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Lathe operator charged for allegedly manufacturing short guns granted ₵50k bail

A man said to be a Lathe Turner has been arrested and charged for allegedly manufacturing short guns in his machine shop in Accra. Nicholas...

Banker arrested over fraud

A 28-year-old banker, who allegedly took GHS274,000.00 from a business consultant under the pretext of investing it for him at TF Finance Service but...

COVID-19: Domelevo calls for surcharge of persons cited in Auditor-General’s report

Former Auditor-General, Yao Domelevo, has suggested that persons responsible for various infractions in the Covid-19 expenditure report by the Auditor-General must be surcharged. The A-G...

ECG’s 33kV transformer gutted by fire

A 33kV transformer belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) at the Achimota Bulk Supply Point (BSP) at Abelemkpe in Accra was Monday...

CID boss in court over alleged contempt

The new Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Faustina Agyeiwaa Kodua Andoh-Kwofie has...

Tension at Damongo as REGSEC readies to announce verdict on chieftaincy dispute

Tension is mounting in the Savannah Regional capital, Damongo, following Yakubu Imoro’s invitation by the Gonja Traditional Council to its emergency council meeting. Mr Imoro...

Students of Krobea Asante Technical Vocational Institute to be surcharged for damaged property before school reopens

Students of Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational Institute in the Ashanti Region will be surcharged for damage caused to property before they return to...

Newborn baby found dead on refuse dump at Sehwi Bekwai

A newborn baby girl, believed to be a week or two-weeks-old, has been found dead at a refuse dump at Sehwi Bekwai in the...

Minority to summon ECG MD over new AKSA contract

The Minority in Parliament is alleging the government through the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has signed a new power purchase agreement with AKSA....

Food shortage in SHS: Education Ministry sends message to parents [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · EDUCATION ON FOOD SHORTAGE The Education Ministry has assured parents that in as much as there are challenges associated with food shortage they...

Ashanti region recorded 98 fire cases and 3 deaths in less than a month

The Ashanti Region has recorded three deaths in 98 fire incidents in January 2023. The latest incident of a police officer, wife and a child...

We’ll replace old fire tenders by June – Fire Service PRO

The management of Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has given assurance that by June this year, all obsolete fire tenders in possession of the...

Decision to include bondholders in Debt Exchange Programme autocratic – Afaglo

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Marrer Ghana Limited and Susagtad Boat Building, Novihoho Afaglo, has described government's inclusion of individual bondholders in the...

Information Ministry paid itself ¢151k as Covid-19 allowance for working during lockdown – Auditor-General

The Auditor-General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, has directed that the Information Ministry refunds some ¢151,500 to its own management and staff without approval. This was revealed...

COVID-19: 26 ambulances bought for $4m yet to be supplied – Auditor-General’s Report

The Auditor-General’s report on Covid-19 has disclosed that the Ministry of Health agreed to buy 26 Toyota Hiace Deluxe ambulances for US$4,049,460.12 in December...

Two SHS students on motorbike involved in ghastly accident

Two students of Takoradi Senior High Technical School are in critical condition following a ghastly accident. The accident occurred on Monday morning while the two...

Fire guts 8 Wa SHS girls dormitory, 8 students hospitalised

Eight female students of the Wa Senior High Technical School (SHTS), who were traumatised after a fire gutted the girl’s dormitory block last Sunday...

Next NDC govt will put National Cathedral project on hold – Sammy Gyamfi [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Whether or not NDC next govt will complete National Cathedral National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has said...

74-year-old woman declared best female farmer 2022

Her decision to practise the principles of integrated farming, where she combines crops and animal production, easily projects her as high and above her...

Man attacked over missing plantain

The life of a 32-year-old man at Nkawie Panin in the Ashanti Region is now hanging on a thread after he was attacked over...

Ghana gets first-ever Tax Appeals Board

Ghana’s first-ever Independent Tax Appeals Board has been inaugurated. The board is responsible for the resolution of tax disputes. The 11-member board is chaired by Justice...

Dry season: Ghana Water Company issues alert

The Management of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has admonished water consumers to use water in moderation following the onset of the dry...

COVID-19: Over 1 million doses expired – Auditor-General

Over a million doses of vaccines received at the National Cold Room and issued to user facilities had expired at the various Districts and...

Hunter mistakenly shoots man and son while chasing grasscutter

A father and his son are receiving treatment at Gomoa Dawurampong Polyclinic after a hunter shot at them in broad daylight. The two were...

Man guns down ‘stubborn’ son

The Ahanta West District Police Command in the Western Region has launched investigations to unravel the circumstances under which a father gunned down his...

Over 200 students stranded as fire destroys Wa SHTS dormitory

Over 200 girls of the Wa Senior High Technical School (SHTS) have been left stranded following a fire outbreak that razed portions of the...

Govt paid GH¢450k to Paramount chiefs – Auditor-General

The Auditor-General’s audit of Covid-19 expenditure has revealed that a sum of GH¢605,962 has been unaccounted for at the height of the pandemic. Breaking it...

Unidentified man found dead in gutter

A yet-to-be-identified man has been found dead in a gutter at Mpasatia in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region. The deceased, according...

Dansoman gets Circuit Court

The Judicial Service has inaugurated a new Circuit Court building at Dansoman in the Ablekuma West Municipality in the Greater Accra Region. Funded from the...

Dormaa Traditional Council officially announces death of Abesim chief

The Abesim Township in the Sunyani Municipality was in a state of grief and sorrow when the Dormaa Traditional Council announced the death of...

Man, 26, found hanging dead in his room at Ntinanko

A 26-year-old man, Kwabena Opoku, has allegedly committed suicide at Ntinanko in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The deceased was found hanging dead...

Oforikrom residents demonstrate over death trap bridge, poor road condition

Poor roads and collapsed bridges are major concerns for residents of the Oforikrom Municipality in the Ashanti Region. Clad in red, the concerned youth...

Bawumia mourns Alhaji Jawula

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has mourned the late Lepowura Alhaji Mohammed Nuru-Deen Jawula in a glowing tribute. Dr Bawumia has described the deceased as...

Baby found dead on refuse dump at Sefwi-Bekwai

An unidentified baby girl, believed to be about two weeks old, has been found dead at Sefwi-Bekwai in the Bibiani Anwhiaso Bekwai Municipality of...

Education Ministry opens STEM SHS portal

The Ministry of Education has opened Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Senior High Schools (SHSs) portal for prospective students in the 2023 school...

‘Okada’ rider stabs colleague to death over passenger

Agorsor Christian, a 22-year-old commercial motor rider, has allegedly stabbed his colleague rider to death. The Ghana News Agency (GNA) reports the alleged act...

Man found dead on Bimbilla-Kpaturi road

The body of an unidentified man, believed to be in his thirties, was found on the Bimbilla-Kpaturi Road in the Northern Region on Sunday...

COVID-19: Bill for free water can’t be validated – Auditor-General

The Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) has been asked to take immediate steps to assess an impending unvalidated payment of GH¢14.7 million in...

Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational School shut down

The Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational School at Asokore in the Ashanti Region has been closed down. This is a directive of the Ghana TVET...

40 Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational School students arrested for vandalism

About 40 students of Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational School at Asokore in the Ashanti Region have been arrested for causing damage to school...