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LGBTQ+ bill: Don’t succumb to pressure – Chief Biney tells govt

Deputy National Organizer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Chief Biney Hamilton Nixon, has advised the government to make firm decisions regarding the anti...

Pastor who shaved congregants’ pubic hair in fresh trouble

Leader of the End-time Church of Nations, Nana Mensah-Mark, popularly known as Pastor Blinks, has been arrested and is facing court. The pastor is known...

MTTD makes GH₵136k from road offences in January

The Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service has revealed that a total of GH₵136,440.00 was accumulated from road and...

Supreme Court throws out lawyer Kwasi Afrifa

The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by Mr Kwasi Afrifa who is seeking to stop disciplinary proceedings against him by the General Legal Council...

UN Peace Ambassador visits Mahama over national security issues

United Nations Eminent Peace Ambassador, Dr Samuel Ben Owusu, has paid a courtesy call on former President John Mahama to discuss National Peace and Security development. Among many things that...

He who pays the piper dictates the tune – Sam George criticises CDD’s survey on Anti-LGBTQ+ bill

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo-Prampram and Lead Sponsor for the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill, Sam George, has dismissed the survey by the Centre for Democratic...

DVLA to implement computer-based test in 6 local dialects

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has revealed it will soon roll out a voice-over touch screen test in six local dialects.  The computer-based...

Assin North MP was attending urgent Parliamentary business – Tsatsu Tsikata tells Supreme Court

Renowned Legal Practitioner, Tsatsu Tsikata, says his client, James Gyekye Quayson, was attending to urgent Parliamentary business, hence his absence from the Supreme Court...

Residents of Borae No.2 forced to share drinking water with animals

Residents of Borae No. 2 in the Krachi-Nchumuru district in the Northern region are compelled to share their only fungal-contaminated dugout source of water...

Major Mahama: Investigator refutes claims that lynching video was manipulated

Chief Inspector Samuel Agyarkwa, the investigator in the trial of the alleged murderers of Major Maxwell Mahama, says it is not possible the video...

Govt urged to partner with private institutions to build more houses

Chief Executive Officer of Properties GH, Eugene Baah-Duodu, has called on the government to collaborate with institutions into building property to help address the...

Ghana Airports Compay MD breaks silence on dismissal [Audio]

The dismissed Managing Director (MD) of the Ghana Airports Company Limited, Yaw Kwakwa, says he is not aware of any letter to that effect. JoyNews/AdomNews...

Witch doctor, husband arrested over assault on 70-year-old ‘wizard’

A witch doctor and her husband have been arrested for allegedly instigating the attack on 70-year-old Abia, accused of being a wizard. Zianatu and her...

Kwadwofour D/A ‘collapses’ due to inadequate classrooms

Kwadwofour D/A basic school in the Krachi-Nchumuru District of the Oti Region has collapsed due to lack of classrooms infrastructure for effective teaching and...

GES begins ICT training for teachers nationwide

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has rolled out an Information Communication Training training as part of the One Teacher One Laptop initiative. The training,...

It’s a fact Ghanaians are suffering – Gabby Otchere-Darko

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has acknowledged Ghanaians are suffering. But he is quick to add it is a global phenomenon in...

GRA fails to account for 97 confiscated vehicles – Auditor-General reveals

The Auditor-General (A-G) has cited the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) for failing to account for 97 vehicles the authority seized between January 2015 and...

Alleged $5m bribe: Kwasi Afrifa to face General Legal Council on February 16

The lawyer at the centre of the alleged $5 million bribe involving the Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, is to appear before the General Legal...

Parliament approves agreement to construct bridge over Afram River

Parliament has approved an amount of €350M for the construction of a bridge over the Afram River and of 124Km of roads from Adawso-Bunso,...

MD for Ghana Airports Company sacked

President Nana Akufo-Addo has terminated the appointment of Yaw Kwakwa, the Managing Director (MD) of the Ghana Airports Company Limited. A letter dated February 4,...

Why CDD is mounting strong defence against anti-LGBTQ bill [Audio]

The Centre for Democratic Development Ghana (CDD-Ghana) has reiterated it is against the passage of the Anti-LGBTQ bill. Lead Researcher at CDD, Bernard Anaba, speaking...

UTAG strike: Student groups clash over demo

JoyNews/AdomNews · Student groups clash over UTAG strike demo The planned demonstration by university students over the strike by University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG)...

IFES supports NTC’s entrance exam for colleges

The Institute for Education Studies (IFES) has rallied support behind the National Teacher’s Council (NTC) on their entrance examination agenda. This examination is to be...

Govt sets 14 conditions Maxam company must meet before permit

Government has outlined some 14 conditions for Maxam Limited, the company at the centre of the explosion that occurred at Apiate near Bogoso in...

One dead in road accident on Kumasi-Accra highway

A driver’s mate has been confirmed dead after an articulated truck loaded with bags of rice run into another truck loaded with cement at...

Emile Short wades into controversial e-levy debate

A former Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, Justice Emile Short, has called on the government to pay heed to the views of...

70-year-old man beaten to pulp at Damongo after accusation of being a wizard

A 70-year-old peasant farmer at Damongo, Mr Abia, is currently battling for his life at the West Gonja Hospital after being beaten by some...

4 drivers jailed 120 years for robbery

Four persons, who robbed a businessman and his family at gunpoint at Pobiman, near Amasaman in 2019, have been sentenced to a total of...

LGBTQ+ Bill: Ghana could lose up to 6% of its annual budget funding – CDD

A survey conducted by the Centre for Democratic Governance (CDD-Ghana) has found that the passage of the Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill will throw government’s economic agenda...

Students of State Experimental School exposed to danger

An old building housing children of the State Experimental Basic School in Kumasi is in danger of collapse as three of its pillars...

Sarkodie breaks silence on E-Levy debate

Rapper Sarkodie has finally waded into the ongoing debate about the proposed E-levy tax which has been laid before Ghana's parliament. The rapper said...

UTAG strike: Coalition of Concerned University Students postpones demonstration

The Coalition of Concerned University Students (CoCUS) has, for the second time, postponed its protest to register its displeasure against the ongoing strike action...

PAC triggers Interpol arrest of two former staff of Pantang Nursing Training College

The Chairman of the Public Account Committee (PAC) of Parliament, James Avedzi Kluste, has ordered the arrest of two former workers of Pantang...

Apiate explosion: Maxam reacts to fine

Maxam Company Limited says it did not breach the Minerals and Mining Regulations, 2012 (L.I. 2177) as indicated by a three-member committee set up...

One injured as 5-bedroom house is gutted by fire at Bantama

A nurse is battling for her life at a health facility following explosion which occurred at Atafoa New-Site, a suburb of Bantama in the...

Gaso Petroleum supports reconstruction of Apiate

Gaso Petroleum has donated building equipment worth over GH₵20,000 in support of the reconstruction of Appiatse community, in the Western region. The items, comprising 250...

Power FM journalist jailed

Accra-based Power FM presenter, Oheneba Boamah Bennie, has been jailed over his claims against President Nana Akufo-Addo and judges in the country. He was handed...

Nsawam accident: Police on manhunt for truck driver

Police at Nsawam in the Eastern Region are on a manhunt for the driver of a trailer responsible for the accident at Nsawam Mobil...

2 Kalba escapees re-arrested in Wa

Two suspected highway robbers who escaped arrest after engaging the Police in a fierce gun battle at Kalba in November 2022 have been arrested...

Kasapreko reacts to money laundering claims

The management of the Kasapreko Company Limited has denied engaging in money laundering activities that have led to financial loss to the state. Media reports...