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MTN Ghana marks ‘Safer Internet Day’ at Osu Presec

Telecommunication giant, MTN Ghana, has joined the world to mark the 20th edition of the ‘Safer Internet Day’ celebration with students of the Osu...

Hunter reports himself to police after shooting brother dead

A 42-year-old hunter, John Ackah, who mistook his elder brother for an animal and shot him to death, has reported himself to the police....

Truck kills mother, daughter in accident at Bolga

A mother and her daughter have been killed in an accident in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region. The accident involved a DAF truck, which...

Cocoa export to hit $4.1bn in 2025 – Oppong Nkrumah

The export of cocoa beans will rake in $4.1 billion for the country in 2025, Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has disclosed. According...

Why Akufo-Addo got ministerial reshuffle wrong – Lecturer

A Cooperate Governance lecturer, Dr Benjamin Otchere Ankrah, has expressed his disappointment in the recent ministerial reshuffle by President Nana Akufo-Addo. “This reshuffle by the...

NACOC destroys cannabis worth GHS 50 million

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has destroyed cannabis, locally referred to as wee or marijuana, worth GHS 50 million at the Bundase Military camp...

Jomoro MP berates Police statement on West Hills incident

Jomoro Member of Parliament, Dorcas Affo-Toffey, has stated that bad policing led to the death of Shadrack Arloo at the West Hills Mall. ...

West Hills Mall incident: Sister of deceased curses police over narcotics claim [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · PERTEUAL DIDIER ON WESTHILL MALL INCIDENT Popular gospel musician, Perpetual Didier, has cursed the Ghana Police over their latest statement on the death...

Three robbers attack gold dealer; bolt with GH¢500K

Three armed robbers have attacked a gold-buying agent, Stephen Jay Gold Buying Company, with a pistol and a pump-action gun at Sehwi Juaboso in...

Why majority leader has stopped taking fuel allocation

Majority Leader Osei Kyei Mensa Bonsu says he has stopped taking his fuel coupon allocation as a cabinet minister in response to the country’s...

Court adjourns Opuni’s trial over witness’ health

The Accra High Court on Tuesday adjourned the trial of a former boss of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni, due...

State of all 53 persons who ate ‘poisoned’ waakye at Oyibi revealed

All 53 people who experienced symptoms of foodborne disease after eating ‘waakye’ or plain rice and tomato stew from a food vendor at Oyibi in...

Ghana’s Ambassador to Turkey gives update on nationals after earthquake

Ghanaians in the affected areas of Turkey's February 6, 2023 earthquake will be evacuated in the coming days, Francisca Ashietey-Odunton, Ghana's Ambassador to Turkey,...

Court sets date to rule on former MASLOC boss’ trial in absentia 

The Financial Division of the Accra High Court has fixed February 24, 2024, to deliver ruling on whether or not “absconded” Sedinam Tamakloe should...

West Hills Mall incident: Deceased died of obstruction of airway by foreign body… – Pathologist

A Ga East Municipal Pathologist has given the cause of death of Shadrach Arloo as asphyxiation and obstruction of airway by a foreign body. Shadrach...

9 arrested in Atewa Forest for illegal mining

Nine people have been arrested at the Saaman Joaso portion of the Atewa Forest Reserve in the Eastern Region. The nine persons aged between 15...

Mood at Christian Atsu’s family house [Video]

The family house of Christian Atsu was overtaken by mixed emotions following news that the footballer has been pulled out of a rubble caused...

28 of 47 students of Ejuraman Anglican SHS discharged from Hospital

Twenty-eight of the forty-seven students of Ejuraman Anglican SHS have been discharged from the Ejura Government Hospital after the roof of their school’s dining...

DDEP: The picketing pensioners, their moods and messages

On Tuesday, February 7, pensioners who have individually invested in government bonds returned to the precincts of the Ministry of Finance in Accra to...

Nurse found dead after failed marriage

A 34-year-old nurse, David Atinga, at the Kpasera CHPS compound in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region has been found hanging dead....

Police officer crashed to death

G/CPL Richard Datsomor of the Kpetoe District of the Volta Region has been killed in a motor-vehicle crash that occurred Monday evening. The deceased died...

Christian Atsu’s twin sister speaks on brother’s condition [video]

The twin sister of former Black Stars and Hatayspor winger, Christian Atsu, has confirmed the player’s safety. Christiana Atsupie Twasam says her twin brother is...

Police Inspector interdicted for professional misconduct 

The Police Administration has interdicted Inspector Kennedy Martey Ampofo, stationed at the Sampa District Command in the Bono Region, for professional misconduct. A statement issued and signed...

Fire guts Eremon SHS girls dormitory

Fire has razed down the girls’ dormitory of the Eremon Senior High School in the Lawra municipality of the Upper West Region. The incident, which...

Video of Nigel Gaisie’s earthquake prophecy surfaces after Christian Atsu’s rescue

Prophet Nigel Gaisie, the founder and lead pastor of the Prophetic Hill Chapel, is well known for his prophetic gifts. He recently made headlines...

GRA rolls out agenda for nurturing young officers

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says its objective of creating an inter-generational exchange among customs officers is in line with...

5 SHS students battling for their lives after dining hall roofing collapse

Five students of the Ejuraman Anglican Senior High School (SHS) in the Ejura-Sekyeredumase District of the Ashanti Region are currently under intensive care after...

Fisheries Ministry launches certification scheme to check poor handling of fish

Deputy Fisheries Minister, Moses Anim, has announced the launch of the National Safe Certification and Licensing Scheme. The scheme seeks to certify fish processors with...

Akufo-Addo makes changes to Ministerial appointees

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has announced to the House names of ministerial nominees from President Nana Akufo-Addo listed for appointments. This comes...

Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council meets Oppong Nkrumah

The leadership of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council has paid a courtesy call on Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah. The visit to the...

I’m a victim of debt exchange – Nana Yaa Jantuah

JoyNews/AdomNews · Nana Yaa Jantuah fights government on debt exchange General Secretary of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Nana Yaa Jantuah, says she is a...

Lawyer ditches alleged coup plotters

Private legal practitioner, Victor Adawudu, has served notice that he will no longer represent one of the 10 persons standing trial for allegedly planning...

Ibrahim Mahama rescues former ‘NSMQ shark’

Ghanaian business mogul, Ibrahim Mahama, has pledged his preparedness to support former National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) ‘shark’, “Dr” Ninwie Leonard Lanyeli. Mr...

NACOC intercepts marijuana concealed in cocoa powder containers

The Narcotics Control Commission's (NACOC) Ghana Post Unit has intercepted six parcels of marijuana concealed in cocoa powder plastic containers. The parcel, which was...

Illegal miners block Birim River

Illegal miners have restricted the free flow of the Birim River on the outskirts of Akyem Aboabo to enable them to carry out their...

One shot dead at Bawku

One person has been shot dead at Bawku barely a few hours after a visit by the Upper East Regional Security Council (REGSEC) to...

MTN-Ghana reviews tariffs on products, services

Beginning February 7, 2023, all services and products of the telecommunications giant, MTN-Ghana, will go up. Management of the company in a statement on Monday,...

IPRA introduces climate change communications guidelines

International Public Relations Association (IPRA) has introduced climate change communications guidelines to be implemented by its members. The IPRA in a statement said, “We take...

DDEP: We’ll continue to converge at Finance Ministry until we’re exempted – Pension Bondholders

Convener of the Pensioner Bondholders Forum, Dr Adu Anane Antwi, says the Forum will not back down on its plan to get the government...

Fire guts printing press at Fante New Town

A shop at Fante New Town in Kumasi, which serves as a printing press, has been gutted by fire which started on Wednesday morning. The...