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Alleged coup plot: Court expunges late Mac-Palm’s testimony from its records

The High Court in Accra has expunged the testimony of the late Dr Frederick Mac-Palm from its records. This comes after the court received confirmation...

DCE ‘charged with financial loss’ over fully furnished police station left to rot

District Chief Executive (DCE) for Amansie South, Clement Opoku Gyamfi, has disclosed he has been charged with causing financial loss due to the abandonment...

Okada rider jailed 23 years for rape, robbery

The Tema Circuit Court B has sentenced a 28-year-old man, Louis Dordzi Dzidefo, to a 23-year prison term with hard labour, for robbing and...

Russian Embassy in Ghana takes on Kamala Harris

The Russian Embassy in Ghana has disputed claims by US Vice President Kamala Harris that the Russian-Ukraine war has impacted African countries. According to the...

People’s Forum: Krobo Odumase residents raise alarm over high water bills

Residents of Krobo Odomase in the Eastern Region are up in alms with the Ghana Water Company over unjustified water bills. They claim their bill...

136 structures to be demolished at Ramsar sites

The Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council has been given the green light to demolish 136 structures encroaching within the core area of the Sakumono...

Green Ghana: Govt reacts to debt owed seedling contractors

The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources responsible for Lands and Forestry, Benito Owusu-Bio, has dismissed claims circulating in the media space about...

3 ECG employees charged for stealing GH¢2.1 million in prepaid credits

Three employees of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and seven others have been slapped with 20 charges bothering on money laundering and stealing...

Three arrested for brandishing guns on social media

Three persons have been detained by the police for unlawfully possessing firearms and engaging in acts of vigilantism. The suspects were arrested on Monday, March...

Anti-LGBTQ bill: Let’s decide based on a nationalistic point of view – Alex Segbefia

Director of International Affairs for NDC, Alexander Segbefia, has given his take on the controversial LGBTQ after Vice President of the United States, Kamala...

Genuine anti-corruption crusaders don’t hide behind masks – Martin Amidu to Anas

The High Court (General Jurisdiction 2) Accra, on 15 March 2023 after hearing the defamation action brought by Anas A. Anas against Kennedy Agyepong...

Kasoa ritual murder: Tears flow in court as mother gives testimony

The tearful mother of the 15-year-old juvenile offender who is standing trial with one another has given a chilling testimony in the case in...

Court confirms death of Dr Mac-Palm

The High Court in Accra has expunged the evidence of Dr Frederick Yao Mac-Palm who was standing trial together with nine others from its...

Ashaiman soldier’s murder: Police forward docket on suspects to A-G

The police have forwarded the docket on two suspects arrested in connection with the killing of 21-year-old soldier, Private Imoro Sherrif, at Ashaiman in...

Woman arrested over alleged human trafficking in Central Region

A 35-year-old woman has been arrested for alleged human trafficking at Biriwa in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. Information gathered indicates that...

Kamala Harris, husband honoured with Kente

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman, Douglas Emhoff received a traditional Kente cloth, from the Chief of Cape Coast, Osabarima Kwesi Atta...

IMF: Why it is crucial to pass 3 new tax bills – Oppong Nkrumah

The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, is pushing for the passage of new taxes in Parliament. This, he said, is to enable government secure...

Anti-LGBTQ Bill has not been diluted – NDC MP

Member of Parliament (MP) for North Dayi, Rockson Nelson Defeamekpor, has refuted claims made by President Nana Akufo-Addo that significant portions of the Anti-LGBT...

ECG disconnects McDan Salt Company over GH¢300k debt

Electrochem Ghana Limited, a salt mining company owned by Dr Daniel McKorley, has been cut off from the national power grid.  This was done by...

ECG threatens to disconnect Ho Teaching Hospital, Ho Municipal Hospital over arrears

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has threatened to disconnect the Ho Teaching Hospital and the Ho Municipal Hospital if they fail to clear...

Green Ghana project: Seedling contractors chase govt for GH¢28m

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has debunked claims that the ministry owes some seedling providers in the country over GH¢2.5 billion under...

Anti-LGBTQ+: Titus-Glover defends Akufo-Addo

Former Tema East MP, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, has stated that President Akufo-Addo has made a clear stance about LGBTQ+. According to him, the President...

Herdsman arrested for inflicting cutlass wounds on farmer

A Fulani herdsman is in the grips of Damongo police in the Savannah Regional capital for inflicting cutlass wounds on a farmer. The suspect assaulted...

Your indecisive posture on LGBTQI+ issues problematic – Akufo-Addo told

Samuel Narteh George, a lead Sponsor of the Anti-LGBTQI Bill, has urged President Nana Akufo-Addo to emulate his predecessors in making his position clear....

Check out committee to probe Kejetia market fire

The Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development on Wednesday inaugurated a five-member committee to probe the Kejetia market fire incident. The chairman...

Parliament to probe UG residential policy impasse

The First Deputy Speakerbof Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu, has asked the Education Committee of Parliament to investigate the impasse between the management of the...

Suicide now a mental health issue

Parliament has amended sections of the Criminal Offenses Act of 1960, which criminalised attempted suicide. Following the amendment which took place on Tuesday, any person...

Two female illegal miners die in galamsey pit

A deep mining pit has unfortunately caved in and killed two suspected illegal female miners at Bonsukwaada near Atwima Mfensi, a farming community in...

ECG disconnects fish farm of 2020 National best Aquaculture winner

The national revenue mobilization taskforce of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) travelled about 100km to disconnect the fish farm of Ghana’s 2020 National...

Bawku Technical Institute closed down after violent clashes

The Ghana Technical and Vocational Education and Training Services has closed down the Bawku Technical Institute after violent clashes with students of Bawku Senior High School. The...

There will be no by-election in Domeabra-Obom– NDC Election Committee Member

National Democratic Congress' (NDC) Election Committee Member, Mahdi Gibrill, has confirmed that Member of Parliament (MP) for Domeabra-Obom, Sophia Ackuaku, has not filed for...

Kejetia market: We are protecting lives – KMA boss justifies closure

Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) boss, Samuel Pyne, has given reasons why the Kejetia market was closed down after the fire outbreak.  According to him, upon...

Be bold and reject LGBTQI+ – Nana Yaa Jantuah tells Akufo-Addo

General Secretary of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Nana Yaa Akyempem Jantuah, has urged President Nana Akufo-Addo to be bold and take a firm...

God will receive him in heaven – Uncle of late Kumawu MP

JoyNews/AdomNews · God will receive him in heaven – Uncle of late Kumawu MP Akwasi Sarkodie, an uncle of the late Kumawu Member of Parliament,...

Man who swallowed 68 pellets of drugs at Airport jailed

A man who was arrested at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) after confessing to the Narcotics Control Commission officers of swallowing pellets of Narcotics...

Kenya: MP dies after hit-and-run motorcycle crash

A Kenyan lawmaker has died while receiving treatment at a hospital after being involved in a hit-and-run motorcycle accident in the capital, Nairobi. Kullow Maalim...

Akufo-Addo reacts to death of Kumawu MP

President Nana Akufo-Addo has joined scores of politicians in mourning Kumawu Member of Parliament (MP), Philip Basoah. President Akufo-Addo has said he is shocked...

Teenager struggling with dad’s death leaves heartbreaking text before vanishing

A missing teenager sent a heartbreaking final text message revealing she was struggling with her dad's death - just moments before she disappeared. Haliey Wells, 17, from...

Ghana Post staff hold ECG taskforce ‘hostage’ after disconnection

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Revenue Mobilization Taskforce team was held hostage for about 30 minutes after they disconnected the Ghana Post Company...

Delay shocks Chairman Wontumi at his mother’s funeral

Wontumi, the Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman, lost his mother Elizabeth Boampong Nyamekye in November 2022. Four months after her passing, Wontumi's mother has been...