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John Mensah Sarbah’s bust still missing at UG

The bust of John Mensah Sarbah has not been found a week after it was vandalised and stolen during a clash between students affiliated...

Transport operators in Takoradi angry

Joint Transport Operators in Takoradi, led by Metro Mass Transit Limited, have accused the Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah, of abusing his...

Jealous boyfriend allegedly inflicts cutlass wounds on co-worker over chop money

A road construction labourer is currently in critical condition at the Our Lady of Grace Hospital at Breman Asikuma after a co-worker inflicted cutlass...

Farmer chops off his scrotum while asleep

A farmer at Assin Akomfode in the Central Region is in critical condition after accidentally chopping off his scrotum while asleep. According to the farmer,...

IGP aims to reduce police response time to 10 minutes

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, is attempting to bring down the average police response time to ten minutes. This commitment...

Qualified family members to replace police officers who die in line of duty – IGP

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare has revealed that officers who die in line of duty will be replaced by qualified...

Railway Workers Union threatens to seize Accra to Tema route from August 22

The Railway Workers Union has threatened to seize running the Accra to Tema and Takoradi to Tema routes from Monday 22nd August, 2022, if...

Prepaid meters in Lower Manya Krobo MP’s house missing

JoyNews/AdomNews · I had 250 worth of credit on my prepaid meter - Lower Manya Krobo MP Prepaid meters installed at the residence of the...

Economic problems could trigger unrest if… – Nunoo-Mensah

A former Chief of Defence Staff has warned that riots may break out in Ghana if immediate action is not taken to address the...

Mother burns 4-year-old daughter in hot water over missing sandals

A four-year-old girl is in critical condition after her mum dipped her in hot water for misplacing a new pair of sandals she bought....

Krobo ‘dumsor’: Odumase residents charge phones in mortuary [Video]

https://youtu.be/HYTRyPzKuFw It has emerged that some residents of Odumase in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality now charge their phones in the mortuary due to the...

Police investigate dumping of 8,000 tree seedlings

The Asante Mampong police are investigating circumstances under which over 8,000 seedlings of different tree species were dumped at a public refuse site at...

Electrical technician fined GH¢5,400 for illegally installing ECG meters

An electrical technician, Henry Teye Adjirackor, was on Thursday sentenced to a fine of GH¢5,400 by the Circuit Court in Accra, for illegally installing...

35-year-old foreign national arrested on suspicion of being a terrorist

A 35-year-old foreign national is in the grips of the Zabzugu police on suspicion of being a terrorist. According to the youth in the town,...

National Cathedral Board of Trustees reacts to resignation reports

The Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral project has dismissed reports of some members resigning. According to the Executive Secretary of the Board, ...

French Ambassador enstooled queen mother of Osu [Photo+Video]

Ambassador of France to Ghana, H.E. Anne Sophie Ave, has been enstooled as Development Queen mother of Osu in Accra. Madam Ave will serve under...

I lost GH¢50,000 in business investment; 60% of my friends caused my downfall – Businessman reveals

Businessman, Ronald Nii Awuley Adiko, has disclosed that his business that collapsed caused him to lose all of his startup capital in a year.He...

Akufo-Addo is playing games with the security apparatus to ‘break the 8’ – Martin Amidu

Former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has accused President Nana Akufo-Addo of scheming to capture the National Security apparatus towards the agenda of getting the...

I slept in a train and mingled with drunkards in Germany – Ghanaian

Germany-based Ghanaian, Richmond Yankey, has said he had to befriend German drunkards and slept in a train because he had no one to host...

Abandon expensive plan to relocate AMERI Plant to Kumasi – CSOs to Energy Ministry

The Alliance of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) working on Extractives, Anti-Corruption, and Good Governance has urged the Ministry of Energy to abandon plans to...

Afigya Kwabre East residents bare teeth at NPP govt and MP for failing to construct town roads

It is the voting powerhouse of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), amassing over 80,000 votes in the last general election. But Mampongteng, capital of...

UDS student attacked over comments about Regional Minister’s dressing on social media

Police in the Northern Region are investigating an alleged assault on a female student of the University for Development Studies (UDS). The student, was assaulted...

Three mentally challenged women raped and killed in 3 months at New Abirim

There has been a disturbing trend in New Abirim in the Eastern Region which has left residents in fear. Over the past three months, some...

Zoomlion threatens legal action against IMANI Africa’s Bright Simons

Zoomlion Ghana Limited has threatened legal action against Vice President of IMANI AFRICA, Bright Simons. This comes on the back of allegations that Zoomlion is...

86-year-old man shares what has kept him strong and what is killing the youth

Abraham Gbodzi is an 86-year-old who has been working as a sewing machine repairer for 63 years, and he shares some secrets about what...

Self-acclaimed evangelist arrested with skeletons [Photos]

A 45-year-old self-acclaimed evangelist, Osofo Elijah, has been arrested with skeletal parts at Buoku Nkwanta in the Wenchi Municipality of the Bono Region. The assemblyman...

Man cuts off daughter’s fingers with blade for begging

A 53-year-old man has been arrested by the police for physically abusing his seven-year-old daughter. The father, who the girl stays with, reportedly cut parts...

Ambulance staff found hanging dead in his room [Video]

https://youtu.be/wqsxh_uVFwg A 38-year-old staff of the National Ambulance Service, Famous Afeku, has allegedly committed suicide at New Edubiase in the Adansi South District of the...

Bossman Asare explains why NDC lost 2020 election petition case

Deputy Chairman in charge of Corporate Services at the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Bossman Asare, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was not...

EC to appoint special officers to collate 2024 election results

The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has hinted at appointing special officers who will help collate the 2024 election results. This, the Commission says, will...

ECG blackout: Good news for health facilities at Yilo and Manya Krobo

Health facilities at Yilo and Manya Krobo municipalities in the Eastern Region can now heave a sigh of relief following a blackout in the...

Agogo residents benefit from Ghana Medical Relief’s free health care

The Ghana Medical Relief (GMR) has successfully ended its five-day free medical outreach at Agogo in the Ashanti Region. The team which earlier donated...

Mahama and Lordina commiserate with Julius Debrah

Scores of sympathisers are still trooping to the home of former Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah to mourn with him over the death of...

Obuasi MCE presents health equipment to Sanso Health Center

Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Obuasi, Elijah Adansi-Bonah has presented health equipment worth GH¢36,000 from the Assembly’s Internally Generated Fund to the Sanso Health...

ECG staff not willing to work at Yilo and Manya Krobo

There is no end in sight for residents of Yilo and Manya Krobo in the Eastern Region who are appealing for electricity. This is because...

Northern Region records 218 fire cases in mid-year

The Northern Region has recorded 218 fire outbreaks in the first half of the year 2022 with an estimated cost of damage to property...

Forgive me if … – Koku Anyidoho begs Atta Mills’ family

Some family members of the late Professor Atta Mills on Wednesday, August 10, marked the 10th anniversary of his death at the Asomdwee park...

Policeman, KNUST student who allegedly ganged-raped girl denied bail again

The interdicted police officer and the final year student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have for the second time...

The People’s Forum: Krobo residents share frustration about ECG blackout

Residents of Lower Manya and Yilo Krobo Municipalities in the Eastern Region are peeved about the decision by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG)...

Power in Yilo and Manya Krobo will only be restored if…ECG

Power in the Yilo and Manya Krobo municipalities will only be restored when the safety of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) staff is...