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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...

Okomfo Yaw Atia unveiled at Kwahu Obomeng [Photos]

The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Arts is being urged to partner with tourism firms in identifying and documenting some untold stories in ancient...

Meet the new SRC President for Ghana School of Law

The Ghana School of Law has elected Odupong Agyapong Atta-Agyapong as the new President of the school’s Student Representative Council (SRC). Following his victory, he...

IGP Dampare’s 15 thought-provoking questions to British High Commissioner

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has posed thought-provoking questions to the British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson. This is in...

Sister of siblings crashed to death at Ejisu makes shocking revelation after collapse

A sister of two siblings who were crashed to death by a speeding car at Ejisu-Besease collapsed upon hearing news of her brothers’ death. Rabiatu...

2 suspects arrested with weapons at Banda Nkwanta, 2 others on the run

Police at Banda Nkwanta in the Bole District of the Savannah Region have arrested and detained two suspects, one of who is a female,...

ICT has more career paths  –  Deputy Communications Minister to Ahafo girls

The Deputy Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Ama Pomaah Boateng, has charged basic school pupils to pursue ICT for global positioning. Speaking at the mentorship...

Exclusive: Akufo-Addo’s 19 ministers who never declared their assets

At the peak of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s first term, he had sworn in more than 126 ministers and deputy ministers. Some of...

‘Asukodo’: The Adom FM/TV all-new documentaries uncovering untold stories

There are a number of social, political, religious and economic issues, as well as hidden graft, that have bedeviled this Ghana and are thwarting...

Body of boy killed by lightning abandoned over fear of ‘thunder god’

The body of the 17-year-old boy Emmanuel Torli, who died following a lightning incident in Ho, has been abandoned several hours after the incident. The...

Driver dead, 2 in critical condition after accident on Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway [Photos]

The driver of a cement trailer died on the spot with his mate and another in critical condition after an accident at Gomoa Assin...

GHS speaks on reports of Monkeypox in Central Region

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has debunked claims of two confirmed cases of Monkeypox in the Central Region, saying it is untrue and should...

There is no upsurge in crime; we’re in control – Police assure

The Ghana Police Service has assured it is on top of the security situation in the country and there is no upsurge in crime. The...

Beyi W’ano: COCOBOD sets records straight on Assin Wurakese Cocoa Research Institute

Ghana Cocoa Board has set the records straight on the current state of the Cocoa Research Institute at Assin Wurakese in the Central Region. It...

AMA fumigates Kaneshie Polyclinic after floods [Photos]

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly  (AMA) has carried out emergency disinfection and anti-snake fumigation at the  Kaneshie Polyclinic in Accra. The Public Health Department of...

Sir John’s alleged Will being exaggerated – NPP Chairman

National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay, has expressed dissatisfaction over the public outcry the Will of late former Chief Executive...

Lightning strikes 17-year-old boy to death

A 17-year-old boy has met his untimely death at Bankoe, a suburb of Ho in the Volta Region after he was allegedly struck by...

Education Minister visits Sakafia Islamic Senior High School

Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has paid an unannounced visit to Sakafia Islamic Senior High School, located at Asokore Mampong. This is the second...

21-year-old mother in police grips for dumping day-old baby in toilet

The Jasikan Police have arrested a 21-year-old woman for allegedly dumping her day-old baby in a pit toilet. She was arrested alongside an elderly...

NABCO trainees to hit the streets over unpaid allowances

The Coalition of NABCO Trainees has threatened to embark on a demonstration on June 10, over unpaid allowances. The Coalition said the economic situation of...

Pressure group bares teeth at govt over Achimota Forest land

Pressure group OneGhana Movement has called for the immediate cessation of all processes intended to transfer portions of the State's interests in the Achimota...

Popular female presenter passes on

Popular Takoradi-based female presenter, Naa Ayorkor, has passed on. She reportedly died Monday morning, May 30, 2022, after a short illness. Naa was a popular broadcaster...

Govt releases over 400 acres of state lands to Asantehene

Government has releaseda portion of state lands at the Ridge Residential Area in Kumasi to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. According to the Ashanti Regional Coordinating...

21-year-old mother arrested for dumping day-old baby in pit toilet

The Jasikan Police have arrested a 21-year-old woman for allegedly dumping her day-old baby in a pit toilet. She was arrested alongside an elderly woman,...

SHS student killed by thunder in Ho

Thunder has struck and killed a 17-year-old male student of the Sokode Senior High School in the Volta Region. The incident which happened near the...

500 life guards deployed to protect lives on Volta Lake

A total of 500 trained life guards passed out at the Eastern Naval Base in Tema New Town. The trained life guards, drawn from about...

Two suspects arrested with weapons at Banda Nkwanta, two others on the run

Police at Banda Nkwanta in the Bole District of the Savannah Region have arrested and detained two suspects, including a female while two others, both...

Sad moment as 3 siblings crashed to death at Ejisu are laid to rest [Photos]

All three siblings, who were crashed to death by a speeding car at Ejisu-Besease in the Ashanti region, have been laid to rest. Hamidu Mohammed,...

Ghana Bar Association places ¢20k bounty on lawyer’s killers

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has placed a GH¢20,000 bounty on the heads of armed robbers who killed a private legal practitioner, Richard Badombia on...

Adwoa Safo gives good news about her son

Kelvin Ohene Safo-Agyapong, son of Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament (MP), Sarah Adwoa Safo has once again made his mother proud. Kelvin, according to his mother, has...

Death toll in Ejisu accident reaches 3

One more person has died in an accident which claimed the lives of two siblings at Ejisu-Besease in the Ashanti region. The third victim is...

Lawyer’s murder: 3 suspects arrested

Three suspects, including Benin and Mali nationals have been arrested by the Savannah Regional Police Patrol team in connection with the murder of an...

Aburi Gardens, other tourist sites undergo renovation

The government has announced a lot of tourist centres in the country are undergoing major renovation works. Notably among them are the Aburi Botanical...

Man stabs friend to death over girlfriend

A 32-year-old Dominic Kwame Ofori, popularly known as Koliko, has been fatally stabbed in a fight over a woman at Akyem Achiase of the...

Brother of murdered lawyer shares harrowing details [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · ‘Blood was just gushing out’ – Brother of murdered lawyer gives full details Fresh details involving the murder of an Accra-based lawyer, Richard...

Chief of Staff sends SOS message to PURC

The Chief of Staff has urged the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) to actively engage all stakeholders before announcing new utility tariffs. Madam Frema Osei-Opare...

3 including UCC security man killed in Cape Coast flood

Three persons have been washed away by flood at Kwaprow, a suburb of Cape Coast in the Central Region, after heavy rains on Friday...

Gunshot wound exposes runaway armed robber

Police in the Effiduase District of the Ashanti Region have arrested a 27-year-old armed robbery suspect who fled after being shot during an operation.Darlington...

Govt releases GH¢50 million to NHIS

The government has released an amount of GH¢50 million to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Nsawam-Adoayiri Member of Parliament (MP), Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has...

Remove luxury tax component on sanitary pads – Govt told

The Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Network, – a civil society organisation in the Upper East Region, has urged the government to...