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Court warns prosecution over NAM1

The Circuit Court in Accra, presided over by Her Honour, Evelyn Asamoah, has warned it would be forced to strike out the case in...

We prefer ‘akpeteshie’ to Covid-19 vaccine – Awutu drivers [Video]

Taxi drivers in the Central Region, Awutu Senya East and West constituency, have said they prefer drinking 'Akpeteshie' to taking the Covid-19 vaccine. According to...

Covid-19: Private Sector Fund to support govt procure vaccines

The Ghana Covid-19 Private Sector Fund (GCPS Fund) has announced its decision to commence a vaccine procurement project. The project which has been dubbed, the...

Immigration Service arrests 54 foreigners at Bawku

The Ghana Immigration Service at Berekum has arrested 54 Niger nationals over illegal entry when the country's borders remain closed. Chief Superintendent Carl Dogbegah said...

Juaboso: Cutlass-wielding man dies from his own cutlass

One person has been butchered, another hospitalized as family members clash at Juaboso Bonsu-Nkwanta. The deceased, 51-year-old Joseph Aye Tossah, was murdered by his biological...

NLA sets up 3-member committee to probe allegations of non-payment of big wins

Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), Kofi Osei Ameyaw, has set up a three-member committee to probe allegations of non-payment of big wins...

Co-tenant arrested over murder of construction worker at Kuntenase

A co-tenant of the 37-year-old construction worker, Godfred Oppong, who was shot dead at Kuntenase in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region has...

Michael Essien under fire over LGBT+ post

Former Ghanaian international footballer, Michael Essien, is currently making waves on social media after declaring support for the LGBTQI+ community in Ghana. The football legend...

Judicial Service replies GJA over ‘media threats’

The Judicial Service has fought off claims by the President of the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) of threatening the media fraternity. The Service, in a...

Akufo-Addo declares March 8 as public holiday

President Nana Akufo-Addo has, through the Interior Ministry, announced Monday, March 8 as a public holiday. This, according to a statement on the ministry’s website...

Full document: Why Minority MPs rejected 3, deferred 5 of Akufo-Addo’s ministerial nominees

The Minority Members of Parliament (MPs) on the Appointments Committee have so far rejected three of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s 30 ministerial nominees while five...

Why Akufo-Addo, wife took COVID-19 vaccine – Gabby reveals

A member of the New Patriotic Party has revealed the motive behind President Nana Akufo-Addo's decision to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine...

Kweku Baako reacts to Judicial Service’s threat to media

Veteran journalist, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, has reacted to an order by the Judicial Service of Ghana to media houses to pull down stories on...

GJA fires Judiciary over threat to media

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has fired back at the Judicial Service of Ghana for its letter to media houses. The Service is demanding...

Leadership of various fishing groups meets Hawa Koomson to offer their support

Leadership of some fishing associations under the National Fisheries Association of Ghana (NAFAG), has openly offered their support to the Minister-Designate for the sector,...

COVID-19 vaccine: UNICEF commends Akufo-Addo

The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for taking the first dose of the 600,000 Covid-19...

Decomposed body of lady found a week after boyfriend asked her out

The gory scene of a decomposed body in the bushes of Antoa in the Kwabere East District of the Ashanti Region has thrown the...

Covid-19: Western North Region records 21 new cases

The Western North Region has recorded 21 new Covid-19 cases with one death. The confirmed cases in the Region have also moved from 791 to...

Man inflicts deep cutlass wounds on mother and daughter, three others

Residents of Adomako in the Ashanti Region witnessed a bloodbath when an unidentified man unleashed attack on them, Sunday. The suspect, believed to be in...

Adom FM’s ABY puts smiles on faces of persons living with cerebral palsy [Photos]

Hope has been restored in the lives of some cerebral palsy children and their parents after receiving relief items from Adom FM journalist, Akua...

Covid-19 Vaccine: Bawumia, wife receive first jab [Photos+Video]

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and his wife, Samira Bawumia, Monday morning took their jabs of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Police...

Koforidua: Teachers boycott class as unidentified persons paint school with feces

Teachers of King of Glory Presbyterian Basic School at Bonya, a suburb of New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region boycotted academic work...

Auto electrician jailed for stealing laptop, mobile phone

The Enchi District Magistrate’s Court has sentenced an auto electrician to 24 months imprisonment in hard labour, for stealing an HP laptop and itel...

NLA workers protest over non-payment of big wins; want MD dismissed [Video]

Some Staff of the National Lottery Authority (NLA) are demanding the immediate dismissal of the Managing Director of the Authority, Kofi Osei...

Ben Ephson sends strong message to Judicial Service over threats to media

Veteran journalist, Ben Ephson, has described as unnecessary threats contained in the caution statement by the Judicial Service to media houses. According to him, the...

LGBTQ+ activist ‘clashes’ with Journalists’ Against LGBTQ+Ghana [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · LGBTQ+ activist ‘clash’ with Journalists’ Against LGBTQ+Ghana An activist for Lesbians, Gays, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) group has said the LGBTQ+ community is...

Woman burnt by ex-lover in chemical attack transformed by face transplant

A domestic abuse survivor has become the first person in the world to get a second face transplant. Carmen Tarleton is "very happy" with her...

Chief priest ‘storms’ Buipe-Tamale road with goat, fowls over rampant accidents

Chiefs and people of Mankpang Traditional Area in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region have pacified the ancestors to halt the rampant...

Akufo-Addo goes down on his knees for prayers [Photos]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has shared some beautiful photos of himself being surrounded by pastors as he goes down for prayers. The President, having attended the...

Woman found dead in husband’s room

A 29-year-old woman, identified as Margaret Sam, was on Friday, February 26, found dead in her husband’s room at Olebu, a suburb of Accra,...

Construction worker shot dead at Kuntanase

A construction worker has been shot dead by an unknown gunmen at a site at Kuntanase in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region. The...

GES sends ‘SOS’ message over SHS placement

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has urged all pupils who missed out on the automatic computerised school placement to proceed to self-placement as soon...

Nurse, 25, gunned down in robbery; 2 others in critical condition

A 25-year-old nurse (name withheld) has been killed in a robbery attack at a village near Wenchi in the Bono Region. One other person is...

Newborn baby dumped in dustbin at Suame

Residents of Suame Maakro Police House have been thrown into a state of shock after discovering the lifeless body of a newly born baby...

Fire guts 6-bedroom house, drinking spot at Obuasi

A six-bedroom house and a drinking spot at Obuasi Tutuka were destroyed when blazing fire swept through them. Speaking to Adom News' correspondent, Isaac K....

Akufo-Addo finally states position on LGBTQ+ saga [Video]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has given the strongest indication yet about his position on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) activities in...

Three injured as Wasa bridge collapses after gory accident [Video]

Three persons traveling on a motorbike have been severely injured after colliding with a truck transporting stones at Wasa Mameaso in the Western Region. According...

$84m Pokuase Interchange nears completion, project to be ready on this date

Work on the $84-million Pokuase Interchange at the ACP Junction in the Ga North Municipality is progressing steadily with all the major works nearly...

2 dead, one injured in galamsey pit in Western Region

Two illegal miners have met their untimely death with one other person severely injured after a hill close to their mine site collapsed on...

We are all sinners – Ghanaian transgender tells LGBTQ+ critics

A proud Ghanaian transgender, who goes by the name Angel Maxine, has exposed the hypocrisy of critics of the LGBTQI community in Ghana. The lady,...