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Eid makes return to Independence Square after Covid restrictions – Veep Bawumia

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has announced that this year's Eid prayers will be held at the Independence Square following the easing of...

I want to be like Kwame Nkrumah – Sam Jonah

Business mogul and statesman, Sir Sam E. Jonah, says if he was to get the opportunity to be President of Ghana, he would want to...

Every true Christian drinks alcohol – GIHOC CEO

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GIHOC Distilleries, Maxwell Kofi Jumah, has claimed that every true Christian drinks alcohol. He explained that alcohol was bequeathed to...

Businessman who allegedly insulted MP granted ¢10k bail

An Accra District Court has granted a GH¢10,000 bail with two sureties to a businessman who allegedly insulted Carlos Ahenkorah, Member of Parliament (MP)...

Why husband of late ‘Ekwueme’ hitmaker is yet to be arraigned in court – IGP

Usman Alkali Baba, Nigeria's Inspector-General of Police, has revealed why his outfit is yet to arraign gospel singer, Osinachi’s husband, Peter Nwachukwu, to court...

Ashesi spiderman steals show on ‘Crazy Day’ [Photos+Video]

A male student of Ashesi University who is yet-to-be-identified stole the spotlight at the 2022 Crazy Day celebration with his spiderman costume. The day...

Go to sleep and mind your own business – CLOGSAG boss ‘attacks’ Franklin Cudjoe

Executive Secretary, Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG), Isaac Bampoe-Addo, has asked the founder of IMANI-Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, to stay away...

Losing your child is a painful experience – Mahama consoles Dag Heward-Mills

Former President John Mahama has visited Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, the founder of the Light House Chapel to sympathize with him over the loss of...

Sad: Birthday girl dies after falling into septic tank

A five-year old girl fell into a septic tank on Thursday and died at Ejisu in the Ashanti Region on her birthday. The body of...

Man in court for insulting NPP MP

An Accra District Court has granted a GHC10,000.00 bail with two sureties to a businessman who allegedly insulted Carlos Ahenkorah, Member of Parliament (MP)...

Tears as teacher, 36, perishes in ghastly accident

Sylvia Etornam Gbormita, a teacher at the Border Basic School at Aflao in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region, has died in...

Check out new legal fees issued by GBA

A new directive on what clients seeking legal representation will be paying to their lawyers has been announced by the Ghana Bar Association (GBA).The...

Opoku-Ahweneeh Danquah is new GNPC CEO

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has announced Opoku-Ahweneeh Danquah as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mr Danquah, who was a Deputy CEO in...

KNUST deferment: Over 3,550 students reinstated

About 3,350 out of the over 6,000 students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) whose programmes of study were deferred...

Gabby Otchere-Darko has this to say about Dr Okoe Boye’s appointment

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has urged politicians to stay loyal to their parties no matter the...

Kofi Buah petitions CHRAJ over Police killing of constituent

The Ellembelle MP has filed a petition at the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), to investigate the April 1, 2022 shooting...

CLOGSAG playing politics with neutrality allowance or not; top executive sets records straight [Listen]

National Organiser of the Members of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG), Emmanuel Acquah, has said no member of the association...

AG criticises lawyers who ‘denigrate’ judges

The Attorney-General (A-G) and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has lashed out at some lawyers who he accused of denigrating judges and the...

KMA announces major partnership with national security [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · KMA announces major partnership with national security The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has said it is ready to deal with sanitation offenders in...

PRESEC, Wesley Girls must admit students with aggregate 20 – Minister

The Education Minister is asking Grade 'A' schools to learn to accept students with low grades and mould them into good students capable of...

Admit only cases with potential of resulting in change of law – A-G urges Supreme Court

The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has implored the Supreme Court to screen cases that are brought before it for hearing. Speaking at...

Deferment will be reversed for students who pay fees – KNUST SRC

The Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has stated that the deferment of about 6,000 students...

Police collaborate with town council to ease crime at Worawora

The Biakoye district police command in the Oti Region is advocating for effective collaboration with the Worawora Zonal Town Council to help fight the...

Dr Oko Boye gets top appointment

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed former Ledzokuku Member of Parliament, Bernard Okoe Boye, as the acting Chief Executive of the National Health Insurance Authority...

Lands Commission sets records straight on demolition exercise at Mpehuasem

The Lands Commission has justified a demolition exercise at Mpehuasem in the Ayawaso West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. According to the outfit,...

23-year-old Ghanaian woman in the U.S. fatally killed by unknown gunman

A 23-year-old Ghanaian woman living in the United States of America has been reported dead after a man opened fire in Concourse, killing her...

NPP executive robbed at gunpoint [Video]

Suspected armed robbers have raided the home of the Deputy Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Perpetual Lomokie Akwada. Madam Akwada, who...

Everyone can prophesy; you don’t need a bishop, prophet or apostle – Duncan-Williams

Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has said: “You don’t have to be an archbishop or a prophet or a bishop to be anointed” and also prophesy. “The...

Electric wire used as drying line electrocutes couple to death

Kongo, a community in the Nabdam District in the Upper East Region, was Wednesday morning , thrown into mourning when a couple was electrocuted to...

15 student nurses, midwives asked to repeat or be expelled

About 15 student nurses and midwives at Atibie Nursing and Midwifery Training College at Kwahu in the Eastern Region have been asked to repeat...

#ContiAgainstDeferrals trends on Twitter as KNUST students oppose Management

The Unity Hall Traditional Council (UTC) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has stated that it is against management’s decision...

GIJ graduation ceremony disrupted by rains; students blame management for poor planning

The 2022 graduation ceremony of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) was brought to a halt after the rains disrupted the event. The first session...

We each make GH¢30,000 monthly – Twins on their 6 months stay in the US

US-based Ghanaian twins, Akwasi Kuffour and Akwasi Panyin have disclosed that they make $4,000 (GH¢30,000) per month with only a cyber security certificate.Speaking on...

Deputy Minister justifies CLOGSAG’s demand for neutrality allowance

The Deputy Employment and Labour Relations Minister has explained the rationale behind the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG’s) demand for...

KNUST Deferment: Good news for affected students

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) and the Students Representative Council (SRC) of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science Technology (KNUST) are mobilising funds...

KNUST SRC sends SOS message to deferred students [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · KNUST SRC On Deferment Of Students The President of the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology...

Arsenal fulfills Gabby’s birthday wish

Co-founder of Danquah Institute and a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, turned 55 years on Wednesday, April 20. Mr Otchere-Darko’s...

KNUST deferment: I invested my fees because I knew I’ll get returns – Student

A male student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) who is part of about 6,000 students deferred over the delayed payment of...

Five arrested over mob justice

Police have apprehended five male suspects for allegedly playing key roles in the lynching of a suspected robber. The five suspects are Justice Bananomah, 45,...

NLC meets CLOGSAG over intended strike

The Executive Secretary of the National Labour Commission (NLC), Ofosu Asamoah, has said members of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG)...