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Taxi driver murdered at Mampong

A taxi cab driver was found allegedly murdered in his car at Mampong near Sekondi on Sunday. The deceased, who was later identified as Frederick...

Harmattan: Traders cry over limited supply of shea butter

The demand for shea butter is on the increase on the Kumasi market, mainly driven by the harmattan season. Traders, however, say they are unable...

Bomaa chieftaincy dispute: One dead, many injured

One person has died in a renewed chieftaincy dispute at Bomaa, a community in the Ahafo Region. Several others are reported to have sustained various...

Farmer, 43, shoots friend dead at Tepa-Mabang

A 43-year-old farmer, Akwasi Noshi, is on the run after allegedly shooting his friend dead at Tepa-Mabang in the Ahafo Ano North Municipality of...

Curfew imposed on Bomaa over recent clashes

The Ahafo Regional Minister, George Boakye, in collaboration with the members of the Regional Security Council and in consultation with the Interior Minister and...

Ofori-Atta as caretaker Trade Minister dangerous – Mintah Akandoh

Member of Parliament for Juaboso constituency, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, says President Nana Akufo-Addo’s appointment of Ken Ofori-Atta as caretaker for the Trade and Industry...

Alex Segbefia condemns Meek Mills’s video at Jubilee House

A former Deputy Chief of Staff has expressed his disgust at the Presidency for allowing American rapper, Meek Mill, to film a music video...

Businessman discharged from gun trafficking trial

Michael Akwasi Sakyi, a businessman who was standing trial alongside two military officers and civilians has been discharged by an Accra Circuit Court after...

SHSs ready for 2023 academic year – CHASS

Many second-cycle schools have expressed their readiness to reopen for the commencement of the 2023 academic year. In separate interviews with the Daily Graphic, the...

Men now doing liposuction for six packs – Plastic Surgeon reveals

A plastic surgeon at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital has revealed that men are now demanding body enhancement procedures. According to Dr. Nii Ayi Ankrah, the...

Meek Mill’s video: Those responsible must be fired – Okudzeto Ablakwa

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, says those who allowed American rapper, Meek Mill, to film a music video at the...

2 women crashed to death by cargo truck in Kumasi Central Market

Two persons are feared dead in a gory accident at Central Market in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region. The accident, according to the...

Woman accuses ex-husband of sodomising their son

A middle-aged woman is accusing her ex-husband of sodomising their ward. Mary Yeboah alleges her ex-husband, Kwaku Darko, sodomised their child who was a year...

Meek Mill video shoot at Jubilee House: Ghanaian journalist would have been manhandled – Manasseh Azure Awuni

Celebrated investigative journalist, Manaseh Azure Awuni, says a Ghanaian journalist who had dared to film the Jubilee House like Meek Mill would have been...

National Cathedral boss denies paying GH¢28m to US consultant

The Executive Director of the National Cathedral Secretariat, Dr Paul Opoku-Mensah, has denied claims that an amount of GH¢28 million has been paid to a...

Chieftaincy Minister speaks in church after stroke attack

The Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ebenezer Kojo Kum, is calling on his constituents to vote for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP)...

Mother and son murdered at Gomoa

Residents of Gomoa-Nyamenadom in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region are living in fear following the gruesome murder of a 46-year-old woman...

Popular barber lynched at Asiri

There was pandemonium at Asiri, a farming community in the Jaman North District of the Bono Region, when some irate youth allegedly lynched a...

Fire guts 14-bedroom apartment at Odomase

Fire has razed down a 14-bedroom apartment at Odomase, in the Sunyani West Municipal capital, destroying personal belongings and property running into thousands of...

Boy, 10 electrocuted at Beppoh

A 10-year-old primary 4 pupil, Sofo Ampomaah, has been electrocuted at Beppoh in the Prestea Huni Valley Municipality of the Western Region on Saturday...

Commonwealth Hall JCR executives suspended for three years each

The management of the University of Ghana has suspended four former Junior Common Room (JCR) Executives of Commonwealth Hall. According to management, the students had...

Passengers burnt alive in accident at Gomoa Potsin

Two persons have been burnt to ashes while two other passengers have sustained life-threatening injuries in a ghastly accident at Tonisco Quarry near Potsin...

Police arrest 2 of 16 suspects in connection with disturbance during NDC congress

The Ghana Police have arrested two people wanted in connection with the violent disturbances that occurred during the NDC’s National Youth and Women’s Congress...

1992 Constitution not to blame for Ghana’s corruption

Former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Joseph Ayikoi Otoo, has said the 1992 Constitution is not to blame for corruption among the political class. While...

Tomb of late Joy Brands GM Elvis Kwashie unveiled [ Photos]

A year after his passing, the family of the late General Manager of Joy Brands of the Multimedia Group, Elvis Koku Kwashie, has unveiled...

Commonwealth, Mensah Sarbah halls saga: High Court stops UG from implementing new residential policy

An Accra High Court has ordered the management of the University of Ghana to refrain from revoking the residential status of continuing students in...

Ken Ofori-Atta as caretaker Trade Minister – Okudzeto Ablakwa reacts

The Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu Constituency has expressed concern over the appointment of the Finance Minister as caretaker of the Ministry...

Two in critical condition after car runs into hairdressing shop

Two persons are in critical condition after a saloon car rammed them against a hairdressing shop at Nkawkaw Domeabra. The victims, a yam seller and...

I’m committed to fighting corruption

President Akufo-Addo has reiterated that his government is committed to fighting corruption in the country. Addressing the nation on Friday on the 30th anniversary of...

The best days of Mother Ghana lie ahead of us – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has challenged Ghanaians to continue to work to create the platform for the evolution of a new Ghanaian civilisation. That,...

Ken Ofori-Atta now acting Trades Minister

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, as Caretaker Minister for the Trade and Industry Ministry following the resignation of Alan...

Full text: Akufo-Addo’s speech on 30th anniversary of the 4th Republic

Fellow Ghanaians, It has been said that “democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others”. We, in Ghana, should know, for...

Strategies to fight illegal mining reviewed – Lands Minister

JoyNews/AdomNews · Strategies to fight illegal mining reviewed - Lands Minister Government has reviewed its strategy to fight illegal mining with an assurance of sustaining...

DVLA puts in reforms for smooth vehicle registration process for 2023

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority has commenced registration of vehicles for 2023. The exercise, which was across DVLA offices, was very smooth due...

HIV self-kits to be on Ghanaian market soon

From March this year, HIV self-test kits will be available at pharmacies and health facilities across the country for purchase to enable people to...

RTI Commission slaps GH¢60k fine on Keta Municipal Assembly

The Right to Information Commission has slapped a GH¢60,000 fine on the Keta Municipal Assembly for denying one of its assembly members information and...

Customs intercepts 19 bags of marijuana at Wute

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has intercepted 119 bags filled with compressed dried substance suspected to be Indian Hemp at...

80-year-old man burnt to death at Tano Dumase

An eighty-year-old man has been burnt to death at Tano-Dumase in the Sekyere South District of the Ashanti Region. The man was said to be...

Man lynched for murdering ‘Okada’ rider he hired

A man suspected to have killed a colleague 'okada' rider at Asiri in the Jaman North District of the Bono Region has been lynched. Information...

ECG records 18 burnt power poles in 2023

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Eastern Region says it has recorded a total of 18 burnt poles in its operational areas...