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Chinese owner and driver of Ejisu timber carrying skidder convicted

The Efiduase Magistrate Court has convicted two persons implicated in a case where a skidder  was seen dangerously carrying a timber log through traffic at...

Adom News gets results: Nkwanta South M/A JHS gets a 3-unit classroom block

The pupils and teachers of Nkwanta South M/A Junior High School (JHS) 'C' in the Oti Region have expressed delight after a new three-unit...

4 including pregnant woman arrested for cultivating cannabis in Volta Region [Photos]

A pregnant woman, a nursing mother, and two others have been arrested while working on a cannabis farm at Liati Dafornu in the Afadjato...

Settle impasse out of court – Judge tells NLC, UTAG

An Accra High Court Labour Division has urged the National Labour Commission (NLC) and the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to settle their...

Apiate Fund to be operational in March

The Apiate Support Fund Committee is hoping to begin disbursement of funds it has raised by March this year, to the victims of the...

Man narrates how his pregnant fiancée left home on Monday & married another man on Saturday

The effect of heartbreak is dawning on a gentleman identified as Bright Nana Kwame after finding out in the worst way possible that his...

US donates 560,000 vaccines to Ghana

The United States has shipped more than 560,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to the West African nation of Ghana, the White House told...

Unidentified body exhumed at Bole

An unidentified body buried halfway at Mempeasem in the Bole District of the Savannah Region has been exhumed. The assembly member of Mempeasem electoral...

Woman, 24, remanded for selling tea mixed with ‘wee’ at Kpong

A 24-year-old woman at Kpong in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region has been remanded into police custody by the Somanya...

Four robbery suspects shot dead, one arrested, another on the run

The Police have shot four robbery suspects dead during a targeted intelligence-led operation on January 22, 2022, at Gbetsile near Afienya in Tema. The four...

Police to cater for funeral of officer killed at checkpoint [Video]

https://youtu.be/eW1q5A3PD5I The Director-General in charge of Legal and Prosecution for the Ghana Police Service, COP Kofi Boakye, has led a delegation to commiserate with the...

PNC woman sends strong message to Adwoa Safo [Listen]

General Secretary for the People’s National Convention (PNC), Janet Nabila, has described the activities of the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Sarah...

Family of four killed, others injured in house fire [Video]

https://youtu.be/hektorWeHeQ A family of four has been killed in a fire outbreak in a rented apartment at Effia in the Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipality of the Western...

Passengers escape death as moving VVIP bus catches fire [Photos]

About 14 passengers have escaped death after fire engulfed a moving VVIP minibus at Bunyanto, a village on the Damongo-Tamale Highway. The incident occurred on...

Farmer loses 120 acres of cashew to bushfire in Krachi East

Jordan Owusu, Chief Executive Officer of De Jordan Agro and Investment has lost 120 acres of his cashew farm at 'Torgbui Kope' near Kparekpare...

Police announce roadblocks ahead of ECOWAS summit

The Accra Regional Police Command has announced a temporary closure of some principal roads in the region ahead of the Extraordinary Summit of ECOWAS...

NLC, UTAG to face-off in court today

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) and the National Labour Commission (NLC) are expected to appear before court today, Thursday, in the case...

Private developer destroys asphalted road to build behind President’s residence

In a rare and unusual move, a private developer has constructed a wall in the middle of an asphalted road blocking access to the...

Prof Avoke reacts after court orders UEW to reinstate him as VC

Prof Mawutor Avoke has reacted to the Winneba High Court’s order to the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) to have him reinstated as the...

UEW reacts to Avoke’s reinstatement order [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · UEW Reacts To Avoke's Reinstatement The University of Education, Winneba (UEW), has expressed dissatisfaction with a court order for the reinstatement of Prof...

Oti: YEA collaborates with regional council to reduce unemployment

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has committed to collaborating with the Oti Regional Coordinating Council to reduce unemployment in the Region to the barest...

Bishop Obinim in trouble again

Head Pastor of the International God’s Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim, was arrested together with his driver for having fitted strobe lights and siren...

University administrators back UTAG strike

The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA), has thrown its weight behind members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), who are currently...

Stop harassing me on social media for visa – French Ambassador to Ghanaians

The French Ambassador, Anne Sophie-Avé, has made a passionate appeal to Ghanaians to desist from worrying her with the acquisition of visa. According to her,...

Driver who crushed female police officer to death arrested

The Central East police command has arrested the driver of the Toyota Hiace vehicle that ran over and killed a police officer at Gomoa...

More chaos in Christian Divine Church after embezzlement allegations

A group calling itself coalition for the legacy of John Taylor has called on the leadership of the church to ensure peace and unity...

Janga chief urges govt to abandon E-levy and create jobs

Paramount Chief for the Janga Traditional Area, Naa Seidu Nantogmah, has kicked against the passage of the controversial Electronic Levy (E-Levy), saying the jobless...

Court orders UEW to reinstate Avoke

The Winneba High Court, presided over by his lordship, Aboagye Tandoh, has ordered that Prof Mawutor Avoke, be reinstated as the Vice-Chancellor of the...

9 persons engaged in ‘galamsey’ and fraud funded political parties in 2020 polls – CDD study

A study by the Centre for Democratic Development Ghana (CDD) has revealed that nine individuals allegedly engaged in illicit activities funded political parties in...

Christian Teaching Hospital to be built at Nsawam – Annoh Dompreh hints

Member of Parliament (MP) for Nsawam, Frank Annoh Dompreh, has hinted on plans to build the first Christian Teaching Hospital at Nsawam to reduce...

UTAG strike: We’re willing to withdraw court case if … – NLC boss

The National Labour Commission (NLC) says it is ready to withdraw its legal action against the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) over their...

Facebook CEO says don’t screenshot your Facebook Messenger chats

Mark Zuckerberg has issued a reminder – and an apparent warning – to users of Facebook Messenger who screenshot their chats. The Facebook founder and CEO of...

Speedy vehicle kills policewoman at checkpoint [Photos+Video]

https://youtu.be/Tm1aOIJCOCg A Policewoman has been crushed to death while on duty at the Gomoa Potsin checkpoint in the Central Region. The deceased, identified as Comfort...

We’re on our way to the mortuary – Sammy Gyamfi on Ghana’s economy [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Sammy Gyamfi On Ghana's Economy Ghana's economy in the eyes of the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress , Sammy Gyamfi,...

NPP man blames Amaliba for Assin North MP’s woes [Listen]

The Director of Research and Elections of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Evans Nimako, has hit hard at private legal practitioner, Abraham Amaliba, over...

E-levy: Govt to hold another Town Hall Meeting

The government will on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, hold another Town Hall Meeting on the Electronic Transactions Levy (E-levy). The event is scheduled to...

Fire destroys several shops, houses at Akyem Osiem

Several houses and shops have been destroyed in a fire outbreak at Akyem Osiem in Abuakwa North Municipality in the Eastern Region. The fire reportedly...

Truck crushes policeman to death at Twifu Mampong

A police officer stationed at Twifo Praso Police in the Central Region, Corporal Promise Adzinu, has reportedly been run over by a truck. The...

Apiate explosion: Abu Jinapor receives investigative committee report

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, on Tuesday received the report of a committee put together to independently investigate the...

Circle traders clash with Operation Clean Your Frontage taskforce [Video]

https://youtu.be/xiOPS7AZ8uI Traders around the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange (Circle) in Accra on Tuesday clashed with members of the Operation Clean Your Frontage taskforce. The irate traders...