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8th IBAG Conference to discuss effects of Global economic challenges, DDEP on insurance industry

The 2023 edition of the Insurance Brokers Association of Ghana (IBAG) Educational Conference and Exhibition is expected to focus on the effect of Global...

CAGD staff demand Landcruiser Prado instead of Toyota Camry for official work

Some staff of the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) have described as pathetic and disheartening, the allocation of Toyota Camry to Management and...

Road toll re-introduction: Here’s how much drivers are likely to pay

Drivers are bracing themselves for the re-introduction of road tolls on Ghana’s roads. The levy was abolished in November 2021 as part of what the...

Tollbooth workers welcome reintroduction; make strong appeal to govt

Ghana Tollbooth Workers Union (GTBU) has welcomed government's decision to reintroduce road tolls nationwide. According to the Chairman, Henry Dogbe, this is good news and...

GRNMA distributes 43 motorbikes to members in remote areas

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has reiterated the need for the government to implement rural incentive packages for health workers in...

Baby dumped in a gutter at Adabraka

A newborn baby was discovered dead in a gutter at Adabraka, a community in the Greater Accra Region, leaving residents in shock. The lifeless body...

Despite economic crisis, Ghanaians must be grateful to God – Presby Minister

The District Minister of Koforidua Ascension Congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rev. Justice Kwame Asumeng, has rebuked Ghanaians for being ungrateful to...

Will govt scrap E-levy with road toll reintroduction? Sam George asks

Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam Nartey George, has inquired if E-levy will be withdrawn with the reintroduction of road tolls. He explained...

Okyeman is not ready to secede an inch of its land ….Nananom of Akyem Abuakwa warns

Chiefs of the Akyem Abuakwa State has said they will not secede an inch of their lands or tolerate any customary violations within their...

Kofi Adams proposes public education on Common Fund utilisation

Buem Member of Parliament(MP), Kofi Adams, has proposed that parliament appoints some experienced former MPs, District Chief Executives (DCEs), and local government workers to...

Don’t scrap guarantor system – Afari-Gyan advises EC

A former Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, has criticised the commission for its move to discard the guarantor system for...

Blind man allegedly kills wife for seeking divorce

A 71-year-old sight impaired man is in police grips for allegedly butchering his wife at Abepotia near Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The...

Govt announces new rates for road toll reintroduction

The government, through the Finance Ministry, has announced approved rates for the reintroduction of road tolls in the country. This was contained in...

GAWU reacts to Owusu Afriyie’s claims on Ghana’s food security index

The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) has disputed claims by former Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, about Ghana's food security...

Ketu South records 10 measles cases

Acting Volta Regional Director of Health, Dr Kwasi Senanu Djokoto, has said the Ketu South Municipality has recorded 10 cases of Measles. He, however, disclosed...

Woman on motorbike killed in hit-and-run accident

Police in Koforidua are on a manhunt for a hit-and-run suspect driver who knocked a young lady at the Central Hospital traffic light on...

US Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Ghana

The Vice President of the United States (US), Kamala Harris, has announced plans to visit Ghana later in March with her husband Douglas Emhoff. The...

I want to be President because… – Dr Afriyie Akoto

Aspiring flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, says he wants to be President of Ghana because he wants to...

Horror at Dormaa as looters destroy about 15 graves

About 10 tombs have been looted by some yet-to-be-identified persons at Dormaa Ahenkuro cemetery in the Bono Region. The discovery was made after pungent smell...

One feared dead, others injured in accident at Akrokerri Junction

One person is feared dead with another in critical condition in an accident at Akrokerri Junction on the Obuasi Anwiankwanta highway in the Ashanti...

ECG announces closure of offices for nationwide revenue mobilisation exercise

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced a closure of its offices as it embarks on a nationwide revenue mobilisation exercise. The exercise...

Georgina Theodora Wood: Celebrating Police Prosecutor who rose to become Chief Justice

On day 14 of the Adom Brands of the Multimedia Group's Ghana Month celebration of outstanding Ghanaian personalities, we celebrate Georgina Theodora Wood. Georgina is...

Ga Mantse has cause to be angry – Ayikoi Otoo

President of the Ga Adangbe Council, Nii Ayikoi Otoo, has backed the assertion by the Ga Mantse, Nii Teiko Tsuru II that Gas have...

We have been mistreated on our own land for too long – Ga Mantse fumes

The Ga Mantse, Nii Teiko Tsuru II, is agitated over what he described as disregard and mistreatment of Gas on their own land. According to...

Family of murdered soldier speaks on claims he was killed after visiting female friend

JoyNews/AdomNews · IMORO UNCLE ON DEATH Mohammed Ibrahim, uncle of trooper Imoro Sherrif, who was attacked and killed at Ashaiman Taifa, has said they have...

I can ‘cure’ over 85 diseases including HIV with cow dung and urine – Spiritualist [Video]

Ghanaian spiritualist, Prophet Ernest Ampaw Aboagye, says he has healed more than 85 sicknesses with cow dung in Ghana. According to the founder and leader...

I have been perceived as arrogant but… – NPP flagbearer hopeful

JoyNews/AdomNews · I Have Been Perceived As Arrogant - NPP Flagbearer Hopeful A flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto,...

Akropong MP mourns after being hit with sad news

The Member of Parliament for Akropong, Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah-Adjei, has announced the death of her mother. In a post shared on her Facebook page,...

Paramount Chief of Gbi Traditional area, Torgbega Gabusu VII and 9 others gazetted

Ten gazetted Paramount Chiefs across the Volta Region, including the revered Paramount Chief of the Gbi Traditional area, were inducted into the Volta Regional...

Charles Bissue’s suit: Court orders OSP to file Statement of Case within 14 days

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has been ordered to file its Statement of Case within 14 days, a deadline that would elapse...

Stop Gabby from installing ‘foreigner’ as Chief – Okyehene, IGP told

Felicia Ama Otiwaa, the Obaapanin of Akakom Traditional Area in the Eastern Region has appealed to the Okyehene and the IGP to stop Gabby...

Bawku: Parliamentary committee cancels fact-finding visit

A planned fact-finding mission by the Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Interior at Bawku has been cancelled. The cancellation of the trip followed security concerns...

Aboabo residents resolve to resist attempts by politicians to destroy their future

Some residents of Aboabo in the Asokore Mampong municipality have expressed their resolve to resist attempts by politicians to use them for parochial gains. They...

Ashaiman: Court denies bail to suspects in soldier’s murder

The Ashaiman Circuit Court on Monday morning denied bail to six suspects picked up in connection with the murder of Trooper Imoro Sherrif at...

Family of murdered soldier reacts to arrest of suspects

Awudu Imoro, father of a 21-year-old soldier, Sheriff Imoro, who was killed at Ashaiman, has expressed delight at the arrest of six suspects. According to...

Snake bites student of Have Senior Tech Institute while going to prep

A final year Auto Mechanic Student of Have Senior Technical Institute in Afadjato South District of the Volta Region is battling for his life...

Ashaiman: Suspects in soldier’s murder remanded

The Ashaiman Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody the six suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a 21-year-old soldier, Imoro Sheriff....

I’m a 27-year-old mom, and I still don’t feel like an adult at all

I usually look around for an adult when my son is misbehaving. It’s like I’m the babysitter waiting for the sage adult to come home...

Pregnant JHS pupil found dead with head chopped off

Residents of Nsane near Ayaase in the Assin South District of the Central Region have been thrown into a state of shock and fear...

Soldier was robbed and killed after visiting female friend in Ashaiman Newtown – Police

The police say Trooper Imoro Sherrif was attacked and killed by his assailants after visiting a female friend in Ashaiman Newtown. It had been rumoured...