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GRA sends important message to landlords over tax on property[Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · GRA sends important message to landlords over tax on properties The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has called on landlords in the country to...

Lands Minister clashes with Chairman of PAC over E-levy

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, clashed with Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, James Klutse Avedzi...

UGMC completed; due for full operationalisation

The University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC), is due for full operationalisation, following its completion and a handing over on Tuesday. The Project Management Team...

#Fixthecountry convener Oliver Barker-Vormawor granted 2m cedi bail

Convenor for the #FixTheCountry movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has been granted a GHC2 million bail by a Tema High Court. The bail term is also supposed...

Ghana would be horrible without the Church – Rev. Doh Tetteh

General Overseer of the Solid Rock Chapel International, Rev Dr Christie Doh Tetteh has touted the remarkable role the church has played in the...

STEM education without morals, spiritual values breed intelligent criminals – Opuni-Frimpong

A Former General Secretary of the Christian Council, Rev. Dr. Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, has asserted that the current curricular being used in the basic and...

Constitution has given one person too much power to manage the country like their family property – Noi Mensah

A former Presiding Bishop of the Full Gospel Church International has attributed the country’s retard progress to specific provisions in the constitution that give...

Church is providing social comfort for stressed populace; don’t undermine its significance – Noi Mensah

An immediate past Presiding Bishop of the Full Gospel Church International, Bishop Samuel Noi Mensah, says Christian bodies in the country have beliefs and...

Nobody can gag the church, we will speak truth to power – Rev Doh Tetteh [video]

General Overseer of the Solid Rock Chapel International says the church in Ghana will continue to thrive and survive in propagating its mission, despite...

She was cheating while I was processing her documents for permanent stay – Norway-based Ghanaian

A Ghanaian based in Norway, Charles Asare, has shared his heartbreak story of how he invited his ex-girlfriend to Norway with plans of settling...

We can’t continue to blame the devil for these unacceptable accidents – MP on death of UEW students

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Education Committee, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, has commiserated with the families of the nine University of Education, Winneba (UEW) students who perished in...

Yaw Oppong appointed Director of Ghana School of Law

Legal practitioner, Yaw D. Oppong, has been appointed as the Director of Legal Education at the General Legal Council (GLC). The Director of Legal Education...

Man found half-burnt at Kawukudi junction

A yet-to-be-identified man in his mid-40s was on Monday at about 7:00 pm found dead in a burning bush around Kawukudi Junction in Accra. According...

Expect power outages in the rainy season – ECG tells consumers in Ashanti Region

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has asked residents in the Ashanti region to brace up  for power outages as the rains set in. Officials...

Avail your drivers for fire management training – Police urge vehicle owners

The Police have entreated vehicle owners to ensure that their drivers are taken through fire management training periodically. Also, the Police want owners of vehicles...

Cape Coast: Man arrested for assaulting sex worker

The Central Regional Police Command has arrested a 42-year-old driver, Godwin Bayor alias Yaw, for allegedly assaulting a woman on March 6, 2022, in...

‘Charlie Man dey grow old’ – Says Oppong Nkrumah as he shares lovely photo

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has shared a lovely photo of himself on social media. The minister, in his latest photo, seems to be concerned...

Nearly 14 million SIM cards linked to Ghana card – NCA

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has stated that there have so far been 13,676,648 SIM Cards successfully linked to the Ghana Card system. This number...

2 persons injured, over 70 others displaced after heavy downpour in Janga community

Two persons have sustained injuries while over 70 others have been displaced after a heavy downpour swept through Janga in the West Mamprusi Municipality...

Asuboi accident: Family of UEW student cries over his disappearance [Audio+Photos]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Asuboi accident: Family of UEW student cries over his disappearance The family of Bernard Kumi, a level 200 student of the University of...

Apiate explosion: Govt to pursue findings and recommendations in Committee’s report – Lands Minister

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, on Monday, March 14, 2022, received the findings and recommendations of the Prof. Amankwah-led...

You live on time bomb – Geological Authority warns Weija residents

The Ghana Geological Survey Authority (GGSA) has warned that people around the Weija Ridge and Reservoir are living on a time bomb that is...

Four perish in head-on collision at Peki

Another fatal accident at Peki Avetile in the South Dayi district of the Volta Region has claimed the lives of four persons. The...

ECG cuts power supply to Ghana Airports Company Limited over ¢49m debt

The National Taskforce of the Electricity Company of Ghana Limited has cut power supply to the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) over debt to...

Sale of Accra Psychiatric Hospital: The inside story

The Mental Health Authority has described as false reports that the Accra Psychiatric Hospital has been sold. Rather, it said staff and inmates will be...

Motor rider’s head chopped off in accident [Photos]

A man, believed to be in his 20's, had his head chopped off in a ghastly motorbike accident at Wakawaka, a village near Bole...

10% salary deduction for rent: NAGRAT bares teeth at govt

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has resolved to resist the Ghana Education Service (GES) directive for teachers to pay 10 per cent...

I want to see seriousness – Judge slams absent Barker-Vormawor prosecutors

State prosecutors handling the #FixTheCountry Movement lead convener, Oliver Barker-Vormawor’s case at the District Court on Tuesday, March 15, failed to show up in...

Woman found dead along Worawora-Akpesokubi highway

Residents staying along the Worawora-Akpesokubi stretch in the Oti Region woke up to the sight of a dead body along the highway. The deceased, a...

ECG workers demand MD’s dismissal [Photos]

Workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have kicked against a contract extension for the Managing Director (MD), Kwame Agyeman-Budu. The workers are...

Court freezes accounts of Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital

JoyNews/AdomNews · Court freezes accounts of Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital The Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital in the Central region faces closure due to lack of funds, food...

Ghana Month: Implication of imprecation or ‘duabo’ in Akan traditions

One reason for the increased use of imprecation in the pursuit of justice, especially in domestic cases, is the slow speed of case adjudication...

Okudzeto Ablakwa condemns demolition of Bulgarian Embassy

North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has condemned the demolition of the Bulgarian Embassy in Accra at 10 Kakramadu Road, East...

Martin Amidu’s take on E-levy

Former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, says government’s introduction of the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-levy) bill has resulted in an unnecessary resentment amongst the country’s...

Apiate explosion: 20 buildings almost completed – MCE

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Prestea Huni-Valley, Isaac Dasmani, says the reconstruction of the Apiate community is progressing steadily. According to him, geological works...

Let’s applaud the innovations of the Finance Minister

Since he took over as the Minister of Finance in 2017, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta has managed to raise revenue strategically to support some projects...

Cost of electricity to increase as ECG pushes for adjustment in tariffs

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has initiated plans to adjust its tariffs to increase the cost of electricity in the coming weeks. According to...

I wasn’t surprised but disappointed – Juaboso MP on Deputy Speakers’ voting rights

Member of Parliament for Juaboso, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has expressed his disappointment over  the Supreme Court on whether a Deputy Speaker of Parliament can...

Fuel tanker catches fire on Accra-Kumasi Highway [Photos]

A loaded fuel tanker has caught fire on the Accra-Kumasi Highway (N6) at Nsutam near Paradise Rest Stop. This was announced by the Ghana...

Govt has not paid NHIA levies collected since July 2021 – Akandoh

Ranking Member of Parliament’s Health Committee, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, is hinting that National Health Insurance service providers may withdraw their services. This, he said, is...