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Family of late KABA officially informs President of death

A family delegation of the late Kwadwo Asare Baffour Acheampong has officially informed President Akufo Addo about the death of the late Multimedia broadcaster...

Confirmed: Late K'dua Sec Tech student died of meningitis

A form two student at the Koforidua Secondary Technical School (SECTEC), has died of meningitis. Eastern Regional correspondent, Kofi Siaw, confirmed on Asempa FM’s Ekosii...

Final funeral rites of Late Kwadwo Asare Baffour Acheampong (KABA)

FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS Please join us for the final funeral rites of our dear colleague, brother and friend, Kwadwo Asare Baffour Acheampong, affectionately called #KABA. Laying-In-State:...

We are tired of your frequent ‘violence and conflicts’ – Police to Bunkprugu residents

The Bunkprugu District Police Commander in the Northern Region has called on indigenes of Bunkprugu and Yunyoo living outside the district to call their...

Otumfuo explains Manhyia ‘miracle’

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has explained that God stopped the rains on Thursday afternoon during the funeral of her late mother, Nana...

GRIDCo Staff to sleep on the premises of ECG

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Grid Company Limited, Jonathan Amoako-Baah, says the Company would soon dispatch its staff to sleep on the...

Chief commits suicide

The Odikro of Pokrom-Nsaba near Nsawam in the Akuapem South District of the Eastern has been found dead in a pool of blood Monday...

Front Pages: Monday, December 11, 2017

Front page headlines of some major newspapers.

Tamale will soon have water shortage – GWCL

The continued degradation and siltation of the White Volta as a result of sand winning activities at Nawuni in the Kumbungu District will soon...

Teenage girls trading sex for fish

Some teenagers in fishing communities in the Central region are reported to be trading sex for fish. The situation, among others, is affecting efforts aimed...

Joy News’ Ivy Setordzie, Hubert Yevu-Agbi snatch top GJA awards

Two Joy News’ Volta Regional Correspondents have swept key awards at the maiden edition of the region's Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) Awards 2017. Ivy Setordzie...

Photo: Meet alleged killer of old Vandal

The police have begun investigations into the killing of an Old Vandal by a fellow V-mate on the University of Ghana campus on Saturday. The...

Muslim Council wants gays punished

The Federation of Muslim Councils (FMC) says it is in no doubt, that homosexuality and same sex marriage remains an abominable subject (Haram). It has...

Photo: Meet the alleged killer of old Vandal

The police have begun investigations into the killing of an Old Vandal by a fellow V-mate on the University of Ghana campus on Saturday. The...

Old Vandal stabbed to death by fellow V-Mate

An Old Vandal of the Commonwealth Hall of the University of Ghana has been stabbed to death, Saturday, Myjoyonline.com has learnt. The victim was said...

4 dead in fatal accident at Teacher-Mante

At least four people have died after their vehicle rammed into a container that had fallen off a truck at Teacher-Mante on the Suhum-Nsawam...

PHOTOS: Kumasi turns”ghost town” as Otumfuo performs final rituals

The Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi on Saturday went dead as final rituals and funeral rites for the late Queenmother of Asanteman, Nana Afia Kobi...

Jumia Food and Pernod-Ricard Ghana launch Ghana’s first alcohol delivery service

Jumia Food and Pernod-Ricard Ghana have launched Jumia Party - a New 1-hour alcohol delivery service App in Accra. The new app gives users...

Criminals lace food with drugs; women, girls targets for rape – Police

With Christmas just around the corner, the police have issued an alert to the public, particularly women, to be mindful of drugs that are...

Any gov’t that legalizes homosexuality will lose elections- Christian Council

General Secretary of the Christian Council, Rev. Dr. Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong says any political party that allows same sex marriage in Ghana will never win...

KUMACA students never died of Swine Flu – Parents release bombshell

The Ghana health service has finally spelt out the actual cause of deaths at Kumasi Academy to be Swine Flu. But parents of the deceased...

Five to probe Starbow crash

Aviation Minister Cecilia Abena Dapaah has inaugurated a five-member investigation committee to probe the recent Starbow plain crash at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA)...

Baako condemns spiritual twists,fake pastors in KUMACA deaths

Senior journalist, Abdul Malik Kwaku Baako has condemned spiritualists who have linked a fatal health crisis in Kumasi Academy (KUMACA) to spiritual causes. The Editor-in-Chief of...

Ghana Baptist Convention begins prayer session for KUMACA students

A number of reverend ministers from the Ghana Baptist Convention have begun prayer sessions for students of the Kumasi Academy. The school, since April 2017,...

Muntaka will not die of Influenza H1N1 – Health Minister

The Minister of Health Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has allayed the fears of the Member of Parliament for Asawase Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka of dying from a...

Don’t brand us as thieves – Matrons

The National Domestic Bursars and Matrons(NABDAM) has condemned reported cases of pilfering and theft of food items by some of its members in Senior...

Fear grips students of SECTEC as meningitis kills one

There is fear and panic among students of Koforidua Secondary Technical School (SECTEC) following the death of a form two student identified as Yaw...

PHOTO: The fake Flagstaff House official

A 40-year-old man who has allegedly been parading himself as an official of the Flagstaff House and using that claim to defraud some people...

VIDEO: 1-year-old baby escapes unhurt in accident on Adenta-Amrahia road

A year old baby escaped unscathed after a vehicle in which he was travelling with his parents was involved in a near fatal accident...

Bawumia mourns KUMACA swine flu victims

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has expressed condolences to the families of the four Kumasi Academy Senior High School students, who died recently as...

Sakawa boy severs boy’s testes for rituals

The reproductive organs of a 10-year-old boy, Waachribu Adam, have purportedly been slashed for rituals by one Rauf aka Bossu, a known ‘sakawa’ (cyber...

National House of Chiefs to sanction chiefs who settle defilement cases in Palaces

The Vice President of the National House of Chiefs, Daasebre Kwebu Ewusi has cautioned chiefs not to attempt to settle any defilement cases in...

Hot Audio: Prestea-Huni Valley District overall best farmer rejects award

35 year-old man John Kojo Enimil, who emerged the overall district best farmer for Prestea Huni/Valley in the Western region, has rejected the award. The...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: President, Veep mourn Asantehemaa

Click here for more photos Watch video below: Source: Ghana Adomonline.com / Gershon Mortey

How DNA is saving some men in Ghana – Over 90% of tests prove they are not the fathers

Editor’s Note: To protect our sources in the course of investigating this sensitive matter, certain names and details have been changed. There is a joke...

Hot Audio: KUMACA deaths spiritual – Owusu Bempah

Founder and leader of Glorious Word Power Ministry International Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah, has said the mysterious deaths at the Kumasi Academy in the...

Patients receive treatment on floor at Kpandai hospital

The only hospital in Kpandai district in the Northern region is admitting patients on a bear floor in the hospital for treatment due to...

Kufuor is 79 today

Today, Friday, 8 December 2017 marks the 79th birthday of former President John Agyekum Kufour. Mr Kufuor was the second president of the fourth republic...

ECG prepaid crisis: PURC calls for calm 

The Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) has called for calm between the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and consumers over challenges facing prepaid meters. Thousands...

Confirmed! KUMACA students died of Swine Flu

It has emerged the four Kumasi Academy students who died over the last few days died of Influenza Type A popularly referred to as...