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People’s Forum: Residents of Kasoa Adam Nana appeal for water, roads

Residents of Adam Nana, a suburb at Kasoa in the Central Region, are appealing for potable drinking water. The community relies on distant streams and...

Ghanaians celebrate Atta Mills on his birthday

Today marks exactly 78 years since the late Prof John Evans Atta Mills was born. In this light, Ghanaians have taken to social media to...

John Dumelo donates boots, cutlasses to farmers in Guan district

Actor and politician John Dumelo has extended his benevolent hands to the farming community in the Guan district, the orphan constituency in the Oti...

Volta Lake identified as human trafficking hub

The Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Letsa, says human trafficking remained a threat to the human resources of the country. According to him, Volta Lake...

Over 15.7 million Ghana Cards issued so far – NIA

The National Identification Authority (NIA) says it has issued over 15.7 million Ghana Cards to Ghanaians.  The Executive Secretary of the NIA, Prof. Kenneth Agyemang...

La Dade-Kotopon assembly closes down night club for promoting nudity

The La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly (LaDMA) on Monday closed down Hyde Out, a popular nightclub at Abafum, Accra, for allegedly promoting nudity and indecent...

It would be nice to legalise marijuana – Amakye Dede 

Veteran musician, Amakye Dede, has supported calls for the legalisation of marijuana. According to him, he does not see anything wrong with smoking the plant. The...

Armed robbers attack filling station at Amasaman; fuel attendant killed

One person has died and three others injured after armed robbers attacked a fuel station at Amasaman 3 junction. The robbers attacked the four victims;...

Ato Forson authorised payment to ambulance supplier contrary to contract’s terms – Health Minister to court

Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has accused a former Deputy Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, of authorising payments to an ambulance supplier contrary to clear...

Bonsu robbery: One suspect burnt to death

Irate youth have set an alleged armed robber ablaze in front of Bonsu Nkwanta Police Station in the Juaboso District of the Western North...

Govt to deploy speed boats to check ‘galamsey’ on water bodies

Government says it is going to deploy speed boats to fight illegal mining also known as galamsey on river bodies. According to the Ministry of...

What killed Atta Mills revealed [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Atta Mills’ brother discloses cause of death 10 years on Ten years on, brother of the late President John Evans Atta Mills has...

Marburg virus: 50 out of 98 contacts traced discharged – GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says 50 out of 98 persons identified as contacts to the recent outbreak of the Marburg virus in the...

Ghana Police Service leads corruption league table

The Ghana Police Service is the most corrupt institution in the country, a research conducted by Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), together with other stakeholders,...

Dr Siaw Agyepong invites Akufo-Addo, Bawumia to late father’s funeral

A delegation from the bereaved family of the Founder and Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has...

Two Hajj pilgrims die in Mecca

They are both male and female the latter being the first to lose her life. According to the Director of the Medical Department of...

Nduom pays courtesy call on ex-President Kufuor

Chairman of Groupe Nduom, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has paid a courtesy call on former President John Agyekum Kufuor. This was to inform the former...

Man jailed 15 years for having sex with wife’s niece

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 53-year-old trader to 15 years imprisonment for defiling his wife’s 12-year-old niece at Afuaman near Ablekumah in...

Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly launches ‘Operation Paint Your Building’ campaign

The Sekondi –Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly under the leadership of the Western Regional Minister and acting Mayor of the Assembly, Dr Kwabenya Okyere Darko-Mensah, has...

Late President Mills slept in a room with leaking roof at the Castle – Samuel Atta Mills     

Brother of late President John Evans Atta Mills and Member of Parliament (MP) for Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem, Samuel Atta Mills, has disclosed that...

2 SHS teachers remanded for rape, indecent assault at Asankrangwa

An Asankrangwa District Magistrate court has remanded two teachers of the Asankrangwa Senior High School (SHS) into Police custody for allegedly raping and assaulting...

Bibiani mine demonstration leaves 6 with gunshot wounds

The Bibiani Police command has begun investigations into a demonstration by the youth of Bibiani to stop Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyabi II, Chief of Sefwi-Anwhiaso...

CODA sets records straight over redevelopment of Asomdwee Park

The Coastal Development Authority (CODA) has set the records straight following the redevelopment of Asomdwee park. According to CODA, it has prioritised the renovation of...

Two die in a tricycle crash at Enyan Abaasa during funeral

Two persons died in a terrible accident at Enyan Abaasa in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region during a one-week observation...

Taadi ‘pregnant’ woman makes shocking revelation

Josephine Panyin Mensah, the 27-year-old woman at the centre of the controversial pregnancy and kidnapping saga in Takoradi, has stated categorically that she never...

To relocate Atta Mills’ body or not – Family sets records straight [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · o relocate Atta Mills' body or not – Family sets records straight The family of late President John Evans Atta Mills has said...

Ghana to write 2022 WASSCE alone

Only Ghanaian candidates are left to write the West African Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), scheduled from August 1 to September 27, 2022....

3,678 fires recorded in first half of 2022 – Fire Service

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) in the first half of the year attended to a total of 3,678 outbreaks in the country. The Service...

Samia Nkrumah commends govt for Nkrumah Mausoleum redevelopment

The daughter of Ghana’s first President, Samia Nkrumah, has commended the government for the moves to upgrade the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum to a standard...

Food shortage forces some final-year SHS students in Ashanti Region to skip school

Final-year students of some senior high schools in the Ashanti Region are yet to report to school though their teachers are back from the...

Residents of Assin Fosu Pumpside in fear over attempted kidnapping

Some residents at Pumpside in the Assin Fosu Municipality of the Central Region are living in fear following an alleged attempted kidnapping of a...

You can use Atta Mills’ name to chop but… Koku Anyidoho told

Founder of Atta Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho, has been given permission to make money with the name of the late President. But, the family has...

Asomdwee Park brouhaha: Koku Anyidoho weeps [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Koku Anyidoho weeps over Asomdwe Park brouhaha Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Atta Mills Institute is distraught following claims by...

Lands Minister sets up committee to investigate alleged military brutalities of illegal miners

The Lands and Natural Resources Ministry has set up a committee to probe the alleged military brutalities on some illegal miners, who were reportedly...

About ¢5bn in bribes paid in both private and public sectors in 2021 – GSS

About ¢5 billion in bribes were paid in both the private and the public sector, a survey by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has...

Ghanaian universities to admit medical students displaced by Ukraine war – Education Minister

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ghanaian Universities To Admit Medical Students Displaced By Ukraine War - Education Minister Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has said Ghanaian...

We don’t recognise Atta Mills Institute – Samuel Atta Mills

The family of late President John Evans Atta Mills has said they don’t recognise the Atta Mills Institute headed by former aide, Koku Anyidoho. Brother...

Publish your daughter’s autopsy report – Samuel Atta Mills fires Koku

JoyNews/AdomNews · Samuel Atta Mills on late Mills' autopsy report Brother of late President John Atta Mills has challenged founder of the Atta Mills Institute,...

Fans react massively to Prosper Ogum’s resignation

Multiple reports confirming the resignation of the head coach of Asante Kotoko, Prosper Ogum, as the gaffer of the team, has stirred massive reactions. This...

We will move Atta Mills’ body from Asomdwe Park if… -Family

JoyNews/AdomNews · Atta Mills famiy to move body out of Asomdwe Park Family of late President Atta Mills is threatening to exhume the body of...