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Otchere-Darko mocks Mahama with this comment

Gabby Otchere-Darko, a leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has claimed that former President John Mahama will soon implement some policies...

Aspiring NDC MP arrested by armed military men

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has demanded the release of its Ledzokuku constituency executives, including the parliamentary candidate for the area, Bernard Ayiku. The...

Mahama pens emotional tribute to Atta Mills

Former President John Dramani Mahama has paid glowing tribute to his former boss, Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, on what would have been the...

Baby dumped in public toilet rescued [Photos]

Help came on time for a baby boy who was dumped in a public toilet at Mempeasem, a district in the Savannah region. According to...

Kennedy Agyapong rescues stranded Ghanaians in Lebanon

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has responded to a distress call from a group of Ghanaians stranded in Lebanon. A few...

Ghanaians roast Hawa Koomson over Kasoa shooting incident

Ghanaians have reacted angrily following the Minister for Special Development Initiative's admission that she fired gunshots at the Step to Christ registration centre in...

NaCCA denies reviewing JHS, SHS duration

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has debunked claims suggesting it has plans to review the Junior High School (JHS) and Senior...

Agyinasare reacts to claims that he took loan from FirsTrust, GN Bank

Perez Chapel International has denied social media rumours that its founder, Bishop Charles Agyinasare, ever took loans from now-defunct financial institutions FirsTrust Savings &...

Ghana’s coronavirus death toll rises again with over 24, 000 recoveries

Five more persons in Ghana have been killed by Coronavirus, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced. The development brings the country’s death toll to...

Read: I’ve not said anywhere that I will campaign against Akufo-Addo – Contractor rubbishes media reports, threatens legal action

Our attention has been drawn to a malicious publication against the person of Mr Samuel Odori Larbi, Chief Executive Officer of Asabea Constructions Limited...

‘NDC will win 54% of total votes cast if…’

The National Democratic Congress' (NDC) National Youth Organiser, George Opare, has made a rather bold assertion about the fortunes of the party in the...

AMA reaches nearly one million people with Mass Media Campaign on Speeding

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), in collaboration with the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety and the Partnership for Healthy Cities, reached nearly...

Police officer found dead in his home with gunshot wound

A police officer, identified as Abdul Rashid, has been found dead with a gunshot wound at his residence at Abeka-Lapaz, Accra. The unfortunate incident is...

Dr Doris Dartey passes on

Communications educator, consultant and member of the Ghana Journalists Association, Dr Doris Yaa Dartey has passed on. She died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital...

287 Covid-19 patients discharged in Western North region

A total of 287 Covid-19 patients out of the 294 confirmed cases in the Western North region have fully recovered and discharged as at...

Ghana School of Hygiene final year students boycott exam

Final year students of the Ghana School of Hygiene (GSH) have boycotted their final examination which was set to take place on Monday, July...

Arrest Hawa Koomson – NDC’s Pablo charges police

National Youth Organiser for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Opare Addo, also called Pablo in the political circles, has called for the arrest...

NAM 1 case adjourned to September 7

The team prosecuting Chief Executive Officer of defunct Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah, also known as NAM 1, says it is still waiting for advice...

Four persons arrested over the Kasoa disturbances charged

The four persons who were arrested at Kasoa over the voter registration disturbances have been provisionally charged with disruption of voter registration process, discharge...

Tears flow as IGP visits families of two drowned officers [Photos]

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh, has visited the families of late Lance Corporal Stephen Kyereme and Lance Corporal Amedius Akwasi Boateng who...

New Juaben South NPP targets 120,000 registered votes

The New Patriotic Party in the New Juaben South Constituency says its target of ensuring 120, 000 registered voters in the constituency is on...

Illegal mining equipment set ablaze

Dozens of barrels of diesel, a boat, chamfan generator and other mining equipment worth thousands of Ghana Cedis have been burnt on the River...

Govt discloses amount spent on Covid-19 testing so far and it’s huge

Government says it has spent a whopping US$34.6 million on Covid-19 alone with each test at a cost of US$100. In a statement to...

The fight over Kwame Nkrumah’s dead body

On April 27, 1972, Kwame Nkrumah, the deposed President of Ghana and a great Pan-Africanist died in Bucharest, Romania after six years in exile...

Check out Mahama’s good luck message to SHS finalists

Former President John Mahama has offered his best wishes to the final year Senior High School (SHS) students who are writing their final examinations...

Duffuor, Nduom, Amoabeng being destroyed out of envy – Agyinasare

The Presiding Bishop of Perez Chapel International, Bishop Charles Agyinasare, has appealed to Ghanaians to pray against the ‘demon’ that makes politicians collapse local businesses...

Buduburam riot: Wife of dead Nigerian speaks [listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Buduburam riot: Wife of dead Nigerian speaks Rose Boyeh, wife of Nigerian - Precious Watta Billions - allegedly killed by police officers...

Police break silence on 29-year-old man killed at Buduburam

The Ghana Police Service has cleared the air on the circumstances which led to the shooting of a 29-year-old man at Gomoa Buduburam in...

EC clears air on claims it prevented NDC agents from observing registration at some SHSs

The Electoral Commission (EC) has described as untrue reports it prevented some party agents of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) from observing the Voters...

Gabby Otchere-Darko mocks Bernard Mornah

New Patriotic Party stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has mocked Bernard Mornah after the latter registered for the new voter identity card. Mr Mornarh’s registration might...

Seth Terkper advises Ken Ofori-Atta ahead of 2020 mid-year budget review

Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, ahead of this year’s mid-year budget review, has advised the current Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta to reconcile the country’s...

Govt possibly using Covid-19 funds to finance existing debts – Seth Terkper says

Ghana’s former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, says the government could be using Covid-19 funds to finance existing debts on the blind side of Ghanaians. According...

Landlord bites off tenant’s finger [Photos]

A landlord at Sebrepor in the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality, Coffie Tetteh, has allegedly bitten off the index finger of a tenant’s left hand. The tenant, a...

Leprosy not hereditary – Health practitioner

Programs Manager for the Leprosy Elimination Program, Dr. Benedict Quao has said leprosy is not hereditary. He explained that, leprosy is caused by micro...

Akufo-Addo completes 14-day mandatory quarantine

President Nana Akufo-Addo has undergone a compulsory 14-day and has been cleared to return to his work. The move became necessary after at...

Ghana’s active Covid-19 cases reduce

The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has cautioned the public against recklessness as Ghana’s active Covid-19 cases continues to reduce. At a press...

Akufo-Addo wishes SHS finalists good luck as exams kicks off Monday

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Sunday offered his best wishes to the 313,837 final year Senior High School (SHS) students, who will be writing...

What killed Mamfe SHS final year student revealed

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has confirmed the death of final year student of the Methodist Girls High School at Mamfe in the Akuapem...

Phase two of nationwide market disinfection exercise launched

Greater Accra Regional Minister, Ishmael Ashietey, has charged Metropolitan, Municipal District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in the region to take “personal interest” in the second...

Covid-19: Recoveries very encouraging, adhere to safety protocols – Dr Da Costa urges

The Director of Health Promotion at the Ghana Health Service, Dr Da Costa Aboagye says it is encouraging to see high recovery rates among...