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CLOGSAG calls for removal of Henrietta Lamptey as head of Births and Deaths Registry [Audio]

The Executive Secretary of Civil and Local Government Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG), Isaac Bampoe Addo, has called for the removal of madam Henrietta Lamptey as...

Challenging Heights rescues 23 children on Volta Lake

Over 23 children have been rescued from 15 different villages along Lake Volta engaged in modern-day slavery.The children, 17 boys and six girls, are...

Huge dog interrupts video call by cheekily climbing over helpless owner

A dog has been caught hilariously interrupting a Zoom video call by climbing all over his poor owner and sticking his fluffy tail in front of...

Beyi W’ano: Efua Sutherland’s family starts online petition for Children’s Park renovation [Video]

The current state of the Efua Sutherland Children’s Park, which was established in 1979, is nothing to write home about as it has been...

30% of palm oil in Ghanaian markets fail FDA’s Sudan dye test

As part of the Food and Drugs Authority’s (FDA) routine market surveillance activities on food safety in 2021, about 30% of palm oil found...

People with flashy lifestyles being monitored – GRA [Listen]

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has said it has set up a new department to ensure rich individuals, as well as those who live...

Presec-Legon NSMQ team member crowned overall best WASSCE student in Ghana, 2nd in West Africa

An immediate past student of the Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School (Presec-Legon), Kwame Brako Asante, has emerged as the overall best student in the 2021...

Radio Gold back on air

Accra-based Radio Gold is back on air after three years of being shut down due to sanctions imposed on it by the National Communications Authority (NCA).The...

Aide stabbed as thugs vandalise NPP MP’s office and bolt with cash

The office of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Constituency, Alfred Obeng Boateng, has been vandalised by some unidentified...

Odaw drain choked ahead of seasonal rains

The Odaw drain, which begins at the Caprice Bridge at Alajo and runs 10 kilometres to the edge of the Korle Lagoon in Accra,...

Encroachers on spare dealers’ land at Anyaa served final evacuation notice

The Greater Accra Second hand Spare parts Dealers Association (GASSDA) with support from the Ga Central Municipal Assembly and the police has given final...

GRA sends important message to landlords over tax on property[Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · GRA sends important message to landlords over tax on propertiesThe Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has called on landlords in the country to...

Lands Minister clashes with Chairman of PAC over E-levy

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, clashed with Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, James Klutse Avedzi...

UGMC completed; due for full operationalisation

The University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC), is due for full operationalisation, following its completion and a handing over on Tuesday.The Project Management Team...

#Fixthecountry convener Oliver Barker-Vormawor granted 2m cedi bail

Convenor for the #FixTheCountry movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has been granted a GHC2 million bail by a Tema High Court.The bail term is also supposed...

Ghana would be horrible without the Church – Rev. Doh Tetteh

General Overseer of the Solid Rock Chapel International, Rev Dr Christie Doh Tetteh has touted the remarkable role the church has played in the...

STEM education without morals, spiritual values breed intelligent criminals – Opuni-Frimpong

A Former General Secretary of the Christian Council, Rev. Dr. Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, has asserted that the current curricular being used in the basic and...

Constitution has given one person too much power to manage the country like their family property – Noi Mensah

A former Presiding Bishop of the Full Gospel Church International has attributed the country’s retard progress to specific provisions in the constitution that give...

Church is providing social comfort for stressed populace; don’t undermine its significance – Noi Mensah

An immediate past Presiding Bishop of the Full Gospel Church International, Bishop Samuel Noi Mensah, says Christian bodies in the country have beliefs and...

Nobody can gag the church, we will speak truth to power – Rev Doh Tetteh [video]

General Overseer of the Solid Rock Chapel International says the church in Ghana will continue to thrive and survive in propagating its mission, despite...

She was cheating while I was processing her documents for permanent stay – Norway-based Ghanaian

A Ghanaian based in Norway, Charles Asare, has shared his heartbreak story of how he invited his ex-girlfriend to Norway with plans of settling...

We can’t continue to blame the devil for these unacceptable accidents – MP on death of UEW students

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Education Committee, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, has commiserated with the families of the nine University of Education, Winneba (UEW) students who perished in...

Yaw Oppong appointed Director of Ghana School of Law

Legal practitioner, Yaw D. Oppong, has been appointed as the Director of Legal Education at the General Legal Council (GLC).The Director of Legal Education...

Man found half-burnt at Kawukudi junction

A yet-to-be-identified man in his mid-40s was on Monday at about 7:00 pm found dead in a burning bush around Kawukudi Junction in Accra.According...

Expect power outages in the rainy season – ECG tells consumers in Ashanti Region

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has asked residents in the Ashanti region to brace up  for power outages as the rains set in.Officials...

Avail your drivers for fire management training – Police urge vehicle owners

The Police have entreated vehicle owners to ensure that their drivers are taken through fire management training periodically.Also, the Police want owners of vehicles...

Cape Coast: Man arrested for assaulting sex worker

The Central Regional Police Command has arrested a 42-year-old driver, Godwin Bayor alias Yaw, for allegedly assaulting a woman on March 6, 2022, in...

‘Charlie Man dey grow old’ – Says Oppong Nkrumah as he shares lovely photo

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has shared a lovely photo of himself on social media.The minister, in his latest photo, seems to be concerned...

Nearly 14 million SIM cards linked to Ghana card – NCA

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has stated that there have so far been 13,676,648 SIM Cards successfully linked to the Ghana Card system.This number...

2 persons injured, over 70 others displaced after heavy downpour in Janga community

Two persons have sustained injuries while over 70 others have been displaced after a heavy downpour swept through Janga in the West Mamprusi Municipality...

Asuboi accident: Family of UEW student cries over his disappearance [Audio+Photos]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Asuboi accident: Family of UEW student cries over his disappearanceThe family of Bernard Kumi, a level 200 student of the University of...

Apiate explosion: Govt to pursue findings and recommendations in Committee’s report – Lands Minister

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, on Monday, March 14, 2022, received the findings and recommendations of the Prof. Amankwah-led...

You live on time bomb – Geological Authority warns Weija residents

The Ghana Geological Survey Authority (GGSA) has warned that people around the Weija Ridge and Reservoir are living on a time bomb that is...

Four perish in head-on collision at Peki

Another fatal accident at Peki Avetile in the South Dayi district of the Volta Region has claimed the lives of four persons.The...

ECG cuts power supply to Ghana Airports Company Limited over ¢49m debt

The National Taskforce of the Electricity Company of Ghana Limited has cut power supply to the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) over debt to...

Sale of Accra Psychiatric Hospital: The inside story

The Mental Health Authority has described as false reports that the Accra Psychiatric Hospital has been sold.Rather, it said staff and inmates will be...

Motor rider’s head chopped off in accident [Photos]

A man, believed to be in his 20's, had his head chopped off in a ghastly motorbike accident at Wakawaka, a village near Bole...

10% salary deduction for rent: NAGRAT bares teeth at govt

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has resolved to resist the Ghana Education Service (GES) directive for teachers to pay 10 per cent...

I want to see seriousness – Judge slams absent Barker-Vormawor prosecutors

State prosecutors handling the #FixTheCountry Movement lead convener, Oliver Barker-Vormawor’s case at the District Court on Tuesday, March 15, failed to show up in...

Woman found dead along Worawora-Akpesokubi highway

Residents staying along the Worawora-Akpesokubi stretch in the Oti Region woke up to the sight of a dead body along the highway.The deceased, a...