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One dead, 4 injured in police-youth clash at Kenyasi [Photos]

One person has been confirmed dead with four others in critical condition as police duty officers stationed with Newmont Mining Limited clash with the...

Aisha Huang speaks fluent Twi and English – Witness tells court

A Superintendent of Immigration, David Essien, has told an Accra High Court that Chinese National Aisha Huang speaks fluent Twi and English. This was his...

Kweku Baako slams Presidential Staffer over galamsey exposé

The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, has hit hard at Presidential Staffer, Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe following the...

FDA dragged to court over ‘no celebs in alcoholic beverage ads’ directive

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has barely two weeks to file its defense in a suit brought against it regarding portions of its...

I’m ‘saddened’ because … – Franklin Cudjoe on Adu Boahen’s dismissal [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · I'm 'saddened' Because … - Franklin Cudjoe On Adu Boahen's Dismissal Founding President of IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, Franklin Cudjoe, says...

Agradaa still in custody over reviewed bail conditions – Prosecution

Founder of Heaven Way Champion International Ministry, Patricia Asiedua, popularly known as Nana Agradaa, has failed to meet her varied bail conditions granted her...

Suspected Highway robber killed; others on the run

A suspected highway robber has been gunned down by armed police on the Accra -Yeji Highway. According to a Police situational report, the deceased suspect...

GOIL reduces fuel prices

Leading marketing oil company, Ghana Oil Company (GOIL), has announced a reduction in fuel prices at the pumps. There has been a recent hike...

Akufo-Addo in London on private visit

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Sunday, 13th November 2022, left Ghana for a two-day private visit to the United Kingdom. President Akufo-Addo will return to...

Petrol and diesel prices likely to go down, LPG to rise – COPEC predicts 

Fuel consumers are likely to see a marginal relief at the pumps in the next pricing window beginning on Wednesday, November 16.  Prices of petrol...

Adu Boahen’s dismissal meaningless unless linked to Ofori-Atta’s resignation – NPP MP

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Mpraeso Member of Parliament (MP), Davis Opoku, has taken a swipe at the government over the dismissal of the Minister...

Ofori-Atta’s censure motion: Sittings of Ad hoc Committee televised live

The Ad-hoc Committee constituted to probe the Minority in Parliament's motion of censure, against the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta commenced its sittings on Tuesday,...

Pressure group kicks against OSP’s investigation of Adu Boahen

The Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP) is incompetent to deal with Charles Adu Boahen, the sacked Minister at the Ministry of Finance. Accordingly, the...

Govt not sponsoring all delegates to COP27 – Lands Minister

Lands Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has refuted claims that the Ghanaian government is sponsoring all the members of its delegation attending the COP27 in...

Arise Ghana to appeal court ruling against picketing at Revolution Square 

Organisers of Arise Ghana, a pressure group, say they will appeal the High Court ruling prohibiting them from holding a demonstration at Revolution Square,...

No one is an angel; Adu Boahen must be given fair hearing – Prof Gyampo [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Charles Adu Boahen should be given opportunity to be heard - Prof Gyampo A senior lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford...

ECG customers rush for electricity credit after 4 days of system interruption

Customers of the Electricity Company (ECG) Ghana in the Ashanti Region have been queuing in a mad rush to purchase electricity credit after four...

Galamsey Expose’: Conversation Bawumia’s aide had with Tiger Eye PI [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · BAWUMIA AIDE ON BOAHEN ALLEGATION The spokesperson of the Vice President, Dr Gideon Boako, has revealed how Tiger Eye PI contacted him and...

Aisha Huang used forged marriage certificate to obtain residence permit – Witness tells court

A superintendent of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), David Essien, has told an Accra High Court that Aisha Huang used a forged marriage certificate...

Fake drug seller arrested in Wa

A 45-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly selling fake and unwholesome drugs to unsuspecting patrons. The unregistered drug dealer, Emmanuel, who owns God’s Blessings Herbal,...

Check out which countries sent the most delegates to COP27

Over 33,000 delegates have registered for COP27, potentially making it the second-largest COP summit in history. This is according to preliminary figures released by the...

Man drowns while reportedly swimming in abandoned mining pit

A 24-year-old man who decided to swim in an abandoned mining pit that has been filled with water has lost his life. Kofi Buabeng reportedly...

Eight on ₵100k bail each over illegal forex trading

Eight persons, including a woman, have been granted a GH₵100,000.00 bail with two sureties each by an Accra Circuit Court over illegal money-changing business....

Retired Justice Honyenuga to continue hearing Opuni’s case

Retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Clemence Honyenuga says he will continue to hear the trial of former COCOBOD CEO, Dr Stephen Opuni, despite...

FDA arrests illegal traditional medicine producer in Wa

 The Upper West Regional office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), over the weekend, arrested one Emmanuel Bapuorador, in Wa, for engaging in...

Health alert: Public toilets submerged in Oti River at Dambai  

There is a looming public health danger for residents of Dambai and adjoining communities in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region. This is...

My integrity, my most cherished asset in life – I won’t allow anyone to ruin it – Bawumia

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has served notice he won’t allow people to use his name for corrupt activities because his integrity is...

I influenced Adu Boahen’s ministerial appointment – Unnamed lawyer tells Anas

An unnamed private legal practitioner is said to have influenced the appointment of Charles Adu Boahen as a Minister of State at the Ministry...

Mulan Smart Educational Centre honoured [Photos]

The Ghana Communication Technology University (GCTU) has honoured child-centred facility, Mulan Smart Educational Centre. This was at 2022 top 100 Lifetime and Institution Excellence Awards...

Nana Aba Anamoah descends on embattled Charles Adu Boahen

Media personality Nana Aba Anamoah, who has been leading persons calling for the sacking of the minister implicated in an expose by investigative journalist...

Teachers return to classrooms

The teacher unions who were on a nationwide strike over the appointment of Dr Eric Nkansah as the Director-General (D-G) of the Ghana Education Service...

Mahama’s tribute 2 years after Rawlings’ death fills Ghanaians with tears

Former President John Mahama has left social media users in tears with his post to mark the second anniversary of late former President Rawlings' death. ...

MTN Ghana postpones data price increment

MTN Ghana has postponed the implementation of its new data prices which was to take effect today, November 14. The development, according to the telecommunication...

YEA trains 6,000 community health workers

Six thousand young Ghanaians trained under the Community Health Workers (CHWs) scheme of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) have started work. They will receive...

E-levy at 0.5% would have raked in ¢2.64bn revenue in 2022; many transactions avoiding levy – Report

A research by the Center for Economics Finance and Inequality Studies (CEIS) has indicated that if the rate of the Electronic Transaction Levy (e-levy)...

Govt to sell Saglemi Housing Project

The Minister for Works and Housing has disclosed that the government has decided to sell the controversial Saglemi Housing Project.  Mr Francis Asenso-Boakye says the...

Galamsey exposé: AICC makes U-turn; gives Anas greenlight for premiere

Management of the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) has dismissed claims that it prevented Tiger Eye P.I from using the facility to screen its...

GES reacts to viral video of SHS students’ misconduct

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has condemned a viral video of some Senior High School (SHS) students insulting President Nana Akufo-Addo. The students in the...

Corruption Watch’s Francisca Enchill is first female to be adjudged GJA Investigative Journalist of the Year

The curtains of the 2021 Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) awards have been drawn with Francisca Enchill emerging as the Investigative Journalist of the Year. Francisca...

Energy Minister reiterates Ghana’s strong support for clean cooking at COP27

Energy Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has reaffirmed Ghana’s strong commitment to promoting clean cooking anchored on its 2030 agenda of 50% of its population...