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E/R: Suspected robber shot dead in failed bank robbery

A suspected armed robber has been shot dead in a failed robbery attack on the Adonteng Rural Bank branch at Abomosu in the Atewa...

Achimota SHS Physics teacher found dead in his room

A Physics teacher at Achimota Senior High School in Accra has been found hanging in his room, the Accra Regional Police Command has confirmed.Forty-eight-year-old...

Pregnant woman reported missing after morning walk

A suspected kidnapper has demanded ransom for the return of a 28-year-old pregnant woman, who went missing in Takoradi of the Western Region.Josephine Panyin...

Police Service celebrates Bono East Anti-Robbery Taskforce

The Police Administration (PA) has commended the Bono East Anti-Robbery Taskforce for its work in fighting robbery in the region.The taskforce is led by...

Fisherman, 27, arrested for suspected murder

A 27-year-old fisherman, Yao Senya, has been picked up by police at Anloga for allegedly stabbing a 71-year-old man to death at Atito in...

Ministry hands over seized rosewood to National Cathedral trustees [Photos]

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has turned in 18 containers of impounded Rosewood to the Board of Trustees of...

Why ‘Okada’ riders are hopeful trade will be legalised [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Why ‘Okada’ riders are hopeful trade will be legalizedThe Okada Riders Association in Ghana has said it is hopeful its trade will...

Church where pastor invites nude ladies for preaching [Video]

An unusual scene in a church has sparked rage online.End-time Church of Nation set tongues wagging after its pastor, Blinks Mensah, invited a semi-nude...

JHS pupil who assaulted teacher over homework fined GHc1,800

The Juvenile Court ‘C’ in Accra has convicted the final year pupil of the Nungua KROMA 2 Junior High School (JHS) to a fine...

Final funeral rites of Bawumia’s mother scheduled for this date…

The final funeral rites of Hajia Mariama, the mother of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has been scheduled for October 24, 2021.This follows her...

‘Taking pictures with my stillborn son helped me grieve his loss’

A mum has told how taking pictures of her stillborn boy helped her to grieve.Priya Vara, 40, went into labour at her home with...

Nursing mother dies in gory accident at Kasoa

A nursing mother, identified as Magasuba Mariam, has lost her life in an accident on the Kasoa-Obom road in the Awutu Senya East Municipality...

Thief who drugged taxi driver and bolted with his car arrested

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a notorious car thief who reportedly gave a taxi driver concoction to fall asleep and bolted with his...

Crocodile spotted at Chiraa cemetery [Photos]

Residents of Chiraa in the Sunyani West Municipality of the Bono Region are living in fear after a crocodile was spotted at their community...

Central Regional Minister vows to deal with traffic congestion at Mankessim

Central Regional Minister, Justina Marigold Assan, has expressed worry about the traffic congestion at Mankessim and how it’s affecting businesses in the region.According to...

GWCL completes repairs on Weija plant

Water is expected to flow through the taps from tomorrow to residents of parts of Accra affected by repair works on the Weija Water...

ECOWAS Summit: Akufo-Addo calls for durable solutions to Guinea crisis

President Nana Akufo-Addo has called on member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to agree on a durable solution to...

Woman survives, 2-year-old daughter dies after slipping on footbridge

A two-year-old girl has died after she and her mother slipped off a footbridge into a stream at New Nyamebekyere near Kunka in the...

Journalist enstooled chief of Anum-Asamankese

The chiefs and people of Anum-Asamankese Traditional Area, have enstooled Samuel Osei Agyei as their Asomkahene at a colourful ceremony held at the Anum...

Man crashes Ferrari he rented to impress his friends [Video]

A young Ghanaian man has incurred massive repair cost on himself after he crashed a plush Ferrari car he is reported to have rented...

Meet the woman who lost her forehead in car crash

A woman, who lost her forehead when her knees slammed into her face in a car crash, has finally finished her reconstructive surgery 14...

COVID-19: GHS to roll out Moderna vaccine next week

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has disclosed that it will soon begin administering the 1.2 million Moderna Covid-19 vaccines it received from the United...

Akufo-Addo, Mahama meet in Koforidua

President Nana Akufo-Addo and former President John Dramani Mahama over the weekend met in Koforidua.The two leaders were in the Eastern Regional capital to...

Seven-year-old boy needs GHS 10,000 to undergo tumour surgery

A seven-year-old boy, Ali Nbaipare, from the Oti Region, is in dire need of GHS 10,000 to enable him to undergo tumour surgery.Ali and...

Sunyani: S3x workers allegedly murder man for failing to pay for services

A man, believed to be in his 30s, has allegedly been murdered by persons suspected to be commercial sex workers at Sunyani-Newtown.The man, who...

Asante Akyem Agogo traditional council bans expensive funerals

The Asante Akyem Agogo Traditional Council has introduced comprehensive measures to curb expensive funerals in the area.Among the measures is a ban on the...

Professor Samuel Kwaku Bonsu is the new rector of GIMPA

A colourful event has been held at the Greenhill Campus of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) to swear in Professor...

Western Regional Minister reacts to funeral contribution allegation

Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah, has rejected claims that District Assemblies in his region have been asked to contribute between ¢2,000 and...

My wife knows I have a ‘side chick’ – Odike

Businessman and Founder of the United People’s Party, Akwasi Addai Odike, says his wife knows he has a girlfriend and has no problem with...

Popular journalist’s father buried in cutlass-shaped coffin

Samuel Addo’s father, John Kwaku Addo, popularly known as Kyirem, a sports producer, has been buried in a cutlass-shaped coffin in a grand style.Akyirem...

Yaw Acheampong Boafo elected GBA national president

A private legal practitioner in the Ashanti Region, Yaw Acheampong Boafo, has been elected as the new national president of the Ghana Bar Association...

Achimota SHS names Rasta student Tyrone Marhguy as part of NSMQ squad

Rastafarian student, Tyrone Iras Marhguy, has reportedly been added to the list of students who will represent Achimota Senior High School (SHS) for the...

Armed police deployed to KNUST campus over planned disturbances

Armed police personnel have been deployed to the campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) after the Ashanti Regional Security...

‘Kristo Asafo’ pastor shot dead by unknown gunman

An unknown person has shot dead a retired pastor of the Kristo Asafo Church, Adu Gyamfi at Konongo in the Ashanti Region.The incident reportedly...

Cases of African Swine fever confirmed in Bono Region

The Bono Regional Director of the Veterinary Services, Dr Donald Joachim Darko, has confirmed that some seven farms have so far been affected with...

Tuesday, September 21, declared public holiday

The government has declared Tuesday, 21st September 2021, as a statutory public holiday.A statement, signed by Ambrose Dery, the Minister for Interior, says the...

MMDCEs appointment: Akufo-Addo to submit final list to Dan Botwe today

President Nana Akufo-Addo has finalised the list of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) who are to serve in his second term.The Minister of Local...

MMDCEs instructed to contribute GH¢49k towards father of Regional Minister’s funeral

The Western Regional Coordinating Council (WRCC), has directed Metropolitan, Municipal, District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to contribute GH¢ 49,000 by the close of Monday, September...

There is shortage of food; not food crisis – Minister [Audio]

The Deputy Minister for Agriculture has dismissed claims that the country is faced with a food crisis.Mr Yaw Frimpong Addo speaking on JoyNews on...

KNUST students ordered to leave campus by Saturday

The Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council has directed students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to vacate the school premises latest...