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Uneasy calm at Okuapeman as traditional council cancels 2022 Odwira festival

There is uneasy calm at Okuapeman as traditional council declares null and void the launch of the 2022 Odwira festival by some chiefs and...

Three dead in accident at Juaso

Three persons have been confirmed dead in an accident at Juaso in the Ashanti Region on Sunday. The accident, which occurred around 8:00 am, was...

Monkeypox kills soldier in Bolgatanga

A soldier with the Ghana Armed Forces has died of Monkeypox in Bolgatanga, the Upper East Regional Health Directorate has said. He was admitted at the Bolgatanga Regional...

Presby minister killed in car crash

A fatal accident that occurred at Oforikrom on the Techiman-Nkoranza highway in the Bono East Region on Saturday claimed the life of the Tuobodom...

Plaintiff enforces order of substituted service against ‘disputed’ GJA president

The plaintiff in the case involving the current Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) President, Albert Kwabena Dwumfour and the former President Roland Affail Monnie, has...

Fire officer injured while dousing fire at CMB [Photos +Video]

Fire has destroyed several property at CMB, Abuja market in Accra. The inferno ravaged the market on the dawn of Sunday, July 31. A fire officer,...

Three injured in accident on KNUST campus [Photos]

A Toyota Corolla with registration number AW 5256-21 has been involved in an accident on the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)...

Woman inflicts serious wounds on daughter over 50p toffee

An eight-year-old girl (name withheld) is battling for her life after her mother, Janet Awo, assaulted her over 50 pesewas toffee. The incident happened at...

How Speaker Bagbin consulted the ‘old lady’ on Adwoa Safo’s fate

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has deferred the decision on the fate of Sarah Adwoa Safo and two other legislators referred to the Privileges...

British High Commissioner enstooled queen mother of Gbese [Photos]

The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson, has been enstooled as Development Queen mother of Gbese in Accra. Madam Thompson will serve with the...

All set for 2022 Bible and Governance Conference awards

The 2022 edition of the Bible and Governance Conference awards has been slated for August 4, at the Justice D.F. Annan auditorium (Job...

Extend SIM re-registration exercise to 2023 – MoMo agents tell govt

The Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana (MMAAG) has called on government to consider another extension of the deadline for the SIM card re-registration...

How State Housing bounced back and collected over 30-year-old debt after near collapse [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · How State Housing bounced back and collected over 30-yr-old debt after near collapse Managing Director of State Housing Company Limited, Kwabena Ampofo Appiah,...

SIM card re-registration extended to Sept 30

The nationwide SIM cards re-registration exercise has been extended to September 30, 2022 The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful announced this at a...

Bawumia and NPP gurus mourn with Dr Boadi Nyamekye [Photos]

Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has led high-ranking government officials to grace the one-week ceremony of the late father of lead Pastor of The...

We are in a system of beneficiaries and victims – Sulemana Braimah

Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, has described the reaction of Members of Parliament (MP) regarding the ongoing...

Let religion be a force of unity, not a force to divide us – Bawumia

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has made a clarion call to Ghanaians not to allow religion to create division amongst them. Religion, Dr...

Deadline for SIM re-registration not needed – Technology Analyst

A Technology Analyst, Maximus Ametorgoh, has called for the deadline for SIM re-registration to be scrapped. According to him, he does not see the...

Dean of Obuasi Press Corps passes on; Okyeame Darkwah pens heartfelt tribute in his honour

I fall asleep in the full and certain hope that my slumber shall not be broken; and that, though I will be all-forgetting, yet...

Tanker drivers declare strike

Members of the Tanker Drivers Association will effective Monday, August 1, 2022, embark on a sit-down strike. The strike action, according to the unions, is...

Suspected ritualist slits throat of tricycle rider

A suspected ritualist has slit the throat of a tricycle rider aka yellow yellow believed to be in his early 20s at Gumo in...

Military vehicle and ‘trotro’ crash on Dawhenya road [Video]

https://youtu.be/oxlIj7wVCKs A military vehicle and a commercial bus (trotro) have been involved in an accident on the Dawhenya road in the Greater Accra Region. The incident...

Kofi Boakye’s son graduates as best recruit from Police Training School

Kwaku Aduenin Boakye, son of the Director-General of Prosecution and Legal of the Ghana Police Service, COP Kofi Boakye, has graduated from the Police...

Central region is third richest in Ghana – Survey

Contrary to the assertion that the Central Region is the fourth poorest in Ghana, the narrative has changed for good but unfortunately on the...

Road accidents: Ghana records a reduction in first quarter of 2022

Ghana, between January and June 2022, recorded a decrease in reported road crashes as compared to the same period in 2021, the National Road...

Two arrested over ‘murder’ of Canada-based Ghanaian on vacation

The Police have arrested Safina Mohammed Adizatu, a student and Michael Fiifi Ampofo Arku, a Technical Officer for their alleged involvement in the murder...

The cocaine addict who refuses to bath [Video]

A 30-year-old man, Bismark Appiah, has shared his cocaine addiction story with Step One TV. Speaking to Barima Agyemang in his upcoming documentary on drug...

Man jailed for bathing lover with acid over divorce

The Bibiani Circuit Court, presided over by his Honor Joshua Caleb Abaido, has sentenced a 25-year-old man, Francis Ennin to 10 years imprisonment. He was...

SIM card registration deadline – Govt will lose any suit if… Gary Nimako warns

JoyNews/AdomNews · Gary Nimako joins calls for extension of SIM card registration An external solicitor for the National Communications Authority (NCA), is hinting government could...

John Kumah disowns fake soldier who claims to be his brother [Video]

Ejisu Member of Parliament (MP), John Kumah, says he does not have any relation to a fake soldier arrested over a Ghana Armed Forces...

SIM card registration: There should be an extension – Sam George asserts [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · SAM GEORGE ON SIM CARD The Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George, has said despite the July 31, 2022 deadline for the...

SIM re-registration: Good news for MTN subscribers

MTN Ghana is urging its customers to take advantage of over 6,735 community registration points created to have their biometric data captured and register...

Fire razes Mile 7 market [Photos+Video]

Fire has destroyed portions of the Mile 7 Market in Accra. The incident occurred on the dawn of Saturday, July 20, 2022, with the cause...

Scrap dealer jailed 20 years for cutting stolen truck into spare parts

The Kibi Circuit court in the Eastern Region, presided over by Peter Oppong-Boahene, has jailed a 41-year-old spare parts dealer, Hassan Ziblim, to...

Justice Sector Support Activity engages stakeholders on paralegal guide

Legal Resources Centre (LRC), implementation lead of USAID, Justice Sector Support Activity, has held a consultative workshop on the draft legislative Instrument (LI) and...

Dome-Kitase road to be completed in 24 months – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the construction of the Dome to Kitase Road, which serves as a vital link between the...

Bawumia explains ‘I will choose Ghana Card over 1,000 interchanges’ comment [Video]

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has strongly defended the controversial comment about his preference for Ghana Card over a thousand interchanges. Speaking at the Accra Business...

Check out how much Ghana Statistical Service spent on recent corruption survey

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that it spent ¢6 million in conducting its corruption perception report recently released. According to the GSS, a...

Finance Minister hints of review of Free SHS

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, has indicated that the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme will be reviewed to address the current challenges facing...

Otukonor bags PhD from University of Ghana

Congratulations are in order for a deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamah Otukonor as he graduates from the University...