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What do you care about his death? – Atta Mills’ brother quizzes Annoh-Dompreh [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · What do you care about his death? - Atta Mills' brother quizzes Annoh-Dompreh Samuel Atta Mills, a brother of the late President John...

Assembly member charged for stealing relief items

The assembly member for Kedzikope in the Keta municipality, Joseph Quashigah, has been dragged before the Keta Circuit Court in the Volta region. The action...

Dzifa Attivor finally goes home [Photos]

The final funeral rites of former Transport Minister, Dzifa Attivor has been held. The forecourt of the State House was wrapped in red and black...

Atta Mills’ brother throws big challenge over motion to probe his death [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Samuel Atta Mils On Probe Samuel Atta Mills, brother of late Professor Atta Mills, has dared four Majority parliamentarians to proceed with their...

UPSA-UTAG rescinds decision to return to class despite court order

The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) chapter of the University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UTAG) has rescinded its decision to return to class...

UTAG strike: No politician can call it off, only members – Gyampo

Secretary to the University of Ghana Chapter of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Prof Ransford Gyampo, says it is out of place...

Tema High Court dismisses Barker-Vormawor’s ‘habeas corpus’ application

The Tema High Court has dismissed a habeas corpus application by Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormawor who has been charged with treason felony and is currently...

Chiefs are reducing the roles of queen mothers – Asantehene

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, says he has noticed the troubling trend of chiefs diminishing the functions of queen mothers by reducing their resources. Despite...

Fire guts 3 storey building at Obuasi Kyekyewere [Video]

A three-storey building consisting of 16 bedrooms owned by Shengfa Company Ghana Limited has been completely destroyed by a fire outbreak. The Chinese company near...

Annoh-Dompreh, 3 others file motion for bi-partisan investigation into Mills’ death

Four members of the Majority in Parliament, led by Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, have filed a Private Member’s motion calling for a bi-partisan...

Let go of our past, we’ve been born again – IGP tells Ghanaians

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has entreated members of the public to forgo the past and reignite their hope in...

GPRTU to increase fares effective February 26

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has announced that commuters should expect an increment in transport fares from Saturday, February 26. Speaking in an...

Ghanaian’s react to fuel price hike

Some Ghanaians have complained bitterly about the sudden and rapid fuel price increment in the country. On February 17, Private Commercial Transport Operators announced the...

Gunmen kill chief volunteer at Ejura

Gunmen have shot and killed a community chief volunteer on the Kyenkyenkura stretch at Ejura in the Ashanti Region. Dabilnam Paknamwa was shot in the...

Why Meteo workers are on indefinite strike

Workers of the Ghana Meteorological Agency have declared an indefinite industrial strike. The workers, in a statement, indicated it takes effect from Friday, February...

Govt to set up military base at Afram Plains

The government will set up a military base at Akyemfuor near Maame Krobo in the Afram Plains South District to tackle growing insecurity associated...

Checkout photos of girl who hoisted CAN 2008 trophy all grown up

The eight-year-old girl, who held the trophy during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana, has been revealed. The picture of the...

Health Minister inaugurates Ghana College of Pharmacists Board

Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has inaugurated an 11-member governing body of the Ghana College of Pharmacists. The board, chaired by Odeneho Kwafo Akoto III, was...

We know the cause of Atta Mills’ death – Family [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · We know the cause of Atta Mills' death – Family Brother to the late President of Ghana, John Evans Atta Mills, Samuel Atta...

I have no evidence… – Investigator in Ofosu-Ampofo case tells court

Chief Inspector Bernard Berko, the investigator in the case in which the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo and Anthony...

I don’t fear leaving the legal profession – Sosu tells Association of Judges and Magistrates

The Madina Member of Parliament (MP), Francis-Xavier Sosu, says he is not scared to exit the legal profession for cautioning against acts that have...

Minority takes on PURC, ECG over new high charges

The Minority in Parliament has cautioned the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to suspend the new service charges...

Public hearing on LGBTQ+ Bill resumes

The Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee will today, Thursday resume public hearings on the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill...

Perry Okudzeto, Linda Asante appointed Deputy CEOs of NPA

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Perry Okudzeto and Linda Asante as the Deputy Chief Executives (CEOs) of the National Petroleum Authority(NPA). The appointment was...

Fire Service officials visit colleagues involved in fatal accident on Atebubu Highway [Photos]

The Chief Fire Officer (CFO), Julius Kuunuor, has led a delegation to visit its four personnel who were involved in an accident on the...

Transport fares to go up by 30% effective Friday

Private Commercial Transport Operators say effective Friday, February 18, transport fares will be increased by 30 percent. According to the group, this decision has been...

Police apologise to Lamashegu chief and residents over clash

The Ghana Police Service has apologised to the chief and people of Lamashegu and Dagbon as a whole over the misconduct of some personnel...

Aggrieved NABCo trainees protest over delay in salary payment

Beneficiaries of the government’s Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) programme are set to hit the streets today, Thursday, February 17, 2022, in protest of what...

Woman sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for stealing a baby at Akyem-Bodua

The Asamakese Circuit Court has sentenced a 33-year-old woman to seven years imprisonment for stealing a baby at Bodua, a town near Akwatia in...

Ghana Airports Company appoints Pamela Djamson-Tettey as new MD

The Ghana Airports Company Limited has appointed Pamela Djamson-Tettey as its new Managing Director, effective 18th February, 2022. This follows an emergency meeting by the...

Abu Jinapor donates GHC20K to Apiate Support Fund

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has donated GHC20,000.00 to the Apiatse Support Fund. The donation is to complement...

E-levy: Why Francis and MacBook are trending

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Wednesday reiterated the need for Ghanaians to support the passage of the Electronic Transaction Levy (e-levy). Taking to Twitter, the...

Govt cuts sod for first SHS at Yunyoo-Nasuani district

Government has cut sod for the construction of the first high school in the Yunyoo-Nasuani district of the North East Region. The 12-unit classroom block...

Can a cockroach be justified in a court of fowls? – Sosu asks Magistrates and Judges Association

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina constituency, Francis-Xavier Sosu, in a response to a statement from the Association of Magistrates and Judges of...

Commercial driver jailed 15 years over incest

Kwame Karim Tetteh, a 52-year-old commercial driver who had sex with his 14-year-old daughter at Pig Farm, an Accra suburb, has been sentenced to...

Lamashegu shooting: Court remands police officer

A Tamale Circuit Court has remanded General Corporal Samson Kweku Darfour, the police officer who allegedly shot 24-year-old Rahman Jibril who was driving the...

UPSA lecturers to resume academic activities on February 21

Lecturers at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) have been asked to return to the lecture halls on Monday, February 21, 2022. This information...

35 wooden structures razed to the ground at Darkuman

About thirty-five wooden structures at Darkuman Black Park in Accra have been razed to the ground after a fire outbreak on Wednesday afternoon. According to...

Judges Association to haul Sosu to GLC over ‘political judges’ comment

The Association of Magistrates and Judges of Ghana (AMJG) has stated that it will lodge a formal complaint against Member of Parliament for Madina...

Illegal Blood Sale: Ghanaians share horrifying experiences

Some Ghanaians have shared their experiences on extortions they suffered in their quest to get blood for relatives who were in dire need at...