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Jilted boy allegedly burns girlfriend [video]

Two sisters, 18-year-old Emelia Adomaa and 14-year-old Portia Sadia who live in Dormaa in the Bono Region of Ghana have suffered severe burns after...

Nigel Gaisie escapes death in ghastly accident [Photos]

General Overseer of the True Fire Prophetic Ministry, Prophet Nigel Gaisie, has survived a ghastly accident that reportedly claimed two lives. Reports indicate the...

Over 40 photos that confirm Apam is a town in pain and sorrow

The Central Region town of Apam was on Tuesday, March 17, thrown into a state of wailing and agony when the drowned 13 teenagers...

Fraud alert: Police caution public against new mobile money fraud

The Ghana Police Service is warning Ghanaians against the emergence of a mobile money fraud that is sweeping through the country. In a press release...

10-month-old baby buried at Gomoa Nyanyano

Residents of Gomoa Nyanyano in the Gomoa East District of Central Region have been thrown into a state of shock after they discovered the...

Victims of Bagre Dam Spillage disaster receive relief items

About 300 victims of the Bagre Dam Spillage disaster at Bazua in the Upper East Region have received relief items from the government. In February...

Police probe death of six persons in Volta Lake

The Police in the Volta Region have begun investigations into the death of six persons who drowned after their boat capsized on the Volta...

Accident in Sawla claims 8 lives; 22 in critical condition

Eight people, including a 28-year-old driver’s mate, Bashiru Mahama, have died in a gory lorry accident on the outskirts of Sawla. Some 22 others are...

Sekou Nkrumah drops old photo of his mother, Fathia

Dr Sekou Nkrumah, one of the sons of Dr Kwame Nkrumah, has shared an old but beautiful photo of his late mother which has...

Full Text: Position of Minority Caucus on 2021 Budget and Economic Policy Statement

The 2021 Budget and Economic Policy Statement was read in Parliament on Friday, 12th March 2021. The statement seeks to blame COVID-19 for the abysmal...

Bawumia to launch 2021 population and housing census

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, will on Friday launch the countdown to the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) census. This will help to...

GES releases academic calendar as double-track system continues in some schools

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the academic calendar for Senior High Schools (SHS) for the 2020/2021 academic year. This comes on the back of plans to continue...

Joe Ghartey condemns anti-Voltarian textbooks

Member of Parliament for Essikado Ketan Constituency, Joe Ghartey, has condemned the stereotyping of Voltarians. Mr Ghartey, who prides himself as “a Voltarian by choice,”...

Traders invade streets near Tema market

Traders have left designated sheds, invaded the streets near markets in the Tema Metropolis. Their actions have consequently impeded vehicular and pedestrian movement, forcing Metropolitan...

Six ‘okada’ riders fined over traffic offences

The Abeka Motor Court has sentenced six motor riders to a fine of ¢3,120 for various traffic offences. Their charges included riding without a valid...

Tamale Interchange workers declare strike over service conditions

Workers of Sinohydro Company working on the ongoing Tamale Interchange have declared a strike over conditions of service. The workers have accused the company of...

Supreme Court sets date for SALL review application ruling

The Supreme Court has fixed March 30, 2021, to rule on a review application, which gave the Electoral Commission (EC) the go-ahead to gazette...

Operations Vanguard destroys 59 Changfang motors [Photos]

The Operations Vanguard team of the Ghana Police Service has destroyed some 59 Changfang motors in the Western Region. This was during a four-day...

Police caution against new MoMO fraud strategy

The Ghana Police Service has cautioned the public against a new strategy devised for mobile money (momo) fraud. According to the outfit, the re-emergence mode seeks...

IT Manager jailed for hacking, stealing GH¢159,300 from former employer

The Tamale High Court has sentenced a 32-year-old system administrator to eight years imprisonment with hard labour. The man, Cephas Agbodo, was jailed for stealing...

Teenager who wore ‘sakawa’ ring breaks silence

A 17-year-old boy, who almost lost his finger after he wore his friend’s ring made for spiritual purposes, has broken his silence. The teenager, identified...

NLA commends KGL for positive partnership

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has commended KGL Technology Limited, operators of the official short code of the authority’s *959# for a solid partnership...

Police raid ‘illegal’ on-street car dealers

A team from the Tesano Division of the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service and the National Road Safety...

History textbook saga: Former NaCCA boss makes passionate appeal [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Give NaCCA legal backing to sanction publishers who breach regulations - NaCCA Former Dir. to Parl. The former Director-General of the National Council...

National Catholic Health Service reacts to disappearance of deceased body parts

The National Catholic Health Service has disclosed that the St Anthony Hospital has recorded some missing body parts of a number of corpses at...

Timber falls from moving truck; one dead, another in critical condition [Photos]

A timber truck driver is reportedly dead while another person is in critical condition after a terrifying accident at Abene in the Kwahu East...

SSNIT Scandal: Ernest Thompson and 4 others freed

A former Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Ernest Thompson, and four others accused of causing financial loss of $14.8 million...

Allotey Jacobs makes u-turn on Ofosu-Ampofo’s alleged leaked tape

Former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Allotey Jacobs, has made a u-turn about the party’s National Chairman, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo's alleged...

Meteo warns of heavy rains tonight

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMA) has warned of possible rains in Southern parts of the country tonight. In a statement, the GMA said the rains...

Man causes arrest of wife for selling his goat to feed children [Video]

A woman, simply identified as Afia, has narrated how her husband caused her arrest for selling their goat to fend for her children. Following a...

Klagon chief, six others granted bail

The Chief of Klagon, Nii Bortey Klan I, and six others, accused of causing the death of one Ibrahim Mohammed Abass over a parcel...

Ewe textbook brouhaha: Ursula Owusu wants publishers sanctioned

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma West, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, wants publishers of the newly-authored history textbooks titled ‘History of Ghana’ sanctioned. In her view,...

Apam drowning: Families cover graves with concrete over fear bodies can be exhumed for rituals [Photos]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Families cast concrete on graves over fear bodies can be exhumed for rituals Some family members at Apam have started cementing the graves...

JB’s murder trial starts April 26, five years after murder of the MP

The trial of the man accused of killing J.B. Danquah-Adu, the former Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North Constituency, is finally set to...

COVID-19: Ghana’s death toll hits 698

Ghana has recorded 13 new deaths from the COVID-19 disease bringing the death toll to 698. An update from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) indicated that...

Koforidua Govt Hospital reacts to reports of missing COVID-19 dead body

The Koforidua Government Hospital has reacted to reports that the body of a COVID-19 patient had allegedly gone missing from its morgue. Initial reports suggested...

‘Rambo trotro’ mate beats female passengers in traffic [Watch]

A viral video has captured a trotro driver's mate in a fierce fight with passengers onboard the vehicle. The mate was seen...

Bawumia mourns after being hit with sad news

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is mourning the death of one Shaykh Ali Ahmed Maikano Kalamu. According to Dr Bawumia, he received with shock the...

MP hints at monument for 13 drowned teenagers

Member of Parliament (MP) for Gomoa West, Richard Gyan Mensah, has hinted at a decision to construct a monument for some 13 teenagers who...

Driver dead as mate gets trapped under truck

A driver of a timber truck has reportedly died with his mate trapped under a vehicle after an accident that occurred at Abene, near...