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Thugs attack 135-year-old queen mother, steal sacrificial sheep and drinks

Some heavily-built men have allegedly attacked a 135-year-old queen mother and some residents of Adum-Afrancho in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti region.The...

Bawumia congratulates Akufo-Addo for Ecowas post

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has congratulated his “boss” Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his selection as the new Chairman of the Economic Community...

Accra Human Rights Forum holds summit on Covid-19 and human rights abuses

The Accra Human Rights Forum International (AHRFI) is organising a summit to discuss Covid-19 and human rights abuses around the world. The summit slated for...

CSIR lands, properties under attack – Frimpong Boateng

Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation has disclosed to a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) public hearing in Accra that...

Crime Check Foundation donates GH₵12,000 to two blind siblings

The Crime Check Foundation (CCF), a crime prevention advocacy organisation has supported two blind siblings with GH₵12,000. The support, which comes from donors and partners...

Coronavirus: Ghana records 92 new cases

Ghana has recorded 92 new cases of the novel coronavirus. According to the Ghana Health Service, 43,801 have recovered/discharged. This brings the total number of confirmed...

Amoako-Atta warns Oti residents who are threatening to demonstrate over bad roads

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amoako-Atta, has sent a strict warning to communities threatening to go on a demonstration over broken bridges...

‘NDC’s lie to IMF caused Ghana $36 million’

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has said the (NDC) administration under former President Jerry John Rawlings once lied to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), leading...

NAM 1 reacts to fake UN awards

Chief Executive Officer of defunct gold dealership firm, Menzgold has reacted to the United Nations (UN) award scam. Nana Appiah Mensah, popularly known as NAM...

Man beaten up in church over locked-up funds [Video]

A man, claiming to have his funds locked up in businesses owned by Pastor Kelvin Kwesi Kobiri, Founder and Leader of the...

Chinese man enstooled chief at Kwahu Abetifi

A Chinese national by name Sun Qiang has been enstooled the development chief (Nkosuohene) at Kwahu Abetifi in the Eastern region. The enstoolment ceremony took...

Mass cocoa production: Enchi cocoa farmers to get free irrigation from PBC

Cocoa farmers at Enchi in the Western North region have been encouraged to continue their production despite delays in rainfall as measures are underway...

NDC, NPP agents trade blows on live radio

A radio discussion between a communication team member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) ended in chaos. The...

Adisadel old boy gifts Ernest Yaw Kumi 2 cars for campaign

Member of Parliament hopeful for the Akwatia Constituency Ernest Yaw Kumi has been gifted two cars for his campaign. The vehicles were donated to him...

NHIS pays GH¢915 million claims

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has paid GH¢915 million claims from January to August 2020 to service providers. In the order of payments, a...

From receptionist to reporter: The Seth Kwame Boateng factor

It was the year 2003 when a young man called into the studios of Luv FM in Kumasi. A young lady had been stabbed...

Baobab tree: The majestic tree of life in the dry savannah

In Africa, especially in the Savannah region, where the weather is dry and severely hit by climate change conditions, making it difficult for many...

Adom News gets results: Minister cuts sod for Kete-Krachi roads

After several reports filed by Adom News on the deplorable nature of the Kete-Krachi town roads, the Minister for Roads and Highways, Akwasi Amoako...

Man hangs himself with belt at Obuasi

A 35-year-old man, Akwesi Prince, has allegedly committed suicide in his room at Akapoliso in the Obuasi East District of the Ashanti region. Speaking...

Bride changes mind on wedding day, abandons fiance at alter [Watch]

A confused bride made a life-changing decision at her wedding grounds when she disclosed she will not go ahead with the marriage proceedings. Having enough...

Land guards inflict wounds on chief

Some eight men, believed to be land guards using broken bottles, have inflicted wounds on one Nana Kwabena Banafo, the family head of Asona...

Finance Minister details use of $500 million dollars from Agyapa Royalties listing

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has detailed the use of the $500 million to be generated from the listing of the controversial Agyapa Royalties Limited...

Okoe-Boye clears air on viral photo of him in front of lotto kiosk [audio]

Deputy Health Minister and Member of Parliament (MP) for Ledzokuku constituency has reacted after he was pictured in front of a lotto kiosk believed...

NDC hot over alleged leaked tape

Deputy Bono East Regional Minister, Martin Gyarko Oti, has rubbished claims he incited party vigilantes to perpetrate violent acts during the voters’ registration exercise. He said...

Teachers’ bungalow left to rot at Tarikpaa (Photo)

Some residents of Tarikpaa, a farming community in the Savelugu Municipality of the Northern region, have called on the government and Non-Governmental Organisations to...

Pong Tamale Veterinary College to be upgraded into University of Agriculture – Bawumia

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has hinted that the current government intends to upgrade the Animal Health And Production College at Pong Tamale in...

Abandoning Asempaneye Day SHS project amounts to causing financial loss to the State– Prof. Opoku-Agyemang

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has described as financial loss to the State, abandoned projects...

#ElectionHQ: NDC readies to launch manifesto on Monday

Preparations for the launch of the much-awaited launch of the 2020 manifesto of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is underway. The party as indicated by...

NPP to acclaim Seth Kwashie as Parliamentary Candidate for Anlo Constituency

Delegates in the Anlo Constituency will on September 6, 2020, acclaim Seth Kwarshie Yormewu, as the parliamentary candidate for the governing New Patriotic Party...

Nkwa Asɛm, the Contemporary, full Asante Bible by Biblica ready to launch!

Biblica, the International Bible Society will on September 11, 2020, launch Nkwa Asɛm, a new translation of the Bible in contemporary Asante Twi language...

Heavy downpour, Bagre dam spillage kills 4 in North East

Four people have been confirmed dead in the North East Region following days of heavy downpour and flood waters from the opening of the...

JoyNews Weekly Wrap: Mahama tours Wa, reopening of KIA and launch of NSMQ 2020

With less than three months to Ghana’s general election, political promises abound. In the camp of the NDC, flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama has promised the...

I heard my sister crying on phone… T’di Girls’ witness

A sister of one of the Takoradi girls who were kidnapped and later killed has said she heard her sister crying on the telephone...

Girl, 9, dies after mother sprays pesticide on hair to kill lice

A nine-year-old girl has reportedly lost her life after her mother sprayed a pesticide called sniper, on her hair to kill lice.  The incident...

3-year-old girl raped and murdered!

A three-year-old girl has been raped and murdered in India as part of an on-going feud between rival families, the victim’s father claims. The child,...

One in coma, two injured in clash with land guards [Photos]

A 40-year-old man is in coma while two others have sustained cutlass wounds after two different groups, believed to be land guards clashed on...

Rawlings ‘dances’ to King Ayisoba’s tunes [Video]

It was a spectacular sight to behold when legendary Ghanaian traditional Artiste; King Ayisoba, met with former President Jerry Rawlings in his office. Mr Rawlings,...

Adom FM’s CJ rejected so-called ‘UN Award’

The host of Adom 106.3 FM’s morning show, Chief Jerry Forson, known to many as CJ, has revealed that he rejected an attempt by...

Lady narrates how she was raped and robbed by ‘Facebook lover’ (Watch)

A Ghanaian young lady has narrated how she was allegedly raped by a young man a week after they met on Facebook. According to...

GRA responds to allegations of smuggled fuel at Customs Division

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has reacted to a publication making rounds on social media that implicates the Customs Division of the Authority. The GRA,...