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Police chase killers of 23-year-old student shot dead in his car at Sofoline

Police in the Ashanti region say they are following leads to help arrest killers of a student of Oyoko School of Dispensing Optics who was shot dead...

Academic calendar for pre-tertiary institutions remains unchanged – GES

The Ghana Education Service (GES) is reminding all schools and the public that the basic schools' academic calendar released in March has not changed.According...

Immigration Service rejects corruption tag

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has expressed shock at the report that placed it second on the list of corrupt institutions in Ghana. Supt Michael Amoako-Atta,...

Ghana Card – E-Passport brouhaha: I did not contradict Bawumia – Ayorkor Botchwey

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has dispelled claims by some media and some members of the opposition NDC that she has...

Kete Krachi residents stage protest over ‘dumsor’

Residents of Kete Krachi in the Krachi West Municipality of the Oti Region have hit the street to show their displeasure over the poor...

Abuga Pele speaks about jail time

Former Chief Executive Officer of the defunct Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency (GYEEDA), Abuga Pele, has opened up about the circumstances leading...

48-year-old woman killed as car rams into chop bar

A Kia private car with registration number AS 7369-21, has killed a 48-year-old woman at Asante Akyem Juaso after running into a chop bar...

23-year-old student shot dead in his car at Sofoline

A 23-year-old student of Oyoko School of Dispensing Optics has been shot dead by unknown gunmen in Kumasi, Tuesday evening. Kwabena Asumadu met his untimely...

Police on manhunt for Achiaman robbery suspects

The Ghana Police Service says it is on a manhunt for some robbers in the Greater Accra Region. The Police said the robbers attacked a...

Nurse assistant weeps for employment after 3 years of being jobless

A registered nurse assistant is crying for help after staying home three years without a job. Ms. Rose Adu Gyamfi said she has been jobless...

Teachers and lecturers in private schools take bribes the most – UNODC Report

Teachers and lecturers in private schools in Ghana have been identified as the highest recipients of bribes in Ghana. This is based on a report...

2022 BECE, WASSCE: Govt owes WAEC GHS 21m – Apaak [Listen]

Parents, and students who will be expecting to write the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination ( WASSCE)...

EOCO arrests Nigerian man for allegedly defrauding Ukrainian businessman to the tune of $6.5 million

A Nigerian criminal syndicate, allegedly led by one Sunny Anwamini (Sam), has been arrested by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) for allegedly...

We don’t have a culture of paying for music – GHAMRO CEO

The CEO of Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO), Abraham Adjatey, has said that one of the challenges hindering the effectiveness of the royalty collection...

People’s Forum: Residents of Kasoa Adam Nana appeal for water, roads

Residents of Adam Nana, a suburb at Kasoa in the Central Region, are appealing for potable drinking water. The community relies on distant streams and...

Ghanaians celebrate Atta Mills on his birthday

Today marks exactly 78 years since the late Prof John Evans Atta Mills was born. In this light, Ghanaians have taken to social media to...

John Dumelo donates boots, cutlasses to farmers in Guan district

Actor and politician John Dumelo has extended his benevolent hands to the farming community in the Guan district, the orphan constituency in the Oti...

Volta Lake identified as human trafficking hub

The Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Letsa, says human trafficking remained a threat to the human resources of the country. According to him, Volta Lake...

Over 15.7 million Ghana Cards issued so far – NIA

The National Identification Authority (NIA) says it has issued over 15.7 million Ghana Cards to Ghanaians.  The Executive Secretary of the NIA, Prof. Kenneth Agyemang...

La Dade-Kotopon assembly closes down night club for promoting nudity

The La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly (LaDMA) on Monday closed down Hyde Out, a popular nightclub at Abafum, Accra, for allegedly promoting nudity and indecent...

It would be nice to legalise marijuana – Amakye Dede 

Veteran musician, Amakye Dede, has supported calls for the legalisation of marijuana. According to him, he does not see anything wrong with smoking the plant. The...

Armed robbers attack filling station at Amasaman; fuel attendant killed

One person has died and three others injured after armed robbers attacked a fuel station at Amasaman 3 junction. The robbers attacked the four victims;...

Ato Forson authorised payment to ambulance supplier contrary to contract’s terms – Health Minister to court

Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has accused a former Deputy Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, of authorising payments to an ambulance supplier contrary to clear...

Bonsu robbery: One suspect burnt to death

Irate youth have set an alleged armed robber ablaze in front of Bonsu Nkwanta Police Station in the Juaboso District of the Western North...

Govt to deploy speed boats to check ‘galamsey’ on water bodies

Government says it is going to deploy speed boats to fight illegal mining also known as galamsey on river bodies. According to the Ministry of...

What killed Atta Mills revealed [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Atta Mills’ brother discloses cause of death 10 years on Ten years on, brother of the late President John Evans Atta Mills has...

Marburg virus: 50 out of 98 contacts traced discharged – GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says 50 out of 98 persons identified as contacts to the recent outbreak of the Marburg virus in the...

Ghana Police Service leads corruption league table

The Ghana Police Service is the most corrupt institution in the country, a research conducted by Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), together with other stakeholders,...

Dr Siaw Agyepong invites Akufo-Addo, Bawumia to late father’s funeral

A delegation from the bereaved family of the Founder and Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has...

Two Hajj pilgrims die in Mecca

They are both male and female the latter being the first to lose her life. According to the Director of the Medical Department of...

Nduom pays courtesy call on ex-President Kufuor

Chairman of Groupe Nduom, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has paid a courtesy call on former President John Agyekum Kufuor. This was to inform the former...

Man jailed 15 years for having sex with wife’s niece

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 53-year-old trader to 15 years imprisonment for defiling his wife’s 12-year-old niece at Afuaman near Ablekumah in...

Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly launches ‘Operation Paint Your Building’ campaign

The Sekondi –Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly under the leadership of the Western Regional Minister and acting Mayor of the Assembly, Dr Kwabenya Okyere Darko-Mensah, has...

Late President Mills slept in a room with leaking roof at the Castle – Samuel Atta Mills     

Brother of late President John Evans Atta Mills and Member of Parliament (MP) for Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem, Samuel Atta Mills, has disclosed that...

2 SHS teachers remanded for rape, indecent assault at Asankrangwa

An Asankrangwa District Magistrate court has remanded two teachers of the Asankrangwa Senior High School (SHS) into Police custody for allegedly raping and assaulting...

Bibiani mine demonstration leaves 6 with gunshot wounds

The Bibiani Police command has begun investigations into a demonstration by the youth of Bibiani to stop Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyabi II, Chief of Sefwi-Anwhiaso...

CODA sets records straight over redevelopment of Asomdwee Park

The Coastal Development Authority (CODA) has set the records straight following the redevelopment of Asomdwee park. According to CODA, it has prioritised the renovation of...

Two die in a tricycle crash at Enyan Abaasa during funeral

Two persons died in a terrible accident at Enyan Abaasa in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region during a one-week observation...

Taadi ‘pregnant’ woman makes shocking revelation

Josephine Panyin Mensah, the 27-year-old woman at the centre of the controversial pregnancy and kidnapping saga in Takoradi, has stated categorically that she never...

To relocate Atta Mills’ body or not – Family sets records straight [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · o relocate Atta Mills' body or not – Family sets records straight The family of late President John Evans Atta Mills has said...