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I couldn’t even get a cleaning job in the Philippines – Philippines-based Ghanaian

Philippines-based Ghanaian, Charles Donkor, has disclosed that getting a job in the Philippines was the hardest part since he had no working visa and...

You will be dealt with if found culpable of ritual murder – Waala Overlord to settler communities

The Overlord of the Waala Traditional Area has warned members of settler communities in the Wa municipality that should any of them be caught...

TV presenter pleads guilty over false publication, fined Ghc4,200

A 32-year-old TV presenter at Next TV has pleaded guilty to the publication of false news and has been convicted on his own plea...

Akufo-Addo appoints new YEA CEO

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Kofi Agyepong as the acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA). Mr Agyepong replaces Justin Frimpong...

Tweneboah Kodua SHS headmaster reacts to murder of student

The final year student of Tweneboah Kodua Senior High School (SHS) in the Ashanti Region, who was murdered at Manso, left the school without...

BECE 2021: WAEC publishes names of students involved in alleged irregularities (LIST)

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has published a list of candidates who were allegedly involved in examination irregularities during the Basic Education Certificate...

Fred Kwesi Antwi-Boadu heads Fisheries Commission

Fred Kwesi Antwi-Boadu has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the Fisheries Commission. He takes over from Mr Michael Arthur-Dadzie.  The Public Relations Officer of the...

JHS teacher jailed 7 years for sexually abusing 18 pupils

A Tamale Circuit Court has slapped a seven-year sentence on Natomah Otabil, a social studies teacher of Kulpi Junior High school (JHS) in the...

Traditional leaders condemn rise in murder cases in Sefwi Bekwai area

Chiefs at Sefwi Bekwai have condemned a recent rise in murder cases in the entire traditional area. According to Nananom, the recent murder cases have...

Ada Traditional Council bans Radio Ada

When the management of Radio Ada did not see the name of the station on the list of media houses invited to cover the...

Middlemen hoarding premix fuel in the name of MCEs – Advocate reveals

A fisherman and fisheries sector advocate has revealed that some middlemen are engaging in the hoarding and reselling of premix fuel in the Volta...

1D1F: Akufo-Addo inspects GH¢9.2 million Yam/Cassava factory at Bimbilla

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 9th August 2022, visited Global Almas Processing Limited, a yam and cassava processing factory located at Bimbilla,...

Ada Traditional Council bans Radio Ada from covering 2022 Asafotufiami festival

When the management of Radio Ada did not see the name of the station on the list of media houses invited to cover the...

Wenchi assembly members accuse police of taking bush meat as bribes from farmers

The assembly members of Wenchi municipality in the Bono region have accused the police officers in the area of forcibly collecting bush meat from...

Electricity supply is not a right, it is a privilege – ECG boss

The Managing Director of Electricity Company Ghana, Samuel Mahama has justified the disconnection of power supply to the Yilo and Manya Krobo municipalities. Speaking in...

Otabil closes Greater Works Conference with prayer for government

General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church has prayed for God’s protection for the nation’s Executive, Legislature and Judiciary. Pastor Mensa Otabil also prayed...

Amenfi West MCE, taskforce raid brothels [Photos]

The Amenfi West Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) in the Western Region, Lord Nana Tandoh, has led a taskforce to raid dozens of structures believed...

Take Baptism of children seriously – Eastwood Anaba

Reverend Eastwood Anaba, the President of the Eastwood Anaba Ministries (EAM), says the baptism of children is a critical aspect of their Christian life,...

Dr Anyah picks Africa’s most respected CEO award in Mauritius

Dr Felix Anyah, the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman of Holy Trinity Spa and Health Farm at Sogakope in the Volta Region as...

Man lynched at Fetteh Kakraba

A man, believed to be in his late 20s, has been lynched at Fetteh Kakraba in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region....

Man inflicts cutlass wounds on co-worker for giving fiancée GHC20

A 30-year-old man, Akwesi Amissah, has allegedly inflicted cutlass wounds on his co-worker after he accused him of going after his fiancée. The incident...

GPRTU vehicle towing policy to take off in October

Effective October, this year, all drivers under the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), will be required to subscribe to a mandatory vehicle towing...

Two escape death as moving vehicle burns beyond recognition [Video]

https://youtu.be/_dCF2lfH4eI Two persons on board a 4X4 moving vehicle have escaped death after it caught fire on the Nkawkaw-Abirem road in the Eastern Region. The victims...

Akufo-Addo cuts sod for Yendi dual road project

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, August 8 cut the sod for the commencement of the Yendi Dualisation road Project, at...

Akufo-Addo, Ya-Na, commend Farouk Aliu Mahama for Yendi City Project Initiative

President Akufo-Addo and Ndan Ya-Na Abukari II, King of Dagbon has commended Alhaji Farouk Aliu Mahama, Member of Parliament (MP) for Yendi for his...

Central Region has potential to produce enough rice to feed Ghana – Minister

The Central Regional Minister, Justina Marigold Assan, has said the region has the potential to produce enough rice to feed the country and boost...

Tamale, Yendi water project to kick start by October – Akufo Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has confirmed that the construction of the Tamale and Yendi water projects will kick start by October later this...

Mahama calls for national economic dialogue over CCC+C downgrade

Former President John Mahama has called for a national dialogue to help salvage Ghana's ailing economy. Mr Mahama believes the national platform will bring together...

Businessman jailed 15 years for car theft

The Ofaakor Circuit Court has sentenced Hayford Boateng, 38, a businessman, to 15 years imprisonment for stealing a car, valued at GHS120,000, at Kasoa...

‘Faeces in sachet water’ research finding inaccurate – FDA

Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has debunked claims that sachet water on the market is contaminated with faecal matter. The Authority said the outcome...

Two suspects arrested over murder of Tweneboa Kodua SHS student

Police at Amansie West district have arrested two suspects including a minor in connection with an alleged robbery and murder of a 16-year-old student...

Ellembelle DCE absolved of involvement in illegal mining

A Minerals Commission investigative report has cleared the District Chief Executive (DCE) for the Ellembelle District, Kwasi Bonzoh, of any involvement in the alleged...

Ibrahim Mahama’s aircrafts fly Tamale’s children closer to their dreams

The aircraft sitting at peace on the greenery in eerie quietness seems at odds with the thatch-roofed mud houses of Jenna village. It’s almost like...

Court strikes out case against businessman declared wanted by police

An Accra Circuit Court has struck out a case against a businessman, Alhaji Ahmed Nii Oti Vanderpuije, who was declared a wanted person by...

More funds needed to reconstruct Apiate community – Rev. Dr Joyce Aryee

The Apiate Support Fund has accrued GH¢45 million as of yesterday, August 8, 2022. The amount is, however, GH¢25 million short of the GH¢70 million...

ECG uncovers 1,000 illegalities

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has uncovered over 1,000 illegalities carried out by some customers during the first week of meter auditing in...

Power crisis: Yilo Krobo District Hospital suspends admissions

JoyNews/AdomNews · Yilo Krobo District Hospital suspends admissions The Yilo Krobo District Hospital has suspended admissions due to the power crisis in the area. The decision...

Corpses in mortuaries at Yilo, Manya Krobo decomposing – Youth Activist alleges

Families in the Yilo and Manya Krobo municipalities say operators of mortuaries are asking them to come for the remains of their loved ones. The...

Police ASP, 2 others die in dawn accident on Afloa-Tema highway

An Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mary Esinam Ahiafianyo, and two others have been confirmed dead after they were involved in an accident on...

Okyeman taskforce refutes land guard allegation

The Okyeman Land Protection Force has refuted claims by the Greater Accra Scrap Dealers Association that the Ofori Panin Fie has land guards terrorising...