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The story of Major General Robert Kotei, the executed soldier, track and field athlete

Major General Robert Kotei was a soldier, politician and a track & field athlete who held the Ghanaian high jump record for many years.He...

UTAG to embark on strike

The National Executive Committee of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has indicated that its members will from Friday, October 8, lay down...

Felix Kwaku Anyah re-appointed Board chair of Ho Teaching Hospital

Dr Felix Kwaku Anyah has been re-appointed as the Board chairman of the Ho Teaching Hospital.His re-appointment by President Nana Akufo-Addo was in consultation...

Meet the bishop who has trained almost 8,000 prophets [Photo+Audio]

Founder of the Pottersville Church International, Bishop Sam Owusu, has revealed that he has taught and raised almost 8,000 prophets in Ghana.Though he did...

NDC, NPP ‘clash’ over use of word ‘killing’

Representatives of the two major political parties disagreed over the use of the word ‘killing’ for the deaths that resulted from the June 29...

Kumasi International Airport to be completed by this date… [Photos]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has inspected ongoing work on the construction of the Kumasi International Airport, which, according to the contractor, is currently 77% complete,...

Bekwai MCE confirmation: Assembly members receive beatings [Video]

https://youtu.be/cDF_KoPML6EChaos broke out on Friday at Bekwai in the Ashanti Region during the confirmation of the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) nominee, Kwaku Kyei Baffour....

About 400 refugees left at Buduburam will be taken care of – Refugee Board

Acting Head of the Refugee Board, Tetteh Padi, says his outfit is looking to relocate about 400 refugees at the Buduburam camp ahead of...

3 helicopters for police in November; 10k CCTV cameras installed – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo says the Police Service will take delivery of two gazelle light attack helicopters and one Airbus 350 helicopter, in November this...

Allied Health Professions Council distances itself from S3x predator

The Allied Health Professions Council has distanced itself from claims that they issued a license to Jonathan Ohene Nkunim of Nature’s Hand Therapeutic Centre.Mr...

Man, 70, found dead in his farm

Mourning has taken over Brofoyedru, a town near Adansi Asokwa in the Ashanti Region as a missing resident has been found dead.The deceased, Salisu...

Frytol donates GHC100, 000 to National Cardiothoracic Centre

As part of Frytol Healthy Heart Campaign to create more awareness on the need to maintain a healthy lifestyle and a healthy heart, Wilmar...

Communities in Tamale plunged into darkness

More communities in the Tamale Metropolis have been plunged into darkness following the strike by the staff of the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo).The...

Ghana maintains Cocoa Producer Price for 2021/2022 season

The government has maintained the Cocoa Producer Price of ¢10,560 per metric ton for the new crop season which takes effect from October 8,...

Passengers injured as bees attack Afram Plains ferry

Bees have taken over some parts of Ekye Amanfrom in the Afram Plains South District of the Eastern Region.The situation has affected passengers...

Ambulance carrying patient involved in accident [Photos]

An ambulance driver, carrying an 80-year-old woman, has been involved in an accident on the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange in Accra.The accident reportedly occurred on...

Akim Swedru MP hit with sad news

Member of Parliament (MP) for Akim Swedru, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, has lost his General Manager at his radio station.Mr Nyarko announced his manager and...

Drunkards ‘mad’ at FDA, Ghana Standards Authority

The president of the Ghana Drunkards Association of Ghana, Moses Drybone, claims that the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and Ghana Standards Authority are...

Akuffo Dampare vindicates my decision to appoint him IGP – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo says COP George Dampare has justified government’s decision to appoint him as Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP).According to him, the recent...

Parts of Cape Coast flooded after heavy rains

Many parts of the country have experienced heavy rainfall with some regions enduring up to six hours of the downpour on Friday, October 1.Roads...

Missing man found dead in a dam

The search for a missing man has ended as his lifeless body has been discovered in a dam at Humjibre near Sefwi Bekwai in...

Ghana to lead Africa in the next 20 years – Man of God declares

"In the next 20 years, Ghana will transform and will lead Africa," says the Founder of Pottersville Church International, Bishop Sam Owusu.He made...

National Cathedral: Why the noise when 5 churches can build it? – Bishop quizzes [Audio]

Founder of the Potterville Church International, Ambassador Bishop Sam Owusu, has expressed displeasure over the government’s call on Ghanaians to support the construction of...

Man of God sends emotional message to IGP Dampare [Listen]

Bishop Sam Owusu, the Founder of the Pottersville Church International, has extolled the Commissioner of Police (COP) George Akuffo Dampare, following his appointment as...

Sim card re-registration starts today and here’s how you can do it

The Ministry of Communication has disclosed that the re-registration of sim cards will commence from today, October 1.According to the Ministry, this exercise will...

Bishop drops revelation about Owusu-Bempah over his arrest [Listen]

Founder of the Pottersville Church International, Bishop Sam Owusu, has said he can only pray for the Leader of the Glorious Word Power Ministries...

11-year-old boy leads father to Christ

It was a great moment to behold when Isaac Annan stepped forward to rededicate his life to Christ in obedience to an altar call...

Suspected homos3xuals escape mob attack after being caught in public toilet

Two suspected homosexuals escaped a mob attack after they were allegedly caught having sex in a public toilet at the Mile Three Park, Port Harcourt,...

Drama as armed police take over Suhum Assembly

There was drama at Suhum in the Eastern Region Thursday when armed Police officers took over the Suhum Municipal Assembly Hall.They prevented journalists from...

Residents chase UCC to complete rotting-away satellite campuses

Residents of Zuarungu in the Bolga East District of the Upper East Region, Upper West Region as well as Jumapo in the Eastern Region...

Nine arrested with cannabis at Akyem Asuom

The Akyem Asuom District Police Command at Kwaebibirim in the Eastern region has arrested nine suspected criminals including a woman, with large quantities of...

You did ‘sakawa’ job – Kaaka’s family on Ejura Committee report

Family of the late Ibrahim Mohammed, known popularly as Kaaka Maacho, has described as ‘Sakawa’ the work and subsequent report released by the Ejura...

Parts of Accra flooded after brief downpour

https://youtu.be/l6TOsB0J5msParts of Accra have been flooded following a few hours of heavy rainfall between Thursday night and Friday dawn.Many residents were left scooping...

Suaman NPP members vandalise party office [Video]

Some New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters in the Suaman constituency in the Western North Region have vandalised their party office at Dadieso over the...

Buduburam evacuation: Criminologist calls on security agencies to profile residents

Criminologist and a Criminal Researcher at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Dr Opoku Ware, has called on security agencies to profile...

Man goes blind after being bitten twice by deadly snake

A British dad was blinded after being bitten twice by one of the world’s deadliest snakes, while he was also battling his second bout...

Man dies after being bitten by bat while sleeping in his bedroom

A man has died from rabies one month after being bitten by a bat while he slept in his bedroom.The man, in his 80s,...

Pay KMA debt or we reject Sam Pyne – PM tells govt [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · KMA MAN ON SAM PYNENewly nominated Mayor of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Sam Pyne, risks a possible rejection over judgment debts...

Stowaway disembarked at port of Tema

A stowaway from Guinea-Bissau, Sulemane Balde, has been disembarked at the Port of Tema after being nabbed at high seas.Suspect Balde, reportedly joined the...

Court orders sale of KMA office complex

A Kumasi High Court has ordered the sale of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) office complex to defray a judgment debt owed FREDCO FD Company Limited.In...