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Send Agyapa deal back to Parliament – Akufo-Addo to Ofori-Atta

President Nana Akufo-Addo has instructed that the Finance Minister returns to Parliament to reconsider the arrangement in the transaction with the Agyapa Mineral Royalties...

Afriyie-Ankrah reacts to CDD’s report

The National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Director of Elections, Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, has cast doubts on a report by the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)...

Dumelo’s stern warning ahead of December 7 polls [Video]

National Democratic Congress' (NDC) Parliamentary candidate for Ayawaso West Wuogon, John Dumelo, has called on party folks to assault anyone caught rigging...

Adom TV crowned Best Station, sweeps 5 more awards

One of the leading brands of The Multimedia Group Limited, Adom TV, took its rightful spot as the 'Best Station of the Year' at...

More ‘trouble’ for sacked PPA boss [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · PAC Chairman calls for complete ban of PPA boss from public service Chairman of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), James Klutse Avedzi, is...

14 police officers who died in line of duty promoted

A total of 14 police officers, who died in the line of duty in 2019, were on Monday morning promoted posthumously. From vehicular accident to...

‘Friday, November 6 not a public holiday’

The Ministry of the Interior has announced that Farmers' Day on Friday, November 6, 2020 is not a public holiday. The public is, therefore, informed...

NPP, NDC run away from peace

Chiefs of Enyan Denkyira Traditional area in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region have descended heavily on political parties in the...

Boy, 9, drowns after downpour in Koforidua

A nine-year-old boy has drowned at Oyoko, a suburb of New Juaben North Municipality of the Eastern Region, after a heavy downpour on Sunday. The...

Bees attack: Two dead, many in critical condition

Two siblings have died with many injured after bees attacked residents at Awutu Kwame Whettey in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central...

Election 2020: Christ Apostolic Church calls for peace, stability and unity

The leadership of the Christ Apostolic Church International has unreservedly condemned isolated cases of electoral violence reported in the parts of the country. It said...

Over one million people exposed to COVID-19 in Accra – Study

It has emerged that about 1.2 million Ghanaians living within Accra and Kasoa have been exposed to the infectious coronavirus disease. This was...

Engage procurement experts – Govt told amid sacking of PPA boss

JoyNews/AdomNews · Engage procurement experts – Govt told amid sacking of PPA boss The government has been urged to engage experts in procurement management to...

#ENDSARS killings: Participants at Accra Book Fest 2020 observe one minute of silence

Participants at the 3rd Accra International Book Festival have observed a minute silence in honour of the innocent #ENDSARS protesters in Nigeria who were...

Why drug barons are the most wicked people on earth [Video]

Director of Enforcement (Supply Reduction) at the Narcotics Control Commission, Solomon Stanley Eyo, has described drug barons as the most wicked people on earth. To...

James bond dies at 90

Sir Sean Connery has died at the age of 90, his family has said. The Scottish actor was best known for his portrayal of James...

Former Council of State Member passes on

A former Eastern Regional representative of the Council of State and Chief of Oyoko in the New Juaben Traditional area, Nana Kodua Kesse II...

If it’s none of your business, shut up! – Agyinasare tells gossips

Bishop Charles Agyinasare has counselled Christians against gossiping, admonishing: “If it’s not your business, shut up”. In his Sunday, October 25, 2020 sermon titled ‘Foolish...

Special Prosecutor submits Agyapa corruption risk assessment report to Akufo-Addo

The Office of the Special Prosecutor has completed the corruption risk assessment on the Agyapa Royalties deal and forwarded its recommendations to the Office...

Joy FM’s Doreen Andoh bereaved

The father of Joy FM presenter Doreen Andoh, Wilfrid Kobina Mensa Andoh, has passed on. He is reported to have died on October 11 at...

No coronavirus deaths recorded in October

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says the country did not record any COVID-19 deaths in October.It said the updated COVID-19 related deaths announced...

Multimedia Group Chairman inducted into Ghana Corporate Hall of Fame

The Board Chairman of The Multimedia Group Ghana Limited, Kweku Andoh Awotwi, has been inducted into the Corporate Ghana Hall of Fame, together with...

As a journalist, I felt safe under Mahama’s administration and not Akufo-Addo – Manasseh Azure Awuni

Investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, says unlike the tenure of former President John Dramani Mahama where media personnel felt safe to go about their...

E.P. Church suspends major activities to mourn late moderator

The Acting Moderator of the General Assembly of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC), Ghana, Reverend Elisha E. Attu has directed the suspension of all...

Ghana ranks second on teacher status index globally

Ghana is ranked second after China globally on the new Varkey Foundation reports on Teacher Status Survey published on October 22, 2020. The survey, conducted...

Cleaner jailed 8 years for defiling victim in public toilet

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 19-year-old cleaner to an eight-year jail term for defiling a 12-year-old minor in a public toilet at...

Increasing kidnapping cases in Ashanti Region troubling – Minister

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has revealed that Ashanti Region alone has recorded countless kidnapping cases in recent years. According to him, the...

Menzgold customers resurface as they clash with police [Photos+video]

"Our money, our blood" was the popular chant from the Aggrieved Customers of Menzgold who demonstrated on Saturday morning at the premises...

Family of late Kofi B issues strong warning to Ghanaians ahead of his burial

The family of highlife artiste Kofi B has announced November 6-8 as the days for the final funeral rites of the musician. An uncle to...

Sacked PPA Boss banned from holding public office for 5 years

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice(CHRAJ) has banned the dismissed CEO of the Public Procurement Authority(PPA) Agyenim Boateng Adjei from holding any...

Two die in fatal motorbike crash

Two motorbike riders have died in a crash on the Akyem Kotokuom to Akyem Chia road in Akyemansa District of the Eastern Region. The accident...

Alabar robbery: 3 suspects arrested

The Ashanti Regional Police has apprehended three suspects in connection with a robbery attack at Alabar High Street in Kumasi on Friday afternoon. The police...

Contracts for sale: Suspended PPA boss should be sacked – CHRAJ

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has said the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Adjenim Boateng...

Man baths at NPP rally to appreciate free water supply [Video]

A 'die-hard' New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporter shocked many with how he chose to appreciate the government's free water policy. The young man, believed to...

One dead, 3 injured as robbers attack market [Video]

One person has been reported dead with three others injured after gunmen attacked the Alabar Market in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi. Information...

One dead, others injured in accident on Kintampo-Techiman highway

A 34-year-old woman, yet to be identified, has lost her life with others injured in a tragic road crash on the Kintampo-Techiman Highway. Reports indicate...

Girl, 6, rescued from suspected kidnapper

A six-year-old girl has been rescued from a suspected kidnapper at Kwaboanta in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region. Diana Oman, the mother...

Check out how Domelevo is enjoying his leave [Photo]

The Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, has dropped pictures of himself enjoying his leave in Zimbabwe. He shared a video of himself having a good time...

Diaspora association in Sweden, Denmark donate to COVID-19 fund

The Ghana Union in Sweden and the Council of Ghanaian Associations in Denmark has made donations to support Ghana’s COVID-19 Trust Fund. The donation was...

Businessman shot dead while performing ablution

A 62-year-old businessman, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, has been shot dead by unknown assailants at Asuadee in the Ashanti Region. The four assailants attacked the fuel...