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Methodist Church Ghana donates GH₵100,000 to National Cathedral project

The Methodist Church Ghana has donated GH₵100,000 towards the construction of the National Cathedral of Ghana in fulfilment of an annual budgetary allocation towards...

Three charged with murder over Pai Kantanka shooting

The Ho Circuit Court 1 has charged three persons with abetment and murder over a shooting incident at Pai Kantanka in the Oti Region. The...

Mfantseman MP installed queen mother [Photos]

Member of Parliament (MP) for Mfantseman, Ophelia Hayford, has been installed as the Development queen mother of Towoboase in the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District. This...

Middle Belt Development Authority hands over new market to Juanso community

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Middle Belt Development Authority (MBDA), Joe Danquah, has said job creation through industrialisation is key to setting...

Deadly blast kills four and wounds many at Kabul

A suspected twin suicide bombing outside a boys' high school in the Afghan capital Kabul has killed at least four people and wounded others. The...

Heward-Mills’ daughter mourns late brother in powerful tribute

Daniella, daughter of the Lighthouse Chapel founder Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, has shared a fond memory of her late brother, David in a tribute to...

Police on manhunt for Ashanti Region church robbers

The Ghana Police Service is on a manhunt for armed robbery gang who attacked worshippers of the Heaven Embassy Chapel International at Atwima Afrancho...

Boy, 9, drowns in swimming pool during family day out

A nine-year-old boy, Mensah Bonsu, has reportedly drowned in a swimming pool at the Rattray Park Recreational Centre in Kumasi. The incident occurred on...

Herdsman found dead after suspected kidnapping

Some unknown gunmen believed to be kidnappers have shot and killed a Fulani herdsman identified as Kuraba Umaru. Kuraba, believed to be in his fifties,...

One dead, 8 injured in three separate accidents at Gomoa

One person died on the spot while eight other persons sustained serious injuries in three separate road accidents while heading home from the beach. The...

American lady graduates as fetish priestess after 3 years training

A 33-year old professional physical therapist, Akosua Akoto, says she is proud to be a traditionalist after graduating as a fetish priestess (Okomfo) in...

Adwoa Safo shows off lookalike daughter in new video

Embattled Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, showed off her her daughter in a new video. In a video shared on her...

ECG intensifies public education on theft, safe use of electricity

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has intensified its education to consumers on power theft, safe usage of electricity, among others, to ensure losses...

How much Ashanti region church robbers got from raid will shock you [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Police chase Ashanti region church robbers The armed robbery gang which attacked a church in the Ashanti region will be cursing their stars...

MCE commends Adom FM for memorable Kwawu Easter

Ghana’s No. 1 radio station, Adom FM, has once again written its name in history as the official radio station for the Kwawu Easter. JoyNews/AdomNews...

Meteo Agency sends SOS message to Keta, Aflao, Ada, Akatsi residents

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has cautioned persons living along the east coast of the country to make adequate preparations against possible high tides...

EOCO arrests bank, telco officials

A bank official and a staff of a leading telecommunications network (name withheld) who reportedly connived with some four suspects who were recently arrested...

Joy News’ David Andoh, others lead clean up exercise at Ngleshie Amanfrom [Video]

https://youtu.be/Rxe3cEbdtCk Joy News’ photojournalist David Andoh and opinion leaders have led a cleanup exercise at Ngleshie Amanfrom to mark the Easter Monday Holiday. The renowned journalist...

Dag Heward-Mills’ wife fills eyes of Ghanaians with tears

The wife of the founder of the Lighthouse Chapel, Lady Rev Mrs Adelaide Heward-Mills, has left social media users in tears with a post...

Travellers stranded as trailer falls off on Accra-Kumasi highway

Personnel from the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service are making frantic efforts to tow a trailer that fell...

Three fake currency dealers arrested in Accra

The Adjen Kotoku District Police Command has arrested three persons for allegedly dealing in fake currencies in Accra. The three, Seidu Samyaley, 28, Samuel...

Ghana Law School SRC president reacts to interdiction claims

President of the Ghana School of Law Students Representative Council (SRC) has rubbished reports he has been interdicted. Speaking to JoyNews, Wonder Victor Kutor, who...

Ghana Law School SRC President in fresh trouble

The President of the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Ghana Law School, Wonder Victor Kutor, has been interdicted. This comes on the back of...

Mother of three found dead in her room

A 27-year-old woman, Afia Cynthia, has allegedly been murdered in her room at Koase in the Wenchi Municipality of the Bono Region. The...

Six suspected serial robbers arrested

Six persons have been arrested in connection with series of robberies including car hijacking in the Central and Greater Accra regions. The arrest, according...

Ghanaian parents spending 24% of their productive hours on social media – Survey

JoyNews/AdomNews · Guide your children to be responsible users of internet - Parents urged Child online protection experts are worried that Ghanaian parents are spending...

Tears as young female goalkeeper drowns in Volta Lake

A promising female goalkeeper, Mabel Mawusi Dogah, has been identified as one of the seven persons who drowned in the Volta Lake last Thursday...

Sad news hits Kwame A Plus

Entertainment pundit and political activist, A Plus, has announced the death of his father-in-law. The father of his wife, Akosua Vee, passed on on Monday,...

Ghana and Togo to demarcate borders

The National Coordinator of the Ghana Boundary Commission, Brigadier General Emmanuel Kotia, says Ghana and Togo will re-install their boundary pillars by the end...

Bawumia donates to victims of nomadic settlements raid at Yendi

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has presented  GH¢60,000 to victims of last Thursday's attack that resulted in the death of eight persons and injury...

Lecturer in court for allegedly slashing son with cutlass

A lecturer at the School of Hygiene in Ho, Sampson Quaye Agbavitor, who allegedly slashed his 14-year-old son repeatedly with a cutlass and left...

Sam Korankye Ankrah sends touching message to Dag Heward Mills

Founder and Apostle General of Royal House Chapel International, Rev Sam Korankye Ankrah, has reacted to the death of Bishop Dag Heward Mills' son....

Man, 46, allegedly shoots wife over GHC2

A 46-year-old Alex Quainoo, a farmer and a hunter at Assin Bepokokoo in the Assin South District of the Central Region, has allegedly shot...

60-year-old security man allegedly killed, buried in uncompleted building

The Security man of High Ranking International Academy, a private school in the Wa Municipality of the Upper West region has been found dead....

Joy FM Easter Soup Kitchen: From the kitchen into the pack

It was the collaborative effort of Multimedia Group Limited staff, clients and listeners of Joy FM that ensured the success of the 2022 Easter...

Five including 3 children shot as robbers attack church in Kumasi

Five persons including three children have sustained gunshot wounds after armed robbers attacked a church at Atwima Afrancho in the Ashanti Region. The heavily armed...

What really happened on Good Friday?

With the President’s announcement that social gatherings could resume at full capacity, Christians marked Good Friday with in-person with activities at various locations. One such...

Eight persons who died in shooting incident at Zakoli buried [Photos]

The eight persons who were shot dead at Zakoli in the Yendi Municipality in the Northern Region by unknown gunmen have been laid to...

Death spoils everything – Dag Heward-Mills pours his heart out over son’s demise

Founder and Leader of the Lighthouse Chapel, Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, has finally poured his heart out following the demise of his first son. David Dag...

Easter: One dead, 13 injured in two separate accidents at Kwahu

A 10-year-old boy, Emmanuel Atta Serebour, died on the spot on Sunday morning when a car rammed into a group of six people after...