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Govt declares Monday, May 3 public holiday

Monday, May 3, 2021 is to be observed as a statutory public holiday, the Interior Ministry has said. This, according to a statement from the...

British Council Country Director passes on

The British Council Ghana has announced the sudden death of their Country Director, Alan Rutt. In a Facebook post Thursday, the British Council, said Mr...

Ramadan: Muslim MPs meet with Methodist Church over Wesley Girls’ refusal for students to fast

The Muslim Caucus in Parliament has held a meeting with the leadership of the Methodist Church in Ghana concerning the refusal of school authorities...

Darkness in a lighthouse (Part 3): “Bishop Dag prayed for strength for me to divorce my wife”

In Part 1 of the “Darkness in a Lighthouse” series, The Fourth Estate examined the alleged failure of Lighthouse Chapel International (United Denominations Originating from the...

Meet Prof. Gyampo’s father as he celebrates his birthday

Senior lecturer at the University of Ghana’s Political Science Department, Prof Ransford Gyampo, has shared a photo of his father as he celebrates his birthday....

Nungua: Drunk driver runs into JHS pupils; kills one, injures 2 others

Three pupils of an International School at Nungua became victims of an alleged drunk driving when a vehicle driven by a man suspected to...

Road to becoming evangelist: Agradaa burns her idols [Video]

Born-again fetish priestess, Patricia Asiedua, also known as, Nana Agradaa, has fulfilled her promise to burn all her deities following her conversion to Christianity. Nana Agradaa...

Repair works begin on Ho-Accra Highway following JoyNews report

The Ghana Highways Authority has begun repair works on the damaged section of the Ho-Accra Highway in the Volta Region.  The Authority contracted Zylodor Construction...

JB Danquah murder trial: Driver denies conspiring to kill his boss with others

The driver of murdered J.B. Danquah Adu, Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, has told an Accra High Court that he knew nothing about...

Two shot as armed robbers attack fuel station near Gomoa Ojobi

Two persons have sustained gunshot wounds in a robbery attack near Gomoa Ojobi in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The robbers attacked...

This photo of Akufo-Addo posing with Charlotte Osei stirs reaction

President Nana Akufo-Addo and former Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson, Mrs Charlotte Osei recently met at the Jubilee House. The two met when Mrs Osei, who is...

Most students want compulsory sexual consent test before starting university, think tank finds

Most students want to be tested on their understanding of sexual consent before going to university, a survey suggests. The study by think tank the...

2 suspected kidnappers nabbed in Darkoman

JoyNews/AdomNews · Darkoman police arrest 2 men who attempted to kidnap a 4-year-old girl in the community A 4-year-old girl has escaped suspected kidnapping at...

More than 1.3m expiring vaccines in DRC to be re-distributed to Ghana, 5 others

More than 1.3 million AstraZeneca vaccines delivered to the Democratic Republic of Congo on March 4, 2021, are to be re-distributed to Ghana and...

Full text: Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto’s address at RE: Akoto Memorial Lectures

SPEECH DELIVERED BY HON. DR. OWUSU AFRIYIE AKOTO ON THE OCCASION OF THE 2021 RE: AKOTO MEMORIAL LECTURES The Chairman of the Council of State,...

Galamsey: 2 Chinese nationals arrested, 6 others and 2 Ghanaians flee cops

Two Chinese nationals have been arrested for illegal small scale mining by the Wassa East District Security Council and the Ghana Police Service in...

Vehicle of popular NPP man involved in accident, two dead [Photos]

A driver of a Yutong bus who made a wrong overtaking has led to the death of a 45-year-old man and a 12-year-old girl...

AfCFTA Secretariat, travelers question efficacy of Covid-19 tests at KIA

The Secretariat General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Wamkele Mene has tested negative for Covid-19 after an earlier PCI test at...

‘Maame water’ took 3 friends of mine undersea; only 1 returned – Ex-hairdresser [Video]

A Ghanaian hairdresser who quit her job has opened up on why she made the tough decision. The lady said she had to quit...

Western North RCC offices: 23 farmers receive compensation for lands

Twenty-three farmers have received compensation for their lands which they gave up for the construction of the Western North Regional Coordinating Council (RCC)'s offices. Even...

We can’t take child beggars – Social Welfare explains

The Department of Social Welfare (DSW) has said the Madina Social Welfare Shelter in Accra is not in the position to take in child...

Bawumia celebrates Otumfuo as he celebrates 22 years on Golden Stool

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has prayed for God’s blessings for Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II as he celebrates 22 years on the Golden Stool. The...

Woman stabbed to death with trousers ripped off

A woman in her fifties has allegedly been murdered at Maakro Junction in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti region. The deceased, yet to be...

A/R: Chief priest allegedly killed by wife

The Chief Priest of Mpasaso No 2 in the Ahafo Ano South West District of the Ashanti Region has allegedly been murdered by his...

NSS releases codes for 2021/2022 service personnel

Management of the National Service Secretariat (NSS) has announced the release of pin codes of 110,009 eligible Ghanaians for the 2021/2022 service year enrolment. All...

Shop attendant found dead at Lapaz; police suspect murder

A phone shop attendant believed to be in his 20s has been found dead at Lapaz near the Fidelity bank in Accra. The victim...

Why young pastors get disappointed in Ministry – Bishop Titi-Ofei reveals

If you enter into ministry expecting to be successful overnight, get ready to be disappointed, Bishop Titi-Ofei has said. According to the Presiding Bishop of...

Irate Zongo youth clash with police over arrest at Kyebi

Irate Zongo youth at Kyebi in the Eastern Region have clashed with police over the arrest of three persons on Tuesday evening. The arrest follows...

What I see in Ghana now is bizarre culture of intolerance – Otchere-Darko

Founder of the Danquah Institute, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has bemoaned the bizarre culture of intolerance in Ghana. According to Gabby, there is a group of...

Four persons fined GH¢ 7,200 for contaminating stream

Four persons dragged to court by the Sunyani West Municipal Assembly have been fined GH¢ 7,200.00 or serve 30 days imprisonment each for contaminating...

Govt embarks on new operation against mining in water bodies

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has commenced an operation to remove all persons and logistics involved in mining from Ghana’s water bodies. The operation which...

Herdsman attacks biological brother, chops off his wrist

A resident of Bole, identified as Amale Gbole, escaped death when his younger brother descended on him with a cutlass. Amidu Gbole, a herdsman, is...

Bawumia commends US$54.5 million Shea Landscape Emission Reduction Project

Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has commended a US$54.5 million Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reduction Project aimed at restoring degraded shea parklands and improving the...

Parliament to hold requiem mass for late Deputy Clerk

Parliament is set to hold a requiem mass for the late Deputy Clerk to Parliament in charge of Legislative Management, Robert Ageya Apodolla. Mr Apodolla...

Kweku Baako, Charlotte Osei, others pay courtesy call on Akufo-Addo [Photos]

The editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, and his family paid a courtesy call on President Akufo-Addo and Vice...

25-year-old motorbike thief sentenced

A Magistrate Court in Bole has sentenced a 25-year-old carpenter, Majeed Alhassan, to 24 months imprisonment for selling a stolen motorbike. Majeed who is a...

Konkoma: The community where residents hang phones on trees for signal [Photos]

Konkoma is a town in the Asante Akyem North District of the Ashanti Region still has its residents hanging their phones on trees for...

Second prosecution witness testifies in Bulldog’s case

Theodosia Antwiwaa Appiah, the second prosecution witness in the trial of Lawrence Nana Asiamah, popularly known as Bulldog, mounted the witness box at an...

37-year-old farmer bags 30-year jail term

The Sunyani High Court 2 has sentenced a 37-year-old farmer, Solomon Kodua, to 30 years imprisonment with hard labour. The sentence comes after Mr Kodua...

Rev Kyiri Abosom sends message to Agradaa on her conversion

Reverend Christian Kwabena Andrews, popularly called Osofo Kyiri Abosom, has advised Nana Agradaa to first call the victims of her scams and reconcile with...