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Anti-LGBTQ Bill has not been diluted – NDC MP

Member of Parliament (MP) for North Dayi, Rockson Nelson Defeamekpor, has refuted claims made by President Nana Akufo-Addo that significant portions of the Anti-LGBT...

ECG disconnects McDan Salt Company over GH¢300k debt

Electrochem Ghana Limited, a salt mining company owned by Dr Daniel McKorley, has been cut off from the national power grid.  This was done by...

ECG threatens to disconnect Ho Teaching Hospital, Ho Municipal Hospital over arrears

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has threatened to disconnect the Ho Teaching Hospital and the Ho Municipal Hospital if they fail to clear...

Green Ghana project: Seedling contractors chase govt for GH¢28m

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has debunked claims that the ministry owes some seedling providers in the country over GH¢2.5 billion under...

Anti-LGBTQ+: Titus-Glover defends Akufo-Addo

Former Tema East MP, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, has stated that President Akufo-Addo has made a clear stance about LGBTQ+. According to him, the President...

Herdsman arrested for inflicting cutlass wounds on farmer

A Fulani herdsman is in the grips of Damongo police in the Savannah Regional capital for inflicting cutlass wounds on a farmer. The suspect assaulted...

Your indecisive posture on LGBTQI+ issues problematic – Akufo-Addo told

Samuel Narteh George, a lead Sponsor of the Anti-LGBTQI Bill, has urged President Nana Akufo-Addo to emulate his predecessors in making his position clear....

Check out committee to probe Kejetia market fire

The Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development on Wednesday inaugurated a five-member committee to probe the Kejetia market fire incident. The chairman...

Parliament to probe UG residential policy impasse

The First Deputy Speakerbof Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu, has asked the Education Committee of Parliament to investigate the impasse between the management of the...

Suicide now a mental health issue

Parliament has amended sections of the Criminal Offenses Act of 1960, which criminalised attempted suicide. Following the amendment which took place on Tuesday, any person...

Two female illegal miners die in galamsey pit

A deep mining pit has unfortunately caved in and killed two suspected illegal female miners at Bonsukwaada near Atwima Mfensi, a farming community in...

ECG disconnects fish farm of 2020 National best Aquaculture winner

The national revenue mobilization taskforce of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) travelled about 100km to disconnect the fish farm of Ghana’s 2020 National...

Bawku Technical Institute closed down after violent clashes

The Ghana Technical and Vocational Education and Training Services has closed down the Bawku Technical Institute after violent clashes with students of Bawku Senior High School. The...

There will be no by-election in Domeabra-Obom– NDC Election Committee Member

National Democratic Congress' (NDC) Election Committee Member, Mahdi Gibrill, has confirmed that Member of Parliament (MP) for Domeabra-Obom, Sophia Ackuaku, has not filed for...

Kejetia market: We are protecting lives – KMA boss justifies closure

Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) boss, Samuel Pyne, has given reasons why the Kejetia market was closed down after the fire outbreak.  According to him, upon...

Be bold and reject LGBTQI+ – Nana Yaa Jantuah tells Akufo-Addo

General Secretary of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Nana Yaa Akyempem Jantuah, has urged President Nana Akufo-Addo to be bold and take a firm...

God will receive him in heaven – Uncle of late Kumawu MP

JoyNews/AdomNews · God will receive him in heaven – Uncle of late Kumawu MP Akwasi Sarkodie, an uncle of the late Kumawu Member of Parliament,...

Man who swallowed 68 pellets of drugs at Airport jailed

A man who was arrested at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) after confessing to the Narcotics Control Commission officers of swallowing pellets of Narcotics...

Kenya: MP dies after hit-and-run motorcycle crash

A Kenyan lawmaker has died while receiving treatment at a hospital after being involved in a hit-and-run motorcycle accident in the capital, Nairobi. Kullow Maalim...

Akufo-Addo reacts to death of Kumawu MP

President Nana Akufo-Addo has joined scores of politicians in mourning Kumawu Member of Parliament (MP), Philip Basoah. President Akufo-Addo has said he is shocked...

Teenager struggling with dad’s death leaves heartbreaking text before vanishing

A missing teenager sent a heartbreaking final text message revealing she was struggling with her dad's death - just moments before she disappeared. Haliey Wells, 17, from...

Ghana Post staff hold ECG taskforce ‘hostage’ after disconnection

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Revenue Mobilization Taskforce team was held hostage for about 30 minutes after they disconnected the Ghana Post Company...

Delay shocks Chairman Wontumi at his mother’s funeral

Wontumi, the Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman, lost his mother Elizabeth Boampong Nyamekye in November 2022. Four months after her passing, Wontumi's mother has been...

ECG disconnects Osu Police Barracks over illegal connection

Three blocks at the police barracks at Osu in Accra have been disconnected over an illegal connection (connected power directly without a meter) by...

Three poachers arrested for killing wildlife

Three poachers have been arrested by Rangers of Mole National park for killing wildlife animals on two reserves. The three suspects were arrested on Tuesday,...

Armed police officers and soldiers clash in Accra central as traders run for their lives

Some personnel of the Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Armed Forces clashed at the Central Business District of Accra on Monday. According to a...

Ho Teaching Hospital, other health facilities owe ECG GH₵8.9 million

The Ho Teaching Hospital, Ho Municipal Hospital, Keta Municipal Hospital, Peki Government Hospital, some municipal and district hospitals, CHPS compounds, bungalows, and health directorates...

What Kumawu MP’s mother said after news of his death was broken to her [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · What Kumawu MP’s mother said after news of his death was broken to her An uncle of the Member of Parliament for Kumawu...

Akufo-Addo appoints Derek Kwaku Nkansah as PBC MD

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Derek Kwaku Nkansah as the Managing Director (MD) of PBC Limited. The nomination is contained in a letter dated March...

Over 800 shop owners at Kejetia Market protest against closure of their shops

Some Traders at Kejetia Market F-line whose shops have been closed due to a recent fire outbreak have removed the baricades in protest against...

Elements deterring smooth running of UEW – Governing Council

The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) says the new administration led by Vice-Chancellor Professor Mawutor Avoke since taking office has received numerous petitions and...

Oppong Nkrumah reacts to ‘LGBTQI+ colours’ at Jubilee House

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has asked Ghanaians to disregard claims the Jubilee House was draped in LGBTQI+ colours to welcome US Vice President...

Employment Ministry cautions public against recruitment scam

The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations has cautioned the public against an ongoing recruitment scam where an email, purportedly emanating from the Ministry,...

8 dead as boat carrying mourners capsizes on Oti River

Eight people have been confirmed dead after a boat carrying mourners capsized on the Oti River on Monday, March 27. According to reports, the boat...

Ashaiman solider murder suspects denied bail

The Ashaiman Circuit Court presided over by Simon J. Gaga has once again denied bail to six suspects picked up in connection with the...

Alban Bagbin installed chief of Awudome

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has been installed sub-Chief of Awudome in the Volta region. Mr Bagbin will serve under the title Togbe Nutefeworla...

Thieves break into Catholic school; steal 17 laptops

Thieves have raided the Bibiani Catholic 'A' Junior High School (JHS) in the Bibiani Anhweaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region. The suspects made...

Cape Coast residents happy about Kamala Harris’ visit

Residents of Cape Coast are optimistic about US Vice President, Kamala Harris’ visit to the ancient city on Tuesday, March 28, hoping for an...

Footballer jailed for defiling minor thrice

A 27-year-old footballer, who had sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl on three occasions at Mamprobi in Accra, has been sentenced to 12 years...

2M Express reacts to accident that killed 9 on Accra-Kumasi Highway

Management of 2M Express, a transport company whose bus was involved in a fatal accident on the Accra-Kumasi Highway has expressed deep sorrow over...