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Diesel tankers gutted by fire in Takoradi

Two diesel tankers due to discharge fuel at a station at Apremdo in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis have been gutted by fire. The two trucks were...

Y’asem Nie: Of Galamsey pits and dark underworld of illegal activities – Accounts of former ‘child galamseyer’

An 'ex-galamseyer', Kojo Owusu, has shared his experience on the life-threatening occupation of illegal mining, popularly known in Ghana as 'galamsey'. Mr Owusu, known to...

Y’asem Nie: Former ‘galamsey’ kingpin makes important connection between galamsey pits and crime [Video]

A man, identified as Kojo Owusu, has revealed how most wanted criminals use galamsey pits as a hideout haven from the police. As someone who...

Armed robbers shot my dad seven times – Ghanaian singer

Singer Irene Logan says she is no longer keeping her life story to herself and has narrated how armed robbers shot her stepfather seven...

Awutu Senya East MP supports Association of Private Schools

The Member of Parliament (MP)/ Minister for Special Development Initiatives, Mrs Mavis Hawa Koomson of Awutu Senya East Constituency, who is known as Obaatanpa,...

Press Freedom: MFWA boss challenges Mahama’s number one claim

The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, has described as false claims by former President John Mahama on...

Afia Schwarzenegger reminds ‘hypocritical’ movie stars of another ailing colleague [video]

Ghanaian comedian, Afia Schwarzenegger, has told movie stars in the country to go help Emmanuel Armah, another ailing colleague of theirs.   Her call on...

Coronavirus: No soldier has tested positive – Defence Minister

Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul, is a happy man because none of his officers and men of the Ghana Armed Forces has tested positive...

Man cheats death; survives close range gunfire [photos]

Elder Newland Ansah-Baah, secretary to the Kofi Akrashie Stool, on Tuesday evening survived an assassination attempt. Mr Ansah-Baah is reported to have been shot four...

Details of Bishop Bernard Nyarko’s one-week observance out (Watch)

Bishop Bernard Nyarko's family has finally revealed details for the one-week observance of the late actor. Bishop Nyarko passed away at the Greater Accra...

Mud swallows bulldozer operator in the Ashanti region

A bulldozer operator of about 30 years has died in an illegal mining pit after the mud swallowed him with the heavy equipment at...

National Media Commission cautions journalists against fake news

The National Media Commission (NMC) has cautioned journalists to avoid being used as conduits for the propagation of fake news. Chairman of the Commission, Yaw...

Illegal border crossing: 4 Burkinabés arrested

Officials of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) have arrested four Burkinabés at Balibe Inland Post in the Lawra District of the Upper West Region. They...

Coronavirus: 12 patients in Northern region recover

Health authorities in the Northern region say 12 out of 16 Covid-19 patients who are being treated have made full recovery. Regional Health Director, Dr...

Covid-19: We are not out of the woods – National House of Chiefs tells traditional leaders

The National House of Chiefs (NHC) has admonished traditional leaders to adhere to the social distancing protocols outlined by President Akufo-Addo and health experts...

Ghanaians stranded abroad beg Akufo-Addo

There are increasing calls on the government to evacuate Ghanaians stranded in other countries. The latest to join are some Ghanaians stranded in the United...

Ablakwa calls for temporary opening of Ghana’s borders

The Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has backed calls for a temporal opening of Ghana’s borders. This, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa,...

Why NMC can’t ban money doublers, pornography on TV [read]

The National Media Commission (NMC) says it has no power to ban 'money doublers', whose activities have been on ascendancy recently on television stations...

Listen: Why wives of fetish priest, ‘Power 1’ have been declared wanted!

Wives of traditional priest in police custody for allegedly killing a biochemist consultant have been declared wanted. The three women, according to the police, are...

Massive celebration for Nhyira FM’s Mama Effe as she turns 60 [Video]

Long life and prosperity has been the prayer of team members of Multimedia’s Kumasi-based subsidiary, Nhyira FM as one of its on-air personalities marks...

Coronavirus: Gold Fields Ghana staff, wife test positive

Goldfields Ghana has confirmed first Covid-19 case at its Tarkwa mine in the Western region. In a statement copied to Adomonline.com, the company said it...

I was a painter but robbery paid better – Suspect confesses

A 30-year-old man, Chinedu Obinma, who was formerly a painter, has admitted to being an armed robber but gave reasons he chose robbery as...

Man who was rendered impotent and paralyzed after accident gets ¢600K as damages

The Supreme Court in January 2020, delivered judgment in a matter of Kwadwo Appiah vs Kwabena Anane. The plaintiff is a victim of an accident...

Security Council to hold emergency meeting over Sakumono machete attacks

The Tema West Municipal Security Council is expected to hold an emergency meeting today on machete attacks and other developments at Sakumono Village after...

Chief who engaged ‘Power 1’ for money-doubling rituals has made solemn vow

Chief of Kwesikrom, Barimah Opoku Affi Nyarko, the traditional leader who has confessed to consulting fraudulent spiritualist, Power 1, for money-doubling rituals has vowed...

Immigration Service makes 2nd major illegal border-crossing arrests

Officers of the Ghana Immigration Service in the North East region, in collaboration with military personnel, have arrested 23 foreigners for illegal entry into...

Supreme Court rules against Brogya Genfi in Ghana-US Military Cooperation Agreement case

The Supreme Court has, in unanimous decisions, upheld as legal Ghana’s Military Cooperation Agreement with the United States of America. In the year 2018, Brogya...

Coronavirus: I’m exposed – Health Minister reveals [audio]

Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has revealed he is exposed to the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) than people can imagine. He explained that he, together with...

Coronavirus: Check out how Korle Bu doctors jubilated after 100% recoveries[video]

Medical doctors at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital who treated coronavirus (COVID-19) patients expressed their joy at their recovery in a very unique way. All the...

Annual ban on drumming and noise-making in Greater Accra starts on May 11

The annual ban on drumming and noise-making within the Greater Accra Region will commence on Monday, May 11 and be lifted on Thursday, June...

Okyenhene donates GH¢ 100,000 to Covid-19 Fund; food items, PPEs to Akyem Abuakwa residents

The Okyenhene, Amoatia Ofori Panin, has donated food items, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and an amount of GH¢ 100,000.00 towards the fight against Covid-19...

59 CSOs fight for NCCE

Fifty-nine Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the country have petitioned the government, to as a matter of urgency, resource the National Commission for Civic...

Assemblies of God Church reveals total monies received in tithes and offerings since March

A prophet at the Grace Assemblies of God Church has lamented the low revenues generated by the church due to the ban placed on...

Coronavirus: Accra leads with over 2000 cases

Ghana has now recorded 2,719 coronavirus cases, the Ghana Health Service has confirmed. The Greater Accra region has recorded 480 new Covid-19 cases bringing the...

Coronavirus: All patients at Korle-Bu recover

All seven Covid-19 patients being attended to at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital have been treated and discharged. According to Chief executive Officer of the country’s...

ECG ‘torments’ Kumasi with ‘dumsor’

Residents of Kumasi are furious over the seeming poor performance of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Ashanti region.Their anger stems from...

Covid-19: Public Health Officer cautions against commercial nail cutting

A Public Health Officer, Cindy Appiah Ofori, has admonished the public to be extra careful in patronising commercial nail dressers amid the coronavirus pandemic. According...

Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development to distribute 40,000 facemasks to fishers

The Director of the Greater Accra Fisheries Commission has indicated the Fisheries and Aquaculture Development Ministry’s preparedness to distribute 40,000 facemasks to fishing communities...

Chief confesses to consulting arrested fetish priest for money rituals [video]

Chief of Kwesikrom, Barimah Opoku Afi Nyarko, has confessed to consulting arrested fetish priest, Power 1, for money rituals after getting wind of the...

Trickery, fraud and tyranny: Inside the mind of deadly fetish priest, ‘Power 1’ [Audio]

Nana Poku Asi Nyarko, Chief of Sakyikrom, a town near Adeiso in the Eastern region where a fetish priest and his accomplices were arrested...