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Ghana will soon deploy automated traffic policing system – MTTD

The Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service will soon activate its automated traffic policing system designed to record violations...

Ghana Navy gets 72-bed capacity transit quarters

A 72-bed capacity transit quarters has been opened for Senior and Junior ratings of the Ghana Navy Stores Department in Takoradi in the Western...

Kumbungu flood victims given a 26-acre parcel of land to relocate

The Chief of Dalun Dalunlanaa Mahama Amidu has released a 26-acre parcel of land to last year’s flood victims to relocate to higher grounds.About...

Chief Justice to set up tax court soon

The Judicial Service is set to establish a tax court to consider and hear tax-related cases in the country.A copy of a letter dated...

Kufuor gifts two peacocks to Australian High Commissioner

Ghana's former president, John Agyekum Kufuor, has presented two peacocks as gifts to the Australian Commission in Ghana.This follows a visit by the High...

23-yr-old ex-convict with good BECE grades denied admission by 3 Senior High Schools

A 23-year-old ex-convict, Abu Safianu Yahaya who dreams of becoming a nurse had his hopes dashed because of his ex-convict status.Yahaya has been denied...

There is an urgent need to regulate the media – Godfred Dame

The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, says efforts to regulate the media is cast in law and falls within international...

230 suspected criminals, sex workers arrested at Soldier Bar

Personnel from the National Police Operations have arrested 230 suspected criminals and commercial sex workers at the environs of Soldier bar at the Kwame...

Yaw Sarpong surprised with new car from manager; land from Ayisha Modi [Video]

Veteran gospel musician, Yaw Sarpong couldn’t conceal his excitement after his executive manager, Nana Kobo gifted him a brand new Toyota RAV 4 vehicle...

Akuapem chief ‘disowns’ Akuapem Poloo

Mampong Akwapem Apesemakahene, Nana Yirenkyi l, has disclosed that actress Rosemond Brown, popularly known as Akuapem Poloo, is not of Akuapem origin.Speaking to Accra...

Dr Stephen Asare writes: Fundamental misunderstanding of Section 280

There is a fundamental misunderstanding of section 280 of the criminal code which provides that “Whoever publishes or offers for sale any obscene book,...

Akuapem Poloo can stay out of jail if… – John Dumelo

Actor and politician John Dumelo has sent out a message to Akuapem Poloo's lawyers on what to do if they want to get her...

Nigerians angry as Ghanaian students topped 2020 WASSCE

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and some parents have expressed worry about the good performance of Ghanaian students as compared to their Nigerian...

Full text: Final communique on the National Consultative Dialogue on Small Scale Mining

President Akufo-Addo for two days held a national consultative dialogue in his attempt to build a political consensus against illegal mining as a way...

Govt signs agreement with AirtelTigo for transfer of ownership

The Government of Ghana and the parent companies of AirtelTigo, Bharti Airtel Ghana Holdings B.V., MIC Africa B.V have concluded negotiations on the transfer...

All the photos you need to see from mother of Kweku Baako’s funeral

The editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, laid to rest his mother, Gloria Aba Addison on Thursday.President Nana Akufo-Addo...

Tension as thugs allegedly assault and parade Chief naked

There is simmering tension at the Kwahu Pitiko traditional area in Afram Plains South District of the Eastern region.This follows a near-deadly attack...

Fear grips man who found pot covered with red cloth, knife in his shop [Photo]

A Sawmill operator at Breman Asikuma in the Asikuma Odoben Brakwa district of the Central Region, Yaw Prince, has found a strange pot covered...

Sammy Gyamfi wades into Akuapem Poloo’s sentence

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (Gyamfi) has described the three-month jail term handed down to actress Akuapem Poloo as harsh...

Speeding driver crashes boy, 14, to death [Photos]

A speeding driver has crashed a 14-year-old boy to death at Twifo Tarkwa in the Twifo Atti Mokwa District of the Central Region.An eyewitness,...

Akuapem Poloo’s lawyer reveals next line of action [Video]

Lawyer for actress Rosemond Brown, popularly known as Akuapem Poloo, says he will appeal against the 90-day jail sentence of his client."For...

Akuapem Poloo breaks silence after sentence [Video]

Rosemond Brown, widely known as Akuapem Poloo, has made her first public statement after her sentence on Friday.The Accra Circuit Court on Friday, April...

Lawyer reveals how his priestly ambition was cut short after he impregnated his girlfriend

Every child while growing up at least has one kind of profession he or she yearns to venture into.These childhood dreams are largely...

Man found dead in front of his home [Photos+Video]

A 60-year-old man identified as Kwasi Agyapong, has been found dead in a gutter at Nyankomasu Old Town in Akyem Oda of the Eastern...

Driver and his mate jailed for assaulting a passenger

A driver and his mate who assaulted a passenger onboard their vehicle, have been sentenced to a total of four years imprisonment by the...

Land guards meet their match at Fetteh as one receives gunshot in his neck

One person is in critical condition after a gun battle ensued between construction workers and a group of armed men believed to land guards.The...

You can take the land only after our last man dies – La youth to military [Audio]

A group calling itself Coalition of La Youth has served notice to the Ghana Armed Forces about their readiness to fight for La Stool...

Ghana Armed Forces reacts to assault on La protesters

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has rendered an apology over assault meted out to residents and journalists during a land protest at La.The group,...

SHS student jailed 10 years for defiling 18-month-old twins

The Cape Coast Circuit 1 has sentenced Patrick Nyarko, a student of Assin Manso Senior High School to 10 years imprisonment for defiling 18-month-old twins.The...

Photo of Kweku Baako and late mother evokes memories

An old photo of ace journalist, Abdul-Malik Kweku Baako and his late mother, Gloria Aba Addison has popped up online.The photo was shared by...

‘Okada’ rider crashes to death in wrongful overtaking at Kintampo

A 37-year-old motor rider has crushed to death at Kintampo in the Bono East Region as a result of wrongful overtaking.Sidi Bukari was riding...

How this Burundian killed her rival to become queen mother, and then held off the Germans in the 1900s

Many African communities are patriarchal, thus some feats accomplished by women tend to be lost in history.Yet, many African empires and territories have...

Two female prison officials fired after inmate sex video goes viral

Two female correctional service officials have been dismissed after investigations into an explicit video that went viral last month showing one of the officials...

President Akufo-Addo leaves for Brazzaville

President Akufo-Addo has left Ghana for Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo to attend the swearing-in of H.E. Denis Sassou Nguesso, President-elect of...

Abortion claimed 66 lives in 2020 – GHS

Sixty-six women died in 2020 due to abortion-related complications, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has revealed. More than 54,000 cases of abortion, out of...

Church donates ¢10k to Kumasi Central Mosque for Ramadan

Members of the King Solomon Universal Temple have donated ¢10,000 to the Kumasi Central Mosque ahead of this year’s Ramadan.The donation is to aid...

Koku Anyidoho reunites with Allotey Jacobs [Photo]

Samuel Koku Anyidoho has made a bold statement on social media after posting a photo he took with Bernard Allotey Jacobs.The former Central Regional...

Ailing ‘tallest man’ Awuche pleads for medical support

The family of 27-year-old Sulemana Abdul-Samed is appealing for financial support to enable them to seek medical treatment for their son.Sulemana is suffering from...

Operation Vanguard destroys 56 changfang motors at Amantin

The “Operation Vanguard 17 Taskforce” stationed in the Western Region has destroyed 56 Changfang motors at Amantin in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality during its routine...

Akua Donkor gives interesting suggestion on fighting ‘galamsey’ [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Local dialects should be used in Galamsey sensitization - Akua DonkorThe founder and leader of Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Akua Donkor, is...