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Woman arrested for burning kid’s thumbs

The police at Yamfo in the Tano North District of the Ahafo Region have arrested a 32-year-old woman, Stella Owusu, for using a hot iron...

Police Inspector attacked, phone stolen during clean up exercise at Bawjiase

A Chief Inspector of the Awutu Bawjiase  District Police Command, Mr Mensah, has been attacked and his phone stolen by  some youth at Awutu Bawjiase...

One feared dead, others injured in land clashes at Akyem Asunafo

One person is feared dead with others injured in a land clash at Akyem Asunafo in the Atiwa East District of the Eastern Region. Reports...

Foreign Affairs Ministry sends important message to passport applicants over 32-page booklets

The Foreign Affairs Ministry has announced that the Passport Office is unable to issue the 48-page passport booklets until further notice. In a press release...

Police officer found dead in his room in Koforidua

The lifeless body of a police officer with the Eastern Regional SWAT of the Police Service has been found at his residence at Agyeiwaa...

How returning $50k changed a taxi driver’s life

The story of what happened to Liberian Emmanuel Tuloe has the quality of a modern fable. The 19-year-old, dressed in a school uniform of sky...

Former Ambassador to US advises government and universities

A former Ambassador of Ghana to the United States, Dr. Barfour Adjei-Barwuah, has advised public universities to adopt new and effective strategies for managing...

PURC establishes 2 Regulatory Audit Units

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has established two Regulatory Audit Units. This was made known by Dr Ishmael Ackah, the Executive Secretary of the...

Adom News gets results: 2-year-old boy suffering from birth defect undergoes successful surgery

A two-year-old boy, Enock Nyagblormesi, from Krachi East Municipality in the Oti Region, has undergone a successful surgery at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. The boy,...

Man arrested for attempting to rape his mother

A 36-year-old man has been arrested and arraigned in a court in Kenya, for attempting to rape his mother.  The incident occurred at Karao village, Kombewa...

Heavy rainstorm at Damango injures 1, leaving others displaced

A rainstorm that hit Damongo township has injured one student of the Damongo Senior High School and displaced hundreds of students. The storm also rendered...

Dan Botwe lauds management of Accra Compost and Recycling Plant

The Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development (MLGDRD) is impressed with operations at both the Accra Compost and Recycling Plant (ACARP) and...

One reportedly dead as youth clash with soldiers at Ellembele

One person has been confirmed dead after a confrontation between military officers and residents of Teleku-Bokazo and Anhwia in the Ellembelle District of the...

Provide breastfeeding corners at workplaces – UNICEF, GHS advocate

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has partnered the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to advocate for baby-friendly environment for lactating mothers at workplaces. The objective...

NUGS chases Students Loan Trust Fund over non-payment of loans for 2 years

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has expressed worry about the inability of the Student’s Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) to fulfill its financial...

Condoms, aborted babies choke Lavender Hill sewage treatment plants

Engineers at the Mudor Waste Water Treatment Plant have disclosed that foreign materials including condoms, sanitary pads and remains of aborted babies are damaging...

Akufo-Addo leaves for North Carolina, London

President Nana Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Thursday, 31st March 2022, for Charlotte, North Carolina, in United States of America, and for London in...

Govt intends to plant more trees to mitigate climate change – Abu Jinapor

Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has revealed the government’s intention of planting more trees as part of the plans put...

Why Ghana cannot ban rice importation – Agric Minister explains

JoyNews/AdomNews · Why Ghana cannot ban rice importation Ghana does not have the capacity to ban the importation of rice, Minister for Food and Agriculture,...

Stop ‘unlawful extradition’ of Nigerian national to US – Lawyer prays court

A private legal practitioner, Ralph Poku Adusei, has filed an application at the High Court seeking to stop what he says is an illegal...

Ghana gets $100 million from food exports – Agric Minister

The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has revealed Ghana got $100 million from food exports in 2019. According to him, the...

I use magic cream to attract men – Sex worker reveals

Not all that glitters is gold, so if you get your orgasm from commercial sex workers, you may want to rethink your source of...

Increasing number of young persons diagnosed with stroke – Korle-Bu Stroke Unit

Doctors at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital’s Stroke Unit have disclosed that more young persons are now being diagnosed with stroke. According to the Head of...

Two dead, 3 including fire officer in critical condition in accident on Cape Coast Highway [Video]

https://youtu.be/b-aBLc_Gn_U Two persons have died on the spot, with three others including a fire officer in critical condition following an accident on the Kasoa Cape...

EcoZoil decries filthy state of beaches in Ghana

EcoZoil, a subsidiary of Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), has decried the lack of regular cleanups of the country’s beaches over the past years. General...

Dawhenya residents clash with soldiers, police over land [Video]

Residents of Dawhenya have threatened to fight military and police personnel for destroying property on their lands. According to the residents who spoke on Adom...

Galamsey fight: Govt to compensate Ntoboroso residents

Some residents of Ntoroboso in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region, who had their property accidentally destroyed during an operation Halt II...

2 busted for posing as ECG staff

Two persons, who posed as staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and allegedly extorted money from some customers, have been arrested. The suspects,...

Yaw Oppong assumes office as Director of Ghana School of Law

Legal practitioner Yaw Oppong is assuming the role of Director of the Ghana School of Law (GSL) today, April 1. He takes over from Kwasi...

Video of man assaulting a street preacher goes viral

Social media users have mounted a search for a man who was captured assaulting a preacher on the street. In the trending video, the man...

Why is #Where’sPartey trending on Twitter?

A tweet by Bleacher Report Football presenting some stars to expect at the 2022 World Cup has stirred up controversy. On March 31, Bleacher Report...

Adom FM donates Event Park to Kwawu Obomeng

Adom 106.3 FM, a subsidiary radio station of the Multimedia Group Limited (MGL) has donated an Event Park to the chiefs and people of...

Price of bread to go up in Kumasi

Prices of bread are expected to increase on the market as bakers complain of hikes in cost of ingredients. They say the prices of flour...

2 robbers jailed 30 years each

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced two persons to a total of 30 years imprisonment each in hard labour, however, one was sentenced in...

I was arrested and deported to Ghana for using a suspect’s work documents – Ghanaian reveals

USA-based Ghanaian, Henry Agyapong, has revealed that he got arrested in the UK for using a Ghanaian suspect’s work permit.In an interview on SVTV...

Akufo-Addo, Bawumia, other officials join Education Minister to bury mother [Photos]

The final funeral rites of Obaapanyin Yaa Nkrumah, the mother of Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has been held. The ceremony took place...

Ghana receives €44.7m grant for irrigation infrastructure

Ghana’s quest to build robust irrigation infrastructure in the northern part of the country has received a boost with the receipt of a grant...

Fire guts church, mechanic shop, and chop bar at Awoshie Mangoase

Fire has gutted a mechanic shop at Awoshie Mangoase in Accra. The fire, which caught the community’s attention around 5:15 am on Friday, spread...

Ghana Armed Forces clears air on alleged recruitment

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has dismissed reports of recruitment and enlistment exercise. The outfit in a public notice on its Twitter page indicated...

Sea to swallow Osu Castle, Nkrumah Mausoleum, Independence Square ‘soon’ – Researcher

A new study conducted by the Director, Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies of the University of Ghana, Prof Kwasi Appeaning Addo, reveals that...