HomeNewsLocal News

Local News

I now take diazepam for panic attacks – Pensioner bondholder cries out

A pensioner who invested in government bonds, Balbir Allan, says she has resorted to medication due to panic attacks from the fear of losing...

Farmer accused of killing toddler at Adankwame remanded into custody

A 35-year-old farmer, who inflicted cutlass wounds on a family of three resulting in the death of one of them at Adankwame, has been...

Word in Action church reacts to collapse of their 3-storey building

The Word in Action church has sent heartfelt consolation to the families of victims affected by the collapse of their 3-storey building. The building located...

Karaga youth on rampage over arrest of suspected ‘chief killers’

Some youth in the Karaga District in the Northern Region on Monday went on rampage and destroyed structures belonging to the New Patriotic Party...

I married for myself and not anyone else – Prof Dominic Fobih on taking a wife at 80

A former Minister of Education, Professor Dominic Fobih, has made headlines after tying the knot with a 31-year-old woman. The 80-year-old former Member of Parliament...

Attempted murder: Security man who escaped from Manet police custody re-arrested

A joint force of private security and case investigators has led to the arrest of a private Security man who escaped from the Manet...

No fake P-500 paracetamol in Ghana – FDA

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has dismissed claims circulating on social media that a paracetamol tablet known as “P-500” is on the Ghanaian...

Husband drives past fatal crash without realising wife was victim

A husband drove past the scene of his wife’s fatal 90mph car crash, not realising she was the victim. Bolaji Onifade had been heading to his work in...

Galamsey: Sub-chief, two foreign nationals arrested at Akyem Oda

The Akim Oda Divisional Police Command has arrested two foreign nationals and a sub-chief for allegedly engaging in illegal mining at Akyem Oda in...

Four injured as church building collapses at Bortianor

Four persons have reportedly been injured after a church building collapsed at Old Bortianor in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. The...

Akyem Osorase nurses living in fear over attack by patients

The lives of two nurses managing a CHPS Compound at Akyem Osorase in the Achiase district of the Eastern region are in danger following...

Ada Traditional Council condemns ASLA demo

The Ada Traditional Council has warned political parties to stay clear off Ada Songor Lagoon development and allow indigenes to achieve the massive transformation...

Ghana’s School of Shame: A child’s tears for a table and a chair

The quest for 11-year-old Gifty Odanjo to get furniture for decent education in her rural school, Bakpaba DA Primary School in the Northern region...

NSS teacher, 24, arrested for defiling three pupils

The Bibiani Circuit Court has remanded a 24-year-old National Service Person at Sehwi Asawinso Methodist Primary B to three weeks into police custody for...

GIS intercepts 900 slabs of Indian hemp

Officers of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) at the Nyive border in the Volta Region have intercepted 896 slabs of suspected Indian hemp at...

We will invoke all legal actions if…– Dr Duffuor campaign

Policy Analyst for Dr Kwabena Duffuor’s campaign team, Dr Kofi Kukubor, has said the presidential aspirant will seek legal redress should the National Democratic...

UDS to probe collapsed building

The management of the University for Development Studies (UDS) will today, May 9, inaugurate a committee of experts tasked to investigate the cause of...

Two lynched over witchcraft accusations in Northern Region [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Two Lynched Over Witchcraft Accusations In Northern Region Two persons have been lynched at Zakpalsi, a farming community in the Mion District of...

Fijai Headmaster reinstated

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed the headmaster of Fijai Senior High School (SHS), Kenneth Agbomadze, to return to office. This comes on the...

Three injured after tipper truck crashes into Obinim’s family house

A tipper truck has run into the family house of the Founder and Leader of International God’s Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim, injuring three...

Toilet dormitory saga: GHANASCO headmaster reinstated

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has reinstated the interdicted headmaster of Ghana Senior High School (GHANASCO) with immediate effect.  Doughlas Haruna was interdicted after a video...

Boy, 14, dies after heap of rubbish collapses on him

A 14-year-old boy has died after a massive garbage dump collapsed on him at the Oti Landfill Site in the Asokwa Municipality of the Ashanti Region. He...

Ofosu-Ampofo, Kwaku Boahen’s trial adjourned pending stay of proceedings

The Accra High Court trying Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo and Anthony Kwaku Boahen has adjourned the trial to June 1, 2023. This followed the attention drawn by...

Galamsey: I’m available if my ideas are still needed – Prof Frimpong-Boateng

The former Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) says he is still available to help the government address the illegal mining...

Five arrested for attacking ECG staff in Eastern Region

The Eastern Regional Police Command has arrested five persons for allegedly attacking some officials of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) when they were...

John Peter Amewu commissions girls’ school at Hohoe

The Member of Parliament for Hohoe, John Peter Amewu, has commissioned a new school building named Santa Esther Girls’ Senior High School for the...

Lawyers won’t write exams to renew license – GLC clarifies

The General Legal Council (GLC) says reports that lawyers will soon be required to write examinations before renewal of their licenses are untrue.  The GLC...

UG approves 2% discount on fees for some students

The Council of the University of Ghana has approved a one-time discount of 2% on the 15% fee increment for some of its students...

I only touched Major Mahama’s trousers- Alleged killer tells court 

One of the 14 persons accused of killing Major Maxwell Adam Mahama has testified that he only touched the trousers of the military officer...

Don’t buy fuel from table tops – NPA advises motorists

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has urged motorists to stop buying petroleum products from unapproved retail outlets,  such as table tops. According to the NPA,...

Kumasi murder: I told the police to keep my son in custody – Mother of accused

The mother of the suspect who butchered a one-year-old boy in Kumasi has revealed that before the incident, she asked the police to keep...

Thief steals fetish priestess’ phone during Aboakyer Festival

The people of Winneba in the Central Region recently celebrated the Aboakyer festival, which involves hunting for deer. Prior to the hunt day, there...

EPA to close down unlicenced churches

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has disclosed that it will close down churches operating without a permit in the Volta Region. In an interview with Citi...

Two arrested in connection with attack on Dagbon FM journalist

Police on Monday, May 8, 2023, arrested the two people who allegedly attacked Abubakari Sadiq, a presenter with Tamale-based Dagbon FM. The duo attacked Mr...

9 injured in accident involving 4 cars on Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway [Photos]

Nine passengers are seriously injured after four cars crashed at Gomoa Okyereko Junction on the Kasoa Cape Coast Highway in the Central Region. The accident...

Kumasi: Metro Mass organises training workshop on leadership and communication for branch managers

The Management of Metro Mass Transit Ltd under the leadership of the Managing Director, Albert Adu-Boahen, has organised a two-day training workshop on Leadership...

Borrow from Treasury bill market to pay us – Pensioner bondholders to govt

The convener of the Pensioner Bondholders Forum says government should borrow from the treasury bills market to pay pensioner bondholders their coupons. Dr Adu Anane...

Chief vows to end involvement of children in mining activities at Manso-Nkwanta

The newly-installed Sompahene of Manso Traditional Area in the Ashanti Region has vowed to end the involvement of children in illegal mining activities in...

6-month-old baby found dead in a polytank

A six-month-old baby has been found dead in a Polytank filled with water at a construction site at the Nkurakan community in the Yilo...

Sakawa boys return snake to ritualist for failing to vomit money at Nkurakan

Chaos erupted at Nkurakan in the Yilo Krobo Municipal District of the Eastern Region when a group of boys, suspected to be ritualists, abandoned...