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Okudzeto Ablakwa secures paid internship opportunities for Ukraine medical students evacuees

North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced paid internship opportunities for some 20 medical students who were evacuated from Ukraine. The...

Will Smith hits Chris Rock on Oscars stage

Will Smith slapped Chris Rock in the face on stage at the Oscars after the comic made a joke about the actor's wife Jada...

GIJ SRC considers re-joining NUGS a year after exit

The Students Representative Council of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ SRC) is considering re-joining the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) after its...

Use of ‘Black Boards’ blinding us – GNAT cries to Govt

The Local Chairman of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) for Anomabo and Yamoransa in the Mfantseman Municipality, Samuel Alex Arthur, has observed...

I’m a happy man – Ketu South MCE on opening of land borders

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ketu South in the Volta region is over the moon about the opening of Ghana's land borders. The MCE,...

Three sentenced 60 years for robbery

Three young men in Akatsi who conspired and robbed an ‘okada’ operator of his motorbike at gun-point were last Friday sentenced to a total...

Nursing mother abandons baby over unpaid bills

A 32-year old nursing mother, Irene Osei Acheampong has been declared wanted by the Koforidua-Effiduase Police in the New Jauaben North Municipality of the...

Man killed in accident at Gomoa Akotsi

A 47-year-old man has reportedly been killed while two others are in critical condition in an accident at Gomoa Akotsi in the Central region. The...

COVID-19: Fully vaccinated travellers into Ghana will not take PCR tests

From Monday, March 28, fully vaccinated travellers into the country will not take PCR tests from the country of embarkation to allow them entry...

COVID-19: Church, funerals, sports, others can resume at full capacity – Prez

Government is allowing the opening of public spaces to full capacity from Monday, March 28, 2022. President Akufo-Addo says the ban limitation and bans placed...

Agenda 111 will be completed by end of my tenure – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has reiterated his commitment to complete all projects under the Agenda 111 initiative. Delivering his 28th update on measures taken by government to...

Full text: Akufo-Addo’s 28th COVID-19 update

Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. I first came to your homes on Wednesday, 11th March 2020, five (5) days after our nation’s 63rd Independence Day celebration,...

COVID-19: Ghana opens land and sea borders

Government has announced the re-opening of Ghana’s land and sea borders after two years closure. President Akufo-Addo announced this during the 28th address on the...

2-year-old autistic child buried alive [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Autistic 2-year-old boy buried alive by grandfather in Central Region A two-year-old boy with autism was buried alive by his grandfather last Friday. The...

Mobile money vendor shot in the eye at Sawla

A Mobile Money vendor, Abdul Razak, has been shot by unknown gunmen at Sawla in the Savannah Region The suspects, according to reports, did not...

Labourer jailed 12 months for stealing plantain and cocoyam

The Assin Foso Magistrate Court presided over by His Worship Abdul Majid Iliasu has sentenced a 23-year-old Labourer, Atsu Gemeni to 12 months imprisonment...

COVID-19: Akufo-Addo to address nation tonight

President Nana Akufo-Addo is set to address the nation on measures his administration has put in place to intensify the fight against the Covid-19...

Ghana recorded 266,000 abortions in 4 years

The first-ever model of unintended pregnancies and abortion rates for 150 countries has estimated that 266,000 abortions were done in Ghana between 2015 and...

KNUST launches four books on eye care for children and professionals

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has launched four books on eye care for children and professionals. The two English books...

Driver’s mate dead, others in critical condition after accident on Winneba Highway [Photos]

A driver's mate has died with three others in a critical condition after an accident at Bewadze on the Winneba-Apam Highway. The accident occurred...

Ghana’s First female Brigadier-General, Constance Emefa Edjeani-Afenu laid to rest

https://youtu.be/NpaF_N4NCq8 Ghana’s First female Brigadier-General, Constance Emefa Edjeani-Afenu, has been laid to rest in a solemn ceremony. Scores of high-profile personalities thronged the Garrison Methodist...

17-year-old SHS student attempts suicide after Taxi driver boyfriend broke up with her

A 17-year-old student of Ajumako Bisease Senior High School (SHS) is receiving treatment at Ajumako Government Hospital after an attempted suicide over a breakup...

Disaster looms on White Volta as commuters board canoes without life jackets

The lives of passengers and canoe operators on Zantani River (White Volta) in the Tolon District of the Northern Region are in danger as...

Dr Ayine wants Sam Okudzeto out of GLC Disciplinary Committee hearing against him

Former Deputy Attorney General, Dr Dominic Ayine, has through his lawyers, registered an objection to the participation of Council of State member, Sam Awuku...

Popular presenter passes on after short illness

Global Media Alliance, owners of Happy FM, has announced the death of one of its top radio presenters, Dr Cann. Born Francis Cann, the presenter,...

10 arrested in connection with bloody clash between Tarkwa ‘galamsey’ groups

Some 10 persons have been arrested in connection with the bloody clash between two galamsey groups near the Bonsaso River at Tarkwa of the...

We got an entire building for lectures after admitting 10 students who failed exam – Former Law School Director

A former Director of the Ghana School of Law says his admission of some 10 students who failed the entrance examination paved the way...

I see our economy as a child with sickle cell – Stephen Amoah

A member of the Finance Committee in Parliament, Dr Stephen Amoah, has painted a picture of the current state of the country’s economy. Speaking...

New Central Regional Police Commander declares war on criminals

The new Central Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Alexander Kwami Amenyo, has resolved to clamp down on criminal activities in the...

Ghana to experience acute climate hazards – Report

Ghana is expected to experience more acute climate hazards such as flooding, as well as more frequent and intense drought, a report on Ghana’s...

GES apologises to Osenso chief, elders over basic school pupils’ attack

The Wassa East District Educational Directorate has rendered an apology to the chiefs and elders of Osenso over the D/A basic school pupils' brutality. The...

GPRTU rejects ¢0.15 reduction in fuel prices

Commercial transport operators have rejected government’s decision to reduce fuel prices by ¢0.15, saying the amount is woefully inadequate. The Ghana Private Road Transport Union...

Jehovah’s Witnesses return to Kingdom Halls after 2 years of exclusive virtual meetings

After two years of meeting exclusively via video and/or telephone conferencing, Jehovah’s Witnesses in Ghana and around the world will resume in-person meetings at...

Akufo-Addo leads Ghana CEO Vision Project

President Nana Akufo-Addo will lead the maiden Ghana CEO Vision Project that seeks to pitch Ghana to the world as the keynote speaker. The...

Health workers rejecting postings to deprived areas worrying -Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has made a passionate appeal to healthcare professionals to accept postings to rural and deprived communities. Expressing concerns about the low number...

Akufo-Addo reacts to doctors refusing postings to deprived areas

JoyNews/AdomNews · ‘News of doctors refusing postings to deprived areas distressing’ – Akufo-Addo President Nana Akufo-Addo has described as distressing, the refusal by some doctors...

Nationwide Quarry Development Fund takes off [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · QUARRY FUND District Chief Executive of Gomoa East District Assembly, Solomon Darko Kwam, has disclosed that Quarry Development Fund has been set up in...

Her parents did not agree to our marriage but gave me $5,000 for the wedding – Japan-based Ghanaian

A Ghanaian based in Japan, Barnabas Young, has disclosed that his wife's parents did not agree because of his skin color but later gave...

Only 110 SHSs have produced medical students for Korle-Bu and KNUST in 8 years – Former UG VC

Out of the over 720 Senior High Schools in the country, only 110 of them have had their students make it to the two...

Dumelo begins construction of food processing factory

Actor and politician, John Dumelo, has announced the construction of a food processing factory in the Guan District of the Oti region. The project, according...