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Prince Tagoe granted GH¢100,000 bail by court after third attempt

Former Black Stars striker, Prince Tagoe, has been granted bail in the sum of GH¢100,000 by a Circuit Court in Accra. Despite being remanded to...

Thailand Consul assures Ghana of support for large scale rice production

The Honorary Consul of Ghana in Thailand, Dr Sicha Singsomboon, has given a firm assurance that her country was ready to support Ghana in...

Mechanic, 25, hangs himself at Gomoa Nyanyano

A 25-year-old mechanic has committed suicide at Gomoa Nyanyano in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The deceased, Kwame Abdallah, was seen on...

Sawmill operator shot dead at Agona Asafo

A 43 -year -old sawmill operator, Kweku Yeboah, has been shot dead by a man at Agona Asafo in the Agona East District of...

Create jobs for youth instead of buying riot-control gear – Asiedu Nketia to govt

The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Asiedu Nketia, has advised the government to create jobs for the youth rather than investing in...

Man jailed five years after CCTV exposed him

The footage of Close-Circuit Television (CCTV) has led to the arrest of a 19-year-old unemployed man who broke into a house at Madina and...

Suspect arrested as Police retrieve Meek Mill’s phone

The Police have arrested one suspect and retrieved a mobile phone that was stolen from Meek Mill, an American hip-hop artiste. The suspect, identified as...

Reset, renew and rerun – The 2023 approach to a hale and hearty lifestyle

Isaac Newton’s laws of motion, according to physicists are the basic laws of classical mechanics that describe the relationship between the motion of an...

Read: DVLA statement on ‘Money Over Human Lives…Rot at DVLA Exposed’ documentary

DOCUMENTARY ON DRIVER'S LICENCE ACQUISITION PROCESSES 'The attention of Management of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has beendrawn to adocumentary aired on some...

Robbers who shot MoMo vendor at Kasoa remanded

The Awutu Ofaakor District Court has remanded two weeks into custody two robbery suspects who shot a Mobile Money (MoMo) vendor last week at...

The ‘original’ names of three prominent Ghanaian chiefs and the schools they attended

Togbe Afede XIV Togbe Afede XIV, the Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State and President of Asogli Traditional Area was given the name James Akpo at...

2023: Learn to forgive people who’ve offended you – Odeneho Kwaku Appiah entreats Ghanaians

A former New Patriotic Party Chairman for Afigya Kwabere South in the Ashanti Region, Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, has called on Ghanaians to live in...

Woman found dead in her farm at Mpambe

A woman, believed to be in her 30s, has allegedly been murdered in a community called Mpambe in the Wapuli electoral area in the...

I was summoned to explain motive for Akufo-Addo’s Wagner comments – Ghana’s Ambassador to Burkina Faso

Ghana’s Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Boniface Gambila, has confirmed he was summoned by the Burkinabe government over comments by President Akufo-Addo about the country’s...

Man accused of defiling 4-year-old girl at Kasoa

A 50-year-old man, Brother George, is in hot waters after being accused of defiling a four- year-old girl at Kasoa Adam Nana in the...

Policemen allegedly crash man to death at Dambai

A 43-year-old man, Tunkwayuri Mensah, has met his untimely death at Dambai in the Krachi East municipality of the Oti Region after two policemen...

Toilet operator robbed at Buduburam as MoMo vendor is shot [Photos+Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · MOMO VENDOR SHOT AT PUBLIC TOILET A 28-year-old mobile money vendor, brother Michael, is in critical condition at the Winneba Trauma and Specialist...

Two drown while trying to retrieve slippers on a river at Anyinesu [Photo]

Two people have lost their lives through drowning in a river at Ajumako Anyinesu in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region. The...

Lady bites father’s lips over mobile phone

A 41-year-old father, Daniel Twum, has been hospitalised at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi after her daughter bit his lips. The incident...

GUTA seeks advice from GHS as China prepares to lift travel ban

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has called on the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to evaluate the COVID-19 situation in China and advise...

Christian Council lacks authority to control pastors – Bishop

Some prophets in Kumasi are calling for the regulation of emerging churches if Ghana wants to win the fight against prophecies which have the...

Retract, apology to Okobeng Mine CEO: Lawyers demands from 2 newspapers

The Chief Executive Officer of Okoben Mining Company, Nana Okoben Amponsah, through his lawyers, Gaisie Zwennees Hughes & Co in Takoradi, has written a...

Ashanti Region records 27 tragic illegal mining cases

The Ashanti Region has recorded 27 tragic cases of residents in mining areas falling and dying in abandoned galamsey pits as of December 22,...

Why it will be a challenge for girls’ schools to win NSMQ – Prof Mensa-Bonsu

https://www.youtube.com/embed/JB6PcAOeKfQ A Supreme Court Judge, Justice Prof. Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu, has said that challenges encountered by girls’ schools in preparing for the National Science and Maths...

Dwaso Nsem Awards: Sammi Awuku, Okoe Boye among best CEO nominees

Chief Executive Officers (CEO) of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), Sammi Awuku and Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), have...

Akufo-Addo swears in two new Supreme Court Judges

President Akufo-Addo on Wednesday swore in two new Apex Court judges, Justices Barbara Frances Ackah-Yensu and Samuel Kwame Adibu Asiedu. This was at a short...

National Cathedral project will continue despite MPs’ rejection of budget allocation – Dr Joyce Aryee

A member of the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral of Ghana, Dr Joyce Rosalind Aryee, has said that the National Cathedral project will continue despite Parliament’s rejection of...

Akufo-Addo swears in Lariba Abudu and Francisca Oteng Mensah as Gender Ministers

President Nana Akufo-Addo has sworn in Lariba Abudu and Francisca Oteng Mensah as the Gender Minister and Deputy respectively. The event took place on Wednesday,...

 Accident claims 5 on Akatsi-Sogakope Highway

Five passengers have perished in an accident on Tuesday, December 27, on the Akatsi-Sogakope stretch of the Aflao – Accra highway.  The accident, which...

National Security Operative, others grabbed over illegal gun possession

A 32-year-old National Security Operative and two others have been put before an Accra Circuit Court for possessing a pump action gun without lawful authority. The gun was...

Police hierarchy celebrates Christmas with Kufuor [Photos]

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, and Members of the Police Management Board (POMAB) have paid a courtesy call on former...

Caprice Robbery: One accused person gets ¢100k bail

One out of the five persons nabbed in the robbery of a Chinese national at Caprice in Accra on December 9, this year, has...

Multimedia marks first anniversary of the passing of Elvis Kwashie

It’s been a year since the passing of The Multimedia Group’s Elvis Kwashie. The General Manager of the Joy Brands passed away on December 28,...

One dead, 13 injured in gory accident on Cape Coast-Kasoa highway

A female passenger died on the spot while 13 others are seriously injured in an accident at Gomoa Anteadze on the Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway...

Man commits suicide at Gomoa Nyanyano

A 25-year-old mechanic has committed suicide by hanging on a tree at Fiifi Down, a suburb of Gomoa Nyanyano in the Gomoa East District...

Full Report: Money over human lives… Rot @ DVLA Exposed! (Watch)

In Ghana, road accidents account for many deaths each year. According to the Motor Traffic and Transport Department of the Ghana Police Service, between...

I have been receiving death threats from unknown persons – Akosua Agyapong reveals

Ace musician, Akosua Agyapong, has revealed that she has been receiving death threats from unknown persons. The Ace Musician made the revelation during an interview...

Petrol ‘likely’ to sell at single digit by Monday – Analysts

For the first time in 12 months, petrol is likely to sell at a single digit rate at the local pumps in the first...

Deadly potholes on Tamale road threatening lives of motorists

The Assembly member for Kalariga-Dabokpaa electoral, Amadu Yahuzah, has urged the authorities of the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly in the Northern Region to fix nearly...

Sunyani prisons overcrowded as inmates exceed 450 capacity

The Sunyani Central Prisons is currently overcrowded as the facility for 450 inmates is hosting 927 as infectious diseases spread in the house. Speaking to...