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Businessman in court over stolen vehicle

A 29-year-old businessman who rented a Toyota Corolla from a car renting firm and failed to return it has appeared before an Accra Circuit...

Identity of man found dead in hotel revealed!

A man, believed to be in his late 60s, who checked into a hotel room but was later found dead under mysterious circumstances, has...

IGP interdicts two police officers

The Acting Inspector General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh, has directed the immediate interdiction of two police officers Two officers, No.48991 Lance Corporal Emmanuel Yao Abusah...

I have been denied access to my client – Lawyer of market fires suspect

Victor Kojoga Adawuda, lawyer for one Eric Adogla, an alleged suspect in the recent market fires says he has been denied access to him. The...

Meet the youngest Assemblies of God pastor

A 24-year-old student of the University of Cape Coast Medical School, Gifty Frimpong has been ordained minister of the gospel in the Assemblies of...

READ: Agyinasare’s ‘love letter’ to Akufo-Addo

Founder of Perez Chapel International, Most Rev Charles Agyinasare, is hoping President Nana Akufo-Addo will reduce the number of ministers in his government. In his...

Market fires: Driver of NDC deputy General Secretary arrested!

Eric Adogla, driver of the Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamah Otokunor has been reportedly picked up by...

Beiersdorf Ghana donates food van to Food For All Africa to feed the vulnerable in society

Beiersdorf Ghana Limited, producers of Nivea Skin Care Products, has donated food van to Food for All Africa (FFAA), to feed the less-privileged in...

Coronavirus: Ghana to receive vaccines by end of March 2021 – GHS

President Akufo-Addo’s announcement of steps to procure the newly-developed vaccines for the novel coronavirus is beginning to take shape. The Ghana Health Service...

Forensic scientist makes shocking revelation on recent fire outbreaks [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Forensic scientist makes shocking revelation on recent fire outbreaks Forensic Scientist, Lawrence Yen has described recent fire outbreaks in Greater Accra as deliberate. According...

UG students petition VC over proposed ‘double track system’

A group on the campus of the University of Ghana calling itself Concerned Students Association have petitioned management of the university over the proposed...

Man beheads mother at Asamankese

A 41-year-old man, Kwaku Appau, popularly known as Kwaku Bankye has allegedly beheaded his mother at Asamankese in the Eastern region. The suspect, who an...

Two dead in tricycle clash at Kpandai

Two persons are feared dead in a tricycle clash on the Kpandai-Salaga road in the Northern Region. According to an eyewitness who spoke Adom News,...

ECG urged to immediately resolve prepaid card meter billings

The Institute for Energy Securities wants the Electricity Company of Ghana to immediately resolve issues with prepaid card meters and billings. According to the IES,...

Two persons battling for their lives over an antelope

Two persons are said to be battling for their lives after sustaining life threatening injuries after chasing and knocking down an antelope. The incident is...

Market fire: Tema traders cry for protection

Traders in Tema are calling on security agencies to protect their shops from the rampant fire outbreak in the country. In an interview on Adom...

Kiva Foundation blesses widows with cash, food items ahead of X’mas

Charity organisation Kiva Foundation has donated some food items and cash to some widows ahead of the Christmas holidays. According to the Chief Executive Officer...

GIBA condemns post-election attacks on media houses and journalists

The Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) has criticised the physical and verbal attacks on media houses and journalists after the December 7, general election. In...

Passengers escape death as VIP bus burns beyond recognition [Photos+Video]

About 34 passengers onboard a VIP bus with registration number GT 4159 have escaped death after the vehicle caught fire. The incident occurred...

ECG must undo illegal connections at market places – Fire Service

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has called on the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to undo illegal connections at market places to avert...

US-based Ghanaian surgeon pleads guilty to federal healthcare fraud

US-based Ghanaian cardiovascular surgeon, Dr Moses DeGraft-Johnson who was earlier this year charged for participating in a federal healthcare fraud has pleaded guilty. The 46-year-old...

NPP maidens call for MCE’s ‘head’ over hotel comments

New Patriotic Party (NPP) maidens under the women’s wing in the Kpone-Katamanso constituency have descended heavily on Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the area,...

Fire destroys four-bedroom flat at Adansi-Asokwa [Photos]

Fire has run through a four-bedroom flat at Adansi Asokwa in the Ashanti Region destroying the entire edifice. Reports indicate the Fomena Fire Service was...

Fire guts Kaneshie market [Video + Photos]

A portion of the Kaneshie market in Accra has been gutted by fire. The news of the fire broke out in the early hours of...

2 policemen, civilian busted for attempting to sell weapons

Two police officers in active service and their civilian accomplice have been arrested for attempting to sell weapons to plain-clothed police investigators at Achimota. ...

Renowned businessman laid to rest [Photos]

It was a difficult moment for family and friends when renowned businessman, Atu Mould was laid to rest.  The 48-year-old, who is a nephew of...

Luv FM, Nhyira FM organise blood donation for KATH [Photos]

A blood donation drive by Luv FM and Nhyira FM in Kumasi, a subsidiary of the Multimedia Group attracted selfless voluntary donors. The regular blood...

Election 2020: NDC is being unreasonably greedy – Afenyo-Markin

The Effutu Member of Parliament (MP) says the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is being unreasonably greedy following the results of the 2020 general election....

Tamale NDC Chairman’s 413-acre rice farm set ablaze [Video]

Some 320 out of 413 acres of rice farm belonging to the Northern Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ibrahim Mobila, has...

Traders displaced as fire guts shops at Asankragwa market

Traders have been displaced after fire razed through the Asankragwa market in the Amenfi West Municipality of the Western Region. Reports indicate the fire incident...

Election 2020 was not peaceful, free and fair as expected – Sammy Gyamfi [Video]

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said the 2020 elections were not peaceful, free and fair as many have...

Rawlings’ burial: Paramount Chief writes to family

The Paramount Chief of the Tefle Traditional Area in the Volta Region, Togbe Nakakpo Dugbaza VIII, has made an appeal to the family of...

Artisan remanded over sex with minor

A 34-year-old artisan, Carlos Kofi Apeti, is said to have allegedly lured a 14-year-old girl into a wooden structure at Mempeasem, near East Legon...

GIPC, German Cooperation sign €762,300 financing agreement

The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has signed a €762,300 financing agreement with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development to help...

Police chase election violence suspects

The Ghana Police Service is pursuing all suspects identified to be involved in violent activities, including the discharge of firearms during the December 7,...

Set up independent body to investigate police over … – Agalga

The Minority Spokesperson on Defence and Interior says an independent body must be set up to investigate several electoral deaths in which the police...

Young Health Advocates pay courtesy call on presidential advisor on HIV in Ghana

A delegation from Young Health Advocates Ghana (YHAG), a national network of young people working to prevent HIV among young Ghanaians under the auspices...

Meet the lawyer whose fees were paid by Dr Bawumia

A lawyer, who was recently called to the bar, Akbar Yussif Rohullah Khomeini, has showered praises on Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for paying...

Residents sit on time bomb amid rains, chocked, dirty and smelly gutters [Photos]

The rainy season is here again and residents, who have erected property along drainage lines have, as expected, begun feeling jittery. What are their fears?...

Kantamanto traders hail Bawumia over this…

Traders at Kantamanto within the Central Business District of Accra have hailed Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and the government for providing them with...