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Minister deploys mobile maintenance unit to fix bad roads

The recent rains have exposed the poor state of many roads in some parts of Accra and Tema metropolises. A number of tarred roads have...

Farmer jailed 10 years for possessing narcotics

A 31-year-old farmer has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by the Asamankese Circuit Court for possession of narcotic drugs contrary to section 37(1)...

There’s no ex-gratia in the Constitution – Inusah Fuseini

Former Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini, says there is no such thing as ex-gratia in the Constitution of Ghana. According to him,...

Polio vaccine shortage hits Northern Region

There is a shortage of Oral Polio vaccines in the Northern Region. According to reports, it has been out of stock on a national level. This...

National Cathedral – Okudzeto- Ablakwa sends SOS message to Sir David Adjaye

Internally acclaimed architect, Sir David Adjaye has been asked to brace up for a probe about monies received for the National Cathedral project. North Tongu...

Father of Achimota Rastafarian student apologises over alleged assault

Tereo Marhguy, father of the Achimota School Rastafarian student who accused his son of assault, has apologised for making the matter public. According to him,...

Stonebwoy’s reply to fan who asked him to call on the name of Jesus to be saved

Dancehall musician Stonebwoy gave off a hilarious reply to one Twitter user who asked him to turn to Jesus Christ to be saved. According...

COVID-19: Accra still a hotspot – Ghana Health Service

The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, says the current Covid-19 active cases are mostly concentrated in Accra, with four...

Transformer thief nabbed, accomplice at large

Residents of Takoradi have apprehended a young man suspected to have raided the Station B transformer centre of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The...

Chief Supt Kofi Sarpong promoted

Celebrated gospel musician and police officer, Chief Superintendent Kofi Sarpong, has been promoted. The musician, who has risen through the rank and file of the...

I’m not an Anti-Christ – Okudzeto Ablakwa on National Cathedral crusade

JoyNews/AdomNews · Okudzeto Ablakwa not against National Cathedral Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, is fighting off claims that, he is...

Chief Imam consoles Catholic Church

The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, has received news about the murder of worshippers of the Catholic faith in Owo, Ondo State,...

Consuming bush meat cannot spread monkeypox – Kumasi traders

Bush meat sellers in Kumasi have rejected findings that consumption can spread the monkeypox virus. This comes on the back of a warning by the...

All you need to know about Monkeypox

Ghana has officially recorded cases of the Monkeypox virus. The Ghana Health Service says five cases have been confirmed in the Eastern, Western and Greater...

Ghana wins chairmanship of African Medicines Agency

Ghana's Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu was named the first chairman of the African Medicine Agency's Bureau at the just-completed First Ordinary Session...

Gender Ministry visits family of girl who escaped ritual murder

Caretaker Minister at the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), Cecilia Dapaah, has led a team to visit the family of the...

Police arrest 37 motor riders for road offences

The Fosu Police have arrested 25 motor riders and 12 tricycle riders in a swoop by the Assin Fosu Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate...

Radio presenter among dead in Tamale robbery

Four persons including a local radio presenter with Tamale-based Neeisim FM have died following a suspected robbery attack on a Mobile Money vendor at...

Wearing of nose mask, hand sanitiser can prevent Monkeypox – Virologist

A virologist at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR) has outlined ways of preventing a nationwide transmission of the monkeypox disease. Dr Michael Owusu...

NSS proposes allowance increment; check out amount [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · NSS proposes GH₵ 1000 allowance increment for personnel The National Service Secretariat (NSS) has hinted at a possible increment of up to a...

Ofori-Atta must be removed from office – Ablakwa

The Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu has called on Parliament to initiate processes to remove Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta from office. Samuel...

Five-month-old aborted foetus found at refuse dump

Residents of Assin Fosu Nsuakye in the Assin Fosu municipality of the Central region had to deal with the horrific sight of a five-month-old...

Three arrested over murder of man at Awutu Mampong

The Awutu Bereku District Police Command has arrested three persons in connection with the death of 45-year-old Kofi Kyekyebi. The suspects have been identified...

Government commits €155 million to rural broadband services

The government, through the Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation, has committed about €155 million to supplement universal service funds to boost broadband services in...

All set for inauguration of Asanteman Europe Association

All is set for the much-anticipated inauguration of Asanteman Europe Association, a non-profit organisation comprising Asantes in Europe.  The event is scheduled to take place...

School sued over alleged negligence after allegedly serving pupil banku

A private school at Oyarifa in Accra, Gracefield School Limited, has been put before court over alleged negligence that risked the health of a...

ECG to start auditing meters

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is informing customers and the general public that it will conduct an audit of all meters soon. Teams of...

Boafri S.D.A basic school pupils forced to turn their laps into table to write

The pupils of Boafri S.D.A basic school in the Krachi Nchumuru district in the Oti Region are compelled to turn their laps into table...

Nigerien beggars on streets of Accra to be repatriated

The Nigerien Embassy in collaboration with the Government of Ghana has kick-started the process to repatriate some Nigerien beggars on the streets of Accra.A...

I won’t spare any culprit – DCE warns over molestation of 15-year-old girl at Ofoase [audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · DCE ON 15 YR GIRL ASSAULTED Persons involved in assaulting a 15-year-old girl at Akyem-Ofoase in the Eastern region will not be spared,...

Ghana confirms cases of Monkey Pox in 3 regions [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ghana Records Five Cases Of Monkey Pox The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed five cases of the Monkey Pox Disease in three...

Ablakwa drops another bombshell on National Cathedral funds

North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Okudzeto Ablakwa, has once again accused the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, of releasing GH¢142 million for the construction...

Class six pupil sentenced for stabbing friend over girl

The Assin Foso District Magistrate Court, presided over by His Worship, Abdul Majid Iliasu, has sentenced a 14-year-old boy to two years in a...

We do not owe service personnel allowance – NSS

The National Service Secretariat (NSS) has dismissed claims they owe service personnel allowances. According to the Deputy Executive Director, Gifty Oware-Mensah, all allowances have been...

2 reportedly injured in alleged dynamite blast at Santa Maria

Two people are injured in what has been described as a dynamite blast at Santa Maria in Accra. It is still unknown what triggered the...

Soldiers allegedly shoot man dead at Bawku [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Soldiers allegedly shoot man dead at Bawku Military personnel have reportedly shot one person dead at Bawku in the Upper East Region. Adom News'...

Togbe Afede’s ex-gratia: Asogli State ‘exposes’ Adom-Otchere

A special Aide to Togbe Afede XIV, Dr Elikplim Kwabla Apetorgbor, has reacted to Paul Adom-Otchere's claim that the Paramount Chief and the Agbogbomefia...

Achimota Rasta student’s alleged assault on father; The inside story [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Achimota Rasta student's alleged assault on father; The inside story Tyrone Marhguy, one of the Rastafarian students who had admission issues at the...

16-month-old baby drowns in well

A 16-month-old baby has drowned in a well at Ahwerewam-Domeabra near Mankranso in the Ashanti Region. The baby is believed to have crawled to...

ECG transformer thief busted

Thieves have raided the Station B transformer of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in Takoradi in the Western Region. The criminals cut and...