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Photos of highway temperature checks in Bono Region amid Covid-19

As Covid-19 continues to spread at both regional and community levels, the government and its collaborating agencies in the health sector are adopting new...

NSS staff’s body found in well

The body of a 25-year-old National Service Scheme (NSS) personnel has been found in an abandoned well barely 24 hours after being declared missing. The...

Don’t promise Ghanaians ‘this’ during election year – Political Scientist

Political Science lecturer of the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has advised political parties against promising to fight corruption during campaign periods. Prof Gyampo...

Explosion kills two; injures four

Two persons have died instantly and four others in critical conditions at Yagaba in the North East Region after a faulty tyre they were...

Osibisa band, first African band to go Platinum

Osibisa band was the first Ghanaian as well as African band to notch up a whole series of best-selling singles and albums in the...

Covid-19: Ibn Chambas gives prediction on African elections and economies

With some general elections in Africa marked by tension and violence, the outbreak of Covid-19 in an election era is likely to increase the...

Govt meets with employers today over COVID-19 safety guidelines at workplace

Reports indicate that the government will today, May 14, 2020, be meeting with employers across the country to discuss effective adherence to safety and...

Health Minister chides Ghanaian journalists

Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, has chastised journalists for non-compliance to the social distancing safety protocol put in place to control the spread...

‘Y’asem Nie’: Galamsey king recounts how he enjoyed tea with 5 tins of milk

An ex-galamsey king, sharing his experience in the illegal yet lucrative business, has revealed some extravagant moments miners lived inside the death trap pits. According...

NPP suspends parliamentary aspirant

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has suspended its parliamentary aspirant (PC) for the Nalerigu/Gambaga constituency in the North East region. Mr Peter Wuni Baaga, the...

Paramount Chief of Manya Krobo Traditional Area destools queen mother

The Paramount Chief of the Manya Krobo Traditional Area, Nene Sakite II, has destooled the paramount queen of the area, Nana Aplam II. Sources close...

COVID-19 guidelines: Police to embark on mass arrest of stubborn people

The government is said to be considering certain legal options to ensure stricter enforcement of COVID-19 preventive and safety guidelines in the country. The legal...

Ghana’s dancing pallbearers find new fame during COVID-19

The Nana Otafrija pallbearers might look slick, but they are not afraid to get dirty. Their signature moves, carried out with a coffin in...

NCA case: Good call, justice delayed is not justice denied – NPP Deputy Communications Director

Deputy Communications Director of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mame Yaa Aboagye, says it serves the former National Communications Authority (NCA) boss right...

4 arrested for dumping refuse along Madina-Aburi Highway

The La-Nkwantanang Madina Municipal Assembly (LaNMMA) Sanitation Taskforce on Tuesday dawn arrested four people for dumping refuse along the Madina- Aburi Highway. The convicts, Joyce...

Prof Gyampo writes: NCA case – Verdict isn’t witch-hunting-

The law on Causing Financial Loss to the State, according to those who initiated it, was never meant to be used against offenders. This...

Coronavirus: Ghana records 281 new cases; total now 5,408

Ghana has recorded 281 more coronavirus cases taking the national tally to 5,408, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said. In an update on the...

Dr Boadi Nyamekye wades into calls for churches to be reopened

General Overseer of the Maker House Chapel, Dr Boadi Nyamekye, has added his voice in dismissing the calls for churches to reopen amid the...

Covid-19: T.B. Joshua’s message to the world after returning from the mountain

Popular televangelist, Temitope Balogun Joshua, commonly referred to as T. B. Joshua, has prayed for the recovery of coronavirus patients. The leader of The Synagogue...

Coronavirus: Ghana to repatriate citizens from UK

Ghana has offered an opportunity to its citizens stranded in the United Kingdom (UK) to travel back home.According to the Ghana Mission in the...

Coronavirus: Obuasi begins voluntary testing

The Obuasi Municipal Assembly in the Ashanti region has begun voluntary coronavirus (COVID-19) testing. This is part of measures to contain and curb the spread...

Pastor and his wife living with HIV-Aids for 20 years share their story

Rev. and Mrs John Azumah are HIV-AIDS patients with very unique and admirable life story. On Joy Prime’s morning show in the show’s Survivor...

Two die in accident at Gomoa Ankamu

Two men met their untimely death when the taxi cab they were travelling in got involved in an accident at Gomoa Ankamu on Tuesday...

‘Y’asem Nie’: Why rich men fought over latrines in search of gold

As someone who has spent months inside a galamsey pit digging for gold to make ends meet, Kojo Owusu has revealed how miners at...

Y’asem Nie: Inside the dark world of ‘galamsey’ and rituals; an operative’s account part III [Audio]

Kojo Owusu, the former child illegal miner who has been sharing his story on Adom FM's Dwaso Nsem has continued his narration with some...

Meet the old man who re-wrote the entire Holy Quran [photo]

A young man, identified as @official_mukhthar on Twitter, has taken to the micro-blogging site to share the news of the death of an old...

It’s a difficult time to be NDC member – Amaliba

A member of the National Democratic Congress' (NDC) legal team, Abraham Amaliba, has described recent times as difficult for members of the party. His comment...

Coronavirus: 10 inmates at Ashaimam police station test positive

Ten inmates at the Ashaiman Police Station have tested positive for coronavirus. A source at the police station confirmed this to Adom News. He said it...

Husband of slain nurse, Ruth Eshun, not satisfied with police investigations

Husband of a murdered nurse, Ruth Ama Eshun, has expressed dissatisfaction in investigations relating to the death of his wife. Mr Kojo Arhin in an...

Mother breaks silence on torture 3-year-old suffered at hands of father [Listen]

Mother of the three-year-old boy, who was tortured by his father at Buokrom in Kumasi, has broken her silence on the matter. According to the...

Allotey Jacobs withdraws from all media platforms [Audio]

Suspended former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has announced his withdrawal from Accra-based radio station, Peace FM’s...

AY Poyoo surprises Sister Sandy with a live goat [Video]

Fast-rising internet sensation, AY Poyoo, has made his way into the Adom TV studio with a live goat to surprise presenter Sister Sandy on...

More details emerge about man who mutilated body of 3-yr-old son [Audio]

Fresh details have emerged about Ebenezer Nana Bonsu, the man who brutally mutilated the body of his 3-year-old son in Kumasi for reasons that...

Father who tortured 3-year-old son with naked wire is a national service person

Ebenezer Nana Bonsu, father who tortured three-year-old son with a naked wire, is reported to be a national service person in Accra. This was disclosed...

Comptroller-General of Immigration promotes six officers for dedication to service in Covid-19 fight

The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Mr Kwame Asuah Takyi, has promoted six Junior Officers for dedication to duty in the fight against the coronavirus disease...

Muslim inmates at Nsawam Prisons get support during Ramadan

Some Muslim inmates at the Nsawam Prisons have been supported with assorted food items and other basic needs as they undertake the Ramadan. The items...

Coronavirus: Papa Owusu-Ankomah recovers

Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Papa Owusu Ankomah who tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) has recovered. "I count myself blessed to be counted...

Listen: Why s3x worker pushed man out of two-storey building

The sex worker who allegedly pushed a tricycle truck rider out of a two-storey building at Asafo lorry terminal in the Ashanti region has...

Coronavirus: Nkwanta South Hospital records 100% recovery

The Nkwanta South Municipal Hospital in the Oti region has a announced that it has successfully treated and discharged all five patients who were...

We need to build more prisons – Supreme Court judge nominee

Supreme Court judge nominee Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu has called for building of more prison facilities across the country. This, the veteran legal practitioner said would help...