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Sir John to be buried on this date…

The Forestry Commission has announced the burial arrangements for the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as...

KATH to probe surging paediatric Covid-19 cases as 11-day-old baby is infected

The alarming rate of paediatric Covid-19 cases at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has compelled authorities to conduct further investigations into the trend. The hospital...

Parliament rejects Ayariga’s petition to suspend payment of fees by tertiary students

Parliament has rejected a motion filed by Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, for the suspension of the payment of admission fees...

Check out Ghana’s ranking in latest global Corruption Perception Index

Ghana has improved her score on the latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI). The 2020 report released by Transparency International saw the country score 43 points...

COVID-19 protocols: Over 1,000 arrested, 70 jailed – Police

The Ghana Police Service has disclosed that some 1,584 persons have been arrested in the country for failing to adhere to Covid-19 safety protocols. Director...

NDC’s Dela Coffie ‘falls in love’ with Akufo-Addo over this…

Dela Coffie, a member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), who is known for criticising the party, has lauded President Nana Akufo-Addo.   Mr...

Koku Anyidoho sues NDC’s Dzifa Gunu for GH¢10m

Activist of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dzifa Gunu, has been handed a lawsuit for some statements he allegedly made against Samuel Koku Anyidoho. In...

Ablakwa condemns priest’s outburst over traditional drumming at Rawlings’ funeral

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has descended on the priest who threatened to call soldiers on traditional drummers...

Coronavirus: GES distributes over 20 million PPEs to schools

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has disclosed that over 20 million Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) have been distributed to schools. Out of that number, the...

Aside erectile dysfunction, Covid-19 may cause male infertility – GMA

The General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has said that covid-19 could potentially affect a man’s ability to produce children. This comes a...

Notorious Achimota Forest robber shot

One suspected robber has been shot dead along the Achimota Forest stretch after he succeeded in attacking and snatching two phones from two pedestrians...

Coronavirus: ‘Pragya’ drivers hot!

The Kenyasi Police Division in the Asutifi North District of Ahafo Region has cautioned rickshaw (Pragya) operators to comply with Covid-19 safety protocols. During an engagement...

Police kill Nyankomasu bullion van robber at Spintex

Police from the Accra Regional command have gunned down a suspected highway robber with two others arrested in an operation on the Spintex Road. The...

11-day-old baby contracts Covid-19 at KATH [Video]

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in the Ashanti Regional capital of Kumasi is recording an upsurge of Covid-19 cases among children. In the last...

Queen Elizabeth II’s heartwarming tribute to Rawlings [Read]

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has paid tribute to Former President Jerry John Rawlings who was laid to rest yesterday after four days of...

Why Rawlings’ ‘first daughter’ never got close to him [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Why Rawlings’ ‘first daughter’ never got close to him Abigail Mawutor Rawlings, a woman who claims to be the first daughter of late...

I wanted to lead Rawlings to Christ – ‘First daughter’ [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · What Rawlings’ ‘first daughter’ wished she did before father’s demise It was my wish to lead my father, ex-President Jerry John Rawlings to...

I never said workers will receive 12.5% salary increase – Adutwum

Minister for Education-designate, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has issued a disclaimer against news making rounds that he said that there will be an increment...

Why I didn’t elope with Rawlings – Nana Konadu reveals in touching tribute

The wife of late Jerry John Rawlings, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, has revealed they nearly eloped to get married. In a tribute read on her behalf...

Anlo Traditional Council breaks silence on Rawlings’ funeral snub [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Anlo Traditional Council justifies Rawlings' funeral snub The Anlo Traditional Council has revealed they were not properly invited to the funeral of the...

Colourful cultural display as Rawlings is laid to rest [Photos]

The final funeral rites of the first President of Ghana's Fourth Republic, Jerry John Rawlings, was climaxed with the display of rich and colourful...

We will pacify Rawlings’ soul – Anlo chief [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · We will pacify Rawlings' soul - Anlo chief The Anlo Traditional area is not perturbed about the burial of late former President Jerry...

Dzifa Gomashie laments over Rawlings’ funeral

Member of Parliament for Ketu South, Dzifa Gomashie, has expressed worry over the lack of cultural display at the funeral grounds of the late...

UDS to be renamed after Rawlings

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that the University for Development Studies (UDS), Tamale, will be renamed after late former President Jerry John...

Social media users pay tribute to Rawlings

Ghanaians on social media are mourning the death of late former President Jerry John Rawlings. People have taken to their platforms on social media to...

Time to rethink approach to handling education — Dr Armah

A former acting Director-General of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), Dr Prince Hamid Armah, has observed that the COVID-19 global pandemic...

Revealed: Why Rawlings never had a military wedding

The final funeral rites of former head of State, Jerry John Rawlings, has turned to be an educative one as answers to some tough...

What Rawlings told Akufo-Addo during late mother’s funeral [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · What Rawlings whispered to Akufo-Addo during late mother’s funeral – Akufo-Addo reveals President Nana Akufo-Addo has shared his fondest memory of late President...

Family announces burial date for Kwesi Pratt’s brother

The final funeral rites of the late brother of the Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has been announced. A burial and...

Check out meaning of names of Rawlings’ four children

A name is indeed much more than just a name but hidden within is a special meaning which makes Zanetor Rawlings convinced about the choice of names from...

You were for Ghana and then for me – Konadu says in touching tribute

Wife of the late Jerry John Rawlings, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, says her late husband was God's greatest gift to her. This was contained in a...

Rawlings’ daughter breaks down in tears while reading tribute [Watch]

Daughter of former President Jerry John Rawlings, Princess Amina Agyeman Rawlings,  got goosebumps on sympathisers gathered for her father’s final funeral rites when she...

Arrival of Rawlings’ mortal remains at the Black Star Square [Video]

It was a moment of mixed feelings when the body of the late ex-President Jerry John Rawlings was being moved for the final funeral...

Venture into love songs – Gospel artiste dares colleagues

Unlike Ghanaians who believe gospel artistes should shy away from secular songs, budding artiste, Steve Boat has begged to differ. He has encouraged his gospel...

When Zanetor and siblings marched slowly beside their father’s casket [Video]

All four children of the late former President of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings earlier this morning followed the cortege with their father's remains to...

The reason behind the commotion created by Rawlings’ ‘daughter’ at AICC [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · The reason behind the commotion created by Rawlings' 'daughter' at AICC A 52-year-old woman, claiming to be the first daughter of former President...

Tipper truck crashes motorbike rider to death in Tamale

A fully-loaded tipper truck with registration number BA 594-P has crashed a motorbike rider to death and injured another at Gumani, a suburb of...

Three men die after drinking suspected poisoned apketeshie

Three men in their 40s, who took in 'apketeshie' (a local gin), suspected to have been poisoned at a drinking bar at Aiyinasi in...

Sammy Gyamfi speaks on second chance given NDC by Supreme Court

The National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, has accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of deliberate attempts to...

Q&A: Supreme Court judges grill Tony Lithur

The hearing of the 2020 Election Petition at the Supreme Court continued today, Tuesday, January 26, 2021, with hearing starting at exactly 9:30 am...