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Man goes blind while attempting to kill prayerful mother with ‘juju’

A prison inmate, Richard Ofosu Dame, has been confessing his evil deeds since becoming a free man.His confession included his attempt to kill his...

I don’t work – 16-year-old girl reveals ‘smoking’ is her job

A 16-year-old girl, Monica Owusu Sekyere, who sleeps at the marketplace in Kantamanto, Accra, has disclosed that she fled from home at a young...

I’m coming after those selling gov’t lands, Ramsar site occupants – Henry Quartey

The Greater Accra Regional Minster, Henry Quartey is cautioning against the sale of government land by self-acclaimed owners of such lands. He contends, the sale...

‘I forgot about myself’ – Barber grabbed with drugs at police station

A barber who went to visit his friend on remand at Baatsona Police Station, has ended in Police cells for possessing drugs. Abdulai Hamza was...

Fetish priest sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for defrauding with fake currency

A 43-year-old fetish priest has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by a Koforidua Circuit court for defrauding people with counterfeit currency. Richard Vormowor alias...

Man gets 8 years for hacking cousin he accused of stealing fish from soup

A Circuit Court in Koforidua has sentenced a private security man to eight (8) years imprisonment for inflicting deep matchete wounds on his cousin. The...

Police investigate drowning of Officer at Sefwi Amoaya

The Police have commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the drowning of a Police officer at Sefwi Amoaya in the Sefwi Bodi District...

We are receiving threats of contract termination – School Feeding Caterers

President of Greater Accra School Feeding Caterers Association, Madam Juliana Cudjoe, says members of the Association are receiving threats of contract termination for demanding...

Rousing welcome for Otumfuo [Photos]

Hundreds of excited people accorded the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, a rousing welcome at the Kumasi Airport on Sunday. The Asante Monarch, who has...

Aisha Huang trial: We need to take strong stance on against illegal mining

Circuit Court Judge Samuel Bright Acquah is making a case for courts to take a strong stance against illegal mining. Ruling on a bail application...

Aisha Huang denied bail again

Galamsey kingpin, Aishà Huang, has been denied bail once again by an Accra Circuit Court. The Chinese national pleaded not guilty to her suspected illegal...

14-year-old pregnant girl, 23, others rescued from being trafficked to Cote D’Ivoire

A 14-year-old girl, who is pregnant and 15 other children, have been rescued from being trafficked from the Central Region to Cote d’Ivoire. The children,...

SIM registration: Group to sue govt

JoyNews/AdomNews · Pressure mounts on government to scrape SIM card registration deadline With three days to the September 30 SIM re-registration deadline, the Communications Ministry...

Barber vising friend on remand arrested with drugs

A barber, who went to visit his friend on remand at Baatsona Police Station, has ended in Police cells for possessing drugs. Abdulai Hamza was...

Some Ghanaian medical students willing to go back to war-torn Ukraine

Some Ghanaian students studying medicine and dentistry in war-torn Ukraine are lacing their boots to return to the European country. According to reports, some have...

A Plus reacts as NPP accuses NDC of planting people to hoot at Akufo-Addo

Musician and political activist, Kwame A Plus, has opened up in a long note after the New Patriotic Party (NPP) called out the National...

Global Citizen Festival raises $2.4 billion to end extreme poverty

Pledges totalling $2.4 billion were announced as part of activities to mark the Global Citizen Festival in New York City and Accra on Saturday,...

Ghana remains gateway to the African continent

The Minister for Communications and Digitalization (MoCD), Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has reiterated government’s commitment to building strong partnerships and formulating policies for digital technologies that...

Wa killings: 18 suspects arrested

Some 18 persons have been arrested by the Upper West Regional Police Command for their alleged involvement in the killing of 11 persons in...

Ghana re-affirms position to leave no one digitally behind

The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has reaffirmed Ghana’s commitment to leaving no one digitally behind. This she said can be achieved by...

Weweso JHS pupils save up ‘chop money’ to buy sanitary pads

Some pupils of Weweso M/A Junior High School (JHS) in Kumasi have revealed they save up portions of money given to them for food...

Sad news for Ghanaian doctors trained in war-hit Ukraine

The Medical and Dental Council has encouraged Ghanaians studying medicine and dentistry in Ukraine to roll onto the government’s initiatives for them to continue...

Tamale Airport Phase II Project completed

The Tamale Airport Development Phase II Project has been completed and is awaiting inauguration by the President this year. The expansion works, costing $70 million,...

Apiate explosion: One more victim passes on

One more person involved in last January's Apiate disaster has passed on. The victim suffered a spine injury and has been in hospital all this...

Akufo-Addo is a better president than Kwame Nkrumah – Agya Koo [Video]

Actor Kofi Adu, popularly known as Agya Koo, says none of Ghana's past governments have been able to develop the country like President Nana...

Parliament approves fees for ‘access’ to information

Parliament has passed the law spelling out the various fees to be paid by persons seeking Information under the Right to Information law. This is...

Don’t starve media of information – GJA to police

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has expressed concern about the decision by the Ghana Police Service to centralise the sharing of information to the...

KNUST riot: Katanga Hall Alumini petition Education Minister

The Katanga Hall Alumni Association of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has petitioned the Education Minister over the arrest of...

Bawku conflict: IGP, Interior Minister, Chief of Defense Staff meet factions

 A high powered delegation on Sunday, September 25, 2022, visited Bawku in the Upper East region to meet factions involved in the Bawku conflict...

Residents jubilate as python is shot dead at Ajumako Ochiso [Photos]

Residents of Ajumako Ochiso in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region are jubilating after shooting to death a 14-foot python. According to...

MOSES Foundation confers Generational Leadership-Legend 2022-Living Legend Award on Sir Sam Jonah

The MOSES Foundation Ghana, a Pioneering Old Students Leadership Institute, established to mobilize the Global Nation of Old Students in fostering National Cohesion, mobilizing...

GAF clears air on ‘soldier’ who stole GHS23K

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has described as an impostor, a man in military uniform, Private Asare Boateng, who stole GHS23,000 from a civilian. GAF...

UNESCO is a strategic partner in implementing National Youth Policy – NYA CEO

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Youth Authority, Pius Enam Hadzide, has asserted that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation...

Medical and Dental Council sends SOS message to students studying in Ukraine

The Medical and Dental Council of Ghana is urging students who are currently studying Medicine and Dentistry in Ukraine to take advantage of government’s...

Use of contraceptives low in Ghana – UNFPA

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Ghana has said though the country has made progress in the use of contraceptives since 1988, the rate...

UEW gives deadline to settle GPA issues after students’ protests

The University of Education, Winneba (UEW), has given stakeholders up to October 7, 2022, to resolve students' concerns about their cumulative Grade Point Average...

Mankessim murder: Suspects should be sentenced to death – PNC

The People's National Convention (PNC) is advocating for death penalty for suspects found guilty of ritual murder. This move, it explained, is to serve as...

Speaker Bagbin gives back on his birthday

Rt. Hon. Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has urged parents to raise their wards on God-fearing tenets because children are blessings from God. The Speaker,...

Ghana will have a female president one day – Akufo-Addo

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ghana will have a female president one day – Akufo-Addo President Nana Akufo-Addo has predicted that the country is bound to have a...

Akufo-Addo commits to ending child marriage in Africa

Child marriage has been one of the unending challenges confronting many communities, especially rural areas, in the country and other parts of the continent. On...