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No single subsidised fertiliser in the market – PFAG cries

The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) is decrying the lack of subsidised fertilisers in the market to help them grow their crops.Addressing a...

I don’t mind going to jail for Sir John’s sake – NPP man

Charles Owusu, a Personal Aide of late Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie aka Sir John, says he wouldn't mind going to jail for the latter's sake....

Judiciary is concerned about impact of illegal mining – Chief Justice

The Chief Justice has called for a stronger partnership between the Judiciary and the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to salvage the country...

Sir John’s ‘boy’ arrested for allegedly breaking Covid-19 rules

Aide to the late General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sir John has been granted GH¢30,000 bail following his arrest by the...

Full story: 3-year-old girl allegedly killed by stepmother in Accra [Video]

The case of the murder of a three-and half-year-old girl, allegedly by her stepmother, rocked the nation on May 17, with many demanding punishment...

Asuboi residents descend on tricycle rider for alleged kidnapping

A tricycle rider narrowly survived lynching by some Asuboi residents in the Offinso North District of the Ashanti region over alleged kidnapping.According to eyewitnesses,...

Three children battling for lives as parents die in fire outbreak

Three children are battling for their lives with their parents dead in a fire outbreak at Adjei Kojo in the Tema West Constituency of...

Islamic Group deploys Arabic instructors as census ambassadors

The Mamprugu Islamic College of Education in the North East Region has deployed many of its Arabic instructors to help Muslim communities in the...

Ato Essien fails to meet court deadline

Lawyers for the founder of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, have failed to comply with a court order to file some documents.These are...

Attempt to eliminate Akufo-Addo: Lawyer makes shocking revelation

Bede Tukuu, Counsel for Lance Corporal Ali Solomon, accused of planning to overthrow President Akufo-Addo, has told the High Court that his client was...

This is how much it will cost to correct errors on Ghana card

The National Identification Authority (NIA) says persons with errors on their Ghana cards would have to pay GHS 30 to effect the corrections.Corporate Affair...

Galamsey fight: 3 Illegal miners jailed 45 years, fined GH¢720,000

Three illegal miners have been sentenced to a total of 45 years and also fined GH¢720,000 for undertaking small-scale mining operations without license.The three...

Woman squeezes husband’s balls in fierce tussle [Video]

A woman only identified as Barikisu has been accused of squeezing her husband's testicles so hard that his balls almost popped out.The incident, according...

Video captures daylight robbery at forex bureau at Osu [Video]

Armed robbers, in a broad daylight operation, attacked a forex bureau near the Police Headquarters at Osu in Accra.The robbers, amid the firing of gunshots,...

Former Minister passes on [Photos]

A former Central Regional Minister, John Ernest Ekuban, has reportedly passed on.Mr Ekuban was also the first Member of Parliament (MP) for Cape Coast constituency on...

Ghana’s Sputnik V vaccine middleman an ex-convict; wanted for fraud – Norwegian newspaper alleges

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ghana’s Sputnik V vaccine middleman an ex-convict; wanted for fraudIt has emerged that one of Ghana’s intermediaries negotiating for the procurement of...

Why govt can’t deal with Sputnik V producers directly [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Why govt can't deal with Sputnik V producers directlyGovernment's inability to procure the Sputnik V vaccines directly from the Russian government has...

Assin North MP yet to be served a week after court’s order

The Assin North legislator, Joe Gyakye Quayson, is yet to be served a week after a High Court in Cape Coast ordered his service,...

Teachers to boycott class as residents turn school into toilet facility [Video]

Teachers at Mosama Primary School, Sankore in the Asunafo South District of the Ahafo Region, have threatened to boycott teaching as residents in the...

Allow your children to do music if they have the talent & interest – Okyeame Kwame [Video]

Rapper Okyeame Kwame has urged parents to allow their kids to venture into music if they have the interest or talent.According to him, music...

Allotey Jacobs drops bombshell on TB Joshua, Atta Mills’ relationship

Social commentator, Allotey Jacobs, has made a shocking revelation about late televangelist Prophet T.B. Joshua's relationship with late ex-President Atta Mills.Before his demise on...

The boy in PRESEC uniform but never a ‘real student’ – The story of Afriyie-Ankrah

“I went to the United States at age 17 after my secondary school education at Okuapeman but came back to continue my A’ levels...

Woman forced to deliver on the road as gunmen rob commuters

A robbery at Nweneso in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region has reportedly forced a woman in labour to deliver on her...

George Andah installed chief [Photos]

Former Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya West, George Kojo Nenyi Andah, has been installed as acting Akyempim Odefey of the Senya Beraku Traditional...

Japan Motors support ‘Let’s make Accra work’ campaign with Yamaha ‘AG125’ motorcycles

Japan Motors Trading Company Limited (JMTC) has donated three brand new Yamaha AG125 Motorcycles to the Accra Regional Co-ordinating Council to support the ‘Let’s...

Akufo-Addo launches Ghana Enterprise Agency

President Nana Akufo-Addo, has launched the Ghana Enterprises Agency (formerly NBSSI), the National Micro, Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) and Entrepreneurship Policy, and the...

Drobo chiefs petition NMC over Jaman Radio’s alleged attacks

The Drobo Traditional Council in the Jaman South Municipality of the Bono Region has expressed its displeasure over what they described as a deliberate...

Govt justifies purchase of Sputnik V vaccines

Government says it rather successfully negotiated downwards the price of the Sputnik V vaccine from a higher price to 19$.A statement issued by the...

Prophet Nigel Gaisie predicts own death [Audio]

Popular Ghanaian Prophet, Nigel Gaisie, claims God he knows when he would die as a result of a revelation made to him by God."I...

Health Ministry to respond to allegations of over-priced Sputnik vaccine

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has revealed it will in due course respond to allegations surrounding the purchase of Sputnik vaccines into the country....

Truck full of yam plunges into Oti River [Video]

A truck full of yam has plunged into the Oti river at Dambai in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region.The incident, according to...

Mother cries for help to locate missing boy in Offinso

A young woman is pleading for assistance in locating her four-year-old son.The boy has been missing for nearly two weeks at Offinso in the...

Three arrested over burglary at Awutu Akrampa

The Awutu Breku District police command has arrested three persons in connection with a burglary at Akrampa in the Awutu Breku of the Central...

Four dead, others injured in head-on collision at Kwanwoma

Four persons have died with two injured in a head-on collision involving two trucks at Kwanwoma in the Ashanti Region.According to a witness, one...

Journalism student who was declared missing found dead

A student of GH Media, who was declared missing some weeks ago, has been found dead.Priscilla Tsegah, alias Kiki, was declared missing after her...

I’ll not recuse myself – Judge to Opuni

A second push by lawyers for former Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) Chief Executive Officer, Dr Stephen Opuni, to have the judge hearing his criminal...

N/R: Man to commit suicide if police fail to arrest rapists who killed her daughter

An 18-year-old girl has died after an alleged rape at Safam, a farming community in the Savelugu Municipality of the Northern Region.She is said...

16,000 agribusinesses remain closed in Ghana – New survey reveals

COVID-19 has affected almost all sectors of the economy and agribusiness is no exception.New data on the impact of the pandemic on agribusinesses in...

Tema residents cough blood, suffer nose bleeding [Video]

Residents at Tema Community 7 in the Greater Accra Region are complaining about what they term as excess poisonous smoke from an industry within...

Retired police officer allegedly defiles granddaughter at Kasoa Ofaakor

A-72-year-old retired policeman, Chief Inspector Larbie, has been arrested by theKasoa Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit of the Ghana Police Service for allegedly...