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Fuel prices to go down – Energy Minister

Prices of petroleum products are expected to reduce further in the coming months to help make life comfortable for Ghanaians, Minister of Energy, Dr...

Custody of sick business mogul Asuma Banda causes huge family fight

Several videos on social media have exposed a big misunderstanding within the family of one of Ghana’s wealthiest businessmen, Alhaji Asuma Banda. The frail and...

Man found hanging dead at Kasoa tollbooth

A 37-year-old man, Rogbor Francis, has been found hanging dead in a suspected suicide incident at Kasoa toolbooth near the Densu River in the...

Bawku tensions: NEDCo cuts power supply after damaged conductor

The Bawku township and its neighbouring communities have been plunged into darkness in the last 24 hours after gunmen destroyed a power utility infrastructure...

Six persons die daily in road crashes – NRSA

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has revealed more than six persons die everyday through road crashes in Ghana. The Acting Director General, Ing. David...

Organised Labour to embark on indefinite strike on this date…

Organised Labour has declared its intention to embark on an indefinite strike from December 27, 2022. This was made known by the Secretary General of...

PURC to announce new water, electricity tariffs; check out when

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) is in the process of computing the necessary figures to announce approved water and electricity tariffs for the...

Mason battling for life after electrocution

A mason, only known by the name Kojo, is battling for his life after he was electrocuted by power lines close to a building...

National Cathedral will be Ghana’s collective thanksgiving to God – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has reiterated his commitment to building the National Cathedral. To him, the project when completed will be the collective thanksgiving of Ghanaians...

Newly elected leaders of Assemblies of God Ghana pay courtesy call on GBC Management

Newly elected leaders of the Assemblies of God Church on Thursday, December 15, 2022 paid a courtesy call on the Management of GBC.  The...

Covid-19: Ghana Health Service warns of new variant

The Ghana Health Service (GHS), ahead of the yuletide, has warned a new variant of COVID-19 could be recorded if the necessary protocols are...

Decomposing body of taxi driver found tied up in bush

A 25-year-old physically challenged taxi driver, Kwesi Baidoo, popularly known as Chiko, has been found dead in a bizarre state. The victim was found in...

Cedi appreciation not by chance – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that the appreciation of the cedi against all major trading currencies is a result of deliberate policy...

Lack of ethical behaviour leads to greed at work places – Special Prosecutor

The Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Ghana, Kissi Agyebeng, has said lack of ethical behaviour at work places and society begets morally opprobrious...

Forestry Commission to establish 3 additional zoos in Ghana

The Chief Executive officer (CEO) of the Forestry commission, John Allotey, has revealed the commission's agenda to establish three additional zoos in the country. This...

15.3% reduction in transport fares takes effect today

Road Transport Operators effective today, December 19, 2022, are expected to reduce fares by 15.3%. The move follows the recent fall in petroleum prices...

GRA retrieves over US$93m revenue via informants’ scheme

The Ghana Revenue Authority(GRA) has recovered in excess of US$ 93 million and an additional GH¢421million from multinational and local companies operating in the...

Several injured as bees invade hospital [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Several injured as bees invade hospital One person is said to be in critical condition while others have sustained various degrees of injuries...

Akufo-Addo appeals to traders to reduce prices of goods

President Nana Akufo-Addo has pleaded with the business community and industry to reduce the prices of goods and services as the cedi appreciates against...

Ghana Card: NIA begins premium services in Ashanti, Eastern and Western Regions

The National Identification Authority (NIA) will on Monday, December 19, begin premium services for the Ghana Card registration exercise at three of its regional...

Ursula Owusu supports constituents with ‘cheap’ yam sale [Photos]

Ablekuma West Member of Parliament (MP), Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has organised a 'cheap' yam sale for her constituents. The initiative ahead of the Christmas festivities...

ECG to embark on fake meter education in Krobo areas

The Krobo Office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has embarked on a campaign against fake energy meters in a bid to protect...

Pavo sausage linked to listeriosis outbreak in Italy impounded in Ho

The Food and Drugs Authority  has impounded four cartons and 27 packs of expired Pavo Frankfurt II and Wurstsel DI Pollo E Trachino Congela, a...

COVID-19: Ghana records four active cases

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has cautioned the public to observe COVID-19 protocols during the festive season as many countries from where people visit...

Seven dead, one injured in renewed conflict at Bawku

Seven people have been killed at Bawku in the Upper East Region following renewed ethnic disturbances between Kusasis and Mamprusis. Adom News sources indicate that...

46 NDC delegates involved in accident while returning from party’s elections

Some 46 National Democratic Congress (NDC) delegates in the Upper West Region have been involved in an accident while returning from the party's delegates...

Barima Yaw Kodei Oppong inducted as Director of Legal Education and Director of the Ghana School of Law

Barima Yaw Kodei Oppong, Manwerehene of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area, has been inducted as the new Director of Legal Education and also the Director...

Mason jailed for slashing man’s palm over music video

A mason who slashed the palm of another man with a machete during an argument over a music video at La, in Accra, has been...

Pharmacist in court for allegedly raping sister-in-law

A Pharmacist, Patrick Afun, who allegedly sedated his fiancée’s elder sister and had sex with her while she was unconscious, was arraigned before a...

Transport fares reduced by 15.3 percent effective Monday

Road Transport Operators have reduced transport fares by 15.3% effective Monday, December 19. The move follows the recent downward trend of petroleum prices, a statement...

27-year-old lady beaten to death at Buduburam

A 27-year-old lady has been reportedly beaten to death at Buduburam in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The deceased, who is yet...

Beautifying Accra: Burma Camp-Giffard overhead given a facelift

Ghana’s capital, Accra, is gradually becoming a city adorned with art thanks to the numerous extraordinary graffiti designs, splurged on the city’s walls. It’s...

Ghana to get $1.5 million grant to tackle pollution

The World Bank says it has secured USS 1.5 million in grant for the implementation of actions aimed at tackling marine and plastic pollution...

Farmer who robbed woman, scared her kids, jailed 20 years

The Asante Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced a farmer to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour for robbery. Michael Nhyira Cobbina, 31, robbed Mrs Bernice...

15 arrested over violent chieftaincy dispute at Battor as Police restore calm

The Police have restored law, order and security at Bator in the Volta Region and arrested 15 suspects in connection with a violent chieftaincy...

Deadline for domestic debt exchange extended

The Ministry of Finance has announced an extension of the deadline for the domestic debt exchange from December 19 to December 30, with a...

Mother who abandoned 3-month-old baby in bush detained

A 21-year-old mother, who allegedly abandoned her three-month-old baby at Beahu in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region, has been apprehended by...

Asaman Tamfoe robbery: 5 suspects arrested so far as Police grab another

The Police have arrested one more suspect in connection with the Asaman Tamfoe robbery, bringing the number of suspects arrested so far to five....

Police on manhunt for robbers who shot 2 at Brofoyedu

The Ghana Police Service says it is pursuing a gang of robbers who attacked a household and shot two people at Brofoyedu in the...

Over 100,000 foreign tourists expected in Ghana at Christmas

The Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dr Mohammed Awal, has disclosed that the country is expecting to receive over 100,000 foreign tourists in...