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Juaben MCE confirmation: Assembly member ‘blames’ NPP supporters for confusion [Listen]

Assemblyman for Nobowam electoral area, Emmanuel Gallo, has said the brouhaha surrounding the exercise to confirm President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s Municipal Chief Executive...

Akumadan accident: Police on manhunt for bus driver

Police in the Ashanti Region are on a manhunt for the driver of a Daewoo Grandbird KS bus with registration number GT 4215 –...

Police formally file charges against Sosu in court [Listen]

Police have formally filed charges, including causing damage to public property, against Francis Xavier Sosu in court over a demonstration he led in his...

Man jailed 18 years for defiling, impregnating fiancee’s 13-year-old sister

A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for defiling and impregnating a 13-year-old junior sister of his fiancee.The Koforidua Circuit Court...

NIA’s itinerary as it begins operations in all 16 regions

The National Identification Authority (NIA) will from today, November 3, 2021, commence operation in its 16 Regional and 275 District offices across the country....

Pankrono residents go berserk as vehicle crashes two to death [Video]

Angry residents of Pankrono in Kumasi smashed the windscreen of a tipper truck after a commercial vehicle crashed into the stationary vehicle killing two...

Commander attacked with stones as road workers clash with police

The Assin Fosu Divisional Police Commander, ACP Augustine Luguyare, has been attacked by angry workers of Shimizu Dai-Nippon JV, a road construction firm working...

Confusion rocks Keta Municipal Assembly over missing stamp

Confusion is brewing at the Keta Municipal Assembly in the Volta Region over the disappearance of the Chief Executive Officer's official stamp.This disappearance, according...

Dangers on Accra roads: The story of stolen crash barriers, median fences [Watch]

Consultant for the Four-Tier-Pokuase interchange, Kwabena Bempong, has revealed some miscreants are stealing crash barriers on the stretch.According to him, some persons, pretending to...

Ambrose Dery sympathises with families of Akomadan accident

Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, has expressed his condolence to families who lost relatives in the gory accident that happened at Akomadan.The Member of Parliament...

Nurse hires 3 men to help kidnap ‘stingy’ husband for ransom

Police in Ogun State have arrested a housewife, Memunat Salaudeen, for allegedly conniving with three others to kidnap her husband for ransom.Police spokesman in the...

Impose curfew on Prampram – Asafoatse begs Akufo-Addo, IGP

A member of the Prampram Traditional Council, Asafoatse Lartey Bantama IV, has sent an urgent request to President Nana Akufo-Addo and the Inspector-General of...

Ghana Card to enable citizens abroad travel without visas – Bawumia [Audio]

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has revealed that Ghana’s unique biometric identification card, the Ghanacard, will soon become an electronic passport for all Ghanaians.Delivering...

Newborns to receive Ghana Card number at birth – Bawumia

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, every new born child delivered in Ghana next year will get, within a few months, a Ghanacard number, Vice President...

Security agencies recruitment: Police send important message to qualified applicants

The Ghana Police Service has announced the commencement of the next phase of its ongoing recruitment exercise.Following the filing of applications by prospective recruits...

Alajo Coup Plot: Court admits secret audiovisual recordings as evidence

A hard drive containing audiovisual recordings of alleged activities by suspects standing trial for plotting a coup will now be admitted as evidence by...

Survivors of ghastly Akomadan accident make shocking revelation [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Survivors of ghastly Akomadan accident makes shocking revelationSurvivors of a ghastly accident that claimed six lives at Akomadan are blaming the...

The inconsistency of GLC is too much – Research Fellow

A Ghanaian Research Fellow at the University of Johannesburg’s Law Faculty is blaming the inconsistency of the General Legal Council (GLC) for the many...

Photos of men, women ‘in chains’ uncovered in shrine [Photos]

Photos of different men and women in chains have been uncovered at a shrine in Rivers State, Nigeria after the native doctor was allegedly...

Transport Minister incurs wrath of Minority MPs

Minority members in Parliament have taken a swipe at the Transport Minister, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, for not responding to a call of the House....

Man, 35, arrested over MoMo robbery at Afram Plains

The Anti Armed robbery taskforce of the Ghana Police Service has arrested a 35-year-old phone repairer in connection with the deadly Mobile Money (MoMo)...

HIV killed over 900 from January to June in Ghana

Over 900 persons died of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) from January to June 2021 more than Covid-19 within the same period, Dr Stephen Ayisi...

Full text: Akufo-Addo’s speech at 2021 UN Climate Change Conference

Climate change is the greatest threat to the realisation of Sustainable Development Goals. It has an enormous impact on the fundamentals required for our...

Minister speaks on why CCTV cameras have not been fixed in all police stations [Audio]

The National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah, has blamed the devastating effects of the covid-19 pandemic on the government’s failure to fix CCTV cameras...

Akufo-Addo reacts to ghastly accident at Akumadan

President Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed sadness over an accident at Akumadan in the Offinso North District of the Ashanti Region that claimed six lives....

Millionaire financier fights ex-girlfriend for more compensation after judge ordered him to sell his mansion

A millionaire financier, who was caught in bed with another woman, is fighting his ex-girlfriend in court for more compensation after a judge ruled...

We’ll combat climate change, but protect Ghana’s development as well – Akufo-Addo

“Ghana acknowledges the importance and effects of Climate Change and the urgent need to combat it, and we recognise equally the importance of protecting...

Man acquitted after 13 years in jail

The Court of Appeal has acquitted and discharged a 39-year-old man who spent 13 years in jail after being convicted for robbery by the...

UNESCO charges member states to protect safety of journalists

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has lamented the frequent attacks and threats journalists face in line of duty.Concerned by the...

Police Service hold remembrance service for fallen heroes [Video]

https://youtu.be/jg_VbKtWRDQThe Ghana Police Service on Tuesday, November 2, 2021, held a remembrance service in honour of personnel who lost their lives in the line...

JUSAG gives govt one-week ultimatum to address concerns

The Judicial Services Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has given government a week ultimatum to address its concerns over conditions of service.The Association said...

Over 111,000 teenage girls impregnated every year – GHS

An average of 112,800 teenage girls in the country are impregnated every year.Last year, about 109,888 teenage pregnancies were recorded, with 2,865 of the...

Six burnt beyond recognition, others injured in another ghastly accident [Audio+Video]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Six Burnt Beyond Recognition In Accident At AkomadanSix persons have been burnt beyond recognition in a ghastly accident at Akomadan in the...

Actress Habiba Sinare screens over 1,000 Zongo women for breast cancer

Celebrated Ghanaian actress and founder of Mama Mariam Foundation, Habiba Sinare, as part of the foundation’s health outreach, screened more than a thousand (1,000)...

Drama as pastor’s side-chick pops up with his child during interview

A breeze of controversy swept through the studios of Nhyira FM when a pastor's side-chick popped up with their baby during a live interview.Evangelist...

Minister, NDC Secretary clash on ban on ‘Aboboyaa’

JoyNews/AdomNews · Greater Accra Regional Minister and NDC man clash over aboboyaa banThe Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey and the Greater Accra Regional...

Covid-19: Less than 15 cases recorded in Ashanti in last five weeks

The Ashanti Region has consistently recorded less than 15 Covid-19 cases in the last five weeks, the Regional Health Directorate has revealed.A total of...

Another kidnap case hits Western Region

After weeks of controversies amidst anxiety and uneasiness relating to reports of fake kidnap cases in the Western Region, another case has been recorded.The...

NDC to eulogise Rawlings on first anniversary of his passing on November 12

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has outlined some activities to mark the first anniversary of late founder and former President, Flt Lt Jerry...

Remembrance mass for Rawlings’ 1st anniversary slated for November 12

The family of former President Jerry John Rawlings says the first anniversary of his passing will be held on Friday, November 12.A statement released...