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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...

Horrifying details of why midwives refused to cut umbilical cord for lady who delivered at home

Imagine delivering a premature baby at home during the Covid-19 lockdown and walking to the nearest polyclinic with the baby’s umbilical cord uncut and...

Stop twerking on social media – Nurses and midwives advised

The Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer for Bono Region, Madam Emily Ama Oduro, has advised nurses and midwives to avoid abusing social media by...

Court remands police officer, KNUST student accused of rape

The Asokore Mampong District court has remanded a police officer, Lance Corporal Frank Adu Poku and a final year student of the Kwame Nkrumah...

Chilling account of how a policeman and KNUST student allegedly gang-raped female student and recorded it

A police officer stationed at Bomso and a student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been arrested for allegedly gang-raping...

GES shuts school after gang forced teacher to kneel and beg for punishing students

The Akyem Anyinasin Methodist Junior High School (JHS) in the Abuakwa North Municipality of the Eastern region has been closed down by the Ghana...

Sex worker arrested for slashing colleague’s private part with blade during fight over client

A feud between two commercial sex workers in Kumasi turned bloody after the assailant who has been identified as the godmother of all the prostitutes...

Akufo-Addo sacks Adwoa Safo as Gender Minister

President Nana Akufo-Addo has sacked Sarah Adwoa Safo as the Gender Minster.  This was contained in a press statement issued from the Presidency on Thursday,...

One shot dead; 4 injured as youth groups clash at Ofoase Ayirebi

One person has been confirmed dead with four persons sustaining gunshot wounds following deadly clashes between Ofoase Zongo youth and Brenase youth. The Akyemansa...

District Commander and Corporal fight – The inside story

Fresh details emerging over the fracas between the Atwima Kwanwoma District Police Commander and a Corporal of the Formed Police Unit in the Ashanti region...

Pentecost elder, 10-month-old child survive gory accident

Elder Peter Dadzie, the Presiding Elder of Bethel Assembly, who also doubles as the District Financial Committee Chairman of New Awoshie District of The...

Nana Agradaa in fresh trouble as bishops deny ordination invitation

Controversial fetish-priestess-turned-prophetess, Patricia Oduro Koranteng, popularly known as Nana Agradaa, has incurred the wrath of some renowned bishops and clergy men over her social...

Galamsey: 10 Chinese, Ghanaian accomplices arrested at Kwahu enclave [Video]

https://youtu.be/xCN7Ao5Whec?t=74 The Counter Intelligent Unit (CIU) at the Office Of The President Annex has arrested 10 Chinese nationals for engaging in illegal mining (galamsey) in...

Let’s end the stigma against ex-convicts – Akufo-Addo tells Ghanaians

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the public to embrace and ensure former convicts are re-integrated in society without any discrimination. In a keynote...

Burkinabe arrested in Gbele Forest Reserve

The police in the Sissala West district have arrested a Burkinabe national in the Gbele Park Reserve near Desime over suspicion that he is...

Upper West Regional Hospital to carry out mass burial

The Upper West Regional Hospital will embark on a mass burial exercise for unidentified and unclaimed bodies as part of routine measures to decongest...

IGP sends message to GSS, CHRAJ on corruption tag

The Ghana Police Service has expressed reservations about the report on corruption perception survey conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), Commission on Human...

Any potential deal with IMF will not unduly burden Ghanaians – Finance Minister assures

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has assured parliamentarians that he will ensure that talks with the IMF are positive and do not put Ghanaians...

Everybody in Ghana is corrupt – Peter Toobu

The Member of Parliament for Wa West, Peter Lanchene Toobu, says that the problem with Ghana is that everybody is corrupt, without exception, and...

You are demigods so act as such – Ghana Bar Association to judges and magistrates

The Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Bar Association, Saviour Kudze, has admonished judges to maintain high levels of integrity in the course of...

Leader of Nigerian prostitutes, others jailed for human trafficking in Ghana

Iforma Okeke, aka Mama Blessing, a 33-year-old hairdresser and head of Nigerian prostitutes at Ayamfuri in the Central Region, has been sentenced to five...

They should not dare block our SIM cards – NDC man warns govt

Communications team member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kojo Danquah, has expressed disquiet over immense pressure on Ghanaians with SIM cards re-registration exercise....

BoG has printed ¢22.04bn – Minority insists amid fresh demands

The Minority in Parliament says it stands firmly by its claims that the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has printed GHC22.04bn to support the government’s...

GRIDCo senior staff demand credit union board’s removal over alleged infractions

The Senior Staff Association of Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) is demanding the removal of the current credit union board and the constitution of an...

Investigate Kokrobite killing – Family urges IGP

The Nii Ardey Nkpa family of Kokrobite in Accra has called on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to undertake a thorough investigation into the...

Maker’s House Chapel pastor bereaved

Head pastor of The Maker’s House Chapel International, Dr Michael Boadi Nyamekye, has lost his father. Charles Kofi Nyamekye died on Friday, July 22,...

Irate Salaga residents hit street over ‘dumsor’ [Audio+Photos]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Irate Salaga residents hit street over 'dumsor' Residents of Salaga in the East Gonja District of the Savannah Region have hit the street...

Police service reacts to misconduct involving two officers

The Police Service has confirmed the incident about a video of two security officers seen in a heated altercation. The service has assured that internal...

My husband was battered and bruised in the battlefield of politics yet he stood firm – Naadu Mills

Wife of late President Prof. Evans Atta Mills has given a chilly account about how her husband was humiliated and disregarded despite his selflessness...

One dead, 5 injured after clash at Bibiani

One person has been confirmed dead by the medics at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital a week after sustaining gunshot wounds during a clash. Residents...

Please help me; widow battling life-threatening disease cries

A 59-year-old widow, Esther Kwabea, would have lost her life to a disease suspected to be breast cancer without the knowledge of her relatives...

There is no appropriate time to build National Cathedral than now – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that there is no more appropriate time for the construction of a National Cathedral than now. He was...

SSNIT saves over GH¢312 million by deactivating 21,337 ‘ghost pensioners’

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has been able to save GH¢312.27 million as a result of the deactivation of 21,337 "ghost...

15,000 jobs created at Accra Digital Center – CEO reveals

About fifteen thousand (15,000) jobs have been created at the Accra Digital Centers, Chief Executive Officer, Kwadwo Baah Agyemang, has revealed. According to him, their...

IGP reacts to report which finds Police as most corrupt institution

Last week, research conducted by Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) together with other stakeholders placed the Ghana Police Service atop the category of the most...

Govt tolling new road projects diversionary tactic – Dr Wereko-Brobbey

A policy analyst, Dr Wereko-Brobbey says the Finance Minister’s announcement of tolling new road projects under Public Private Partnership (PPP) is a diversionary tactic.  According...

Sex before embarking on a long journey can kill you – Drivers warned

JoyNews/AdomNews · Having sex before driving on a long journey can kill you - Expert warns A road safety expert, Cecil Gabrah, has warned that...

Parliament approves €135m for construction of Suame Interchange

Parliament has approved a €135 million facility to finance the design and construction of phase 1 of the Suame Interchange and ancillary road projects...

Protection of Atta Mills’ legacy key for Ghana’s future – Tsatsu [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · TSATSU ON ATTA MILLS Legal Practitioner, Tsatsu Tsikata, says that Ghana's future stands to be great if the legacy of late President John...