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Man found dead in front of his home [Photos+Video]

A 60-year-old man identified as Kwasi Agyapong, has been found dead in a gutter at Nyankomasu Old Town in Akyem Oda of the Eastern...

Driver and his mate jailed for assaulting a passenger

A driver and his mate who assaulted a passenger onboard their vehicle, have been sentenced to a total of four years imprisonment by the...

Land guards meet their match at Fetteh as one receives gunshot in his neck

One person is in critical condition after a gun battle ensued between construction workers and a group of armed men believed to land guards. The...

You can take the land only after our last man dies – La youth to military [Audio]

A group calling itself Coalition of La Youth has served notice to the Ghana Armed Forces about their readiness to fight for La Stool...

Ghana Armed Forces reacts to assault on La protesters

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has rendered an apology over assault meted out to residents and journalists during a land protest at La. The group,...

SHS student jailed 10 years for defiling 18-month-old twins

The Cape Coast Circuit 1 has sentenced Patrick Nyarko, a student of Assin Manso Senior High School to 10 years imprisonment for defiling 18-month-old twins. The...

Photo of Kweku Baako and late mother evokes memories

An old photo of ace journalist, Abdul-Malik Kweku Baako and his late mother, Gloria Aba Addison has popped up online. The photo was shared by...

‘Okada’ rider crashes to death in wrongful overtaking at Kintampo

A 37-year-old motor rider has crushed to death at Kintampo in the Bono East Region as a result of wrongful overtaking. Sidi Bukari was riding...

How this Burundian killed her rival to become queen mother, and then held off the Germans in the 1900s

Many African communities are patriarchal, thus some feats accomplished by women tend to be lost in history. Yet, many African empires and territories have...

Two female prison officials fired after inmate sex video goes viral

Two female correctional service officials have been dismissed after investigations into an explicit video that went viral last month showing one of the officials...

President Akufo-Addo leaves for Brazzaville

President Akufo-Addo has left Ghana for Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo to attend the swearing-in of H.E. Denis Sassou Nguesso, President-elect of...

Abortion claimed 66 lives in 2020 – GHS

Sixty-six women died in 2020 due to abortion-related complications, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has revealed. More than 54,000 cases of abortion, out of...

Church donates ¢10k to Kumasi Central Mosque for Ramadan

Members of the King Solomon Universal Temple have donated ¢10,000 to the Kumasi Central Mosque ahead of this year’s Ramadan. The donation is to aid...

Koku Anyidoho reunites with Allotey Jacobs [Photo]

Samuel Koku Anyidoho has made a bold statement on social media after posting a photo he took with Bernard Allotey Jacobs. The former Central Regional...

Ailing ‘tallest man’ Awuche pleads for medical support

The family of 27-year-old Sulemana Abdul-Samed is appealing for financial support to enable them to seek medical treatment for their son. Sulemana is suffering from...

Operation Vanguard destroys 56 changfang motors at Amantin

The “Operation Vanguard 17 Taskforce” stationed in the Western Region has destroyed 56 Changfang motors at Amantin in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality during its routine...

Akua Donkor gives interesting suggestion on fighting ‘galamsey’ [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Local dialects should be used in Galamsey sensitization - Akua Donkor The founder and leader of Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Akua Donkor, is...

Police assures public of safety in Western Region

The Western Regional Police Commander, DCOP Felix Fosu-Agyeman, has said the command will not leave any stones unturned in ensuring sufficient measures are in...

Soldiers chase, beat protesters at La during land demo [Video]

A group of soldiers has chased away and beaten protesters who were demonstrating against the military’s encroachment on La Stool lands at La. The group...

COVID-19: Ghana’s death toll hits 763

Ghana has recorded eleven new deaths from COVID-19, bringing the death toll to 763 as of Sunday, April, 10, 2021. The death toll as of...

Bus carrying 260 slabs of ‘weed’ busted by Bono police

Two male suspects, aged 32 and 37 have been arrested by the Bono regional police command with 260 yellow compressed slabs suspected to be...

Three hawkers killed in accident on 37-Burma Camp road

Three lives have been lost in an accident that occurred on the 37-Burma Camp road at around 10 pm on Wednesday. According to an eyewitness,...

Kuami Eugene surprised with new Range Rover [Photos]

Lynx Entertainment signee, Kuami Eugene, has received a brand new Range Rover from the founder of Angel Group of Companies, Dr Kweku Oteng. The presentation of...

GAMLS eulogise members on world medical laboratory day

The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS), has eulogized its members in Ghana and beyond. GAMLS' message was to commemorate the 2021 International Biomedical Laboratory Science...

‘Believe in yourself’ – Right To Play to Ghanaian girls

Right To Play is encouraging Ghanaian girls to believe in themselves and the power of their dreams as it launches a mentorship programme in...

MP walks in completely naked on Zoom call after forgetting to turn camera off

An MP has apologised after walking in on a parliamentary video call completely naked. Screenshots of the Zoom meeting saw Canadian Member of Parliament William...

Kasoa ‘ritual’ murder: Prof Naana Opoku-Agyemang calls for speedy trial

The 2020 Vice-Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has called on the police to speed up investigations into...

Speeding driver escapes death as car crashes into tree on UG campus

Driver and a passenger in a Honda Accord saloon car escaped unhurt when they crashed into a tree Wednesday evening on the campus of...

ECG MD breaks silence on calls for his dismissal

The Managing Director (MD) of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Kwame Agyeman-Budu has described allegations levelled against him by the Unions as untrue. The...

Takoradi daylight robbery: Suspect shot dead, another arrested [Video]

A 30-year-old man identified as Shankiki suspected to be part of a four-member gang who robbed a couple at Takoradi market circle has been...

GAEC cautions public against recruitment scam

The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), has cautioned the public against viral reports of ongoing recruitment. The outfit says it has observed that some unscrupulous...

Read: Ghana Atomic Energy Commission warns against sale of fake recruitment e-vouchers

The attention of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) has been drawn to information circulating on social media and short message service (SMS) about...

Anas Aremeyaw storms funeral of Kweku Baako’s mother [Photos]

Ace investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas has been spotted at the burial service of the late mother of veteran journalist, Abdul-Malik Kweku Baako. The burial...

Manager jailed 15 years for squandering company’s funds on betting

A mother broke into uncontrollable tears at the Hohoe Circuit Court last Wednesday when her son, a 31-year-old fuel station supervisor, was handed a...

SHS student jailed 15 years for robbery

The Obuasi circuit court has sentenced an 18-year-old senior high school student to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour for robbery. Michael Dakorah, who was...

How Nii and Ayo opened La Cocina Mexicana restaurant at height of Covid-19 pandemic

‘We knew it would be tough but the thought of meeting the needs of our new found customers and a desire to introduce authentic...

800,000 Ghanaians vaccinated against Covid-19 – GHS

Ghana Health Service (GHS) has vaccinated about 800,000 Ghanaians against Covid-19 since the roll out of the mass vaccination exercise across the country on...

Akufo-Addo signs book of condolence in honour of Prince Philip

President Akufo-Addo on Wednesday signed the book of condolence opened for the late Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip at the British High Commission in...

50-year-old man stabbed to death in Oti

A 50-year-old man has been stabbed to death by his cousin during a family disagreement at Bodada in the Jasikan District of the Oti...

John Mahama signs Prince Philip’s Book of Condolence [Photos]

Former President John Dramani Mahama has signed the book of condolence, opened in memory of the late Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip. The book was...