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Latest on Abesim murder case

The Police have received advice on the case docket of Richard Appiah, the suspect who allegedly murdered two minors at Abesim in the Bono...

Driver fined for dangerous driving

The Ofaakor Circuit Court has sentenced a driver, Daniel Amo Korankye, to a fine of GHC3,000 for driving dangerously on the Winneba-Kasoa Highway. The convict...

Driver flees after crashing Immigration Officer to death

An Immigration Officer, identified as ICO Mark Adaako, has reportedly been crashed to death. This was after he was run over by an articulated truck...

I applied for Director of Ghana School of Law position – Yaw Oppong reveals

JoyNews/AdomNews · Yaw Oppong on Ghana Law School appointment Private legal practitioner, Yaw D. Oppong, has revealed he applied to be Director of Legal Education...

I wish I was a Ghanaian instead of Dutch – Lady confesses

Dutch-born in Ghana, Marli Van Iwaarden, has stated that she wished her mum had chosen for her to be a Ghanaian and not a...

Forestry Commission destroys 5 hectares of illegal farms

The Juaboso-Bia forest district has destroyed five hectares of illegal plantain farms in the Krokosue Hill forest reserve. This forms part of their actions...

Conti-Kantanga clash: KNUST suspends all public gatherings

Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has directed the suspension of all public gatherings on campus. It includes the ongoing...

Law School won’t prevent any qualified student – Yaw Oppong

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ghana Law School will admit all qualified students Director of Legal Education at the Ghana School of Law has said their wish is...

Herdsman, 18, jailed for issuing threat of harm

The Bole District Magistrate Court, presided over by His Worship Edward Essel, has sentenced an 18-year-old herdsman for attempted fraud and threat of harm. Inusah...

CCTV footages show faces of suspects in KNUST attack

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has retrieved some CCTV footages identifying some suspects in Thursday's violent clash between students of...

Heavy police presence at KNUST after Conti-Katanga clash

There is a heavy police presence at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) following a clash between students of the University...

Man inflicts cutlass wounds on lover at Juaboso

A man believed to be in his late thirties has inflicted severe cutlass wounds on his girlfriend at Sefwi Gyapongkrom, a farming community near...

Akufo-Addo reacts to death of Yaa Naa’s heir apparent

President Akufo-Addo is saddened by the passing of the chief of Mion, Naa Mahamadu Abdulai V. The 48-year-old died on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, after...

OSP’s Labianca report hollow – Martin Amidu

Former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu has slammed the report issued by the Office of the Special Prosecutor on the Labianca case. On August 8, 2022,...

betPawa sets up Responsible Gaming Call Center for Gaming Commission

Leading online betting and gaming company betPawa has provided IT equipment to the Gaming Commission of Ghana for the creation of a Responsible Gaming...

USAG condemns Conti-Katanga clash at KNUST

University Students Association of Ghana (USAG) has condemned the clash that ensued between students of the Katanga and Unity Halls of the Kwame Nkrumah...

Our parents have disappointed us – Youngsters whose returnee parents died in bizarre circumstances cry

Two youngsters whose returnee parents from the Netherlands died under bizarre circumstances have been crying all day since news of the death of their...

Arise Ghana calls for suspension of utility tariff increment

A pressure group, Arise Ghana, has called for the immediate suspension of utility tariff increment. The group said the timing of the upward is bad.  A...

COCOBOD sends strong message over fertilisers, agric inputs

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has cautioned persons diverting subsidised fertilisers and agric inputs meant for cocoa farmers to stop or risk prosecution. According to...

GJA President consoles Jospong Group CEO

The President, of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, has assured the bereaved family of the Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group...

MoFA to rescue 431 stranded Ghanaians in UAE

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration is putting in place measures to rescue some 431 stranded Ghanaians in Dubai and the United...

Judge rebukes police prosecutor for defying court order

The judge at the Circuit Court at Yendi in the Northern Region, Anthony Aduku-Aidoo, has rebuked the police prosecutor in court for defying a...

Latest on Conti-Katanga clash

The University Relations Officer (URO) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has revealed the attack on students of Unity Hall by...

Boy, 12, dies in fire incident; another injured at Chorkor [Photos]

A 12-year-old boy, identified as Prince Bentum Sarkwa, has reportedly died in a fire incident at Chorkor in the Greater Accra Region. A 15-year-old boy,...

Police restore calm on KNUST campus after Conti-Katanga clash

Calm has returned to the campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). This is according to the Ghana Police Service in...

Bawumia commiserates with people of Dagbon over death of heir apparent to Yaa Naa

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has commiserated with the people of Dagbon over the death of the heir apparent to the Dagbon Skin, Mion-Lana,...

ECG facilities in Kroboland damaged: Transformers, cables, poles tampered with

An ongoing assessment by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) of its infrastructure in the Yilo Krobo and the Lower Manya Krobo municipalities has...

Cars vandalised in Katanga-Conti clash on KNUST campus

Rampaging students on the campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have vandalised cars and other property in a clash...

Truck driver crushed to death by timber log

Driver of an unidentified truck carrying timber logs has been crushed to death in an accident. The accident happened at a junction that links Sankore,...

Curfew imposed on Bawku after latest killings

The Minister for Interior has, by executive instrument, renewed the curfew hours imposed on the Bawku Municipality and its environs in the Upper East...

Govt determined to bring relief to Ghanaians – Akufo-Addo

“The Akufo-Addo government has not thrown its hands up in despair at this development. We are determined to bring relief to the Ghanaian people,...

No company has been licensed to prospect for minerals in Forest Reserves – Minerals Commission

The Minerals Commission has refuted allegations that the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor, has granted prospecting licences to some companies...

Education Ministry chasing Tanit Ltd to refund over ¢800k after it failed to deliver contract

The Education Ministry has started moves to ensure that Tanit Ltd, an IT Company, which it contracted to provide digital teacher training content and...

British High Commissioner gifted a goat in Northern Region

The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson, during one of her visits to the northern part of Ghana, received a token she did...

Burial arrangement for former IGP announced

Late former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Charles Odartey Lamptey, is set to be buried on Saturday, August 20, 2022. He will be laid in...

Two churches fight at cemetery over burial of member who owed tithes [Video]

A very disturbing report from Kwabenakrom at Sefwi Bekwai, in the Western North Region indicates that two churches have clashed at a cemetery in...

Man found hanging dead in uncompleted building

A man in his 30s has been found hanging in an uncompleted building at New Kyekyere in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti region. The...

Northern Region CHASS threatens to close schools over lack of funds for food

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) in the Northern Region has threatened to disrupt the academic calendar if the government does...

Sack entire management of GRA – Akufo-Addo told

The Executive Secretary of the Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana (IEAG), Samson Asaki Awingobit, has called on government to dissolve and sack the...

Imprisonment of fishers will be enacted in our laws – Fisheries Minister

The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has disclosed that plans are underway to ensure fishers are imprisoned for three to six...