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Seven feared dead in Akyem Batabi church collapse

Seven people are feared dead after the Church of Prosperity at Akyem Batabi in the Asene-Manso-Akroso district of the Eastern region collapsed Tuesday, October...

Be patient! Your roads will get attention- Adentan MCE tells angry residents

The Adentan Municipal Chief Executive says the Assembly is adopting a one-step-at-a-time approach in fixing the roads in the Municipality some of which are...

Over 60 feared trapped as church collapses at Akyem Batabi [Photos]

The lives of about 60 persons are in danger after the Church of Prosperity at Akyem Batabi in the Asene-Manso-Akroso district of the Eastern...

Assakae chief commends Sanitation Ministry for clearing dumpsite in his area

The Chief of Assakae in the Effia Kwesimintsim Municipal Assembly (EFKMA) in the Western Region, Nana Asante Kwadwo II has commended the Ministry of...

Governing board of RTI commission inaugurated [Photos]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has inaugurated a seven-member governing Board of the Right to Information (RTI) Commission. This was at a colourful ceremony at the Jubilee...

Photos: Kennedy Agyapong enstooled Assin chief

New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has been enstooled chief at Assin Dompim in the Central region. Reports indicate the outspoken...

Election 2020: Hassan Ayariga’s parting words to disqualified aspirants

Flagbearer of the All People's Party, Hassan Ayariga, has advised presidential aspirants disqualified in the build-up to the December 7 polls. Five out of the...

Ex-CID boss calls for investigation into death of Prof Benneh’s ‘killer’

A former Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, COP Bright Oduro, is calling for an investigation into the...

Audit Service Board probes Domelevo’s foreign travels

Auditor-General Daniel Domelevo has written to Parliament to challenge a decision by the Audit Service Board to probe his foreign travels. This comes after the...

Five Adom TV journalists shortlisted for 25th GJA Awards

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards Committee has announced shortlisted names for the 25th GJA Awards. The awards ceremony will be held at the...

Ho West MP launches book to account for stewardship [Video]

The Ho West Member of Parliament (MP), Emmanuel Bedzrah, has outdoored a book titled 'The Mandate' to account for his stewardship over the last...

EC begins compilation of voter transfer, proxy voting list

The Electoral Commission (EC) will today, Tuesday, October 20, 2020, begin the compilation of the transfer and proxy voters' list. The exercise, in the build-up...

Prof Benneh’s murder: Security analyst raises questions over death of lead suspect

Security Analyst, Adam Bonaa, has raised questions over the death of a key suspect in the murder of a lecturer at the University of...

Armed robbers storm Celestine Donkor’s house, make away with her valuables at midnight [Photo]

Armed robbers stormed gospel musician, Celestine Donkor's, house in the wee hours of Tuesday when she was sleeping with her family. Narrating how she...

Agbotui family informs Akufo-Addo of burial arrangements of Rawlings’ mother

The late mother of former President Jerry John Rawlings, Victoria Agbotui, is set to be buried on Saturday, October 24, 2020. The family formally informed...

JHS graduate who was jailed over GH¢10 receives GH¢2,000, a job & apartment at Kasoa [Video]

A Junior High School (JHS) graduate, Abdallah Mohammed, who was handed a 25-year jail term for allegedly stealing GH¢10.00 has been presented GHC 2,000,...

Two Church of Pentecost pastors escape fire outbreak

Two ministers of The Church of Pentecost in the Berekum Area and their families escaped a near disaster on Sunday morning when fire...

Media has given the NPP free ticket – Mahama on corruption

Former President John Mahama is of the view that the media has given the New Patriotic Party (NPP) a free ticket with regards to...

ECG, Ghana Police pledge closer ties

Management of the Accra West Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Greater Accra Regional Police Command have pledged to deepen...

Election 2020: Mahama reveals plan for Special Prosecutor’s office [Video]

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has pledged to maintain the Special Prosecutor’s office in his next government. This is because...

Govt did not fund J.B. Danquah Memorial Institute – Ofori Panyin Fie clarifies

The Ofori Panin Fie and Nananom of Akyem Abuakwa has described a video in circulation in which a broadcast journalist attributed the financing of...

Prof. Naana Opoku-Agyemang meets youth, professional groups in Kumasi [Photos]

The running mate of the NDC, Professor Naana Opoku-Agyemang met with a group of youth and professional groups in Kumasi on October 19th, 2020. The...

‘Trotro’ mate in trouble as hit-and-run ends in triplets [Video]

A young mother, Afia Serwaa, is wallowing in sorrow after her one-night stand with a 'trotro' mate ended in triplets. Afia, who is a hawker...

Mahama questions competence of Jean Mensa-led EC [Video]

Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, has taken a swipe at the Jean Mensa-led Electoral Commission (EC). "We have a problem...

John Dumelo draws unprecedented crowd to his campaign launch [Video+Photos]

Aspiring Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon, John Dumelo, attracted a mammoth crowd at his campaign launch over the weekend. Dumelo has said in...

Citi FM loses journalist

A journalist with Accra-based Citi FM/TV, Pius Amihere Eduku, has been reported dead. Social media was on Monday morning awash with news of his death...

Jean Mensah’s EC has bastardised IPAC; treat it as enemy – Mahama [Video]

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has said Ghana's Electoral Commission is treating the Interparty Advisory Committee (IPAC) as an...

Prof Opoku-Agyemang swarmed by NDC supporters at Abuaso Junction [photos]

An enthusiastic crowd of supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) swarmed Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang and her team when she visited Ejura Sekyere...

Checkout lovely moment of Mahama’s visit to mother of late Amissah-Arthur [Photos]

Former President John Mahama has paid a visit to his late colleague and former Vice President's mother during his tour of the Central Region. In...

NPP’s ‘One Million per Constituency’ policy a flop – Mahama

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has described the incumbent government's promises made ahead of coming to office as "fantastic". The...

Mahama shreds Akufo-Addo over cocoa roads [Video]

Former President John Dramani Mahama has clearly defined what his erstwhile administration sought to do under the cocoa roads rehabilitation programme.  Mr Mahama, explaining the...

I was made to wash the 5-storey building – Ghanaian maid rescued from Saudi Arabia recounts

JoyNews/AdomNews · Yaa BabyI was made to wash the 5-storey building - Ghanaian maid rescued from Saudi Arabia A young lady, Yaa Baby Oparebea...

Petroleum Tanker Drivers Association declare strike action

The Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union has declared a strike action and directed all drivers not to move their trucks on Monday, November...

Asiedu Nketia’s parting words to late NDC Youth Organiser

The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, says the party has lost a workaholic who could have soon...

Tapa chiefs and residents chase revenue collectors from markets

The Nkwakwahene of Tapa Traditional land in the Biakoye District of the Oti Region, Abrakwa and the youth of the area, on Friday chased...

Angry JB Danquah-Adu’s ‘killer’ S3xy Dondon bangs chair in court

Self-confessed killer of the late J.B. Danquah-Adu became agitated after his request to be heard was declined by the Accra High Court. Suspect s3xy Dondon,...

Akufo-Addo to address the nation tonight

The President, Nana Akufo-Addo, will tonight address the nation on measures put in place to contain the coronavirus outbreak. The address will come on the...

Blows at NDC Youth Organiser’s funeral over transportation of body [Watch]

The funeral of the Bono East Regional Deputy Youth Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Isaac Kojo Nsiah, popularly known as Kojo...

Adopt the ‘Jehovah Witness’ campaign approach – Suhum NPP PC to party faithful

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate (PC) for Suhum constituency, Oboafo Kwadjo Asante, has charged the constituency campaign team and other party faithful...

NPP’s Yapei-Kusowgu parliamentary candidate laid to rest [photos]

The New Patriotic Party’s Parliamentary Candidate for the Yapei-Kusowgu constituency in the Savannah Region, Abu Kamara has been laid to rest. Mr. Abu Kamara died...