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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...

Fire guts shops at Obuasi market [Video]

A fire outbreak at the Obuasi market in the Ashanti Region has destroyed goods and shops worth thousands of cedis. The fire, whose cause is...

Two escape death after High tension cable falls at Kasoa

A nine-year-old boy and a woman have miraculously survived electrocution after a high tensile cable fell on them at Kasoa high-tension in the Awutu...

2024 will be your judgment day – Irate Tolon residents tell MP

Residents of Tolon in the Northern Region have heavily demonstrated against government over deplorable township roads in the district capital, Tolon as they send...

Fuel prices to go down significantly from January 1, 2023

Prices of petroleum products will go down significantly beginning this Sunday, January 1, 2023, the Institute for Energy Security (IES) has predicted. This follows an...

My double amputation imposed a ‘life sentence’ on my family – Accident victim

A 44-year-old father of four whose legs were amputated due to an accident says his unlucky fate is nothing compared to the hardships it...

Two police officers interdicted for extortion

The Ghana Police Service has interdicted two of its officers for unprofessional conduct. The officers PW/Inspr Martha Ackah and No. 6233 PW/Sergeant Felicia Ocran of...

Outrage in Kasoa as daylight robbery suspect dies in Police custody [Photo+audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · KASOA ROBERY DIES There is an uneasy calm following the death of a 23-year-old man in police custody arrested in connection with a...

University of Ghana tops Ghana’s University rankings

The University of Ghana has been ranked Ghana’s topmost university for the year 2022, and ranked 1,124th in the world ranks. The ranking which was...

How a mechanic posed as a ‘borga’ to impregnate a fine girl

The word ‘borga’ is a local term for middle-aged Ghanaians who return home for Christmas or other festivities. These men usually adorn very flamboyant outfits,...

Boy who urinates through catheter for 13 years gets support

Imagine the pain and other related discomforts of living with a urinary catheter since childhood. That is the story of a 13-year-old boy who for...

Executive Presbytery of AG Ghana meets Kufuor

The General Superintendent of Assemblies of God, Ghana Rev/Dr. Stephen Wengam has commended former President John Agyekum Kufuor for serving Ghana as President with...

Man found dead in his car at Adeiso

A young man, who has not been identified, was discovered dead in his car on Cocoa Market Street, near the New National Academy School. Prince...

Nigel Gaisie sends strong words to Police over latest statement on prophecies

The latest statement from the Ghana Police Service cautioning leaders of religious groups about the communication of prophecies has irked the leader of the...

2 dead, another in critical condition in accident on Kintampo Highway

Two persons have been reported dead with another in critical condition in a gory accident in an accident at Babato-Kuma on the Kintampo-Tamale Highway. The...

Farmer jailed 20 years for robbing woman of mobile phone

Bekwai Circuit Court in Ashanti Region, presided over by His Honour Mark Diboro, has sentenced a 31-year-old farmer, Michael Nhyira Cobbina to 20 years...

Fire guts 4-bedroom-house at Obuasi [Video]

Fire has gutted a four bedroom house into ashes at Brahabebome in the Obuasi East District of the Ashanti Region. The incident occurred on Tuesday...

2 month-old baby found dead in a well at Assin Fosu

A two-month-old baby has been found dead in a 13-feet well at Numeriso, a suburb of Assin Fosu Municipality of the Central Region. The baby...

Oppong Nkrumah tops nominations for Dwaso Nsem Awards

List of nominees for the maiden edition of Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem awards has been released with Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah topping it. The...

Bright SHS adjudged best private school by GES, Abuakwa North Assembly

The Abuakwa North Municipal Assembly in conjunction with the Municipal Education Directorate have adjudged Bright Senior High School at Akyem Kukurantumi as "Best Private...

Farmer jailed 20 years for robbing woman of mobile phone worth GH¢500

Bekwai Circuit Court in Ashanti Region presided over by His Honour Mark Diboro has sentenced a 31-year-old farmer, Michael Nhyira Cobbina to 20 years...