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Oliver Barker-Vormawor spends one more night behind bars despite bail

#FixTheCountry convener, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, spent one more night in Police custody despite being granted bail. Barker-Vormawor was granted bail to the tune of GH¢2 million...

Bawku Police Commander calls for reinforcement

Police at Bawku in the Upper East Region are calling for reinforcement following the murder of three military officers in renewed clashes. The situation, according...

GES sets records straight on 10% salary for rent

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has defended its decision to deduct 10 per cent of salaries of teachers who reside in government bungalows as...

Two killed, houses burnt over renewed chieftaincy dispute at Jantong

Two persons have been confirmed dead and five houses torched in a renewed chieftaincy dispute at Jantong in the North East Gonja District of...

Bullion van robberies: Family of late Corporal Stephen Nyame speaks

The family of the late police officer, Lance Corporal Stephen Kwaku Nyame, has disclosed that their brother struggled financially and sometimes called back for...

Fair-minded citizens who spoke up during Mahama’s regime must speak now – Franklin Cudjoe

The founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, Mr. Franklin Cudjoe, has urged Ghanaians who criticised the...

3 military officers shot in Bawku

JoyNews/AdomNews · One military officer battling for his life, 2 others seriously injured at Bawku The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Amadu Hamza Zoogo has confirmed...

2022 Kwahu Easter Festivities: GTA adds hot balloon air to paragliding activities

The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has assured the 2022 Easter Festivities at Kwahu in the Eastern Region will be nothing short of the usual...

2022 Kwahu Easter: Planning Committee to release festival guide

The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has announced the release of a festival guide for the 2022 Easter celebration at Kwahu in the Eastern Region. The...

Crime officer to process Barker-Vormawor’s bail nowhere to be found – #FixTheCountry convener

The trial of #FixTheCountry Movement convener, Oliver Barker-Vomawor, has taken a rather interesting twist even after he was granted bail. Hours after his bail application...

GNAT demands withdrawal of 10% rent charges on teachers

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has asked the Ghana Education Service (GES) to withdraw its circular directing teachers or staff occupying government...

Bible never said money is the root of evil – Sam George

The Ningo-Prampram Member of Parliament (MP), Sam Nartey George, has called on Christians to leverage every legal means possible to earn as much money...

Stop giving free fuel to govt appointees for them to understand us better – Duncan Amoah [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · COPEC ON FREE FUEL Executive Director of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers, Ghana (COPEC) says government appointees do not feel the heat of...

Govt not helping the people like it promised – D-Black

Desmond Kwesi Blackmore, popularly known as ‘D-Black’, has added his voice to the recent public sentiments about the cost of living in the country. In...

Former NADMO staff arrested over GHS43K salary [Video]

https://youtu.be/gVgn2o7F5qg A former staff of the Savelugu National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Alhassan Seidu Mahama, has been arrested over a GHS43,000 salary. Mr Mahama, despite...

CLOGSAG calls for removal of Henrietta Lamptey as head of Births and Deaths Registry [Audio]

The Executive Secretary of Civil and Local Government Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG), Isaac Bampoe Addo, has called for the removal of madam Henrietta Lamptey as...

Challenging Heights rescues 23 children on Volta Lake

Over 23 children have been rescued from 15 different villages along Lake Volta engaged in modern-day slavery. The children, 17 boys and six girls, are...

Huge dog interrupts video call by cheekily climbing over helpless owner

A dog has been caught hilariously interrupting a Zoom video call by climbing all over his poor owner and sticking his fluffy tail in front of...

Beyi W’ano: Efua Sutherland’s family starts online petition for Children’s Park renovation [Video]

The current state of the Efua Sutherland Children’s Park, which was established in 1979, is nothing to write home about as it has been...

30% of palm oil in Ghanaian markets fail FDA’s Sudan dye test

As part of the Food and Drugs Authority’s (FDA) routine market surveillance activities on food safety in 2021, about 30% of palm oil found...

People with flashy lifestyles being monitored – GRA [Listen]

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has said it has set up a new department to ensure rich individuals, as well as those who live...

Presec-Legon NSMQ team member crowned overall best WASSCE student in Ghana, 2nd in West Africa

An immediate past student of the Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School (Presec-Legon), Kwame Brako Asante, has emerged as the overall best student in the 2021...

Radio Gold back on air

Accra-based Radio Gold is back on air after three years of being shut down due to sanctions imposed on it by the National Communications Authority (NCA). The...

Aide stabbed as thugs vandalise NPP MP’s office and bolt with cash

The office of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Constituency, Alfred Obeng Boateng, has been vandalised by some unidentified...

Odaw drain choked ahead of seasonal rains

The Odaw drain, which begins at the Caprice Bridge at Alajo and runs 10 kilometres to the edge of the Korle Lagoon in Accra,...

Encroachers on spare dealers’ land at Anyaa served final evacuation notice

The Greater Accra Second hand Spare parts Dealers Association (GASSDA) with support from the Ga Central Municipal Assembly and the police has given final...

GRA sends important message to landlords over tax on property[Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · GRA sends important message to landlords over tax on properties The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has called on landlords in the country to...

Lands Minister clashes with Chairman of PAC over E-levy

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, clashed with Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, James Klutse Avedzi...

UGMC completed; due for full operationalisation

The University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC), is due for full operationalisation, following its completion and a handing over on Tuesday. The Project Management Team...

#Fixthecountry convener Oliver Barker-Vormawor granted 2m cedi bail

Convenor for the #FixTheCountry movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has been granted a GHC2 million bail by a Tema High Court. The bail term is also supposed...

Ghana would be horrible without the Church – Rev. Doh Tetteh

General Overseer of the Solid Rock Chapel International, Rev Dr Christie Doh Tetteh has touted the remarkable role the church has played in the...

STEM education without morals, spiritual values breed intelligent criminals – Opuni-Frimpong

A Former General Secretary of the Christian Council, Rev. Dr. Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, has asserted that the current curricular being used in the basic and...

Constitution has given one person too much power to manage the country like their family property – Noi Mensah

A former Presiding Bishop of the Full Gospel Church International has attributed the country’s retard progress to specific provisions in the constitution that give...

Church is providing social comfort for stressed populace; don’t undermine its significance – Noi Mensah

An immediate past Presiding Bishop of the Full Gospel Church International, Bishop Samuel Noi Mensah, says Christian bodies in the country have beliefs and...

Nobody can gag the church, we will speak truth to power – Rev Doh Tetteh [video]

General Overseer of the Solid Rock Chapel International says the church in Ghana will continue to thrive and survive in propagating its mission, despite...

She was cheating while I was processing her documents for permanent stay – Norway-based Ghanaian

A Ghanaian based in Norway, Charles Asare, has shared his heartbreak story of how he invited his ex-girlfriend to Norway with plans of settling...

We can’t continue to blame the devil for these unacceptable accidents – MP on death of UEW students

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Education Committee, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, has commiserated with the families of the nine University of Education, Winneba (UEW) students who perished in...

Yaw Oppong appointed Director of Ghana School of Law

Legal practitioner, Yaw D. Oppong, has been appointed as the Director of Legal Education at the General Legal Council (GLC). The Director of Legal Education...

Man found half-burnt at Kawukudi junction

A yet-to-be-identified man in his mid-40s was on Monday at about 7:00 pm found dead in a burning bush around Kawukudi Junction in Accra. According...

Expect power outages in the rainy season – ECG tells consumers in Ashanti Region

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has asked residents in the Ashanti region to brace up  for power outages as the rains set in. Officials...