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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...

AngloGold Ashanti gives update on trapped illegal miners

Operators of the Obuasi mine, AngloGold Ashanti Ghana have shared insights regarding reports of illegal miners trapped underground in remote areas of the mine. About...

Busload of family of lady allegedly murdered by police officer storms court [Photos]

Kumasi's Asokore Mampong District Court witnessed a poignant scene as a busload of relatives arrived seeking justice for the tragic death of a 26-year-old...

Mother of missing former IGP’s bodyguard seeks closure after 14 years

Elizabeth Teiko Odonkor, a 69-year-old woman, continues to seek answers from the Ghana Police Service regarding the disappearance of her son, L/Cpl Michael Adamtey...

Afenyo-Markin reacts to Gomoa Akyereko accident, recounts near-death experience

Deputy Majority Minister, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, has reacted to the gory accident at Gomoa Akyereko on the Accra-Cape Coast highway in the Central Region. Speaking...

Supreme Court convicts NDC’s Kpessa Whyte for contempt

A lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof Michael Kpessa Whyte, has been convicted for the offence of contempt of court by the Supreme...

Obuasi mine shaft tragedy: 6 miners rescued, arrested

Seven illegal miners, who are among the over 300 trapped in the one of the shafts owned by AngloGold’s Obuasi Mines, have successfully exited. The...

Contempt charges: Kpessa-Whyte cautioned and discharged after pleading guilty

The Supreme Court has cautioned and discharged Professor Michael Kpessah-Whyte after considering his apology and the mitigating prayer of his lawyer. This follows his conviction...

Supreme Court convicts Prof Kpessah-Whyte for contempt

University of Ghana lecturer, Professor Michael Kpessah-Whyte, has been convicted of contempt of court by the Supreme Court. He was convicted on his own...

JUSAG suspends strike for 2 weeks

The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG),has suspended its five-day old strike for two weeks.  The suspension is to pave way for further engagement...

Afenyo-Markin: Disregard those who claim MPs are wealthy

Deputy Majority Minister, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, recently addressed a prevalent misconception regarding the wealth of parliamentarians. Contrary to popular belief, he emphasized that legislators are...

Renowned Economist Dr Joe Abbey passes on

Renowned Economist, Dr. Joe Abbey is dead. Joy Business is learning that he passed on over the weekend. Dr. Joe Abbey until his demise was the...

More details about St Monica’s SHS student’s death emerge

The recent sudden death of a 17-year-old student of the St Monica’s Senior High School (SHS) at Mampong in the Ashanti Region has been...

Ghana Immigration Service Promotes Officers for heroic rescue mission

Four officers of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) have been promoted for their bravery and selflessness during a daring rescue mission. The officers risked their...

Otumfuo destools chief of ‘Antoa’

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has ordered the destoolment of the chief of Antoa, a popular town in Asanteman. Nana Kwame Owusu Agyeman, who...