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Meet Abena, the young girl who lives at the cemetery with her boyfriend (Video)

https://www.youtube.com/embed/SZY0GimLxM8Many find love at functions such as funerals and other social events. But, young Abena found love at a place no one will think...

Joyce Bawah Mogtari: We shall someday be heeded, and everybody will think it was always so

On January 20, 2021, the world witnessed a spectacle as never before.Billions stayed glued to their TV sets while others watched via the internet,...

Volta Region records 281 active cases of coronavirus

Ho Municipal recorded some 89 active cases followed by Hohoe with 71 active cases, denoting 15 out of the 18 districts having seen active...

Hairdresser arrested for locking up police, ECG officials

A 28-year-old owner of a hairdressing salon at Amakom in Kumasi, Akwasi Asiamah, is in the grip of the police for locking up a...

Ambulance driver shot by armed robbers has passed

The ambulance driver, who was shot by armed robbers while conveying a pregnant woman in labour, has died at the Korle-bu Teaching Hospital in...

Three arrested for illegal mining, 4 excavators set ablaze in Western North Region

Some three persons have been apprehended for engaging in illegal mining activities in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai forest reserve in the Western North Region.Head...

Don’t breach new Covid directives – Christian Council appeals to church leaders

The Christian Council of Ghana has appealed to Christians to observe the fresh Covid-19 safety restrictions in churches.This is in reaction to the new...

Coronavirus: Dr Omane Boamah’s letter to the President

Good morning Mr President,Trust you are all doing very well.Over the past two weeks, I have been requesting the Government to publish the Vaccine...

Coronavirus: Why children, pregnant women, others will not be vaccinated

The Director-General of the Ghana Standards Authority, Prof. Alexander Dodoo, has revealed that children, pregnant women, people with allergies and underlying health conditions, and...

Coronavirus: Popular business mogul tests positive

The Director of Strategy and Business Operations at Dalex Finance, Joe Jackson, has tested positive for Covid-19.The business mogul disclosed his medical status in...

Kwaku Azar reacts to Muntaka’s gaffe

I read somewhere (see below) that Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak, the honorable MP for Asawasi has retracted his allegation against members of the Supreme Court.When...

Palmer-Buckle’s surprise video and battle with covid-19 [Watch]

The Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast, the Most Reverend Charles Gabriel Palmer-Buckle, has revealed that he is undergoing treatment for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...

Osu Mantse, Nii Kinka Dowuona IV has died

President of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs, Nii Okwei Kinka Ďowuona IV, has died.JoyNews’ sources indicate that the Osu Mantse died on...

Coronavirus: Three schools record cases in Bono Region

A College of Education and two Senior High Schools in the Bono Region have recorded nine Covid-19 cases among students since the re-opening of...

Taxi driver impregnates three biological sisters [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Taxi driver impregnates three biological sistersNemesis has finally caught up with an Accra-based taxi driver (name withheld) for having illicit affairs with...

Dr Obengfo granted GH¢100,000 bail

Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Bodysculpt Centre, widely known as Dr Obengfo Hospital, has been granted bail of GH¢100,000.00.This follows Dr Dominic Kwame Obeng-Andoh’s...

Man in trouble for killing monkey at Boabeng-Fiema monkey Sanctuary

A-40-year- old man, Kwabena Adu, alias Natibongo, is in trouble for allegedly killing a monkey at the Boabeng-Fiema monkey sanctuary.Natibongo from Akumsa-Dumase, a suburb...

Four in critical condition after shooting incident near Songor lagoon

At least four people are in a critical condition after a shooting incident on Friday at Madagbeh, a community in the Ada West District...

CHRAJ calls on MPs to declare assets

Commissioner for the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Joseph Whittal, on Thursday, charged Members of Parliament (MPs) and government appointees to...

Farmer beaten to death with condoms planted on him

A farmer by name Akwasi Nyarko has been allegedly beaten to death at Assin Nsuem in the Central region by people who are yet...

Noguchi appeals for monthly disinfection

A Senior Research Fellow at the Immunology Department of Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Dr Kwadwo Asamoah, has made a passionate appeal to...

Boy, 20, defiles 15-year-old girl in the bush

A 15-year-old primary six pupil has been allegedly defiled by one Kotey, 20, a Junior High School leaver at Wassa Agave in the Wassa...

Klagon Chief, six others remanded for murder

The Kaneshie District Court has remanded into police custody, the Chief of Klagon, Nii Bortey Klan I, and six others.The seven have been accused...

Girl, 18, recounts terrifying tale of how she survived ritual kidnapping [Video]

An 18-year-old girl has recounted the terrifying moment three men abducted her for ritual purposes and how she survived the ordeal.She recalled how...

Koku Anyidoho breaks hearts with photo from daughter’s burial

The Founder of the Atta Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho, has left hearts broken with a photo from the burial of his eight-year-old daughter. Mr Anyidoho...

Why is Jean Mensa being protected like North Korean leader? – Kofi Bentil wonders

Vice President of IMANI-Africa, Kofi Bentil, is wondering why the head of Ghana’s Electoral Commission, Mrs Jean Mensa, is being followed by army men...

GES sends message to 2020 BECE graduates on SHS placement

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced preparations are underway for the release of Senior High School (SHS) placement for 2020/21 academic year.This was...

Driver shot in the head as robbers attack ambulance transporting pregnant woman

The driver of an ambulance with registration number GV 644-20 has been shot in the head after he was attacked by highway robbers at...

Judicial officer dispatched to join Rojo Mettle-Nunoo as he gives evidence through Skype [video]

A judicial officer has been dispatched to join the third witness of the petitioner, Robert Joseph Mettle-Nunoo, from where he is testifying.Mr Mettle-Nunoo will give...

NDC Deputy Organiser passes on

The Savannah Regional Deputy Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mahama Asumah has passed on.Mr Azumah, popularly known as "Chuu" reportedly died in...

Kumasi: Couple considering divorce over excessive farting [Video]

A couple in Kumasi are considering divorce after accusing one another of excessive and uncontrolled farting.The male partner in the 10-year-old marriage has accused...

NLC secures injunction against strike by Universities’ Senior Staff

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has obtained an interlocutory injunction from the High Court against a strike by the Senior Staff Association of Universities...

Coronavirus: 40 students at Akosombo test positive

A private school at Akosombo in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region has recorded 40 confirmed cases of Covid-19.This was revealed by the...

Generator fume kills two, another in coma

Two people have been confirmed dead and another in coma after inhaling carbon monoxide emanated from generator fumes in the early hours of Thursday.The...

Woman allegedly commits suicide at Atebubu

A 28-year-old woman, who has been identified as Jennifer Mier, has allegedly committed suicide by hanging at Atebubu in the Bono East Region. According to...

Hydrogen peroxide not approved by FDA as Covid-19 treatment – GMA

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) says the Food and Drugs Authority, the Ghana Health Service, Health Ministry, the World Health Organisation or any...

Concerned residents of Asante Akyem Central root for MCE’s reappointment

A group calling itself 'Concerned Citizens of Akratiebesa Fitamu' is rooting for the reappointment of its Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Madam Akomeah.The group believes...

Petition Hearing: Nana B sends message to Kpessa-Whyte

The National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Boakye, known as Nana B, has described the National Democratic Congress (NDC) agents,...

Adentan police impound 59 motorbikes

The Adentan Divisional Police Command has embarked on a swoop to clamp down on activities of criminals in the division/municipality.The operation, led by ACP/...

Parliament summons COCOBOD CEO

Parliament has summoned the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, over its indebtedness to Cocoa License...