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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,...

National Cathedral brouhaha: Judges have started moving to new homes – Minister

Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu Bio has revealed judges living at the site for the proposed National Cathedral have started...

NPP executives in Tamale want Musa Superior out

Some party executives of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Tamale Central and Tamale South constituencies of the Northern Region, want the Tamale...

150 unknown dead bodies up for mass burial

The Police Hospital administration has announced it will in the next 21 days embark on a mass burial for some 150 unknown and unclaimed...

VIDEO: Male KNUST students harass females in Conti

https://www.facebook.com/OurCollectiveV/videos/483430245466674/?t=24 Some male students believed to be residents of Unity Hall (Conti) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been caught...

Love charms work – Spiritualist asserts [Audio]

A man highly endowed in spiritual affairs, Peter Hammond, says love charms are real and never a fallacy. According to him, love charms, popularly known...

All you need to know: Friendship, the Dagaaba-Frafra way

True friendship, it is often said, is tested on the day one finds oneself in a crisis and needs the help of others one...

I have no threat in contest for NDC Eastern Regional Chairman – Basil Ahiable

The aspiring National Democratic Congress (NDC) Eastern Regional Chairman, Mr Basil Ahiable says he is sure of victory at the party's delegates conference which...

National cathedral a pact between government and Christian community – C’ttee member

Secretary to the Committee overseeing the construction of the National Cathedral says the erection of the national cathedral was a consensus between President Akufo-Addo...

PHOTOS: Angry fishermen protest over tree harvesting on Volta Lake

Angry fishermen along the Volta Lake in the Eastern region have hit the streets at Akateng, near Asesewa in the Manya Krobo District to...

Anas # 12: Amin Lamptey laments ‘many broken homes’

Controversies surrounding 'Number Twelve',  a documentary by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas and his Tiger Eye Private Investigative team on corruption in football is...

SMASCO: An example of a school needing intensive care

Abandoned projects, completely deteriorated roads, bushy environs and dormitories invaded by bed bugs are the sights that greet you when you step feet at...

Funding for National Cathedral from private pockets – Committee member

Secretary to the Committee overseeing the construction of the National Cathedral has put to rest controversies surrounding sources of funding for the proposed National...

Islamic organisation opposes erection of National Cathedral

The Coalition of Muslim Organisations (COMOG) has described the proposed construction of a National Cathedral by the government as amounting to state meddling in...

Boy,13, drops dead after touching electrified coconut tree at Abirem

A 13-year-old boy dropped dead at Abirem in the Eastern region Monday after urinating beside a coconut tree which had been electrified by its...

Ghana’s cities must be robust and governance friendly – Good Governance Africa

“Young men and women form a group and decide to live in the slums where no one can control their lives. Through our work,...

MP urges Church of Pentecost to focus on building basic schools

The Member of Parliament for Bekwai constituency, Joseph Osei Owusu has entreated the Church of Pentecost to focus on building basic schools instead of...

Video: Child abused in prayer camp; police on manhunt for culprits

The Head of Cyber Crime Unit at the Ghana Police Service, Chief Supt. Herbert Gustave Johnson says the police is in search of the...