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Ridge Hospital suspends two staff over sale of PPEs

The Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ridge, has suspended two of its staff for engaging in administrative malpractices which have the tendency of tarnishing the...

12-year-old boy butchers father at Adansi [Photos]

A 12-year-old boy, Kwadwo Acquah, has butchered his 60-year-old biological father, Kwaku Akromah at Adansi Pipiiso. The Junior High School 1 pupil, out of anger,...

Explore effective ways to use limited public resources – Dr Lomborg

Dr. Bjorn Lomborg, President of the Copenhagen Consensus Centre, an international think tank, has admonished government to explore effective ways of using the country's...

Check out Prof. Gyampo’s judgment on Ahwoi’s book ‘Working with Rawlings’

Senior political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof Yaw Gyampo, has chronicled his judgment following the recently launched book 'Working with Rawlings'...

NDC communicator’s smartphone destroyed at EC office, MP accused!

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Asante Akim North, Andy Appiah-Kubi, is reported to have allegedly destroyed a smartphone belonging to a communicator of...

One dead, two in critical condition as NPP, NDC supporters clash at Nkrankwanta

One person has been shot dead while two others are battling for their lives in a clash between National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New...

Akufo-Addo speaks on 14 banned WASSCE students

President Nana Akufo-Addo has stepped in for some 14 students who were banned from partaking in the ongoing West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination...

Lecturer whips NDC for not being serious

Senior lecturer and political scientist at the University to Ghana, Dr Thomas Buabeng, has described the nation’s biggest opposition party as 'unserious' for contesting...

Abandoned pit claims lives of two children aged 6 and 9

Derek Sekyere and Kofi Junior, aged six and nine respectively, have lost their lives after falling into an abandoned pit at Obuasi Ahansoyewudea in...

Chairman Wontumi reveals Yaw Dabo’s age and it will shock you [listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Check out Yaw Dabo's real age Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as 'Chairman Wontumi',...

GES apologises for a ‘big’ mistake

The Ghana Education Service (GES) on Friday, August 7, 2020, issued a press release to dismiss some 14 students for engaging in acts of...

WASSCE: MP coins funny name for rioting students

Member of Parliament (MP) for Akim Oda, William Agyapong Quaitoo, says he is not surprised by the level of gross indiscipline displayed by...

Two die in ghastly accident at Sefwi-Wiawso

Two persons have been confirmed dead in a ghastly accident on the Nsawora-Ahwiam road stretch in the Sefwi-Wiawso Municipality in the Western Region. Three...

Notorious armed robber rearrested

David Thomas Atombulu, a notorious armed robber in Sefwi Wiawso has been rearrested by the Sefwi Wiawso Police Command. David Atombulu was arrested for possession...

Prof Ahwoi ‘vindicates’ Koku Anyhidoho

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Atta-Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho, in an interview on Accra-based Happy FM in July, asserted that the late...

Full Text: NPP press briefing on Ajumako Bisease registration violence

PRESS CONFERENCE ORGANIZED BY THE CENTRAL REGIONAL BRANCH OF THE NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY AT AJUMAKO BESEASE ON 7TH AUGUST, 2020 TO ERASE THE CHARACTERISTIC...

Two dead after ‘galamsey’ pit caves in at Mpatuam [Photos]

Two persons have died at Mpatuam Bontefufuo, a farming Community in the Amansie West District after 'galamsey' pit collapsed on them last night. The deceased,...

Listen: Many Ghanaian prophets saw coronavirus pandemic but …

JoyNews/AdomNews · Many Ghanaian prophets saw coronavirus pandemic The persecution of prophets in Ghana is to blame for the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, Prophet...

Beating of invigilators, journalist, arrest of headmaster: The inside story

Bright Amponsah, the proprietor of Bright Senior High School at Kukurantumi in the Eastern region has reportedly been picked up by police from the...

WASSCE 2020: Christian Council condemns finalists rioting over strict invigilation

The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) has condemned the action of some finalists for rioting over strict invigilation in the ongoing West African Senior...

WASSCE riot: 14 SHS students dismissed, barred from writing exams

14 students who engaged in acts of indiscipline in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) have been dismissed from their schools. The...

Free SHS cannot be blamed for isolated cases of lawlessness in schools- NaCCA boss

The Executive Secretary of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, Dr Prince Hamid Armah has condemned what he says are isolated incidents of...

Bright Senior High School proprietor granted bail [video]

The proprietor of Bright Senior High School at Kukurantumi in the Eastern region has been granted self-recognizance bail by the Akyem Tafo...

Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem gets results as Anyaa-Fan Milk traffic lights bounce back [Photos + Video]

The faces of residents of Anyaa and its environs are beaming with smiles now as work has commenced on repairing their faulty...

Zoomlion clears heap of refuse at Lamashegu

A resident of Lamashegu in the Northern Region, Madam Hajia Maria, heaved a sigh of relief as waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL),...

Speaker of Parliament fumes at some media houses

The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, has expressed anger at media houses in the country. Speaking to the House on Friday, Prof. Oquaye...

WAEC condemns assault on its officials by students of Bright SHS

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has condemned the assault on its officials and journalists by students of the Bright Senior High School in...

Moment sacked Amansie South DCE ‘endorsed galamsey’ [Video]

A video online has captured moments sacked Amansie South District Chief Executive (DCE), William Asante Bediako, endorsed 'galamsey' operations in his area. In the video, Mr...

Full interview: How Prophet Salifu Amoako’s prophecies made Kufuor, Akufo-Addo Prez, Kwabena Duffuor BoG Governor

JoyNews/AdomNews · Salifu Amoako advocates for genuine men of God The Founder and General Overseer of Alive Chapel International, Prophet Elisha Salifu Amoako, is making...

‘KelniGVG’s common platform has saved Ghana GHS 1.5 billion in undeclared taxes by telcos’

The government has made savings of GHc1.5 billion in under-declared taxes in the telecommunications since the implementation of the Common Platform (CP) in the...

WAEC moves examination centre from Bright SHS after attacks

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has relocated the centre for the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) at the Bright Senior...

Akufo-Addo swears in new Court of Appeal Judges [Photos]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has charged newly sworn-in Justices of the Court of Appeal to carry out their duty of adjudicating cases without fear or...

Abronye DC calls for Asiedu Nketia’s arrest

The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe Abronye, has called for the arrest of the General Secretary of the...

Cocoa farmers demand end to stealing after ‘Missing Kilos’ documentary

A secretly filmed documentary aired on Joy News showing how cocoa farmers have been cheated for a long time has provoked an uproar in...

Today in history: All about the battle of Dodowa

Today in history, on August 7, 1826, exactly 194 years ago, the Katamanso War (The battle of Dodowa) began. The war was fought between...

Adom FM’s Ballot Box train underway at Ablekuma South

The Adom FM Ballot Box train is currently underway at the Mamprobi Neighbourhood Centre also known as ‘Christmas in Egypt’ in the Ablekuma South constituency. The...

Check out Kwaku Baako’s punishment for rapists

Rape is one of the sensitive issues that one needs to be extra careful when talking about since any slight slip of the tongue...

Man in Police grips over killing of friend due to GH¢ 50

A 36-year-old man, Kwabena Naaba Asanu, is in the grips of the Yeji Police in the Bono East Region for allegedly shooting and killing...

Sack all students involved in WASSCE riots from boarding house – GES orders SHS heads

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has ordered heads of Senior High Schools (SHS) across the country to 'de-boardinise' students responsible for the recent rioting...

Amansie South, Akuapem North DCEs sacked!

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has relieved the District Chief Executive (DCE) for the Amansie South District in the Ashanti region, William Asante Bediako...