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Chief Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah retires today

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Kwasi Anin Yeboah, is set to retire today, May 24, 2023. The 70-year-old served for five years since taking...

Judicial Service staff declare strike

Leadership of the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has announced an indefinite strike of its members barring any intervention by the government. The...

Seven fined ¢600 each for open defecation

The Yendi Municipal Assembly says it has recently prosecuted seven people for engaging in open defecation. They were made to pay a fine of GH₵‎600...

3-storey building collapses, over 15 tenants escape death at Winneba

A three-storey building has collapsed at Winneba in the Effutu Municipality of the Central Region. Adom News’ Kofi Adjei reports that no casualty was recorded...

Bono Manso Accident: One more person on admission dies

One of the survivors of the ghastly Bono Manso accident that claimed three lives on Saturday have died at the Techiman Holy Family Hospital. He...

Leave your comfort zones, Ghanaians are suffering – Ade Coker to politicians

Former Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Ade Coker, has urged politicians to leave their comfort zones. Speaking on Adom FM's Dwaso...

30 years of deception: Quack midwife’s shocking trail of deaths and malpractices exposed

After 18 months of investigative reporting at a private health facility in Accra, The Fourth Estate has uncovered a frightening case of ‘Matron Gaga’, an unlicensed...

Herdsman inflicts machete wounds on food vendor at Kansaworodo

Nana Ekua Mansa, the Queenmother of Kansaworodo Traditional Area, has expressed shock over a herdsman, who allegedly inflicted multiple machete wounds on one Madam...

PetroSA-GNPC deal: I’d rather be fired than to resign – Freddie Blay replies CSOs

The Board Chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Freddie Blay, has denied any wrongdoing in offering interest in Ghana’s oil fields to...

GRA closes 2 Chinese businesses, arrests 6 managers

Six business operators, including two Chinese have been arrested in Accra for failing to issue Value Added Tax (VAT) invoices to customers. Although the identities...

Man, 47, inflicts cutlass wounds on friend over roofing sheet

The Awutu Breku District Police Command has arrested a 47-year-old Nicolas Cudjoe for allegedly inflicting cutlass wounds on his friend. The victim, Efo Kokuvi, 63,...

FWSC justifies decision to ‘block’ allowances of GBC staff

The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) has justified its decision to block the payment of allowances to some staff of the Ghana Broadcasting...

Benkum SHS sex scandal: Students give testimonies

Over 1, 500 students of Benkum Senior High School (SHS) have been made to write testimonies over the ongoing sex scandal albatross around the...

China will have access to Ghana’s mineral revenue, electricity sales in default of 4 loans – IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revealed details about how Ghana’s four collateralized loans from China have exposed the country to losing parts of...

Man, 23, arrested for having sex with goat

A 23-year-old man at Kentey, a farming community in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region, has been arrested by the police for...

Sex scandal at Benkum SHS: Mass transfer of teachers hits school

Emmanuel Nyarko, the Headmaster of Benkum Senior High School (SHS) is facing the consequences of alleged sexual misconduct in the school. The teachers, who were...

We get about 100 virgins for Dipo every year – Dodowa chief debunks claims of shortage

Chief of Dodowa in the Shia Traditional Council, Nene Okukrubuor Tei Kwesi Agyemang V, has debunked claims that lack of virgins is frustrating the Dipo rite. Dipo,...

29 CSOs demand removal of GNPC’s Freddie Blay, Opoku Ahweneeh Danquah

Some 29 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) are demanding the immediate removal of the Board Chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Freddie Blay...

Energy Minister takes on Freddy Blay for offering oil fields to PetroSA

Energy Minister, Dr Mathew Opoku-Prempeh, has taken a swipe at the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Board Chairman, Freddy Blay. He is accusing Mr Blay...

Be alert – Paediatric Society of Ghana cautions parents about rise in neonatal jaundice cases

The Paediatric Society of Ghana has advised parents to be on the lookout for neonatal jaundice in babies. Keeping newborn babies indoors for up to...

Group calls for abolishment of borders in Africa

“Africans Rising,” an NGO recognized by AU, has called on various governments in Africa to consider abolishing borders in Africa to enhance the free...

ECG to embark on another nationwide revenue mobilisation exercise

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) says it will embark on another Nationwide Revenue Mobilisation exercise following the success of the month-long drive which...

Two siblings drown in abandoned pool at Akyem Oda

Two young siblings, a boy of six years and his 13-year-old sister, have both drowned in an abandoned pool at Saw Mills, a suburb...

St. Anne’s Hospital at Damongo reconnected to national grid after babies died over outages

St. Anne’s Hospital at Damongo has successfully regained access to the national grid. This happened after the intervention of the constituency’s legislator and Minister for...

My stepmother’s maltreatment made me who I am today – TVET Director-General

Entrepreneur and Director-General of the Ghana Technical Vocational Education and Training Service, Mawusi Nudekor Awit, has disclosed how her childhood experience with her stepmother has...

Man found dead at the banks of Yeji river

A man, believed to be in his late thirties, has been found dead at the banks of a river at Yeji in the Pru...

10 pupils injured as dilapidated school structure collapses at Sehwi Kramokrom

A dilapidated Kramokrom D/A Primary school structure in the Sehwi Wiawso Municipality of the Western North Region has collapsed on pupils from primary one...

GRA starts property rate collection

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced that it will be sending Technical Support Officers (TSOs) and Client Support Officers (CSOs) to private and...

Alex Apau Dadey, KGL Group sweep two awards at 7th Ghana CEO Summit and Expo

The Executive Chairman of the KGL Group, and Board Chairman of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Alex Apau Dadey, has been awarded the...

I’ll be shocked if Akufo-Addo sacks Ofori-Atta – NDC MP

The MP for Tamale Central, Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, is skeptical that President Akufo-Addo will terminate the appointment of the Finance Minister after Ghana successfully...

Ghana Police Service decentralises criminal clearance  

The Ghana Police Service has decentralised its criminal clearance service in all 25 Police regions to make it more accessible and convenient for individuals...

Berekum police rescue 24-year-old driver from mob attack  

The timely intervention of the police at Berekum in the Bono region saved a-24-year-old driver from a mob attack. The angry mob nearly lynched the...

Latest update to Major Mahama’s murder trial

There was no show at Monday's hearing of the case in which some 14 persons are standing trial for allegedly lynching young soldier, Major...

North Gonja. 3 farming communities enjoy electricity for the first time since independence

The Chiefs and people of Kpariya, Bugsa and Yagbon communities in the North Gonja District of the Savannah Region, have expressed excitement after they...

Over 50,000 2023 BECE graduates enrolled in TVET Institutions

Over 50,000 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) 2023 graduates have been enrolled in Ghana Technical Vocational Education and Training Service (TVET) schools. The sector received its...

Nungua: ‘Wife killer’ remanded into police custody again

Isaac Newton Kumah, the man accused of killing his 25-year-old wife, Eunice Ameh Narh, with a machete at Nungua, has been remanded into police...

Collapsed building kills 5-year-old after thunderstorm in Koforidua

A heavy rainstorm which occurred over the weekend has claimed the life of a five-year-old girl at Koforidua Magazine in the Eastern Region. The building...

Alan Kyerematen honours mother on her 103rd birthday

Alan Kyerematen, aspiring flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, has taken to Facebook to celebrate his mother's 103rd birthday on May 23. In a heartfelt...

Sammi Awuku wins overall best public sector CEO

Director General of the National Lottery Authority Samuel Awuku, has been awarded the Overall best Public sector CEO of the year 2022. He received the...

Clash over Kumawu by-election: Nukpenu and Owusu Bempah lock horns [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · NUKPENU ON OWUSU BEMPAH With the highly anticipated by-election at Kumawu just around the corner, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New...