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Akufo-Addo to tour Oti and Volta Regions from September 9

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo would begin a two-day working visit to the Oti and Volta Regions beginning Thursday, September 9, 2021.Mr Seidu Musah,...

COVID-19: 3 men in quarantine fined for assaulting doctor

Three patients have been fined for attacking a medical doctor at a Covid-19 isolation centre at M-Plaza Hotel in Accra.The doctor was attacked after...

Security man recounts strange things he has witnessed in a popular cemetery in Kumasi [Video]

A security man in one of the popular public cemeteries in Kumasi, Mr Yeboah, has recounted strange things he has witnessed after he took...

Final year SHS student stabbed to death over Iphone

The Police at Bekwai in the Ashanti Region have launched investigations into circumstances leading to the stabbing to death of a final year student...

Akufo-Addo cuts sod for 67km Agona-Tarkwa road

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Saturday, 4th September 2021, as part of his two-day tour of the Western Region,...

Man reports abandoned cash he found behind his house to police

A 55-years-old Yaw Baah, a resident at Techiman, woke up to find a heap of torn Ghana cedis notes behind his window.The man, worried...

This is how much each teacher will pay under the ‘one laptop’ policy

It has emerged that each teacher will pay GHS 547 as the 30% cost under the government’s one-teacher one laptop policy while the State...

Pregnant woman rescued as man inflicts cutlass wounds on two

A man believed to be in his early 20’s has inflicted cutlass wounds on two people at Gomoa Lome in the Gomoa West District...

Family launches search for missing mother-of-three

The Amoah Darko family have launched a search for one of their relations who went missing on August 30, 2021.Nothing has been heard from...

CETSED partners Breast Care Int’l for Driver and Breast Cancer 2021 Project

The Centre for Transport Security Dialogue (CETSED) has partnered with Breast Care International (BCI) for the 2021 driver and breast cancer project.The project seeks...

Ghana Railway Company warns rail track thieves

The Ghana Railway Company Limited has issued a stern warning to persons who steal railway tracks and other properties belonging to the company.The company,...

Family banishes man, 32, from home over homos3xuality

A 32-year-old man is on run for his dear life after he was disowned by his family for being gay (Homosexual).The whereabouts of Kamal...

More details emerge as Police probe killing of SHS student

The police at Bekwai in the Ashanti region have launched investigations into the stabbing to death of a final year student of Oppong Memorial...

GWCL to cut water supply to parts of Accra

The western part of the Greater Accra Region will from September 13, 2021, experience an interruption in water supply.This, according to the Ghana Water...

SHS student stabbed to death by JHS pupil

A final year male student of Oppong Memorial Senior High School (SHS) at Kokofu near Bekwai in the Ashanti Region has allegedly been stabbed...

Police impound 17 vehicles on Tema- Shai-hills Highway [Photos]

The Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service has impounded 17 vehicles on the Tema-Afariwa-Shai hills- Akosombo stretch (N2) Highway.This...

Man found dead in a gutter [Photo]

An unidentified man has been found dead in a gutter at the main Manaam junction in Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region.The...

Kweku Baako hit with sad news again!

The younger brother of ace journalist, Abdul-Malik Kweku Baako, has passed on to eternity. He died on Sunday.The death of Francis Kwame Nkrumah Baako...

JHS 2 pupil drowns in River Merekwe at Obuasi

A Junior High School (JHS) 2 pupil of the Anglican Basic School has drowned in the Merekwe River at Obuasi.The 16-year-old Sekinatu Mohammed is...

Churches to observe National Cathedral week – Chairman of Board of Trustees [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Churches to dedicate 1 week yearly for prayers and special offerings towards projectThe Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National...

Sad moment as police constable killed by lover is laid to rest

It was a sad moment for family and friends when they laid Police Constable Sandra Asiedu, who was allegedly killed by her lover, to...

Meteo releases weather forecast for tomorrow; check it out

The Ghana Meteorological Agency has released the weather forecast for tonight and Monday morning.The Agency is announcing that clouds, heavy rains and thunderstorm will...

Police arrest two over sale of unwholesome rotten chicken

Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in the sale of unwholesome rotten chicken, Citi News reports.According to...

3 persons on motorbike crushed to death at Asuboi

A long vehicle truck has crushed three persons on a motorbike to death at Asuboi, a Community along the Accra to Kumasi Highway.The accident...

Roads Minister hints of redesigning Tamale roads

The Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amoako-Atta, has hinted at redesigning roads in the Tamale Township after assessing damage caused by recent heavy...

Three die in fatal accident on Kumasi highway

Three persons are reported dead in a fatal accident on the Kumasi highway while several others have sustained serious injuries.A National Security Officer, Francis...

Gyampo takes on Presby Moderator over Agenda 111

A lecturer at the University of Ghana Political Science Department, Prof Ransford Gyampo, has expressed worry over the use of Christianity by some leading...

Bird disrupts KLM flight at KIA [Read]

The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) says KLM Royal Dutch Airline will reschedule its aborted flight to Amsterdam as soon as possible.This is contained...

Police arrest suspected narcotics dealer [Photos]

A team of Special Weapon And Tactics (SWAT) officers from the National Headquarters Operations, upon a tip-off, has arrested one Samuel Asante at the...

Car thief offers poisoned drink to taxi driver, rushes him to hospital

The Eastern Regional Police Command has arrested a suspected car snatcher who allegedly spiked a drink for a taxi driver and sent him to...

Upper West Floods: 86-year-old widow rendered homeless [Photos]

The heavy downpour that caused havoc to road network and farmlands in the Upper West Region three weeks ago, has rendered an 86-year-old woman...

Presidential travels: It will be in the interest of govt to bring alternative figures – Nana Akomea

Managing Director of Inter-City STC Coaches Ltd, Nana Akomea has urged the government to come out and clarify controversies surrounding the presidential travels.According...

Mahama’s aide charges A-G to prosecute men who impregnate teenage girls

Special aide to former President John Dramani Mahama has charged the Attorney-General to lead a campaign against teenage pregnancy.Speaking on the Super Morning Show,...

Covid-19 protocols: Defiants made to clean site for Ablekuma District Hospital

Persons seen without face masks and littering in Agbogbloshie in Accra were made to clean gutters on Friday, September 3, 2021.Motorcyclists without helmets were...

Man nabbed with sacks of suspected Indian Hemp

A team of Special Weapon And Tactics (SWAT) officers from the National Headquarters Operations has nabbed a suspected drug dealer in his home.Samuel Asante...

More details emerge as family announces burial of murdered gym instructor

More details of gym instructor who was shot dead has been released as his family announces his burial preparations.Stephen Akowua, popularly known as Little...

GNPC Bribery Scandal: Apologise or meet me in court – Haruna Iddrisu to The Herald

The Leader of the Minority Caucus in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu has called on The Herald newspaper to retract and apologise for a story it...

COVID-19: Ghana’s active cases drop

Ghana has recorded a drop in active cases of the dreaded COVID-19 virus.Some 112,460 persons have also recovered and have been discharged, bringing the...

Boy, 9, tied in sack escapes from kidnappers

Police are on a manhunt for the alleged kidnappers of a 9-year-old boy, Philip Ametepey at Kasoa Transformer in the Awutu Senya East...

Radiation from Microwave Ovens ‘not harmful’ – GAEC

Research Scientists at the Radiation Protection Institutes (RPI) of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) have dismissed fears about the health risks of Microwave...