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Thieves destroy ECG transformer to steal copper windings

Thieves have vandalised and stolen parts of a newly installed transformer of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) that serves residents of Dunyo, a...

Akufo-Addo celebrated as he turns 78

It is all joy on social media platform Twitter as President Nana Akufo-Addo turns 78 years today. Describing Nana Akufo-Addo for who he is, Ghanaians...

Police grab 3 family members for burying baby alive

Police in the Central Region have arrested three members of one family, including a 70-year-old man, for allegedly burying a two-year-old boy alive on...

Opuni’s witness unwell

Charles Tetteh Dodoo, a defence witness in the case involving Dr Stephen Opuni and others, has presented an excuse duty letter to an Accra...

Police involved in bullion van robberies denied bail

The four policemen at the centre of recent bullion van robberies in Accra have been remanded into police custody for one week by an...

Akufo-Addo to present State of the Nation Address on Wednesday

President Nana Akufo-Addo is set to present the State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. This sessional address, which...

Universities to go off govt payroll: Okudzeto Ablakwa predicts

JoyNews/AdomNews · Okudzeto Ablakwa reacts to government decision to wean universities off government payroll Former Deputy Minister of Education and Member of Parliament for North...

My life is in danger – Businessman linked to bloody Tarkwa ‘galamsey’ group clash cries

A Tarkwa- based businessman, Emmanuel Kutubebi, says his life is in danger following violent clashes between two 'galamsey' factions at Bonsa tollbooth in the...

COVID-19: Okudzeto Ablakwa questions PCR testing at KIA

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu has described as surprising, President Nana Akufo-Addo’s reluctance to completely suspend the Covid-19 testing process at the...

Fire Service saves accident victims

The intervention of the Ghana National Fire Service at the accident and fire scene at Adiewoso on the Agona Nkwanta-Elubo Road in the Tarkwa...

I haven’t abandoned the economy – Bawumia

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has responded to critics who have, in recent times, asked about his whereabouts at a time when the...

Saudi Arabia-based Ghanaian lady reveals both employer and son wanted to have sex with her

A Ghanaian lady based in Saudi Arabia, Gifty Gyamfua, has revealed that her male employer and his son made sexual advances on her, but...

Bolt clears air over blocking of 100 drivers in Sekondi-Takoradi for protesting

A leading ride-hailing company Bolt has dismissed claims that it has blocked 100 drivers in Sekondi-Takoradi for difficulties in operating on the platform. According to...

Former Legon VC gives govt low grade on free SHS

Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Ivan Addae-Mensah, has rated the Akufo-Addo-led government's free Senior High School (SHS). The academic scored the government...

Education Ministry sends important message to parents over SHS placements [Listen]

The Ministry of Education has sent an important message to parents across the country following the release of 2021/2022 Computerized School Selection and Placement...

Musama International Church reacts to pastor’s alleged sodomy act [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Mosama International Church reacts to pastor's alleged sodomy act The Muzama International Church has confirmed one pastor Isaac Arthur, arrested over an act of...

‘Resurrected’ lady passes on

The twenty-six-year-old lady, whose death was falsely announced last Friday at Fadama in Accra, has eventually passed on. She died on Saturday, a day after...

An oath of celibacy, the life of a Catholic Priest and those who fail the test

A long procession of loud, yet eager group of merrymakers- more than 300 of them- have taken over the alleyways. There is brass band music....

Pastor caught red-handed in attempt to have sex with 25-year-old man

Head pastor of Musama International Church, Gomoa Amoanda branch, Isaac Arthur, has been arrested in an attempt to have sex with a 25-year-old man....

My salary as a worker in Spain was more than a lecturer’s in Ghana – Spain-based Ghanaian

A Ghanaian based in Spain, Abdul Aziz Seidu, has revealed that his take home as a waiter in Spain was GHC8,000 which he claimed...

Armed men allegedly take over Textiles Ghana as MD dismisses some workers

Armed policemen have reportedly taken over the premises of Textiles Ghana Limited after the Managing Director of the company, Fatoumata Doro, dismissed some workers....

Ghana TVET Service Director-General assures Minister of full support

The Director-General of the Ghana TVET Service, Mrs. Mawusi Nudekor Awity, has pledged her outfit’s unflinching support to the Minister of Education, Dr Yaw...

Beyi W’ano: Minister reports ‘corrupt’ chiefs to NIB over cattle invasion of forest reserves

It has emerged that some chiefs in the Bono Region take bribes from Fulani herdsmen who have invaded forest reserves in the region. According to...

Okudzeto Ablakwa secures paid internship opportunities for Ukraine medical students evacuees

North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced paid internship opportunities for some 20 medical students who were evacuated from Ukraine. The...

Will Smith hits Chris Rock on Oscars stage

Will Smith slapped Chris Rock in the face on stage at the Oscars after the comic made a joke about the actor's wife Jada...

GIJ SRC considers re-joining NUGS a year after exit

The Students Representative Council of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ SRC) is considering re-joining the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) after its...

Use of ‘Black Boards’ blinding us – GNAT cries to Govt

The Local Chairman of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) for Anomabo and Yamoransa in the Mfantseman Municipality, Samuel Alex Arthur, has observed...

I’m a happy man – Ketu South MCE on opening of land borders

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ketu South in the Volta region is over the moon about the opening of Ghana's land borders. The MCE,...

Three sentenced 60 years for robbery

Three young men in Akatsi who conspired and robbed an ‘okada’ operator of his motorbike at gun-point were last Friday sentenced to a total...

Nursing mother abandons baby over unpaid bills

A 32-year old nursing mother, Irene Osei Acheampong has been declared wanted by the Koforidua-Effiduase Police in the New Jauaben North Municipality of the...

Man killed in accident at Gomoa Akotsi

A 47-year-old man has reportedly been killed while two others are in critical condition in an accident at Gomoa Akotsi in the Central region. The...

COVID-19: Fully vaccinated travellers into Ghana will not take PCR tests

From Monday, March 28, fully vaccinated travellers into the country will not take PCR tests from the country of embarkation to allow them entry...

COVID-19: Church, funerals, sports, others can resume at full capacity – Prez

Government is allowing the opening of public spaces to full capacity from Monday, March 28, 2022. President Akufo-Addo says the ban limitation and bans placed...

Agenda 111 will be completed by end of my tenure – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has reiterated his commitment to complete all projects under the Agenda 111 initiative. Delivering his 28th update on measures taken by government to...

Full text: Akufo-Addo’s 28th COVID-19 update

Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. I first came to your homes on Wednesday, 11th March 2020, five (5) days after our nation’s 63rd Independence Day celebration,...

COVID-19: Ghana opens land and sea borders

Government has announced the re-opening of Ghana’s land and sea borders after two years closure. President Akufo-Addo announced this during the 28th address on the...

2-year-old autistic child buried alive [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Autistic 2-year-old boy buried alive by grandfather in Central Region A two-year-old boy with autism was buried alive by his grandfather last Friday. The...

Mobile money vendor shot in the eye at Sawla

A Mobile Money vendor, Abdul Razak, has been shot by unknown gunmen at Sawla in the Savannah Region The suspects, according to reports, did not...

Labourer jailed 12 months for stealing plantain and cocoyam

The Assin Foso Magistrate Court presided over by His Worship Abdul Majid Iliasu has sentenced a 23-year-old Labourer, Atsu Gemeni to 12 months imprisonment...

COVID-19: Akufo-Addo to address nation tonight

President Nana Akufo-Addo is set to address the nation on measures his administration has put in place to intensify the fight against the Covid-19...