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EC proposes use of Ghana Card for 2022 voter registration

As part of preparations for its voter registration exercise next year, the Electoral Commission (EC) is proposing the adoption of the Ghana Card as...

UPSA reacts to expulsion of students over ‘lesbianism’

The Management of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) has urged the public to disregard reports of expelling two female students from the...

Technical University Senior Administrators Association hints of imminent strike

The Technical University Senior Administrators Association has registered their displeasure over the unfair treatment of some senior members who are non-teaching staff. According to the...

Tanzania to scrap ban on pregnant school girls

A 19-year-old rule that banned pregnant students from attending school in Tanzania is to be scrapped, a minister says.Education Minister Prof Joyce Ndalichako said...

Police apologise for shooting incident

The Northern Regional Police Command has apologized for the incident which led to the shooting of one person at Bimbilla on Tuesday evening. The Command...

Ghana might go back to ‘dumsor’ by 2026 if…

"Going into 2022 we no longer have excess capacity. Because now, when people were talking about excess capacity four years ago we have been...

Kpandai SDA honours mason for erecting 500 capacity church for free

The Kpandai Hospital Road Seventh-Day Adventist Church has honoured a mason for his generosity in erecting a church building for free. The church, which started...

Allotey Jacobs attributes NSMQ success to Free SHS

JoyNews/AdomNews · Allotey Jacobs attributes NSMQ success to free SHS The performance of some Senior High Schools (SHS) known as 'underdogs' in the ongoing National...

COVID-19: Mass vaccination kicks off in Volta Region

The Volta Regional Co-ordinating Council has announced that a mass COVID-19 vaccination exercise has begun in all 18 districts and municipalities of the region. A...

Bawku Security Council bans smocks

JoyNews/AdomNews · Security Council bans smock in Bawku The Bawku Municipal Security Council in the Upper East Region has imposed a ban on the wearing...

18-year-old lady abducted on way to meet boyfriend who waited all night for her

A missing teen may have been snatched from the street by a "stranger" while her distraught boyfriend waited all night for her to arrive. Bobbi-Anne...

Curfew imposed at Bawku

The Minister for the Interior has announced a 14-hour curfew in the Bawku Municipality in the Upper East Region. The duration of the curfew, which...

VIP bus crashes two motor riders to death

A motor rider and his pillion passenger have been crashed to death by a VIP bus with registration number GT 5416-20 at Techiman-Tanoso in...

Release Funny Face’s mobile phone to him – Court orders investigators

The Circuit Court in Accra has ordered investigators to release the mobile phone of Nana Yaw Oduro Boateng, popularly known as Funny Face, to...

Konongo-Odumasi SHS killing: Court remands suspects for the third time

The Konongo District Court has for the third time remanded the five students arrested for their roles in the death of a student of...

Man found dead in cesspit at Battor

A man, believed to be in his 60s, has been found dead in a cesspit at Battor in the North Tongu District of the...

Former Venture Capital CEO, others default in payment of GH¢20m

The former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF), Daniel Duku, and three others are yet to settle their indebtedness....

Korle Bu disowns unauthorised Covid passport

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has denied issuing any Covid-19 passport as a vaccination document in the name of the hospital. Covid passports are usually...

NSMQ 2021: Good news for Keta SHTS squad

A former Presidential Staffer under the erstwhile Mahama administration, Stan Dogbe, is set to gift laptops to the 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) Keta Senior...

Man, 22, shot dead for allegedly stealing spices

An unknown person has shot dead a 22-year-old man after he allegedly stole spices from a shop at Asuofia-Asamang in the Atwima Nwabiagya North...

Teach human rights in schools – Akoto Ampaw

A lawyer and human rights activist, Anthony Akoto Ampaw, says it has become imperative to include the teaching of human rights in the country’s...

2 students of UPSA expelled from hostel over alleged lesbianism activity

Two female resident students of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) have been expelled from the institution’s hostel for allegedly engaging in a...

Opuni trial: Association of Magistrates and Judges fight off accusations against Supreme Court Judge [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · JUDGES GO WILD The Association of Magistrates and Judges has described as malicious and false some accusations levelled against Supreme Court Judge Clemence...

We will label E-levy projects for all to see – John Boadu

General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, John Boadu, has indicated all projects to be executed with revenues generated from the Electronic Taxation Levy...

We chose the best for the country – Abu Jinapor on E-levy brouhaha

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has mounted a spirited defence for the government's decision to introduce an Electronic Taxation...

There won’t be any sky train in Ghana, it’s not possible now – Minister for Railway Development

The Minister for Railway Development, John Peter Amewu, has said the government would not be able to construct any sky train in the country. According...

Horrific moment car veers off road and slams into woman smoking cigarette on bench

This is the shocking moment a woman smoking a cigarette is suddenly pinned against a street bench by an out-of-control hatchback. Astonishing CCTV footage shows...

Woman reported missing after going for morning walk

A middle-aged woman has reportedly gone missing in Kumasi of the Ashanti Region since Friday, November 19, 2021. She has been identified as Madam Philomena Nyarko,...

Haunting CCTV footage shows moment boy struggled hours before his death

Distressing CCTV footage shows the moment a boy struggled to lift a light duvet just hours before he died from catastrophic head injuries. Arthur Labinjo-Hughes,...

Commercial drivers threaten another strike over fuel price hike

The Coalition of Private Road Transport Operators has warned of a possible strike on Monday, November 29, 2021 if their calls on government to...

N/R: One reportedly shot dead at Bimbilla

One person has allegedly been shot dead by armed military men who reportedly stormed Bimbilla in the Northern Region in search of weapons.The deceased,...

Human body in fridge: Police pick up burnt hair from suspect’s backyard [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Police picks evidence from suspects backyard The search for a man, who allegedly killed his girlfriend and hid her body in a fridge...

Police unmask National Security Operative who was part of notorious robbery gang

The Police have disclosed a staff at the Ministry of National Security was part of a robbery syndicate arrested within the Weija enclave. The...

Dr Duffuor headlines ‘Ghanaian Dream’ lecture

Former Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, is expected to speak at a lecture on the transformation of the Ghanaian economy....

NCA, AG, 3 telcos sued over sim re-registration

Private Legal practitioner, Francis Kwarteng Arthur, has dragged the National Communications  Authority (NCA), Ghana Telecommunication Company Limited- operators of Vodafone Ghana, Scancom PLC -operators...

Three people killed after horror crash

Three people have been killed and a fourth is fighting for life after a car erupted in a fireball following a horror smash. Emergency crews...

COVID-19: US govt donates 1.7 million more vaccine doses to Ghana

More than 1.7 million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Ghana today, bringing the total of U.S. donated vaccines to Ghana to...

More than 1,000 lives saved by ambulance service in Central Region

The National Ambulance Service (NAS) attended to 1,088 patients between July and September in the Central Region. The beneficiaries had different emergency health issues, ranging...

Woman drinks poison over her missing GHC500

A young lady, said to be 30 years of age, has consumed poison after losing her GHC500.According to a report by Kessben TV, the...

I don’t know the whereabouts of one of my sons – Kofi Amoabeng

Businessman, Prince Kofi Amoabeng, has revealed that owing to the cumbersome nature of his entrepreneurial endeavours he’s not certain about the whereabouts of one...