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SSNIT reacts to closure of Cape Coast branch

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has announced that its Cape Coast Branch remains open for business. The Cape Coast Metropolitan...

Afoko murder trial: Second accused reveals why he fled to Ivory Coast

The second Accused person in the alleged acid incident which led to the death of New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Upper East Regional Chairman, Adams...

MCE presents relief items to victims of Eremon SHTS fire

Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Lawra, Jacob Dery, has presented some relief items to the Eremon Senior High Technical School (SHTS) after a fire...

Ghana Card: Interior Ministry urged to increase registration points, days

Communications Minister, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, says the Interior Ministry and the National Identification Authority (NIA) must endeavour to increase their registration centres and days...

Bondholders Picketing: Sophia Akuffo returns to Finance Ministry [Photos]

A former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, has once again joined Pensioner bondholders to picket the Finance Ministry. This is the sixth time that members of...

Sex not Valentine gift – Pastor warns

The General Overseer of Pearls Chapel International at Odumase Afancho in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region, Apostle Dr Abraham Sarfo, has...

Sophia Akuffo replies Gabby Otchere-Darko [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Sophia Akuffo Replies Gabby Former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, has replied Gabby Otchere-Darko for criticising her for joining her colleague pensioners to picket the...

7-STEM schools fully operational – Education Minister

The Ministry of Education has announced the full operationalisation of seven science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) schools. They are the Awaso STEM School...

Cedi continues rise against dollar

The Ghana cedi continued to rise steadily against the US dollar amidst the Bank of Ghana’s tight foreign exchange intervention. The regulator sold only...

GES boss visits families of drowned pupils [Photos]

The Director-General of Ghana Education Service, Dr Eric Nkansah, has visited the bereaved families of the eight (8) pupils who met their untimely death...

Doctor rejects Okudzeto Ablakwa’s car gift

A medical doctor at the Catholic Hospital at Battor in the Volta Region, Dr Kofi Effah, has rejected a Honda SUV car from the...

Meet the former Catholic priest now a married Anglican clergyman

Imagine living a routine, serene and orderly life as a Catholic priest for the most part of your life and subsequently flipping the coin to become...

Debt Exchange: Gabby vs Sophia Akuffo is a ‘family affair’ but we’ll get involved – Sam George

Ningo Prampram MP, Sam George, has described Gabby Otchere-Darko’s riposte to ex-Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo’s condemnation of government’s domestic debt exchange programme (DDEP) as...

Carlos Ahenkorah sends important message to authorities of tertiary institutions 

Tema West Member of Parliament, Carlos Ahenkorah, has advised authorities of tertiary schools to seek security counsel from experts to ensure the peace and...

Bia East MP lauds IGP Dampare

Bia East Member of Parliament(MP), Richard Acheampong, has commended IGP Dr George Dampare and his outfit’s initiative to improve security in all public universities....

Ambulance Service reacts to claims of neglecting sick boy at Kpetoe

The Ghana National Ambulance Service says it is not true a call to attend to a sick child being carried by public transport from...

Two arrested for human trafficking in Ashanti Region

The police in the Ashanti Region have arrested two persons believed to be behind the trafficking of foreign nationals to engage in begging in...

GJA calls for immediate passage of Broadcasting Bill

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) is pushing for the immediate passage of the Broadcasting Bill in Parliament. In a statement released on February 13,...

Debt exchange: Individual bondholders declare 5-day protest

Individual bondholders are pilling pressure on the Finance Ministry to pay the over ¢4 billion in interest and principal on which the ministry defaulted. The...

PMMC allays fears gold-for-oil is revised Agyapa deal [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · PMMC Allays Fears Over Gold For Oil Deal The Precious Minerals Marketing Company has allayed the fears of Ghanaians that the government's gold-for-oil...

Man beaten to pulp for stealing from accident victims at Gomoa Akwamu

A man, believed to be in his late 30's, has escaped lynching after stealing a mobile phone at Gomoa Akwamu in the Gomoa Central...

Local government minister takes up Kejetia separate metering challenge

The Minister of Local Government and Rural Development says he will work with other stakeholders to address the electricity metering challenge at the Kejetia...

From cleaner to engineer – the successful intervention of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation

Alexander Dwomo completed junior high school in 2013 but was unable to further his education due to financial constraint. The brilliant but needy young man...

Christian Atsu’s twin sister cautions over unconfirmed reportage

Christiana Atsupie Twassam, the twin sister of Ghanaian midfielder Christian Atsu, has vehemently cautioned against unconfirmed reportage in the media. She warned that spreading...

Chief Justice suspends sitting of Court of Appeal in 4 regional capitals

The Judicial Service has suspended the sittings of the Court of Appeal in four regional capitals. The affected cities are; Tamale, Cape Coast, Ho, and...

Man’s neck slashed over fruit juice price

A young man has been wounded and hospitalised following a hot argument he had with a drinking spot attendant over the price of a...

Bawumia’s office pops up in Special Prosecutor corruption case

The Office of the Vice President is said to have written to the Commissioner of the Customs Division to release bags of rice imported...

Man allegedly shot in the head by police in 2018 dies; family still demands justice [Video+Photos]

https://youtu.be/2NSV9dD_lC8 In May 2018, the police had a disagreement with Elias Ojoo Adjetey Anum’s brother, so he tried to settle the issue. Suddenly, one of the...

Sporadic gunshots at midnight scare Nyankpala locals

Most residents reportedly could not sleep all night as sporadic gunshots were heard for roughly three hours throughout Sunday midnight in the Nyankpala township. The...

There is abundance of gold to exchange for oil – PMMC [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · There Is Abundance Of Gold In Ghana -PMMC Managing Director of Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC), Nana Akwasi Awuah, is optimistic the government's...

Osafric Group donates to schools in Fanteakwa South District

Osafric Construction and Mining and its sister company, Osafric Ventures Ltd, a freight forwarding firm, have donated items worth ¢30,000 to all schools in...

Man who assaulted lover, killed informant nabbed at Sehwi Wiawso

A 30-year-old man, identified simply as Bawumia, has been nabbed by the police in Sehwi Wiawso for the alleged murder of two persons. Information gathered...

Cape Coast Assembly shuts down SSNIT, ECG offices over property rates

Two essential service institutions in Cape Coast have been locked up by authorities on Monday, February 13, 2023. The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) was...

Pensioner Bondholders picket at Finance Ministry again

The Pensioner Bondholders Forum has continued its protest against the inclusion of their investments in the Domestic Debt Exchange programme. Members of the forum have...

Ahanta Traditional Council endorses Nana Akwanzi Abraba IV as Acting President

The Ahanta Traditional Council in the Western Region has given its full support and endorsement to the council's newly appointed Acting President. The endorsement comes...

Policeman killed in motor accident on Bole-Bamboi Highway

A policeman with the Bole District Police Command in the Savannah Region has been killed in a motor accident on the Bole-Bamboi Highway. The policeman,...

Ghana celebrates World Radio Day

Ghana today joins the rest of the global community to observe World Radio Day today. It was proclaimed in 2011 by the Member States...

Archbishop of Canterbury honours Otumfuo [Photos]

The Most Reverend Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, has honoured Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, with the highest honour of the Anglican Communion for...

Ibrahim Mahama to fly former ‘NSMQ shark’ to South Africa for treatment

Ghanaian business mogul, Ibrahim Mahama, has taken steps to fulfil his promise to former National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) ‘shark’, Ninwie Leonard Lanyeli....

Debt Exchange: Delete Twitter post about Sophia Akuffo – Titus-Glover tells Otchere-Darko

JoyNews/AdomNews · Gabby must Delete Those Tweets - Titus Glover A former Tema East Member of Parliament, Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, has asked Gabby Otchere-Darko to...