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COCOBOD CEO schools Mahama on cocoa

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of COCOBOD, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has offered some lessons to the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama. To...

#EndSARS protest: Buhari to address Nigerians tonight

Following detailed briefing by security chiefs on the current situation in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari will address the nation this evening at 7:pm. A...

Akyem Batabi church building collapse: Death toll rises to 20 [Video]

The death toll in the church building collapse at Akyem Batabi in the Eastern Region has risen to 20. Adom News' Kwasi Azor,...

Multimedia Group’s Chief HR Officer bags big appointment

The Chief Human Resources Officer of the Multimedia Group Limited, Samuel Nana Mbroh Elegba, has been appointed a Member of the National Council of Ghana...

Check out some 1D1F businesses so far

National Coordinator for the One-District-One-Factory (1D1F) initiative, Gifty Ohene Konadu, has opened up on some businesses under the policy. According to her, some of the...

Akufo-Addo consoles affected families of Akyem Batabi church collapse

President Akufo- Addo has eulogised some 16 Ghanaians who have lost their lives in a church building collapse at Akyem Batabi. The Church of...

Ghanaians react after Pope Francis’ endorsement of civil union laws for same-sex couples

Pope Francis has said that he thinks same-sex couples should be allowed to have “civil unions” but many Ghanaians have expressed disappointment in his...

NDC MPs threaten to sue Audit Service Board over Domelovo

The Minority in Parliament has threatened to use legal means to challenge the decision by the Audit Service Board to audit the foreign travels...

Pokuase Interchange workers strike over poor conditions of service

Workers of the Chinese company constructing the Pokuase Interchange have begun a strike action to press home their demand for better working conditions. Among other...

University of Ghana cancels proposed 2020/21 academic calendar

Management of the University of Ghana, Legon, has suspended its proposed academic calendar for the 2020/21 academic year. Following a meeting held by the Business...

Newlyweds fall flat while dancing at their wedding [Video]

A video fast circulating online has captured moments a newly wedded couple fell flat at their wedding ceremony. The two were seen happily dancing in...

Aluminum Fabrication Association cries to govt for intervention

Aluminum Fabrication Association of Ghana (ALUFAG) is appealing to the government for the reduction of taxes as well as dealing with the dollar. At a...

You could now be jailed for up to 25 years for corruption in Ghana

Parliament has passed the Criminal Offences Amendment Bill 2020. The bill among others changes the status of corruption from a misdemeanour to a felony. That means...

Govt secures $103m loan for electricity extension

Deputy Minister of Energy, Owuraku Aidoo, has disclosed the government has secured a loan of $103 million to extend electricity to 582 communities in...

One dead in accident on Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway

A young man, believed to be in his late 20s, has been crashed to death at Kese Wokan near Awutu Bereku on the Kasoa-Cape...

Akyem Batabi church building collapse: How an old woman was rescued [Watch)

A woman has been rescued from the collapsed church building at Akyem Batabi in the Eastern Region. The unidentified woman was saved by the rescue...

Road accidents claim lives of 242 persons in 3 Regions

A total of 242 people have died through 591 road accidents recorded from January to September this year. The accidents were recorded in the Bono,...

I will stop campaigning for Akufo-Addo if …… – Abronye DC

The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe Abronye, has sent a message of caution to President Nana Akufo-Addo. Abronye DC,...

Three earthquake early warning equipment installed to detect tremors in advance

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, has revealed that the government has taken steps to detect earthquakes way in advance before...

Juaboso-Bia Forestry Commission supplies desks to three districts

To reduce the infrastructural deficit in some public schools in the Western North Region, the Juaboso-Bia Forestry Commission has distributed 300 mono desks to...

Rawlings wades into Nigeria’s #EndSARS protest, killings

Former Ghanaian leader, Jerry John Rawlings has lent his voice to the happenings ongoing in naighbouring Nigeria regarding an #ENDSARS campaign. The anti-police brutality campaign,...

View beautiful photos of Ghana’s first Railway Training School as it readies for intake in 2021

Renovation works on Ghana’s first Railway University at Essikado in the Western region has been completed as the school readies itself for admissions in...

Akyem Batabi church collapse: Survivor recounts horrifying incident [Video]

A survivor of the Church of Prosperity collapse at Akyem Batabi has recounted the horrifying incident. The church in the Asene-Manso-Akroso District of...

Check out state of Akyem Batabi Church building before it collapsed [Photo]

A photo of the state of Akyem Batabi Church building in the Eastern Region before it collapsed has popped up online. The building, prior to its...

Okada rider feared dead in multiple Anyaa Market vehicle collision [Video+Photos]

An okada rider is feared dead in a multiple vehicle collision at the Awoshie Anyaa market in Accra. Reports say the brakes of a cargo...

We’re grateful for ending our 40-year wait for a region – Nkaseim chiefs to Akufo-Addo

The Twafohene of Nkaseim, Nana Sarfo Kantanka, has, on behalf of the chiefs and people of Nkaseim and Ahafo, commended President Nana Addo Dankwa...

#EndSARS protest: ECOWAS reacts to police brutality in Nigeria

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has reacted to the violence visited on citizens demonstrating against police brutality in Nigeria. The Commission expressed...

Shocking: 18-year-old JHS graduate’s p3nis shrinks after a touch from friend

There was drama in the studios of Nhyira FM when an 18-year old Junior High School graduate lamented the shrinking of his...

60-year-old dumpsite evacuated in Ahafo region

A 60-year-old dumpsite in the Ahafo Region has been evacuated by the government. The evacuation exercise was through the effort of the Ministry of Sanitation...

Television serial number exposes thief

An unemployed man, who allegedly stole a flat-screen television (TV) set, got exposed when the real owner spelt out its serial number. Yaw Opoku, who...

ECOWAS Chair Akufo-Addo reacts to #EndSARS protest in Nigeria

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has finally added his voice to the ongoing #EndSARS protest in Nigeria, which resulted in many deaths and injury...

Ghana Link, Customs begin refresher training

Ghana Link Network Services Ltd in collaboration with the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has begun another round of refresher training...

Bureau of Public Safety blames church collapse on Building Inspectorate Department

The Bureau of Public Safety has blamed the collapse of a three-storey church at Akim Batabi on the Building Inspectorate Department of the Akim...

UK Parliament reacts to killing of #EndSARS protesters in Nigeria [Video]

The United Kingdom's Parliament has condemned the attack on peaceful #EndSARS protesters at Lekki toll gate in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. It...

Former ECOWAS member reported dead

Bashir Mamman IFO, the immediate past President of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), passed on in Lomé on October 20, 2020,...

Kwaw Kese’s message to Akufo-Addo over protest in Nigeria [Video]

Rapper Kwaw Kese says he is surprised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has remained silent as the chairman of the Economic Community of West...

New date for population census announced

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that the next Population and Housing Census (PHC) has been scheduled for between April and May 2021. He...

Minister reveals where 157 seized excavators are being kept [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · MISSING EXCAVATORS currently in the custody of govt- Minister Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, says a total of 157 seized...

Pressure mounts on ECOWAS chair Akufo-Addo to speak on violence in Nigeria

Pressure is mounting on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to speak out on the ongoing protests in Nigeria after protesters were reportedly injured and...

Govt revives affordable housing scheme; 200 Units to be delivered yearly

The government has revived the affordable housing scheme to deliver at least 200 housing units for public sector workers annually in a bid to...