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Hawa Koomson makes big promise to Ghana Police Service

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Awutu Senya East Constituency, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has promised to construct a building for the newly created Central...

One arrested for unlawful possession of firearms

A 39-year-old man, identified as Dominic Bimba, has been arrested by the Denu District Police for possessing firearms without lawful authority. The suspect was...

Desist from encroaching on KNUST lands – Otumfuo warns Asante chiefs

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei II, has warned encroachers, especially his sub-chiefs, to desist from selling lands that belong to the Kwame University of Science...

Anti-LGBTQI Bill: Our memorandum is not to legalise same-sex marriage – Akoto Ampaw

A member of the Concerned Citizens against the anti-LGBTQ Bill, Akoto Ampaw, says the memorandum submitted to Parliament against the passage of anti-LGBTQI Bill...

Education Ministry terminates 27 of Mahama’s E-block contracts

The Education Ministry says it has ensured the termination of contracts for the construction of some 27 Community Day Senior High Schools (SHS) known...

Owusu-Bempah makes passionate appeal to IGP Dampare

The General Overseer of Glorious Word Power Ministry International, Rev. Isaac Owusu-Bempah, has made an appeal to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George...

‘Law student’ who posed as lawyer nabbed in court [Photos]

The Nyinahin Magistrate in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region has ordered the arrest of a 39-year-old Kyei Baffour, who allegedly posed...

Retired midwife, three others busted for stealing, sale of babies

Four persons, including a retired midwife, allegedly involved in the stealing and sale of babies at Atuabo and Half Assin in the Western Region,...

Tema Local Council of Churches backs anti-LGBTQI+ Bill

The Tema Local Council of Churches (TLCC) has declared support for the passage of the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family...

Anglican Church supports passage of Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill

The House of Bishops of the Anglican Church, Internal Province of Ghana, at the weekend pledged support for passage of the Anti-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,...

15 Assembly members granted bail for cursing Regional Minister

Fifteen aggrieved Assembly Members, who together with three others, invoked curses on specific political and public officials in the Central Region, have been granted...

Akufo-Addo declares his support for first female Vice-Chancellor of UG

President Nana Akufo-Addo has assured the first female Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo of his full support to...

Henry Quartey reveals next decongestion destination

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has announced the next phase of decongestion will be targeted at the Konkomba yam market. According...

Nobody has attacked a man of God and gone scot-free – Prophet to IGP

Some Ghanaians have openly condemned the action of the newly appointed Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, over the recent arrest of...

JUSAG calls off strike

The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has  called off its intended industrial action to back demands for the review of salaries and...

Covid-19: Ghana’s death toll now 1,174

Two more lives have been lost to the deadly coronavirus diseases, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The Service in its latest update...

Two pistols intercepted on Accra bound vehicle

A Police patrol team has intercepted two foreign pistols with 61 rounds of ammunition and two spent shells on an Accra bound vehicle along...

Police secure order to refer husband of missing Rhodaline Amoah for psychiatric exams

The Police Service have secured a court order to refer husband of Rhodaline Amoah-Darko, a staff of the Ashanti Regional Lands Commission who went...

Group petitions Parliament over anti-LGBTQ+ Bill

As Parliament resumes sitting, the debate over the controversial Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill rages on. One of the...

Homosexuality does not pose a public health threat – Group against LGBTQ+ Bill claims

The Group of 18 renowned lawyers and academics have debunked claims that homosexuality constitutes a public health threat. According to the Group, the claim by...

COVID-19: Continuous disinfection of airports builds resilience

The monthly disinfection of the country's airports is helping to build resilience in the control of the Covid-19 disease, a Vector Control Officer of...

Meet the 11-year old boy with skin like snake

An 11-year-old boy whose ambition is to become a pilot is always uncomfortable among his schoolmates as he is bullied and referred to as...

13 Agric graduates in Israel for internship

Thirteen Ghanaian agricultural graduates are in Israel for an 11-month internship programme in agriculture production. It is expected to provide interns with intensive...

Security recruitment should be decentralised – Kofi Adams

JoyNews/AdomNews · Security recruitments should be decentralised - Kofi Adams Member of Parliament (MP) for Buem constituency in the Oti Region, Kofi Adams, is advocating...

Two senior police officers hauled before Parliament over Madina MP

Two senior police officers, who attempted to arrest Madina Member of Parliament (MP), Francis Xavier -Sosu, have been hauled before the Privileges Committee of...

Akufo-Addo presents 50 vehicles to army; cuts sod for US$24.8 million housing project

President Nana Akufo-Addo has presented 40 Jeep J8 vehicles, six Toyota Hi-ace mini buses and 14 Toyota Hilux pick-ups to the Ghana Armed Forces. According...

Cyclist killed by truck driver

A budding Ghanaian cyclist, Elorm Kwaku Dade (Jerome), died on Saturday after he was crushed by a truck on the Tema Highway while returning...

Woman, 23, found dead in her room in bizarre state

A 23-year-old woman, Doris Donkor, has been found dead in her room at Achinakrom in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The body...

Akufo-Addo lauds Okyenhene’s efforts on Climate Change

President Nana Akufo-Addo has lauded the Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin’s efforts in addressing the issue of Climate Change. “This initiative of the Okyenhene is...

Daughter of NDC official accused of incest narrates ordeal in court

The daughter of the embattled Central Regional Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Wednesday narrated her ordeal at the hands of...

2 dead, 13 injured in accident at Nkwanta

Two persons have lost their lives with 13 others in critical condition following a crash at Ahondwo along the Nkwanta-Accra highway in the Oti...

Akufo-Addo inaugurates Police Council [Photos]

President Nana Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, inaugurated the Police Council at the Jubilee House in Accra. The Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is the Chairman. Other...

New UG Vice-Chancellor announces juicy package for students [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · New UG Vice Chancellor announces juicy package for students The newly inducted Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof Nana Aba Appiah Amfo,...

Herdsman gets life imprisonment for grazing on cassava farm, shooting owner

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday, sentenced a 32-year-old herder, Muhammadu Abubakar, to life imprisonment for attempted murder. Abubakar was...

3 dead, 11 injured in accident on Dunkwa-Ayanfuri road

Three people have been reported dead and eleven others injured in an accident at Agyempaboa on the Dunkwa-Ayanfuri in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality...

Unemployed man jailed 14 years for stealing plantain and cassava

The Tepa Circuit Court has given a 24-year-old unemployed man 14 years prison sentence for stealing ¢50 worth of plantain and cassava, Justice Ezekiel, pleaded...

29 in big trouble for allegedly attacking 2 police officers

The Tema Regional Police Command has arraigned 29 suspects before the Tema Circuit Court A for assaulting two police officers at Luhuor, a community...

Retract and apologise for defamatory publication or I sue – Eugene Arhin

Solicitors of the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin have served notice to one Maame Afua Adom-Boakye to retract and apologise for...

Video of Otumfuo driving former President Kufuor warms hearts

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has been captured at the Manhyia Palace giving former president John Agyekum Kufuor a rare drive in a golf...

Joining Immigration Service will open doors for us to become billionaires – Applicants

Two young people, who have applied to join the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), hope to become billionaires when enlisted. The two have identified themselves as...