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NABCO beneficiaries suspend plans to picket Jubilee House on September 20

The Nation Builders Corps Trainees Association of Ghana has suspended planned picketing at the Jubilee House over the 10-month unpaid allowances. The exercise, which...

I have not stolen power – MP reacts to ECG summons

Member of Parliament (MP) for Lower Manya Krobo Constituency, Ebenezer Teye Larbi, has fought off reports of power theft. He made this known on Asempa...

Gomoa East Assembly bans land guard activities

The Gomoa East District Assembly has banned all land guard related activities and collection of digging fees from developers with an immediate effect. The...

YEA opens applications for Community Protection Assistants

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has opened applications for its Community Protection Assistants (CPAs) Module. The application process, which began on Monday, September 19,...

Education Minister addresses UN Education Summit

Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei-Adutwum, has addressed participants at the United Nations (UN) Educational Summit in the United States of America. Speaking on behalf of...

Two die in galamsey pit at Sefwi Yaw Brefo

Two persons have been confirmed dead in illegal mining activity at Sefwi Yaw Brefo in the Juaboso district of the western north region. The deceased,...

Nurses at Kumdi receive 13-bedroom apartment from Fame Ghana

A non-profitable organization, Fame Ghana, has put up a 13-bedroom nurses bungalow for nurses at Kumdi, a farming Community in the Kpandai District of...

I was physically abused while pregnant, I lost my son – US-based woman shares her ordeal

US-based Jamaican Rose Greene has shared her unpleasant experience in her first relationship that caused her to lose her baby boy.Rose revealed that she...

Security man allegedly defiles 8-year-old girl in Tamale

A 30-year-old private security man has allegedly defiled an eight-year-old girl in the Tamale metropolis of the Northern Region. The suspect has been identified...

Aisha Huang was repatriated – Attorney-General

Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame says ‘galamsey’ kingpin Aisha Huang was repatriated from Ghana in 2018. This is despite police prosecutors telling a Circuit Court that...

Dampare heads to Wa over recent murders

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has visited Wa in the Upper West Region. This comes on the back of reports...

Fight against galamsey needs all hands on deck – Eastern Regional Minister

Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Kwame Acheampong, has bemoaned the politicisation of the fight against illegal mining aka ‘galamsey’. According to him, those engaging in illegal...

3 arrested for smuggling Cocobod, PFJ fertilisers

Three persons are in the grip of the police for their alleged involvement in the re-bagging and illicit smuggling of government-subsidized fertilisers. They were picked...

Student escapes from suspected kidnappers at cemetery at Bole [Video]

https://youtu.be/2ZHBwQmZwmM A 20-year-old student of the National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) at Bole in the Savannah Region has escaped a kidnap attempt. The suspects, according...

Elubo chief, brother remanded over ‘galamsey’ activities

The Sehwi Magistrate court, presided over by his worship Lawrence Buenor Bue, has remanded the chief of Sehwi Elubo, Nana Anim Baffour and his...

It’s impossible to register 2 million backlog before SIM registration deadline – NIA

With less than two weeks to the deadline for the SIM card re-registration, the National Identification Authority (NIA) has stated that it will not...

Checkout completed roads in Eastern Region

Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Kwame Acheampong, has disclosed that a total of 1,487.62km of road has been completed in the Region since 2017. A total...

WAEC files police complaint after attack on official in Accra

JoyNews/AdomNews · WAEC files complaint to police after men attacked official monitoring WASSCE in Accra The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it has filed...

Galamsey: Sefwi-Elubo residents jubilate after chief’s arrest

JoyNews/AdomNews · Sefwi Elubo residents jubilate over arrest of galamsey chief Residents of Sefwi-Elubo in the Western North Region are heaving a sigh of relief...

Illegal miner drowns in attempt to flee arrest

An illegal miner has drowned at Achiase –Atuntuma in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region in an attempt to flee from arrest...

KMA disassociates itself from assault on trader

Management of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has disassociated itself from an assault on a petty trader in the area. According to the KMA, the...

Woman found trapped in toilet after going missing for 3 days banished

A 50-year-old woman, Yaa Prah, who went missing and was found in a pit latrine at Enyan Asempenyin in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District...

15.8m people have Ghana cards — NIA

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has so far issued 15,826,148 Ghana cards out of the 16,627,325 printed cards from 17,109,627 registrations as of the...

Man shoots himself to death while testing fortification against bullet

A man, believed to be in his late 30s, has reportedly shot himself to death at Agona Port near Diaso in the Upper Denkyira...

Asantehene will not attend Queen Elizabeth’s funeral

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, will be unavailable for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. According to reports, the ruler of the Ashanti Kingdom has...

Govt declares September 21 as public holiday

The government, through the Ministry of Interior, has declared Wednesday, September 21, 2022, as a statutory public holiday. This was contained in a statement by...

Man allegedly poisons himself after wife denied him sex

A 40-year-old trader, identified as Nana Sammy, has committed suicide by drinking a full bottle of weedicide after his wife reportedly denied him sex...

Funeral rites for Western Togoland leader Papavi to last for 18 days

The leader and founder of Western Togoland separatist group in the Volta Region, Charles Kormi Kudjordjie, will be laid to rest in October 2022. A...

I cursed my mother to be paralised for one month – Bishop Bonegas

Founder of the Great Fire Pentecostal International, Bishop Bonegas, has narrated how his mother became paralysed because of his “spiritual gifts”. According to him, he...

Residents of Nkwanta South stranded as only bridge linking communities collapses

Chiefs and residents of some four Communities in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region are left stranded following the collapse of the...

Mother, three children drown

A woman, aged 41, has drowned along with her three children in a pit dug in the Keta Lagoon at Laklevikope, near Aflao, in...

Galamsey forces cocoa farmers to transport water from home to farm

Head of Public Affairs at the Ghana Cocoa Board, Fiifi Boafo, says illegal mining activities in water bodies have compelled cocoa farmers to transport...

Weija dam polluted with faecal matter- Ghana Water MD

The Managing Director of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), Dr Clifford Braimah, has bemoaned the pollution of water bodies across the country. According to...

Eastern region gets 7 hospitals under Agenda 111 – Minister

Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Kwame Acheampong, has disclosed that seven hospitals are currently under construction in various districts in the region under the Agenda...

Wa murders: Police discover body in shallow grave

The Police on Sunday discovered a human body in a shallow grave in Wa in the Upper West Region. The body is suspected to be...

Deadlines don’t produce Ghana cards – Sam George fumes

The MP for Ningo-Prampram, Sam Nartey George, has pointed out the imprudence of implementing the September 30 deadline for SIM card re-registration. Mr. Nartey George...

MTN Ghana launches plastic waste campaign

As part of activities to mark the Global Appreciation Work, MTN Ghana has launched plastic waste recycling campaign. The eco-friendly company as a key strategic...

ECG summons Lower Manya Krobo MP, 14 others for illegal power consumption

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has summoned the Member of Parliament for the Lower Manya Krobo Constituency, Ebenezer Teye Larbi, and 14 other...

China tops foreigners with Ghana card

The National Identification Authority (NIA) says China is the country with the highest number of foreigners issued with a Non-citizen National Identity card (Ghana...

Aisha Huang was repatriated via Ethiopian Airlines flight Et 920 at 12:50 pm on 19 Dec. 2018 – State Attorney

Galamsey suspect Aisha Huang was put on Ethiopian Airlines flight No. Et 920, which took off at about 12:50 pm on the 19th of...