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Justice Anin Yeboah tipped for Chief Justice post

The fourth longest serving Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Anin Yeboah, has been tipped as the President’s nominee for Chief Justice to succeed...

Ramaphosa on 2-day working visit to Ghana

South Africa President, Cyril Ramaphosa, is in Ghana for a two-day working visit. Mr Ramaphosa who arrived on Wednesday evening was received at the Jubilee...

Video: An ex-president wants to kill Wontumi, Ken Agyapong, Abronye before 2020 elections – Owusu-Bempah

The Founder and Leader of Glorious Word Power Ministries International, Reverend Isaac Owusu-Bempah, claims an ex-president wants to kill five prominent Ghanaians before the...

It’s not enough to call for calm on Ghanaian-Nigerian traders clash – MP to Akufo-Addo

Minority ranking member on Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee in Parliament, Yusif Sulemana, has told President Nana Akufo-Addo to find lasting solution to the...

Listen: Pastor’s wife stripped naked by church ushers

A pastor’s wife has reportedly been stripped naked by church ushers during an altercation over the weekend. The victim, Salomey Sweetie Bensah, was humiliated after...

CHRAJ awards GH¢40k to four minors brutalised by soldiers

The Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has asked three soldiers who brutalised four minors over a stolen laptop to pay compensation...

Completion date for National Cathedral announced

Construction of interdenominational National Cathedral will take five years to complete, Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng has said. He noted...

Listen: National Cathedral to generate more revenue than stadia

The interdenominational National Cathedral when completed would rival the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. READ: Y’asem Nie: Drivers reveal consequences of long hours drive According to...

We will still build National Cathedral without govt support – Rev Kusi Boateng

The Board of Trustees for the construction of the interdenominational National Cathedral is determined to build the temple of God with or without government...

ADB management consoles family of murdered police officer

Managing Director of ADB Bank, Dr John Kofi Mensah, has consoled with the Police Administration as well as the family of the police officer...

National Cathedral to be ready in five years – Board of Trustees

General Secretary to the National Cathedral Board of Trustees has revealed the construction of the national monument is expected to be completed within five...

Sextortion on the rise among policewomen – Interpol

An Interpol report sighted by Joy News indicates that there is an increase of reported cases of sextortion involving policewomen. Sextortion is a crime where...

Y’asem Nie: Drivers reveal consequences of long hours drive [Audio]

Members of a group, identified as Online Drivers Union of Ghana, narrating the struggles in their line of duty, have revealed how long hours...

Video: NCCE spent GH¢ 1m on referendum – Chairperson

Josephine Nkrumah, Chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has revealed the Commission spent GH¢ 1 million on creating awareness on the...

Work on $70m Ningo-Prampram sea defense project commences

Work is set to commence on a five-kilometre stretch sea defence project to check erosion on the Ningo-Prampram shores. The project which is estimated to cost...

Sextortion on the rise among policewomen – Interpol

An Interpol report sighted by Joy News indicates that there is an increase of reported cases of sextortion involving policewomen. Sextortion is a crime where...

Tackle solid waste management to promote sanitation — Rev. Dr. Amponsah urges

The managing director of AFex Consult, Rev. Dr Richard Amponsah, has called on stakeholders in the sanitation sector to tackle solid waste in order ...

Ghana Armed Forces begins enlistment process

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has commenced its 2019/2020 enlistment exercise for regular career and short service commission officers into the force. A press statement...

Krachi disowns Papavi, Togoland agenda

The Chiefs and people of Krachi, which is within the newly-created Oti Region, have endorsed the decision made by their forefathers voting for Trans...

Allotey Jacobs’ proposal to govt over aborted referendum

Former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs, expressing his excitement over the cancellation of the referendum, has advised...

Man arrested over missing church instruments

Police at Berekum in the Bono region have arrested one Matthew Osika for allegedly stealing musical instruments belonging to the Amankowaa Methodist church in...

Police launch ‘Operation Father Christmas’ in Kumasi

Police in Ashanti Region on Monday launched ‘Operation Father Christmas’ as part of efforts to ensure public safety ahead of the Christmas festivities. The Ashanti...

Christ Embassy launches 2019 community service

The Ghana branch of the Believers’ Loveworld Incorporated also known as Christ Embassy, will mark the birthday of the founder of the church, Pastor...

Policeman shot dead in latest bullion van attack [Photos]

A police officer has been reportedly shot dead by suspected armed robbers at Sefwi Asempanye in the Sefwi Wiawso area of the Western...

1 million waste bin project launched in Accra

Universal Plastic Products and Recycling (UPPR) Ghana Limited in collaboration with Ecobank Ghana Limited and the Environment Service Providers Association has launched a 1...

Prof Gyampo bounces back, wades into referendum brouhaha

Embattled senior political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has shared his thoughts on the debate surrounding the participation or...

Anas’ exposé on alleged corruption involving Accra Metro Guards premieres

Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ latest undercover expose on the alleged corrupt activities of City Guards within Accra’s Central Business District, will aired on Monday. For six months,...

Tiptoe Lane clashes: Nigerians making Circle insecure for Ghanaian traders – Assemblyman

Assembly member for Kokomlemle in the Accra Metropolitan District, Moses Abor, has accused Nigerian traders of fueling the clash between Ghanaian and Nigerian traders...

GRIDCO staff warn of December ‘dumsor’ [Video]

Hundreds of Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) staff have hit the streets Tuesday to protest huge debts owed the company by the distributors of the...

‘Evil spirit scare’ cause of poor local patronage of artifacts

They project African beliefs and traditions and attract huge patronage from tourists but it appears local artifacts are not popular among Ghanaians. According to artisans...

#SaveOurData: Ghanaians angry at Telcos over high cost of data

SaveOurData is the newest consumers-based social media campaign by Ghanaians who have expressed rage at telecommunication companies (Telcos) operating in Ghana. The anger being expressed...

How this Ghanaian teen raised $70,000 for his community

Research shows that when children volunteer regularly, they are more likely to continue to help their communities as they mature. Adom Appiah has gotten a...

Asenso-Boakye’s attacker pleads for mercy, signs bond of good behaviour

The man who attacked a Deputy Chief of Staff, Francis Asenso-Boakye has pleaded for mercy in court and signed a bond to be of...

Watch: Hajia Fati begs Adom FM reporter

"I am on my knees please forgive me. I plead with you all, I am sorry, I am sorry…it won’t happen again," this is...

Photos: 10 Western Togoland secessionists remanded

The Wa Circuit Court, presided over by Justice Baah Forson Adjapong, has remanded into police custody 10 members of the Western Togoland liberation accused...

OccupyGhana to sue over sections of Assets Declaration Act

Pressure group, OccupyGhana, has threatened to bring an action at the apex court to correct an alleged constitutional inconsistency of a section of the...

Fabewoso: Adom FM’s #MyRoadMyVote team storms Ashanti, Bono regions

Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem's ‘My Road, My Vote,’ campaign team on Monday visited the Ashanti and Bono regions. The road campaign took Nhyira FM’s Awuku...

‘Warped’ logic shocks Gabby Otchere-Darko

Founder of the Danquah Institute and leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere Darko, has reacted to an argument that multiparty...

Nigerians ‘lash’ First Lady for social media control comment

Nigerians have taken to social media to troll First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, over her comments to have social media in the West African...

Pastor flogs church members for missing Sunday service [Video]

A Uganda pastor identified as Paul Muwanguzi has reinforced the folly which surrounds the kind of religion practised in Africa, spearheaded by men who...