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Suhum: Oboafo Kwadjo Asante engages communities for December victory

The parliamentary candidate of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Suhum constituency, Oboafo Kwadjo Asante, on Monday, September 29, 2020, stormed five...

Train collides with articulated truck in Takoradi

Drivers and commuters who ply the Nkotompo-Essam Beach Road in the Western Region were left stranded for several hours Tuesday night after a train...

Our data is safe – EC assures after revealing handlers of SMS verification

Director of Electoral Services at the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Serebuo Quaicoe, has allayed fears that the EC's data will be tampered with in...

2020 licensure exams to be held this day

This year’s Ghana Teacher Licensure Examinations (GTLE) is scheduled to be held on Thursday, October 1 and Friday, October 2. It will be the fourth...

Secessionists criminals copying blindly – Sam Okudzeto

The Western Togolanders, who hijacked Juapong last Friday, are a group of criminals who are copying blindly from what happened in Cameroon where a...

We are in control of the situation – Ho MCE

The Ho Municipal Chief Executive, Prosper Pi-Bansah, says the security services have the city under control after an attack on the State Transport Corporation...

Treat activities by suspected separatists as criminal – Togbe Hodo to government

The Vice President of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs, Togbe Tepre Hodo IV has described the recent violent attacks in the Volta Region...

NPP will win by 87 percent at Suhum – NPP Communicators (Audio)

Two New Patriotic Party (NPP) campaign communicators in the Suhum constituency of the Eastern region, Sualihu Mohammed Sualihu (SMS) and Alex Odei (Big Deal),...

Secessionists’ attack: Asogli State offers to deploy warriors to protect territory

The Asogli State has communicated its preparedness to deploy warriors to help the state securities to protect its territory. This follows an attack...

Shocking: Rabies claim one life in every 15 minutes

The Chairman of Rabies in West Africa (RIWA-Ghana), Dr. Richard D Suu-ire has disclosed that one person loses his life as a result of...

Govt supports three new universities with GH¢1.5 million, four vehicles each

Some three new universities in Ghana have received four vehicles each from the government to assist in their operational effectiveness. They are the SD Dombo...

Govt delegation visits Rawlings [Photos]

A government delegation, led by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on former President Jerry John Rawlings and family. The...

Ursula Owusu’s rousing welcome in Bolgatanga [Photos]

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West has been given a rousing welcome to Bolgatanga in the Upper West region as...

Mahama’s campaign team responds to ‘money sharing video’

The John Mahama campaign team has reacted to reports of the flagbearer spraying cash on residents of Berekum on Monday during a tour in...

Mass withdrawal of corpses at KATH as mortuary workers threaten strike

Several bereaved families preserving their dead at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) on Monday thronged the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital to withdraw their...

‘Western Togoland’ flag found at Ho STC as police probe attacks

The Ghana Police Service says it has commenced investigations into an attack by some persons suspected to be members of a secessionist group at...

Two in critical condition as drivers flee gory accident scene at Obuasi [Photos]

Two drivers have fled after a gory accident at Obuasi which has left two in critical condition and others with various degrees of injuries. The...

Kennedy Agyapong’s doctor ‘hot’

The Accra High Court hearing the contempt case against Kennedy Agyapong, Member of Parliament for Assin Central, has ordered his medical doctor to appear...

The Big Agenda: Take govt, parties to court over RTI non-compliance – Media urged

Ghanaians have been encouraged to pile pressure on the government to establish the Right to Information (RTI) Law Commission and the necessary Legislative Instrument...

Registrar of Volta Regional House of Chiefs debunks rumours of vanishing with two vehicles

Registrar of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs, Harry Attipoe, has debunked rumours of vanishing with two vehicles donated by the Vice President to...

Driver of STC bus burnt by suspected separatist group gives blow-by-blow account [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Driver of STC bus burnt by suspected separatist group gives blow-by-blow account A driver with the State Transport Corporation (STC) situated in Ho...

Survivor of gory Gomoa accident narrates horrible experience [Video]

A woman, who survived a gory accident at Gomoa Dabenyi on the Kasoa -Winneba highway in the Central region, has broken her silence. Many were...

NDC sends message to Peace FM

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is inviting the management of Accra-based radio station and a subsidiary of the Despite Media Group, Peace FM for...

Ghana hosts meeting of ECOWAS member States to review, validate Youth Strategic Action Plan

Ghana is hosting members of the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS), experts and stakeholders to review and validate the Youth Strategic Action...

Akufo-Addo lauded over decision to rescind Sekyere East DCE’s dismissal

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) wing in the Effiduase/Asokore constituency has lauded President Nana Akufo-Addo for rescinding his decision to sack the District Chief...

Tears flow as court remands alleged secessionists

Seven young men, who were among 31 alleged secessionists picked up by the police in the Volta Region, broke down in tears after an...

Western Togoland: Okudzeto Ablakwah urges National Security apparatus to be proactive

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwah has called on national security forces to be up and doing following another suspected separatist...

Couple in grips of Akuse police for burning hands of 11-year-old girl

A couple is facing charges after the woman allegedly dipped the hands of an 11-year-old girl in hot water months ago and failed to...

Desist from shoddy works – Minister tells road contractors

Roads and Highways Minister, Kwesi Amoako-Atta, has advised contractors working on the various road projects in the country to desist from doing shoddy works. He...

The National Theatre silenced by coronavirus

The National Theatre, one of Ghana’s biggest performance spaces, has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic as it struggles to catch its breath...

Vacate Akwamu immediately- Akwamumanhene warns secessionists

The Akwamuman Traditional leaders in the Eastern Region have expressed concern over the separatist groups who are trying to claim certain parts of Akwamu...

My clients are innocent – Lawyer defends 31 suspected Volta secessionists

JoyNews/AdomNews · My clients had nothing to do with disturbance – Lawyer defends 31 suspected secessionists Lawyer for the 31 suspects arrested in connection with...

Volta secessionists’ attacks: GJA cautions media against explosive reportage

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has called on media practitioners to be circumspect in the reportage surrounding some sensitive issues ongoing in the country. The...

Crash ‘Western Togolanders’ immediately – Minister charges Govt [audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Crash ‘Western Togolanders’ immediately – Minister charges Gov’t Deputy Minister for Transport, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, has described the actions of the Western...

Western Togoland: Vehicles, weapons stolen by separatists retrieved

The Ghana Police Service has announced that it has taken possession of items such as weapons and vehicles stolen by members of the Western...

Volta secessionists plan to bomb Akosombo Dam, Adomi Bridge, others – [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Volta secessionists plan to bomb Akosombo dam, Adomi bridge others More explosive revelations are emerging from the activities of the secessionist group in...

Breast Care Int’l announces plan for 2020 awareness month

Breast Care International (BCI) has announced the innovative ways it will hold the 2020 October breast cancer month as Covid-19 still lingers. According to the...

31 alleged Volta secessionists charged

Thirty-one persons arrested over Friday dawn’s revolt in the Volta Region have been slapped with five charges by state prosecutors at an Accra Circuit...

KNUST appoints new Pro-Vice-Chancellor

The Council of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has appointed Professor Ellis Owusu-Dabo as Pro Vice-chancellor at its 260th meeting held...

Full text: Minority speaks on Auditor-General’s 2019 report

A CALL FOR THE SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION OF REPORTS OF THE AUDITOR-GENERAL FOR 2019 FINANCIAL YEAR BY THE MINORITY CAUCUS IN PARLIAMENT PRESS BRIEFING BY...