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Security man, 38, found dead in his room

A 38-year-old security man has been found dead under bizarre circumstances at Kpandai Zongo, a surburb of the Northern Region. The decomposing body of Abubakar...

Driver shot as robbers attack OA bus on Techiman-Kintampo highway

A driver of an OA bus is battling for his life after sustaining gunshot wounds during a robbery attack on the Techiman-Kintampo highway. The intercity...

Loans are being accepted to complete National Cathedral – Rev Dr Joyce Aryee

A member of the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral project, Rev. Dr Joyce Aryee, has disclosed that loans are being accepted for...

Pastor stops funeral after family uses his photo for obituary [Video]

https://youtu.be/765OQQSO1lg?t=518 Tension is brewing at Akrofoum near Anhwiaso in the Adansi Asokwa District of the Ashanti Region after a family used a pastor's photo for...

National Cathedral Board of Trustees sends important message to Bishop Dag Heward-Mills

The Board of Trustees of the controversial National Cathedral project has responded to the presiding Bishop of the Lighthouse Group of Churches, Bishop Dag...

Thief who raided police commander’s room, stole flat screen TV arrested

A notorious thief who broke into Sawla District police commander's room to steal has been arrested during a separate operation. The thief, Kwabena John, on...

PAC sitting: School Feeding boss accused of absconding with govt vehicle [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ashanti Regional School Feeding boss absconds with govt vehicle The Ashanti Regional Coordinator of the National School Feeding Programme who allegedly absconded with...

Sick retiree storms bank for bond returns

A 77-year-old sick retiree, Peter Kojo Nyasepe, has vowed to stay at his bank’s premises until he receives his interest on his bonds at...

Disabled jailed for human trafficking

A man at the centre of a BBC Africa Eye investigation has been found guilty of trafficking disabled people in Kenya and ordered to pay a...

I suspended business because of lapses at DVLA – Driving school owner

The owner of Joerees Drive Tech driving school has complained about how rots at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) have affected his...

Nii Odoitso Odoi Kwao, La Leshie Mantse donates to La market

La Leshie Mantse, Nii Odoitso Odoi Kwao families have supported the La market women with a cash donation. To the charity oriented family, the undisclosed...

Cause of fire that killed police officer, family revealed

A faulty air-condition is suspected to have caused the inferno that killed the late Sergeant Owusu Asante Baafi at Apromase near Kumasi on Monday...

SMAC Foundation partners two ministries to support autistic kids [Photos]

Hope has been restored in the lives of autistic kids at the Klicks Africa Foundation Centre through the benevolence of Adom TV presenter, Afia...

Two remanded for destroying teacher’s farmland with sand winning activities

Two persons, who allegedly destroyed three acres of pineapple and maize farmland belonging to a teacher after embarking on sand winning, have been remanded...

Alleged Crossdresser killed in Upper East

A young man, Bugbil Roger Adaboo Toure, has allegedly been killed for wearing female clothes at Kongo in the Nandom District of the Upper...

Mother hangs 4-year-old son, commits suicide

A young mother has committed suicide, after hanging her four-year-old boy in an uncompleted building at Ajoa, a community in the Ahanta West Municipality...

3 nurses blow over GH¢17k study leave cash

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has directed the managements of three hospitals to lodge a complaint with the police for the arrest...

PAC directs Korle Bu to refund unearned salaries

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament on Wednesday asked the Management of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital to refund GH¢36,000 paid as unearned salaries...

Commonwealth Hall students sleeping at parking lot [Video]

Some continuing students of the University of Ghana (UG), have been left stranded on campus following the university’s new residential policy. In a video posted...

School Feeding Caterers threaten to stop cooking

Members of the School Feeding Caterers Association are demanding payment of monies owed them and an increase in feeding fees. Speaking on behalf of the...

Man who accused police of planting ‘wee’, cocaine in his car arrested

The Police have arrested a man suspected to be the person in an audio tape describing an alleged elaborate incident of criminal behaviour on...

Kejetia traders lock shops over high electricity bills

Some traders at the Kejetia Market in Kumasi are locking up their shops over high electricity cost. Individual shop owners currently pay between GHS500 and...

Fulani herdsman lynched at Ekumfi Dunkwa

A middle-aged Fulani herdsman has been allegedly lynched at Ekumfi Dunkwa near Mankesim in the Central region. The incident is said to have happened near...

Jospong Group holds thanksgiving service to mark 10 years of its annual Leadership Conference

The goal of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) is to improve the lot of people, the Executive Chairman of JGC, Dr Joseph Siaw...

Chiana SHS girls called back to school

The eight female students who were dismissed from the Chiana Senior High School in the Upper East Region for making derogatory comments about the...

IES sends strong message to PURC over new electricity tariff increase

The Institute for Energy Security (IES) has questioned the assumption used in establishing the new electricity tariffs by the Public Utility and Regulatory Commission...

Feasibility studies for Central Region airport completed – Transport Minister reveals

Feasibility studies for an airport in the Central Region has been completed, Minister for Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has said. According to him, the project...

31-year-old chainsaw operator sentenced to 10 years imprisonment

The Jasikan Circuit Court has sentenced a 31-year-old chainsaw operator, Kingsley Tabitey, from Akaa, in the Jasikan Municipality of the Oti Region, to 10...

KNUST medical scientists successfully carry out first implantation of novel biological heart valve in Africa

Medical scientists at the School of Medicine and Dentistry at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology have successfully carried out the first...

CHRAJ confirms receipt of petition against Rev. Kusi-Boateng

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has confirmed receipt of a petition from the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu,...

Court to decide ex-MASLOC boss’ fate

An Accra High Court will on January 24, 2023, decide whether or not to hold the trial of former Chief Executive Officer of Microfinance...

Mother and son found hanging dead at Ajoa

A young mother has been discovered hanging dead at Ajoa, a community in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region in what is...

Kejetia traders lock up shops over high electricity bills

Some traders at the Kejetia Market in Kumasi are locking up their shops over high electricity costs. Individual shop owners currently pay between 500 and...

Rev Kusi Boateng has committed no crime with his multiple identities – Nana B

National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party, Henry Nana Boakye, has described North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa’s investigations on Rev. Victor...

Missing twin: Couple takes 37 Military Hospital to task

When a couple in Accra walked into the 37 Military Hospital Maternity Unit, they were expecting twins, but they were stunned to be handed...

Wendy Shay Concert: One remanded for robbery

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody, Thomas Atiah, aka Tom Lee Sparta, for allegedly robbing some patrons of Wendy Shay concert. Three...

I’m waiting for Kwabena Adu Gyamfi to drag me to court – Ablakwa replies Rev Kusi Boateng

North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has welcomed a legal action threat from the Executive Secretary of Board of Trustees, National Cathedral,...

All SHS students to receive free tablets – Bawumia

Government will distribute free electronic tablets to all Senior High School (SHS) students nationwide, Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced. The tablets, the...

Lunatic attacks father with cutlass at Abaase Tumfokro

A 65-year-old farmer, Daniel Nsowah,  is battling for his life at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital after his son inflicted cutlass wounds on him...

Police vehicle transporting suspects runs over a motorcyclist killing him instantly

One person has been killed in an accident involving a police vehicle at Basunu in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region. The unidentified...