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Nkwatia police division takes delivery of new office, vehicle to fight crime

The Ghana Police service has inaugurated a new divisional police command to help in the fight against crime in the Eastern Region. Until its upgrade,...

Lawyer and orphanage proprietress jailed over adoption

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a lawyer and an orphanage proprietress to three years each in prison for deceiving a married couple to...

Asempa FM’s Nana Yaw Sarfoh touches lives with 2022 birthday celebration

https://youtu.be/ZOscyiHw5gc A number of Ghanaians benefitted from the kind gesture of Asempa FM's Y’asetenam host, Prophet Nana Yaw Sarfoh, when he marked his birthday on...

Akufo-Addo’s former appointee bags Masters Degree [Photos]

A former Upper West Regional Minister in President Nana Akufo-Addo's first term, Tangoba Abayage, has graduated from the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA)....

Former GNCCI President honoured [Photos]

The immediate past President of the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI), Dr Nana Appiagyei Dankawoso I, has been honoured. ...

Taxi driver stabbed with car stolen after being hired by female passenger

A 29-year-old taxi driver, Andy Donkor, has escaped death after being stabbed multiple times when a female passenger hired his services. The incident occurred at...

VALCO workers reject 22% increment in salaries

Workers at the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO) have rejected a 22% increment in salary from Management of the Company, describing it as insufficient. In what...

One million Ghanaians could fall into poverty due to climate change – World Bank

At least one million more people could fall into poverty due to climate shocks if urgent climate actions are not taken. According to the World...

Man shot dead in robbery operation on Ejura-Nkwanta road

A 50-year-old man, Kipo Sumaila, was shot dead by unidentified armed robbers on the Ejura-Nkwanta – Nyinase feeder road in the Ashanti Region on...

Court threatens to release Aisha Huang’s accomplices over lack of interpreters

An Accra High Court has threatened to release four alleged accomplices of En Huang, aka Aisha Huang, an alleged illegal miner, due to the...

Six-year-old boy found dead at Fetteh Kakraba

A boy, believed to be six years old, has been killed and dumped behind Fetteh Kakraba Sapoto in the Gomoa East District of the...

VRA suspends spillage of Akosombo, Kpong dams

The Volta River Authority (VRA) says it will no longer carry out its planned spillage of water from the Akosombo and Kpong dams. This is...

Probe attempt by wealthy businessman to interfere in Parliament’s work – Edem Senanu

JoyNews/AdomNews · Wealthy businessman's mediation must be probed - Edem Senanu An Anti-Corruption Campaigner, Edem Senanu, has called for an investigation into an assertion by...

Nebraska State Senators to visit Ghana

Three Senators from the State of Nebraska in the US, and an International consultant, are set to arrive in Ghana on November 13, 2022,...

Metro Mass to review transport fares

Management of Metro Mass Transit Limited says it will soon review its transport fares due to the current increase in fuel prices. The Corporate...

Nhyiaeso MP clashes with John Jinapor over Ghana’s economic woes

Nhyiaeso Member of Parliament (MP), Stephen Amoah and Yapei Kusawgu MP, John Jinapor have engaged in a heated debate over the prevailing economic woes...

Taxi driver found dead with head and vehicle missing [Video]

A 28-year-old taxi driver, Bernard Botwey, has been found dead with his head and vehicle missing at Ajumako Mando in the Central Region. Residents...

NSS boss sets records straight on allowance increment

Despite the upsurge in prices of goods and services, transportation fares and high standard of living, national service personnel will still receive GH₵559.04 as...

NYA commemorates 2022 Africa Youth Day

The National Youth Authority (NYA) has reiterated the role of the youth towards nation-building as it commemorates the 2022 Africa Youth Day. The...

Man involved in Police recruitment scam granted bail

The Accra Circuit Court has granted GH¢150,000 bail with three sureties to Samuel Yeboah, 38-year-old unemployed, for alleged abetment of crime. The court said one of the sureties...

Convict gets additional 5-year jail term after appeal

A convict, who had his five years’ term of imprisonment increased by the Court of Appeal to a further five years after he had...

NIA impostor who issued fake Ghana cards jailed

A 26-year-old man, Oheneba Emmanuel Kwaku, has been sentenced into prison custody for 12 months for impersonating staff of the National Identification Authority (NIA)...

Pan African Heritage World Museum signs MOU with South Africa’s Freedom Park Museum

The Pan African Heritage World Museum of Ghana (PAHM) and the Freedom Park Museum of South Africa have signed an MOU to collaborate, among...

Agric Minister tours five regions

The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, on Monday, October 31, resumed his regional working tour to the Western, Western North,...

450 Ghanaians repatriated from UAE

The government says it has repatriated over 450 Ghanaians stranded in the United Arab Emirates in August this year. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and...

Dead body discovered on Kasoa-Cape Coast highway

Residents of Ekumfi Esuahyia woke up to the sight of a dead body along the Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway. No concrete details of the victim has...

Man allegedly kills second wife over land

A man in his fifties, Kwaku Seidu alias Kukrudu, has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife over land dispute at Tepa-Danyame in the...

Businessman tried to mediate on Ken Ofori-Atta’s behalf – Majority Leader reveals

Amid the calls for his resignation, Finance Minister’s predicament has courted him sympathisers in certain quarters of the business community. Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has...

Rethinking primary education in Ghana, time to say ‘goodbye’ to traditional teaching method

Ghana introduced a bold new curriculum of the future in 2019 labelled the ‘Standards-Based Curriculum’ (SBC) for kindergarten to primary six. While this new...

VALCO plant shut down over workers’ protest

Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO), the public aluminium manufacturing company plants have been shut down over agitation by the workers. The aggrieved workers say...

Akufo-Addo is in office, but not in power – KKD

Renowned media personality Kwasi Kyei Darkwah, popularly known as ‘KKD’, says President Nana Akufo-Addo is not in charge of the country. According to the ace...

Akufo-Addo to blame for current economic woes – John Jinapor

A member of the Finance Committee in Parliament has laid the country’s current economic crisis solely on the doorsteps of President Nana Akufo-Addo.  John Jinapor...

Education Ministry reacts to food shortage in Colleges of Education

The Ministry of Education says it is working to resolve its outstanding financial obligations to Colleges of Education.  According to the Ministry, this is to...

Mpraeso MP endorses Adom Praiz

Member of Parliament (MP) for Mpraeso constituency, Davis Opoku Ansah, has endorsed Adom FM’s annual gospel music festival dubbed Adom Praiz. He described as lauded...

Trader dies, others injured in accident at Kintampo

A trader has died and about five other persons injured in an accident on the Kintampo road Tuesday morning. The heavy truck loaded with foodstuffs...

Judges lack understanding of Parliament – Bagbin

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has said lack of information about the function of the legislature by judges has resulted in many “erroneous decisions”...

Funeral date for late Krachi East MCE announced

The mortal remains of the late Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Krachi East in the Oti region, Francis Kofi Okesu, are to be laid...

Labour Unions still on strike

The National Leaders of striking Labour Unions on the campuses of public universities in Ghana have announced the continuation of their strike action. Their industrial...

4 dead, 19 injured in accident on Mankessim-Apam road

A vehicular accident around Essuehyia on the Mankessim - Apam stretch of the Cape Coast - Accra highway on Monday afternoon has claimed four...

PRINCOF appeals to Education Minister to allow teacher trainees to feed themselves starting November 7

The National Conference of Principals of Colleges of Education – Ghana (PRINCOF) is requesting for teacher trainees to start to fund their own feeding...