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Eid-ul-Adha: Mahama calls on Muslims to be inspired to give back to humanity

As Ghana joins the world to celebrate this year's Eid-ul-Adha celebration, former President John Dramani Mahama has urged Muslims to observe alms giving. Muslims have...

Eid-ul-Adha: Emulate the life of Chief Imam – Akufo-Addo to Muslims

President Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed his delight in the way of life of the National Chief Imam as he tasks the Muslim flock to...

Couple arrested for conniving to beat up man’s ex over an Instagram post

A man and his wife have been arrested for allegedly conniving to assault the male lover's ex for a post she made on photo...

Police okay Fixthecountry demo

The Ghana Police Service has finally cleared campaigners of the #FixTheConutry movement to go ahead with their protest on Wednesday, August 4, 2021. It follows...

S3x for scholarship: ‘Fake’ director grabbed for ‘sleeping with’ applicants

JoyNews/AdomNews · Sex for scholarship: University student exposes 'fake' secretariat director A self-acclaimed scholarship secretariat director at Sehwi Asawinso has been grabbed by the police...

NAGRAT demands more details on COVID-19 situation in schools

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has called for more details on the Covid-19 situation in schools. The call comes on the back of...

378 suspects arrested ahead of Eid-ul-Adha festivity [Photos]

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested 378 suspects in a recent operation in different parts of the region. The operation forms part of efforts...

SHS: GES makes u-turn on Form 3 mid-semester break

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has rescinded its direction to Form three Senior High School (SHS) students to go on mid-semester break. The decision follows...

Sad scenes from funeral of Bolt driver who was beheaded at Feyiase [Video]

Sad scenes from the funeral of the Bolt driver who was beheaded at Feyiase have been captured. The funeral was held in a park in...

3 jailed 75 years for robbery

The Nkawie Circuit Court has sentenced three persons to a total of 75 years imprisonment for robbery at Asuhyiae, near Tepa, in the Ahafo...

COVID-19: Kumasi records 10 deaths, 200 cases in 2 weeks

Some 10 persons, who contracted COVID-19 within the last two weeks in the Kumasi municipality in the Ashanti Region, have died, a statement by...

Govt gives approval for payment of School Feeding Caterers

The National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), Dr Mrs Gertrude Quashigah has said the government has given approval for funds to...

Bird Flu: Seven farms affected so far in Ghana

The Director of the Veterinary Services Directorate, Dr Patrick Abakeh, says seven farms have so far been affected by the Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)...

New Public Officers Bill will boost fight against corruption – Attorney-General

The Attorney-General (AG), Godfred Yeboah Dame, is confident a new Conduct of Public Officers Bill to be presented to Parliament will boost the fight...

Akoto Ampaw reacts to $5 million bribery allegation against him

Private Legal Practitioner, Akoto Ampaw, has dismissed his involvement in a bribery allegation levelled against him by one lawyer Akwasi Afrifa. According to him, the...

CJ bribery scandal: Lawyer speaks after meeting CID

The lawyer involved in the $5 million bribery allegations made against the Chief Justice, Kwesi Anin-Yeboah, says he has done nothing wrong. Kwasi Afrifa Esq...

SSNIT to delete 13,000 names from pensioners payroll from this date

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has announced that from Wednesday, September 1, it will embark on an exercise to delete the...

Groupe Nduom wins GH¢174 million judgement

The Commercial Division of an Accra High Court On Thursday 15, July 2021, presided over by Justice Shiela Minta ordered Health Network Company (Healthnet)...

Haruna Attah recounts how Sam Jonah saved his life

Ghana’s former Ambassador to Namibia, Haruna Attah, has revealed that a kind gesture from the former CEO of AngloGold Ashanti, Sam Jonah, saved his...

Govt approves payment for school feeding caterers

The government has given approval for funds to be released for the payment of arrears for caterers under the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP). The...

Statistical Service extends Housing and Population Census again!

The Ghana Statistical Service has once more extended the period for this year's Population and Housing census. The 2021 Population and Housing census was...

Fumso residents live in fear as strange crocodiles invade community

Residents of Fumso in the Adansi Asokwa District of the Ashanti Region are living in fear, with some fleeing the community as strange crocodiles...

Thousands queue for GAF recruitment

Thousands of Ghanaian youth have besieged the El-Wak Sports Stadium with their credentials, hoping to be recruited into the Ghana Armed Forces. The long queue...

Danger as parts of Ellembelle road cave in [Video]

Parts of the road linking Nzema Aiyinasi and Menzezor in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region have caved in. The disaster occurred after a...

Govt declares Tuesday, July 20 as public holiday

The government, through the Interior Ministry, has declared Tuesday, July 20, 2021, as a public holiday as Muslims celebrate their annual Eid-ul-Adha. This was announced...

Social media users blast Presidential Staffer over Mahama’s daughter

Social media users have scolded a staff at the Jubilee House, Nana Hesse Ogyiri, over the "unhealthy comments” he made about John Mahama's daughter,...

Manasseh Azure Awuni grabs top award

Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has received the coveted Millennium Excellence Award for Journalism and Media Personality. The recognition was conferred on him by the...

Prophet Badu Kobi sends stronger message to people who bet [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Prophet Badu Kobi on betting General overseer of Glorious Wave Church International, Emmanuel Badu Kobi, has explained why his prophecies about football did...

SHS 3 students go on mid-semester break

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced a mid-semester break for Senior High School (SHS) three students, nationwide. The break, according to the outfit will...

Tinkong: Teacher commits suicide over hardship

A teacher has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself with a piece of cloth at Tinkong in the Akuapem North Municipality in the Eastern...

Don’t use God’s prophecy to bet – Prophet Badu Kobi

The Founder and General overseer of Glorious Wave Church International, Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi, has said no man of God is infallible. He explained that,...

COVID-19: 4 die as Ghana’s death toll hits 810

The Ghana Health Service has revealed that four persons have succumbed to the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19). According to the Service’s most recent update, all...

2 jailed 11 years for selling Beninois to undercover police officer

Two persons, who lured a 20-year old Benin national to Ghana to be sold for $160,000 to a police decoy, have been sentenced to...

Police, NIC impound 66 vehicles with fake insurance

The Eastern Regional Office of the National Insurance Commission (NIC), in collaboration with the Oda Divisional Police Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD), has...

Blind loyalty, backward-looking culture bane of Ghana’s development – Governance expert

Ghanaians must do away with blind loyalty and unquestioned obedience to authority if they want to develop under a democracy, a governance expert has...

Chief Imam to mark Eid in new mosque complex

The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, has announced that this year’s national Eid-ul Adha prayers will be marked inside the newly...

Victoria Hamah sends strong message to Mahama’s daughter

Former Deputy Communications Minister, Victoria Hamah, has welcomed Farida Mahama, daughter of former President Mahama to the ‘world’ —  a world she said is...

Health alert: ‘Stop buying vegetables displayed on the floor’

The Tema Metropolitan Nutritionist, Samuel Atuahene Antwi, at the weekend, cautioned Ghanaians to be circumspect in purchasing fruits and vegetables displayed in the open...

Woman, 64, clubs 100-year-old husband to death

A 64-year-old woman, Nyamba Ayenliwuli, is in the grip of the police for allegedly hitting her 100-year-old husband, Aponwuni Ayenliwuli, with a pestle, leading...

25 teenage girls get pregnant monthly in Kpone-Katamanso

About 25 teenage girls get pregnant monthly in the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality. On average, six teenage girls get pregnant weekly; as a result, 151 teenage pregnancies...