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Full Report: Car ‘cocaine’ theft [Video]

It is the rush hours of the day; and, as expected, many vehicles are fighting for space to make it home in time. Amidst...

Two women arrested for allegedly assaulting teacher at Besease

The Ejisu Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested two women who allegedly assaulted a teacher at the Besease M/A Junior High School. The suspects,...

Homes flooded in Kumasi after heavy rains

Some communities in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region have been flooded after about 10 hours of rain in the region. Residents of Apemso and Emina...

17 OMCs fail to pay taxes – Auditor-General’s report

Seventeen Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) did not pay duties and taxes totalling ¢249,800,802.28 on 219,995,530 litres of fuel products lifted for the period January...

Cocoa farmers threaten to smuggle product if govt fails to increase prices

Cocoa farmers at Gyampokrom in the Sehwi Juaboso District in the Western North Region have threatened to smuggle their cocoa produce to Ivory Coast...

Campaign to empower men to examine women for breast cancer launched

A project that is seeking to consciously empower men to fight against the rising cases of breast cancer in Ghana has been launched. The newly...

Galamsey: Sefwi Elubo chief, brother granted bail

The chief of Sefwi Elubo in the Western North Region, Nana Anini Baffour and his brother, Kwadwo Affi, who were recently arrested for their...

There is nothing in your coconut heads – KT Hammond slams youth for hooting at Akufo-Addo at Global Citizen Festival [Video]

Member of Parliament (MP) for Adansi Asokwa, Kobina Tahir Hammond, also known as KT Hammond, has descended on the Ghanaian youth who hooted at...

How this policeman drowned while chasing galamseyers will break your heart [Audio+photos]

JoyNews/AdomNews · How this policeman drowned while chasing galamseyers will break your heart District Chief Executive for Sefwi Amoaya in the Sefwi Bodi District of...

3 in critical condition as Kia truck crashes into Articulator at Amanfrom

Three persons are in critical condition in an accident involving multiple cars at Ngleshie Amanfrom in the Ga South Municipality of the Accra-Kasoa Highway. Per...

Bank of Ghana sends strong warning to MoMo loan defaulters

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has said mobile money loan defaulters who have deliberately discarded their SIM cards risk attracting negative repercussion. In a statement,...

6 fire service officers involved in road crash at Dormaa

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) says six of its personnel are receiving treatment at the Dormaa Presbyterian Hospital in the Bono Region. According to...

NSA boss adopts effective policy to promote education in Ahafo

The Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Professor Peter Twumasi has announced plans to introduce incentives to promote education in the Ahafo...

Man goes blind while attempting to kill prayerful mother with ‘juju’

A prison inmate, Richard Ofosu Dame, has been confessing his evil deeds since becoming a free man.His confession included his attempt to kill his...

I don’t work – 16-year-old girl reveals ‘smoking’ is her job

A 16-year-old girl, Monica Owusu Sekyere, who sleeps at the marketplace in Kantamanto, Accra, has disclosed that she fled from home at a young...

I’m coming after those selling gov’t lands, Ramsar site occupants – Henry Quartey

The Greater Accra Regional Minster, Henry Quartey is cautioning against the sale of government land by self-acclaimed owners of such lands. He contends, the sale...

‘I forgot about myself’ – Barber grabbed with drugs at police station

A barber who went to visit his friend on remand at Baatsona Police Station, has ended in Police cells for possessing drugs. Abdulai Hamza was...

Fetish priest sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for defrauding with fake currency

A 43-year-old fetish priest has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by a Koforidua Circuit court for defrauding people with counterfeit currency. Richard Vormowor alias...

Man gets 8 years for hacking cousin he accused of stealing fish from soup

A Circuit Court in Koforidua has sentenced a private security man to eight (8) years imprisonment for inflicting deep matchete wounds on his cousin. The...

Police investigate drowning of Officer at Sefwi Amoaya

The Police have commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the drowning of a Police officer at Sefwi Amoaya in the Sefwi Bodi District...

We are receiving threats of contract termination – School Feeding Caterers

President of Greater Accra School Feeding Caterers Association, Madam Juliana Cudjoe, says members of the Association are receiving threats of contract termination for demanding...

Rousing welcome for Otumfuo [Photos]

Hundreds of excited people accorded the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, a rousing welcome at the Kumasi Airport on Sunday. The Asante Monarch, who has...

Aisha Huang trial: We need to take strong stance on against illegal mining

Circuit Court Judge Samuel Bright Acquah is making a case for courts to take a strong stance against illegal mining. Ruling on a bail application...

Aisha Huang denied bail again

Galamsey kingpin, Aishà Huang, has been denied bail once again by an Accra Circuit Court. The Chinese national pleaded not guilty to her suspected illegal...

14-year-old pregnant girl, 23, others rescued from being trafficked to Cote D’Ivoire

A 14-year-old girl, who is pregnant and 15 other children, have been rescued from being trafficked from the Central Region to Cote d’Ivoire. The children,...

SIM registration: Group to sue govt

JoyNews/AdomNews · Pressure mounts on government to scrape SIM card registration deadline With three days to the September 30 SIM re-registration deadline, the Communications Ministry...

Barber vising friend on remand arrested with drugs

A barber, who went to visit his friend on remand at Baatsona Police Station, has ended in Police cells for possessing drugs. Abdulai Hamza was...

Some Ghanaian medical students willing to go back to war-torn Ukraine

Some Ghanaian students studying medicine and dentistry in war-torn Ukraine are lacing their boots to return to the European country. According to reports, some have...

A Plus reacts as NPP accuses NDC of planting people to hoot at Akufo-Addo

Musician and political activist, Kwame A Plus, has opened up in a long note after the New Patriotic Party (NPP) called out the National...

Global Citizen Festival raises $2.4 billion to end extreme poverty

Pledges totalling $2.4 billion were announced as part of activities to mark the Global Citizen Festival in New York City and Accra on Saturday,...

Ghana remains gateway to the African continent

The Minister for Communications and Digitalization (MoCD), Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has reiterated government’s commitment to building strong partnerships and formulating policies for digital technologies that...

Wa killings: 18 suspects arrested

Some 18 persons have been arrested by the Upper West Regional Police Command for their alleged involvement in the killing of 11 persons in...

Ghana re-affirms position to leave no one digitally behind

The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has reaffirmed Ghana’s commitment to leaving no one digitally behind. This she said can be achieved by...

Weweso JHS pupils save up ‘chop money’ to buy sanitary pads

Some pupils of Weweso M/A Junior High School (JHS) in Kumasi have revealed they save up portions of money given to them for food...

Sad news for Ghanaian doctors trained in war-hit Ukraine

The Medical and Dental Council has encouraged Ghanaians studying medicine and dentistry in Ukraine to roll onto the government’s initiatives for them to continue...

Tamale Airport Phase II Project completed

The Tamale Airport Development Phase II Project has been completed and is awaiting inauguration by the President this year. The expansion works, costing $70 million,...

Apiate explosion: One more victim passes on

One more person involved in last January's Apiate disaster has passed on. The victim suffered a spine injury and has been in hospital all this...

Akufo-Addo is a better president than Kwame Nkrumah – Agya Koo [Video]

Actor Kofi Adu, popularly known as Agya Koo, says none of Ghana's past governments have been able to develop the country like President Nana...

Parliament approves fees for ‘access’ to information

Parliament has passed the law spelling out the various fees to be paid by persons seeking Information under the Right to Information law. This is...

Don’t starve media of information – GJA to police

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has expressed concern about the decision by the Ghana Police Service to centralise the sharing of information to the...