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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...

Six found dead in a galamsey pit at Mpohor

Six illegal miners have perished at Mpohor Banso in the Western Region of Ghana, after a Galamsey pit where they were mining caved in...

Female police inspector identified among 3 dead in Amasaman crash

A female police inspector has been identified as one of the three victims who died in a recent accident at Amasaman on the Accra-Kumasi...

NLC secures injunction against intended strike by airport staff

The National Labour Commission has obtained an interlucotory injunction against a planned strike action of workers of the Ghana Airport Company Limited. This comes on...

When Ghana’s finance minister was denied service at a Delaware restaurant because of his skin color

It was on the evening of October 10, 1957, when Komla Gbedemah, the finance minister of the newly formed nation of Ghana, and his...

Bodies of late NPP Yapei-Kusawgu PC, aide released for burial

The three bodies including the parliamentary candidate (PC) for Yapei-Kusawgu constituency have been released to their families for burial. The PC, Abu Kamara and his...

Dr Anyah appointed Board Chairman of Ho Teaching Hospital

Dr Felix Anyah, the former acting CEO of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, has been appointed as the Board Chairman of the Ho Teaching Hospital. His...

NPP’s Yapei-Kusawgu parliamentary candidate dies in car crash

The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary candidate for the Yapei Kusawgu constituency in the Savannah Region, Abu Kamara, has died in a fatal road...

Church clerk granted bail for stealing

A 30-year-old clerk of the Pentecost District at Assin Fosu in the Central Region, Gregory Osei Donkor has appeared before a Circuit Court in...

Bawumia enstooled ‘Nkosuohene’ of Effiduase [Photos]

Vice President Dr Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia has been enstooled as the ‘Nkosuohene’ of Effiduase in the Ashanti Region. He was enstooled in recognition of the...

Dr. UN picked up by police [Video]

Self-acclaimed Global Ambassador for the United Nations (UN), Kwame Fordjour, popularly known as Dr UN, has reportedly been arrested. According to reports, he was arrested...

University senior staff declare strike

Senior staff in universities in Ghana are set to embark on a strike on Monday, October 19, 2020, over the government's failure to better their...

Police retrieve weapons at Lashibi [Photos+Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Police retrieve weapons at Lashibi The regional police command has intercepted two pump-action weapons and 100 rounds of AK 47 ammunition in a...

Ghana has not recorded Cholera case in 3 years – Sanitation Minister

Ghana has, for the past three years, not recorded an outbreak of cholera due to strict health measures implemented by the government, the Minister...

Students to be promoted next academic year without assessment – GES

The Deputy Director-General of Ghana Education Service (GES) in charge of Quality and Access says that students would advance to the next level of...

‘I survived 7 miscarriages, 2 stillbirths & stripped naked before pastors’

Entertainment pundit and event organiser, Whitney Boakye Mensah, has disclosed how difficult life was for her prior to having her first child. Following Selly Galley's...

Jane Naana defends decision to renew UCC teaching contract [Video]

Running mate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has defended her decision to renew her teaching contract with the University of...

Titus-Glover reacts to reports of slapping mentally challenged man [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Titus Glover reacts to reports of slapping mentally challenged man Member of Parliament for Tema East, Daniel Kwartei Titus-Glover, has reacted to social...

Billboard Music Awards 2020: Check out complete list of winners

The Billboard Music Awards took place Wednesday evening with Kelly Clarkson as the host. Despite not having an audience inside the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, Clarkson...

Govt official caught hiding COVID-19 cash in his underwear

Brazilian senator, Chico Rodrigues, who is allied to President Jair Bolsonaro, was caught with money hidden in his underwear. This was during police investigation into...

I will go to jail the first day I become President – Presidential candidate

Hassan Ayariga, the flag bearer of the All People’s Congress (APC), has disclosed that as a sign of his dedication to fighting corruption, he...

Mfantseman MP’s murder: Sister of second wife makes shocking revelation [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Mfantseman MP’s murder: Sister of second wife makes shocking revelation Esther Andoh, junior sister of late Member of Parliament (MP) for Mfantseman, Ekow...

Tears as Lydia Alhassan visits murdered Mfantseman MP’s wife [Photos]

It was a sad moment when the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Lydia Alhassan, mourned with the...

GAF cautions against fake recruitment posts

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has cautioned against the patronage of fake online posts on recruitment and enlistment exercises by the Forces. “These adverts are...

Mahama visits family of late MP for Mfantsiman

The presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress, (NDC), Mr John Dramani Mahama, on Thursday visited the family of the deceased Member of Parliament...

Man whose wedding was disrupted by wife and children breaks silence [Video]

The groom, whose wedding was disrupted by a woman who identified herself as his real wife and mother of his children, has finally cleared...

Police pursue two other suspects in Prof. Benneh’s murder

The Police are on a manhunt for two other suspects involved in the murder of the University of Ghana law lecturer, Professor Emmanuel Yaw...

Rawlings might embarrass me if… – Kweku Baako [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Why Kweku Baako won't go to Rawlings' house to commiserate with him Veteran journalist, Kweku Baako Jnr, has expressed fears ex-President Jerry Rawlings...

Date for Mfantseman MP’s funeral announced

The Nsona family of late Mfantseman Member of Parliament (MP), Ekow Kwansah Hayford has announced the date for his final funeral rites. The family...

Gender Minister reveals last encounter with late Mfantseman MP [Video]

The Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister, Cynthia Mamle Morrison, has revealed what transpired between her and murdered Mfantseman Member of Parliament...

Mad rush for NPP paraphernalia at murdered Mfantseman MP’s one –week observation [Video]

It appears some traders have taken advantage to cash in on New Patriotic Party (NPP) paraphernalia at the one-week celebration of late...

Peace Council Chair cautions political activists ahead of elections [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · All your manifestoes and promises will come to not in the absence of peace Outgoing Peace Council Chair, Most Rev. Professor Emmanuel Asante,...

Shirley Botchwey, Cynthia Morrison, others march to halt violence against women in politics

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Loyal Ladies under the youth wing of the party have hit the streets of Suhum to march to halt violence...