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Family cries for justice as police kill suspected robber

A suspected armed robber has allegedly been shot dead by armed police personnel deployed to Kwahu Afram Plains to curb rampant robbery incidents in...

Stolen luxury cars to be shipped to Ghana intercepted at ports of New York and New Jersey

Stolen cars believed to cost about $500,000 and $600,000 have been intercepted by US Customs and Border Protection officials at the New York and...

Highways Authority backs ban on ‘Aboboyaa’

The Ghana Highways Authority has welcomed the decision to ban the use of tricycles on major roads in the Greater Accra Region.Public Relations Officer...

Strong institutions need strong men to work – Ace Ankomah on IGP Dampare

Strong institutions need strong leaders to ensure they work, says renowned lawyer, Ace Ankomah.Speaking in reference to a speech delivered by the former President...

SRC election results: Why UG’s Commonwealth and Sarbah hall students clashed

Students of the University of Ghana’s Commonwealth and Mensah Sarbah halls clashed on Friday over the delay in announcing the Students Representative Council (SRC)...

KATH suspends orthopaedic surgeries due to lack of theatre tables

The Orthopaedic directorate of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in the Ashanti Region has suspended emergency services due to unavailability of theatre tables.In a...

Police officers assaulted by Military men at Suame

Police and military officers clashed at the Suame suburb of Kumasi on Friday over the arrest of a military officer for flouting traffic regulation.Some...

Police, Military probe clash at Suame police station

The Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Armed Forces, have commenced investigation into an attack at the Suame police station in the Ashanti Region.Officials...

6-year-old drowns; police arrest one suspect at Juaboso

A six-year-old boy named Stephen Adjei has drowned at Sehwi Fawohoma Yesu, a farming community in the Juaboso District of the Western North Region.Information...

499 law students: Lawyers give interesting twist to Parliament’s directive to GLC [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Lawyer reacts to Parliament's directive to General Legal CouncilA private legal practitioner has downplayed Parliament’s directive to the General Legal Council (GLC)...

Ghana Standards Authority asks NABCo trainees to proceed on leave

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has directed all Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) trainees to proceed on a two-week mandatory leave.The directive, according to...

Man arrested with narcotic substances during Highway operations

One Adebayor Adesa Ako has been arrested by a Highway Patrol team stationed within the Ketu South Municipality, in the Volta Region for possession...

‘Trotro’ driver captured in video urinating on road arrested

Police have arrested Yaw Manu, driver of a commercial vehicle caught on video urinating on the road.The driver, who is in his late...

Fetish priest hot for allegedly defrauding woman of GHS 60,000

A 50-year-old fetish priest is in hot waters for allegedly defrauding a farmer of GHS 60,000 under the guise of mining her gold at...

Aged mother begs for help as son allegedly subjects her to slavery in Brazil

A 62-year-old woman, Mary Akweley Coffie, wants to return to Ghana as her son, Zaid who invited her to Brazil has subjected her to...

CETSED lauds govt over reintroduction towing levy

The Centre for Transport Security Dialogue (CETSED) has lauded the Ministry ofTransport and the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) over plans to reintroduce the...

Kaaka’s family petitions PIPS over alleged misconduct of Ejura police

The family of late Ibrahim Mohammed, alias Kaaka, a social activist, has petitioned the Police Intelligence & Police Professional Standards (PIPS) to request for...

Relationship, airtime major factors of hardship – Economic analyst [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Relationship, airtime major factors of hardship - Economic analystIn a period when the average Ghanaian is lamenting about the standard of living,...

MP to launch ‘gofundme’ account to complete Aflao E-block

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ketu South, Dzifa Gomashie, is set to launch a gofundme account to raise funds to operationalise the uncompleted...

Okoe Boye details his experience at Korle Bu in a book

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ledzokuku Constituency, Bernard Okoe Boye, has launched a book.The book dubbed: 'The Mother in the Monster Calming...

Receiver announces sale of 24 landed property of collapsed microfinance firms

The Receiver for the collapsed 347 Microfinance and 23 Savings Companies, Eric Nana Nipah, has initiated processes to sell another set of landed property...

Akufo-Addo is the most lawless president Ghana has ever had – Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · 'Akufo-Addo is the most lawless president Ghana has ever had' - Dr Nyaho Nyaho-TamakloeA founding member of the governing New Patriotic Party...

Kumchacha exposes colleague pastors over prophecies [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Kumchacha exposes Colleague Pastors over propheciesFounder and Leader of Heaven's Gate Ministry, Prophet Nicholas Osei, aka Kumchacha, has hit hard at his colleague...

Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai roads to get a facelift

Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai roads are to get a facelift as the contractor has started work in the constituency, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area,...

Court adjourns 499 ‘failed’ law students’ case as AG asks for more time [Video]

https://youtu.be/1n1Ar4odoP0The Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court has adjourned the case involving a section of LLB holders denied admission to the Ghana...

I sincerely apologise for my defamatory publication – Adom-Boakye to Eugene Arhin

Maame Afua Adom-Boakye has rendered an apology to the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin.Madam Adom-Boakye was served notice by solicitors of...

Security agencies recruitment: Check out number of applicants qualified to write final aptitude test

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) says out of over seven thousand applicants screened in the Ashanti Region, about four thousand have qualified to...

Parliament passes resolution for GLC to admit 499 law students

Parliament has passed a resolution for the General Legal Council (GLC) to compel the Ghana Law School to admit the 499 students who sat...

FDA makes important statement about expired products ahead of Xmas

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has addressed rumours suggesting that expired products have grace periods.Some media reports indicate that there are edible windows...

Okada rider dumped in a bush after being robbed

An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand of a 25-year-old man, Ajayi Taiwo, for alleged robbery.The court remanded Taiwo, whose address was not...

Another suspect in fake currency syndicate arrested

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested another person in connection with a suspected fake currency trade.The suspect has been identified as 35-year-old...

E/R: 2 men allegedly defile 15-year-old girl

A 15-year-old suspected lesbian has allegedly been defiled by two men at Nkurakan, a suburb of the Yilo Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region....

Association of Banks hands over bullet proof armoured vests, ballistic helmets to Police

The Police Administration has taken delivery of bullet proof armoured vests, ballistic helmets from the Ghana Association of Banks for the safety of policemen...

Give us more powers – National Media Commission to Parliament

The National Media Commission (NMC) has appealed to Parliament to review and amend Act 445 of 1993, so as to empower the commission to...

Ghana Police Service celebrates its fallen heroes

The Ghana Police Service has dedicated a week to celebrate personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty to the country.The Ghana...

Achiase canoe accident: Initial investigations point to overloading as cause

Initial findings on the drowning incident at Achiase in the Atwima Mponua District point to the canoe being overloaded.Four people, who were part of...

I have great sex with my disabled client – he has same needs as everyone else – Sex worker

A sex worker, who has a disabled client, says she's "privileged" that he trusts her enough to work with him.Olive Pearl, 30, sees Gavin...

SIC Insurance signs MoU with NUGS to insure tertiary students

The country’s largest non-life insurer, SIC Insurance Plc. in collaboration with the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

Dismissed policeman allegedly defrauds police job seeker

An ex-police officer, who allegedly defrauded a man of N385, 000 under the pretext of securing a police job for him, on Thursday appeared...

Good news for entrepreneur whose dream to build fertiliser plant was cut short [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · ENTREPRENUER ON AKUFO ADDO MINISTER FERTILISERAn entrepreneur, who accused the Agriculture Ministry of impeding his bid to establish a factory to manufacture...