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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...

Ghana to write 2022 WASSCE alone

Only Ghanaian candidates are left to write the West African Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), scheduled from August 1 to September 27, 2022....

3,678 fires recorded in first half of 2022 – Fire Service

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) in the first half of the year attended to a total of 3,678 outbreaks in the country. The Service...

Samia Nkrumah commends govt for Nkrumah Mausoleum redevelopment

The daughter of Ghana’s first President, Samia Nkrumah, has commended the government for the moves to upgrade the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum to a standard...

Food shortage forces some final-year SHS students in Ashanti Region to skip school

Final-year students of some senior high schools in the Ashanti Region are yet to report to school though their teachers are back from the...

Residents of Assin Fosu Pumpside in fear over attempted kidnapping

Some residents at Pumpside in the Assin Fosu Municipality of the Central Region are living in fear following an alleged attempted kidnapping of a...

You can use Atta Mills’ name to chop but… Koku Anyidoho told

Founder of Atta Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho, has been given permission to make money with the name of the late President. But, the family has...

Asomdwee Park brouhaha: Koku Anyidoho weeps [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Koku Anyidoho weeps over Asomdwe Park brouhaha Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Atta Mills Institute is distraught following claims by...

Lands Minister sets up committee to investigate alleged military brutalities of illegal miners

The Lands and Natural Resources Ministry has set up a committee to probe the alleged military brutalities on some illegal miners, who were reportedly...

About ¢5bn in bribes paid in both private and public sectors in 2021 – GSS

About ¢5 billion in bribes were paid in both the private and the public sector, a survey by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has...

Ghanaian universities to admit medical students displaced by Ukraine war – Education Minister

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ghanaian Universities To Admit Medical Students Displaced By Ukraine War - Education Minister Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has said Ghanaian...

We don’t recognise Atta Mills Institute – Samuel Atta Mills

The family of late President John Evans Atta Mills has said they don’t recognise the Atta Mills Institute headed by former aide, Koku Anyidoho. Brother...

Publish your daughter’s autopsy report – Samuel Atta Mills fires Koku

JoyNews/AdomNews · Samuel Atta Mills on late Mills' autopsy report Brother of late President John Atta Mills has challenged founder of the Atta Mills Institute,...

Fans react massively to Prosper Ogum’s resignation

Multiple reports confirming the resignation of the head coach of Asante Kotoko, Prosper Ogum, as the gaffer of the team, has stirred massive reactions. This...

We will move Atta Mills’ body from Asomdwe Park if… -Family

JoyNews/AdomNews · Atta Mills famiy to move body out of Asomdwe Park Family of late President Atta Mills is threatening to exhume the body of...

Rex Omar reacts to High Court decision to set GHAMRO board aside

The ‘Board Chairman’ of Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO), Rex Omar, has addressed Ghanaians, especially the music industry after a High Court decision to...

Parliament approves $750 million loan

Parliament has approved a $750 million loan requested by the Finance Ministry. This was after the Chairman of the Finance Committee, Kwaku Kwarteng laid the...

I am no longer close to Akufo-Addo; he isn’t listening to God – Rev Owusu Bempa [Video]

Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah says he is no longer having a close relationship with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo because the president is no longer listening to God. Citing...

10 new justices of the High Court sworn into office

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday inducted into office 10 new Justices of the High Court, charging them to dispense justice without fear or favour,...

We shall deal with you – Atta Mill’s family threatens Koku Anyidoho

Brother of former President, John Evans Atta Mills has threatened to deal ruthlessly with Samuel Koku Anyidoho after he tampered with the grave of...

My step sisters poisoned my mum so I could send them money – Scotland-based Ghanaian

Scotland-based Ghanaian Esinam Jessica Adjika has alleged that her stepsisters caused her mother’s disability so that she would send money often for her treatment. According...

Lawsuit looms over National Cathedral project

Officials of Waterstone Realty Limited, the company accusing the government of indifference and threatening a lawsuit to recover compensation over its office complex which...

DCOP Kwesi Ofori bids farewell to Ghana Police

The Director-General of Ghana Police’s Public Affairs Directorate, DCOP Kwesi Ofori, has retired from active service. His retirement takes effect from Wednesday, July 20, 2022,...

State loses GH¢27bn to tax exemptions – Finance Minister confirms in Parliament

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has confirmed that the country lost about GH¢27 billion to tax exemptions granted some businesses between 2008 and...

Nursing trainees ditch clinical practicals over non-payment of allowances

Due to financial difficulties, several nursing trainees continue to forego their clinical practice at hospitals, which hinders the effective training of nurses and midwives. For...

Let my ex-lover rot in jail, her acid attack has ruined me – Angry man

Twenty-four-year-old Derick Ofusu Gyan whose girlfriend is currently serving a five-year jail term for pouring acid on him has denied claims that he has...

Asogli State bans funerals

In anticipation of the Te za 2022, the Asogli State Council has imposed a month-long ban on funerals within its jurisdiction. Secretary to the Council,...

Marburg virus: GMA issues health alert

General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has warned the populace to be vigilant and cautious as the country has recorded cases of...

E/R: GES supervisor dies in gory motorbike accident

A Circuit Supervisor with Abuakwa North Municipal Education Directorate of the Ghana Education Service has died in a horrific motor accident whilst on his...

Pregnant woman, 2-year-old son killed after car crashes into shop at Juaboso

A pregnant woman carrying her son to school have both been killed in an accident involving multiple cars. The victim and her uniformed two-year-old son...