HomeNewsLocal News

Local News

Free SHS cannot be blamed for isolated cases of lawlessness in schools- NaCCA boss

The Executive Secretary of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, Dr Prince Hamid Armah has condemned what he says are isolated incidents of...

Bright Senior High School proprietor granted bail [video]

The proprietor of Bright Senior High School at Kukurantumi in the Eastern region has been granted self-recognizance bail by the Akyem Tafo...

Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem gets results as Anyaa-Fan Milk traffic lights bounce back [Photos + Video]

The faces of residents of Anyaa and its environs are beaming with smiles now as work has commenced on repairing their faulty...

Zoomlion clears heap of refuse at Lamashegu

A resident of Lamashegu in the Northern Region, Madam Hajia Maria, heaved a sigh of relief as waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL),...

Speaker of Parliament fumes at some media houses

The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, has expressed anger at media houses in the country. Speaking to the House on Friday, Prof. Oquaye...

WAEC condemns assault on its officials by students of Bright SHS

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has condemned the assault on its officials and journalists by students of the Bright Senior High School in...

Moment sacked Amansie South DCE ‘endorsed galamsey’ [Video]

A video online has captured moments sacked Amansie South District Chief Executive (DCE), William Asante Bediako, endorsed 'galamsey' operations in his area. In the video, Mr...

Full interview: How Prophet Salifu Amoako’s prophecies made Kufuor, Akufo-Addo Prez, Kwabena Duffuor BoG Governor

JoyNews/AdomNews · Salifu Amoako advocates for genuine men of God The Founder and General Overseer of Alive Chapel International, Prophet Elisha Salifu Amoako, is making...

‘KelniGVG’s common platform has saved Ghana GHS 1.5 billion in undeclared taxes by telcos’

The government has made savings of GHc1.5 billion in under-declared taxes in the telecommunications since the implementation of the Common Platform (CP) in the...

WAEC moves examination centre from Bright SHS after attacks

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has relocated the centre for the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) at the Bright Senior...

Akufo-Addo swears in new Court of Appeal Judges [Photos]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has charged newly sworn-in Justices of the Court of Appeal to carry out their duty of adjudicating cases without fear or...

Abronye DC calls for Asiedu Nketia’s arrest

The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe Abronye, has called for the arrest of the General Secretary of the...

Cocoa farmers demand end to stealing after ‘Missing Kilos’ documentary

A secretly filmed documentary aired on Joy News showing how cocoa farmers have been cheated for a long time has provoked an uproar in...

Today in history: All about the battle of Dodowa

Today in history, on August 7, 1826, exactly 194 years ago, the Katamanso War (The battle of Dodowa) began. The war was fought between...

Adom FM’s Ballot Box train underway at Ablekuma South

The Adom FM Ballot Box train is currently underway at the Mamprobi Neighbourhood Centre also known as ‘Christmas in Egypt’ in the Ablekuma South constituency. The...

Check out Kwaku Baako’s punishment for rapists

Rape is one of the sensitive issues that one needs to be extra careful when talking about since any slight slip of the tongue...

Man in Police grips over killing of friend due to GH¢ 50

A 36-year-old man, Kwabena Naaba Asanu, is in the grips of the Yeji Police in the Bono East Region for allegedly shooting and killing...

Sack all students involved in WASSCE riots from boarding house – GES orders SHS heads

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has ordered heads of Senior High Schools (SHS) across the country to 'de-boardinise' students responsible for the recent rioting...

Amansie South, Akuapem North DCEs sacked!

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has relieved the District Chief Executive (DCE) for the Amansie South District in the Ashanti region, William Asante Bediako...

Govt told not to neglect non-communicable diseases in Covid-19 fight

The Ghana Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance (GhNCDA) has told government not to neglect persons living with Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in the country in its fight...

We have produced over-pampered students – NAGRAT on rioting students

JoyNews/AdomNews · We have breed over-pampered students – NAGRAT on rioting students The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has said the indiscipline in Senior...

Voters Register: EC inaugurates committee to expunge double names

The Electoral Commission (EC) has inaugurated an adjudication committee to help expunge the names of multiple registrants from the new voters' register. The 16-member multi-stakeholder...

WASSCE 2020: CHASS bares teeth at rioting students

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), in a stern warning to rioting final year students, says recalcitrant students will not go...

Covid-19 National Trust Fund presents PPEs to 13 health facilities

The Covid-19 National Trust Fund has presented assorted Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other items worth thousands of Ghana cedis to 13 health institutions...

Family of woman who died of Covid-19 rejects report

The family of a woman who tested positive for Covid-19 in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti Region has rejected laboratory result that she...

National Youth Authority condemns SHS rioting

The National Youth Authority has condemned the bad behaviour exhibited by some of the students writing the ongoing West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination. In...

Why Ghana School of Hygiene final year students stormed Sanitation Ministry [Video]

Final year students of the Ghana School of Hygiene (GSH) on Tuesday picketed the Ministry of Sanitation and Water resources to demand unpaid...

18 Foreigners before court for cybercrime

Some 18 foreigners, who allegedly entered the country illegally to engage in cybercrime, have been put before the Wa Circuit Court. The accused, believed to...

Mahama surprised with new chieftaincy title [Photos]

Former president John Dramani Mahama has been given a new title by the Chief of Bole, Bole Wuraa Sarfo Kutuge Feso I and his...

Committee submits report on death of final year KNUST SHS student

The four-member committee set up to investigate the death of a final year KNUST SHS student has today submitted its report to the Ashanti...

How Nkrumah was overthrown by young soldier he tried to empower

At a hall in Adisadel College in Cape Coast in 1955, stood the 19-year-old-tall-young-brilliant Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa awaiting the a handshake and congratulatory words...

SHS students conscientised by the NDC to insult Akufo-Addo – NPP Chairman

Constituency Chairman for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in New Juaben North, Kwadwo Boateng Agyemang has alleged that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was...

NDC calls for the arrest of NPP thugs in Ajumako Bisease

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to investigate, arrest and prosecute alleged New Patriotic Party (NPP)...

SHS students assault school officials, Daily Graphic reporter over strict supervision during WASSCE [photos]

Students of Bright Senior High School at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region have attacked officials of the West African Examination Council (WAEC)...

No SHS student has died of Covid-19 – Dr Oko-Boye tells Parliament

The Deputy Health Minister has told Parliament that no Covid-19 related death has been recorded in any senior high schools since finalists returned to...

Full Speech: NDC press briefing on violent disruption of registration process at Ajumako Bisease

PRESS CONFERENCE HELD AT AJUMAKO BISEASE ON 6th AUGUST, 2020 DELIVERED BY COMRADE KWESI DAWOOD, CENTRAL REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER OF THE NDC. VIOLENT DISRUPTION OF...

You can’t silence the church – Clergy to Akufo-Addo

The Association of Pentecostal and Charismatic Clergy (APCC) has accused the ruling New Patriotic Party of launching a sustained attack against the Church and...

EC announces date for Voters Register mop-up exercise

The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced the date for its planned mop-up exercise for the ongoing voters' registration exercise. The Commission will officially end the...

WR: Rituals father performed for impregnating daughter will shock you [Video]

A 35-year-old man, Kwasi Abu, has allegedly impregnated his 15-year-old daughter at Wassa Abre-hyia in the Western region. The girl, who has been...

Rawlings’ first Veep could not resist beautiful girls – Prof. Ahwoi

Late Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, K.N. Arkaah could not resist young beautiful girls. This is according to Professor Kwamena Ahwoi in...