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Man commits suicide at Sawla

A young man, believed to be in his late twenties, has been found hanging dead at Sawla in the Savannah Region. The man, who was...

Sad as father narrates how his 16-year-old daughter was kidnapped at Kasoa [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Sad as father narrates how his 16-year-old daughter was kidnaped at Kasoa A 16-year-old girl has been reportedly kidnapped at Kasoa in the...

TUC kicks against IMF bailout suggestions

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is kicking against suggestions that government should consider moving to the IMF for a financial bailout to address the...

Ghana might not cross 2024 as a democratic state – Security Analyst

Security Analyst, Paul Boateng, has warned government over recent economic hardships, saying the country might not cross the end of 2024 as a democratic...

I found peace and comfort sleeping at the cemetery – Lady reveals [Video]

The founder of Cultivating Minds Foundation has recounted how the ill-treatment of some relatives compelled her to seek shelter at the cemetery. Mary Addy said...

UDS graduate ventures into mobile car washing after failing to secure job [Video]

The unemployment rate in the country seems to be influencing some of the youth to take up jobs they never thought would be how...

Journalist files injunction against swearing in of newly-elected GJA President

A member of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has filed an application for an injunction seeking to prevent newly-elected GJA President, Albert Dwumfuor from...

GAF mounts robust defence along Northern border region

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) is to undertake a joint military operation to curtail the spread of terrorism from the Sahel region towards the...

Arise Ghana demo: Minister blames conveners for police-protesters clash

The Deputy Minister for Information, Fatimatu Abubakr, says it appears the conveners of the Arise Ghana demonstration are shirking responsibility in the role they...

Arise Ghana demo: ASEPA boss challenges police to release images of injured officers

One of the leaders of the Arise Ghana, Mensah Thompson, has dared the Ghana Police to publicly publish the images of the 12 injured...

Ghana Meteo releases weather warning

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has warned of thunderstorms or rains over the western coast and few places in the middle sector Wednesday morning. GMet...

Nkoranza murder: Suspect’s death unnatural – Autopsy report

A Police autopsy report has revealed that the late Victor Kwadwo Owusu, who was allegedly shot and killed on May 18, 2022, by the...

Importers and Exporters Association joins Arise Ghana demo

The Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana (IEAG) joined the Arise Ghana demonstration. Executive Secretary of the IEAG, Samson Awingobit Asaki, said their reason for...

Pay Gold Coast/Blackshield customers – PPP appeals to govt

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has appealed to the Government and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to pay all affected customers of the...

Senior GAF officer makes Ghana and Africa proud

Colonel Isaac Amponsah, a Senior Military Officer of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), graduated with Distinction in a Master of Arts in Strategic Security...

Barker-Vormawor trial: Court orders AG to provide security report on alleged treasonable activities

The Ashaiman District Court has ordered the Attorney General’s Office to provide a national security report on alleged treasonable activities by #FixTheCountry Convener, Oliver...

NDC’s Joshua Akamba spotted with weapon at Arise Ghana demo

The National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joshua Hamidu Akamba, has been spotted with a weapon among a crowd of Arise Ghana...

Arise Ghana Demo: Police warn protesters against planned use of catapult

The police have cautioned Arise Ghana demonstrators against the use of catapults during their ongoing protest.This directive is on the back of police intelligence...

Ghana is experiencing 5th wave of Covid-19 – KCCR virologist

A virologist at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR), Dr Michael Owusu, says the country is currently experiencing its fifth wave of the...

NPP man caged for allegedly firing warning shots

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into police custody a defeated parliamentary candidate of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Subin Constituency...

Day 2 of Arise Ghana demonstration underway [Photos]

Pressure group, Arise Ghana and its supporters, are currently massing up at the El Wak Sports Stadium for the second day of the demonstration. The...

Arise Ghana Demo: 29 persons remanded, organisers to be arraigned

The Ghana Police Service has arrested 29 protesters who engaged in violence during the Arise Ghana demonstration on Tuesday, June 28. The arrest was as...

Arise Ghana Demo: Man arrested for possessing weapon

A man is in the grips of the police for possessing a firearm on the second day of the Arise Ghana Demo. Starting late hours...

We don’t make any profit from School Feeding Programme – Caterer

Some caterers under the School Feeding Programme say they are not making any returns. According to one of them, Maame Araba Eshun, the 97 pesewas...

Arise Ghana Demo: Bernard Mornah narrates harrowing experience

A Leading Member of the Arise Ghana pressure group, Bernard Mornah, has recounted what had allegedly ensued at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Tuesday, June...

Shocking as 13-year-old girl is bitten to death by cobra in cocoa farm at Dadieso

A 13-year-old girl was on Friday bitten to death by a snake in a cocoa settlement at Dadieso in the Ellembelle District of the...

What a shame – Police to Arise Ghana protesters

The Police administration has accused Arise Ghana protesters of injuring officers deployed to provide security at the demonstration. “What a shame, we were there to...

All the photos and videos you need to see from Arise Ghana Demo

A pressure group, Arise Ghana, on Tuesday hit the streets of Accra to express displeasure over the worsening economic conditions in the country. In order...

Arise Ghana Demo: We are not calling off the protest – Conveners

Conveners for the Arise Ghana demonstration have stated that they are not calling off the protest despite an order from the court and the...

NAGRAT threatens strike over unpaid allowances

The Greater Accra Regional Secretariat of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has served notice it will lay down its tools if the...

Asenso Boakye meets UN Habitat over sustainable urbanization

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat) has renewed its commitment to partner the government in attaining sustainable urbanization and improving on climate...

Fake police officer granted ₵70k bail over fraud

An Accra Circuit Court has granted a ₵70,000.00 bail with two sureties to a fake police officer who allegedly defrauded his fiancée of ₵62,200.00. The...

Tension rises as armed Police ransack house of Church of Ghana’s leader

There is tension at the headquarters of Saviour Church of Ghana at Akyem Osiem in the Eastern region following the invasion of the house...

Only 35 betting companies with licence to operate in Ghana – Gaming Commission

The Gaming Commission has said only 35 betting companies have been licensed to operate sports betting in Ghana for 2022. The commission has therefore cautioned the...

Arise Ghana Demo: Police arrest 3 protesters

The Ghana Police Service has arrested three protesters of the ongoing demonstration by the pressure group, Arise Ghana. The three were allegedly picked up for...

Health Minister submits over 10 documents against Ato Forson in ambulance case

The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, on Tuesday, submitted more than 10 pieces of evidence against former Deputy Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, and...

Businessman remanded over theft of Toyota vehicle

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a 37-year-old businessman into Police custody over the alleged theft of a Toyota vehicle valued at ¢90,000. The vehicle...

Arise Ghana demo: Police officers injured after demonstrators pelted them with stones [Photos]

Some police officers have been injured on the grounds of the demonstration at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle as Arise Ghana protestors and officials from...

28 years of teaching but living on loans – Life of a teacher

The story of a female teacher who has spent 28 years of her life teaching but currently lives on loans moved listeners of Luv...

Ghana identified as transit country for drug trafficking – British High Commission

The British High Commission in Ghana has revealed that the country has been noted on the global radar as a transit country for drug trafficking, especially...