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Mahama’s aide offers powerful prayers for FixTheCountry’s Barker-Vormawor

Special aide to former President John Mahama, Joyce Bawa Mogtari, has offered powerful prayers for #FixTheCountry convenor, Oliver Barker-Vormawor. It is Madam Mogtari's hope...

Mahama meets former IGP

Former President John Mahama has met with a former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Christopher Kobla Dewornu. This was over the weekend during the funeral of...

Ghana@65: Ours is a story of hope – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has noted that Ghana’s story of 65 years of independence is one that speaks about hope for a prosperous future. This year’s independence...

Two dead after motorbike crashes with vehicle at Bole

Two people on a motorbike have died in a collision with a Toyota Camry with registration number GR -9045-19 at Bole in the Savannah...

Akufo-Addo reacts to rampant coup d’etats in West Africa

President Nana Akufo-Addo has dismissed claims that coup d’etats are becoming a norm in West Africa. “It’s not a norm; I am not sure we...

Highway robbers attack travellers at Anwia Nkwanta

JoyNews/AdomNews · Highway robbers attack travelers at Anwia Nkwanta A gang of highway robbers reportedly attacked commuters at Anwia Nkwanta in the Ashanti Region. The incident...

‘Education Ministry not recruiting headteachers for STEM schools’

Deputy Education Minister, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has refuted assertions by the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) that the Ministry of Education, has...

Savelugu SHS students protest quality of meals served by authorities

The students of the Savelugu Senior High School (SHS) in the Northern Region on Sunday, February 20, protested the quality of meals offered them...

Kingpin in Maamobi-Nima violence arrested

The Ghana Police Service has announced another of the suspected kingpins in the Maamobi-Nima violent clash has been arrested. Ali Awudu had been on the...

12 Nigerians arrested for cyber fraud at Bole

Police in Bole in the Savannah Region have arrested 12 persons on suspicion of cyber fraud. The 12 are believed to be Nigerians residing at...

Huge sums of money burnt after fire guts compound house in Tamale

A 34-year-old businessman, Ibrahim Jawab, has lost a huge amount of money after a fire razed down a compound house with 11 rooms and...

Drinking spot operator inflicts cutlass wound on customer over balance

A 63-year-old man, Akwasi Appau, is battling for his life after his friend inflicted cutlass wound on him over balance at Assin Ninkyiso in...

Court orders Police to protect Osu Dzase to perform final funeral rites of late chief

The Accra High Court has ordered the Police to protect and assist the Osu Kinka We Dzasetse and Elders and Councilors of the Osu...

Trailer-bus crash kills 4 on the spot, injures several others at Juaso

At least four people travelling on a Sprinter bus died from a crash with a trailer at Juaso in the Ashanti Region on Saturday,...

Kneeless corpse buried on football pitch at Sawla

Some residents of Sawla in the Kalba District of the Savanna Region on Saturday, February 19, 2022 discovered the kneeless body of a man,...

Measures are in place to ensure safe air travel despite Meteorological Agency’s strike – GCAA

The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has assured the general public that air travel is safe and secure despite the strike action embarked on...

2 firefighters involved in accident on Kwame Danso-Atebubu highway discharged – GNFS

Two out of the five firefighters, who were involved in the gory accident on the Kwame Danso-Atebubu Highway, have been discharged. In a press release...

Prof Gyampo causes stir after storming Legon campus with quad bike

A professor at the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana, Ransford Gyampo, has been spotted arriving at the premises of Ghana's premier...

2 MPs have denied endorsing probe into Atta Mills’ death – Deputy Minority Chief Whip alleges

Two out of the four NPP Members of Parliament (MP) who filed a private member’s motion to probe the death of the late President...

Meteo strike: Airlines flying into Ghana do so at their own risk – Forecasting Director

Acting Director of Forecasting and Synoptic Meteorology, Joseph Tetteh Portuphy, has highlighted some implications of the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) staff strike. Speaking in an...

Another decaying body discovered in uncompleted building at Bole

Another lifeless body has been discovered in an uncompleted building at Chorebaar, a suburb of Bole in the Savannah Region sparking fear among residents. The...

Why NABCO trainees were asked to remain at post [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · NABCO BOSS ON WHY THEY ARE STILL AT POST Chief Executive Officer of Nation Builders’ Corps (NABCO), Dr Ibrahim Anyars, has revealed why...

Court sentences unemployed for mobile phone theft

The District Magistrate Court at Enchi has sentenced Raymond Donkor, 19, unemployed, to a fine of GH¢600 or in default, serve six months in...

Full capacity approved for Hearts and Kotoko super clash – NSA

The National Sports Authority (NSA) has confirmed that the match between Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko will be played in front of a...

Special Prosecutor summons former Ejisu MP for allegedly paying bribes to delegates

The Office of the Special Prosecutor has begun processes to prosecute former Member of Parliament for Ejisu, Kwabena Owusu Aduomi, for allegedly confessing to...

ECG fixes falling pylon after Nhyira FM reports

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has taken steps to protect a pylon that posed safety threat to some residents in the Buokrom community...

One Teacher-One Laptop policy successful, 80% of laptops distributed – Bawumia

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has said the distribution of laptops to teachers under the ‘One Teacher-One Laptop’ policy has recorded impressive success...

Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing plant to be set up in 2 years – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo says government aims at building a domestic Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing plant in the next two years. According to him, the plant would...

Ghana’s unemployment rate among the least in the world – Employment Minister

The Employment and Labour Relations Minister, Ignatius Baffour Awuah, has asserted that Ghana is among countries with the lowest figures on unemployment in the...

Expect transport fares increment – Transport Minister

JoyNews/AdomNews · Expect transport fares increment Minister for Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has said commuters should expect an increment in transport fares. He explained that, anytime...

70-year-old man commits suicide

A 70-year-old man has died after he reportedly jumped into a well at Kukurantumi in the Abuakwa North municipality of the Eastern Region. ...

Motion for probe into Mills’ death won’t go beyond Speaker’s office – Asiedu Nketia

JoyNews/AdomNews · Asiedu Nketia reacts to motion on Mills' death General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has said calls...

63-year-old jailed 18 years for defiling great-granddaughter

A 63-year-old farmer, Isaac Appah, who defiled his 12-year-old greatgranddaughter at Twifo Hemang in the Central Region, has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment...

NABCo boss ‘clashes’ with trainees over unpaid allowances

Chief Executive Officer of Nation Builders Corps (NABCo), Dr Ibrahim Anyars, has revealed the reason behind the undue delay of salaries of trainees for...

GCB Bank PLC names fraudsters; exposes their new trick

The GCB Bank PLC has exposed two individuals, posing as their staff to defraud unsuspecting victims. The persons, according to the bank, are acting under...

Man, 62, shoots himself in the mouth

A 62-year-old farmer, Selinty Gehele, has allegedly shot himself at Nkyensekrom near Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region. The incident...

When Atta Mills died – Former Director of State Protocol recounts in upcoming book

There is controversy surrounding the death of former President Prof John Evans Atta Mills yet again. Four NPP MPs, led by Majority Chief Whip, Frank...

Nduom wins again as Birim loses appeal in US

A District Judge of the United States Federal Court in Chicago, Illinois, Thomas M. Durkin, has dismissed an appeal filed by Birim Group against...

First Lady donates GHC50K to Apiate Support Fund

The First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, on Thursday donated GHC50,000 to the Apiate Support Fund for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the community. In her...

BOST sanctions transporters for fuel adulteration

The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) has surcharged six transporters for adulterating petroleum products worth GH¢3,445,200.00 at its Kumasi depot last...