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EC to present new Constitutional Instrument for vote transfer

The Electoral Commission (EC) is to present a new Constitutional Instrument (CI) before parliament next week to amend the existing CI 94. The new C.I...

Bono Regional Hospital MD warns staff who flout Covid-19 safety protocols [video]

The Medical Director of the Bono Regional Hospital, Dr. Cardinal Newton says management will not countenance staff who fail to strictly adhere to...

AG’s Office rejects Ato Essien’s refund deal

The Attorney General’s (AG) Office has revealed it has rejected the terms of a refund agreement submitted by the founder of defunct Capital Bank,...

Mother demands abortion after father impregnates daughter [Video]

Deborah Anaji, mother of a 13-year-old girl, is demanding her daughter aborts her two months old pregnancy her father is responsible for. To Madam Anaji,...

NPP man regrets curses in river

One of the four New Patriotic Party (NPP) members in the Juaben Constituency who cursed their party leaders in a river has regretted his weird action. Ransford...

Farmer, 58, murdered in front of his children

 A 58-year-old farmer, identified as Kudjo Dakudzi, has allegedly been murdered at Somanya in the Eastern region over land litigation. The incident is said to...

Coronavirus: KATH orders doctors, nurses at ICU to self quarantine for 14 days

The Management of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, has asked the doctors and nurses working at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)...

Africa reacts to success of dexamethasone trial

South Africa has said it was "considering" treating seriously ill Covid-19 patients with dexamethasone, a steroid drug that British medical scientists have hailed as...

Former TV3 staff who is now a drug addict narrates his story [Video]

Former TV3 lightning technician in 1997, Eric ‘Addotey’ Addo, has opened up about how drugs have affected his life after a friend introduced him...

First batch of ‘stranded’ UK returnees go into mandatory quarantine

Some 224 Ghanaians stranded in the United Kingdom (UK) have successfully returned home through a special arrangement dubbed 'Operation Return Home'. This comes...

Maggots infest an*s of 11-year-old boy after being sodomised

A doctor's revelation on Twitter on how an 11-year-old-boy developed maggots in his anus after years of rape, has left sadness in the heart...

Kennedy Agyapong punches Ibrah One, unleashes investigators on him (Watch)

Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has descended heavily on Ibrahim Dauda, popularly known as Ibrah One. Ibrah One has over the...

Injustice leads to curses – Otumfuo’s Chief Priest warns political leaders

The Nsumankwahene (Chief Priest) to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has cautioned to political leaders to ensure fairness in the way they dealt...

COVID-19: SHSs to benefit from Trust Fund as more donations pour in

The Chairperson of the Board of Trustees for COVID-19 National Trust Fund, Sophia Akuffo, has announced Senior High Schools (SHSs) in Ghana will soon...

Ashanti Juaben residents applaud govt for ‘1 constituency $1m projects’

Residents of Ashanti Juaben in the Ashanti region are applauding the government for providing massive infrastructural projects under the 'One Million One Constituency' policy. According...

Two dead in gory accident at Asiakwa-Kyebi [video]

A bus driver and one passenger have been confirmed dead after two VIP buses crashed in the Eastern Region.  The two buses –...

I will repay GH¢51m debt within two months if… – Woyome

Embattled businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, has stated the condition under which he will be able to repay the GH¢ 51 million judgement debt owed the...

Govt to set up 2 coronavirus hospitals in Ashanti region

Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Bernard Oko Boye, has revealed that the government is taking steps to turn two hospitals in the Ashanti region...

Right to Play Ghana calls for inclusive education amid COVID-19

Right To Play Ghana is urging the government to ensure all children access to quality education due to the challenges the COVID-19 has posed...

2020/21 academic year scholarship interviews begin in Northern Region

About 12,000 students, who applied online for the scholarship and underwent an online aptitude test are being interviewed in the Northern region. The successful students...

Jealous lover allegedly kills rival

A man, identified as Manso, has allegedly stabbed his rival, Bright Oppong to death with a metallic object at Kyebi in the Eastern region. According...

Fake police officer nabbed at Gomoa Akraman

The Gomoa Ojobi District Police Command has apprehended a man for parading himself as a police officer working at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID)...

Coronavirus kills three-month-old baby in Northern region [video]

A three-month-old baby is among the recorded Covid-19 deaths in the Northern, the regional Ghana Health Service says. Speaking at a briefing in...

NIA issues over nine million Ghana cards to qualified Ghanaians

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has so far issued 9,050,346 Ghana cards to qualified Ghanaians out of 11,034,174 printed cards since the mass registration...

4 arrested for stealing railway tracks

Four persons have been arrested for stealing railway tracks at Obom near Amasaman in the Greater Accra region. The four suspects were apprehended around midnight...

Physically challenged gets help to realise dream as a musician

A physically challenged woman, Maame Rose, is on her journey to actualise her dreams which have since been shattered by her inability to walk...

Teacher remanded over anal sex with JHS student

A 30-year-old teacher who had anal sex with a 12 year old boy on three occasions at New Achimota, has appeared before an Accra...

Sekou Nkrumah advises NDC

Dr Sekou Nkrumah, ahead of the 2020 polls, has sent a message across to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) regarding its leadership. According to...

Covid-19: AngloGold staff test positive in Upper West

Acting Upper West Regional Director of Health Services, Dr Damien Pungyiri, has disclosed that out of the 10 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in...

Kwahu Tafo chief donates medical equipment to 3 hospitals in Eastern Region

The chief of Kwahu Tafo, Nana Kwasi Opoku Minita II, has assured residents of his commitment to ensure that there is proper healthcare delivery...

Covid-19: Another high-profile govt official tests positive

Another government official, the Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby, of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has tested positive for Covid-19. Dr Dsane-Selby who...

Oko Vanderpuije ‘eyes’ NDC running mate position

Former Mayor of Accra, Alfred Oko Vandepuije, has expressed interest in accepting an offer to be running mate for the flagbearer of the National...

Thanks for stomaching “my nonsense” – Ken Agyapong to wife on his birthday

My wife is the most tolerant and patient woman on earth, Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has said. He is still figuring...

Today in History: General Acheampong executed by firing squad

Today in History, exactly 41 years ago, On June 16, 1979, Ghana’s former head of state, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, was executed by a firing...

Popular fetish priest Torgbe Shitor is dead [Photos]

Exclusive reports reaching adomonline.com indicate that popular Eastern Regional fetish priest, Torgbe Shitor has died. The young-but-popular priest was said to have complained of a...

Govt sets date to evacuate Ghanaians in US

Government will evacuate stranded Ghanaians in the United States of America (USA) who are registered with the Consulate-General on June 25. In a letter issued...

Covid-19: Babies test positive at Nkawkaw

It has emerged that three babies have contracted the deadly COVID-19 disease at Nkawkaw in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern region. It is not clear...

Man electrocuted at a mosque in Kumasi

A fifty-year-old man was on Saturday afternoon electrocuted by an exposed electric cable at a mosque at Nima Junction in the Asokore-Mampong Municipality. The deceased,...

Burglars break into Wa Covid-19 isolation centre

Reports indicate that thieves have made away with a mattress and a 32-inch television set after they broke into the Wa Municipal Covid-19 isolation...

GIS Border patrols intercept 141 gallons of fuel at Aflao

The Aflao Sector Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has foiled attempts by some criminal syndicates to smuggle 141,25-litre gallons filled with petroleum...