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Man lynched by friends after argument over GH₵200 at Kasoa Ofaakor

A 30-year-old man, Kwabena Mensah, has been lynched by his friends at Kasoa Ofaakor in the Awutu Senya East District of the Central Region. Kwabena...

Students in Krachi West urged to prioritise their studies

Students in the Krachi West Municipality of the Oti Region have been urged to prioritise their studies to secure a better future for themselves...

GNASSM national executives file GH₵1.5m defamation lawsuit against Philip Bawa and Co.

The national executives of the Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners (GNASSM), have taken legal action against three persons by filing a defamation lawsuit...

IGP leaked tape: Committee clears Dampare 

The ad hoc committee probing the leaked IGP tape saga has cleared Dr George Akuffo Dampare of any wrongdoing. The committee chaired by Abuakwa South...

Two to stand trial for soldier’s murder at Ashaiman

Samuel Tetteh and Abubakar Sadick, have been committed to stand trial at the High Court for murdering 21-year-old Private Sherif Imoro at Ashaiman by...

Npontu partners with MTN for the 2024 MTN 30 Days of Yellow Care

Npontu Technologies has partnered telecommunications giant, MTN Ghana to roll out its 2024 Yellow Care initiative which was held under the theme “Learn Today,...

First son of Kwame Nkrumah passes on

Professor Francis Nkrumah, the eldest son of Ghana’s first president, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, has passed on. The cause of death is not immediately known. But...

SSNIT halts negotiations with Rock City on hotel sales

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has revealed that it has halted negotiations leading to the sale of a 60 per cent...

Tension mounts at Kakpayili after discovery of bodies of 2 children

Two children have been found dead at Kakpayili in the Tamale metropolis of the Northern Region. The residents suspect that the children were murdered for...

Juapong section of Ho-Accra road re-opened to traffic after floods

The Atimpoku–Asikuma road in the Eastern Region remains open to road traffic a day after floodwaters took over the road at Juapong. A downpour on...

Bawumia urges religious harmony, kindness as he commissions mosque in Sorbelle

The Vice President and flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has urged the largely Muslim community of Sorbelle, in the...

Petrol price to go up 2%, LPG by 5% – IES

The price of petrol is expected to go up by 2.0% from July 1, 2024, for the next two weeks, the Institute for Energy...

Freddie and Kwame Blay sue Okudzeto Ablakwa and media outlets for defamation

In two separate lawsuits, former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman Freddie Blay and his son, Kwame Blay, have sued Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa for defamatory...

‘Galamsey’ activities blamed for Nkawkaw flooding

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Kwahu West, Lawyer Yaw Owusu Addo, has attributed the recent flooding in Nkawkaw to the activities of illegal...

Atimpoku-Asikuma road reopens after severe flooding

The Ministry of Roads and Highways has announced that the Atimpoku-Asikuma road, which had been affected by severe flooding following a heavy downpour on...

Land guards’ alleged plot on Okyeman Environmental Protection brigade exposed

The Okyeman Environmental Protection Brigade has raised alarm over an alleged plot by land guards associated with estate developers in Adoagyiri and Okanta to...

UGMC successfully performs 6 kidney transplants

The University of Ghana Medical Centre has announced the successful completion of its first six kidney surgeries. In a press statement on Sunday, the Centre...

Mortuaries, funeral agency react to viral video of Asante Akyem mourners carrying corpse

The Mortuaries and Funeral Facilities Agency (MoFFA), established under the Health Institutions and Facilities Act, 2011 (Act 829) of the Ministry of Health, has...

Critically ill man dies after being allegedly abandoned at UDS campus

A critically ill man died in front of the University of Development Studies (UDS) Tamale Campus after being abandoned by his brother and allegedly...

Kpatia health center gets maternity ward

Kpatia Health Centre has received a new maternity ward following a report by Adom News last year highlighting the inadequate infrastructure, particularly in the...

One shot dead in Yunyoo in renewed communal clash

A male adult has been killed with more than 10 houses torched in a renewed chieftaincy and land clash between two Konkomba factions at...

60-year-old man accused of attempting to kill people spiritually burnt to death

Six individuals have been apprehended by the Ahanta West Municipal Police Command in the Western Region for allegedly setting ablaze a 60-year-old man, Isaac...

Man sentenced to 25 years in hard labour for stealing a motorbike

24-year-old Kwame Adjei has been sentenced to a term of twenty-five years in imprisonment in hard labour on his own plea. The accused was a...

15-year-old girl battles for her life after brutal attack by 21-year–old suspected ‘rapist’

A fifteen-year-old girl is in critical condition at the Sogakope District Hospital following a brutal attack by a 21-year-old man who allegedly attempted to...

Don’t let Ghana Publishing Company collapse; commit resources to it – Otumfuo

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, has urged the government to allocate more resources towards revitalizing the Ghana Publishing Company Limited. During a meeting with...

IGP has not been sacked – Police

The Ghana Police Service has reacted to reports that, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare has been sacked. It described as...

Tax policies on products with negative health impacts beneficial – FDA

The Chief Executive of the Food and Drugs Authority, Delese Mimi Darko, says tax policies on products like tobacco and alcohol, with negative public...

NHIA praises F. Alpha and Omega Specialist Hospital for exemplary services

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) is extremely happy with the F. Alpha and Omega Specialist Hospital in Madina, management's voluntary registration of more...

It is a taboo to sell kenkey in Aburi on Thursday – Chief

It is a taboo to sell kenkey in Aburi on Thursday, Adonten Asokwahene, Nana Okyere-Kwame has said. This, he explained is because the gods who...

Government to introduce strategies to retain medical professionals – Okoe Boye

The Minister for Health, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye has unveiled plans aimed at curbing the increasing trend of Ghanaian medical professionals emigrating for better...

IGP leaked tape: Supt. Asare, Supt. Gyebi caught lying, committee cites them for contempt

The Parliamentary committee which probed the leaked tape regarding the alleged scheme by some senior police officers to remove the Inspector-General of Police from...

2023 RTI Report: 322 institutions submit annual reports to RTI Commission – Information Minister

The Right to Information (RTI) Commission in 2023 received the annual reports of 322 out of an expected 683 institutions, Fatimatu Abubakar, Information Minister,...

TECNO awards GH¢100,000 in scholarships to University of Ghana students

TECNO, a leading smartphone brand in Africa and a globally recognized brand with operations in over 70 countries across five continents, has reaffirmed its...

Which choice for CSR? Indomie, Kalypo, Condom; University don calls for policy implementation

While corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an important intervention by organisations to help society, a project and applied management specialist, Professor Daniel Frimpong Ofori,...

348 KNUST students receive scholarships

Some 348 needy students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, have benefited from the 2024 Hulede Foundation Scholarship. This...

Heavy rain floods Nkawkaw, residents homeless and properties destroyed

Floodwaters have taken over parts of Nkawkaw in the Eastern region after three hours of heavy rain. Some residents are homeless and properties worth thousands...

JoyNews Impact Makers Awards: Eunice Asiedua Agyepong emerges 2024 overall winner

Eunice Asiedua Agyepong, a young teacher at Noka M/A Basic School in the Eastern Region, emerged as the overall winner at the second edition...

Photos from 2nd edition of JoyNews Impact Makers Awards

The second edition of the JoyNews Impact Makers Awards is underway at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC). The event will recognise and honour ordinary...

Heavy rains cause severe damage on Ho-Juapong road; motorists and travellers stranded

A portion of the Ho-Juapong road has split into two after heavy rains flooded it, making it impassable. According to reports, the incident was caused...

High Court blocks Daniel Ofori from enforcing Supreme Court impugned decision

An Accra High Court presided over by Her Ladyship Justice Ellen Lordina Serwaa Mireku, has granted an interlocutory injunction restraining Daniel Ofori from enforcing...