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9-yr-old defiled by her teacher struggling to walk

A nine-year-old girl in the Central regional town of Kasoa is struggling to walk after she was alleged to have been sexually assaulted by...

Audio: Toilet roll, bed sheets, pens not free under free SHS – CHASS

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) is worried parents don’t still understand the free Senior High School (SHS) policy. President of CHASS,...

Three Katanga Hall male students arrested over ‘secret’ meeting

Three male students affiliated to University Hall otherwise known as Katanga Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)  have been...

Out of control Ford car kills mother of three, injures 8 others in Accra

A mother of three died instantly while eight others were injured after an alleged out of control Ford Caravan hit them Wednesday afternoon in...

[Audio] People we name our babies after can have negative influence – Prophet Joshua Adjei

The General Overseer of Bread of Live Ministries International, Prophet Joshua Adjei, has warned parents to be careful with the people they name their...

Court fines two okada riders for breaking traffic regulations

The Wenchi Magistrate Court has fined two Okada riders GHC 1,800.00 each for the violation of the road traffic regulations. The accused Persons are Adams...

Check out why Nkwanta South MCE can’t sleep

Municipal Chief Executive for Nkwanta South, John Thasun, says he is unable to sleep due to bad roads in his Municipality. According to him, almost...

Bride and mother-in-law exchange slaps over food

A story has emerged online about how a bride fought her mother in law at her marriage ceremony over the shortage of food. The incident...

Fire Service flouts High Court order, refuses to reinstate sacked female fire officers

The hope of two female officers sacked by Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) for getting pregnant while on probation to be reinstated has been...

False, doomsday prophets ‘have bleached faces’ – Korankye Ankrah

The Apostle-General of Royalhouse Chapel International, Reverend Sam Korankye Ankrah, has made a very interesting observation about false and doomsday prophets in Ghana –...

Local Govt Ministry inaugurates committee to fight galamsey in the Northern region

The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama in conjunction with various ministries has inaugurated and sworn in the District Committees on...

Berekum boy gets support; Child Rights NGO takes over case

The Ghana NGO Coalition on the Rights of the Child is seeking justice for the young boy allegedly shot at close range by a...

Six Zongo youth killed in K’si to be buried on Thursday amid heavy security

The remaining six of the seven youths killed in Kumasi Zongo by police for alleged robbery in Amansie West District will be laid to rest on Thursday. Ahead...

13-year-old boy drown following Bagre Dam spillage

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has confirmed the death of a 13-year-old boy who drowned in a dam in the Northern Region, following...

AUDIO: NSS chase employees who failed to offer service to the nation

National Service Scheme (NSS) has set a task force to sensitize employees on the effects of not offering service to the Nation after obtaining...

More horrific photos emerge of Berekum boy who was shot

More photos of the boy who was allegedly shot at close range by a man who claimed he was trespassing on his property have...

197 Out of 204 electrical items substandard – Standards Authority

Only seven out of the 204 electrical items tested by the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) at Opera Square and Zongo Lane in Accra conform...

Berekum police deny cover-up in trespass shooting case

Police at Berekum in the Brong Ahafo region has denied covering up for a suspect who shot a 15-year-old boy at Kato, near Berekum...

Idol worshipers need land at Asomdwee Park for a National shrine – Bonsam

In the wake of the controversy that has been generated over the construction of a national cathedral, renowned Fetish priest, Nana Kwaku Bonsam has...

Zoomlion supports MMDAs with 500 trucks

Waste management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has provided 500 waste trucks to the newly-created Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs). Senior Communications officer at Zoomlion,...

17-year-old stabbed over GHC20 debt

Kofi Asiedu, 35, a resident of Pakyi in Kumasi has allegedly stabbed a friend in the stomach with a broken bottle. The incident occurred in...

Meet 21-yr-old graduate of UG elected as NDC regional executive

A 21-year-old graduate of the University of Ghana has emerged the youngest Northern regional executive of the opposition National Democratic Congress after a keenly...

PHOTOS: 10-year-old girl dies, 4 others injured in deadly accident

A 10-year-old girl has died in an accident at Gbogdaa in the Upper West Region Sunday night. The girl died when her father’s Toyota Pick...

Unemployed jailed for stealing GH¢ 930.00

A twenty-four year-old unemployed, Alhassan Wala who broke into his victim’s room and made away with items valued at GH¢ 930.00 has been jailed...

PHOTOS+VIDEO: Fire destroys Supermarket at Akwatia

https://www.facebook.com/adom106.3/videos/288358075227805/ A fire outbreak at a supermarket near Akwadum market in Akwatia has destroyed goods running into millions of cedis. Items destroyed include assorted cooking oil,...

Audio: Man allegedly high on tramol kills girlfriend

A middle-aged man has allegedly beaten his girlfriend to death after he reportedly took tramadol. According to reports, he had a misunderstanding with his 16-year-old...

Why my marriage failed – Duncan-Williams confesses

Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, the Presiding Archbishop and General Overseer of the Christian Action Faith Ministries (CAFM) has broken his long silence on the circumstances...

‘China-Ghana relations must take the lead in Africa’ – Xi Jinping to Akufo-Addo

The President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, said on Saturday in Beijing that he is ready to have a working relationship...

Video: China plays ‘Oye’ on Akufo-Addo state visit

President Nana Akufo-Addo is in China on a state visit. President of China Xi Jinping held talks with Akufo-Addo at the Great Hall of...

Fire Service charged to help reduce fire outbreaks

The Minister of the Interior, Mr Ambrose Dery has charged the Ghana National Fire Service(GNFS) to intensify fire safety education and enforcement to help...

Don’t measure your effectiveness by numbers in Churches

Reverend Dr Ernest Adu-Gyamfi, Executive President of the Ghana Baptist Convention (GBC) has urged Ministers of the Convention not to measure their effectiveness by...

Video: Man beaten to pulp for refusing Kpekple sprinkling in his home

A man believed to be in his 60s has been beaten to a pulp at his home at Kpong Katamanso in Accra for refusing...

Gang-rape turned me into a drunkard, sex addict – Lady narrates her ordeal

A first-year university student who was ganged raped by four of her colleagues said to belong to a secret cult, has given a harrowing...

Otabil@59: ‘I’m grateful for your wishes, prayers’

Founder and leader of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Pastor Mensa Otabil has expressed gratitude to Ghanaians for the birthday wishes he received...

VIDEO: 15-year-old paralyzed in an apparent trespass shooting

A 15-year-old boy has been left paralyzed after he was allegedly shot in the legs by a man who thought he was trespassing on...

You can’t manipulate me – WA Poly rector to lecturers [Audio]

Embattled Rector of the Wa Polytechnic, Prof. Emmanuel Owusu Marfo says he will not allow lecturers of the institution to manipulate him. He has accused...

A-G not ruling out insider job in break-ins

Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Gloria Akuffo, is not ruling out the possibility of an inside job in a recent break-in at some offices...

Wa Poly Rector locked out of office despite court ruling

Embattled Rector of the Wa Polytechnic was prevented from entering his office, Thursday, despite a court ruling directing him to resume official duties. Prof. Emanuel...

PHOTOS: Landguards brutalise, rape 35-year-old woman at Kasoa

A 35-year-old petty trader at Opeikuma, a suburb of Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East District of the Central Region, Christiana Ofori, has been...

PHOTOS: 24 community ICT centres abandoned in Ashanti Region

Only four out of 27 community ICT centres set up in rural communities in the Ashanti Region are functional, Joy News has learnt. The facilities,...