiving service The former Auditor-General, Daniel Yao Domelevo, has revealed President Nana Akufo-Addo encouraged him to accept John Mahama’s appointment in...

Adom TV Nsoromma winners visit sponsors [Photos]

Winners of Adom TV’s Nsoromma music talent show visited ace sponsors who made it possible to showcase their talent to Ghanaians. The three finalists -...

Dog shortage hits Sandema market

Dog meat sellers at Sandema in the Builsa North Municipality of the Upper East Region were disappointed when they visited the major market in...

Meet the two children who survived the Apam drowning [Video]

Rescuers are still making efforts to retrieve more bodies, three days after some teenagers drowned in the Apam Sea in the Central...

54-year-old kidnapper nabbed

Police in the North East Region have arrested a 54-year-old suspected leader of a kidnapping gang. According to reports, the suspect kidnapped a 60-year-old cattle...

NIA to set up 13 offices at GRA by April

The National Identification Authority (NIA) says it is working towards setting up 13 offices at the Ghana Revenue Authority's (GRA) offices by April 1,...

Apam drowning: Akufo-Addo donates to families of victims

President Nana Akufo-Addo has donated GHS 36,000 to the traditional council and families of Apam in the Central Region following the tragedy that hit...

Reinstate Domelevo – CSOs tell Akufo-Addo

The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Against Corruption on Wednesday, March 10 held a press conference to state reasons why the former Auditor...

Bawumia mourns with Kweku Baako [Photos]

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, commiserated with veteran journalist, Kweku Baako and his family, following the demise of...

Brother of lady who fell to her death at East Legon gives inside story

"I am very sad because my sister has been through a lot. She was in an abusive marriage," says brother whose sister fell to...

Revealed: Last conversation of lady who fell to her death at East Legon

Hans Peter Lasu, younger brother of 43-year-old Lilian Dedjoe, who allegedly slipped and fell off the stairs of her East Legon home, has revealed...

New revelation to story of midwife who lost son in Apam drowning [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · New revelation to story of midwife who lost son in Apam drowning The medical officer in charge at the St Luke Catholic Hospital...

Two dead, over 30 injured in ghastly accident near Kintampo

Two persons, including a toddler, have lost their lives in a gory accident at Suronuase near Kintampo in the Bono East Region. A woman, whose...

Emotional as man narrates how he lost two nephews in Apam drowning [Listen]

An uncle of two teenagers, who drowned with others at Apam sea on Sunday, March 7, 2021, has spoken on the matter. Speaking on Adom...

Fake lecturer, another remanded over murder

The Kaneshie District Court has remanded two persons who have been held for the murder of one Wendy Fynn Morris at Japan Motors –...

Over GH¢ 4,000 lost as fire destroys four-bedroom house [Video]

Fire has destroyed a four-bedroom-house at Goaso in the Ahafo Region with property and an amount of GHS 4,400 burnt into ashes. The landlady, Madam...

My new task as Energy Minister won’t be easy – NAPO acknowledges

Ghana’s Energy Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has acknowledged that his latest challenge as Energy Minister will not be an easy ride. Dr Opoku-Prempeh takes over the...