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Two fined over false information for Ghana Card registration

The Adjabeng District Court in Accra has fined two women, Olu Olarusi Toyin Tracy aka Tracy Mensah and Yvette Mensah a sum of GHS3,600...

Accra Mayor cautions pedestrians

The Accra Mayor, Elizabeth Sackey, has cautioned pedestrians to use the provided walkways and cross the roads at the pedestrian crossing. The Accra Metropolitan Assembly...

Budget drama: Gyampo calls for more dialogue not showdowns

A Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof Ransford Gyampo, has urged Members of Parliament (MPs) to be tactful when discussing matters...

Woman reports child sex attack 22 years ago after seeing abuser on social media

A predator, who attempted to have sex with a child 22 years ago, has been brought to justice after a woman saw her abuser being confronted live on...

Bank robbers kill policeman

Armed robbers killed a policeman and a Special Marshall of the Federal Road Safety Corps on Monday in Aramoko-Ekiti when they raided an old...

Armed police swoop on post office as staff lock suspected robber inside

Armed police raced to a high street post office after reports of a suspected robbery taking place. Quick-thinking staff locked a man inside the branch until officers...

Tollbooth workers stage demo; petition Parliament over closure [Video]

Scores of toll workers nationwide have poured onto the streets of Accra to protest the cessation of tolls collection which has rendered them redundant. The...

Meet Ghana’s youngest graduate who entered university at age 13

Ruth Ama Gyan-Darkwa is the youngest graduate in Ghana after graduating at age 17 from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). She...

It is not fair to tag politicians as corrupt – Duffuor

"I can't say politicians are corrupt. The system and situations make them so, former Finance Minister," Dr Kwabena Duffuor has said. According to the...

Budget rejection: Annor-Dompreh challenges Speaker on NPP MP who was present in Parliament

The Majority Chief Whip in Parliament, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has expressed reservations about a purported message from Speaker Alban Bagbin to Ghanaians. According to him, the...

Engender professionalism to promote transit trade – U/E police told

Senior Police Officers in the Upper East Region have been urged to upgrade the level of professionalism among police officers to boost transit trade...

SSNIT reacts to long-term sustainability concerns raised by ACRR

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has assured it has enough reserves to pay all benefits due contributors and validly nominated dependants....

Policeman who died while responding to robbery incident buried [Photos]

Chief Inspector James Issaka Aromah, a policeman who died in a motor accident while responding to a robbery incident, has been buried. The solemn...

Today in history: Kwame Nkrumah opens Tema Motorway [Video]

A short video posted by 'Ghanaian museum' on Instagram shows Ghana's first president Dr Kwame Nkrumah commissioning Tema Motorway to speed traffic between Accra...

MTN Qwikloan will collapse if E-levy is implemented – Operators warn

Arnold Parker, the Chief Executive Officer of Afb Ghana, operators of Qwikloan services on MTN, has hinted at the cessation of their operation if...

Two arrested for allegedly attacking 60-year-old woman at construction site

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested two persons for allegedly attacking a 60-year-old woman at a construction site at Mamprobi. The suspects have been...

COVID-19: GMA charges govt to secure more vaccines

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has called on the government to step up its efforts at securing more vaccines for Ghanaians to ensure their...

Police officer who sexually harassed woman in vehicle remanded

The policeman arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a female victim in a vehicle has been remanded in police custody. General Lance Corporal Victor Antwi Yeboah with...

Mahama donates Glucometers to diabetes patients at Korle Bu on 63rd birthday

Former President John Dramani Mahama has donated Glucometers to the Diabetes Centre of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. He made the donation on Monday, November...

You’ll need us – Ambulance Service CEO’s message to armed robbers

The National Ambulance Service is worried about recent armed robbery attacks on the emergency service providers. Chief Executive Officer of the Service, Prof Ahmed Nuhu...

IGP arrests careless and fake ‘Toyota Land Cruiser V8’ driver

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, last Sunday arrested a driver on the Kumasi-Accra Highway for allegedly driving carelessly and endangering...

93.3% of homosexuals learn the act – CEO of Mental Health Authority [Video]

The Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Authority, Dr Akwasi Osei, has dissented from the claim by some persons that homosexual activities are...

Tollbooth closure: Hawkers make fresh demands

Hawkers at Offinso in the Offinso South District of Ashanti Region are lamenting the government’s policy decision to scrap tolls on public roads and...

TVET is the solution to Ghana’s rising youth unemployment – Kwabena Duffuor

A former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, has prescribed Technical and Vocational Training (TVET) as the effective solution to rising youth unemployment in Ghana. According...

We don’t have a science centre – Keta SHTS’ Francisca Lamini [Video]

National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) finalist, Francisca Lamini from Keta Senior High Technical School (SHTS) has expressed her dire need for support to...

GRIDCO expects outages in Greater Kumasi to end by December 20

Engineers at the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) say a damaged central transmission line is the cause of the recent power outages in Greater...

UDS Senior Staff Association suspends strike

The Senior Staff Association of the University for Development Studies has suspended it's intended strike action after management heeded their concerns. The Union had threatened...

Be careful with anti-LGBTQI+ bill, it is needless – CHRAJ

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has called for caution in the consideration of the anti-LGBTQI+ Bill currently before Parliament. According to...

Co-defendant for alleged kidnapper dies of cardiac arrest in custody

Chiemeka Arinze, one of the codefendants in the alleged kidnap trial of Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, has died in the custody of Correctional Services. The...

Ghana is not a secular state – Sam George on Anti LGBTQI+ bill [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ghana is not a secular state - Sam George On Anti LBTQI+ Bill Sam George, one of the Members of Parliament (MP) sponsoring...

He’s not the father of my daughter, pastor’s wife declares after divorce

A 45-year-old pastor, Adekunbi Osho, who accused his wife of blackmailing him with adultery, got his wish on Monday when an Igando Customary Court...

Man murders lover’s two-year-old daughter

A monster who murdered his partner's two-year-old daughter after kicking and stamping her to death has today been jailed for life. Grace Thorpe suffered a...

Serious prayer and tongue -speaking by passengers as aeroplane develops fault mid-air [video]

Passengers onboard an aeroplane that developed fault mid-air engaged in a desperate prayer session to seek God’s intervention. According to reports, the plane was from...

2 dead, 6 others injured in gory accident

Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps in Bauchi, Yusuf Abdullahi, says no fewer than two persons lost their lives in a lone motor accident...

Owusu Bempah’s death threat case to begin in 2022

The Accra Circuit Court hearing the death threat case against Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah and three others has set January 19, 2022 as the...

Immigration Service intercepts 1,490 slabs of suspected Indian hemp

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has intercepted about 1,490 slabs of substances suspected to be Indian Hemp along the Togolese border in the Nyive...

‘Beyi W’ano’: Here is a message to teacher group against 1 teacher 1 laptop initiative

A teacher group that is opposing the government's one-teacher-one-laptop policy has been directed to seek clarity from its leadership. This is because the Teacher Unions...

NSS boss sends strong message to service personnel

The Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Osei- Assibey Antwi, has advised personnel nationwide to use the service period as an opportunity...

NSMQ 2021: Lady in Keta SHTS squad scored 8As in WASSCE while in form 2

Francisca Lamini, the only female to have competed in the 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ 2021), sat for the West Africa Senior...

LGBTQI+: We’re not trying to criminalise intersex people – Sam George

The Ningo-Prampram Member of Parlimaet (MP), Sam Nartey George, who is also a proponent of the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian...