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Western Togoland: Okudzeto Ablakwah urges National Security apparatus to be proactive

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwah has called on national security forces to be up and doing following another suspected separatist...

Couple in grips of Akuse police for burning hands of 11-year-old girl

A couple is facing charges after the woman allegedly dipped the hands of an 11-year-old girl in hot water months ago and failed to...

Desist from shoddy works – Minister tells road contractors

Roads and Highways Minister, Kwesi Amoako-Atta, has advised contractors working on the various road projects in the country to desist from doing shoddy works. He...

The National Theatre silenced by coronavirus

The National Theatre, one of Ghana’s biggest performance spaces, has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic as it struggles to catch its breath...

Vacate Akwamu immediately- Akwamumanhene warns secessionists

The Akwamuman Traditional leaders in the Eastern Region have expressed concern over the separatist groups who are trying to claim certain parts of Akwamu...

My clients are innocent – Lawyer defends 31 suspected Volta secessionists

JoyNews/AdomNews · My clients had nothing to do with disturbance – Lawyer defends 31 suspected secessionists Lawyer for the 31 suspects arrested in connection with...

Volta secessionists’ attacks: GJA cautions media against explosive reportage

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has called on media practitioners to be circumspect in the reportage surrounding some sensitive issues ongoing in the country. The...

Crash ‘Western Togolanders’ immediately – Minister charges Govt [audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Crash ‘Western Togolanders’ immediately – Minister charges Gov’t Deputy Minister for Transport, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, has described the actions of the Western...

Western Togoland: Vehicles, weapons stolen by separatists retrieved

The Ghana Police Service has announced that it has taken possession of items such as weapons and vehicles stolen by members of the Western...

Volta secessionists plan to bomb Akosombo Dam, Adomi Bridge, others – [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Volta secessionists plan to bomb Akosombo dam, Adomi bridge others More explosive revelations are emerging from the activities of the secessionist group in...

Breast Care Int’l announces plan for 2020 awareness month

Breast Care International (BCI) has announced the innovative ways it will hold the 2020 October breast cancer month as Covid-19 still lingers. According to the...

31 alleged Volta secessionists charged

Thirty-one persons arrested over Friday dawn’s revolt in the Volta Region have been slapped with five charges by state prosecutors at an Accra Circuit...

KNUST appoints new Pro-Vice-Chancellor

The Council of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has appointed Professor Ellis Owusu-Dabo as Pro Vice-chancellor at its 260th meeting held...

Full text: Minority speaks on Auditor-General’s 2019 report

A CALL FOR THE SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION OF REPORTS OF THE AUDITOR-GENERAL FOR 2019 FINANCIAL YEAR BY THE MINORITY CAUCUS IN PARLIAMENT PRESS BRIEFING BY...

I am not too well – Asante-Akim North MP facing contempt pleads in court

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Asante-Akim North constituency, Andy Kwame Appiah-Kubi, who is facing a contempt charge, has pleaded for adjournment because he...

Akufo-Addo rescinds decision to sack Sekyere East DCE

The President of Ghana has rescinded his decision to sack the District Chief Executive (DCE) for the Sekyere East District, Mary Boatemaa Marfo. This comes...

Two friends in trouble as ‘gala’ ends in pregnancy [Video]

Two friends, Abeiku and Charles, are snapping their fingers in regret after a threesome ended in pregnancy and childbirth. When the first cry of the...

Four more suspected members of Western Togoland group arrested

 Four more persons have been arrested in connection with the chaos on the Kpong-Akosombo road on Friday. This comes after a group of young men,...

Volta Region to get two railway lines

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Keta, Godwin Edudzi Yao Effah says discussions are ongoing for the development of two railway lines linking coastal...

Franklin Cudjoe warns Speaker over UEW award

Policy and Education think-tank, IMANI Ghana, has advised the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye against accepting honorary doctorate degree award from the...

Man commits suicide at 37 bus stop [Photos]

Hawkers and passengers at the 37 bus stop in Accra were left in shock on Sunday when a middle-aged man committed suicide by the...

Politician suspended after he was caught sucking bre*st during virtual meeting

A lawmaker in Argentine has gone viral after his libido spiraled out of control during a virtual congress session with fellow politicians as he...

NPP guru reported dead!

A New Patriotic Party (NPP) Stalwart, Alhaji Seini Maiga, has been reported dead. Though the cause of death is not clear, the news of...

Another crash at Sege claims 2 lives

Two persons died when two vehicles collided at Sege in the Greater Accra Region last Saturday. The incident — the latest deadly crash on the...

What Nana Konadu said about relationship with mother-in-law [Listen]

Wife of Ex-President Rawlings, Nana Konadu Agyeman, has recounted her relationship with her late mother-in-law, Victoria Agbotui. Like many relationships which are not all rosy...

We’re not consignee of 152kg of cocaine intercepted at Tema- Global cargo and commodities limited

Management of Global Cargo and Commodities Limited, have through their lawyers at Blay and Associates denied being the consignee of the alleged 152kg of...

Govt has identified sources of funding to Western Togoland secessionists – Oppong-Nkrumah

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said Government and security agencies have identified the sources of funding and key actors behind the Western Togoland...

Western Togoland: Plebiscite that established Volta Region wasn’t time-bound – Oppong Nkrumah

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has disputed claims that the plebiscite that saw to the creation of the Volta Region was time-bound. Speaking to the...

Mortuary workers to strike again!

The Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) says it would be embarking on a nationwide strike from Thursday October 1, 2020, following an unsuccessful...

Anlo State condemns ‘Western Togolanders’

The chiefs and people of Anlo in the Volta Region have called on the State to bring to book persons involved in the recent...

Security forces hunt for ‘Western Togolanders’ who attacked police stations in Volta Region

Combined security personnel made up of Counter Terrorism Unit of the Police Service and Armed Forces on Friday embarked on an intensive search for...

‘Western Togolanders’ attack: Doctors who cared for Divisional Commander make shocking revelations

Doctors who first attended to a police chief caught up in the revolt by secessionist group on Friday have revealed that they retrieved 19...

Hohoe Chiefs dissociate themselves from secessionists’ group

The Chiefs and people of Gbi-Hohoe have dissociated themselves and condemned the activities of the secessionist group calling itself the “Homeland Study Group Foundation,”...

Nine new model schools to be completed by end of 2020 – Education Minister

The Education Minister has assured President Nana Akufo-Addo, that the nine model schools being constructed by his government will be completed by the end...

Musician sentenced for lottery fraud

Reuben Abusah alias Last Burial, a 20-year-old musician and a resident of Akatsi in the Volta Region, has been sentenced by the Ho Circuit...

152kg of cocaine concealed in sugar intercepted at Tema Port

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has intercepted 152kg of cocaine concealed in a shipment of sugar from Brazil at the Tema Harbour. A statement from...

Ejisu police arrest 11 suspected criminals in swoop

The Ejisu District police have arrested 11 persons suspected to be involved in various criminal activities in a swoop carried in some communities in...

Sefa Kayi speaks on reports that he is resigning from Peace FM

Kwami Sefa Kayi, the host of Peace FM's Kokrokoo morning show, has spoken amid reports that he is resigning from the station. Reports surfaced...

Western Togoland: This is first successful attack by a secessionist group in Sahel Sahara, West Africa – Security expert

Security expert, Prof Kwesi Aning, has described the attack on security forces by some armed men believed to be members of the Western Togoland secession...

Western Togoland attack: Minister unmasks all involved

The Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Letsa, says the country’s security forces were aware of a series of planned attacks by Western Togoland Restoration...