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Osinachi’s husband warned children against speaking about her being abused – Nigeria’s Women Minister

Nigeria’s Women Affairs Minister, Dame Pauline Tallen, has revealed that accounts from late singer Osinachi Nwachukwu’s children show they witnessed their father assault their...

Meet lawyers of Odartey Lamptey’s ex-wife

Many people have praised the good work done by the lawyers hired by Gloria Appiah, the ex-wife of football legend Odartey Lamptey to push...

Govt declares April 15 and 18, as public holidays

Government, through the Ministry of Interior, has declared Friday, April 15, as a public holiday. Monday, April 18, has also been declared as a statutory...

Lebanese who threatened shop owner’s life arraigned

The Lebanese man who was arrested on Wednesday for threatening the life of a shop owner at Osu over parking space was arraigned today. The...

Deputy Education Minister dines with St. Johns Grammar SHS students

A Deputy Minister of Education, Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, has dined with students of the St. John’s Grammar Senior High School in Accra. Patricia Quarshie,...

Akufo-Addo officially informed about passing of former First Lady, Emily Akuffo

The family of the late Mrs Emily Akuffo, former First Lady of Ghana and wife of former Head of State, General F.W. K. Akuffo,...

John Jinapor hints of massive ‘dumsor’

Former Deputy Energy Minister, John Jinapor, is predicting doom for Ghana’s electricity supply chain. According to him, the country may be plunged back into darkness...

Gunmen raid community at Yendi, 9 killed

Nine persons have been killed in an attack at Zacholi, a suburb of Yendi. Four others were also injured in the attack. Several homes were...

ECG meter thieves granted GH¢20,000 Bail

The New Abirem Magistrate Court in the Eastern Region on Tuesday granted bail to two suspects standing trial for allegedly possessing illegal meters and...

Police offer psychological support to shop owner threatened by sword-wielding Lebanese

The Police Hospital under the instruction of the IGP, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has provided the male shop owner threatened by a Lebanese at...

EC can declare Assin North seat vacant – Attorney-General

The Attorney-General (AG), Godfred Yeboah, says the Electoral Commission (EC) can declare the Assin North Constituency seat vacant following the Supreme Court’s ruling. On Wednesday...

Assin North MP’s case: Details of Supreme Court ruling

The Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 13, ruled that Assin North MP, James Gyakye Quayson, can no longer perform Parliamentary duties until a substantive...

ECG loses $400m to illegal connections

Energy Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has disclosed that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) loses about $400 million to illegal connections. Sharing the data at...

Chip-embedded passports to replace biometric ones

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has revealed that plans are underway to upgrade the Ghanaian biometric passports to...

Apiate explosion: 31 housing units will be ready by May 1

Deputy Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Benito Owusu-Bio, has announced that 31 housing units comprising 110 rooms will be ready for displaced residents of...

Oti Region records the highest number of modern slavery cases

The 2021 Population and Housing Census figures disclosed that Oti region is in the lead with the highest number of Child Labour cases with...

Ursula Owusu hands over classroom blocks to constituents

The Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has commissioned classroom facilities for two educational institutions in her constituency. At the St Magaret Mary...

Sword-wielding Lebanese arrested

The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has arrested Osman Brustani, the Lebanese who pulled out a sword and threatened to behead a Ghanaian trader...

Masked men attack KNUST students

Some students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been robbed in their hostel rooms at Ayeduase New Site in...

When Kan Dapaah goes to sleep, we will all be in danger – Prof Gyampo

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ghanaians are losing confidence in the Judiciary - Prof Gyampo Senior lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, says Ghanaians will be in...

COCOBOD CEO enstooled Nkosuohene of Sefwi Bankyease [Photos]

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has been enstooled as the Cocoa Nkosuohene of Sefwi Bankyease in the...

Ghana Post announces partnership with NLA, DVLA

The Managing Director of the Ghana Post Company Limited, Bice Osei Kuffour, has said he is keen on making the post office a stop...

One dead, four others injured as bus hits cow at Gomoa Potsin [Video]

An accident at Gomoa Potsin on the Kasoa- Winneba Highway in the Central Region has claimed the life of one person. https://youtu.be/Bw-gOBo75uo Four others are also...

Electricity, water tariffs to go up

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has confirmed that there will be an upward review of utility tariffs in the coming weeks. This follows proposals...

Lebanon Embassy reacts to video of national threatening Ghanaian man with ‘sword’

The Lebanon Embassy in Accra is calling for immediate action to be taken against one of its nationals captured in a viral video threatening...

Ghana School of Law SRC President reacts to directive for him to step aside

The President of the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Ghana Law School, Wonder Victor Kutor, has fought off a directive for him to...

How banks are taking over work space of Ghana Post [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · How banks are taking over work space of Ghana Post The Acting Managing Director of the Ghana Post Company Limited, Bice Osei Kuffour,...

Check out the staff strength of Ghana Post

The Managing Director of the Ghana Post Company Limited, Bice Osei Kuffour, has revealed that they have over a 2,000 staff capacity. He adds the...

Ghana Union Dusseldorf donates laptops to Assin Otabilkrom D/A

Chairman of Ghana Union Dusseldorf and Ghana Council NRW Germany, Paul Hossau has urged pupils to take the study of ICT seriously to improve...

Foreigner, Ghanaian accomplice convicted over Ghana Card

The Offinso Circuit Court presided over by His Lordship Frederick Kwabena Twumasi has convicted a Nigerian, Justin Jeff Manu, for posing as a Ghanaian...

Africa’s Communication Industry set for exciting future

BHM Research & Intelligence has announced that starting this year, its annual report on the public relations and communications sector in Nigeria, Africa’s largest...

Ekwueme’s death: Don’t die in abusive marriage — Head of Methodist Church

The Most Reverend Dr Paul Kwabena Boafo, Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church, Ghana, has called on victims of relationship or marital abuse to...

Assin North MP’s lawyers send important message to Supreme Court ahead of ruling

Lawyers of Assin North MP, James Gyakye Quayson, have prayed the Supreme Court to throw out an application that they see as a needless...

I sold my father’s house, furniture, other properties for drugs – IT Expert serving jail term

Kwaku Gardiner a product of Achimota School and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is currently serving a two-year jail term...

Supreme Court to rule whether Assin North MP can perform parliamentary duties henceforth

The apex court will today rule on whether Assin North MP, James Gyakye Quayson can continue to represent his constituents in Parliament. Michael Ankomah Nimfah,...

Teaching assistant to testify in court against KNUST lecturer accused of kidnapping wife

A Kumasi High Court is set to hear the first witness in a case in which a lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of...

Police, NIC impound 103 uninsured vehicles

The National Insurance Commission (NIC) in collaboration with the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Nkawkaw Divisional Police have impounded 103 vehicles...

Apiate explosion: Reconstruction of community to start on May 15

The reconstruction of the wipe-out Bogoso-Apiate community is scheduled to start on Sunday, May 15, 2022. This is according to the Deputy Lands Minister and...

Confiscation of driver’s licence tops complaints to Police Professional Standards Bureau

Assaulting members of the public, confiscating and retention of driver’s licence are among complaints made to the Police Professional Standards Bureau, PPSB against Police...

A client’s husband forced her to leave UN appointment against her wish – Psychologist recounts

People who desire to marry always pray to find a suitable partner who will treat them well and support their dreams, but not all...