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Right to Play Ghana calls for inclusive education amid COVID-19

Right To Play Ghana is urging the government to ensure all children access to quality education due to the challenges the COVID-19 has posed...

2020/21 academic year scholarship interviews begin in Northern Region

About 12,000 students, who applied online for the scholarship and underwent an online aptitude test are being interviewed in the Northern region. The successful students...

Jealous lover allegedly kills rival

A man, identified as Manso, has allegedly stabbed his rival, Bright Oppong to death with a metallic object at Kyebi in the Eastern region. According...

Fake police officer nabbed at Gomoa Akraman

The Gomoa Ojobi District Police Command has apprehended a man for parading himself as a police officer working at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID)...

Coronavirus kills three-month-old baby in Northern region [video]

A three-month-old baby is among the recorded Covid-19 deaths in the Northern, the regional Ghana Health Service says. Speaking at a briefing in...

NIA issues over nine million Ghana cards to qualified Ghanaians

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has so far issued 9,050,346 Ghana cards to qualified Ghanaians out of 11,034,174 printed cards since the mass registration...

4 arrested for stealing railway tracks

Four persons have been arrested for stealing railway tracks at Obom near Amasaman in the Greater Accra region. The four suspects were apprehended around midnight...

Physically challenged gets help to realise dream as a musician

A physically challenged woman, Maame Rose, is on her journey to actualise her dreams which have since been shattered by her inability to walk...

Teacher remanded over anal sex with JHS student

A 30-year-old teacher who had anal sex with a 12 year old boy on three occasions at New Achimota, has appeared before an Accra...

Sekou Nkrumah advises NDC

Dr Sekou Nkrumah, ahead of the 2020 polls, has sent a message across to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) regarding its leadership. According to...

Covid-19: AngloGold staff test positive in Upper West

Acting Upper West Regional Director of Health Services, Dr Damien Pungyiri, has disclosed that out of the 10 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in...

Kwahu Tafo chief donates medical equipment to 3 hospitals in Eastern Region

The chief of Kwahu Tafo, Nana Kwasi Opoku Minita II, has assured residents of his commitment to ensure that there is proper healthcare delivery...

Covid-19: Another high-profile govt official tests positive

Another government official, the Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby, of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has tested positive for Covid-19. Dr Dsane-Selby who...

Oko Vanderpuije ‘eyes’ NDC running mate position

Former Mayor of Accra, Alfred Oko Vandepuije, has expressed interest in accepting an offer to be running mate for the flagbearer of the National...

Thanks for stomaching “my nonsense” – Ken Agyapong to wife on his birthday

My wife is the most tolerant and patient woman on earth, Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has said. He is still figuring...

Today in History: General Acheampong executed by firing squad

Today in History, exactly 41 years ago, On June 16, 1979, Ghana’s former head of state, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, was executed by a firing...

Popular fetish priest Torgbe Shitor is dead [Photos]

Exclusive reports reaching adomonline.com indicate that popular Eastern Regional fetish priest, Torgbe Shitor has died. The young-but-popular priest was said to have complained of a...

Govt sets date to evacuate Ghanaians in US

Government will evacuate stranded Ghanaians in the United States of America (USA) who are registered with the Consulate-General on June 25. In a letter issued...

Covid-19: Babies test positive at Nkawkaw

It has emerged that three babies have contracted the deadly COVID-19 disease at Nkawkaw in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern region. It is not clear...

Man electrocuted at a mosque in Kumasi

A fifty-year-old man was on Saturday afternoon electrocuted by an exposed electric cable at a mosque at Nima Junction in the Asokore-Mampong Municipality. The deceased,...

Burglars break into Wa Covid-19 isolation centre

Reports indicate that thieves have made away with a mattress and a 32-inch television set after they broke into the Wa Municipal Covid-19 isolation...

GIS Border patrols intercept 141 gallons of fuel at Aflao

The Aflao Sector Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has foiled attempts by some criminal syndicates to smuggle 141,25-litre gallons filled with petroleum...

Covid-19: Voluntary blood donation down by 21 per cent

The National Blood Service, Ghana ( NBSG) has recorded a 21 percent decline in total blood collections and supply per last year’s record for...

NDC launches website to track ‘failed NPP government promises’

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has unveiled a website to track what it describes as failed promises of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government. This...

Your nephew was brought in dead – Korle-bu parries negligence accusation

Management of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital has denied negligence in the death of a 27-year-old man who reportedly died at the facility. In a video...

Biakoye residents lament over heavily polluted Volta Lake [Watch]

Some residents of Tapa Abotuase in the Oti region are wallowing in sorrow over the quantity of filth that has taken over the district...

Covid-19: Four cell inmates test positive at Asamankese

Four cell inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 at Asamankese in the Eastern Region. The Lower West Akyem Municipal Health Director, Dr Samuel Boateng, has...

Jinapor joins Roads Minister to inspect projects in Damango [Photos]

Deputy Chief of Staff, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, has joined Roads Minister, Amoako Atta to inspect the progress of some road projects in Damango. The projects...

Auto Mechanic, 35, commits suicide on Mango tree

A 35-year-old auto mechanic has committed suicide in Koforidua the Eastern Regional Capital. The deceased, Michael Saforo, alias Fiifi,35, took his life Friday around 9:00...

Angry Menzgold customers bounce back; want NAM1 arrested [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Angry Menzgold customers bounce back; want NAM1 arrested Aggrieved customers of Menzgold are pushing the government to arrest Menzgold Chief Executive Officer, Nana...

Man chops off fingers of 11-year-old nephew over GHS20

Residents of Zorkor Gambolga in the Bongo District in the Upper East Region were left dumbfounded when a man severed the middle and the...

Why I love Akufo-Addo but won’t vote for him again – Musician [Video]

Musician and political activist, Kwame A Plus says even though he admires President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s personality to the core, he will not...

Asenemaso residents seize classrooms to engage in bouts of s3x

Assemblyman for Asenemaso Electoral Area, Mensah Muller Amankwah, has disclosed that the classrooms of Asenemaso Junior High Schools in the Atwima Nwabiagya South district...

I don’t have confidence in any of my children – Kennedy Agyapong

Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, has revealed he does not have confidence in any of his 22 children. This is because he does...

Universities to reopen today after over three months closure

Public and private universities across the country are set to resume academic work today, June 15, 2020, as final year students return to school. On...

A rare photo of ex-President Kufuor, wife pops up

A beautiful old photo of ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor and his better-half, Theresa Aba Kufuor has popped up on the internet. The rare photo shows a young...

Ghana to serve on Global Internet Forum to counter terrorism advisory committee

Ghana has been appointed as a member of the Independent Advisory Committee (IAC) of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFTC). Dr. Albert...

Full text: Akufo-Addo’s 11th address on measures to fight Covid-19

Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. Exactly two weeks ago, I came again into your homes to outline a roadmap for easing the restrictions put in place...

Sekondi/Takoradi MCE died of Coronavirus – Akufo-Addo confirms

The cause of death of the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, Anthony Kobina Kurentsir Sam, has been revealed. According to President...

Covid-19: Akufo-Addo to address Ghanaians tonight

President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to address the nation today, June 14, 2020, amid the soaring coronavirus cases in Ghana. Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, hinted...