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Police probe suspected murder at Nkonya

The Ghana Police Service says it has opened investigations into the suspected murder of 31-year-old man at Nkonya Kodzi in the Biakoye District of...

August 4 declared a public holiday

Thursday, August 4, 2022 has been declared a statutory holiday to mark Founders' Day. A statement, issued by the Minister of Interior, Ambrose Dery, said...

Fire guts 5-storey building at Tudu [Photos]

Fire has gutted portions of a five-storey building at Tudu in the Central Business District of Accra. The affected portion is said to be the...

Two street fighters who allegedly killed trotro driver put before court

The Police in Ashanti Region have started prosecution of two suspects who allegedly murdered a trotro driver in the Asokore Mampong Municipality. During a street...

Akuapem traditonal council rescinds decision on 2022 Odwira festival

The Akuapem traditional council has confirmed that the 2022 Odwira festival will take place amid uneasy calm at Okaupeman. According to media reports, the festival...

KNUST lecturer accused of kidnapping wife granted GH₵300K bail

The Kumasi High Court has granted bail to a senior lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr Wilberforce Aggrey,...

Former MCE throws challenge to women over gender equality

Former Municipal Chief Executive of Oforikrom, Gloria Temmah Gambrah, has challenged women to invest in themselves to be better prepared for positions of authority. She...

Concerned Mobile Network Subscribers kick against ¢5 charge for SIM registration via self-service app

Concerned Mobile Network Subscribers are protesting against the implementation of the GH¢5 charge that the public would pay when registering their sim cards with...

5 arrested over near-fatal attack at NDC regional office

Five persons have been arrested and processed for court following a near-fatal attack at the Bono East NDC regional office. The suspects are Kojo Agyei...

High Court restrains UEW from forcing Registrar to go on ‘accumulated’ leave

A Cape Coast High Court, presided over by Her Ladyship, Patience Mills-Tetteh, has restrained the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, from forcing...

Kpassa police arrest two mobile phone thieves

Police officers at Nkwanta-Kpassa in the Oti Region have arrested two suspected mobile phone thieves. The suspects, Kwasi 22 and Karifa 24 from Togo, were...

Oppong Nkrumah meets factions in Ofoase-Ayirebi clashes

Following violent clashes between Ofoase Zongo and Brenase Youth in the Ofoase-Ayirebi constituency last Thursday, Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Kojo Oppong...

Beneficiaries of Youth in Afforestation declare strike

The beneficiaries of the National Youth in Afforestation programme under the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources have declared a sit-down strike effective Monday,...

Ellembele DCE sets records straight over Magistrate’s bungalow saga

The Ellembele District Assembly has set records straight over claims that the Nkroful District Court Magistrate, Her Worship Awo French Amissah, relocated from her...

Unknown assailants shoot man dead at Nkonya

Unknown assailants have shot dead one Daniel Brempong at Nkonya Ntsumuru in the Oti Region. The incident, according to the police, occurred on Monday,...

Omane Boamah, Joyce Mogtari, other NDC gurus mourn with Julius Debrah

Former Communications Minister, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, has commiserated with former Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah following the demise of his brother, Isaac Nkansah...

Spio-Garbrah appeals High Court ruling on his case against Wontumi

Former Trade and Industry Minister, Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has filed an appeal after a Kumasi High Court dismissed his $10 million suit against the...

Two car snatchers jailed 20 years each

A footballer, Mohammed Razak and an auto-mechanic, Isaac Odoom, who snatched a Toyota Belta saloon car from an online driver at Klagon near Tema,...

Police reacts to claims landlord locked up Krofrom station

The Police Service has dismissed reports suggesting that officers at the Krofrom station in the Ashanti region were locked out by the landlord of...

Woman allegedly shot dead over burial rituals

The Koforidua District Court presided over by Her Worship Nana Ama Dabbah Fynn Esquire has remanded Felix Teye, a farmer into prison custody for...

Man arrested for attempting to enter GAF ammunition depot

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) personnel at the Base Ammunition Depot in Michel Camp, have arrested a middle-aged man who was in the process...

Fire destroys prison officer’s flat at Roman Ridge

A timely intervention by a response team from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) on Monday afternoon prevented a fire outbreak from causing extensive...

Bawumia commissions inner roads in Oforikrom Municipality

Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has commissioned 13 kilometers of inner roads infrastructure in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti region. The projects form part of...

Somanya dumsor: Man charges android phones for ₵5, analogue ₵3

A business operator in the Somanya District in the Eastern Region says he is taking advantage of the Electricity Company Ghana’s erratic power supply...

Anti-slavery committee calls on police service to focus on human trafficking

The Anti-slavery and Human Trafficking Committee has added its voice to the global campaign against trafficking in person. It has called on authorities, especially the...

AMA mourns with Nii Lante Vanderpuye over father’s demise

Mayor of Accra, Elizabeth Naa Kwatsoe Tawiah Sackey has commiserated with Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, Member of Parliament (MP) for the Odododiodio Constituency in...

Court issues arrest warrant for 2 who assaulted Luv FM crew

The Kuntenase District Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of two men who attacked a Luv FM team covering the stalled...

Mentally challenged woman on rampage; kills one at Circle [Video]

https://youtu.be/lK1NH4sM5Cc A woman suspected to be mentally challenged has reportedly smashed the skull of a young man believed to be in his 20s at...

About 800,000 Ghana cards yet to be collected – NIA

JoyNews/AdomNews · About 800,000 Ghana cards yet to be collected - NIA The National Identification Authority (NIA) says about 800,000 Ghana cards are yet to...

Central Music Awards: Bismark Botchwey appointed Deputy Communications Executive

Bismark Botchwey, also known as Sintim in the media industry, has been appointed as Central Music Awards’ (CMA) Deputy Communications Executive, an annual awards...

SIM re-registration: Self-service App to be launched on Tuesday

The Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has announced that a self-service sim re-registration app will be launched on August 2. According to her, this app...

NIA to resume services at Elwak Sports Stadium on August 2

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has said that it will not provide identity management services at the Elwak Stadium on Monday, August 1, 2022. Identity...

Resolve Eni-Ghana, Springfield unitisation impasse – John Jinapor to govt

John Jinapor, the Yapei-Kusawgu MP, has urged the government to act decisively on the impasse between the Italian global oil company, Eni Ghana and...

Ghanaian Cardinal elected Head of the Catholic Church in Africa

The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) (www.SECAM.org), the association of Catholic Bishops of Africa, Madagascar, and the Islands, has elected...

Immigration Service intercepts sacks of suspected Indian hemp at Nyive

Personnel at the Ghana Immigration Service’s Nyive Sector Command in the Volta Region have intercepted 2,497 slabs of substances suspected to be Indian hemp. The...

Gas tanker drivers threaten strike

The Gas Tanker Drivers Association and Petrol Tanker Unions have expressed worry about the ban on the construction of new Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)...

Abronye bags Masters Degree from GIMPA [Photos]

The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, on Friday graduated with a Masters Degree. This...

Nduom’s open letter to Akufo-Addo

Chief Executive of Groupe Nduom, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, in an open letter to President Nana Akufo-Addo has made proposals through which the Ghana...

ACP Kofi Sarpong graduates from GIMPA with first class honours [Photos]

Celebrated gospel musician and police officer, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Kofi Sarpong, on Friday graduated from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public...

Man found dead in his room after drinking with friends [Video]

https://youtu.be/uhXKNx6Lavo A 25-year-old car sprayer, Christian Ayeh, has allegedly committed suicide at Kasoa Rock City in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region. Information...