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NABCO postings to start from November 1

Government has said postings for graduates of the Nation Builder Corps (NABCO) programme will start from November 1. This follows concerns that the 100,000 recruits...

Govt. working to secure future of the youth – Foreign Minister

Government says it is doing everything within its abilities to ensure the country’s youth do not migrate to other countries for non-existing or demeaning...

3 injured after Ivory Coast bound bus fell into a ditch

Three passengers have sustained injuries in an accident on the Ahanta West - Takoradi Highway Saturday morning, October 20. They were on a journey to...

We don’t meddle in politics – GUTA Deputy Secretary

Deputy General Secretary of Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), Emmanuel Nana Poku has rubbished the public perception that his union sides with political...

36 pupils pregnant at a school in South Africa , 31 between the ages of nine and 19 living with HIV

The Health MEC in Limpopo, South Africa,  Phophi Ramathu has called on communities to support pupils living with the virus so that they do...

Dad exposes his internet fraudster son

A father who was not satisfied with son's explanation concerning a deal that got him a house has reported him to the Economic and...

Mum attempts to drown her daughter to punish baby daddy

A mother got angry about not getting a prompt child support payment from her baby daddy and tries to drown her daughter. A disturbing video...

Audio: ‘Poisonous tilapia buried – NADMO allays fears

The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has allayed the fears of Ghanaians about the possible presence of poisonous tilapia in the market. It follows photos...

Interior Ministry imposes curfew on eight communities in Brong Ahafo

The Ministry of the Interior has imposed a curfew on eight communities in the Jaman South Municipality of the Brong Ahafo Region from 1800...

EU commits to ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ agenda

The European Union (EU) has welcomed the ‘Ghana beyond aid’ agenda with a pledge to offer the needed financial and technical support to help...

Photo: Male student who steals female students’ underwears arrested

A male student has been arrested for stealing panties belonging to female students from the washing lines. Prince Danda, a student at the Midlands State University,...

Methodist Church Ghana organises first puberty rites

The Methodist Church Ghana (MCG), in the Atonsu-Agogo Circuit in Kumasi, has made history with the premiering of ‘puberty rites’ (bragoro), an African traditional...

Afoko poured acid on Adams – Investigator

It has been confirmed that Gregory Afoko and another suspect, Asabke Alangdi, who is on the run, indeed poured acid on the late Upper...

11 year old student electrocuted while being chased by teachers

An 11-year-old student of Government Secondary School, in Calabar, Cross River state, has lost his life as he was electrocuted while being chased by...

Video: Man shocks bankers as he storms uniCredit with mattress

A young man shocked staff and other customers of UniCredit Apenkwa branch in Accra when he showed up at the bank with his mattress,...

MP calls for curfew in two feuding Brong Ahafo towns

The Member of Parliament for Jaman South is calling for a curfew to be imposed on Drobo and Japekrom following clashes between the two...

Youth Chief of Japekrom killed; residents threaten reprisal attack

The youth chief of Japekrom has been confirmed dead in a clash of his town with a neighbouring town, Drobo in the Brong Ahafo...

Aggrieved workers besiege Zoomlion regional office in Sunyani

Aggrieved workers of Zoomlion, a waste management and sanitation firm in the Sunyani Municipality on Tuesday besieged the regional offices of the company to...

Rejoinder: UEW students-teachers accuse management of national service scheme of fraud

The attention of the Management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has been drawn to a ghanaweb online news article on 16th October, 2018...

Factories to be ready by 2020 – 1D1F coordinator

The National Coordinator for the One-District-One-Factory (1D1F) policy initiative, Gifty Ohene Konadu, has stated that the government is still working towards the realisation of...

E/R: Mother, daughter drown as floods swallow five communities

A 54-year-old mother, Akosua Sawo and her eight-year-old daughter, Grace Sawo have drowned after a deluge of flood water swept their home at Akanteng...

Fabewoso: 207 Companies evade GH¢666m tax [Video]

The host of Adom FM’s anti-corruption segment, Fabewoso, has revealed some 207 companies that keep their imported products in bonded warehouses have evaded import duties...

Newmont farmers say they were ignorant over compensation agreement [Audio]

Farmers who staged a demonstration against Newmont Akyem Mines for a new compensation package following the takeover of their farmlands say they did not...

Photos: Newborn baby found dead in a well

The body of a newborn baby was found in a well in the northern part of Nigeria and it is believed to have been...

Photos: Properties worth thousands destroyed as fire razes down workshop

Properties worth thousands have been destroyed in Assin Fosu after a fire outbreak razed down a refrigerator repairing shop. The incident happened in the absence...

Awesome: Jaw-dropping ancient photos of Ghana you can’t afford to miss

These vintage pictures of 19th Century and 20th century Ghana will fill you with astonishment. The pictures, which appear with captions, are being shared on...

Photos: Disturbing images of Enyan Abaasa Sec Tech students studying under street lights

Students of Enyan Abaasa Technical Institute in the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam district of the Central region have been left in total darkness due to the absence...

Fresh shake-up in Police

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Apeatu, has reassigned 38 senior police officers in a recent reshuffle less than a month after appointing...

Photos: Brothers’ war over family god leaves one dead, another battles for life

A 25-year-old-man who has only been identified as Agbomor has butchered his brother at Adansi Brekete in the Ashanti region. The deceased, whose name is...

Akufo-Addo to commission NABCO recruits today

President Nana Akufo-Addo will today, Wednesday, officially commission recruits for the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) initiative. The program seeks to employ 100,000 of the country’s...

Three dead in accident at Oboho

Three persons have died after a Truck carrying lumber was involved in the fatal accident at Oboho, a community near Anum Apapam in the...

Suspected extortion at NABCO [Audio]

There are reports in the Ashanti Region of suspected extortion of money from newly-engaged personnel of the Nation Builders Corps. District co-coordinators are collecting GHC...

WATCH how a tenant’s roof was ripped off by landlord over rent

A video of a story carried by adomonline.com on how a landlord in Sowutuom in Accra had ripped off the roofing of a tenant's...

Farmers clash with police at New Abirem over Newmont; 5 injured

Some farmers in New Abirem in the Eastern Region have clashed with officials of mining giant, Newmont Ghana Limited. The farmers were demonstrating on Tuesday...

NABCo beneficiaries to pass out tomorrow

Ghana's Minister for Information Designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has announced that the first-ever Nations’ Builders Corps (NABCO) passing out ceremony will take place tomorrow...

Oblempong Ababio’s funeral slated for October 16 – 21

The final funeral rites of the late Oblempong Nii Kojo Ababio V, President of Ngleshie Alata Traditional Council of the Ga State and Jamestown...

VIDEO: Weija dam spillage: Residents unwilling to relocate

Residents near the Weija dam in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region have one again been gravely affected by the dam’s...

Photos: Suspects abscond after police discover 75 slabs of wee in their room

About five people are currently at large after the Mankesim Divisional police Command discovered 75 slabs of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp...

Ablekuma drivers protest over ‘Azonto’ road

Angry drivers at Ablekuma in the Greater Accra region have blocked the main highway in a protest over bad roads in the area. The road dubbed...

President’s dismissal of gov’t CEO improper – Audit Service

Internal auditors have described President Akufo-Addo’s dismissal of the former Executive Secretary of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority, Gifty Klenam as “irregular and improper”. Referring...