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MTN targets 4,000 pints of blood in Save a Life Blood dona­tion campaign

MTN Ghana Foundation in partnership with the National Blood Service (NBS) yesterday embarked on a blood campaign to collect about 4,000 pints of blood...

Man battling for his life after attack by unknown assailants at Awutu Bereku

A man, believed to be in his 30s, is unconscious after unknown assailants inflicted cutlass wounds on him at Awutu Bereku in the Awutu...

Man and son arrested for killing bull in Savannah Region

A 58-year-old man, Langa Jakpa and his 31-year-old son, Langa Mahama, have been arrested by the Tuna police in the Sawla District of the...

Debt exchange brouhaha: Finance Minister to meet Akufo-Addo

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has promised to meet with President Nana Akufo-Addo to deliberate on the exemption demand of members of the Pensioner Bondholders...

Pupils carry chamber pot to school over lack of toilet facilities

Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has asked the Ministry of Education and MMDAs to endeavour to include toilet facilities in...

Turkey earthquake: Kojo Bonsu fires Foreign Ministry

Presidential hopeful, Kojo Bonsu, is not happy about how the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration is handling information about the Turkey earthquake. According...

Movement For Justice Ghana drags Okudzeto Ablakwa to GRA

A Governance Accountability Group, Movement For Justice Ghana, has petitioned the Registrar of Companies and the Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to...

Omanhene opens up on how Mahama impacted his journalism career [Video]

Ace broadcast journalist, Benjamin Asante Darko, known in the journalism landscape as Omanhene Kwabena Asante, has shared a touching story about his media journey....

MP likens “voluntary” exemption in Debt Exchange to ‘Animal Farm’ 

A Member of the Finance Committee of Parliament, Richard Acheampong, has said that participation in the Debt Exchange Programme is not as voluntary as...

Meet the headmistress who has been shaving pupils’ hair for 9 years

The headmistress of Aboabo No.4 Presbyterian primary school in the Dormaa Central Municipality of the Bono Region, Gloria Anima Junior, has taken it upon...

GES sends strong message to parents as it announces placement of students

The Ghana Education Service (GES) is calling on parents to be on the high alert as it announces the placement of students in...

NEIP holds stakeholders’ engagement on hubs grant programme [Photos]

The National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) has held stakeholders' engagement with players in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. This is part of plans to implement...

Arise Ghana joins bondholders to picket at Finance Ministry

Pressure group, Arise Ghana on Wednesday joined the Pensioner bondholders to picket the Finance Ministry over the Debt Exchange Programme. Wednesday was the seventh time that...

Repair works on Korle Bu roads underway

The Department of Urban Roads (DUR) has commenced the fixing of potholes and asphalt cracks on roads leading to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital....

Assemblies of God Ghana meets Speaker Bagbin [Photos]

An eight-member delegation from the Assemblies of God Church has paid a courtesy call on Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin. Led by the General Superintendent,...

SHS/TVET placement for 2022 BECE graduates released

Placement for 2022 graduates of the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) into Senior High Schools and Technical, Vocational, Education and Training (TVET) has...

Archbishop of Canterbury’s wife meets First Lady

The wife of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Mrs. Caroline Welby and her entourage, on Monday paid a courtesy call on the First Lady, Mrs....

Influx of refugees in Ghana worrying – Akufo-Addo

JoyNews/AdomNews · Influx of refugees into Ghana worrying - Akufo-Addo President Akufo Addo has bemoaned the influx of refugees into the country. Interacting with the visiting...

Apostolic Empowerment Ministry, Tima Kumkum Foundation spread love on Val’s Day [Photos]

The Apostolic Empowerment Ministry, led by Apostle Selassie Addae, has donated to the Korle- Teaching Hospital's Child Health Department. The exercise, in partnership with Adom...

Mother of SHS student ‘losing sight’ after flogging by teacher sends SoS message to Education Minister

JoyNews/AdomNews · TEACHER BEAT STUDENT MOTHER SPEAKS Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, is yet to honour his promise after a 21-year-old student of Assin...

Three arrested over alleged sale of drugs at James Town

The James Town Police have arrested three persons alleged to have engaged in the sale of drugs to young people at James Town, Accra....

COCOBOD trial: I have ‘limited time’ to wrap up; your medical excuses ‘delaying’ me – Honyenuga to Agongo

Justice Clemence Honyenuga has said the medical excuses of the second accused person, Mr Seidu Agongo, in the ongoing GHS217-million financial loss case in...

Stop the one-man show – Dr Apaak tells Education Minister

The Deputy Ranking Member on the Education Committee of Parliament, Dr Clement Apaak, has advised Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, to open himself...

Heavy security deployment to Damongo over ruling on chieftaincy dispute

The Savannah Regional Security Council (REGSEC) is deploying armed police and military personnel to Damongo, the Regional capital to prevent any disturbance ahead of...

ECG, NEDCo’s indebtedness impacting negatively on our operations – GRIDCo

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCO) is warning that constant power supply could be hampered if its cash flow challenges are not addressed immediately. The...

EOCO secures order to seize alleged stolen vehicles from US and Canada

JoyNews/AdomNews · Culprits will face the law - EOCO on alleged stolen vehicles The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has obtained a court order...

Volta NHIA office closed down for non-payment of electricity bills

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Kpando Constituency in the Volta Region has chided the management of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA)...

Okyenhene calls for rethink of Ghana’s economic development

Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin says Ghana’s economic woes may linger forever if managers of the country do not depart from exporting raw materials and...

How Christian Atsu gifted Akrobeto 800 euros

Prayers are still being said for Ghanaian winger Christian Atsu, who is still missing and is believed to be buried in the rubble of...

Court orders Police to publish absconding pensioner’s photograph

An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the Police to publish the picture of a 66-year-old pensioner accused of defiling four minors at Lashibi in...

Moment Adwoa Safo ‘met’ Akufo-Addo at inauguration of school at Kwabenya

Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome Kwabenya met with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on February 14, 2023 during a school opening event in...

18 persons arrested over disturbance on UG campus

The Police have arrested 18 people for their involvement in a scuffle on the campus of the University of Ghana on Tuesday. The Police in...

Accommodation crisis: Students clash with police at UG

Some aggrieved students have clashed with police at the forecourt of the Commonwealth Hall at the University of Ghana as they tried to access...

Ban nurses from using phones during working hours – Residents appeal

Some residents in the Ejisu Municipality have appealed to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to consider banning the use of mobile phones by nurses...

GNAT calls on GES to change new academic calendar

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is pleading with the Ghana Education Service (GES) to make changes to the new academic calendar for...

Interior Minister visits injured police officers at hospital [Photos]

The Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, has visited some police officers at the Police Hospital in Accra who were injured in their line of duty. The...

SSNIT reacts to closure of Cape Coast branch

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has announced that its Cape Coast Branch remains open for business. The Cape Coast Metropolitan...

Afoko murder trial: Second accused reveals why he fled to Ivory Coast

The second Accused person in the alleged acid incident which led to the death of New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Upper East Regional Chairman, Adams...

MCE presents relief items to victims of Eremon SHTS fire

Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Lawra, Jacob Dery, has presented some relief items to the Eremon Senior High Technical School (SHTS) after a fire...

Ghana Card: Interior Ministry urged to increase registration points, days

Communications Minister, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, says the Interior Ministry and the National Identification Authority (NIA) must endeavour to increase their registration centres and days...