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Reboot Your Life Series: Lessons from the man who ‘ditched’ the military to be full-time carpenter [Video]

https://youtu.be/W6lChXUyT18 Adom FM's Reboot Your Life Series keeps attracting personalities from various career fields to share nuggets of life. The latest to take his turn...

I married not for myself but for the presidency – Kwame Nkrumah’s letter on marriage

It has emerged that, Ghana's first President, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah never believed in marriage. According to him, he did not marry Fathia Halim Rizk...

Hawa Koomson chases premix fuel committee members over theft [audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Hawa Koomson chases premix fuel committee members over theft Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mavis Hawa Koomson has vowed to deal with some...

Gas tanker involved in accident on motorway [Photos]

A truck carrying hazardous gas (LPG) has rolled over onto the median strip on the Tema bound Kwame Nkrumah Motorway (N1) near the Abattoir....

Man, 60, found dead after heavy downpour at Kasoa [Video]

https://youtu.be/d7v4WsPX8wg A 60-year-old man identified as Kwame Wuo has been found dead at Kasoa High Tension in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central...

Do you need to be paid neutrality allowance for doing your job? – KKD questions

Media, Brands and Culture Expert, King Kwasi Kyei Darkwah (KKD) has condemned the government’s decision to pay ‘Neutrality Allowance’ to public sector workers.There has...

KNUST students throng office of Student Loan Trust Fund

Students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have thronged the campus office of the Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF). Since Monday,...

No COVID-19 case on admission – GHS

There is currently no case of COVID-19 infection on admission says the Ghana Health Service (GHS). “In the last two months, 12 out of the...

Free cocoa beverages for basic schools

Niche Confectionery Ghana Limited has sealed a deal with the Ministry of Education to supply enriched ready-to-drink cocoa beverages to basic school children across...

Teacher allegedly dips 9-year-old girl’s hand in hot water for stealing GH¢2

A basic school teacher, Helena Serwaa is in the grips of the police for allegedly dipping the hand of a 9-year-old girl in hot...

Sack striking civil servants and replace with military – Prof Adei

Economist, Prof Stephen Adei, is urging government to sack all striking members of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG). According to...

Week-old baby, 3 others injured in fire at Korle-Bu

A week-old baby and three other persons have been severely injured in a fire outbreak at the Korle-Bu Police barracks in Accra. The week-old...

Akufo-Addo to address the nation today

President Nana Akufo-Addo will address the nation to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Referendum approving the 1992 Constitution. The address has been scheduled...

Police grab 2 over premix fuel diversion

The Keta Police Command in the Volta region is holding a worker of the Keta Municipal Assembly, Geoffrey James Ocloo, and a tanker driver...

BoG warns public over ‘Sidicoin’ cryptocurrency investment scheme

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has cautioned the public about an impending launch of a cryptocurrency investment scheme named “SIDICOIN” in Ghana. In a statement...

British High Commissioner unwraps climate-inspired Queen’s birthday present to Ghana

Three years since the British High Commission to Ghana held a party to mark Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s birthday and Platinum Jubilee. Guests included Minister...

Police investigate death of officer

The Ghana Police Service is investigating the circumstances that led to the death of one of its officers. The Police in a release signed by...

I am a lover of fat salaries – Minister for Public Enterprises

Minister for Public Enterprises, Joseph Cudjoe, has said that he is an advocate of fat salaries for public sector workers who perform. At a press...

Nchumuruman SHS headmaster elected Nkwanta North presiding member

The headmaster of Nchumuruman Senior High School (SHS), Gregory Gbandi Bawa has been elected as the new presiding member for Nkwanta-North district in the...

Agribusiness is the way forward for Ghana’s economic develpment

A former Head of Procurement at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA),Ebenezer Acheampong has said agribusiness is the way forward for the economic...

Prempeh College’s NSMQ 2021 finalist gains admission to California Institute of Technology

A member of the 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) team for Prempeh College has gained admission to one of the United States’...

Head of Local Govt Service gives latest twist on CLOGSAG strike [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Head of Local Govt Service reveals latest update on CLOGSAG strike Head of the Local Government Service, Dr Nana Ato Arthur, has disclosed...

Mama Love Foundation calls for conjugal visits in prisons

Sex plays a vital role in the social life of man. Good sex life is believed to bring to the individual benefits such as...

One remanded over murder of 8 Fulanis in Yendi

The Yendi Circuit Court has remanded into police custody Danko Delabra who was arrested in connection with the murder of 8 Fulanis at Zakoli,...

East Legon, Adjiringanor, other parts of the country to experience power outage today

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is undertaking planned maintenance works in some parts of the country. In view of this, some areas in the...

GWCL disconnects 13 illegally linked pipelines

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has disconnected 13 illegally connected pipelines at Madina in Accra. This was during a mass disconnection exercise of...

36 die, 269 injured in road crashes during Easter

At least 36 persons were killed, and 269 others suffered injuries in 173 road accidents, across the country, during the Easter festivities.Similarly, 143 accidents...

Tema motorway squatters asked to vacate by May 1

Squatters along the Tema Motorway road reservation have been asked to vacate the area before Monday, May 1, 2022. The Ayawaso West Municipal Chief...

Defiance as Kejetia Market traders kick against lock up of their shops

Some traders at the New Kejetia Market in Kumasi are resisting management’s lock up of their shops over non-payment of premiums. Some of the traders...

PAC refers 100 institutions to police for Procurement Law breaches

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has referred more than 100 public institutions in six regions to the Ghana Police Service for investigations...

Two dead in tricycle accident at Wuraso

Two people have met their untimely death in an accident involving a tricycle, commonly called 'Aboboyaa' at Kumawu-Wuraso in the Ashanti Region. The deceased together...

Labourer remanded for allegedly stealing pastor’s gold rings

The Ofaakor Circuit Court has remanded a 31-year-old labourer in prison custody for allegedly stealing his pastor's 12 gold rings valued at GH¢120,000. The accused,...

Arrival of Denkyirehene’s mortal remains at Jukwa [Watch]

https://youtu.be/tz724S5I1d4 It was a moment of sadness when the body of Denkyirahene Odeefuo Boa Amponsem III was moved to his hometown. The body was moved to Jukwa...

US State Department makes shocking revelation about govt officials

The United States Department of State has observed that corruption is still prevalent in the country. According to the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices...

Today marks 50 years since Kwame Nkrumah died

It has been 50 years since Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, passed away. Kwame Nkrumah died on April 27, 1972, while battling cancer....

Police chase four robbery suspects who killed a car dealer in Tema

The Tema Regional Police Command is on a manhunt for four suspected robbers who killed a car dealer around Bampo Hotel. Felix Tetteh Batcha, a...

1000 pass out as first batch of Accra City Response

About 1000 young men and women have passed out as the first batch of the Accra City Response Team. This was in a ceremony on...

Two old women saved as fire guts house in Bole

Two old women ages between the ages of 90 and 100 survived narrowly from a domestics fire outbreak in Bole in the Savannah Region. The...

Ayikai Doblo chief acquitted and discharged

An Accra High Court has acquitted and discharged the chief of Ayikai Doblo in the Ga West municipality, Nii Amoo Doodu, after successfully appealing...

My ‘school father’ taught me how to smoke marijuana – Ex-convict

A 25-year-old Senior High School (SHS) graduate, Memphis Abdul Rasheed, who left school as a drug addict has been jailed for terrorizing and robbing...