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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...

Bondholders Picketing: Sophia Akuffo returns to Finance Ministry [Photos]

A former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, has once again joined Pensioner bondholders to picket the Finance Ministry. This is the sixth time that members of...

Sex not Valentine gift – Pastor warns

The General Overseer of Pearls Chapel International at Odumase Afancho in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region, Apostle Dr Abraham Sarfo, has...

Sophia Akuffo replies Gabby Otchere-Darko [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Sophia Akuffo Replies Gabby Former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, has replied Gabby Otchere-Darko for criticising her for joining her colleague pensioners to picket the...

7-STEM schools fully operational – Education Minister

The Ministry of Education has announced the full operationalisation of seven science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) schools. They are the Awaso STEM School...

Cedi continues rise against dollar

The Ghana cedi continued to rise steadily against the US dollar amidst the Bank of Ghana’s tight foreign exchange intervention. The regulator sold only...

GES boss visits families of drowned pupils [Photos]

The Director-General of Ghana Education Service, Dr Eric Nkansah, has visited the bereaved families of the eight (8) pupils who met their untimely death...

Doctor rejects Okudzeto Ablakwa’s car gift

A medical doctor at the Catholic Hospital at Battor in the Volta Region, Dr Kofi Effah, has rejected a Honda SUV car from the...

Meet the former Catholic priest now a married Anglican clergyman

Imagine living a routine, serene and orderly life as a Catholic priest for the most part of your life and subsequently flipping the coin to become...

Debt Exchange: Gabby vs Sophia Akuffo is a ‘family affair’ but we’ll get involved – Sam George

Ningo Prampram MP, Sam George, has described Gabby Otchere-Darko’s riposte to ex-Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo’s condemnation of government’s domestic debt exchange programme (DDEP) as...

Carlos Ahenkorah sends important message to authorities of tertiary institutions 

Tema West Member of Parliament, Carlos Ahenkorah, has advised authorities of tertiary schools to seek security counsel from experts to ensure the peace and...

Bia East MP lauds IGP Dampare

Bia East Member of Parliament(MP), Richard Acheampong, has commended IGP Dr George Dampare and his outfit’s initiative to improve security in all public universities....

Ambulance Service reacts to claims of neglecting sick boy at Kpetoe

The Ghana National Ambulance Service says it is not true a call to attend to a sick child being carried by public transport from...

Two arrested for human trafficking in Ashanti Region

The police in the Ashanti Region have arrested two persons believed to be behind the trafficking of foreign nationals to engage in begging in...

GJA calls for immediate passage of Broadcasting Bill

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) is pushing for the immediate passage of the Broadcasting Bill in Parliament. In a statement released on February 13,...

Debt exchange: Individual bondholders declare 5-day protest

Individual bondholders are pilling pressure on the Finance Ministry to pay the over ¢4 billion in interest and principal on which the ministry defaulted. The...

PMMC allays fears gold-for-oil is revised Agyapa deal [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · PMMC Allays Fears Over Gold For Oil Deal The Precious Minerals Marketing Company has allayed the fears of Ghanaians that the government's gold-for-oil...