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Ghana Link, Customs begin refresher training

Ghana Link Network Services Ltd in collaboration with the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has begun another round of refresher training...

Bureau of Public Safety blames church collapse on Building Inspectorate Department

The Bureau of Public Safety has blamed the collapse of a three-storey church at Akim Batabi on the Building Inspectorate Department of the Akim...

UK Parliament reacts to killing of #EndSARS protesters in Nigeria [Video]

The United Kingdom's Parliament has condemned the attack on peaceful #EndSARS protesters at Lekki toll gate in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. It...

Former ECOWAS member reported dead

Bashir Mamman IFO, the immediate past President of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), passed on in Lomé on October 20, 2020,...

Kwaw Kese’s message to Akufo-Addo over protest in Nigeria [Video]

Rapper Kwaw Kese says he is surprised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has remained silent as the chairman of the Economic Community of West...

New date for population census announced

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that the next Population and Housing Census (PHC) has been scheduled for between April and May 2021. He...

Minister reveals where 157 seized excavators are being kept [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · MISSING EXCAVATORS currently in the custody of govt- Minister Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, says a total of 157 seized...

Pressure mounts on ECOWAS chair Akufo-Addo to speak on violence in Nigeria

Pressure is mounting on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to speak out on the ongoing protests in Nigeria after protesters were reportedly injured and...

Govt revives affordable housing scheme; 200 Units to be delivered yearly

The government has revived the affordable housing scheme to deliver at least 200 housing units for public sector workers annually in a bid to...

SARS brutality: ‘Akufo-Addo’s silence is for a good reason’ [Listen]

Chairman of Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, is calling on The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union to...

No.2 on ballot paper could mean second defeat – NDC told

Member of Parliament for the Sekondi constituency, Andrew Egyapa Mercer, has asked the National Democratic Congress (NDC) not to rejoice yet over their second...

NADMO, others storm Akyem Batabi to rescue worshippers trapped under collapsed church [Video]

Rescue works are underway to save some worshippers trapped in a collapsed church building at Akyem Batabi in the Eastern Region. The Church of Prosperity...

Woman hospitalised after attack by unknown person

A woman, believed to be in her 40s, Madam Rose Adade, has been found in a pool of blood in her own residence at...

Nine confirmed dead in Akyem Batabi church collapse

Nine people have been confirmed dead after the Church of Prosperity at Akyem Batabi in the Asene-Manso-Akroso District of the Eastern Region collapsed on Tuesday, October...

Pastor of collapsed church building arrested!

Founder of the Church of Prosperity at Akyem Batabi in the Asene Manso Akroso District of the Eastern Region is in the grips of...

Election 2020: Koku Anyidoho’s reaction to presidential ballot slots

Former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, has reacted to the presidential ballot slots for the 2020 general election....

Akyem Batabi church building collapse: 2 dead bodies identified by relatives [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Akyem Batabi church building collapse: 2 bodies identified by relatives Two out of six persons, who died in the collapse of a church...

Sammy Awuku makes strong case for Akufo-Addo as he campaigns for NPP’s Yagaba Kubori PC

The National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammy Awuku, who has been campaigning in the Yagaba Kubori constituency in the North East...

Akufo-Addo commissions Naval Training Command

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned the newly constructed Naval Training Command at Nutekpor in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region. According...

Parliament sends delegation to investigate Ghana Embassy’s withdrawal of funds in Belgium by ING Bank

The Parliament of Ghana has sent a delegation to Brussels to investigate the closure of Ghana’s Embassy account by the order of ING Bank...

GNASSM President clears air on supposed police arrest for forgery

The President of Small Scale Miners Association and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Chrisphil Goldfields Ltd, Philip Kwasi Akuffo has described an earlier publication...

Seven feared dead in Akyem Batabi church collapse

Seven people are feared dead after the Church of Prosperity at Akyem Batabi in the Asene-Manso-Akroso district of the Eastern region collapsed Tuesday, October...

Be patient! Your roads will get attention- Adentan MCE tells angry residents

The Adentan Municipal Chief Executive says the Assembly is adopting a one-step-at-a-time approach in fixing the roads in the Municipality some of which are...

Over 60 feared trapped as church collapses at Akyem Batabi [Photos]

The lives of about 60 persons are in danger after the Church of Prosperity at Akyem Batabi in the Asene-Manso-Akroso district of the Eastern...

Assakae chief commends Sanitation Ministry for clearing dumpsite in his area

The Chief of Assakae in the Effia Kwesimintsim Municipal Assembly (EFKMA) in the Western Region, Nana Asante Kwadwo II has commended the Ministry of...

Governing board of RTI commission inaugurated [Photos]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has inaugurated a seven-member governing Board of the Right to Information (RTI) Commission. This was at a colourful ceremony at the Jubilee...

Photos: Kennedy Agyapong enstooled Assin chief

New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has been enstooled chief at Assin Dompim in the Central region. Reports indicate the outspoken...

Election 2020: Hassan Ayariga’s parting words to disqualified aspirants

Flagbearer of the All People's Party, Hassan Ayariga, has advised presidential aspirants disqualified in the build-up to the December 7 polls. Five out of the...

Ex-CID boss calls for investigation into death of Prof Benneh’s ‘killer’

A former Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, COP Bright Oduro, is calling for an investigation into the...

Audit Service Board probes Domelevo’s foreign travels

Auditor-General Daniel Domelevo has written to Parliament to challenge a decision by the Audit Service Board to probe his foreign travels. This comes after the...

Five Adom TV journalists shortlisted for 25th GJA Awards

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards Committee has announced shortlisted names for the 25th GJA Awards. The awards ceremony will be held at the...

Ho West MP launches book to account for stewardship [Video]

The Ho West Member of Parliament (MP), Emmanuel Bedzrah, has outdoored a book titled 'The Mandate' to account for his stewardship over the last...

EC begins compilation of voter transfer, proxy voting list

The Electoral Commission (EC) will today, Tuesday, October 20, 2020, begin the compilation of the transfer and proxy voters' list. The exercise, in the build-up...

Prof Benneh’s murder: Security analyst raises questions over death of lead suspect

Security Analyst, Adam Bonaa, has raised questions over the death of a key suspect in the murder of a lecturer at the University of...

Armed robbers storm Celestine Donkor’s house, make away with her valuables at midnight [Photo]

Armed robbers stormed gospel musician, Celestine Donkor's, house in the wee hours of Tuesday when she was sleeping with her family. Narrating how she...

Agbotui family informs Akufo-Addo of burial arrangements of Rawlings’ mother

The late mother of former President Jerry John Rawlings, Victoria Agbotui, is set to be buried on Saturday, October 24, 2020. The family formally informed...

JHS graduate who was jailed over GH¢10 receives GH¢2,000, a job & apartment at Kasoa [Video]

A Junior High School (JHS) graduate, Abdallah Mohammed, who was handed a 25-year jail term for allegedly stealing GH¢10.00 has been presented GHC 2,000,...

Two Church of Pentecost pastors escape fire outbreak

Two ministers of The Church of Pentecost in the Berekum Area and their families escaped a near disaster on Sunday morning when fire...

Media has given the NPP free ticket – Mahama on corruption

Former President John Mahama is of the view that the media has given the New Patriotic Party (NPP) a free ticket with regards to...

ECG, Ghana Police pledge closer ties

Management of the Accra West Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Greater Accra Regional Police Command have pledged to deepen...