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Ghana Meteo warns of heavy rain, thunderstorm

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has warned of thundery showers of varying intensities in some parts of Ghana. The areas along the Coast, Middle and...

You goofed – Kwesi Pratt tells #Fixthecountry Movement

The Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, is noted for being part of many street protests in Ghana and touted as...

Dela Coffie reacts to arrest warrant

Political activist, Dela Coffie, has expressed readiness to submit himself to any query of law enforcement agencies as he has nothing to hide. According to...

Ashanti Region NPP Conference was for auction not election – Defeated Chairman-aspirant

One of the defeated aspirants for chairmanship position for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region, Kofi Adum Bawuah, has said their...

Bimbilla hospital cancels scheduled surgeries

The disconnection of water to the Bimbilla Hospital over a GH¢220,000 debt has led to elective surgeries being cancelled, according to the facility’s management....

Ministry of Transport to introduce electric, gas powered buses

The Ministry of Transport has said it is working assiduously to introduce the first-ever electric and gas-powered buses for public transport in the country. Mr....

NDC’s Dela Coffie declared wanted

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has declared wanted National Democratic Congress (NDC) activist, Dela Coffie. This was announced in a statement issued on...

May God have mercy on your soul as I sentence you to death – Judge to spiritualist who killed wife, daughter to pacify idols

A presiding judge at the Bolgatanga High Court has sentenced Mbawona Tindana, a self-styled spiritualist, to death for killing his wife and daughter to...

Police chief featured in ‘Cash for Justice’ investigation promoted

A police commander who rejected a bribe from some bail negotiators and suffered persecution after he criticised a senior state attorney for reportedly taking...

Parliament summons Lands Minister

The Lands and Forestry Committee of Parliament has summoned the sector Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor, over the return of state lands to some families and...

Govt releases  GH¢25m National Cathedral seed money

Government, through the Finance Ministry, has granted the release of GH¢25 million to the National Cathedral Secretariat as additional seed money for the project....

Dreaded Nogokpo deity also has a court that adjudicates cases brought before it

Amuzu Agbodzalu Williams the Head of ‘Nogokpo shrine’ says Nogokpo has a Court with a nine-member panel that sits on matters every Saturday to...

Public University Workers detach from TEWU-TUC

Workers at public universities across Ghana have announced their detachment from the national union, the Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) of the Trades...

Irate Wa youth besiege police station over arrest of suspects in flogging incident

Some angry youth in Wa of the Upper West Region besieged the regional police command to demand the release of three persons arrested in...

2023 AFCONQ: Ghanaians react as Black Stars thrash Madagascar

Some Ghanaians on social media have heaped praise on Black Stars following their comfortable victory against Madagascar on Wednesday night. Otto Addo's men got the 2023 Africa...

Wa sex video: Amnesty International calls for prosecution of those who flogged victims

Amnesty International Ghana has called for sanctions against persons involved in the flogging of two persons in the Upper West Region over a leaked...

Spiritualist sentenced to death over murder of wife, daughter

The Bolgatanga High Court has sentenced a 38-year old traditional spiritualist, Mbawona Tindana, for killing his wife and daughter and sacrificing them to his...

Achiaman residents to protest over bad roads

Hundreds of residents of Achiaman Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra region, would hit the streets to protest the deplorable state of the...

Tears as 17-year-old boy killed by lightning is buried

The body of the 17-year-old who was killed by lightning in Ho on Monday has been removed for burial by family members. Superstitious beliefs...

Gov’t to cut sod for 32 TVET centres to boost industrialisation

The government is set to cut sod for the first phase of the construction of 32 state-of-the-art Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)...

Flogging of lovers at Wa: 25 persons arrested for attempting to release 3 suspects from police custody

The Ghana Police Service has arrested 25 persons for disrupting peace and destroying property at Wa, following the arrest of some suspects in connection...

Alexander Obeng replaced as Director of Police Public Affairs Directorate

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), George Akuffo Dampare, has appointed Chief Supt. Grace Ansah-Akrofi (MS.) as the new Director of Public Affairs Directorate. She replaces...

DPP presents evidence in treason felony case against Oliver Barker-Vormawor

Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Yvonne Attakora Obuobisa, has on behalf of the Attorney-General, filed a summary of evidence the state intends to rely...

Source of ‘Dampare’s letter to British High Commissioner revealed [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Source of ‘Dampare’s letter to British High Commissioner revealed Ghanaians have been divided over IGP, George Akuffo-Dampare’s response to a tweet by the...

Wa flogging incident: 25 arrested for rioting at police station

Police in Wa have arrested 25 persons over a forceful attempt to release three persons arrested in the flogging of two lovers in a...

Mobile phone thief nearly lynched at Kasoa

A 32-year-old mobile phone thief narrowly escaped lynching for attacking a woman in broad daylight at Kasoa Ota city in the Central Region. Prince Adaka...

Two young brothers killed in building collapse found hugging in rubble

The bodies of two brothers hugging each other have been pulled from the rubble after they were killed in an Iranian building collapse that has now...

NPP Youth Organiser hopeful found dead along Kete-Krachi river

A 33-year-old Business Management teacher at Kete-Krachi Senior High Technical School in the Krachi West Municipality of the Oti Region has been found dead...

Special Prosecutor freezes all assets of Sir John

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has frozen all assets of the late Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie,...

Child tied in jute bag, dumped in a bush rescued

The New Edubiase police in the Adansi South District of the Ashanti region are investigating a case of a child tied in a jute...

30 pupils involved in accident at Oyoko [Video]

https://youtu.be/DXg5Jt8U4MY About 30 pupils of the Pentecost Preparatory School in Koforidua in the Eastern Region have been involved in an accident at Oyoko in the...

Land guards attack chiefs and ‘squeeze’ testicles [Video]

About 10 machete-wielding land guards have attacked and beaten to pulp the chief of  Awutu Oshimpo, Nai Kofi Okyere. The Ankobeahene of Awutu Traditional...

Wa flogging of lovers: Legal practitioner says their rights have been infringed upon and can sue

Private legal practitioner, Felix Ntoso, says two lovers who were flogged at the Wa Naa’s Palace have every right to sue the perpetrators of...

Wa: Three arrested for flogging lovers over leaked sex tape

The Police in the Upper West Region have arrested three persons in connection with the flogging of the lovers who filmed their sexual act. The...

Mahama is a better leader than Akufo-Addo – Haruna Attah

A former High Commissioner to Namibia and Botswana has described former President John Mahama, as a better leader who steered the affairs of the...

Stop meddling in our affairs – Prof Aning to diplomats

JoyNews/AdomNews · Give Us The Space To Operate - Prof Aning To Diplomats Director of the Faculty of Academic Affairs & Research at the Kofi...

Special Prosecutor cash-strapped

Nine months after Kissi Agyabeng was sworn into office as the Special Prosecutor, his office does not have a Governing Board. Mr. Agyebeng took Office...

AFFA condemns organisers of armed demo

The Alliance For Footsoldiers Advocacy (AFFA) has condemned an armed demonstration which was scheduled for June 4, 2022. In a statement, AFFA said it...

I ordered flogging of lovers in leaked sex tape – Wa Naa

After denying knowledge of flogging two persons, barely 24 hours ago, Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV, the Overlord of the Waala Traditional Council has...

We’ll petition Cabinet every Monday over 2022 Conduct of Public Officers Bill – OccupyGhana

One of the leading members of policy think tank, OccupyGhana, has vouchsafed that they will be petitioning Cabinet every Monday until it approves the...