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Ashaiman: Suspects arrested over death of soldier to appear in court

The six suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a 21-year-old soldier, Imoro Sheriff at Ashaiman will be put before the court today,...

Ashaiman: Six suspects arrested as Police give more details on soldier’s murder

The Ghana Police Service, after a week of sustained intelligence-led operation, has arrested six persons at different dates and various locations within Ashaiman and...

Frimpong-Boateng exposes NPP over missing excavators

JoyNews/AdomNews · Frimpong Boateng Missing Excavators Former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has denied any wrongdoing over 500 excavators which...

Reconsider new minimum quota level of ¢20k  – Private Electricity Vendors Association to ECG

The National Private Electricity Vendors Association has passionately appealed to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to reconsider the new minimum quota level of...

Cynthia Morrison constructs maternity block at Agona Nsuansa [Video]

Former Gender and Social Protection Minister, Cynthia Morrison, has constructed a maternity block for the Agona Nsuansa CHPS compound in the Central Region. The...

Ghana receives first consignment of child vaccines

The Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service has taken delivery of the first consignment of child immunisation vaccines. They include the Bacillus Calmette–Guérin...

Popular former Sports Commentator passes on

Former GTV sports commentator and advocate, Sarfo Abebrese, has passed on. He died in the United States of America, Graphic Online has reported. He reportedly died...

Roads Ministry replies Minority Chip Whip

The Ministry of Roads and Highways has described as inaccurate claims by the Minority Chief Whip, Kwame Governs Agbodza, that the Akufo-Addo government is expropriating projects...

KMA orders removal of unapproved containers and kiosks to decongest city

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) is set to rid the city of unapproved containers and kiosks scattered across the Metropolis. The inappropriate citing of...

Notorious female ‘thief’ given food after cleaning gutter [Video]

https://youtu.be/4yrOd7FvrI0 A group of irate youth at Gomoa Buduburam have apprehended and made a woman, believed to be in his late 40s, desilt gutters in...

Ashaiman brutality: Parliament has failed oversight role – Prof. Aning

The Director of the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) says Parliament has failed its...

Drama in court as bar attendant breaks down in tears

A bar attendant, who allegedly intentionally and unlawfully caused harm to a drinking bar operator with a broken bottle, wept bitterly when she was...

Family of hospital cashier accuses management of murder

The family of 32-year-old Patience Quaye, a cashier at the Twumasiwaa General and Specialist Medical Centre, on Thursday stormed the facility demanding answers to...

Five suspected Measles related deaths recorded at Tamale Teaching Hospital 

JoyNews/AdomNews · There are 5 suspected measles mortality - Head of Pediatrics and Child Health at TTH The Head of Pediatrics and Child Health at...

‘Trotro’ driver, mate return GHC200k to owner

Surprising news has hit the ancient city of Kumasi as a commercial vehicle (Trotro) driver and mate returned an amount of GHC 200,000 to...

Wa residents mass up at RCC over alleged murder by police

Some residents of Wa on Friday massed up at the forecourt of the Upper West Regional Coordinating Council to demand the release of the...

Military brutality: What to do if caught up in security swoops

https://www.youtube.com/embed/wO320VS41es While the dust settles on the brutality meted out to some residents of Ashaiman over the killing of a young soldier in the area,...

Akandoh takes on govt over shortage of child vaccines

Ranking member on the Health Committee of Parliament has blamed the shortage of child immunisation vaccines in the country on the incompetence of the...

Police arrest key suspect in soldier’s murder at Ashaiman

Police has arrested the key suspect in the murder of a soldier, Sheriff Imoro at Ashaiman. In a release, the Police said the suspect was...

Husband of pregnant woman shot in her sleep found guilty of attempted murder

A seven-member jury has found Effort Dankwa guilty of attempted murder for shooting his pregnant wife in her sleep. Benita Dankwa woke up on August...

Ablakwa reacts to claims prayers from pastors were to exorcise demons

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has debunked claims that viral pictures of him receiving prayers from some renowned men of...

Electric cable theft plunges Kpone township and its environs into darkness

An unidentified person is said to have plunged Kpone Township, Community 25, among other neighbourhoods whose supply comes from the Smelter Two Bulk Supply...

Blood bank falls short of annual requirement

The national blood bank received only 169,435 units of blood, far lower than the annual stock requirement of 330,000 units, the 2022 Performance Review...

I will beat soldiers spiritually if they brutalise me – Businessman

An Accra-based businessman has criticised the personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) who terrorised some civilians at Ashaiman on Tuesday. Richard Ngoh shared his...

Geological Authority reacts after another earth tremor hits Accra

The Ghana Geological Survey Authority has reacted after parts of Accra on Friday morning, March 10, 2023 experienced an earth tremor. The tremor with a...

Childhood killer diseases: Vaccines coming in 3 weeks – Health Minister

The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, has assured the nation that steps are being taken for the country to take delivery of children's...

Aisha Huang’s son deported

Huang Lei, a Chinese national believed to be the son of illegal mining kingpin, En Huang, popularly known as Aisha Huang, has been convicted...

IWD: Renounced 1Mr_Wazza distributes 5,000 sanitary pads to street hawkers, market women

March 8, each year is greeted with excitement and lots of happiness as the world celebrates women. Over the years, there have been various...

COVID-19 restrictions caused 40,000 passport backlog – Passport Office

The Director of the Passport Office, Mohammed Habib Idris, has disclosed that his outfit is making efforts to clear a backlog of 40,000 passports...

Ashaiman: Current state of murdered soldier’s alleged girlfriend revealed [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Alleged Girlfriend Of Slain Soldier Interrogated Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashaiman constituency, Ernest Norgbey, has revealed the alleged girlfriend of murdered soldier,...

Ashaiman incident: 34 suspects released by military

The remaining 34 suspects who were in military custody after their arrest last Tuesday in relation to the Ashaiman incident have been released. They...

MPs chase Energy Minister over rural electrification project

Members of Parliament (MPs), particularly from the rural parts of Ghana, have lamented the non-availability of electricity in their constituencies and the discomfort and...

Kwesi Pratt blasts military over Ashaiman brutality

Managing editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr., has condemned the military for brutalising some residents of Ashaiman after the murder of their colleague,...

NDC MP donates GHS 400k worth of school materials to JHS graduates

Member of Parliament (MP) for North Danyi constituency in the Volta Region, Hon. Joycelyn Tetteh, has donated over GHS400,000 worth of items to Junior...

Former Sports Minister jailed for contempt over land

Former Minister of Youth and Sports, Dr Mustapha Ahmed, has been sentenced to seven days imprisonment by the Accra High Court (Financial and Economic...

Lynching of man who attempted to steal VIP bus; The inside story [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Lynching of man who attempted to steal VIP bus; The inside story Assemblyman for Dadieso Aba electoral area in the Ashanti region, Akwasi...

Ashaiman brutality: Military High Command renders apology

The Military High Command has rendered an unqualified apology to the Parliamentary Defence and Interior Committee over the injustice meted out to Ashaiman residents....

Ashaiman: Someone has to pay for military’s actions – Security analyst

Security Analyst, Adib Saani, has also commented on the recent military brutality at Ashaiman after a soldier was allegedly stabbed to death by unknown...

Floodwater sweeps JHS pupil away at Breman UGC

A 21-year-old Junior High School (JHS) final-year pupil of the Suame M/A Basic School, known as Francisca Amoah Serwaa, is reported missing after she...

Tension mounting in Wa over alleged murder by police

Tension is mounting at Dondoli, a suburb of Wa, the Upper West regional capital, following the alleged killing of a middle-aged man by the...