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Kumasi floods: Woman drowns after wooden bridge collapses at Oforikrom [Video]

In a video fast circulating on Twitter, one 50-year-old woman identified as Akosua Dufie and few others who were plying a wooden bridge, after...

I pity Boakye Agyarko – John Jinapor on GPGC deal

Ranking member on the Energy Committee, John Jinapor, says he pities former Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko over the Power Purchase Agreement with energy company,...

Father and daughter arrested for practising medicine without authorisation

A man and his daughter have been arrested for practising medicine without the required license. They were arrested by a team from the Complaints and...

KGL Group sponsors maiden edition of GIPC Diaspora Investment Summit

KGL Group, a wholly-owned Ghanaian group of subsidiaries, lent support to host the maiden edition of the Ghana Diaspora Investment Summit 2021 organized by...

Kumasi floods destroy wares at Kejetia market

Property running into thousands of cedis have been destroyed by flood at the newly-built Kejetia Market at Kumasi in the Ashanti region. This comes after...

Kumasi: Toddler swept away by flood found dead

A two-year-old boy Mohammed Awal, who was carried away by floodwater at Sawaba in the Ashanti Region on Tuesday, has been found dead. But for...

Details of how suspects killed 12-year-old boy for rituals

Seven persons have been arrested in connection with the disappearance and murder of a 12-year-old boy in the Agotime-Ziope District of the Volta Region.  The...

Government’s free water supply ends June 30

The government's intervention to absorb water bills for all Ghanaians as part of its fight against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic will end...

GPGC judgment debt: Attorney General reveals next line of action

The Attorney General, has revealed steps have been initiated to probe the $170m judgement debt in the Power Purchase Agreement with energy company GPGC. According...

Tsatsu Tsikata’s take on burning of excavators [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · 'That is nonsense' - Tsatsu Tsikata on burning of excavators Legal Practitioner, Tsatsu Tsikata, has described as unlawful, government’s directive to a military...

LGBTQ+ elements have infiltrated Ola Girls SHS [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · LGBTQ+ elements have infiltrated Ola Girls student population - Management Management of Ola Girls Senior High School in Ho in the Volta Region...

Upper East Region tops in teenage pregnancies

Statistics from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) indicate that the Upper East Region recorded a total of 6,533 cases of teenage pregnancies in 2020. The...

COVID-19: Ghana’s death toll hits 794

Four more persons have succumbed to Covid-19, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The GHS, in its latest update, said the country’s death toll...

Mystery: Bumper fish harvest in river Ochi after Tuesday’s downpour

Residents in the Ajumako Ochiso Community of the Central Region are excited beyond measure as a mammoth quantity of fish has appeared in their...

Teacher remanded over assault on pregnant colleague

A Takoradi Circuit Court has remanded a female teacher into prison custody for two weeks over charges of assault and threat against her colleague. The...

Two perish in ‘galamsey’ pit collapse

Two persons have reportedly died in a galamsey pit collapse in the Ashanti region while they were in the process of mining. The incident is...

Nine ‘street beggars’ arrested

Nine persons have been arrested by the Airport police for persistent harassment of motorists along some traffic intersection within the Airport Division. The Divisional Police...

AMA to build modern slaughterhouse in Accra

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has assured that it will be building a modern slaughterhouse to serve the city. This comes after it emerged that...

Minister announces by-Law for motorbikes

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has announced that arrangements are being put in place to pass a by-law on the use of...

This story of 63-year-old visually impaired man will break your heart [Video]

He attempted suicide three times after he went blind at the prime age of 34 when he was doing well in life. 63-year-old Stephen Opoku...

Suspected murderer arrested after five months of intensive search [Video]

The Weija Police have arrested 26-year-old Joshua Quashie, suspected to have murdered one Nii Armah Tagoe, 29 at Obakrowa in the Ga West Municipality....

‘Drivers for Change’ apologize to Ghanaians, Mahama, for campaigning for NPP in 2020

A group of commercial drivers who campaigned for the New Patriotic Party to win the 2020 election says they feel disappointed for supporting the...

Bizarre: Man caught red-handed raping goat

A middle-aged man, identified as Kofi, was caught red-handed raping a goat behind his house. The energetic man was captured on camera strangling the goat...

SHS student allegedly commits suicide at Akrokeri Bobrase

A second-year student of Amankyim Senior High School (SHS) has allegedly committed suicide at Akrokeri Bobrase in the Adansi North District of the...

37 Hospital seeks help to find families of 2 accident victims [Photos]

Management at the 37 Military Hospital are seeking public assistance to locate the families of two accident victims on admission at the facility. The first...

Student badly bruised after headteacher allegedly flogs her 40 times

A female student at Komenda Senior High School (SHS) has been left with a badly lacerated and bruised bottom after suffering 40 cane strokes...

Parliament to pass stringent law against LGBTQI+ in Ghana

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, says urgent actions are being taken to pass a stringent law to nib the activities LGBTQI+ and other groups...

Siblings arrested for brandishing guns charged

A Kumasi Circuit Court has granted bail to two siblings seen brandishing a Pump Action gun and pistols in a viral social media video. The court,...

ICGC embarks on tree planting exercise on land procured for Children’s Home

The Upper Room Temple of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) located at Mataheko near Kaneshie First-Light in Accra has undertaken tree planting exercise...

Collaborate to ensure new Land Act works – Bawumia

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has charged the Lands Ministry, Lands Commission and other land management agencies and traditional leaders to see to...

Kan-Dapaah justifies DCOP Opare-Addo’s forceful removal from office [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Kan Dapaah on DCOP Opare Addo's retirement National Security Minister, Albert Kan-Dapaah, has broken his silence about former Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator, DCOP...

Police gun down notorious robber who tried to escape from custody

A suspected high-profile armed robber who attempted to flee police custody has died from bullet wounds. Iddrisu Adams, also known as Koomi has been on...

Roads Minister charges contractors to prioritise quality work

Minister for Roads and Highways, Mr Kwasi Amoako-Atta has urged road contractors to prioritise quality service delivery to reduce the financial burden on the...

Fire ravages Accra Academy dormitory destroying students’ belongings

Over 20 students of Accra Academy are devastated after they lost all their belongings in a fire that ravaged their dormitory. The fire which began...

35 foreigners grabbed for online fraud

The police have arrested 35 foreign nationals suspected to be illegal immigrants who engage in fraudulent online transactions. The suspects, made up of 27 Burkinabes,...

WASSCE 2021: How to register as a private candidate

The West African Examinations Council has announced that registration of candidates for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination for Private Candidates will commence...

ECG announces 22-day power outage in Accra; check out affected areas

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has announced a 22-day power outage in parts of Accra effective Monday, June 28, 2021. The outages, according to...

Man, 23, electrocuted to death at Taifa [Photo]

A 23-year-old man, Yanik Agyemang, has been electrocuted to death at Taifa Burkina, a suburb in Accra. Reports indicate the incident occurred when he held...

Man with over 100 children passes on

The family of the late Torgbui Kofi Asilenu has expressed interest in having their father who had more than 100 children included in the...

Total cost of govt’s Covid-19 free water revealed

The government is expected to spend GHS 896 million towards the payment of the Covid-19 free water supply to Ghanaians. The Sanitation and Water Resources...