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Finance Ministry gives clearance for payment of rotation nurses’ allowances

The Ministry of Finance has given the green light for the payment of allowances to nurses on one-year mandatory rotations at various health facilities...

Uncompleted building kills 2 masons

Two masons working on a project have met their untimely death after a two-storey building collapsed on them. The sad incident reportedly occurred at Oti’s...

FDA clears Labadi Marwako branch to resume operations

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has lifted the ban on the suspension of operations at Marwako Fast Foods' Labadi branch. All of the...

Girl, 13, found dead in parents’ bedroom

A 13-year-old girl, identified only as Patricia, has allegedly committed suicide over a misunderstanding she had with her younger brother over a pencil. The deceased...

Driver’s mate jailed 18 months for stealing ¢500 worth mobile phone at Teshie

A 27-year-old driver’s mate has been jailed for 18 months by an Accra Circuit Court for stealing an Uber driver’s phone valued at ¢500...

NTHC under pressure: Workers of GOIL threaten legal action for GH¢30m

Customers, including many state-owned organisations, have started piling pressure on the National Trust Holding Company (NTHC) for their investments running into several millions of...

Stay away from sex if you want to live longer – Highlife legend Uncle Ebo Taylor

Highlife legend Uncle Ebo Taylor has shared a few tips for staying younger and healthy.  In an interview on 3FM, the Ayesama hitmaker said minding...

GRA shuts down event centre at East Legon [Video]

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has closed down the DE ICON event centre located in East Legon for not registering to pay tax. The...

Meteo warns of minor rainfall in September and November

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has warned that the minor rainfall season will come with some normal rainfalls that may lead to flooding in...

Another male body recovered in Wa

Police on Monday night recovered the body of another male adult at Bamahu, a suburb of Wa in the Upper West region. The special...

Sad scenes from residence of nursing student killed and buried by pastor and chief at Mankessim [Video]

https://youtu.be/w3euSMXsPN8 Residents of Yeji in the Bono East Region have been thrown into a state of mourning and shock following the death of a 22-year-old...

3 Ford vans and Opel Kadett vehicle burnt in Kumasi

Three Ford vans and an Opel Kadett vehicle have been consumed by fire at a workshop at Asafo Dadiesoaba in Kumasi. The ravaging fire burnt...

Curfew imposed on Bunkpurugu and its environs

The Minister for the Interior has renewed the curfew hours imposed on Bunkpurugu township and its environs in the North East Region. The duration of...

3 dead, others injured in shooting incident at Bawku

Three persons have been confirmed dead in a shooting incident at Bawku in the Upper East Region. The incident, which occurred on Monday night,...

Galamsey: Reverend minister, one other granted GHc4m bail

The High Court in Accra has granted bail in a combined sum of GHc4 million to Reverend Minister – Rev Wallace Dela-Brown and one...

How body of aspiring trainee nurse was discovered

A pastor is in the grips of the Mankessim Police in the Central Region after confessing to the kidnap, killing and secret burial of...

Police place ¢100k bounty on Wa killers’ heads

The Police Administration has announced a GH¢100,000 bounty reward for any person who can offer information that will lead to the arrest of masterminds...

Kwame Olympio Foundation set to organise Inter-Zonal Soccer Fiesta at Mile 7 Astro Turf on Sept 24

Kwame Olympio Foundation is a Non-Governmental Organisation that helps the youth and the less-privileged in communities. The Foundation has done a lot of needy activities...

Wa murder victims had vital body parts missing

JoyNews/AdomNews · Body parts of Wa murder victims removed Victims of the serial murder in Wa in the Upper West region have their vital body...

Ghanaians abroad to get Ghana card

The National Identification Authority (NIA) is rolling out the next phase of its registration exercise to allow all eligible Ghanaians to acquire their Ghana...

Human eyes, tongue were put in rubber bag – Wa Central MP shares harrowing experience

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Wa Central, Dr Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo, has condemned the recent serial killings in the Upper West Regional capital, Wa,...

Monkey pox: Ghana records 84 cases, 4 deaths

Ghana has confirmed 84 cases of Monkeypox diseases as of September 6, 2022, with Greater Accra Region recording the highest number for both suspected...

Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital a death trap – Hassan Ayariga

The founder and leader of the All People’s Congress (APC) party, Hassan Ayariga, has claimed that the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has become a...

Your response to Wa killings ‘knee-jerk – Wa Naa to Police

The Overlord of Wa Municipality, Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV, has expressed his displeasure with the Police response to the recent killings recorded in the...

GBA Upper West Chapter condemns killing of watchmen in Wa

The Upper West Chapter of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has condemned the disappearance and killing of watchmen in the Wa township. According to the...

Massive reaction as Ghanaians in UK hold funeral for Queen Elizabeth II [Video]

Some Ghanaians in the United Kingdom have decided to organise their own funeral for the late Queen Elizabeth II. While the late monarch was being...

Prime suspect in connection with Wa murder arrested

The Police have arrested one person believed to be the prime suspect behind the Wa murder case. The suspect, identified as Kankani Adongo, was...

Minister sends SoS message to Lower Manya Krobo MP over ECG brouhaha [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Minister sends SoS message to Lower Manya Krobo MP Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Kwame Acheampong, has asked the Member of Parliament (MP) for...

Faecal matter has found its way into Weija Treatment Plant – GWCL MD

The Managing Director of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), Dr Clifford Braimah, has disclosed that faecal matter has found its way into the...

Mother, two children burnt to death in domestic fire [Photos]

Three family members were burnt to death Monday dawn when fire gutted a nine-bedroom house at Asuoyeboa in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti...

Passion Air completes maiden flight to Sunyani [Photos]

Domestic airline operator, Passion Air, has commenced flight operations to the Sunyani Airport with a maiden flight on Monday, September 19, 2022. Onboard the flight which...

NABCO beneficiaries suspend plans to picket Jubilee House on September 20

The Nation Builders Corps Trainees Association of Ghana has suspended planned picketing at the Jubilee House over the 10-month unpaid allowances. The exercise, which...

I have not stolen power – MP reacts to ECG summons

Member of Parliament (MP) for Lower Manya Krobo Constituency, Ebenezer Teye Larbi, has fought off reports of power theft. He made this known on Asempa...

Gomoa East Assembly bans land guard activities

The Gomoa East District Assembly has banned all land guard related activities and collection of digging fees from developers with an immediate effect. The...

YEA opens applications for Community Protection Assistants

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has opened applications for its Community Protection Assistants (CPAs) Module. The application process, which began on Monday, September 19,...

Education Minister addresses UN Education Summit

Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei-Adutwum, has addressed participants at the United Nations (UN) Educational Summit in the United States of America. Speaking on behalf of...

Two die in galamsey pit at Sefwi Yaw Brefo

Two persons have been confirmed dead in illegal mining activity at Sefwi Yaw Brefo in the Juaboso district of the western north region. The deceased,...

Nurses at Kumdi receive 13-bedroom apartment from Fame Ghana

A non-profitable organization, Fame Ghana, has put up a 13-bedroom nurses bungalow for nurses at Kumdi, a farming Community in the Kpandai District of...

I was physically abused while pregnant, I lost my son – US-based woman shares her ordeal

US-based Jamaican Rose Greene has shared her unpleasant experience in her first relationship that caused her to lose her baby boy.Rose revealed that she...

Security man allegedly defiles 8-year-old girl in Tamale

A 30-year-old private security man has allegedly defiled an eight-year-old girl in the Tamale metropolis of the Northern Region. The suspect has been identified...