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NRSA investigates Abofour and Akomadan accidents

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) is investigating two crashes at Abofour and Akomadan in the Ashanti Region which have claimed 26 lives in...

No licence for cannabis business yet — Narcotics Control Commission

The Narcotics Control Commission (NCC) has warned the public against the cultivation of narcotic plants or the establishment of a business related to narcotics...

NDC man’s incest case adjourned to January 26

A Cape Coast Circuit Court hearing the alleged incest case involving the Central Regional Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress, Emmanuel Kwesi Dawood,...

Amansie South residents demonstrate over bad roads [Video]

https://youtu.be/2iXDJ_e350c Residents in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region have taken to the streets to protest against bad road network in the area. Despite...

NUGS appeals for funds to renovate office

JoyNews/AdomNews · NUGS appeals for funds to renovate office The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) is appealing for support to help fund the repairs...

New twist to Akumadan accident that claimed six lives [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Driver Who Caused Akumdan Accident Arrested The driver of a Daewoo Grandbird KS bus with registration number GT 4215-17 believed to have caused...

NRSA enforces driving protocols to reduce road crashes

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) says it has intensified the enforcement of protocols for inter-city operators and drivers in the quest to minimise...

24-year-old imposter jailed at Sogakope

Noah Donkor, a 24-year-old man, who posed as a police officer, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment in hard labour by a Sogakope...

Accident: Former MP marks 3 years anniversary; cautions drivers

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Awutu Senya West, Nenyi George Andah, has cautioned road users to be extra careful on the road. According to...

Offinso-Abofour accident: 3 more deaths recorded

The Monday morning accident which occurred on the Offinso-Abofou road in the Ashanti Region has claimed 20 lives as of November 3, 2021. Information from...

Special Prosecutor gets Int’l support to fight corruption

The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson, has paid a courtesy call on the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng. The visit on Tuesday, November 2,...

Juaben MCE confirmation: Assembly member ‘blames’ NPP supporters for confusion [Listen]

Assemblyman for Nobowam electoral area, Emmanuel Gallo, has said the brouhaha surrounding the exercise to confirm President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s Municipal Chief Executive...

Akumadan accident: Police on manhunt for bus driver

Police in the Ashanti Region are on a manhunt for the driver of a Daewoo Grandbird KS bus with registration number GT 4215 –...

Police formally file charges against Sosu in court [Listen]

Police have formally filed charges, including causing damage to public property, against Francis Xavier Sosu in court over a demonstration he led in his...

Man jailed 18 years for defiling, impregnating fiancee’s 13-year-old sister

A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for defiling and impregnating a 13-year-old junior sister of his fiancee. The Koforidua Circuit Court...

NIA’s itinerary as it begins operations in all 16 regions

The National Identification Authority (NIA) will from today, November 3, 2021, commence operation in its 16 Regional and 275 District offices across the country....

Pankrono residents go berserk as vehicle crashes two to death [Video]

Angry residents of Pankrono in Kumasi smashed the windscreen of a tipper truck after a commercial vehicle crashed into the stationary vehicle killing two...

Commander attacked with stones as road workers clash with police

The Assin Fosu Divisional Police Commander, ACP Augustine Luguyare, has been attacked by angry workers of Shimizu Dai-Nippon JV, a road construction firm working...

Confusion rocks Keta Municipal Assembly over missing stamp

Confusion is brewing at the Keta Municipal Assembly in the Volta Region over the disappearance of the Chief Executive Officer's official stamp. This disappearance, according...

Dangers on Accra roads: The story of stolen crash barriers, median fences [Watch]

Consultant for the Four-Tier-Pokuase interchange, Kwabena Bempong, has revealed some miscreants are stealing crash barriers on the stretch. According to him, some persons, pretending to...

Ambrose Dery sympathises with families of Akomadan accident

Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, has expressed his condolence to families who lost relatives in the gory accident that happened at Akomadan. The Member of Parliament...

Nurse hires 3 men to help kidnap ‘stingy’ husband for ransom

Police in Ogun State have arrested a housewife, Memunat Salaudeen, for allegedly conniving with three others to kidnap her husband for ransom. Police spokesman in the...

Impose curfew on Prampram – Asafoatse begs Akufo-Addo, IGP

A member of the Prampram Traditional Council, Asafoatse Lartey Bantama IV, has sent an urgent request to President Nana Akufo-Addo and the Inspector-General of...

Ghana Card to enable citizens abroad travel without visas – Bawumia [Audio]

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has revealed that Ghana’s unique biometric identification card, the Ghanacard, will soon become an electronic passport for all Ghanaians. Delivering...

Newborns to receive Ghana Card number at birth – Bawumia

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, every new born child delivered in Ghana next year will get, within a few months, a Ghanacard number, Vice President...

Security agencies recruitment: Police send important message to qualified applicants

The Ghana Police Service has announced the commencement of the next phase of its ongoing recruitment exercise. Following the filing of applications by prospective recruits...

Alajo Coup Plot: Court admits secret audiovisual recordings as evidence

A hard drive containing audiovisual recordings of alleged activities by suspects standing trial for plotting a coup will now be admitted as evidence by...

Survivors of ghastly Akomadan accident make shocking revelation [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Survivors of ghastly Akomadan accident makes shocking revelation Survivors of a ghastly accident that claimed six lives at Akomadan are blaming the...

The inconsistency of GLC is too much – Research Fellow

A Ghanaian Research Fellow at the University of Johannesburg’s Law Faculty is blaming the inconsistency of the General Legal Council (GLC) for the many...

Photos of men, women ‘in chains’ uncovered in shrine [Photos]

Photos of different men and women in chains have been uncovered at a shrine in Rivers State, Nigeria after the native doctor was allegedly...

Transport Minister incurs wrath of Minority MPs

Minority members in Parliament have taken a swipe at the Transport Minister, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, for not responding to a call of the House....

Man, 35, arrested over MoMo robbery at Afram Plains

The Anti Armed robbery taskforce of the Ghana Police Service has arrested a 35-year-old phone repairer in connection with the deadly Mobile Money (MoMo)...

HIV killed over 900 from January to June in Ghana

Over 900 persons died of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) from January to June 2021 more than Covid-19 within the same period, Dr Stephen Ayisi...

Full text: Akufo-Addo’s speech at 2021 UN Climate Change Conference

Climate change is the greatest threat to the realisation of Sustainable Development Goals. It has an enormous impact on the fundamentals required for our...

Minister speaks on why CCTV cameras have not been fixed in all police stations [Audio]

The National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah, has blamed the devastating effects of the covid-19 pandemic on the government’s failure to fix CCTV cameras...

Akufo-Addo reacts to ghastly accident at Akumadan

President Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed sadness over an accident at Akumadan in the Offinso North District of the Ashanti Region that claimed six lives....

Millionaire financier fights ex-girlfriend for more compensation after judge ordered him to sell his mansion

A millionaire financier, who was caught in bed with another woman, is fighting his ex-girlfriend in court for more compensation after a judge ruled...

We’ll combat climate change, but protect Ghana’s development as well – Akufo-Addo

“Ghana acknowledges the importance and effects of Climate Change and the urgent need to combat it, and we recognise equally the importance of protecting...

Man acquitted after 13 years in jail

The Court of Appeal has acquitted and discharged a 39-year-old man who spent 13 years in jail after being convicted for robbery by the...

UNESCO charges member states to protect safety of journalists

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has lamented the frequent attacks and threats journalists face in line of duty. Concerned by the...