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LGBTQI: Religious leaders to hit the streets if – Islamic cleric warns [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Religious leaders to hit the streets if The spokesperson for the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Aremeyaw Shaibu, is hinting of massive protest if...

Reactions on social media as Ghanaians get ready to take Covid-19 vaccines

Some Ghanaians have taken to social media to debate on whether the Covid-19 vaccine will be a good shot for them to guard themselves...

Hit-and-run taxi driver kills 8-year-old boy

A hit-and-run driver heading towards Asamankese from Nsawam yesterday knocked and instantly killed an eight-year-old boy, Isaac Adom. The deceased, who hails and stays with...

What police found after raiding LGBT office in Accra

Heavily Armed Policemen have raided a house at Ashongman suspected to be the location of the LGBT office in Accra. Joy News' Fred Smith, who...

COVID-19: Ashanti Region to receive two million vaccines

About two million COVID-19 vaccines will be sent to the Ashanti Region, Regional Director of Health, Dr Emmanuel Tinkorang, has said. This comes after Ghana...

Three busted in attempt to snatch vehicle

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested three persons who attempted to snatch an uber driver's vehicle on the N1 highway. The incident is reported...

Boyfriend sets lover ablaze; one relative dies [Video]

A 22-year-old man, whose name was given as Wisdom, has set his girlfriend ablaze after a quarrel ensued between the two.  Reports have...

Ghanaian feminists declare support for LGBTQIs

A group of Ghanaian feminists have declared their support for LGBT+ Rights Ghana and persons advocating for the rights of queer and transgender people...

Man found dead in public washroom at Amanekrom

A farmer, whose name is yet to be established, has died in a public toilet at Amanekrom in the Asante Akyem North District of...

Koku Anyidoho’s reaction to Akufo-Addo’s photo with E.T. Mensah

The Chief Executive Officer of the Atta-Mills Institute, Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has expressed his delight over a photo of President Nana Akufo-Addo and former...

Former KATH CEO expresses shock over planned demolition of old maternity block

A former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Professor Ohene Adjei, has expressed shock over the decision to demolish...

One dead, others in critical condition in accident on Buipe highway

The driver of a Landcruiser of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has died in a fatal accident on the Buipe-Tamale highway....

SEC warns public against another online trading company

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned the public to abstain from engaging in any capital market activity with Wiseling Online Investment Company....

Former GRA Board Chair passes on [Photos]

A former Board Chair of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Harry Owusu has died. Member for Ablekuma West, Mrs...

Suspected illegal abortion clinic, 8 other health facilities shut down [Video]

A clinic in Kumasi, suspected to be performing illegal abortions, has been shut down by the Health Facility Regulatory Agency (HeFRA). The Lake...

Moses Foh-Amoaning’s harsh words to Gabby Otchere-Darko over LGBTQ+

Moses Foh-Amoaning has challenged Gabby Otchere-Darko to speak up on what he really believes when it comes to the LGBTQ+. He dared the politician to...

Review laws to criminalise homos3xuality – Chief Imam

The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr Usumanu Nuhu Sharubutu, has urged the government to consider the immediate review of the country’s laws to criminalise...

Boy, 19, allegedly sodomises four-year-old girl at Kasoa

A four-year-old girl is in ill health after a 19-year-old young man, Kwabena Dodzi, allegedly sodomised her in an uncompleted building. The mother of the...

Accra is on course in becoming cleanest city in Africa – Cecilia Dapaah

Sanitation and Water Resources Minister-designate, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has said the government is on course in making the national capital, Accra, the cleanest city...

LGBTQI brouhaha: Pentecost elder makes ‘shocking’ revelation [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · LGBTQI brouhaha: Pentecost elder makes shocking revelations An elder with the Church of Pentecost has said monitoring activities of Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer...

COVID-19: Ghana to receive first batch of vaccines on Feb 24

The Government of Ghana will on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, receive the first batch of the coronavirus vaccines at the Kotoka International Airport in...

Traders flee for their lives as fire guts part of Bole market

Traders were in outrage when fire erupted in some parts of the Bole market in the Savannah Region. According to the affected victims, the fire...

Fishermen Council sends important message over Hawa Koomson

The Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council has reacted to the uproar that has greeted Minister-Designate for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Hawa Koomson. Traditional and social media have been inundated with...

What Akufo-Addo demands of the newly constituted Council of State

President Nana Akufo-Addo is demanding of the newly constituted Council of State honest and unblemished truth in engagements on matters of the state. He...

Govt ends double-track system

JoyNews/AdomNews · No double track for form ones – GES The Ghana Education Service (GES) will from this academic year suspend the double-track system employed...

Owusu Bempah warns LGBTQ+ community

Founder and Leader Of Glorious Way Church, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah, says although God is a forgiving God, homosexuality is a sin that he...

Foh Amoaning in trouble over anti-LGBTQI+ movement

The Association of African Albinos has expelled their leader, Moses Foh-Amoaning, for speaking against Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual Transgender and queer Intersex Rights (LGBTQI) movement...

Church of Pentecost okays COVID-19 vaccines

The Church of Pentecost has declared its support for the administration of any approved COVID-19 vaccine to fight the virus in Ghana. The church, in...

Two die in gory accident at Akuse Junction

Two male passengers died while many sustained injuries in a fatal accident that occurred Monday evening on the Tema to Akosombo Highway. The accident, which...

I will take COVID-19 vaccine publicly – Okudzeto-Ablakwa

Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto-Ablakwa, has joined the campaign to educate the public about the COVID-19 vaccines ahead of the...

Let us be careful and not generate hate campaign against LGBTI – Gabby Otchere-Darko

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has advised Ghanaians to be careful and not generate hate against people of the LGBTI community....

The drink that changed my life – Lesbian narrates love story

A 21-year-old lady has opened up on her life as a lesbian and how a glass of drink has changed her life to date. According...

Two injured after truck rams into six cars, shop

A Kia Rhino truck fully loaded with bags of rice, on Monday run into six cars and injured two persons in the process at...

MP vows to resist plot to open LGBTQI office in his constituency

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Sefwi Akontombra constituency has vowed to lead a mammoth demonstration against an LGBTQI office yet to be opened. Alex...

COVID-19: Ghana records 5 deaths, active cases now 6,812

Ghana has recorded 506 new cases of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) increasing the country’s cumulative cases to 80,759. The number of active cases as of...

Over 300,000 small businesses receive govt’s stimulus package

More than 300,000 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have accessed the special fund set up by the government to cushion businesses against the...

Man paraded for allegedly sleeping with sheep

A young boy is devastated after accusations of having sexual intercourse with a sheep at Asante Akyem. Now 21 years old, the suspect was...

M*sturbation: Addicted man pleads for help

A 25-year-old man, who claims to have been masturbating for 11 years now, wants to quit the act. The young man, who made a passionate...

COVID-19 vaccines safe, effective – FDA assures public

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says adequate safety and quality assurance has been done in authorising the two COVID-19 vaccines to be administered...

Another LGBTQI office pops up in Accra [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Kwabenya Traditional Council identifies ‘new’ LGBTQI The Kwabenya Traditional Council in the GA East Municipality of the Greater Accra Region has said it...