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COVID-19: Akufo-Addo to deliver 27th address tonight

President Nana Akufo-Addo will address the nation tonight on measures his administration is taking to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. His 27th update comes after Ghana...

Govt to relaunch Operation Halt to fight illegal mining

The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, George Mireku Duker, says measures are being put in place to relaunch Operation Halt. According to the...

Tasting officer of Drunkards Association suspended [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Testing Officer Of Drunkards Association Suspended The Ghana Drunkards Association has indefinitely suspended its Tasting Officer, Afreh Aboagye, over what it describes as...

COVID-19: Large quantities of vaccines expired in Volta Region – GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed that large quantities of vaccines dispatched to the Volta Region expired due to vaccination hesitancy among the...

Teacher, 34, sodomises 60-year-old man

A 34-year-old teacher at Twifo Nyinase Roman Catholic Basic School has allegedly sodomised a 60-year-old man. Recounting his ordeal, the victim said the suspect, who...

Shocking reasons why some Bukom residents are unwilling to take COVID jabs [Video]

https://youtu.be/jH92l25ADoU Social distancing is almost impossible because of the dense population at Bukom, located in the central business capital, Accra. However, most residents are reluctant to...

Acute water shortage hits Ave-Dakpa

Residents of Ave-Dakpa, the capital of Akatsi North District in the Volta Region, have been battling water shortage for the past four months.    Searching...

Covid-19: GHS records 8 deaths in two days

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has recorded eight more Covid-19-related deaths as it continues its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. These casualties were recorded in...

One dead, another injured in robbery attack at Awutu Loye

A 29-year-old man, Emmanuel Gavor has been shot dead with another injured in a robbery attack near Buduburam in the Central Region. The incident...

Man found dead at Ajumako

A man, believed to be in his early twenties, has been found dead at Ajumako Ekwamasi in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam Municipality. The deceased,...

Mfante Community Mining Scheme to create 2,000 jobs – Mireku Duker

The newly-established Community Mining Scheme (CMS) at Mfante in the Ahafo Ano North Municipality of the Ashanti Region will create 2,000 direct jobs, according...

Check out another Ketasco NSMQ rep’s mind-blowing WASSCE results

National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) speed master of the Keta Senior Technical School (Ketasco) Bright Senyo Gadzo has made his school proud with...

St. Elizabeth Hospital in Hwidiem appeals to public to donate blood

Staff of the St Elizabeth hospital in Hwidiem in the Asutifi South District of the Ahafo Region struggles to keep the minimum unit of...

FixTheCountry Movement addresses Economic Fighters League

FixTheCountry Movement says no exact incident has been cited by the Economic Fighters League (EFL) for its decision to break away from the group...

ECG begins meter reading in Krobo

A combined team of personnel from the Tema Regional Office and the Krobo District of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) on Tuesday began...

Northern Region records ten kidnap incidents in 2021

More than 10 kidnap incidents have been recorded in the Northern Region this year. Most of the cases were recorded in the eastern corridor of...

Danger looms over fragile health system, bad roads at Yuni

Residents at Yuni in the Kumbungu District of the Northern Region are struggling for health centres coupled with difficulties in transporting sick persons to...

Check out contractor in charge of National Cathedral, number of workers

Work is steadily progressing on Ghana's interdenominational National Cathedral expected to be commissioned on March 6, 2024. One of the biggest firms in...

3 suspected robbers stab ‘pragya’ rider; bolt with cash

A 19-year-old tricycle (pragya) rider, Samuel Mensah, is fighting for his life after he was stabbed by robbers at Bibiani- Lineso. Adom News' Augustine Boah...

Okyenhene marks 71st birthday with clean up exercise

The Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin and the Okyeman Environment Foundation (OEF), in collaboration with Zoomlion Ghana Limited, organised a clean-up exercise on Monday,...

Bawumia launches Ghana TVET Service [Photos]

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Tuesday launched the Ghana Technical Vocational and Education Training (TVET) Service. This is part of the government's commitment...

Nat’l Cathedral: I’ll resign if we take money from gay community – Trustee Secretary [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Nat'l cathedral: I'll resign if we take money from gay community - Trustee Secretary The Secretary of the Board of Trustees in charge...

All TVET institutions to meet world-class statuses – Deputy Education Minister

All our 35 TVET institutions are being equipped to meet world-class statuses, Deputy Education Minister, Gifty Ampfo Twum has said. The move, according to...

Iron ore discovered in commercial quantities in Oti Region

Iron ore has been discovered in commercial quantities in the Oti Region. It is at Akokrowa, a farming community in the Oti Region. The Minister of...

TVET Education: Deputy Minister sends all-important message to parents

Deputy Education Minister, Gifty Twum Ampofo, has urged parents to be supportive of their children who have an interest in Technical and Vocational Training...

Three-year-old burnt to death in fire incident at Tikrom

A three-year-old girl has burnt to death in a house fire at Tikrom in the Ejisu-Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The incident happened Tuesday dawn...

Krobo groups make fresh demands to ECG over bills

Two major youth groups in the Krobo area of the Eastern Region have called on the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to declare its...

Tipper truck driver fined for killing 11-year-old boy

A 27-year-old tipper truck driver, Emmanuel Ackon, who crashed an 11-year-old pupil, Michael Abekah Jackson to death, has been sentenced to a fine of...

Fire ravages 12 shops at Agbogba [Photos]

Fire has razed down about 12 kiosks which served as shelter for some squatters at Agbogba Cemetery junction in the Greater Accra Region. The...

First batch of ‘Twa w’anum na kÉ” Spain’ promo winners rewarded

GB Foods Ghana, one of the leading FMCG companies in Ghana and manufacturers of Gino and Pomo range of products, has rewarded the first...

3-day-old baby dumped at refuse site rescued

A three-day-old baby boy has been found alive on a refuse dump at Sefwi Asem Nyinaa Krom, a farming community in the Bia East...

Man shot dead during gun battle with armed robbers at Sehwi

A man, believed to be in his forties, has been shot dead during a gun battle with suspected armed robbers at Sehwi Bokabo in...

Sammy Gyamfi gives condition under which he’ll take covid vaccine [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Sammy Gyamfi gives conditions under which he will take covid vaccines The Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has revealed...

Joy FM’s Philip Nai and friends to feed underprivileged kids on Christmas eve

It’s that season of the year again – Christmas – during which love is spread in various ways around the world. This year, Lead Producer...

Angry youth chase chief over galamsey

Some youth at Asamang Tamfoe in the Atiwa East District of the Eastern Region are up in arms over what they described as the...

Check out the cleanest river in Ghana

Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor has named River Dayi in the Hohoe Municipality of the Volta region as the cleanest...

Man butchers elder brother over their mother’s estate

A 34-year-old man, who slashed his elder brother’s thigh and shoulder with a cutlass over their mother’s estate at Teshie, near Accra, has appeared...

NSMQ: Ketasco’s Fransica Lamini scores another straight As in WASSCE

National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) poster girl, Francisca Lamini has continued to exhibit impressive prowess even outside the contest. Though her school did not...

Chief in police grips over Tatale dispute

The Northern Regional Police have picked up another Chief in connection with the dispute in the Tatale district of the Northern Region that led...

Economic Fighters League quits #FixTheCountry Movement

The Economic Fighters League (EFL) has announced its decision to quit the FixTheCountry Movement. According to the group, the FixTheCountry Movement which began as a...