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Rev Kyiri Abosom sends message to Agradaa on her conversion

Reverend Christian Kwabena Andrews, popularly called Osofo Kyiri Abosom, has advised Nana Agradaa to first call the victims of her scams and reconcile with...

FDA sacks head of legal affairs over bribery report

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has sacked its Head of Legal, Cynthia Dapaah-Ntow following a charge of misconduct leveled against her. In a memo,...

J.B. Danquah Murder trial: Judge threatens to slap journalists with contempt

A High Court Judge hearing the case of alleged killers of J.B. Danquah Adu, former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, says she would...

Govt has no intention in managing AirtelTigo – Ursula Owusu

Minister of Communication, Ursula Owusu, has revealed the government has no intentions of managing AirtelTigo.According to her, all the people working with AirtelTigo will continue...

Teachers afraid to speak about Free SHS challenges – Gyampo

Outspoken University of Ghana lecturer, Professor Ransford Gyampo, says teachers in the country are scared to publicly speak about challenges confronting the Free SHS...

It’s unjust to bar chiefs from political issues – Okyenhene

JoyNews/AdomNews · It Is unjust for chiefs not to participate in political issues - OkyeheneThe Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin has called for a...

Fire destroys Nsutaman SHS girls’ dormitory [Photos]

A portion of the girls’ dormitory of the Nsutaman Catholic Senior High in the Ashanti Region has been razed by fire, Tuesday morning.The outbreak...

Darkness in a lighthouse Part 2: “Suicide attempts, begging pastors”

In Part 1 of ‘Darkness in a Lighthouse’, The Fourth Estate examined the alleged failure of Lighthouse Chapel International (United Denominations Originating from the...

Committee probing uniBank, UT Bank collapse requests documents from petitioners

The nine-member committee tasked to probe the collapse of Unibank and UT Bank has directed the petitioners to submit all necessary documents to support...

Alan Kyerematen meets Dag Heward-Mills [Photos]

Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen has revealed he had a spiritually uplifting breakfast meeting with renowned man of God, Bishop Dag Heward-Mills.The...

Samini reacts to emergence of ‘campaign’ posters on social media

Dancehall musician Samini has asked Ghanaians to disregard news portal circulating posters of him wanting to contest as parliamentarian for Wa Central in 2024.The...

Man beats wife for starting business without his permission

A heart-wrenching video shows a woman whose eyes are swollen to the extent that she can’t see anything with tears rolling down her cheeks...

Sad news hits Muslim community

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, is mourning the death of popular Muslim Cleric, Sheikh Salisu Shaban.Though the cause of death is not immediately known,...

16-yr-old JHS girl murdered with body parts missing [Video+Photos]

A 16-year-old Junior High School (JHS) pupil has been murdered at Asirifikrom in the Adansi Asokwa District of Ashanti Region.The deceased, Augustina Tagbor, also known...

IMANI Ghana sends strong message to Special Prosecutor

The President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe is urging the Special Prosecutor nominee to fight corruption head-on.For a start, he urged lawyer Kissi Agyebeng to...

U/E: Goat gives birth to human-like kid [Photo]

Chaos has engulfed a community near Basyonde in the Tempane District of the Upper West Region after a nanny goat gave birth to a...

Rev Obofour warns Kennedy Agyapong in latest video [Video]

Reverend Obofour has warned Assin Central Member of Parliament, Hon Kennedy Agyapong.Obofuor's warning follows a recent video in which he was seen threatening to...

Strange explosion in taxi injures three [Video]

Three persons have been injured following an explosion in a taxi with registration number GW 8362-20 at North Kaneshie Last Stop.The incident is said...

Some Telco staff involved in MoMo robberies – Police

Some staff of Telcos in the country are involved in the rampant robberies of Mobile Money agents across the country, the Director of Public...

Ashanti Region GHS raises alert on missing body parts of corpses at mortuaries

The Ghana Health Service in the Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has charged all Director Generals of health facilities in the region to be on...

Father of 10 killed by hit-and-run ‘okada’ riders

Two motor riders have allegedly hit a 46-year-old man while speeding to close their daily sales.The riders, both agents of a lotto company, were...

Wife inflicts deep cutlass wounds on husband [Photo]

A woman, identified as Mary Quaye, is in police grips for allegedly inflicting deep cutlass wounds on her husband at Agona Dunkwa in the...

Kennedy Agyapong takes on Obofour [Watch]

Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has sent a strong warning to Francis Antwi, popularly known as Reverend Obofour.In his...

Girl, 12, man perish in gory accident at Akyem Asafo

A 12-year-old-girl and a 45-year-old man have died in a gory accident at Akyem Asafo near Suhum on the Accra-Kumasi highway in the Eastern...

The traffic congestion wearing out residents of Kasoa

The nation is estimated to lose millions of Cedis through long hours of vehicular traffic.Workers are also said to be less productive as a...

Pentecost University set to raise problem-solving leaders

The Pentecost University says it has geared up its loins to raise more problem-solving leaders in the country. This would be achieved with the newly...

Security agencies arrest 500 foreign nationals in Bolga

The security agencies, led by the Ghana Police Service, last Sunday rounded up about 500 foreigners in a dawn swoop at various locations in...

VRA to diversify energy generation

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has stated its resolve to diversify its energy generating investment portfolio to solar, wind and biomass to remain competitive...

How you can be a good defensive driver

Since 2011, Joy FM has been campaigning for safe driving to reduce accidents on the country’s roads.As of early April 2021, figures from the Motor Transport...

Appoint non-partisan body for anti-galamsey operations – NDC man to Akufo-Addo

A sympathiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Marrer Ghana Limited and Susagtad Boat Building, Novihoho...

Checkout reopening and vacation dates for SHS

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released new reopening and vacation dates for all senior high schools.A press release signed by the Director-General of...

Danger looms on Ho-Accra highway as portion of road caves in [Video]

There is danger looming on the Accra-Ho highway following the caving in of a section of the road around Tsito in the Ho West...

Labour Commission orders ECG staff to call off strike

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has ordered staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to call off their sit-down strike.The Commission wants the...

Snakes affect lessons as students study under trees in Bata [Video+Photo]

Some upper primary students who study under trees in Bata, a community in Akatsi South municipality in the Volta Region are calling on the...

Akufo-Addo leaves for Sierra Leone

President Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Monday for Sierra Leone to attend the 60th Independence Day celebration of that country, which comes off on Tuesday.The...

Cape Coast: Muslim father storms school; threatens to withdraw ward over fasting [Audio]

An angry father on Monday stormed Wesley Girls High School in Cape Coast to withdraw his ward from the school saying he does not...

COVID-19: Occupy Ghana reacts to surge in cases at KIA

Civil Society Group, Occupy Ghana, has called on government to impose a travel restriction on countries with high rate of Covid-19 cases to reduce...

Maurice Ampaw buries wife

Private legal practitioner, Maurice Ampaw's wife, Mrs Evelyn Ampaw (nee Banini) has been laid to rest two months after she passed on.Mrs Ampaw...

M&C properties commission 100-bed facility for GAF at Bundase

M&C Properties, a member of M&C Group (Global), has commissioned a 100-bed facility for the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) at the Bundase Battle Training...

High Court judge, Ashanti Regional Police Commander and 6 others in trouble

Some seven persons through their lawyer, Nana Obiri Boahen of ‘Enso Nyame Ye Chambers’ are asking a Kumasi High Court to commit some eight...