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Obuasi: Groups petition Akufo-Addo, Otumfuo over illegal miners’ invasion of Anglogold Ashanti’s concessions

There have been growing concerns on the part of residents of Obuasi and officials of AngloGold Ashanti on the impact of recent invasion of...

Beyi W’ano: 250 Ghanaian students on govt scholarships stranded in Morocco share ordeal

Some 250 Ghanaian students on government scholarships in Morocco have been rendered homeless over delay in the release of their stipend. The stipend between $250...

ECG to pursue people responsible for destroying transformer

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced its commitment to finding the persons responsible for the destruction of some of its transformers serving...

KNUST to revoke certificates of alumni involved in riot

The management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says it is taking steps to revoke the certificates of alumni who...

Famer in police grips for selling daughter for GHS 20k

The Agona Swedru Police Command in the Central Region is holding a 35-year-old farmer after bargaining to sell off his two-year-old daughter for an...

Akufo-Addo begins 4-day tour of Upper West and Savannah Regions

President Nana Akufo-Addo will from today begin a four-day working visit to the Upper West and Savanna regions. He will, on this tour, commission completed...

Education Ministry takes delivery of textbooks tomorrow

The Ministry of Education will take delivery of 3,742,624 textbooks from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) tomorrow. In all, 11,135 schools under...

SHS student battles stroke after allegedly being beaten by teacher

A 21-year-old student of Assin Manso Senior High School (SHS), popularly known as Great AMASS, Janet Halm, is battling for her life after being...

Education Ministry gives final demand notice to TANIT Limited

The Education Ministry has sent a final notice to an information technology company, TANIT Ltd, demanding a refund of an amount of GH₵859,115.46. According to...

We’re not going to allow any terrorist implantation in Ghana – Akufo-Addo vows

President Nana Akufo-Addo has called for cooperation between security forces in the country and the civilian population to help ward off terrorists and their...

I did not deserve ex-gratia – Togbe Afede XIV

The Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV, has reiterated that he returned the ex gratia paid him as a Council of State...

Former IGP Odartey Lamptey laid to rest

The Ghana Police Service on Friday, August 19, 2022, laid to rest a beloved former Inspector-General of Police, Charles Odartey Lamptey (Rtd.). Present at the...

Irate Barekese youth chase chief with stones

There was mayhem in the early hours of Sunday, August 21, at Barekese in the Ashanti Region as irate youth of the area allegedly...

Mahama, Asiedu Nketia, NDC executives throng Tamale for Alhaji Mobila’s funeral

The final funeral rites of the late Northern Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Ibrahim Mobila, has been held in his...

Four injured in clash at Kasoa

A clash between some yet-to-be-identified persons has left four people seriously injured at Awutu Papaase number 2 near Kasoa in the Awutu Senya West...

Photos: Mahama supports Kumasi Sofoline Mosque Project with GH¢110,000 cash donation

Former President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday, August 20, 2022, visited the Kumasi Sofoline Mosque and made a cash donation of GH¢110,000.00 to the...

3 granted GH₵60,000 bail for illegal connection

Three unemployed young men have been granted a bail of GH₵20,000 with one surety each by an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly engaging in...

50-year-old woman slashes man in alleged failed rape attempt

A 50-year-old woman at Mframaso in the Wenchi Municipality has slashed a rapist in an alleged failed rape attempt. It took Cecilia Peprah the strength...

Soldiers strip of musician’s military outfit in public

Some military men have stripped an upcoming Ghanaian musician, Theo Versace, of the military fatigues he was wearing.The army men were seen in a...

I saved GH¢12,000 in five years to travel to Libya; I regret it – Italy-based Ghanaian

Italy-based Ghanaian, Francis Yankey, has revealed that he saved GH¢12,000 to fund his trip to Libya to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.Francis told...

Man who allegedly killed wife over condom argument remanded

The 57-year-old man, Gideon Tetteh, who allegedly killed his wife at Mankomeda in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region, has been...

My ex left me for another woman after choosing to be deported from Italy with him – UK-based Ghanaian

Manchester-based Ghanaian, Dora Mensah, has disclosed that her ex-boyfriend eventually left her after years of staying together and offering to be deported from Italy...

Fire destroys over 40 wooden structures at La

A raging inferno has destroyed over 40 wooden structures at Kojo Sardine Bridge, La in Accra. The content of the structures worth several thousands of...

Wife of late Ghanaian taxi driver killed in US painfully calls for justice

The wife of Kutin Gyimah, a Ghanaian taxi driver, who was attacked and killed after an altercation with fare-evading passengers in New York on...

Four land guards arrested at Okanta

Four land guards, including a machine operator, have been arrested by the Okyeman Land Protection Force with the support of some residents of Okanta...

It is not our intent to train criminals – Owass Headmaster

Headmaster of Opoku Ware Secondary School in Kumasi, Rev Fr. Stephen Owusu Sekyere, has described as unfortunate, the robbery incident involving some students of...

I sleep with married women for money – ‘Hookup’ man reveals

A young Ghanaian man has confessed to earning a living by sleeping with women he meets online. He admitted he makes more money getting paid...

Irate youth descend on Fulani herdsmen, kill several cattle 

The irate youth of Adoe, a farming community in the Sunyani West Municipality of the Bono Region, has descended on Fulani herdsmen in the...

Katanga-Conti clash: KNUST constitutes fact-finding committee to investigate clash

The Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says it has constituted a fact-finding committee to establish the cause of...

Katanga-Conti clash: KNUST Management to give CCTV footage to police

JoyNews/AdomNews · KNUST Management to give CCTV footage to police The Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says it is...

ECG transformer in flames after power was restored to Somanya

At exactly 5:00pm on Friday, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) restored power supply to Somanya and its environs. This comes after weeks of the...

Latest on Abesim murder case

The Police have received advice on the case docket of Richard Appiah, the suspect who allegedly murdered two minors at Abesim in the Bono...

Driver fined for dangerous driving

The Ofaakor Circuit Court has sentenced a driver, Daniel Amo Korankye, to a fine of GHC3,000 for driving dangerously on the Winneba-Kasoa Highway. The convict...

Driver flees after crashing Immigration Officer to death

An Immigration Officer, identified as ICO Mark Adaako, has reportedly been crashed to death. This was after he was run over by an articulated truck...

I applied for Director of Ghana School of Law position – Yaw Oppong reveals

JoyNews/AdomNews · Yaw Oppong on Ghana Law School appointment Private legal practitioner, Yaw D. Oppong, has revealed he applied to be Director of Legal Education...

I wish I was a Ghanaian instead of Dutch – Lady confesses

Dutch-born in Ghana, Marli Van Iwaarden, has stated that she wished her mum had chosen for her to be a Ghanaian and not a...

Forestry Commission destroys 5 hectares of illegal farms

The Juaboso-Bia forest district has destroyed five hectares of illegal plantain farms in the Krokosue Hill forest reserve. This forms part of their actions...

Conti-Kantanga clash: KNUST suspends all public gatherings

Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has directed the suspension of all public gatherings on campus. It includes the ongoing...

Law School won’t prevent any qualified student – Yaw Oppong

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ghana Law School will admit all qualified students Director of Legal Education at the Ghana School of Law has said their wish is...

Herdsman, 18, jailed for issuing threat of harm

The Bole District Magistrate Court, presided over by His Worship Edward Essel, has sentenced an 18-year-old herdsman for attempted fraud and threat of harm. Inusah...