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Two killed in accident involving ambulance

Two people on a tricycle, popularly known as Aboboyaa, were killed in an accident involving an ambulance at Ahwiaa in the Kwabre East District...

Tricycles collapsing our business – Ho taxi drivers lament

Taxi drivers at Ho Abutia, a suburb of the Volta Region, say the introduction of tricycles locally known as Mahama Can Do or Pragya...

Good news for passengers travelling to Ghana

Airline passengers travelling to Ghana will no longer be required to fill out landing forms from March 31 this year. Disclosing the innovation, Vice President...

Catholic bishops call for lasting solution to conflict at Bawku

The Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference (GCBC) has reiterated its appeal to the government to urgently use all the resources at its disposal to ensure...

I will die fulfilled if God calls me today because… – Annoh Dompreh

Member of Parliament (MP) for Nsawam, Frank Annoh Dompreh, has revealed his contribution towards the decentralisation of scholarships in Ghana has brought him a...

Court chases pensioner for defiling four minors

An Accra Circuit Court has declared a 66-year-old pensioner wanted for allegedly defiling four children in the Tema West Municipality. The suspect, Emmanuel John Kwesi...

Lawyer backs Attorney-General on A-G’s Covid-19 report withdrawal

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Director for Legal Affair, Gary Nimako, has supported calls by the Attorney General for the withdrawal of Covid-19 expenditure report by...

Ga East market women call for Municipal Chief Executive’s head [Video]

https://youtu.be/CQTzru9glR8 Traders at Dome, Kwabenya and Taifa markets in Accra want the Chief Executive of the Ga East Municipal Assembly, Kaakie Mann dismissed. The traders at...

Stay away from our lands – Empire Builders warns

Reputable real estate developers Empire Builders have issued a stern warning to some Military men and land guards occupying their 114 acres of land...

Queen Mother of Ga State passes on

The Ga Traditional Council has announced the passing of the queen mother of the Ga state, Her Royal Majesty, Naa Dedei Omaadru III. Ambassador S.J.K. Parker,...

Why NACOC didn’t sell GH¢50m worth of cannabis [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · NACOC ON BURNT CANABIS Acting Director, Public Affairs at Narcotic Control Commission (NACOC), Francis Opoku Amoah, says they decided to destroy the 50,000...

How NACOC deals with big donations from public [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · NACOC ON BIG DONATIONS The Narcotic Control Commission (NACOC) has explained how the commission deals with donations they receive from big people in...

UCC lecturer receives $30k Google research grant for Artificial Intelligence

A lecturer at the Department of Mathematics at the University of Cape Coast has received a Google research grant of $30,000 to continue research...

Former CJ Sophia Akuffo joins bondholders to picket at Finance Ministry [Photos]

A former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, on Friday, February 10, joined Pensioner bondholders to picket the Finance Ministry. This is the fifth time that members...

Ambulance deal: Ato Forson acted on Terkper’s authorisation – Lawyers

Lawyers for Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, have refuted claims by the prosecution that their client as Deputy Finance Minister authorised the establishment...

Why Debt Exchange Programme has not been a success – Financial Analyst

A Financial and Economic Analyst, Seth Ofori Twumasi, has indicated that the Finance Ministry has not shown any transparency in its Domestic Debt Exchange...

COCOBOD Case: AG sends officers to Korle-Bu to monitor Agongo

Lawyers of Businessmen Seidu Agongo and Agricult Ghana Limited, the 2nd and 3rd Accused in the ongoing Ghana Cocoa Board trial have accused the...

Building contractor accused of fraud granted GH₵150k bail  

An Accra Circuit Court has granted a GH₵150,000.00 bail with two sureties to a 57-year-old building contractor accused of fraud. Wonder Abochie Kissina was...

I wanted to jump from the 7th floor – Atsu’s team mate speaks

Kevin Olivier Soni was almost killed in the earthquake that rocked Turkey on Monday, February 6. The Indomitable Lions midfielder, terrified, detailed the catastrophe that...

Turkey Earthquake: Thermal camera confirms more people trapped near Atsu’s residence

Thermal cameras used at the residence of Ghanaian football player, Christian Atsu have confirmed that many people are alive under the rubble following an...

Alleged Coup Plot: Dr Mac-Palm, others to answer charges Feb 14

The 10 people accused of being part of a plot to overthrow the government will on February 14, 2023 answer the allegations raised by...

West Hills Mall death: Security Analyst proposes independent forensic autopsy

A Security Analyst with Global Intelligence, Samuel Nana Appiah, has proposed an independent forensic autopsy into the death of 32-year-old Shadrack Arloo at the...

Compete with the slay queens when it comes to appearance – Pastor tells wives

Men as God created them, are mostly enthused by what they see. Naturally, they are wired that way. However, most often, women get complacent after...

Let’s save Ghana – Former NDC MP begs Ghanaians over Debt Exchange [Video]

https://youtu.be/WAXpcwdSqro Former Member of Parliament for Adentan constituency, Kojo Adu Asare, has pleaded with the Individual Bondholders Forum to reach a consensus with government on...

Attempt to drag Education Minister into ‘School placement for sale’ scandal unfortunate – Kwasi Kwarteng

The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Education Ministry, Kwasi Kwarteng, has said that the attempt to associate the Minister with the fraudulent payment...

Trader, farmer remanded for kidnapping 37-year-old mason

The Circuit Court in Accra, presided over by His Honour Samuel Bright Acquah, has remanded three people for allegedly kidnapping a 37-year-old mason at...

DDEP: CPP’s Nana Yaa Jantuah weeps on live TV

Since its announcement on December 5 last year, government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) has been met with fierce opposition and widespread public resistance. Apart...

Family of man allegedly murdered at West Hills Mall to drag case to CHRAJ if…

The family of Shadrack Arloo whose death occurred at West Hills Mall has given the Ghana Police Service a seven-day ultimatum to reopen their...

Fire fighters commended for saving Sokoban-Ampayoo community from gas tanker explosion

Residents of Sokoban Ampayoo in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region have applauded personnel of the fire service for the swiftness in...

We are struggling to stay alive – Family who lives on ‘kenkey water’

Gagging on the stench of stale urine is inevitable around the home of Esther Tetteh and her family. The stench cannot be missed. The 42-year-old single...

Chief Imam orders prayers for Turkey

The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, has directed all imams across the country to allocate a portion of their Friday sermons for...

Five feared dead in renewed clashes at Bawku

Joy News has learned that at least five people have been killed in fresh shootings at Bawku in the Upper East Region. The shootings are...

Meet the lady who became a lawyer after 11 years

Studying to become a lawyer at the minimum takes three to six years. There is a Bachelor of Laws degree programme and two years...

Illegal miners encroaching section of Accra-Kumasi highway arrested

Two illegal miners have been arrested for engaging in illegitimate mining five meters away from the Accra- Kumasi highway at Anyinam in the Eastern...

Fraudulent payment for school placement traced to Education Minister’s access

A fraudulent payment made for the placement of a student into a category “A” school in 2022 was traced to the login access of...

Agric Ministry reacts to reports on agreement to import pork from USA

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has denied publications that it has entered into an agreement with a third party for the importation...

Claims Opuni’s trial has delayed for six years false – Honyenuga

A Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga, conducting the trial of Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni has hit back at critics saying...

Anyinam youth clash with police over arrest of 2 ‘galamseyers’

There was pandemonium at the Anyinam police station in the Atiwa East District of the Eastern region after the arrest of two illegal miners...

Weapons banned in renewed Bawku curfew

The Minister for the Interior has, by executive instrument, renewed the curfew hours imposed on the Bawku Municipality and its environs in the Upper...

I regret being a Deputy Minister; I’ll never in my life accept it again – Appiah-Kubi

JoyNews/AdomNews · I Regret It; I'll Not In My Life Ever Accept An Appointment As A Deputy Minister - Appiah - Kubi Member of Parliament...