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#GreenGhanaDay: Ambassador Boateng leads SIGA to plant trees to mark celebration [Video+Photos]

The Director-General of the State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA), Ambassador Edward Boateng, marked Green Ghana Day with a call on CEOs and Management...

Court remands man, 25, over car snatching

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a 25-year-old man for allegedly snatching a Hyundai Accent Taxi valued at ₵37,500.00. Emmanuel Tetteh has pleaded not guilty...

Increase students loan from GHS3,000 to GHS 5,000 – NUGS

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) is calling for an increment in the money paid to students as loans under the Students Loan...

2022 Green Ghana Project: Otumfuo leads tree planting in Ashanti Region

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, on Friday morning joined in the planting of trees in commemoration of the 2022 Green Ghana project. Also present...

Bawumia launches ‘No Guarantor’ student loan policy

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Wednesday launched the 'No Guarantor' Student Loan Policy at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology...

Asiedu Nketia wades into Togbe Afede’s rejection of ex-gratia [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Asiedu Nketia Wades Into Togbe Afede's Rejection Of Ex - Gratia General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Asiedu Nketia, has defended...

Soldiers injured in accident at Anum Apapamu [Video]

https://youtu.be/S4SCn4hZMIM A military vehicle with personnel on board has reportedly been involved in an accident at Anum Apapamu in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern...

GES sends strong message to BECE, WASSCE candidates

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says it has been reliably informed that some Junior and Senior High School final year students have consistently refused...

Green Ghana Project: 20 million trees to be planted today

The Forestry Commission is set to roll out the Green Ghana project later today. The project seeks to plant about 20 million trees across the...

Why Rawlings is trending

Late former President Jerry John Rawlings is currently trending on Twitter. This is in the wake of the party he founded, National Democratic Congress' (NDC)...

Pro-LGBTQ+ billboard on Tema-motorway removed – Sam George asserts

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George, has asserted that the Pro-LGBTQ+ billboard mounted at the Accra-Tema motorway has been removed following the call...

NSS releases 2022/2023 nurses’ postings

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has announced the release of national service postings for over 10,975 nurses for the 2022/2023 service year. All prospective personnel are...

Two rainstorms to hit Greater Accra, Volta, Western and Northern regions today

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) says its weather monitoring station has observed two rainstorms heading to the country on Friday, June 10. Areas within the...

Illegal Chinese miners jailed 15 years

The Sekondi High Court in the Western Region has sentenced four convicts, including two Chinese, to a 15-year jail term each in hard labour....

FDA reacts to videos on alleged plastic rice

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has asked the public to disregard videos circulating on social media, the content of which is purported to...

‘Asafoakye’ shot dead, 2 injured in gun battle at Kokrobite [Photos]

Two journalists have escaped death after the Asafoakye of Kokrobite was shot dead in a gun battle between two factions. 'Asafoakye' shot dead, 2 injured...

Covid-19 Trust Fund releases GH₵1.8m for research into herbal medication

The Covid-19 National Trust Fund has released GH₵1.8 million to the Centre of Plant Medicine Research (CPMR) Mampong, Akuapem to support further research work...

Cape Coast: ‘Roman father’ suspended for refusing to go on transfer

The Cape Coast Archdiocese of the Catholic Church has suspended a priest, Rev Father Robert A.K. Oduro, for refusing to go on transfer and establishing a...

2 highway robbers arrested at Tuna, one at large

Two highway robbery suspects who are on the Savannah Regional Police Command's wanted list have been arrested. They were arrested in the early hours of Monday,...

How bandits dastardly killed driver at Pusiga

One person has been shot and burnt to death by unknown gunmen at Nakom in the Pusiga District of the Upper East Region. The 46-year-old...

There was no way I could spend over ₵300,000 ex-gratia – Togbe Afede XIV

Former Council of State member, Togbe Afede XIV has asserted that he could never have been able to expend the over GH¢365,000 ex-gratia paid...

Facebook recruitment fraudster arrested in Ellembelle

The Esiama Divisional Police Command has arrested a man who has been defrauding people in relation to job recruitment. Samuel Sarpong was arrested following a...

SLTF launches “No Guarantor” student loan policy

The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has launched the “No Guarantor” student loan policy. Launching the new initiative at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science...

UDS faces court injunction over appointment of new Vice-Chancellor

A motion on notice for an interlocutory injunction has been filed at the High Court in Tamale restraining the University for Development Studies (UDS),...

We are suffering from E-levy – E-Commerce Association

The E-Commerce Association of Ghana wants government to consider the negative impact of the 1.5 percent Electronic Transaction Levy on their activities. According to the...

Latest on KNUST lecturer accused of kidnapping wife

State prosecutors have called a second witness in the trial of a lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, charged with kidnapping...

Smallpox vaccine is effective for monkeypox – CDD

Pharmacist and Research Fellow at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Kwame Sarpong Asiedu, says the smallpox vaccine is effective against the monkeypox disease. According...

I thought I was securing my future – Struggling lady cries out

A 20-year-old Sarah Essel has revealed how she has been deprived of her bright future after entering a sexual relationship to get support.She said...

Come and arrest me, I am waiting for you – Nii Lante Vanderpuye chides Odoi Kwao family

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Odododiodio Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, says he is readily waiting for...

You only need Ghana Card to access student loan – CEO

The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) is optimistic that the new “No Guarantor” policy will create access to much-needed financial aid for thousands of...

Anti-gay MPs demand LGBTQ billboards pulled down

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and City Authorities have been given a 24-hour ultimatum to pull down billboards promoting activities of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,...

National Cathedral: Dr Opuni-Frimpong breaks silence on GH¢200m from Finance Ministry

JoyNews/AdomNews · National Cathedral trustees must clear the air on alleged funds by Finance Ministry – Opuni-Frimpong A former General Secretary of the Christian Council...

Couple sentenced for assaulting ‘side chick’

The Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced a couple who assaulted the man’s girlfriend – a “side chick”. Oko Agyemang admitted conspiring with Christiana Annan, his...

Mother who allegedly engaged ‘area boys’ to molest daughter arrested

Police in the Eastern Region have arrested the mother of a 15-year-old girl who was physically and sexually abused by some community members at...

1 dead, 4 arrested as police clash with gold robbers at Obuasi

The Police, through an intelligence-led operation, foiled a robbery operation at Fenaso Ketewa near Obuasi, leading to the death of one suspect and the...

ECG to publish names of power thieves

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has stated that it will soon publish names of persons who steal electricity in the country. According to...

NDC’s Dela Coffie granted bail

The Special Prosecutor has granted bail to National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s Dela Coffie.  The accused was arrested on Monday, June 6, for allegedly faking letters...

GH¢4 million poultry processing factory going waste at Gomoa Potsin

Adom FM/TV's Asuk)d) documentary on the poultry industry that highlighted challenges in the sector has led to more worrying issues in the sector popping...

Robbers who snatched woman’s GH₵ 30,000 at bank sentenced to 20 years each

Two armed robbers who were arrested by the police in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region have been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment each for...

Minister deploys mobile maintenance unit to fix bad roads

The recent rains have exposed the poor state of many roads in some parts of Accra and Tema metropolises. A number of tarred roads have...