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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...

Songhor lagoon project: Minister speaks highly of ElectroChem [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Mireku Duker speaks on Songhor project A Deputy Lands and Natural Resources Minister in charge of Mining, George Mireku Duker is confident salt...

Mireku Duker sets records straight on his ‘involvement’ in ‘galamsey’ [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Mireku Duker sets records straight on his involvement in 'galamsey' A Deputy Lands and Natural Resources Minister, George Mireku Duker, has debunked allegations...

SOE CEOs don’t do anything for the fat salaries they receive – Ken Thompson

CEO of Dalex Finance, Ken Thompson, says it is ‘hard’ for CEOs of State-Owned Enterprises to ‘perform’ because they are appointed in return for...

2 in police grips for alleged premix diversion in Keta

Some two persons have been arrested by the Keta Police for their involvement in the alleged diversion of premix fuel meant for Keta fisherfolks...

We’re ready for bye-election in Assin North – John Boadu

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, John Boadu says his party is poised to contest the Assin North Parliamentary seat when a...

I’m immune to Largactil and pepper – Franklin Cudjoe parries threats by CLOGSAG

Founding President and Chief Executive Officer of IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, Franklin Cudjoe, has stated that he is not perturbed by the...

Three killed in accident involving truck transporting cows [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Three killed in accident involving truck transporting cows near Kintampo Three persons have been reported dead in an accident at Gulumpe in the...

Presidential Advisor warns of a looming HIV/AIDS epidemic soon

A presidential advisor on HIV/AIDS and former director general of the Ghana Aids Commission, Dr Mokowa Blay Adu-Gyamfi said she fears there could soon be an epidemic. This, she...

Cargo truck loaded with hazardous goods catches fire on Accra-Tema motorway

A cargo truck loaded with hazardous goods while plying the Accra bound lane of the Accra-Tema Motorway (N1) on Tuesday caught fire. The timely arrival...

Management of GIJ reacts to graduation rumpus

Management of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has clarified the circumstances leading to the confusion which erupted at the 1st session of the school’s...

Former teaching assistant contradicts KNUST lecturer’s claim on wife’s disappearance

A former teaching assistant at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)who worked with Dr Wilberforce Aggrey, has contradicted the lecturer’s claims...

CLOGSAG’s ‘Neutrality Allowance’: You’ve no choice but pay – Govt told

The government has been urged to settle members of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG) following their strike in demand for...

CLOGSAG boycotts May Day celebration

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana CLOGSAG has said their demand for a 'neutrality allowance' is appropriate. The body has justified the demand,...

Have residents up in arms against cattle owners

The Chiefs and people of Have in the Afadzato South District of the Volta Region are up in arms over encroachment on their lands...

Man jailed after GH₵800 ‘chichinga’ theft goes wrong

25-year-old man, Kwame Asamoah has been jailed for stealing GH₵800 from a noodles vendor at Gyakobu in Akotia in the Eastern Region. In an interview...

No thank you – Charlotte Osei’s response to ‘juicy offer’

Former Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei, has turned down calls for her to be appointed a Supreme Court judge in 2025....