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Let ‘cop killers’ face firing squad – Irbard Ibrahim

Executive Director of Irbard Security Consult, Irbard Ibrahim, has called for death penalty for Eric Kojo Dua, the suspected murderer of two police officers...

SA xenophobic attacks influenced by apartheid mentality – Antwi-Danso

Dean of the Ghana Armed Forces and Staff Command College, Dr Vladmir Antwi-Danso, has attributed the xenophobic attacks by South Africans (SA) against other...

Commonwealth Office, partners resolve to fight kidnapping, terrorism

Partners at the just ended Commonwealth Speaker Series are urging government to find solutions to poverty, youth unemployment, lack of inclusivity which are the...

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe ex-president, dies aged 95

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's first post-independence leader, has died aged 95. He died after battling ill health, his family confirmed to the BBC. Mr Mugabe had...

Audio: Asiedu Nketia chokes on NDC campaign message for 2020

Barely a year to the 2020 elections, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is yet to come out with its policies to govern the...

Listen: How my grandfather defiled me – Girl, 9, shares story

A nine-year-old girl is traumatised for life after her grandfather allegedly defiled her in Somanya in the Eastern region. The victim, currently on admission at...

NIA to register foreigners for Ghana Card

The National Identification Authority (NIA) will begin a mass registration of foreign nationals living in Ghana on Monday, September 9 – Thursday, October 31, 2019. The exercise...

Dangote reacts to Xenophobic attacks in South Africa

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has admonished Africans to shun hate and any form of violence on their fellow Africans if they want the...

Xenophobic attacks: Nigerian airline to evacuate citizens free of charge

Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has served notice that it will evacuate its citizens in South Africa following recent xenophobic attacks there. The owner of a...

New strategies are needed to counter violent extremism – President Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Wednesday called on West African leaders to adopt new strategies to counter the shared and unprecedented threat of terrorism and violent...

Xenophobic attacks: Ghana sets up emergency numbers for Ghanaians in distress

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has set up dedicated emergency lines for Ghanaians in distress in South Africa. This follows recent attacks on foreigners in...

Wa Regional Airport to commence commercial flights Oct 15

The Ministry of Aviation has announced that the Wa Regional Airport would be opened for commercial flights on October 15, 2019. The Ministry of Aviation...

Fabewoso: Man accuses East Legon police of selling his car [audio]

A businessman based in Germany is accusing police in East Legon of selling his Man Diesel tipper truck with registration number GR-370U. Mr Victor Owusu...

Let’s remain calm; Ghanaians in South Africa are safe – High Commission

Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa, George Ayisi-Boateng, following the unrest in South Africa over xenophobic attacks, has assured Ghanaians in South Africa are...

Ablekuma West Assembly gives 500 dual desks to schools ahead of reopening

The Ablekuma West Municipal Chief Executive, George Bray, has presented 500 dual desks to the Ablekuma West Municipal Directorate of Education to be distributed to schools in...

Y’asem Nie: ‘Goro boys’ go digital as DVLA, passport office go paperless [audio]

"Man must eat so we are changing our style," a desperate middleman at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has said. Nana Yaw Oti...

Total South Africa halts operations over xenophobic attacks

Total South Africa, following the renewed xenophobic attacks in the country, has decided to halt operations till calm is restored. In a statement signed by...

‘Okada’ men rescue six children from alleged kidnapper

Commercial motor riders have rescued six children from the hands of an alleged kidnapper at Omandjor near Sowutum in Accra, JoyNews' Henry Kwesi Badu has reported. The...

Audio: Pray for us – Ghanaian Association in SA

The Chairman of the Ghanaian Association at Kempton Park in South Africa, Wofa Atta has dismissed reports that there are Ghanaian casualties among the...

No Ghanaian dead in SA Xenophobic attacks – Govt

The Government of Ghana, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has assured that no Ghanaian has died in the recent South...

Sacked NYA deputy CEO blames boss for procurement breaches

One of the acting Deputy Chief Executive Officers of the National Youth Authority (NYA), sacked by the President, has blamed his boss for the...

Why you must watch this if you consume cow, goat meat

Ghana’s fast-growing population is certainly increasing the demands and consumption of meat, just as the case is in many other countries. In Ghana, beef, chevon...

‘It is not just simply protecting the police’ – Peace Council Chair on arming MTTD officers

Chairman of the National Peace Council has admonished the police administration to train it's Motor Traffic and Transport Department  (MTTD) officers on the use of...

Akufo-Addo terminates appointments of NYA CEO, two deputies

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has dismissed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Youth Authority (NYA) Emmanuel Sin-nyet Asigri and his two...

9 ‘land guards’ remanded for rioting

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded nine land guards for allegedly causing riots They are Stanley Tagoe, 42, alias Abuasupanin, Joshua Obosu, 20, land guard, ...

Xenophobic attacks: Ghana urged to cut ties with South Africa

Government has been urged to break ties with South Africa after another round of xenophobic attacks on Africans has left five dead and several...

Danger: KNUST campus declared a security zone

The campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been declared a security zone by the Ashanti Regional Security Council...

Late Bimbila Overload’s family threatens to boycott Togbe Sri’s mediation process

The family of the late overload of Bimbila, Naa Dasana Abdulai Andani, has said it wouldn't be part of Togbe Sri's mediation process...

Video: Terrible drainage system in Accra exposed

Ghana has a serious flood problem after over 60 years of political independence due to poor drainage. Drains are constructed to ensure that waste water and...

Listen: Man who took epic video of slain Kasoa cop speaks

The man, who took the amateur video of the last moments of late Lance Corporal Awal Mohammed at Gomoa Buduburam in the Central region,...

Audio: Ex-IGP’s Executive Secretary describes MTTD arming as knee-jerk reaction

Superintendent Peter Lanchene Toobo, a former executive secretary to the immediate past Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Appeatu, has described plans by the...

Audio: Image of slain Kasoa cop keeps ‘coming to me’ – Shop owner

The owner of the shop in which one of the two police officers killed at Gomoa Buduburam sought cover is appealing for psychological help. The...

Video: I will fix deplorable Eastern corridor roads if voted for in 2020 – Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama says he will fix the Eastern corridor roads if voted for as the president of Ghana in the 2020 election. According to...

Watch: Wife of Kasoa cops killer arrested

Reports available to Adomonline.com indicates that the wife of the suspected killer of two policemen at Gomoa Budumburum, Eric Kojo Duah, has been arrested. RELATED...

Zebras ‘eat’ pedestrians

All over the world, if there are any portions on stretches of roads that are safe for pedestrians to cross those roads, they are...

Man beaten to death for stealing cocaine

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Multimedia partners AMA on Joy Clean Ghana Campaign

The Multimedia Group has partnered with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to embark on a campaign dubbed the Joy Clean Ghana Campaign. This campaign is to raise awareness on the...

Family of murdered cop calls for capital punishment for killers

The family of a police officer, Lance Corporal Mohamed Awal, who was allegedly gunned down by a man in Gomoa Buduburam in the Central...

Man arrested for stealing UCC lecturer’s DSTV decoder

The police in Cape Coast have arrested a man for allegedly breaking into the house of Professor Martin Ekor, a lecturer at the University...