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Berekum police rescue 24-year-old driver from mob attack  

The timely intervention of the police at Berekum in the Bono region saved a-24-year-old driver from a mob attack. The angry mob nearly lynched the...

Latest update to Major Mahama’s murder trial

There was no show at Monday's hearing of the case in which some 14 persons are standing trial for allegedly lynching young soldier, Major...

North Gonja. 3 farming communities enjoy electricity for the first time since independence

The Chiefs and people of Kpariya, Bugsa and Yagbon communities in the North Gonja District of the Savannah Region, have expressed excitement after they...

Over 50,000 2023 BECE graduates enrolled in TVET Institutions

Over 50,000 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) 2023 graduates have been enrolled in Ghana Technical Vocational Education and Training Service (TVET) schools. The sector received its...

Nungua: ‘Wife killer’ remanded into police custody again

Isaac Newton Kumah, the man accused of killing his 25-year-old wife, Eunice Ameh Narh, with a machete at Nungua, has been remanded into police...

Collapsed building kills 5-year-old after thunderstorm in Koforidua

A heavy rainstorm which occurred over the weekend has claimed the life of a five-year-old girl at Koforidua Magazine in the Eastern Region. The building...

Alan Kyerematen honours mother on her 103rd birthday

Alan Kyerematen, aspiring flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, has taken to Facebook to celebrate his mother's 103rd birthday on May 23. In a heartfelt...

Clash over Kumawu by-election: Nukpenu and Owusu Bempah lock horns [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · NUKPENU ON OWUSU BEMPAH With the highly anticipated by-election at Kumawu just around the corner, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New...

GBC staff allegedly stops morning show over salary cuts

In a show of disapproval over cuts to their basic allowances, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) union stopped the breakfast show this morning. The move comes...

More details on man killed by articulated truck at Assin Fosu emerge

The man who was killed in the Assin Fosu articulated truck accident has been confirmed to be the transport officer of the Assin Fosu...

Bats invade Boafori CHPS compound

Residents and healthcare workers in the Krachi Nchumuru district are facing a dire situation as bats have taken over the Boafori CHPS compound, causing...

Shocking: Kwaku Manu uncovers thief’s dark secret amid interview

Popular Ghanaian actor Kwaku Manu, also known as Bob Sika, has interviewed a man who claimed to have been a thief for nearly 25...

Commercial transport operators charge old fares despite 10% reduction directive

Days after the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) announced a 10% reduction in transport fares, some commercial drivers at Circle in Accra are...

Woman in police grips for burning niece with pressing iron

Social workers in Ho have taken a nine-year-old girl into care after she was burnt with a hot-pressing iron by her aunt with whom...

Damango: 2 babies die at St Anne’s Hospital due to power outage

Two babies have died at the St Anne’s Hospital at Damango in the Savanna Region due to a power outage as a result of...

Your Free SHS is poorly targeted – IMF tells govt

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has described government’s flagship Free SHS Senior High School (SHS) programme as poorly targeted. The Fund made this observation in...

University of Ghana ranked 2nd best University in West Africa

The University of Ghana has achieved a remarkable milestone by ranking among the top 6.1% of world-class universities, according to the prestigious 2023 edition...

Ghana’s oil production declines for the third consecutive year – PIAC

Ghana has for the third consecutive year seen a decline in crude oil production, according to the 2022 Public Interest and Accountability Committee’s (PIAC)...

Clergymen, Christians match against LGBTQI+ in Western region

Hundreds of Christians took to the major streets of the Sekondi–Takoradi Metropolis to register a strong stand against homosexuality and any other sexual behaviours,...

12-year-old boy drowns in Volta Lake at Yeji

A 12-year-old boy, David Tsitor, has drowned in the Volta Lake at Jaklai, a suburb of Yeji. Residents reported receiving news of the incident around...

Agric Ministry rolls out initiative to boost production

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture is set to roll out a credit system for agricultural inputs to enable farmers to boost food production and...

10 fire incidents recorded in Accra on Sunday

The Ghana National Fire Service says 10 fire incidents were recorded on Sunday, May 21, 2023, in Accra. This comes after a bakery and some...

Floods destroy homes and property at Aflao  

Torrential rains over the weekend destroyed houses and displaced hundreds of people at Duta and Agbawoeme, two adjoining communities near Diamond Cement at Aflao...

3 Immigration officers injured in attack at Aflao border

Three officers of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) have sustained serious injuries in an attack on the Aflao border in the Volta Region. The officers,...

Boy, 12, drowns while playing in Lake Volta, 2 rescued

A 12-year-old boy, David Tsitor, has drowned in the Volta Lake at Jaklai, a suburb of Yeji. In the early hours of Sunday, the deceased...

Akufo-Addo speaks on IMF bailout and economic management

President Nana Akufo-Addo says certain conditions that prevailed in the country forced his government to run to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a...

Floods destroy homes and property at Aflao

Torrential rains over the weekend destroyed houses and displaced hundreds of people at Duta and Agbawoeme, two adjoining communities near Diamond Cement at Aflao...

Yeji gets court after 19 years

The Yeji Traditional area can now boast of a district magistrate court after 19 years of being declared the capital of Pru East District...

1 dead, three injured in triple collision at Berekum

One person is confirmed dead while three others have sustained injuries in an accident involving a private car, and two tricycles (Pragya) at Berekum. Per...

Fire guts shops at Kwame Nkrumah Circle

Fire has razed down chains of shops behind the VVIP station at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in the Klottey Korle constituency of the Greater...

Police promotions not automatic after school – Promotions regulation reveals

Following reports that some 82 police officers have sued the Police Service and the Inspector-General of Police over what they say is the refusal...

Akufo-Addo, Bawumia, Duffuor attend Philip Basoah’s funeral in Kumawu [Photos]

The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, his Vice Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and other members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Saturday, May 20,...

How this hairdresser resigned from work after Father Bernard incident

A viral video showed Comfort Baaba Baisiwaa Jackson falling on the casket of Father Bernard during a burial ceremony. The incident gained widespread attention, with...

Driver’s mate narrates chilling moments before ghastly Bono Manso accident

A mate of the driver of a Kia Grandbird luxury bus that burnt to ashes Friday night when it collided head-on with a trailer...

Funeral bus crashes at Sehwi Afere; One dead, 23 injured [Photos]

Tragedy struck on the Sehwi Juaboso-Afere road in the Western North Region resulting in a gory accident that claimed one life and left 23...

15 passengers injured in accident at Gomoa Mprumem

Fifteen passengers have sustained serious injuries in an accident that occurred at Gomoa Mprumem on the Kasoa Cape Coast Highway. ACFO Adolf Ankomah Nuamah, the...

Tamale: One dead, others injured in renewed clashes at Yong Dakpemyili

One person has died and several others injured following renewed clashes at Yong Dakpemyili, a suburb of Tamale. Community members reported a prolonged gun battle...

ECG commences operation of cashless system in Volta and Oti Regions

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that its cashless system has taken off in the 11 operational districts of the Volta and...

Man, 63, jailed 10 years for defilement

The Cape Coast Circuit Court 1 has sentenced a 63-year-old farmer, Joseph Begyina a.k.a Yaw Esson, to 10 years imprisonment for defiling a seven-year-old girl...

Five burnt to ashes in crash on Techiman-Kintampo Highway

Five persons are reported to have burnt to ashes in an accident Friday night near Bono Manso, a town on the Techiman-Kintampo Highway in the...