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Techiman fake lawyer remanded in police custody

The Techiman Circuit Court has remanded the 34-year-old self-acclaimed lawyer, Iddriss Yahaya, into police custody to reappear on Thursday, February 13, 2020. State...

MP calls for parliamentary inquiry into Airbus scandal

Member of Parliament for Assin South Constituency, John Ntim Fordjour, has asked for a parliamentary inquiry into the Airbus bribery scandal said to involve...

Man miraculously escapes death at Achimota overhead [Photos]

A man in his early 50s, Mr James Awudi, surviving an accident off the N1 Highway at the Achimota overhead stretch on Friday, February...

Govt, UG split ownership of UG Medical Centre

The impasse between the leadership of the University of Ghana and the government over the ownership and management of the University of Ghana Medical...

Alajo coup plot: Court orders Police Hospital to submit medical report on Dr Mac-Palm

The Police Hospital has been ordered by an Accra High Court to submit to it a medical report on the condition of...

JOYNEWS channel is now free to air

Your most credible new source, JOYNEWS, a subsidiary of The Multimedia Group, is finally available for all Ghanaians. From 6 pm on Friday, February 7, the...

John Dumelo replies Hon Lydia Seyram Alhassan

Actor cum politician John Dumelo has replied Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, on her comments that Mr...

Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining to be dissolved

In the midst of fresh concerns about loopholes in the fight against illegal mining, General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), John...

Government constructs GHC600, 000.00 steel bridge at Baffokrom

A GHC600, 000.00 steel bridge constructed on the Tano River at Baffokrom in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo Region has been inaugurated...

Sunyani chiefs turn to deities over murders

The Sunyani Traditional Council in Bono Region, yesterday, performed series of rituals in the business district of Sunyani and invoked names of deities...

Workers of Ayensu Starch Factory demonstrate over factory shutdown [video+photos]

Aggrieved workers of the Ayensu Starch Factory located at Bawjiase in the Central Region, have resolved to protesting over government’s refusal to reopen the factory after...

Coronavirus: Ghana’s first test results prove negative [audio]

Test results from the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research have proved negative for the two men being held at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital....

Today in History – Accra Hearts of Oak battle Brazil’s Pele in a friendly match

Today in history, exactly 51 years ago, On the 6th February 1969, Accra Hearts of Oak were held to a 2-2 drawn game by a...

Airbus scandal biggest Int’l disgrace to Ghana – Information Minister

Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has described Ghana’s involvement in the Airbus bribery scandal as by far the biggest international disgrace to the...

I will never denigrate teachers for their selfless and sacrificial service – Napo

Education Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has clarified that his comments suggesting diploma holders attended colleges with worst results were taken out of context. In parts...

MFWA condemns attack on Adom FM reporter

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has condemned the vicious attack on Kafui Justice, a Central Regional correspondent of Adom FM, one of the...

Takoradi girls saga: Suspects charged with murder [Video]

The two Nigerian suspects in the Takoradi girls kidnapping saga, Samuel Udoetuk Wills and John Orji, have been charged with murder by...

Two remanded for alleged child stealing

Two accused persons, Issah Morro and Mohammed Amidu, both labourers have been remanded to prison custody by a Tema circuit court for attempted child-stealing...

Wendy Shay reacts to death prophesy by prophet

Afrobeats singer Wendy Shay, born Wendy Addo, has reacted to a video circulating on social media in which a prophet is seen prophesying her...

Fabewoso: Taskforce official makes interesting revelations on missing excavators [Video]

Leader of the Special Monitoring, Evacuation and Operation Team of Operation Vanguard, Nana Yaw Boadu has admitted that a number of equipment seized by...

Cause of SHS fires still not known – GNFS

The National Fire Service has revealed it is yet to complete investigations into the first fire outbreak at Accra Academy recorded on January 15th...

NPP disappointed in NDC’s refusal to sign roadmap on vigilantism eradication

General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, has expressed disappointment in the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) refusal to append its...

Comply or get sanctioned – NRSA to Highway Authority on faulty Ashaiman bridge

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has charged the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) to divert their attention to the damaged Ashaiman Bridge on the...

Road Safety Authority bares teeth at three public universities over traffic non-compliance

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has hinted of plans to sanction three public universities over non-compliance of traffic rules. The universities include the...

Airbus scandal: A case of legal infractions of workers, agents of Airbus and nothing more – Sammy Gyamfi

National Communications Officer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has, in a write up, rendered a comprehensive analysis of the Airbus bribery...

Guess who missing SADA tricycles were found with

A militia group aligned to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kandahar Boys, allegedly forced its way into the Northern Development Authority premises and took away...

Fake lawyer nabbed in court [Photo]

A self-styled lawyer has been arrested by police in Techiman in the Bono region. The suspect, Iddrisu Yahya, was nabbed when he appeared in...

AMA reveals unhygienic ways by which fishes are washed [video]

The sanitation task force of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has uncovered a number of unhygienic methods by which fishmongers engage in washing their...

Attack on Adom News correspondent: Elmina police arrest NIA official

The Elmina Police has arrested an officer of the National Identification Authority (NIA) for assaulting Adom News correspondent, Justice Kafui. The NIA official assaulted Kafui...

Fire destroys 5 bedroom self-contained house in Berekum

Fire has swept through a five-bedroom self contained house at Berekum New Market in the Bono region, destroying the entire building. The fire, which started...

UG’s survey on new register means nothing – Ayariga [audio]

Founder and Presidential Candidate for the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has rejected findings from the recently conducted survey on Ghanaians' preference for...

UDS student killed in Tamale- Wa road accident [photos]

A second-year student of the University for Development Studies, (UDS), Wa campus has met his untimely death in a road accident that occurred at...

Two killed in weird motorbike accidents

Two persons died Tuesday afternoon after two motorcycles crashed into a cargo truck in separate accidents at Asuom in the Eastern region. The first incident...

Peace Council charges NDC, NPP to adopt vigilantism roadmap

The National Peace Council has charged the two main political parties, New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to adopt and fully implement the...

Missing excavators: NPP Vice Chair, 5 others charged

The New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Central Regional Vice Chairman, arrested over his alleged role in some missing excavators and other equipment seized from illegal...

Prof Gyampo jabs govt over Airbus scandal

Political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof. Ransford Gyampo, suspects the government is hoarding more scandalous videos to scuttle the opposition...

Lack of prosecution hindering galamsey fight – Operation Vanguard

Commander of the anti-galamsey security taskforce, Operation Vanguard, Colonel Nortey, says lack of prosecution is hindering the fight against galamsey. According to him, only five...

Nobody eats GDP – AfDB President

Africa’s economies are growing strongly, but growth alone cannot meet the needs of the continent’s poorest citizens, because “nobody eats GDP,” the African Development...

Today in History – Dr. J. B. Danquah died in Prison

Today in History, Dr Joseph Boakye Danquah, popularly known as J. B Danquah, died at Nsawam Prison. The Ghanaian political doyen died exactly 55 years ago...

Airbus Bribery Scandal: Amidu as AG gave legal clearance for purchase of aircrafts [Audio]

Mr Edudzie Tamakloe, a member of the Legal Team for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has revealed Mr Martin Amidu, then the Attorney General...