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Truck carrying tomatoes involved in accident at Alajo [Photos+Video]

https://youtu.be/M3XQXNrnLIQ A truck carrying tomatoes has overturned at the Alajo intersection of the Circle-Nsawam road. The accident, which occurred in the early hours of Monday,...

I became homeless – Nana Yaa Jantuah recounts life after quitting PURC

The General Secretary of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Nana Yaa Jantuah, has disclosed how painful it is to be incorruptible. The former Director of...

Akufo-Addo’s support to farmers unmatched – Agric Minister

The Akufo-Addo government’s support for farmers in the country is unmatched since the inception of the Fourth Republican Constitution, the Minister of Food and...

Encroachers given 48 hours to vacate CSIR lands [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Encroachers Given 48 - Hour Vacate CSIR Lands The Greater Accra Regional Security Council has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to illegal developers on...

Four more officers interdicted over Islamic SHS chaos

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has interdicted four more officers for their roles in the disturbances at Islamic Senior High...

Accra-Tema motorway to get 3 interchanges

The government is to construct three interchanges and a number of footbridges for pedestrian crossings on the Accra-Tema motorway. This is to ensure the safety...

MTTD gets new speed detection devices

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) with support from the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) has presented six new TruCAM II, speed detection...

20 Togolese nationals arrested for unlawful assembly at Hohoe

The Hohoe Divisional Police Command has arrested 20 Togolese nationals for assembling for an unlawful purpose. The 20 persons arrested are all men aged...

Akufo-Addo leaves for Brussels and Kigali

President Nana Akufo-Addo has left Ghana to attend the 15th Edition of the European Development Days Forum in Brussels, Belgium. He will also be at...

Family of passenger who died at Kotoka Airport breaks silence

A cousin of a middle-aged male passenger who met his untimely death at the Kotoka International Airport on Friday, June 17 has revealed circumstances that made...

Muslim group hits the street over Hajj fees [Photos]

A group calling itself Patriotic Muslims Front has taken to the street to register its displeasure with the 2022 Hajj fees. The protesters converged...

Young lady found dead at Abura Dunkwa with body parts missing

A woman, believed to be in her 20s, has been found dead at Nkramofukrom near Abura Dunkwa in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese District of...

Bawumia is my son – Kufuor declares amid powerful prayer for him [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Bawumia Is My Son - Kufour Declares Amid Powerful Prayer For Him Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has opened up on his relationship...

Central region: Repair works ongoing on collapsed Twifo Praso bridge

Repair works are underway on the bridge linking Cape Coast to Twifo Praso in the Central Region, which collapsed on Sunday, June 19. Videos and...

Islamic SHS incident: Defence and Interior Committee to submit report tomorrow

The Parliamentary select committee on Defence and Interior will present its report on the clash between the Police and students of Islamic Senior High...

Central region floods: One confirmed dead, scores trapped

One person has been confirmed dead and scores of people trapped in their homes at Amamoma in the Central Region. Nearly a thousand people who...

Floods: We are in distress – Central Regional Minister

Central Regional Minister, Justina Marigold Assan, has said the region is in distress following heavy rains in the area. According to her, many areas are...

Bahamas Prime Minister’s son to be installed chief at Ahanta West

The wife of the Prime Minister of Bahamas, Anne-Marie Davis, will on Saturday attend the enstoolment of her son, Christopher Davis as 'Safohene' in...

COVID-19: GHS records three deaths in two days

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has reported three covid-19 related deaths after the country began recording new cases over the past weeks. The three deaths...

Cheapest electricity cost: Ghana ranked 1st, 9th in West Africa, Africa

Ghana has been ranked 1st in West Africa and 9th in Africa with the cheapest cost of electricity for household.   According to Global Petrol...

I need my money for surgery – Visually-impaired Menzgold customer cries

Nearly three years ago, the Attorney-General commenced the prosecution of Menzgold’s Chief Executive Officer, Nana Appiah Mensah. He is accused of defrauding thousands of customers...

Akufo-Addo leaves for Brussels, Kigali

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Sunday to attend the 15th Edition of the European Development Days Forum...

Husband arrested over murder of wife dies in custody

A man suspected of murdering his wife at Ada has died in police custody. The middle-aged man by the name of David Ayornu, who...

Recruitment scam hits Immigration Service

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has cautioned against a fraudulent recruitment exercise on a fake Facebook account bearing the name of one Kwame Asuah...

Woman paralysed, baby in critical condition after house collapses at Yamoransa

A 35-year-old fashion designer, Adwoa Manda, has been left crippled after a building collapsed at Yamoransa in the Central Region during a downpour on...

Couple dies in fatal accident at Konongo [Photo]

A couple has perished in a ghastly accident at Konongo -Odumasi Three Line in the Ashanti Region. The accident involved a Toyota Corolla car...

More than 1,000 homes affected in the Komenda floods

Latest reports indicate that over 1,000 households have been affected after heavy rains hit parts of the Central Region. The rain, which started on Saturday...

ECG invests GH¢4.6m on system improvement

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Central Regional office has invested GH¢4,605,589.49 on system improvement across its operational districts from January to May 2022. According...

Photos: Adom FM excites listeners on Fathers’ Day

Adom FM, Ghana's number one radio station celebrated some fathers of some listeners in a unique way. The selected dads and their children engaged...

Celebrating fathers: Meet the single father nursing twins [Video]

Forty-two-year-old Edmund Tetteh Akrofi lost his wife almost a year ago after giving birth to twins. She left him a widower to take care...

Reggie Rockstone wades into LGBTQI debate

Musician Reggie Rockstone has waded into the LGBTQI conversation. He says in spite of everyone’s sexual orientation they should be treated with respect. “When you talk...

Fingerprints expose JB’s alleged killer

The prime suspect in the murder of JB Danquah-Adu, murdered Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North in the Eatern Region, has been identified...

Exporting ‘wee’ cannot save Ghana – NDC MP

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Adaklu has shot down suggestions to leverage the export of cannabis to resolve the challenges impeding the development...

Floods: Over 100 houses at Komenda destroyed [Photos]

More than 100 houses in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abirem Municipality in the Central Region are estimated to have been flattened following the overflow...

Sanitation Minister commends Zoomlion for reclamation of Oti landfill

The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Mrs. Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has applauded Zoomlion Ghana Limited for the rapid reclamation of the Oti Landfill. She...

GWCL cuts water supply to over 20 houses at Chorkor over illegal connections

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has disconnected 20 houses at Chorkor from the national water supply system after the occupants were found to...

Kasoa teen murder case: Judge sheds tears while reading brief

A High Court Judge, Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, on Thursday, shed tears when she read out the chilling accounts of how two teenagers allegedly...

Use Cape Coast-Yamoransa road to Twifo Praso – Ghana Highways Authority

The Ministry of Roads and Highways has advised motorists travelling between Cape Coast and Twifo Praso to use the Cape Coast-Yamoransa route. This follows the...

Let’s allow gays to be – Freddie Blay

The National Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddy Blay, has called for gays to be allowed to express their desired sexual...

Ghana Airports Company reacts to death of passenger at Kotoka

Management of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has confirmed the death of a middle-aged male passenger at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). The passenger, according...