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2 reportedly injured in alleged dynamite blast at Santa Maria

Two people are injured in what has been described as a dynamite blast at Santa Maria in Accra. It is still unknown what triggered the...

Soldiers allegedly shoot man dead at Bawku [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Soldiers allegedly shoot man dead at Bawku Military personnel have reportedly shot one person dead at Bawku in the Upper East Region. Adom News'...

Togbe Afede’s ex-gratia: Asogli State ‘exposes’ Adom-Otchere

A special Aide to Togbe Afede XIV, Dr Elikplim Kwabla Apetorgbor, has reacted to Paul Adom-Otchere's claim that the Paramount Chief and the Agbogbomefia...

Achimota Rasta student’s alleged assault on father; The inside story [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Achimota Rasta student's alleged assault on father; The inside story Tyrone Marhguy, one of the Rastafarian students who had admission issues at the...

16-month-old baby drowns in well

A 16-month-old baby has drowned in a well at Ahwerewam-Domeabra near Mankranso in the Ashanti Region. The baby is believed to have crawled to...

ECG transformer thief busted

Thieves have raided the Station B transformer of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in Takoradi in the Western Region. The criminals cut and...

Suspect, two victims dead in Tamale robbery

The Ghana Police Service has indicated one of the suspects in an alleged armed robbery in Tamale in the Northern Region has died. The Police...

MoMo vendor shot dead by robbers in Tamale

A mobile money vendor has been shot in the chest by armed robbers at Kalariga in the Tamale metropolis of the Northern Region. According to...

Armed robbers mount blockade next to police barrier; rob passengers at Nweneso

Armed robbers are reported to have today mounted a blockade next to a police barrier at Nweneso No.1 in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of...

Tyron was arrogant even before Achimota school case – Father of Rastafarian student

The Father of one of the two Achimota school students who were initially denied enrollment because of their dreadlocks, has expressed dissatisfaction over his son’s...

Poultry sector to collapse soon – Chicken Processor

Joseph Boakye Yiadom, CEO of Joerees, a company that specialises in chicken processing, has stated that the industry needs immediate attention or it will...

Achimota Rastafarian student slashes father’s hand during fight [VIDEO]

The father of one of the Rastafarian students who had admission issues at the Achimota School because of his dreadlocks, has alleged that his...

Four problems Council of State ex-gratia could have solved

The first loan of the Akufo-Addo administration was approved in April 2017, a little over three months after taking office.  That loan was a...

Terrorism threats: Ghana Police send important message to churches

The Ghana Police Service has advised religious bodies in the country to put in place stringent measures to forestall any terrorist attack on their...

Adjen Kotoku onion sellers send SOS to govt [Photos]

Onion sellers, who were moved from Agbogbloshie to Adjen Kotoku, are calling on the government to halt encroachment on the land allocated for them....

I was drunk – Man who announced Zimbabwe ‘toe selling’ business makes a U-turn

A Zimbabwean man, who went viral after a video of him stating that he is a dealer for toe buyers, has now disclaimed the story. After being...

Security issue not a Ghana Music Award – Security Analyst

Security Analyst, Adib Saani, has slammed National Security for appointing ambassadors for the ‘See Something, Say Something’ terrorism awareness campaign. He says appointing ambassadors doesn’t...

How 11-year-old girl joked about dad sacrificing her for rituals [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · How 11-year-old girl joked about dad sacrificing her for rituals Evelyn Kemeh, the mother of an 11-year-old girl whose father was busted in...

Residents of Zamrama Line left traumatised after alleged military attack [Listen]

Residents of Zamrama Line near Shukura in Accra say they have been left traumatised by last Saturday's alleged military attack on them. The incident,...

Nana Agradaa fights spiritual father

Fetish priestess turned evangelist, Patricia Oduro Kwarteng, popularly known as Nana Agradaa, is up in arms with her spiritual father, pastor Joseph Kyereh. She claimed...

Driver who crashed three brothers to death at Ejisu remanded again

The driver, who drove into pedestrians killing three brothers at Ejisu-Besease, has for the second time been remanded into police custody by the Ejisu District...

Onion sellers in open defecation at Adjen Kotoku

Scores of onion sellers relocated from the Agbogbogloshie area in the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to Adjen Kotoku in the Ga West municipality of...

Ibrahim Mahama appointed Artistic Director in Europe

Renowned artist, Ibrahim Mahama, has been appointed as Artistic Director of the 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts (2023). Mr Mahama, who shared the news...

Girl at centre of money ritual accusation speaks [Audio]

The 12-year-old girl who was allegedly taken to a herbalist at Oyibi Kom, a suburb of Accra, by her father to be killed for...

Teacher Union fumes at govt over neglect

A teacher union, All Teachers Alliance Ghana (ATAG), says the government is not being fair to newly trained teachers posted to various service stations...

NAGRAT piles pressure on govt as it threatens strike

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has began what they claim will be series of industrial actions to demand payment of Cost of...

Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill: Sponsors unhappy over delay of passage; demand answers from Constitution Committee

Sponsors of the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, popularly called the anti-LGBTQ Bill, are lamenting the delay in...

Manasseh’s folder: Witkowsky’s Visit and why the British High Commissioner can’t mind her business

I was one of a few journalists selected to attend a recent press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Accra. Our guest was Anne...

Man allegedly commits suicide at Edina Bantuma

A man, believed to be between the ages of 20 and 30, has allegedly committed suicide at Edina Bantuma in the Central Region. The deceased,...

CID takes over case of father who attempted to sacrifice daughter for money

The Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service has taken over the case of Evans Oppong, the man arrested for allegedly attempting to...

Uncle of 15-year-old girl assaulted in Ofoase arrested

An uncle to the 15-year-old Junior High School (JHS) female student assaulted for sleeping outside her home has been arrested. According to reports, the suspect...

Appiatse Explosion: One more victim dies [Listen]

A 38-year-old victim of the Appiatse explosion that killed 13 people has also passed on. The deceased, Paul Asare is said to be one of...

Step-father hires thugs to assault his 15-year-old daughter

A 15-year-old Junior High School (JHS) female student, (name withheld) has been left emotionally traumatized after being physically subjected to beatings and sexually harassed...

Akufo-Addo commissions 100 mercury-free gold processing equipment

President Akufo-Addo, has commissioned one hundred (100) mercury-free gold processing equipment, commonly referred to as “Gold Katcha”, for use by small-scale miners across the...

Immigration Service repatriates 17 foreigners from Bunkpurugu

Seventeen foreign nationals, who entered the country through unapproved routes along the Bunkpurugu area of the Ghana-Togo border, have been arrested and repatriated by...

Bawumia cuts sod for construction of 32 TVET Centres

The Vice-President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has cut sod for work to commence on the first phase of the 32 state-of-the-art Technical and Vocational Education...

Govt releases GH₵60M to pay school feeding caterers [Listen]

The government has released an amount of GH₵60 million as part payment for arrears owed members of the School Feeding Caterers Association. Acting...

Manhyia Prisons: Nana Dr Kofi Antwi II pulled-out of service

A pull-out ceremony was held at the weekend in honour of Nana Dr Kofi Antwi II, Assistant Director of Prisons, who was in charge...

Motorway reconstruction begins in August

Reconstruction of the Accra-Tema Motorway will begin in August this year, the Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, has said. He said the government...

CHRAJ cash-strapped – Joseph Whittal

The Commissioner for Human Rights and Administrative Justice, Joseph Whittal says the Commission is cash-strapped and unable to operate as it ought to. Speaking on...