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Siblings drown in abandoned swimming pool in Kumasi

Two siblings under age four have allegedly drowned in an abandoned swimming pool at Appiadu New Site in Kumasi.Berlinda Idan was three years...

Okudzeto Ablakwa mourns as ‘brother’ passes on

North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, is mourning the death of a friend turned brother.According to him, the deceased has...

Jealous husband allegedly kills wife’s ‘lover’

Police in the North East Region have commenced investigations into the death of a farmer at Kpentaung, a farming community in the Bunkpurugu-Nakpanduri district....

Ghana receives Pfizer covid-19 vaccines from US [Photos]

Ghana has taken delivery of over 1.3 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States (US) government through the COVAX facility....

Jachie-Pramso SHS student found dead in uncompleted building

A 19-year-old male student of the Jachie-Pramso Senior High School (SHS) in the Ashanti Region has been found dead in an uncompleted building....

Man found dead in bush after being reported missing

A 38-year-old man, Akwasi Broni, has been found dead at Sefwi Aboabo, a suburb of Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality in the Western North Region....

39 MMDCEs confirmed by assembly members in Ashanti Region sworn in [Photos]

The Ashanti Regional Security Council has sworn in 39 out of 43 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) into office.They were sworn into...

All the photos you need to see from Dampare’s swearing-in

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Friday, sworn into office Dr George Akuffo Dampare as the substantive Inspector-General of Police (IGP).This was at a short ceremony at...

Catholic Church sets up medical units to ‘rehabilitate’ homosexuals [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Catholic Church sets up medical units to rehabilitate homosexualsPresident of the Catholic Bishops Conference, Most Rev Philip Naameh, has revealed that the...

Repented gay man makes shocking revelation [Listen]

After claiming to have had affairs with males for two decades, Aaron Adjetey Akron has disavowed the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+)...

Police officer hit by car and dragged 30m down the road by driver

An off-duty police officer was hit by a car while cycling and dragged 30 metres down the road.Sergeant Stephen Carr was left needing skin...

Man who was reported missing found dead at the beach

A 28-year-old man, identified as Papa Kwame, who went missing for about three days, has been washed ashore.The deceased reportedly drowned while...

Guan District inaugurated [Photos]

The Guan District made up of the Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe, and Lolobi (SALL) traditional areas in the Oti Region has been duly inaugurated.This...

Dadwen Traditional Council performs ritual for pastor caught having sex in bush

A 45-year-old self-styled pastor has been paraded at Dadwen in the Adansi North district for having sex in a bush.Kwabena Offin and his partner,...

AMA Assembly members promised ‘winning bonuses’ after approving Elizabeth Sackey as Accra Mayor

Assembly members of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly have been promised ‘winning bonuses’ after they gave 100 per cent approval to President Nana Akufo-Addo’s nominee...

Adopt healthy eating – UG Prof urges Ghanaians

A Professor at University of Ghana’s Nutrition and Food Science Department, Matilda Steiner-Asiedu, has urged the public to adopt a healthy eating lifestyle.According...

Jumia Ghana embarks on blood donation exercise

Ghana experienced a shortage of over 111,000 units of blood in 2020, representing more than 39.7% of national demand.This means that thousands of...

Akufo-Addo swears in Dampare as substantive IGP [Photos]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has sworn into office Dr George Akuffo Dampare as the substantive Inspector-General of Police (IGP).This was at a short ceremony...

Suspected gay incurs wrath of traditional leaders at Nkoranza [Photos+Video]

A 21-year-old man, suspected to be a homosexual, has incurred the wrath of the Nkoranza Traditional Council in the Bono East Region.Information...

Why I wept before Dzamefe Commission – NDC’s Adu Asare recounts ordeal [Video]

https://youtu.be/xTlDc8VN3WUFormer Member of Parliament for Adentan Constituency, Kojo Adu-Asare, has for the first time opened up on why he broke down and wept when...

SHS student designs excavator that uses water instead of fuel

A Ghanaian student, known as Essifie Abraham from the Takoradi Technical Institute, has built an excavator that uses water as a power source.While demonstrating...

NSS exposes ‘self-styled agents’ [Audio]

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has sent a strong message to people parading themselves as agents of the scheme as the 2021/2022 service year...

Angry Ajumako teachers boycott workshop over alleged extortion

Over 600 angry teachers in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region have boycotted a workshop organised by the Controller and Accountant...

Energy Ministry to suspend fuel levies

The Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has said the ministry is working with the Ministry of Finance to suspend some levies that contribute...

Ambulance Service speaks on ‘abandoned’ vehicles

The National Ambulance Service has dismissed reports of abandoning some vehicles in an unidentified location.A widely circulated video on social media captured a number...

Couple found dead at home buried without autopsy

Emotions were high on Thursday when the remains of an Ilesa-based cleric, Olasunkanmi Eso, and his wife, Deborah, were buried in their residence at...

CAR: UN peacekeepers sent to Matchika following deadly attack

United Nations (UN) peacekeepers are investigating the deadly attack on the town of Matchika, Central African Republic (CAR), a UN spokesman has."UN peacekeepers were...

Fetish Priest in bio-chemist murder case dies in cells

One of the three fetish priests standing trial over the death of Edward Quartey Papafio, a 64-year-old retired Bio-Chemist at Adeiso in the Eastern...

NSS hints of possible allowance increment [Listen]

The Corporate Affairs Director of the National Service Scheme, (NSS), Armstrong Esaah, has said there are broader discussions aimed at possible increase of the...

Court throws out suit challenging dismissal of pregnant police officer

A Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday dismissed the suit by the Ekiti Government against the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) over the...

Menzgold finally sets date for payment of customers

Menzgold has announced it will begin paying all of its customers their money from December 20, 2021.The payment, according to management, will run...

Mother of 2 found dead 2 days after she sent an e-mail saying ‘I want to die’

A mother-of-two emailed assisted dying clinic Dignitas saying 'I want to die' two days before she was found dead, an inquest has heard. Hannah Jean...

Increasing robbery cases: Police discourage over-the- counter withdrawal of huge sums of cash

The Ghana Police Service has discouraged withdrawal of huge sums of money over the counter in the banking hall.This follows the seeming increasing cases...

Akufo-Addo cuts sod for 100-bed Obuasi Trauma and Accident Hospital

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday cut the sod for the construction of a 100-bed Trauma Hospital for the Obuasi Municipality.The €55 million facility, secured...

Abesim murder: Suspect opens up on his motivation for killing humans

The suspect in the Abesim murder, according to police sources, has opened up on his motivation for killing human beings.Richard Appiah, 28, is...

68-year-old trader killed by faulty vehicle

A 68-year-old woman met her tragic end Wednesday morning when a vehicle loaded with foodstuffs ran over her at the entrance of the Agomanya...

Police impound over 100 motorbikes in connection with daylight robbery

The Central Regional Police Command has impounded over 100 motorbikes in the metropolis over last Wednesday's daylight robbery.A robbery took place at Coronation Street...

Atuabo Gas shutdown won’t cause ‘dumsor’ – Ghana Gas Company

The Head of Corporate Communications at Ghana National Gas Company Limited, Ernest Owusu Bempah, has reiterated that the 14-day planned maintenance which will result...

Suspected robbers kill security man in Adansi Rural Bank attack

Armed robbers have suffocated the security officer at the Adansi rural bank at Atonsu in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi to death.The robbers are...

AMA’s first female Mayor gets overwhelming endorsement

Elizabeth Kwatseo Tawiah Sackey has been unanimously confirmed as the first female Chief Executive Officer of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA).Madam Sackey secured 100...