Lack of reliable data undermining social interventions in districts – Local Govt Ministry
The non-availability of data at the district level undermines the government’s efforts in achieving expectations in social interventions.According to the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation...
MTTD grabs driver who hit teacher and failed to attend to him
The Motor Traffic and Transport Directorate (MTTD), an agency under the Ghana Police Service, has grabbed a private driver who reportedly ran into a...
Bus crashes 2-year-old boy to death
A coaster bus has crushed a two-year-old child to death at Sehwi Aboanidua in the Sehwi Wiawso Municipality of the Western North Region.The bus...
Probe rosewood cartel – Jinapor charges NIB
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Samuel Abu Jinapor, has asked the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) to conduct a full-scale investigation into...
W/N: 1000 girls to be trained with basic ICT skills
The Minister for Communications and Digitisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has disclosed that the 2021 Girls in ICT initiative will be held in the Western North...
Drama unfolds at PAC sitting in Sunyani
Drama unfolded at the sitting of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in Sunyani of the Bono Region last Monday.This was when a former Headmaster...
Thieves return Gh¢9,700 of Gh¢10K stolen money after spiritual summons from Volta Regional deity
Some people suspected to be armed robbers are said to have returned their booty to a shrine after their victim summoned sent a plea...
Check out what happened when Special Prosecutor met Attorney General
The Minister for Justice and Attorney General, Godfred Dame, has assured the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, of the independence of his office.Mr Dame gave...
Lady reveals how nannies rent out employer’s children to beggars
In this era of busy corporate parents, finding good people to take care of your children is becoming scarce as a new scam has...
Immigration service warns applicants against middlemen
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has warned applicants against paying monies to middlemen in the service with the hope of getting recruited.The warning comes...
Kejetia Market owes ECG 3.6 million cedis as 4 months bill
The impasse between traders and management at the Kejetia Market over payment of utilities has resulted in an accumulated debt of 3.6 million cedis...
School Feeding caterers angry over GH¢1.00 per child Feeding Grant [Audio]
JoyNews/AdomNews · School Feeding caterers sends strong warning to President over GH¢1.00 per childSome aggrieved caterers of the Ghana School Feeding Programme have sent...
Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem gets results as Oppong Nkrumah pays bills of girl, 8, detained at the hospital
Hope has been restored in the lives of eight-year-old Mariam Kasoum and her mother through the benevolence of Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah.Young Kasoum had...
Man slits his throat after killing wife
A man, who has only been identified as Kwabena, has butchered his wife at Assin Gyinabodie Koforidua in the Assin South District of the...
Lover cuts off girlfriend’s hand over alleged infidelity
A middle-aged man, Chibisi Irem, on Tuesday chopped off his girlfriend’s hand for allegedly dating another man in Ebonyi.The incident, it was gathered, took...
Multimedia Group, CEO sues Kennedy Agyapong, six others
The Multimedia Group is heading to court over false and defamatory statements made by the Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong.The MP...
Adeiso road crash kills one, injures pregnant woman and 18 others [Photos]
A car crash at Adeiso in the Eastern Region has led to the loss of life with 19 other people including a pregnant woman...
I birthed him at 10 months – Mother of ‘Volta Giant’ recounts
Mrs Comfort Agbafufu, the Mother of Charles Sogli, the tallest man in the Volta Region of Ghana, looks okay but walks with some difficulties.She...
After not being paid her salary for one year, this lady quit her job to become a Bolt driver
Gertrude Ankomah Boateng, affectionately called Odo Blaq, had worked for Equinox Debt Recovery outside of Accra for years doing office work.When the COVID-19 pandemic...
21-year-old remanded for allegedly raping girl at prayer camp
The Bibiani Magistrate Court has remanded a 21-year-old Sumaila Amidu for two weeks for allegedly raping an 18-year-old girl at Twelve Apostles New Jerusalem...
Six suspects arrested for robbery, murder
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested six suspects for murder and robbery in parts of the country.They were arrested through intelligence-led operation and...
Govt backs GNPC’s decision to acquire stakes in $1.6bn Aker-AGM deal
Energy Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, says government fully backs the decision by Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) to acquire 70% stake in the South...
Trader remanded for allegedly stealing gold
A 26-year-old trader has been remanded into Police custody by the Nkawie Circuit Court for allegedly stealing GH₵40,000.00 worth of gold at Kobeng, near...
Akufo-Addo fulfills pledge to fund surgery of conjoined twins
President Nana Akufo-Addo has fulfilled his pledge to fund the surgery to separate the twins conjoined at the head.This follows a campaign by JoyNews, led...
AR Fire Service adopts measures to reduce fires in markets
The Fire Service in Ashanti Region is adopting measures to reduce the turnaround time in firefighting within markets in the region.The measure is aimed...
Painter allegedly defiles 6-year-old girl at Sowutuom
A 45-year-old painter, John Arthur, is in the grips of the police after he allegedly defiled a six-year-old girl at Sowutuom in the Greater...
Health Centres in Ashanti Region benefit from safe disposal of vaccine vials
The fourth (4th) phase of the waste management of used Covid-19 vaccine vials is underway in the Ashanti Region.The six-day (August 31, 202 -...
Man butchers wife, commits suicide by hanging [Video]
A man believed to be in his late 40’s is alleged to have butchered his wife who is also believed to be in her...
Residents send strong warning to govt over Fulani herdsmen
Hundreds of Wusuta residents have given government and the Inspector-General of Police one week to call the illegal activities of Fulani herdsmen to order or...
GES detects ‘ghost names’ in ‘one teacher one laptop’ project list
The Ashanti Regional Ghana Education Service (GES) says it has detected ghost names on the one-teacher one laptop project list.Thie situation, according to management,...
R. Kelly trial: First male accuser testifies to sexual abuse
R. Kelly's sex trafficking trial entered its eighth day on Monday, with a male accuser testifying that the star promised him fame in exchange...
Director of Prisons pulled out
The Ghana Prisons Service (GPS) has organised a farewell ceremony for the immediate past Director of Prisons (DOP) in charge of Finance and Administration,...
3 suspects picked up over 13-year-old boy’s beheading
The Aveyime Divisional Police Command has picked up three suspects in connection with the beheading of a 13-year-old boy at Aflorkope Dove in the...
Germany to give Ghana 1.5 million AstraZeneca vaccines
The government will receive 1.5 million vaccines out of the 70 million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines granted to Africa by the German...
Tamale records second flood in 3 days; more residents displaced [Video]
Several homes in parts of Tamale have been inundated after heavy rainfall on Monday, August 30, 2021.The downpour lasted about three hours, affecting areas...
National Cathedral: I always pray for your forgiveness – Chairman of Board of Trustees to critics
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral, Apostle Opoku Onyinah, has expressed reservations about criticisms the construction has evoked.According to him,...
Managers of National Cathedral revealed
It has emerged that the Board of Trustees would manage the National Cathedral when completed by the expected February 2024 timeline.The Chairman, Apostle Opoku...
Chief Imam has shown the way – National Cathedral Trustees Chair to Christians
JoyNews/AdomNews · Chief Imam contribution to National Cathedral goodThe Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral is shocked at the donation...
Suhum-NPP clash: Man slashed in the head at funeral speaks
The 51-year-old Bernard Amoani, who was slashed in the head during a funeral in the Suhum Constituency of the Eastern Region, has recounted what...
Check out how much Ghana needs to complete National Cathedral
JoyNews/AdomNews · Checkout how much Ghana needs to complete National CathedralGhana needs about $250 million to complete the National Cathedral project, Chairman of the...