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Abola Traditional Council supports Jospong Group to make Accra clean

The Abola Traditional Council (ATC) has strongly affirmed its support for the efforts by the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) to ensure that Accra,...

Wife of taxi driver who returned missing GH¢8,400 narrates her side of the story

Francisca Ackon, the wife of the famous taxi driver, who earned the admiration of many by returning a whopping GH¢8,000 cedis found in his...

National Security announces measures to enhance safety at places of worship amid terrorists attacks in sub-region

The National Security Ministry says it is instituting new measures at public places of worship to avert terrorist attacks in the country. In a letter...

About 500 police personnel deployed for Daasebre Oti Boateng’s funeral

The Eastern Regional Police Command is deploying about 500 police personnel for the final funeral rite of the late Paramount Chief of New Juaben...

30 suspected criminals arrested in swoop at Aboabo forest [Video]

About 30 suspected criminals have been arrested after a swoop by the Northern Regional police command at Aboabo forest near Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium...

Five injured in accident at Gomoa Buduatta junction [Video]

Five persons have been injured in an accident at Gomoa Buduatta in the Central Region. Two are said to be in critical conditions while three...

PURC to come up with new utility tariffs on this date

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) is expected to announce new utility tariffs by July 1, 2022, after the Ghana Water Company Limited and...

EPA tracking source of chemical pollution in Tema Newtown

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is tracking the source of a suspected chemical substance that polluted the air in parts of Tema Newtown on...

Ghanaians urged to report engineers doing shoddy works for punishment

Ghanaians have been charged to report engineers who neglect their duties and those who do inferior work for necessary punishment. This, according to the President...

NEIP trains 24,000 Ghanaians in ‘Youth in Innovative Agriculture Programme’

The National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) has commenced training of over 24,000 applicants in the Youth in Innovative Agriculture Programme under Ghana Cares...

Parts of Accra flooded after dawn rains

Following almost four hours of rain, parts of Accra and other urban centres in the Greater Accra Region including Kaneshie and Tema have been...

I regret choosing drugs over school – UK-based Ghanaian

UK-based Ghanaian, Robert Wayo, has disclosed that after his father took him to London, he did not heed his father’s advice to pursue a...

I was told senior military officers were involved in coup plot – Witness tells court

Corporal Godwin Nii Korankye Ankrah, the twelfth prosecution's witness in the treason trial, has told the High Court that he was informed that senior...

ECG appoints Samuel Dubik Mahama as Managing Director

President Akufo-Addo has appointed Samuel Dubik Masubir Mahama as Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). He is expected to take over at...

Radio evangelist Nana Yaw Sarfoh shares his encounter with God

Radio Presenter cum evangelist, Nana Yaw Sarfoh, has recounted how his journalism career transformed into evangelism. According to the evangelist who never envisioned doing the...

I had aggregate 9; but the University of Ghana Business School didn’t admit me – Education Minister

The Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has revealed that, even though he excelled in his ‘A’ level exams, he was denied admission...

Ghanaian snake caretaker dies from snake bite in Malaysia

President of the Ghana Association in Malaysia, Samuel Adu, has revealed that a young Ghanaian, Andrews Appiah, has died while working as a snake...

‘I attempted an abortion with my mother’s tithe’

The ex-wife of a former diplomat has recounted how all her dreams were cut short because of a pregnancy. According Felicia Edem Attippoe, who is...

Marwako food poisoning case: Competitor sabotage is possible – PRO

The Public Relations officer of Marwako Fast Food Limited has said that his outfit is investigating the incidence of food poisoning that was recorded...

Robbers attack fuel pump attendants at Akyem Abenase

A fuel pump attendant is in critical condition after armed robbers attacked her at Akyem Abenase in the Akyemansa district of the Eastern region. The...

Economic activities in Koforidua suspended for final funeral rites of Daasebre Oti Boateng and queen mother [Video]

Economic activities in the Eastern Regional capital, Koforidua and its environs have been suspended ahead of the final funeral rites for the Paramount Chief...

Govt drops neutrality allowance but…

Government has decided to implement all agreements in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG). It...

Sad moment as 6 children crushed to death on Kete-Krachi highway are laid to rest [Video]

https://youtu.be/czq0sv0PKk0 The Oti region town of Matamallan Ankase was on Friday May 13, 2022 thrown into a state of mourning when six school...

Residents appeal for speed ramps on Kete-Krachi highway over rampant accidents

Residents of Matamallan Ankase, a community at Kete-Krachi in the Oti region are appealing for speed ramps to curb pedestrian knockdowns on the Kete-krachi...

Food poisoning: What to do to prevent it and how to deal with it

Food is a vital part of life not only because it provides the energy to run body functions and the building blocks to grow...

E-levy implementation challenges under control; ignore doomsayers – Ken Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said that government has been able to resolve the initial challenges that characterised the implementation of the Electronic Transfer...

Akufo-Addo charges African leaders to put resources together to address infrastructural concerns on the continent

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has charged African leaders to put their synergies and resources together to articulate a new way of addressing infrastructural...

Dissolve Kejetia Market board and management – Traders request

Traders at the Kejetia Market are calling for the dissolution of Kumasi City Market Board and management of the facility for failing to address...

New twist to Kasoa teen killers’ case

The High Court handling the case in which two teenagers were accused of the murder of a 10-year-old boy in Kasoa for money rituals...

Man, 42, found dead in gutter after heavy downpour at Sehwi Besease

A man identified as I.K Acheampong has been found dead in a gutter at Sehwi Besease in the Bodi District of the Western North...

I drink a lot of beer – Asiedu Nketia [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · I drink a lot of beer; It is not a sin - Asiedu Nketia The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress...

Six land guards arrested at Nyanyano Kakraba [Video]

The Central East Regional Police Command has arrested six land guards at Nyanyano Kakraba in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The...

2 farmers jailed 4 years each for stealing goats

A Bole District Magistrate Court has sentenced two farmers to four years imprisonment each for stealing four goats in Tuna, a community in the...

Fresh details emerge about KNUST lecturer accused of kidnapping wife

It has emerged the lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) standing trial for kidnapping his missing wife, tried to...

School Feeding Caterers’ passionate appeal to govt over feeding grants

The National School Feeding Caterers Association is calling for an increment in feeding grants due to increase in rices of food items in the...

Agyapa deal revived – Ken Ofori-Atta reveals

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has called for support for the Agyapa Deal to progress instead of it being abandoned. Responding to a...

Nhyira FM’s Mama Effe honoured with special kente cloth woven in her name [Photos]

A group of kente weavers at Adanwomase in the Ashanti region has presented a special Kente cloth to Eleanor Effe Amanor, host of Nhyira...

Multiple trucks involved in accident on Nsawam road [Photos]

An accident involving multiple trucks at the Ofankor barrier near Pokuase on the Nsawam-Accra Highway has caused a heavy vehicular traffic. The accident...

Police to support children of fetish priest who shot himself after killing wife and son

The Central Regional Police Command in collaboration with the University of Cape Coast (UCC) is set to provide psychological support for children of a...

Two sisters arrested for assaulting friend’s rival

Two sisters, 21-year-old Barkisu Lonsina and 23-year-old Lonsina Fatima are in the grips of the Bole police in the Savannah region for assaulting a...