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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...

We confirmed training of teachers before releasing money to Education Ministry – World Bank

The World Bank says it verified that the Ministry of Education trained teachers before releasing funds under the Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcomes Project...

AMA prosecutes 115 persons for burning of waste, other sanitation offenses

A total of 115 persons have been prosecuted by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) for failing to comply with its 2017 Sanitation bye-laws between...

Effutu Municipal Assembly prevails on UEW Registrar to go on leave to maintain peace and order

The Effutu Municipal Assembling in the Central Region is prevailing on the registrar of the University of Education, Winneba, Paul Osei-Barima, to proceed on...

Foreign Ministry reacts to IGP, British High Commissioner’s impasse

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has reacted to the public diplomatic disagreements between British High Commissioner, Harriet Thompson, and the Inspector General...

I am going through very difficult times – Cwesi Oteng admits [Video]

Gospel musician Cwesi Oteng has admitted that the current state of the economy isn't favouring his pockets. The renowned singer has been captured on many...

I have regrets for supporting a political party publicly – Cwesi Oteng [Video]

Gospel musician Cwesi Oteng says he regrets declaring openly his love for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). The musician has on many occasions voiced...

Failed Juaben MCE nominee granted bail over election corruption

A Kumasi High Court has granted bail to NPP Chairman for Juaben constituency, Alexander Kwabena Sarfo-Kantanka, over election corruption. He pleaded not guilty to all...

SMT Ghana marks 10th Anniversary

SMT Ghana, the official distributor of Volvo Construction Equipment, Volvo Trucks, Volvo buses and Volvo Penta in Ghana has marked its 10th Anniversary with...

Police ‘stop’ Barker-Vormawor, 3 others’ armed demo

The Ghana Police Service says some four persons including #FixTheCountry convenor, Oliver Barker-Vormawor cannot hold an intended demonstration. The others; Okatakyie Afrifa Mensah, Captain...

Govt poised to transform new regions with ICT – Ursula Owusu

The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, says the incumbent government is poised to use ICT to transform the newly created regions. Speaking...

Girls in ICT: 12-year-old Juliet Delali emerged winner in Ahafo Region

A 12-year-old Juliet Delali, a pupil from the Sankore D/A Junior High School, has been adjudged winner at the just ended Girls in ICT...

Nduom sues Republic Press for ¢1m over ‘false’ GN Bank story

The Chairman and President of Groupe Nduom, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has sued the Republic Press over a news story published in its Monday,...

320 recovered Pantang patients reintegrate with families

About 320 patients who have fully recovered at the Pantang Hospital since 2016 have reconnected with their families. The cured patients, who were still...

ECG recoups GH¢1.5 million from customers

The Volta Region Revenue Taskforce of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), in a clampdown exercise, has recouped more than GH¢1.5 million to the...

Driver who crashed 3 siblings to death at Ejisu remanded

The Ejisu District Court on Tuesday remanded the driver who crashed three siblings to death at Ejisu-Besease in the Ashanti Region on Sunday. Thirty-year-old Justice...

Wa Naa reacts to flogging of ‘hook up’ at Palace forecourt

The Wa Naa has distanced his Palace from the public flogging of a girl and boy at the forecourt of the Palace on Tuesday...

Sister of siblings who were crashed to death by speeding car wants accused driver freed

A sister of victims of last Sunday’s accident in which three people were crushed to death at Ejisu-Besease wants the accused driver freed. Rabiatu Mohammed...

Police invite sub-chiefs over flogging of lovers in leaked sex video

Police in the Upper West Region say they have invited some chiefs at the Wa Naa palace to their office over the flogging of...

Wontumi’s contender hit with sad news

A former Afigya Kwabre South New Patriotic Party (NPP) chairman, Kwaku Odeneho Appiah, is heartbroken over the death of a beloved. COKA, as he...

Police stop drivers’ naked demo

The Ghana Police Service has secured an injunction from an Accra High Court to prevent the Concerned Drivers Association from embarking on a naked...

British High Commissioner replies Dampare over his 15 questions

The British High Commissioner has reacted to Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr Akuffo Dampare’s response to her tweet about the arrest of FixTheCountry’s Oliver Barker-Vormawor. Speaking in an...

Wa: ‘Hook-up’ girl flogged publicly at Wa Naa’s Palace forecourt [Video]

A girl, who allegedly admitted she was a commercial sex worker in a video shared on social media, has been picked up by some residents...

470 lifeguards pass out to save lives on the Volta Lake [Photos]

A total of 470 trained lifeguards have passed out at the Eastern Naval Base in Tema New Town of the Greater Accra Region. The...

Ghana is a concert country – Barker-Vormawor on Dampare’s reply to British High Commissioner

The lead convener of the #FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has described Ghana as a “concert country”. His comment is in relation to the Inspector-General of...

Catholic Church mourns after being hit with sad news

The Catholic Church has announced the death of Archbishop Emeritus of the Tamale Archdiocese, Most Rev. Gregory E. Kpiebaya. He is said to have died...

Sammy Gyamfi fires IGP over response to British High Commissioner

The National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has chided the Inspector-General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, for...

Drama in court as murder suspect tries to escape

A murder suspect, Kwabena Sampana, standing trial at the Wamfie Magistrate Court in the Dormaa East District of Bono Region, was on Friday recaptured...