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IGP visits night duty officers in Northern Region

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Dr George Akuffo Dampare, and his team on Friday, 22nd October, 2021 visited night barrier and night patrol duty...

Govt to punish employers who refuse to pay pension for employees

The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations is set to take legal action against businesses failing to enroll their employees onto the various pension...

NSS to deploy personnel for ‘operation clean your frontage’

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has revealed the National Service Scheme (NSS) will deploy about 1,000 to 4,000 personnel for the operation...

30-year-old man stones mother to death in Savannah Region

A 30-year-old man, John Banuda, has stoned his mother to death at Gindabuo, a village on the Sawla-Wa highway in the Sawla District of...

Akufo-Addo reveals his vision for the Ghana Army

President Nana Akufo-Addo says his vision for the Ghana Armed Forces revolves around creating a soldier who is well fed, clothed and not easily...

7 ECG transformers stolen in Volta Region

The Electricity Company of Ghana ( ECG) has reported that seven of its transformers have been stolen in the Ketu South and North Municipalities...

Thousands of youth chase security jobs in Kumasi

Thousands of Ghanaian youth trooped to various centres in Kumasi to participate in a documentation and medical screening exercise for recruitment into Ghana’s security...

Support Dampare to deliver – Akufo-Addo to newly-inaugurated Police Council

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed confidence in the Police Service to provide accountable, responsive, trust worthy service and accommodate the concerns of...

Mum left with broken bones after neighbour beat her with baseball bat

A mum was beaten with a baseball bat and left with broken bones by a neighbour she had accused of making a pass at...

Takoradi: Woman in latest fake kidnapping jailed

A 29-year-old woman, who faked her kidnapping in Takoradi in the Western Region, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment with hard labour. Joan Krah’s...

Man found dead on Kadjebi-Nkwanta Highway

A lifeless body of a man, believed to be in his 50s, has been found at Okanta near Kadjebi in the Oti Region. Assistant Superintendent...

Woman dies after husband sets home ablaze during fight

A woman, identified only as Ebere, has succumbed to the injuries she sustained when her husband allegedly set their apartment ablaze during a fight. The...

Anti-LGBTQI+: Parliament will not allow any delay on bill passage- Speaker

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has served notice that the House will not allow anybody to delay the process of passing the promotion...

What Agbogbloshie onion market will be used for – Henry Quartey reveals [Audio]

"We will build one of the agenda 111 hospitals on the onion market land at Agbogbloshie, the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey has...

MP rubbishes ban on tricycles on Accra highways [Video]

The Minority Ranking Member of Roads and Highways, Kwame Governs Agbodza, has rubbished the Greater Accra Regional Minister's directive on banning tricycles carrying garbage...

Confusion at Jamestown Fire Training Centre over recruitment

In an attempt to restore order at the James Town Fire Training Centre of the Ghana National Fire Service, where the current recruitment into...

Alajo coup plot: You cannot travel to Kenya – Court declines Agordzo’s request

The Accra High Court has declined a request from Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Dr Benjamin Agordzo, to take a 10-day trip outside the...

RTI Commission boss justifies fees charged for information

JoyNews/AdomNews · RTI Commission boss justifies fees charged for information The Right to Information Commission has justified fees charged for information requested in public institutions. Executive...

Takoradi kidnapping: Court orders suspect to undergo pregnancy test

A Takoradi Harbour Circuit court, presided over by Michael Ampadu, has ordered that a pregnancy test be done on Joana Krah before convicting her. On...

One shot dead in chieftaincy clash at Prampram

Unknown assailants have shot one person dead at Prampram in the Greater Accra Region. The deceased has been identified as Nii Otu Sei Klo,...

Takoradi: Apremdo Divisional Stool raises concerns over fake kidnapping reports

The Apremdo Divisional Stool of Ahanta Traditional Council has noted with grave concerns, bizarre incidents of fake kidnapping reports being recorded in the Western...

Jesus Ahuofe speaks on gun found in his room during police search

Self-styled prophet of the Founder and Leader of New Life Kingdom Chapel International, Stephen Akwasi, aka Jesus Ahuofe, has spoken up on a gun...

I was misquoted – Pastor who prophesied Shatta Wale’s death cries

JoyNews/AdomNews · Jesus Ahoufe speaks after bail The pastor, who allegedly prophesied the death of dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale, is blaming social media for his...

Ministry of Education sends good news about completed E-blocks

The Deputy Public Relations Officer at the Ministry of Education, Yaw Opoku Mensah, has assured that all completed E-blocks will be put to use...

Operation clean your frontage: Check out punishment for defaulters

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, says one of his policies clean your frontage has come to stay and people must comply to...

My encounter with Shatta Wale an act of God – Jesus Ahoufe

The man of God, who is facing the law after musician Shatta Wale faked his gun attack, is certain the incident is an act...

IGP Dampare’s message of caution to religious organisations [Photos]

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has urged religious leaders to be mindful of Ghana’s laws while expressing their faith and...

Prison inmates welcomed me with Black Sheriff’s song – Jesus Ahoufe

JoyNews/AdomNews · Prison inmates welcomed me with Black Sheriff’s song – Jesus Ahoufe The man of God at the centre of Shatta Wale’s fake gun...

Tragedy: Ghana Railway’s Accra manager killed in line of duty

The Accra Area Manager of the Ghana Railways Company Limited, Engineer Michael Asante, has met his untimely death after a train reportedly ran over him. The...

Akua Donkor reveals how she survived assassination attempt

The Founder and Leader of the Ghana Freedom Party, Akua Donkor, has opened up on how she survived an assassination attempt in her life....

Heavy traffic on the Spintex Road-Flowerpot Junction

Ongoing road construction on the Spintex Road-Flowerpot area has resulted in heavy vehicular traffic on that stretch, the Ghana Police Service has announced. ...

Cabinet approves GH¢43.9m to retool Veterinary Services

Cabinet has approved a budget of GH¢43.98 million as an emergency fund to enable the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to combat the current...

Twists and turns: Justice Dotse fights off Opuni bias claims

Supreme Court Judge Justice Jones Dotse has fought off claims that his impartiality is in question, barely hours to the Supreme Court delivering a...

Akufo-Addo celebrates late Ambassador

President Nana Akufo-Addo has praised the late Ambassador, Eudora Quartey-Koranteng, who died in the service to the nation. Until her death on October 19, 2021...

Ghana to receive over 6.4 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines by end of 2021 – GHS

Ghana’s fight against Covid-19 is expected to be given a boost with the arrival of over 6,410,960 doses of vaccines by the end of...

Check out number of tourists expected to arrive in Ghana by December

The country expects 150,000 tourist arrivals between now and December this year, the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dr Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, has...

Farmer jailed 20 years for defiling two siblings

A 45-year-old farmer has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for defiling two siblings at Akyem Abordom near Kade in the Eastern Region. The convict,...

Covid-19: Ghana’s death toll rises to 1,172

Three more lives have been lost in the country’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) reveals. These additional casualties according to...

Treason: We don’t want to fail, it must happen – Dr Mac Palm

The brain behind alleged high treason, Dr Frederick Yao Mac Palm, was on Monday heard in an audio recording cautioning some of the accused members...

16-year-old boy who dresses as a female grabbed [Photo]

A 16-year-old boy, dressed as a woman, has been arrested by the Juaboso police. The boy, whose name has been withheld, was spotted wearing a...