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SMT Ghana donates cement bags towards Apiate Community reconstruction

SMT Ghana, the official distributor of Volvo Construction Equipment, Volvo Trucks, Volvo Buses and Volvo Penta in Ghana as part of its corporate social...

Tricycle rider dies in gory accident at Assin Atwereboanda

A 31-year-old tricycle rider, George Appiah, aka Osimpo, has died in a gory accident at Assin Atwereboanda in the Assin North District of the...

10 students were illegally admitted into Ghana School of Law – GLC

A report by a committee of inquiry set up by the General Legal Council (GLC) has established that 10 students were illegally admitted into...

Cyber Crime Unit yet to give me my seized phone – Abena Korkor [Video]

Social media influencer and ambassador for bipolar in Ghana, Abena Korkor, says the specialized unit at the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police...

UTAG sends SOS message to members over strike action

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has announced the indefinite suspension of its industrial strike action.This followed an emergency meeting by UTAG’s National...

Insecurity drives away 100 teachers from Bawku, 2,247 pupils out of school

The Municipal Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has granted the release of about 100 basic school teachers in the Bawku Municipality in...

Why Ashaiman is trending

The Ghana Police Service on Tuesday revealed four personnel have been arrested in connection with recent bullion van robberies during a raid at Borteyman...

Minister clarifies ‘securitization of E-levy’ comment – [Video]

The Roads and Highways Minister, Kwasi Amoako-Attah, has denied saying his government will securitise revenues accruing from the proposed Electronic Transactions Levy (E-levy) for...

Institute of Procurement revokes membership of sacked PPA boss

The Ghana Institute of Procurement and Supply (GIPS) has revoked the membership of the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Public Procurement Authority...

Parents at Walewale living in fear over the disappearance of a 5-year-old girl

Some parents at Walewale in the North East Region say they are living in fear over the safety of their children following the disappearance...

Policemen, civilian allegedly involved in bullion van robberies remanded

The four policemen and a civilian, arrested in connection with recent bullion van robberies in the country, have been remanded into police custody. ...

Free SHS policy has compromised quality of high school education – Hassan Ayariga

Founder of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has asserted that the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy has not yielded the desired...

Pig farms at Tepa hit by swine flu

A total of 575 pigs are reported to have been affected by the African Swine Flu in the Tepa Municipality of the Ashanti Region.Pig...

Local Government Service charges workers Gh¢6,000 each for interview preparation

There is a seething anger in Ghana’s Local Government Service because 240 of the workers are to cough up Gh¢6,000 each for a promotion-interview...

We will employ every legal means to stop Deputy Speaker from voting – Sam George

JoyNews/AdomNews · We will implore every legal means to stop Deputy Speaker from voting - Sam GeorgeMember of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George, has...

Central Region makes strides in reducing maternal mortality

The Central Region has recorded a celebrated reduction in maternal deaths with a maternal mortality ratio reducing from 109/100,000 live births in the year...

Beyi W’ano: How equipment at Kumasi Children’s Park were traded for cocaine [Video]

Former Assemblyman of Afo Nkwanta in the Suhum constituency, Lawrence Adu, has expressed his dissatisfaction at the deplorable state of the Kumasi Children’s park...

I omitted Mr Beautiful from ‘Galamsey’ movie banner because he is affiliated to a political party – Movie director Famous

Over the weekend a video emerged where movie actor Mr Clement Bonney, popularly known as Mr Beautiful, was seen in a heated exchange with...

Govt gives hope to medical students in Ukraine

Over 1,000 students studying medicine in Ukraine have been given a renewed sense of hope following a pact signed by the Ghana Scholarships Secretariat...

GIPS revokes membership of former PPA boss

The Ghana Institute of Procurement and Supply (GIPS) has revoked the membership of the former Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA),...

#FixTheCountry lead convener allegedly rushed to the hospital

Convener of #FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has allegedly been rushed to the Police Hospital in Accra.According to the Movement, he complained of “general discomfort”...

How police officers involved in robberies were exposed; the inside story [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · DCOP ON ROBBERIESThe Director-General of Public Affairs at the Ghana Police Service, DCOP Kwesi Ofori, has revealed the service will no longer...

Brouhaha over rumoured passing of MP settled [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Brouhaha Over Rumoured Passing Of MP SettledMajority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has debunked reports purporting the death of Ahanta West Member of Parliament...

Police grab Chinese for illegally operating ‘jackpot machines’

Police in Kumasi have arrested a Chinese for operating illegal analogue or non-digital machines, popularly called 'jackpot machines', for gaming or betting.The police seized...

Sam George teases govt

Ningo Prampram Member of Parliament, Sam George, has made fun of the ruling New Patriotic Party over Ghana's economy in the eyes of the...

Akufo-Addo, Bawumia, other officials pay last respects to former minister [Photos]

A former Greater Accra Regional Minister, Ishmael Ashitey, has been buried.The solemn ceremony took place on Monday, March 7, 2022, at Tema Manhean.Present at...

SSNIT cautions public against KenTrust Pensions Ltd

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has warned it has not designated Kentrust Pensions Limited to collect contributions on its behalf.Likewise,...

Ghana is a nation ready for business – Akufo-Addo

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says Ghana has moved away from the earlier uncertainties that clouded her path towards progress...

Opuni’s review against Supreme Court ruling on Honyenuga refused

A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court has refused a review application from Dr Stephen Opuni, seeking to reverse its earlier decision for Justice...

ECG introduces award scheme for whistleblowers of illegal power connection [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · ECG introduces award scheme for whistleblowers of illegal water connectionThe Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has introduced a system that will reward...

Police Divisional Crime Officer installed as Sompahene [Photos]

Sunyani Divisional Crime Officer, Superintendent Kingsley Wiredu, has been installed as the Sompahene (Chief of Good Service) of the Sunyani Traditional Area after he...

Bullion van robberies: 4 more policemen, one civilian arrested

Four more policemen and one civilian have been arrested for their involvement in the bullion van robberies that rocked Ghana last year.According to the...

Meet Akorfa, the UG student who works as bus conductor to support her education

Life could be difficult such that you need to go the extra mile to achieve your vision.That explains the life of a level 400...

Dakpema Naa sends message to his supporters over attack on his Palace

The Dakpema Naa, Fuseini Bawa, has called on his supporters not to retaliate after the attack on his Palace on Monday.He said his supporters...

Vigil for late Joy Brands GM Elvis Kwashie to be held today

The final funeral rites for the late General Manager of The Multimedia Group’s Joy Brands, Elvis Koku Kwashie, have been announced.The media doyen died...

Assin North MP again

The Supreme Court has dismissed two applications filed by Assin North Member of Parliament (MP), James Gyakye Quayson.The lawmaker had asked the Court to...

Family speaks on NPP MP’s ‘viral death reports’ [Listen]

The spokesperson for the family of New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Ahanta West, Ebenezer Kojo Kum, who was rumoured to...

Deputy Speaker can vote and form part of quorum for decision making – Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has ruled that a Deputy Speaker of Parliament can be counted during the formation of a quorum for parliamentary decision-making and...

For five years, I had close relatives sexually assault me – Lady recounts [Video]

https://youtu.be/LZLaeCOm7bAIt all started when I was about eight years old and it stopped at about 13 years and so for five years, I had...

Police beef up security in Northern Region following shooting incident at Dakpema Palace

The Northern Region Police have beefed up security in the city following Monday’s shooting incident at the Dakpema Palace.Northern Regional Crime Officer, Superintendent Bernard...