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School Feeding caterers paid

The Government of Ghana, through the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has disbursed an amount of GHC160 million out of the GHC213...

COVID-19: Hajj Board urges Muslims to get vaccinated

The Ghana Hajj Board has urged all Muslims and prospective pilgrims to get the COVID-19 jab in preparation for next year's holy pilgrimage.Addressing a...

Titus-Glover has this to say about Abesim murder [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Titus Glover has this to say about Abesim murderFormer Member of Parliament for Tema East Constituency, Nii Kwatei Titus-Glover, has described as...

Suspect in Abesim murder case is mentally challenged – Chief declares [Video]

The chief of Abesim, Barima Kumi Acheaw, says suspect Richard Appiah involved in the Abesim murder case is not mentally sound.He claims they...

WAEC ‘fires’ Africa Education Watch over ‘misleading’ information [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · WAEC 'fires' Africa Education Watch over misleading informationThe West African Examination Council (WAEC) has debunked claims by Africa Education Watch that the...

Seven injured in another accident [Photo]

All seven passengers on board an Opel Zafira with registration number UE 343-21 have sustained injuries in an accident at Zebilla in the Upper...

Abesim Murder: IGP makes passionate appeal to community

The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has appealed to the Abesim Community to support police investigations with any information in...

Man burnt alive after confessing to using juju to kill his brother

He confessed to killing his brother. So he was roasted alive in the village square with the crowd cheering.Ayo 'Cassidy' of Ofodua community in...

Mahama mourns at Bole

Former President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday was at Bole to mourn the death of his aunty, Gbolo Ayisha Kuamua.The deceased is the mother...

We will not condone wrong practices for the sake of dev’t – Shai-Osudoku DCE tells new cement company

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Shai-Osudoku District Assembly, Daniel Akuffo, says although it is the objective of any assembly to see developmental projects...

Six-month-old baby, others die in road crash at Apedwa

Some nine persons, including a six-month-old baby, have been confirmed dead in a deadly crash at the Apedwa section of the Accra to Kumasi...

Pru West: Man shoots wife to death for not leaving him food

A 45-year-old husband has shot his wife, Abena Jayon, a mother-of-nine, to death during a quarrel.The couple have been married for over a decade...

Abuga Pele breaks silence about his incarceration

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for the Chiana–Paga Constituency, Abuga Pele, says he believes that the truth about his incarceration “will come out one...

Man reports himself to police after allegedly killing wife

A man has reported himself to the police after allegedly killing wife at Prang in the Pru West district of the Bono East Region.Yaw...

Chale Wote 21: Two organisers, artiste arrested at Jamestown

Two organisers of ‘Chale Wote’, the popular annual street art festival held at Jamestown in Accra, have been arrested by the Accra Central Police.One...

WidowsAid_Gh poised to support widows

One of the painful events of life women go through is widowhood, because after the loss of a husband, companionship, breadwinner and supportive aspects...

10 dead, others injured in gory accident at Gomoa Mampong

About 10 people have been confirmed dead after two buses collided at Gomoa Mampong on the Kasoa-Winneba Highway in the Central Region.The incident, which...

Tipper truck kills motor rider at Tarkwa

A motor rider has been crushed after he was trapped under a green tipper truck at Tarkwa on Friday morning.According to witnesses, the motor...

My baby daddy neglected our child and he died – Lady reveals

Groundnut seller, Charity Kyerewaa, has disclosed that she would not marry her babies' daddy because he neglected their child and it led to his...

Police impound 40 vehicles for various traffic offences

The Police have impounded 40 vehicles for various traffic offences along the Kpone-Dawenya stretch of the N1 highway during a special exercise conducted in...

Savelugu Police detain suspect for attempted rape, assault

Police at Savelugu in the Northern Region are holding a 43-year-old suspect for attempted rape and assault.The police say the victim, Zarawu Haruna, who...

Petition to remove CJ: Council of State presents report to Akufo-Addo

The Council of State has presented the outcome of its deliberation on a petition demanding the removal of the Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, to...

Police arrest suspected criminals in Kumasi commercial s3x hub

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested over 80 suspected criminals in a swoop at a popular commercial sex hub in Kumasi.The suspects, mainly...

GIS nabs 18 foreign nationals at Jirapa checkpoint

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has nabbed 18 foreign nationals at Kucheni temporal checkpoint in the Jirapa municipality.The suspects, comprising 12 males and six...

Man found dead in his room at Koforidua-Adweso

A man has been found dead in his room at Kwakyea, a suburb of Koforidua–Adweso in the Eastern Region.The deceased, Andy Sackey, alias Foofo,...

Alleged $5m bribe: CHRAJ turns down request to probe Chief Justice

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is said to have turned down a request to investigate Chief Justice (CJ) Kwesi Anin...

1 shot dead as youth clash over mining concession at Manso Keniago

Elijah Timenkeh, 34, has been shot dead at Manso Keniago in the Ashanti Region, following a clash between workers of a local mining firm...

Covid-19 deaths: 6 bodies buried at Awodome cemetery

Environmental Health Officials in the Greater Accra Region have buried six Covid-19 infected bodies at the Awodome cemetery.Although the officials planned for eight bodies,...

3 injured as ‘Aboboyaa’ crashes with Police car, motorbike [Video]

Three persons have been injured in an accident involving a Police car, a tricycle locally referred to as Aboboyaa, and a motorbike.The accident, according...

COVID-19: Ghana’s active cases now 6,361

The country’s Covid-19 active cases are still on the rise.According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in its latest update, 6,361 active cases were...

Nursing trainees chase govt for allowance

Student nurses at the Bolgatanga Nursing Training College (BNTC) in the Upper East Region, say their allowances are in four months’ arrears.The students acknowledged...

46-year-old man found dead in his farm

A 46-year-old man has been found dead in his farm at Aboaboso near Fumso in the Adansi Asokwa District of the Ashanti Region.Mohammed Yusif...

Emergency worker sacked after she was ‘caught having s3x’ in ambulance

An emergency worker was sacked after she was caught 'having sex' with a colleague at the back of an ambulance at a football stadium,...

Female prison warden quits after inmate secretly filmed himself kissing her

A female prison officer has quit after secret footage of her kissing a convict in his cell at a Scottish prison emerged.Shocking video footage...

Lydia Alhassan’s message to Samira Bawumia on her birthday

Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, has wished the wife of Ghana’s Vice President, Samira Bawumia a happy birthday.Samira Bawumia,...

COVID-19: AstraZeneca 2nd jab begins next week

The administration of the second shot of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to the about 400,000 people awaiting their second jab will start by Friday,...

‘Holy kiss’ Anglican priest in fresh trouble

Acting on the advice of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission, authorities of St. Monica’s College of Education have lodged a case of sexual assault...

‘Kissing Priest’ breaks silence

The Anglican priest, who kissed three female students of the St Monica’s College of Education at Mampong in the Ashanti Region, Rev. Fr Baltharzzar...

MP gives horrifying details of accident

The Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi, Rockson Dafeamekpor, after surviving a ghastly accident, has broken his silence.The incident occurred on Saturday, August 14,...

Good news for Ghanaian youth in the Energy sector

The Petroleum Commission has disclosed plans to sponsor a 10-month training course for 150 technicians at the Takoradi Technical University.The Chief Executive Officer of...