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Bawumia urges collaboration for peace at Bawku

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has called on all factions involved in the Bawku conflict to join forces with the government and other...

Sim card disconnection: Affected persons throng telecom service centres to secure cards

Scores of mobile network subscribers have thronged some telecommunication services centres in Kumasi in a desperate attempt to restore their line. This follows the disconnection...

Land guards open fire on farmers at Gomoa Okyereko

Over 150 land guards have reportedly invaded parts of Gomoa Okyereko, firing live bullets and chasing farmers with guns, and grading their lands with...

2 villages burnt down in renewed violence between Mamprusi and Gonja tribal groups

There was violence at dawn in the villages of Lukula and Nyoagbini in the North Gonja District. Both communities have been burnt down amid reports...

People’s Forum: Residents at Nanakrom cry over perennial flooding

Ahead of the raining season, residents at Nanakrom in the Adentan Municipality of the Greater Accra region are at their wits end. For years, anytime...

Massive fire engulfs Asokwa’s mechanic shops in Kumasi

Late last night, a devastating fire wreaked havoc on a chain of mechanic shops located in Asokwa, Ashanti region. The fire resulted in the destruction...

Supreme Court throws out lawsuit challenging plant breeders’ regulation

In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit challenging the regulation of plant breeders. The case stemmed from the passage of the...

Domelevo declares: I won’t take legal action against the government

Daniel Yao Domelevo, the former Auditor General, has stated that he has no intention of pursuing legal action against the presidency following the recent...

NCA Enforces Blockade on 9 Million SIM Cards

Telecommunication firms in Ghana have taken action to deactivate approximately 9 million unregistered SIM cards, following a directive from the National Communications Authority (NCA). The...

Former Minister condemns businessman’s burial of father in Toyota Corolla

The burial of a man's father in a Toyota Corolla at Navrongo has drawn strong criticism from former Upper East Regional Minister, Tangoba Abayage. She...

Domelevo reacts to Supreme Court ruling

Former Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo, expressed his satisfaction with the recent Supreme Court ruling that deemed it unconstitutional for the President to compel him to...

KATH takes action: Two doctors suspended for extortion

Two doctors at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi have faced suspension after being found guilty of extorting money from patients. Each doctor...

Tano River more polluted than it was a year ago – Erastus Asare Donkor

The condition of the Tano River is even worse than it was last year, says JoyNews’ Erastus Asare Donkor. Mr. Asare Donkor who has been...

Police hands over $9k, other items found in Gomoa Okyereko accident car to GPRTU

The Winneba Divisional Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Police Command has delivered a range of items and cash to the Buduburam...

AngloGold incident: 79 illegal miners out of underground mine

AngloGold Ashanti says 79 of the illegal miners who invaded their Obuasi Gold mine in the Ashanti Region have given themselves up for arrest. The...

Tiktok pastor ‘Godpapa The Greatest’ and wife ‘Empress Lupita’ remanded

The Ghanaian sensational TikTok couple, Daniel Chayah alias Godpapa The Greatest, and his wife Jocelyn Chayah alias Empress Lupita, have been remanded into police custody by the TDC Magistrate Court...

Matthew Opoku-Prempeh didn’t celebrate his birthday in Monaco – Spokesperson

The spokesperson for the Energy Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has denied claims that the minister celebrated his 55th birthday in Monaco, France.  Kofi Abrefa Afena...

Help extricate our young people from unemployment trap – Mahama to Korea

Former President John Dramani Mahama has asked Korea Republic to help create employment opportunities for Ghanaian youth.  Mr Mahama said Ghanaian youth are ready to...

Accra International Book Festival commiserates with family of Ama Atta Aidoo

The Accra International Book Festival has sent a word of comfort to the family of prolific Ghanaian writer, Ama Atta Aidoo. The acclaimed novelist and...

Over 7.4 million unregistered SIM cards to be deactivated tonight

By midnight, over 7.4 million SIM cards which have since not been linked to the owner’s Ghana Card will be deactivated by the National...

Ama Ata Aidoo’s iconic 1987 interview that shook the world

Late Ghanaian writer, poet and Pan-Africanist, Prof. Ama Ata Aidoo, reiterated her staunch condemnation of racial abuse and injustice against Africans in an interview...

ECG discovers 33 structures illegally connected to national grid by one customer in Tema region

Personnel of the Afienya District of the Electricity Company of Ghana Limited on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, discovered that one customer had connected electricity...

Beware of romance scammers exploiting vulnerable individuals online – Fraud expert warns

Technology has undoubtedly provided immense benefits to the world, but it has also given scammers an opportunity to exploit vulnerable individuals, particularly in the...

Cured leper gifted 2-bedroom house by Bawumia passes on

The 82-year-old woman who was gifted a two-bedroom house by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in September 2020 has died. Daari Pogo caught the attention...

Asking Domelevo to proceed on leave unconstitutional – Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision described as unconstitutional the directive from the Presidency that asked former Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo, to proceed...

Supreme Court strikes out law that allowed govt to impose restrictions during Covid-19 pandemic

The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision declared as unconstitutional the law that allowed government to impose restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic. Parliament in...

11 million SIM cards risk deactivation: crowds besiege NIA centres for Ghana Card

About 11 million active Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards yet to be re-registered with the Ghana Card risk disconnection and deletion tomorrow as the...

Rampaging youth destroy property at Obuasi over detention of illegal miners

Property running into thousands of Ghana cedis have been destroyed by some irate youth of Obuasi who went on a rampage on Tuesday, May...

OccupyGhana expresses shock as gov’t reverses stance on Public Officers Act

The government has faced strong criticism from OccupyGhana, a pressure group, for yielding to the demands of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and introducing...

Driver fatigue cause of fatal Gomoa Okyereko crash – NRSA

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) says preliminary investigations point to driver fatigue as cause of the accident that occurred at Gomoa Okyereko in...

Charges filed against police officer accused of murdering romantic partner

The Ghana Police Service Inspector, Ahmed Twumasi, accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend in Adum, Kumasi, has been officially charged with murder by the...

Suhumhene reinstates his Benkumhene

The Suhumhene, Osabarima Ayeh Kofi, has reinstated the Benkumhene of the Suhum traditional area, Nana Opeabre Awuah Asiedu, who was suspended in February this...

Fire burns Madina-Ritz junction again

There has been another fire outbreak at Madina-Ritz Junction in the La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipality. The fire, which started around 11pm on Tuesday, has gutted a...

Ghanaian Real Estate Developers set to showcase Property in Toronto Canada

Ghana’s leading property developers are set to participate in the premier and only African real estate exhibition in Canada. Tagged the Africa Property Market...

Gomoa Okyereko accident: Fire Service gives update on passengers in critical condition

Central Regional Commander of the Ghana National Fire Service, ACFO 1 John Amarlai Amartey, has provided an update on the Okyereko Accident, stating that...

Gomoa Okyereko accident: How this family of 6 survived horrific crash [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · GOMOA ACCIDENT Stephen Nyame, a man who miraculously escaped unharmed with his wife and children, has opened up about the horrifying crash that...

Head porter jailed 60 months for attempting to use 5-year old girl for money ritual

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 29-year-old head porter to 60 months imprisonment for presenting a five-year-old girl for money ritual at Pokuase...

$9k found in Gomoa Okyereko accident car, handed over to police

An amount of $9,000 dollars has been retrieved during a rescue mission after a gory accident at Gomoa Okyereko which claimed the lives of...

Gomoa Okyereko accident: Grim state of Yutong bus revealed after crash

New details have emerged about the recent tragic accident involving a Yutong bus and a fuel tanker, resulting in the loss of 16 lives...

Head of local govt service advocates for partisan district assembly elections

Head of Local Government Service, Dr Nana Ato Arthur, has called for the election of Assembly Members to be done on partisan lines in...