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Akufo-Addo embarks on 10-day working visit to France, Guyana, Belgium, Germany, UK

President Nana Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Thursday, 10th February 2022, to begin a 10-day working visit to France, Guyana, Belgium, Germany, and the United...

There is absolutely nothing good about E-Levy – Lydia Forson

Actress Lydia Forson has opposed the implementation of the new Electronic Transaction Levy. She indicated that there is nothing good about the levy. In a...

Fire destroys 66 ECG wooden poles in 4 districts

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has lost about 66 electricity poles through induced fires within 62 days in four ECG Districts of Juapong,...

Bobie Ansah released on ¢50k bail

The Kaneshie District Court has granted Accra FM presenter, Kwabena Bobie Ansah, a GH¢50,000 bail. The Citizen Show host’s bail is with two sureties. He has...

Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism Relaunches as Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development

The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), the parent organisation of Dubawa Ghana, has officially launched in Abuja, Nigeria. The Centre will help the...

Mahama’s letter to President Akufo-Addo on media attacks

Ex-President John Dramani Mahama has taken to social media to address the recent attacks on journalists in the country. According to him, President Nana Addo...

Two Cameroonians arrested for allegedly dealing in counterfeit cedis

The Central East Regional Police Command has arrested two Cameroon nationals for allegedly dealing in counterfeit cedis. The two 37-year-olds were nabbed following a tip-off...

Govt builds 3,602km roads in 4 years

The Akufo-Addo administration constructed, tarred and asphalted a total of 3,620 kilometres of roads across the country in its first four years, Chairman of...

My mother-in-law ruined my marriage – Man tells court

A businessman, Uchenna Okolie, on Thursday prayed a Customary Court in Jikwoyi to grant him divorce on grounds that his marriage has been ruined...

E-levy: 137 NDC MPs are ready to die in the Chamber – Sam George vows [Listen]

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George, has reiterated the position of the Minority to fight the introduction of the Electronic Transaction Levy...

Mpraeso MP sends message to Christians on LGBTQ+

Member of Parliament (MP) for Mpraeso constituency, Davis Ansah Opoku, has cautioned all Christian bodies to engage in advocacies against Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender...

Girl, 13, found dead at Bibiani after going missing

A 13-year-old girl, identified as Genevieve Yeboah, has been found dead at Bibiani-Estate in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region....

KNUST ranked 12th best in Africa, UG secures 29th spot in latest rankings

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been ranked the 12th best in Africa ahead of the University of Ghana (UG),...

Publication of Fake News: ASEPA boss granted GHC50K bail

The Kaneshie District Court has granted Executive Director of Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), Mensah Thompson, GHC50,000.00 with two sureties. Mr...

Stammerers Association ‘chase’ Gabby Otchere-Darko over tweet

The Ghana Stammering Association (GSA) is demanding a genuine apology from the Founder of Danquah Institute, Gabby Otchere-Darko, for what they say is a disparaging...

5-year-old burnt into ashes at Bole

A five-year baby boy was on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, burnt to ashes at Dakuripe, a suburb of Bole District in the Savannah Region. The...

Accra FM presenter reportedly arrested after his show

A presenter with Accra FM, Kwabena Bobie Ansah, has reportedly been arrested. According to a producer of his programme, the Citizen Show, Mr Ansah was...

Check out the only tertiary institution catering for hearing-impaired students

The University of Ghana is the only tertiary institution in the country to cater for the needs of persons who are deaf, the Ghana...

Apiate explosion: Pay $5m out of Maxam fine to Support Fund – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has directed that $5million out of the $6million to be paid by Maxam Ghana Limited over the Apiate explosion should be...

Lecturer enskinned Saha Naa of Mamprugu

A lecturer in Economics Education at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Alhaji Prof. Mumuni. B. Yidana, has been enskinned Saha Naa of the...

Woman mocks ‘impotent’ partner, only to find out he has a child on Live TV show

Wednesday's edition of Nhyira FM's Obra show ended with a Kumasi-based wife laughing at the wrong side of her mouth after being hit with...

Driver, 39, jailed 20 years for defiling co-tenant’s 6-year-old daughter

A 39-year-old driver has been convicted and jailed for 20 years after pleading guilty to defiling his co-tenant’s six-year-old daughter. Daniel Hodzi was convicted...

Senyo Hosi sets record straight on Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu’s E-Levy cake

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors, Senyo Hosi, has said he is not responsible for the E-LEVY cake presented to...

Kufuor extols Otumfuo’s contribution to Ghana’s exit from HIPC

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has extolled Otumfuo Osei Tutu II for his contribution to the economic development of the country. He mentioned specifically the...

EOCO boss, COP Tiwaa Addo-Danquah calls on Special Prosecutor

A team from the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), led by its Executive Director COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, has paid a courtesy call...

COVID-19: Bono Regional Health Directorate commences mass vaccination exercise

The Bono Regional Health Directorate says it has begun the mass vaccination exercise in the region, and is requesting everyone including pregnant women to...

Stealing highest offence among inmates in Sunyani prison

Stealing is the topmost offence among inmates serving various sentences at the Sunyani Central Prisons, the Deputy Superintendent of Prisons (DSP), Johann Nii Narh...

Judges who become political will be treated as politicians – Xavier-Sosu warns [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Francis Sosu Sends Strong Message To Judges Madina Member of Parliament (MP), Francis Xavier-Sosu, has warned judges who become political will be treated...

Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu breaks silence; describes person behind e-levy cake [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Kyei Mensah Bonsu On E Levy Cake Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has broken his silence on an E-levy cake for his 65th birthday...

Airport Workers back MD’s dismissal

The Divisional Chairman of Ghana Airports Workers Union has said they have no issues with the decision of President Nana Akufo-Addo to dismiss Yaw...

Teacher union to petition Int’l bodies over ‘one teacher-one laptop’ policy

The All Teacher Alliance-Ghana (ATAG) has served notice to petition international bodies on the government's One Teacher One Laptop initiative. According to the union, there...

Put Paa Grant’s image on our currency – Atta Akyea proposes [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Put Paa Grant's Image On Our Currency - Atta Akyea Proposes Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa South Constituency, Samuel Atta Akyea, has...

ASEPA boss detained by Police over ‘Akufo-Addo presidential jet UK trip’ allegation

The Executive Director of the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), Mensah Thompson, is currently being detained at the Teshie District...

Private citizen challenges reinstatement of Prof Avoke

A Private Citizen, Kwabena Ofori, has filed a case at the Supreme Court asking that it sets aside a ruling of a Winneba High...

Otumfuo’s achievements monumental – Bawumia

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, says leading the Committee of Eminent Chiefs to restore peace to Dagbon after 17 years of chieftaincy conflict...

Stanbic Bank clears air on arrest of customer in banking hall

Stanbic Bank Ghana has reacted to the arrest of a customer in the banking hall of one of its branches. The customer had alleged on...

5 fishermen die of groin hernia due to inability to raise money for surgery

About five fishermen in the Western regional town of Axim died from groin hernia due to the lack of money for surgery in 2021,...

Angry Kejetia traders rescind decision to pay electricity bills for separate meters

Traders at the Kejetia Market in Kumasi have rescinded a decision to pay for the cost of separate meters at the facility. The traders in...

UTAG strike: Africa Education Watch calls for closure of universities until…

Africa Education Watch has called on Vice-Chancellors to close down all public universities until the UTAG strike is called off.The Africa Education Watch observed...

Bawumia is a friend of the church- Christian Council of Ghana

General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Cyril Fayose, has praised the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for his cordial relations with...