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4 soldiers, 1 Immigration officer grabbed for extorting moneys from miners

A total of 13 persons including four soldiers and an immigration officer have been arrested at Konongo in the Ashanti Region for allegedly engaging...

First anniversary of Atta Mills Memorial Heritage commemorated

The first anniversary of the establishment of the John Evans Atta Mills Memorial Heritage, which seeks to preserve his heritage and legacy, has been...

Sad scenes at Christian Atsu’s family home in Accra

The family house of Christian Atsu was thrown into a state of mourning as the family awaited the body of the late Ghana winger....

Bolgatanga High Court issues arrest warrant for Mamprugu overlord 

The Bolgatanga High Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of the Nayiri of the Mamprugu traditional area, Naa Bohagu Mahami Abdulai Sheriga,...

Illegal miners destroy 1,000 hectares of farmlands at Ofoase

Illegal miners have taken over close to 1,000 hectares of farmlands at Ofoase in the Asante Akyem South municipality, polluting the River Anuru, the...

Akufo-Addo to deliver 2023 SONA on this date…

President Nana Akufo-Addo is scheduled to deliver the 2023 State of the Nation Address (SONA) in parliament on February 28. The address is in line...

Gold4Oil: Ghana takes delivery of another 40k tonnes

Ghana has taken delivery of the second consignment of fuel under the gold-for-oil policy. The 40,000 metric tonnes of oil arrived at the Tema port...

Squatters at Kaase-Angola displaced after dawn fire [Photos]

More than 50 squatters have been displaced, and several other shops razed after a dawn fire ripped through a section of a wood market...

Ghanaians celebrate the dead than the living – Ade Coker mourns Atsu

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ade Coker mourns Christian Atsu Former Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joseph Adeo Coker, is pained at...

J.E.A. Mills Memorial Heritage to mark anniversary

The John Evans Atta Mills Memorial Heritage, founded a year ago to immortalise the memory and achievement of the third President of the Fourth...

Christian Atsu was building a school for an orphanage – Manager reveals

It has emerged that late Black Stars winger, Christian Atsu Twasam, was building a school for an orphanage in Ghana. According to reports, the building...

 Leader of Pension Bondholders reacts to claims of death threats

The leader of the pensioners who picketed the Finance Ministry, Dr Adu Anane Antwi, has denied reports that he received death threats for their action...

Soldiers sent to arrest Mamprugu overlord, Bawku Naba clash with Nalerigu youth

Armed soldiers deployed to Nalerigu to arrest a purportedly enskinned Bawku Naba and the Overlord of Mamprugu clashed with the town’s youth at midnight. The...

Christian Atsu’s manager pens down emotional goodbye message

Manager of late Black Stars winger, Christian Atsu Twasam, has sent an emotional goodbye message to his player who died following February 6 tragic...

80-year-old man burnt to death by cigarette he was smoking

A man in his late 80s died unexpectedly at Larteh Akuapem in the Eastern Region. According to the narrative, the deceased, Paa Kwame, had been bedridden...

I made a mistake buying tractors for farmers – Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama says he made a mistake buying tractors for farmers during his tenure as President. Given the chance again, he says...

21 abortions recorded per day among teenage girls in 2022 – GHS

According to data from the Ghana Health Service (GHS), there were 7,618 recorded abortions among teenage girls in 2022. In context, this translates to...

Fire guts wooden structures at Spintex

Fire gutted a number of wooden structures, 10 metal containers and two high-tension electrical poles at Spintex, near the Coca-Cola roundabout on Saturday evening. The...

Chief Justice commissions Circuit Court in Juaben

Chief Justice Kwasi Annin-Yeboah has commissioned an ultra-modern circuit court at Juaben in the Ashanti Region as part of the judicial reforms to promote...

Ada: Fishing crew missing at sea

A local fishing crew, numbering about eight, is reportedly missing on high seas. The fishermen set off from Azizanya, a suburb of Ada in the...

Coups not solution to Africa’s problems – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged the international community to send a clear message to coup plotters that coups have never been, and will never...

45-year-old tiler in court for allegedly sleeping with mentally challenged lady

A 45-year-old tiler has appeared before an Adentan Circuit Court for allegedly having sex with a 22-year-old mentally challenged lady at Pure Water, near...

How my mother made Rawlings wash cars, clean windows – Nana Konadu recounts

The wife of Ghana’s first president in the Fourth Republic, Jerry John Rawlings, has recalled her early love days with her late husband, and...

7-bedroom house gutted by fire at Tafo

Occupants including children escaped unhurt after fire gutted a seven-bedroom residential apartment at Nkontwima in the Tafo Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The children and...

All about Christian Atsu’s widow, Marie Claire Rupio

Marie Claire Rupio is the widow of late Christian Atsu, a Ghanaian professional footballer who died in an earthquake that rocked Turkey and the...

Minority leader mourns Christian Atsu

The Minority Leader in Ghana’s Parliament has joined sympathisers and well-wishers to mourn the untimely passing of Ghanaian international, Christian Atsu. Dr Cassiel Ato Baah...

Christian Atsu’s body arrives in Ghana today

The mortal remains of footballer, Christian Atsu, who died in an earthquake in Turkey is expected to be flown into the country on Sunday,...

FDA destroys more than GH₵ 124,000 worth of seized products in Western North Region

The Western North Regional Office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has destroyed dozens of expired and unregistered products worth GH₵124,271 at Sefwi-Wiawso. The...

All about the first Black billionaire who rebuilt his wealth after costly divorce settlement

When asked who the first Black billionaire was, few people mention Robert Louis Johnson (Robert Johnson), but they are quick to point Mansa Musa,...

Robber crashed to death after filling station operation; others on the run [Photos]

An armed robber has been crashed  to death while others are at large after robbing Benab Filling Station at Gomoa Ojobi on the Kasoa...

Woman fights off attacker in US gym

A 24-year-old woman in Florida was working out at her apartment complex gym when a man attacked her. CCTV shows her fighting him off while...

Atsu cancelled trip to visit his family on the eve of earthquake – Hatayspor Administrative Manager

According to Hatayspor’s Administrative Manager, Fatih Ilek, Christian Atsu was due for a trip to visit his family before the devastating earthquakes in Turkey. Atsu...

SuCasa properties Limited unveils O’Grantson No.1 Community at East Legon Hills

A leading real estate company SuCasa Properties Limited has commissioned phase one of the SuCasa O’Grantson No.1 Community at East Legon Hills. The unveiling, which...

Wakaso’s tearful reaction to death of Christian Atsu

Mubarak Wakaso, a bosom friend of Ghanaian international Christian Atsu, has reacted to news of the passing of his one-time team mate. Wakaso's tearful reaction...

Christian Atsu’s twin sister, elder brother were present when body was recovered – Ministry

Christian Atsu’s twin sister and elder brother were present at the site when his body was recovered Saturday morning, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

Social media users react to death of Christian Atsu

The news of the death of Christian Atsu, a former Black Stars player, has taken Ghanaians by surprise. The former Chelsea and Newcastle United forward...

Okudzeto Ablakwa files motion against Rev Kusi Boateng’s court injunction

Lawyers of Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, have filed a motion to oppose an earlier one filed by the...

Bawku conflict: 23 dead in 11 days – WANEP claims

Twenty-three people, including a 12-year-old, have been killed in the Bawku clashes between January 31 and February 10 this year, that’s according to the...

Education Minister clears air on his ‘involvement’ in placement scandal

JoyNews/AdomNews · Education Minister clears air on his 'involvement' in placement scandal Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has denied any wrongdoing following reports...

North East Regional Security Council rejects govt’s directive over enskinment of new Bawku Naba

The North East Regional Security Council has rejected the government's directive to arrest and prosecute persons involved in the enskinment of a new Bawku...