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Taadi missing girls: Judgment day set for March 5

The Sekondi High Court has set March 5, 2021 as judgment day in the murder case involving two Nigerian nationals, Samuel Udoetuk Wills and John Oji,...

Monkey delivered of a baby through C-section at Kumasi Zoo [Photos]

A mona monkey at the Kumasi Zoological Gardens has given birth to a baby male primate through a C-section. The surgery was conducted by Dr...

Cleaner jailed 15 years for defilement

There was drama at an Accra Circuit Court when a 33-year-old cleaner, who had denied defiling a 10-year-old girl at Sabon Zongo, near Laterbiokoshie,...

Sammy Gyamfi justifies Mahama’s decision to inspect EC’s documents

National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has described their request to inspect the Electoral Commission (EC)'s documents as a step in...

Mahama’s emotional tribute to late Radio Gold founder

Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed pain and disappointment following the death of Kwasi Sainti Baffoe-Bonni (Babo). Taking to his Facebook page, Mr Mahama...

Fire destroys part of Tesano Police Barracks [Photos]

Fire has destroyed parts of the Tesano Police Barracks in the Greater Accra Region, leaving some personnel and their families homeless. Reports indicate the fire,...

Coronavirus: 8-month-old baby tests positive at Tamale Teaching Hospital

An eight-month-old baby has tested positive for Covid-19 at the Tamale Teaching Hospital in the Northern Region. Also, a one-year-old baby has tested positive in...

Notorious criminal on wanted list bites off policeman’s thumb [Photo]

A man, described as a notorious criminal who has been on the police wanted list, has bitten off the thumb of one corporal Kasim...

Policeman allegedly slaps journalist who asked for his face mask

A journalist with Obrumankoma FM at Mankessim in the Central Region had the shock of his life on Wednesday. This was when he was allegedly...

Covid-19: GHS states position on hydrogen peroxide

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has expressed reservations about the suitability of hydrogen peroxide in the fight against coronavirus. According to the Director-General of the...

Covid-19 deaths: GHS fights off claims of massaging figures [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · GHS ON MORGUE WORKERS The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has fought off claims by the Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) that the...

Why ‘trotro’ was exempted from Covid-19 restrictions [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Why public transports not part of latest coronavirus restrictions The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, has disclosed why commercial...

Aker Energy appoints Kadijah Amoah as CEO of Ghana office

Aker Energy AS has promoted Mrs Kadijah Amoah as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Aker Energy Ghana Limited, effective January 4, 2021. Until her announcement,...

18 feared dead, over 70 others injured in Buipe-Tamale highway accident

Some 18 people are feared dead after the vehicles they were travelling in were involved in an accident at Sarekyekura, a farming community near...

Election Petition: Franklin Cudjoe grades Kpessa Whyte

President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has backed Dr Michael Kpessa Whyte on statements he made at the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Dr Kpessa-Whyte, the second...

Check out some former heads of State in Africa who attended Achimota School

The Achimota School was founded in 1924 and formally opened in 1927. The school was formally opened in 1927 as a boarding school with the...

Manya NPP, polling executives call for DCE’s ‘head’

There is an ongoing uproar in the Upper Manya constituency as the New Patriotic Party (NPP) polling station executives and coordinators are calling for...

Check out list of Ghanaian lawyers called to the Gambian Bar

About 65 percent of lawyers called to the Gambia Bar in 2021 are Ghanaian law students who left Ghana and opted to study law...

Council of State list: The proper thing must be done – Bagbin sends message to Office of President

Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has sent a message to the Office of the President for failing to communicate three particular names on...

GNASSM shuts down ‘illegal mining’ firm at Aowin

Taskforce for Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners (GNASSM) has shut down a mining firm in the Aowin Municipality of the Western North Region...

Why Kasoa residents want Weija-Kasoa tollbooth relocated [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Residents of Kasoa calls for relocation of Weija-Kasoa tollbooth Some residents of Kasoa have called for the relocation of the Weija-Kasoa tollbooth. This, according...

Quick steps for free COVID-19 testing

The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) has outlined procedures for the free COVID-19 testing for all Ghanaians. The eight-step practice is to identify...

UK’s COVID-19 variants spreading faster in Ghana – GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says the new Covid-19 variants from the United Kingdom (UK) are spreading faster and widely among the Ghanaian population,...

Robbery: Man, 29, shot dead at Dangermu

A 29-year-old motor rider, Kofi Twumasi, has been shot dead in a robbery attack at Sefwi Dangermu in the Juaboso District of the Western...

Boy, 14, crashed to death at Techiman

A Nissan pickup with registration number GN 534-20 has crashed a 14-year-old boy to death at Techiman in the Bono East Region. The boy, identified...

Fire consumes 12-bedroom house at Sampa

A twelve-bedroom house has been fully engulfed by fire at Sampa in the Jaman North District of the Bono Region. The fire is said...

Former National Security Advisor reported dead!

Joshua Hamidu, a former National Security Advisor under the erstwhile John Agyekum Kufuor administration, has been reported dead. Aged 85, the news of his...

Anlo Traditional Council announces date for Rawlings’ second funeral

The Anlo Traditional Council has announced the date for the funeral of late ex-President Jerry John Rawlings. The Council has scheduled what they described as...

Policeman shot dead, another injured in highway robbery

A policeman has been shot dead with another injured after a highway robbery at Pramkese near Kade in the Eastern Region. The deceased has...

How Quiz mistress reacted to video of Asiedu Nketia with NSMQ tune

Quiz Mistress, Professor Elsie Effah Kaufmann, has reacted to the video of the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia,...

Dr Letsa ‘sweet talks’ Voltarians

The Volta Regional Minister-Designate, Dr Archibald Letsa, has said some sweet words to the people in his region following his reappointment. Dr Letsa has assured...

Former NDC Chairman passes on (Photo)

Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Chairman for Kintampo North in the Bono East Region, George Wood is dead. His demise comes hours after he complained...

Koku Anyidoho mocks NDC

Former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, has mocked his party over some courtroom scenes in the ongoing election...

NPP MP involved in serious accident, 8 injured [Photos]

Member of Parliament (MP) for Akyem Oda, Alexander Akwasi Acquah, has escaped death after a commercial vehicle crashed into his pickup. Eight passengers, who were...

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah reacts to Asiedu Nketia’s courtroom saga

Asiedu Nketia has been freed from the witness stand, but as to whether he came out victorious, Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ofoase-Ayirebi...

Akufo-Addo accepts credential of 6 envoys

President Nana Akufo-Addo has accepted the letters of credence of six new envoys from China, Korea, Canada, Austria, Namibia and Mexico. At separate events at...

Tamale teachers embark on strike following attack on three of their colleagues

Teachers of basic schools in the Tamale Metropolis have embarked on a sit-down strike to protest an assault on three of their colleagues. This comes...

Two dead, one injured in Wa Magazine petrol tanker blast

Two persons died on Monday at Wa Magazine in the Upper West Region following a blast of a petrol tanker. According to reports, the two...

Suspect admits knowing two of murdered Takoradi girls

The first accused in the ongoing case of the murder of the Takoradi kidnapped girls, Sam Udeotuk Wills, on February 1, 2021, admitted before...

‘Time with Maame Grace’ returns on Adom TV, Adom FM

'Time with Maame Grace', your Christian motivational and inspirational show, is set for its Sunday and Wednesday broadcasts on Adom TV and Adom 106.3...