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Mahama, wife inaugurate new maternity and children’s ward at Bole to celebrate 30th anniversary

Former President John Dramani Mahama, and his wife, Lordina, have inaugurated and presented to the Bole Community in the Savanna Region, a 45-bed maternity...

Senior Staff Association of Universities suspends strike

The National Executives Council of the Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana has announced a suspension of its industrial strike. A statement, signed by the National...

Roads Ministry sets records straight on re-introduction of tolls collection

The Ministry of Roads and Highways has said that the government has not reinstated toll collection nationwide. A section of Ghanaians have been up in arms...

Nigerian man arrested for fraud granted GHS20 million bail

A Nigerian man, Sunny Anwamini aka Sunny Enyindah Anwamini or Apostle Sunny Chigeru, arrested for fraud, has been granted GHS 20K with three sureties,...

Prof Gyampo weeps uncontrollably as he buries father [Video]

Sampson Bismark Gyampo, the father of political science lecturer at the University of Ghana , Prof Ransford Gyampo, has been laid to rest. The solemn ceremony...

Maamobi residents threaten demo over planned demolition [Video]

https://youtu.be/2oiVHfe3ze4?t=58 Residents of Maamobi Polyclinic and its environs in the Ayawaso North Municipality have vowed to protest any decision by the government to demolish their...

Pregnant woman dies in fatal tricycle accident due to bad road

A 38-year-old pregnant woman has lost her life in a fatal tricycle, locally referred to as Aboboyaa, accident at Assin South in the Central...

Portions of Kwame Nkrumah Interchange to be closed

The Akasanoma to Nsawam road section of the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange will be closed from midnight of Friday, July 29, 2022, to midnight of...

Details emerge on why police officers faced off in public

The Ghana Police Service says it will trigger its internal disciplinary process to address a misunderstanding over police duties which resulted in heated verbal...

Armed Forces, religious leaders most trusted institutions – Afrobarometer

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) and religious leaders have been ranked as the most trusted institutions in the country in the year 2022. This ranking...

Christians are facilitators of corruption – Lecturer

An African Studies lecturer at the African University College of Communication, Godswill Tetteh Ariikor, has said that Christians in Ghana are the major cause...

Akufo-Addo lists seven benefits of the national cathedral

President Akufo-Addo has listed seven benefits of the national cathedral when completed. According to him, the cathedral will fill a missing link in the nation's...

Drama as junior police officer engages senior colleague in heated exchange; video goes viral

A viral video on social media shows a junior officer of the Ghana Police Service blatantly disrespecting a senior officer who is at least...

Stop your continuous vilification of the dignity of Ofori Panin Fie or incur our wrath – Okyeman Youth Association to Estate Developer

The Okyeman Youth Association has served notice to a private Estate Developer, Kofi Anokye, not to step foot at Okyeman for his personal safety...

How Zanetor fed me at Achimota School – Countryman Songo

Sports presenter, Patrick Osei Agyemang. popularly known as Countryman Songo, has disclosed how former President Jerry Rawlings' daughter saved him from hunger back in...

Akufo-Addo nominates 4 judges to Supreme Court

President Nana Akufo-Addo has nominated four judges for elevation onto the Supreme Court Bench. They are three Court of Appeal justices and a Justice of...

How this little girl’s wish was granted by Atta Mills

A story has been told of how the late President Atta Mills honoured a little girl's wish. The Director of Communications at the Presidency during...

Several houses burnt at Chereponi over land dispute [Photos]

About 16 houses have been set ablaze at Sogbum, a farming community in the Chereponi District of the Northeast Region, in a renewed dispute. This...

Akufo-Addo nominates 4 new Supreme Court judges

President Nana Akufo-Addo has nominated four new justices to the bench of the Supreme Court. The names of the four have been forwarded to Parliament...

Saglemi Housing case: State prosecutors buy time to file “outstanding documents”

Hearing of the case in which Alhaji Collins Dauda, a former Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing and four others involved in the...

NABCo trainees send SOS message to govt as programme ends in 2 months

JoyNews/AdomNews · NABCo trainees send SOS message to govt as programme ends in 2 months Some trainees of the Nation Builder’s Corps (NaBCo) have appealed...

Teacher trainees chase govt over 7 months unpaid allowance; hint of potential food shortage

The Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG) has expressed dissatisfaction about delays in the release of their monthly allowances which have been in arrears for seven months. They have...

Koku Anyidoho’s name on Atta Mills’ bust must be dropped – Prof Gyampo

A political scientist, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has called for the removal of Koku Anyidoho's name on a new bust erected in honour of late...

Registrar General’s Department to delete about 500k firms from Companies Register

The newly launched Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) is set to delete close to 500,000 companies from its database. This is for not...

Thieves steal feeding items from Adansi Asokwa Primary School [Video]

https://youtu.be/vF90DqjvdC0 Thieves have for the second time in eight days raided the Adansi Asokwa Primary School in the Ashanti Region and bolted with feeding items....

Revealed: When Adwoa Safo will return to Ghana

It has emerged that embattled Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament (MP), Sarah Adwoa Safo, is expected to return to Ghana within this week. This is...

Mid-Year Budget Review: Bawumia’s aide commends Finance Minister

The spokesperson to the Vice President has commended the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, over his delivery of the 2022 Mid-Year Budget Review on Monday,...

Focus on domestication – GCPP urges govt

The leader of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), Dr Henry Herbert Lartey, has stated that the country must focus more on production of...

Mahama, wife to commission maternity block at Bole to mark 30th marriage anniversary [Photos]

Former President John Mahama and his wife, Lordina, have paid a courtesy call on the Bolewura, Sarfo Kutuge Feso I at his Bole palace...

Screen Burkinabes in Ghana to prevent terrorist infiltration – Former Deputy Minister

A former Deputy Interior Minister, James Agalga, has asked authorities of the Ghana Refugee Board to thoroughly screen the Burkinabes who are seeking asylum...

Police staff killed in ghastly accident

A Staff of the Ghana Police Service met his untimely death at Tema Community 25 Estate Junction on the Dawhenya stretch of the Tema-Aflao...

Husband flees after allegedly chopping off wife’s three fingers [Photo]

A young man identified as Robert Arhin is currently said to be on the run after allegedly chopping off three of his wife's fingers. Mr...

Irate Essipon residents apprehend cable thief

The alertness of residents of Essipon in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region has led to the arrest of a young man...

Luv FM journalists and driver attacked by purported security men of Sewua hospital

Two journalists and a driver of Luv FM, a subsidiary of the Multimedia Group Limited, have been attacked by purported watchmen of the Sewua...

Cancellation of road tolls: Deputy Roads Minister sets record straight

Deputy Minister of Roads and Highways, Stephen Jalula has explained that the government’s policy to cancel the collection of road tolls remains in force. His...

Police Officer who impersonated IGP granted GH¢100k bail

A Police Officer, who allegedly impersonated the Inspector General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare and Director-General of CID, COP Ken Yeboah, has been...

Four suspected armed land guards nearly lynched at Ashifla

Four persons suspected to be notorious armed land guards have escaped lynching at Ashifla in the Ga South Municipality. The men, armed with an AK-47...

K.T. Hammond’s wife appointed High Court judge

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed wife of Member of Parliament for Adansi-Asokwa constituency, Kobina Tahir Hammond Sahib, popularly called K.T. Hammond, as a Justice...

NSS releases codes for 2022/2023 service personnel

The Management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has released for registration a total of 127, 999 Pin Codes for eligible Ghanaians for the...

The state of economy is a painful one for me to report – Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has admitted that the Ghanaian economy is not in normal times. The situation, Mr Ofori-Atta, has blamed on the covid-19 pandemic...