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Two 70-year-olds arrested for manufacturing weapons for criminals

The Police in the Eastern Region have arrested two septuagenarians believed to be involved in the manufacture and sale of locally made pistols to...

SSNIT takes legal action against 7,951 employers

As of September last year, 7,951 criminal cases were pending in court against defaulting employers. "We do not take delight in prosecuting employers before...

Hearts of Oak secure first sponsorship deal after Sulley Muntari move

Reigning Ghana Premier League Champions, Hearts of Oak, have secured their first sponsorship deal with Kengen Water Ghana Limited. This partnership comes after the club...

My whole family loves you – Joe Biden tells Nduom’s son

US President Joe Biden has commended Dr Edjah Nduom, son of Ghanaian businessman and politician Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, for his contribution to his...

Man to break ‘rival’s’ record; set to marry 4 women at once

The wedding invitation of a Walewale-based man set to marry four women in one ceremony has sparked controversy on social media. The groom-to-be has...

Kwame Nkrumah Interchange traders fall foul of Operation Clean Your Frontage rules [Photos]

Some traders at the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange (Circle) in Accra have fallen foul of rules governing Operation Clean Your Frontage. One person has...

Kumasi: Woman gives chilling account of how she was abducted by two men in taxi [Listen]

A middle aged woman has been giving a chilling account of how she was abducted by two men in a taxi cab and assaulted...

Fire Service saves the day as fire engulfs shops in Tamale

The Ghana National Fire Service in the Northern Region has prevented more than 20 shops in Tamale from engulfing in fire. The fire, which began...

Good news for physically challenged toll collectors

Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Attah, has assured former toll collectors whose salaries are outstanding that all arrears will be paid in a...

Family chases hospital over ‘missing’ corpse

A family is outraged over the fact that their relative who was at the mortuary of Holy Family Hospital at Nkawkaw is missing from...

Fire razes down over 50 shops at Akwatialine [Photos]

A fire outbreak on Thursday morning at Akwatialine in Kumasi of the Ashanti Region has destroyed several property belonging to wood dealers. According to reports,...

80-acre marijuana farm destroyed at Liati-Dafonu by security agencies

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has discovered and destroyed a large cannabis cultivation (wee farm) at Liati Dafonu in the Afadjato South District of...

Takoradi ‘pregnant’ woman again

Acting Medical Superintendent of the Takoradi Hospital, Dr. George Peprah, has disclosed that the suspect in the centre of the fake pregnancy case, Josephine...

Sekondi Takoradi MCE arrested over alleged dangerous driving and assaulting police officer

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis has been arrested by the Western Regional Police Command Thursday for an alleged motor traffic...

E levy: It is time for burden sharing – Deputy Minister

Deputy Information Minister, Fatima Abubakr, has reiterated the need for Ghanaians to support the controversial 1.75% Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy). According to her, the levy...

Chinese owner and driver of Ejisu timber carrying skidder convicted

The Efiduase Magistrate Court has convicted two persons implicated in a case where a skidder  was seen dangerously carrying a timber log through traffic at...

Adom News gets results: Nkwanta South M/A JHS gets a 3-unit classroom block

The pupils and teachers of Nkwanta South M/A Junior High School (JHS) 'C' in the Oti Region have expressed delight after a new three-unit...

4 including pregnant woman arrested for cultivating cannabis in Volta Region [Photos]

A pregnant woman, a nursing mother, and two others have been arrested while working on a cannabis farm at Liati Dafornu in the Afadjato...

Settle impasse out of court – Judge tells NLC, UTAG

An Accra High Court Labour Division has urged the National Labour Commission (NLC) and the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to settle their...

Apiate Fund to be operational in March

The Apiate Support Fund Committee is hoping to begin disbursement of funds it has raised by March this year, to the victims of the...

Man narrates how his pregnant fiancée left home on Monday & married another man on Saturday

The effect of heartbreak is dawning on a gentleman identified as Bright Nana Kwame after finding out in the worst way possible that his...

US donates 560,000 vaccines to Ghana

The United States has shipped more than 560,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to the West African nation of Ghana, the White House told...

Unidentified body exhumed at Bole

An unidentified body buried halfway at Mempeasem in the Bole District of the Savannah Region has been exhumed. The assembly member of Mempeasem electoral...

Woman, 24, remanded for selling tea mixed with ‘wee’ at Kpong

A 24-year-old woman at Kpong in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region has been remanded into police custody by the Somanya...

Four robbery suspects shot dead, one arrested, another on the run

The Police have shot four robbery suspects dead during a targeted intelligence-led operation on January 22, 2022, at Gbetsile near Afienya in Tema. The four...

Police to cater for funeral of officer killed at checkpoint [Video]

https://youtu.be/eW1q5A3PD5I The Director-General in charge of Legal and Prosecution for the Ghana Police Service, COP Kofi Boakye, has led a delegation to commiserate with the...

PNC woman sends strong message to Adwoa Safo [Listen]

General Secretary for the People’s National Convention (PNC), Janet Nabila, has described the activities of the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Sarah...

Family of four killed, others injured in house fire [Video]

https://youtu.be/hektorWeHeQ A family of four has been killed in a fire outbreak in a rented apartment at Effia in the Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipality of the Western...

Passengers escape death as moving VVIP bus catches fire [Photos]

About 14 passengers have escaped death after fire engulfed a moving VVIP minibus at Bunyanto, a village on the Damongo-Tamale Highway. The incident occurred on...

Farmer loses 120 acres of cashew to bushfire in Krachi East

Jordan Owusu, Chief Executive Officer of De Jordan Agro and Investment has lost 120 acres of his cashew farm at 'Torgbui Kope' near Kparekpare...

Police announce roadblocks ahead of ECOWAS summit

The Accra Regional Police Command has announced a temporary closure of some principal roads in the region ahead of the Extraordinary Summit of ECOWAS...

NLC, UTAG to face-off in court today

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) and the National Labour Commission (NLC) are expected to appear before court today, Thursday, in the case...

Private developer destroys asphalted road to build behind President’s residence

In a rare and unusual move, a private developer has constructed a wall in the middle of an asphalted road blocking access to the...

Prof Avoke reacts after court orders UEW to reinstate him as VC

Prof Mawutor Avoke has reacted to the Winneba High Court’s order to the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) to have him reinstated as the...

UEW reacts to Avoke’s reinstatement order [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · UEW Reacts To Avoke's Reinstatement The University of Education, Winneba (UEW), has expressed dissatisfaction with a court order for the reinstatement of Prof...

Oti: YEA collaborates with regional council to reduce unemployment

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has committed to collaborating with the Oti Regional Coordinating Council to reduce unemployment in the Region to the barest...

Bishop Obinim in trouble again

Head Pastor of the International God’s Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim, was arrested together with his driver for having fitted strobe lights and siren...

University administrators back UTAG strike

The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA), has thrown its weight behind members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), who are currently...

Stop harassing me on social media for visa – French Ambassador to Ghanaians

The French Ambassador, Anne Sophie-Avé, has made a passionate appeal to Ghanaians to desist from worrying her with the acquisition of visa. According to her,...

Driver who crushed female police officer to death arrested

The Central East police command has arrested the driver of the Toyota Hiace vehicle that ran over and killed a police officer at Gomoa...