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Kofi Boakye’s son graduates as best recruit from Police Training School

Kwaku Aduenin Boakye, son of the Director-General of Prosecution and Legal of the Ghana Police Service, COP Kofi Boakye, has graduated from the Police...

Central region is third richest in Ghana – Survey

Contrary to the assertion that the Central Region is the fourth poorest in Ghana, the narrative has changed for good but unfortunately on the...

Road accidents: Ghana records a reduction in first quarter of 2022

Ghana, between January and June 2022, recorded a decrease in reported road crashes as compared to the same period in 2021, the National Road...

Two arrested over ‘murder’ of Canada-based Ghanaian on vacation

The Police have arrested Safina Mohammed Adizatu, a student and Michael Fiifi Ampofo Arku, a Technical Officer for their alleged involvement in the murder...

The cocaine addict who refuses to bath [Video]

A 30-year-old man, Bismark Appiah, has shared his cocaine addiction story with Step One TV. Speaking to Barima Agyemang in his upcoming documentary on drug...

Man jailed for bathing lover with acid over divorce

The Bibiani Circuit Court, presided over by his Honor Joshua Caleb Abaido, has sentenced a 25-year-old man, Francis Ennin to 10 years imprisonment. He was...

SIM card registration deadline – Govt will lose any suit if… Gary Nimako warns

JoyNews/AdomNews · Gary Nimako joins calls for extension of SIM card registration An external solicitor for the National Communications Authority (NCA), is hinting government could...

John Kumah disowns fake soldier who claims to be his brother [Video]

Ejisu Member of Parliament (MP), John Kumah, says he does not have any relation to a fake soldier arrested over a Ghana Armed Forces...

SIM card registration: There should be an extension – Sam George asserts [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · SAM GEORGE ON SIM CARD The Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George, has said despite the July 31, 2022 deadline for the...

SIM re-registration: Good news for MTN subscribers

MTN Ghana is urging its customers to take advantage of over 6,735 community registration points created to have their biometric data captured and register...

Fire razes Mile 7 market [Photos+Video]

Fire has destroyed portions of the Mile 7 Market in Accra. The incident occurred on the dawn of Saturday, July 20, 2022, with the cause...

Scrap dealer jailed 20 years for cutting stolen truck into spare parts

The Kibi Circuit court in the Eastern Region, presided over by Peter Oppong-Boahene, has jailed a 41-year-old spare parts dealer, Hassan Ziblim, to...

Justice Sector Support Activity engages stakeholders on paralegal guide

Legal Resources Centre (LRC), implementation lead of USAID, Justice Sector Support Activity, has held a consultative workshop on the draft legislative Instrument (LI) and...

Dome-Kitase road to be completed in 24 months – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the construction of the Dome to Kitase Road, which serves as a vital link between the...

Bawumia explains ‘I will choose Ghana Card over 1,000 interchanges’ comment [Video]

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has strongly defended the controversial comment about his preference for Ghana Card over a thousand interchanges. Speaking at the Accra Business...

Check out how much Ghana Statistical Service spent on recent corruption survey

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that it spent ¢6 million in conducting its corruption perception report recently released. According to the GSS, a...

Finance Minister hints of review of Free SHS

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, has indicated that the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme will be reviewed to address the current challenges facing...

Otukonor bags PhD from University of Ghana

Congratulations are in order for a deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamah Otukonor as he graduates from the University...

Four jailed 76 years for robbing mobile money vendor at gunpoint

Three ex-convicts and another have been sentenced to 19 years imprisonment each for robbing two mobile money vendors at gunpoint at Ablekuma in the...

Trial of Collins Dauda, others to begin in October

The trial Alhaji Collins Dauda, a former Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing who doubles as NDC MP for Asutifi South in the...

Ato Essien, 2 others face judgement on Nov. 17

The trial of founder and Chief Executive officer of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, and two other persons has come to an end...

If no one sees your good works, God does – Aburihene lauds Akufo-Addo

The Paramount Chief of the Aburi-Akuapim Traditional Area, Nana Otubour Djankwasi II, has encouraged President Akufo-Addo to continue his good works for the country...

University of Ghana gets first female Dean of Student Affairs

The Governing Council of the University of Ghana (UG) has approved the appointment of Prof. Rosina Kyerematen as the first female Dean of Student...

Education Ministry releases ₵57m to Colleges of Education

Government has announced that an amount of ₵57,460,000 has been released to the colleges of education across the country. The said amount is expected to...

Govt releases GH¢50m to WAEC for WASSCE

The government has made a part payment of GH¢50 million to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for the money it owes the council...

SSNIT withholds over ¢312m in pensions due to non-renewal of pensioner certificates

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has withheld more than GH¢312 million belonging to 21,337 pensioners due to failure to renew their...

Alleged coup plotters ordered to open defence

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Benjamin Agordzo, Colonel Kojo Gameli and eight others accused of plotting to overthrow the government, have been ordered by...

ECG to begin meter audit from August 1

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) will from August 1 commence customer meter audit as part of measures to clamp down on illegal connection...

Two high schools clash at basketball competition; NSS person attacked

A National Service Person with the St. Mary's Boys Senior High School at Apowa in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region is...

Why Ofankor-Nsawam tollbooth is being renovated [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ofankor- Nsawam tollbooth renovation is for future purposes - Deputy Roads Minister It has emerged government is rehabilitating and expanding the tollbooth on...

Police being perceived as corrupt very discouraging – Retired officer

Superintendent Paul Mensah Bampoh, a retired officer, has backed the Ghana Police Service over its response to the Afro barometer survey on corruption. The Ghana...

I’m scared – Akufo-Addo’s appointee ‘cries’ after thieves broke into his home

The Kwadaso Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Richmond Agyenim Boateng, says he is living in fear after unidentified thieves broke into his home. The unfortunate incident...

I would return to prison if I am not re-integrated – Ex-convict

An ex-convict, Samuel Nkrumah, who served a five-year sentence at the Awutu Camp Prison, says he wants support to become a professional driver as...

The People’s Forum: Transport fares killing our businesses – Madina market women cry

Market women at Madina in Accra are lamenting over the continuous increase in fuel prices. They claim transportation has increased and their capital is being...

Magistrate abandons official bungalow over ‘galamsey’ activities

The Magistrate of the Nkroful District Court has reportedly relocated from her official bungalow due to the disturbing activities of illegal miners close by. This...

Former Rector of Tamale Technical University passes on

A former Rector of the Tamale Technical University (TATU), Professor Peligah Yakubu Seidu, has been reported dead. Though the cause of death is not...

Man allegedly inflicts cutlass wounds on girlfriend for denying him sex

A man has allegedly inflicted cutlass wounds on his partner at Bepong in the Kwahu South District of the Eastern Region. The 40-year-old suspect, reportedly,...

Countries with cheapest mobile data: Where does Ghana rank?

Ghana has made it onto the list of countries with the cheapest mobile data in the world. This conclusion came from a survey conducted by The...

Supreme Court strikes out law on cultivation of ‘wee’ in Ghana

The Supreme Court has declared as unconstitutional the law which permits license to be granted for the cultivation of cannabis or ‘wee’ in small...

Sehwi Proso chief linguist shot dead in forest

A chief linguist of Sehwi Proso traditional area in the Juaboso District has allegedly been shot dead in a forest by unidentified persons. It...