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I’m unable to go to public functions – NIA boss cries

JoyNews/AdomNews · NIA boss cries over insults Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Professor Kenneth Attafuah, is complaining about harassment from the public...

Why your Ghana Card has delayed [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Why your Ghana Card has delayed It has emerged that the National Identification Authority (NIA) has no blank cards to print the Ghana...

Ghanaians abroad to pay for Ghana Card

JoyNews/AdomNews · NIA to register Ghanaians abroad The National Identification Authority (NIA) will in April 2023 roll out the next phase of its registration exercise...

Frances Essiam apologises to Akufo-Addo over resignation gaffe

The immediate past Managing Director of the Ghana Cylinder Manufacturing Company Limited has rendered an unqualified apology to President Nana Akufo-Addo. The apology, according to...

Lands Commission employees busted for stealing interdicted

The Lands Commission says it has interdicted 10 of its 16 employees who have been busted by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) for stealing...

Adom Ghana Month: Celebrating Krobo Edusei; Minister without portfolio

Political activist, Kwabena Edusei, popularly known as Krobo Edusei, played an instrumental role in Ghana’s struggle for independence. He won the heart of Ghana’s first...

Bribery allegation: NMC clears Nhyira FM’s Nana Kwadwo Jantuah

The National Media Commission (NMC) has cleared Nhyira FM journalist, Nana Kwadwo Jantuah over a bribery allegation levelled against him by one Frank Kwaku...

Woman bites off trader’s forehead over GH₵20 debt

A young lady, identified as Yaa Linda, has bitten off a trader's forehead at Twifo Praso in the Central Region over a GH₵20 debt....

Patients fail to pay medical bills; abscond from regional hospital 

A total of 75 in-patients who were treated and discharged from the Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua, last year, absconded without paying medical bills. Within...

24-year-old missing for over six weeks after police arrest

A 24-year-old dealer in second-hand clothing has gone missing for close to seven weeks after he was arrested by persons identified as police officers. Eye...

Ghana must learn lessons from Turkey earthquake – IET

The president of the Institution of Engineering Technology (IET), Engineer Henry Kwadwo Boateng, has disclosed that building constructions being done without expert supervision can...

8 stalls, 2 houses destroyed as fire razes market at Sehwi Dwenase

About eight metal and wooden structures and two living rooms have been destroyed in a fire outbreak at Sehwi Dwenase, a suburb of Sehwi...

I’ll serve more after CHRAJ’s exoneration — Deputy Gender Minister

The Deputy Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Francisca Oteng Mensah, has said that her recent exoneration by the Commission on Human Right...

Where is the Russian oil stashed in Ghana? Who procured it and for what?

So where is the 600,000 barrels of crude oil from Russia that arrived at the Tema harbour? And who procured that cargo and for...

Bawumia supports Joy News’ ‘The Classroom Project’ [Video]

https://youtu.be/iIzgQ9HLFA8 Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has donated GH₵ 20,000 in support of Joy News' The Classroom Project. This comes on the back of a...

Alleged Coup: ACP Agordzo never wrote any coup d’état speech – Mac-Palm

The embattled Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Citadel Hospital, Dr Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, has described as “falsehood” the prosecution’s allegation that Senior Police Officer...

Check out number of qualified students successfully placed in SHS so far

A total of 492,437 students representing 91 per cent out of 538,399 candidates who qualified for placement have as of 9:30 am on Sunday,...

NIA will print outstanding cards when debt owed are cleared — Attafuah

Professor Ken Attafuah, the Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), has stated the readiness of the Authority to print and issue all...

UCC reacts to Police promotional exams leakage

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has dismissed reports that questions for the Police Promotional Examination were leaked. The exams were organised by UCC's Department...

NIA has established verification platforms – Prof Attafuah

The Chief Executive (CEO) of the National Identification Authority (NIA) has disclosed that his outfit has established verification platforms that enable banks and other...

21 seriously injured in another accident on Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway

About 21 passengers have been seriously injured in an accident at Gomoa Odumase near Anteadze on the Kasoa Cape Coast Highway. The accident was between...

Latest update on Bukom Banku, son stabbing case

The stabbing case involving Braimah Isaac Kamoko, a.k.a. 'Bukom Banku,' a Ghanaian professional boxer, and his son, Mustapha Kamoko, has been adjourned until March...

Ghana confirms 14 cases of Lassa fever

Ghana has recorded 12 new cases of Lassa fever. This brings the total number of cases to 14 following the first two cases on...

Police arrest drinking bar operator over ‘wee’

The SWAT Unit of the Ghana Police Service has nabbed a 33-year-old porter for possessing two polythene bags containing dried leaves suspected to be...

I smashed dead Major Mahama with heavy cement block – ‘Killer’ tells court

Another alleged killer of the late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama, yesterday, admitted hitting the deceased with a cement block at the scene where he...

Adom Ghana Month Personality of the Day: Theodosia Okoh, Ghanaian who designed Ghana Flag

Theodosia Salome Okoh was a Ghanaian teacher born on 13 June 1922 who was an artist known for designing Ghana's national flag in 1957....

WASSCE for Private Candidates: More candidates fail Mathematics

Ghanaian students continue to have a challenge in Mathematics as more students failed in the subject than the other three core subjects in the...

CID Headquarters gets new image under DCOP Andoh-Kwofie’s leadership

There was a time when the Ghana Police Headquarters enclave, which includes the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), wasn’t a typical and sociable environment, especially...

See photos of the two who stole $1,600 at Accra Mall forex bureau

Two people said to have stolen US$1,600 from a forex bureau at the Accra Mall on Monday have been put on the police wanted...

Sad reactions as Crime Check boss shares poster of late Christian Atsu

The CEO of Crime Check Foundation has joined the list of persons who have visited the family house of the late Christian Atsu to...

Beautiful scenes from the 75th Anniversary of Crossroad Shooting ceremony [Photos]

The Vice President, Dr Muhamudu Bawumia, on Tuesday joined both retired and serving officers of the Ghana Armed Forces to commemorate the 75th anniversary...

Good news for tanker unions

The Managing Director of Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST), has assured tanker owners and drivers will not be left out in...

GIJ slapped with ₵25K fine as former Rector wins court case

An Accra High Court has ruled that the purported removal from office of Dr Wilberforce Dzisah, as the Rector of the Ghana Institute of...

BOST MD appeals for increment in margin; says it’s woefully inadequate

The Managing Director of Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST), Edwin Provencal, has appealed to the government for an increment in the...

Today in history: 75th anniversary of 1948 riot

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the February 28, 1948 crossroads shooting incident in remembrance of the three gallant, defenseless ex-servicemen, ex-Private Odartey Lamptey,...

GES to sanction SHS heads who inflate prospectus

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has warned heads of Senior High Schools (SHS) to desist from tampering with the approved prospectus for first year...

One dead, 23 injured in accident at Gomoa Anteadze

One person has died in a fatal accident at Gomoa Anteadze on the Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway in the Central Region. About 23 others are...

High Court convicts McDan with contempt

An Accra High Court has convicted Dr Daniel McKorley, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of McDan Group of Companies for contempt. The Businessman was found...

Tema Metro records 23 maternal deaths in 2022

The Terna Metropolitan Health Directorate in 2022 recorded a total of 23 maternal mortalities, a marginal reduction from the 2021 figure of 25, Priscilla...

Titus-Glover makes passionate appeal over unpaid student loans

Former Member of Parliament for Tema East Constituency, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, has appealed to management of the Student Loans Trust Fund to secure...