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New passport fees will not be reviewed – Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration says it will not review the new passport fees. According to the Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Kwaku...

Chip-embedded passports to be introduced in six months – Foreign Affairs Ministry

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong, has announced that chip-embedded passports will be introduced in Ghana within the next six...

ECG needs competent managers – IEA

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) Ghana says the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) needs expert managers to tackle the inefficiencies in its operations. ...

Revealed! Here is why we have ‘dumsor’

The findings below are based on GRIDCo’s analysis of Ghana’s power supply situation from March 27 to April 2, 2024 and explains why Ghana...

Renowned Ghanaian composer, Elder S.K. Ampiah passes on

Renowned Ghanaian composer, Elder Samuel Kofi Ampiah of the Apostolic Church-Ghana, has passed on. Elder S.K Ampiah as he is popularly known passed on Easter Sunday,...

Rainstorm wreaks havoc at Biadan Methodist JHS [Photos]

A heavy rainstorm has ripped the roofs of four classroom blocks at Biadan Methodist Junior High School (JHS) in the Bono Region. The unfortunate...

Climate change: Prof. Antwi-Agyei worried about dire effect on Ghana’s cocoa production

Climate expert at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Prof. Philip Antwi-Agyei is worried climate change continues to wreak havoc on Ghana’s...

Muslim Group threatens street protests over Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill signing delay

A Muslim organisation based in Kumasi has announced plans to hit the streets in protest if President Akufo-Addo does not sign the Anti-LGBTQ+ bill...

WASSCE registration fees remain free — GES Director-General

The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr Eric Nkansah, has said final-year free Senior High School (SHS) students are exempted from the...

Ghana and Kenya commit to strengthening fraternal bonds of cooperation

The government says it has collectively resolved with the Republic of Kenya to reinvigorate cooperation and strengthen the strong fraternal bonds between both nations. Already,...

Me Boafo Foundation revolutionises Easter in Asamankese with spectacular celebration

In the heart of Asamankese, a wave of excitement swept through the town as the Me Boafo Foundation orchestrated a dazzling array of events,...

Passport acquisition a privilege, not a right – Appiah Kubi

Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament, Andy Appiah Kubi, has defended the recent revisions to passport application fees, citing low travel-related demand...

Missing genitals: Court remands another trader over false alarm

A 20-year-old trader who allegedly made false claims that his penis had vanished has been remanded by a District Court in Awutu Breku in...

Free SHS students exempt from paying WASSCE registration fees  

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says Form Three students enrolled in the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) programme are exempt from paying registration fees...

Majority apologizes for sudden passport fee hike

The Majority in Parliament has apologized to Ghanaians for the sudden revision of the passport application fee. Acknowledging the unexpected nature of the fee adjustment,...

Police inspector accused of murdering his girlfriend is not dead-Kumasi Central Prisons

Adomnews can authoritatively report that a police inspector accused of using a service rifle to kill his girlfriend at Adum in Kumasi is alive...

Police officer who defiled a 14-year-old girl at Akatsi North jailed

The trial of Sergeant Emmanuel Duah, now 47, only began in 2023, two years after he lured a 14-year-old girl into a newly built...

Police officer allegedly burns hand of boy, 11 for spending GH¢2

A police officer is in hot waters for allegedly burning the hand of an 11-year-old boy named Stephen Boadi at Oda Old Town in...

We need a law to regulate who qualifies for scholarship and who doesn’t – Scholarship Secretariat Registrar

The Registrar of the Scholarship Secretariat, Dr Kingsley Agyemang, is advocating for swift legislation to streamline the distribution of scholarships in the country to...

Drivers, passengers stranded as ‘galamseyers’ block road for mining

Passengers and commuters traveling along the Kunka-Ntonsua-9 miles road in the Obuasi Municipal and Amansie Central district of Ashanti found themselves stranded as the...

Akufo-Addo receives KPMG’s report on GRA/SML contract

President Akufo-Addo President Akufo-Addo has received the audit report conducted by KPMG into the revenue mobilization contract between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and...

Police inspector accused of murdering his girlfriend not dead

Joynews can authoritatively report that the police inspector accused of using a service rifle to kill his girlfriend at Adum in Kumasi is alive...

Ghana’s education system faulty – Frimpong-Boateng

Renowned physician and cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has criticised Ghana's education system, arguing that it is overly theoretical. According to him, the government must...

Water crisis deepens in Ticheli: Residents cry for help

Residents of Ticheli, a farming community in the Tamale Metropolis, are urging the government and Non-governmental Organizations to help address the acute water shortage...

Akrodie Manhyia chief appeals for CHPS compound

The chief of Akrodie Manhyia in the Ahafo Region, Nana Boakye Yiadom, has expressed deep concern over the lack of access to healthcare facilities...

IES Director backs directive to stop electricity export

The Executive Director of the Institute for Energy Security (IES), Nana Amoasi VII, has described President Akufo-Addo's recent directive to stop the export of...

National Cardiothoracic Centre deteriorated after I was driven out – Prof. Frimpong Boateng

Former Minister for Science and Environment, Professor Frimpong Boateng, has expressed concern over the deteriorating condition of the National Cardiothoracic Centre, stating that it...

Trader remanded after court issued bench warrant

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into police custody a 25-year-old trader, Michael Azu, for failing to appear in court. On December 7, 2023, Azu,...

’12-year-old’ wondergirl married to deity not priest — Gborbu Wulomo-Shitse

The Office of the Gborbu Wulomo-Shitse says customary rites performed on Saturday, March 30, for a minor and the 63-year-old Nuumo Borketey Laweh XXXIII,...

Energy Minister reiterates Ghana’s quest for more gas supply for power generation

Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has reiterated Ghana’s quest for more gas supply to support power generation. This, he says, remains his top...

Another suspect arrested in Mobile Money and Sim swap fraud

The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) has arrested another person reportedly involved in a “sophisticated mobile money and sim swap fraud scheme.” EOCO officials...

Traditionalists at Afetorku Gbordzi advocate for a national holiday for traditionalists

In a rallying call for the preservation and recognition of traditional religion, traditionalists and worshipers across the nation have united in a demand for...

Office of Gborbu Wulomo clarifies alleged marriage involving a minor

The office of the Gborbu Wulomo has justified the marriage ceremony between the 63-year-old priest, Nuumo Borketey Laweh XXXIII, and 12-year old girl over...

Interesting details emerge about Gborbu Wulormo’s child bride 

The Office of the Gborbu Wulomo-Shitse has described Naa Okromo, the minor betrothed to 63-year-old Nuumo Borketey Laweh Tsuru XXXIII as a mystery lady....

Popular Ghanaian lawyer passes on

Prominent private legal Practitioner at leading law firm, AB & David Africa, Nana Serwah Godson-Amamoo has passed on. Nana Serwah died on Thursday, March...

Irate Abirem residents hoot at DCE during community engagement [Video]

Residents of Akyem Ntronang in the Birim North of the Eastern Region gave their District Chief Executive(DCE), Raymond Nana Damptey an unfriendly welcome at...

One-week observance for policewoman killed in Kyekyewere accident announced

The one-week observance for Inspector Theresa Zampiaw, one of the three police officers who died in a ghastly accident at Kyekyewere has been set...

Major stakeholders in energy sector to meet over power outages

All major stakeholders in the energy sector are set to appear before Parliament’s Energy Committee this Saturday, April 6, according to the Committee’s Chairman,...

Power outages: Akufo-Addo orders suspension of electricity export

President Akufo-Addo has issued a directive to curtail the export of electricity to neighbouring countries in response to the ongoing intermittent power outages popularly...

Gborbu Wulormo’s child bride saga: We’re verifying if… – Chieftaincy Minister

Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs Minister, Stephen Asamoah Boateng, has assured that his outfit, along with other key stakeholders, is working to find out if...