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Woman allegedly commits suicide over ‘cheating’ husband

A 35-year-old woman has allegedly committed suicide over her 'cheating' husband at Kasoa Oldtimers in the Central Region. The deceased, identified as Rebecca Amoah, reportedly...

Accra is second most expensive city in the world – Survey

Ghana’s capital city, Accra, is the second most expensive city in the world in terms of the 'property price to income ratio', according to...

Ursula Owusu-Ekuful to receive top award

The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu- Ekuful would be receiving the Digital Leader of the Year Award at the 11th Ghana...

Akufo-Addo begins 3-day tour of Greater Accra

President Akufo-Addo will today, Thursday, October 21, 2021, begin a three-day tour of the Greater Accra Region. This will be President Akufo-Addo’s first official tour...

Trending: Man designs pot that cooks two meals at a go

A Nigerian man is currently making waves on social media with the invention of a cooking pot that can cook two different meals simultaneously....

Shatta Wale, others face court today

Dancehall artiste, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly known as Shatta Wale, is expected to appear in court later today, Thursday, October 21, 2021. He...

Odododiodoo MP reports profane song with potential to promote LGBTQ+ to police

The Member of Parliament for Odododiodoo, Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has reported a profane song to the police. According to him, the song promotes immoral acts...

Three teen burglars arrested in Koforidua

The Eastern Regional Police Command has arrested three teenage burglars in Koforidua. The accused persons are Prince Sabla, 18, Amponsah Isaac, 19, both labourers,...

Notorious murder, robbery suspect arrested at Adeiso [Photos+Video]

A robbery and murder suspect, Godstrong Tettey has been arrested at Adeiso in the Eastern Region. Mr Tettey has been on the police...

Ghana’s Ambassador to Italy passes on

Ghana’s Ambassador to Italy, Madam Eudora Quartey-Koranteng, has passed on. She died on Tuesday, October 19, 2021. This was contained in a press statement issued by...

Coup plot: Money is no problem – Mac Palm assures soldiers

The brain behind the alleged plot to overthrow the government, Dr Frederick Yao Mac Palm, was captured in a video assuring the soldiers who...

Speeding car runs over traders at Nzema-Nkwanta

Some traders at Nzema-Nkwanta in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region have been crashed by a speeding private car. ...

Covid-19: Only 4% of Ghanaians are fully vaccinated – Asiedu Bekoe

Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Franklin Asiedu Bekoe, has disclosed that just about four per cent of the...

Man weeps in court over sentence

A 32-year-old aluminium fabricator wept uncontrollably when an Adentan Circuit Court jailed him three years for stealing iron rods valued at GH¢1,300. Charged with stealing,...

Two arrested for allegedly sodomising 16-year-old boy at Madina

Two persons are in the grips of the La Nkwantanang Madina District Division of the Ghana Police for allegedly sodomising a 16-year-old boy. The two...

University of Ghana gets female Vice-Chancellor

Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo has been confirmed as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana. This follows a decision by the University’s Council on...

Man on the run after allegedly killing 30-year-old girlfriend

A chainsaw operator, only identified as Kwaku, is on the run after allegedly killing his 30-year-old lover at Wassa Asamang in the Western Region....

GWCL to prosecute over 6, 500 customers in Eastern Region

The Ghana Water Company Limited would be prosecuting over 6,500 customers in the Eastern Region for defaulting payments for a year and more. The over 6,...

Meet the man who nearly lost $200,000 to fraudsters [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Man nearly lost $200,000 to fraudsters A Ghanaian businessman is counting his blessings after he was nearly duped by online fraudsters while...

2 involved in accident at spot where five cars crashed in a week

Two persons survived a car accident Wednesday morning on the Kwamekrom-Kpando road. The incident, which occurred around 9:00 am, saw the driver sustaining injuries on...

Shatta Wale has not been granted bail – Police

The Ghana Police Service has dispelled rumours that dancehall musician, Shatta Wale, has been granted bail. According to the Service’s Acting Public Affairs Director,...

Tubers of yam scatter in Mempeasem accident

Some thousands of tubers of yam have been destroyed in a road accident at Dodi-Mempeasem in the Kadjebi District of the Oti Region.A Hyundai...

Minister assures NABCO trainees

A Deputy Minister of Finance, John Kumah, has assured beneficiaries of the Nation Builders Corpse (NaBCo) of the programme’s extension. He says the government is...

Akufo-Addo commissions Ghana’s largest bulk electricity supply point in Pokuase

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned the Pokuase Bulk Supply Point. This is a 330/34.5 kilo-volt substation designed to improve...

Two arrested for assaulting cop who prevented fake phone deal at ‘Circle’

The Greater Accra Regional Police Command have arrested two men for physically assaulting a police officer. The two, Evans Addo, 42, and Godfred Akrofi, 32,...

24-year-old woman kills ‘boyfriend’ with scissors

A 24-year-old woman is currently in police grips for stabbing to death a man purported to be her boyfriend. The incident happened around 7 pm...

Girl, 10, drowns after downpour in Koforidua

A 10-year-old girl has reportedly been carried away by floodwaters after a heavy downpour on Tuesday afternoon in Koforidua. The class three pupil of...

Akufo-Addo is the Moses of our time – Twifo Hemang Chief

Paramount Chief of Twifo Hemang Traditional Area, Otumfuo Amoah Sasraku III is of the view that President Akufo-Addo is the country’s redeemer just as...

19-year-old man dies after taking ecstasy pills on night out with friends

A teenager died after taking triple-strength ecstasy pills called the 'Punisher' which were named after a popular programme, an inquest heard. Harley Girven bought three of...

NADMO mounts search for 10-year-old girl who drowned in river

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) and residents of Anlo-town continue to mount search for a 10-year-old girl who drowned in the Nsukwao river basin...

Chief Biney describes Dr Bawumia as ‘political Hushpuppi’ [Video]

https://youtu.be/2DXPXkF0S-Y Deputy National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Chief Hamilton Biney, has declared Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia a 'political Hushpuppi'. According to him, Dr...

Security man gunned down by robbers at Santase-Kokoben [Photos]

Suspected armed robbers have gunned down a watchman guarding the office of A2 Enterprise, an aluminium products dealership venture at Santase-Kokoben in Kumasi. Bosompem Andoh,...

Death of 22 in church collapse at Akyem: Man makes shocking revelation [Listen]

Ghana was thrown into a state of shock and mourning on October 20, 2020, when a church collapsed at Akyem Batabi in the Eastern...

RoCHA-21 celebration: B-HeCK Africa NGOs Alliance rolls out historic Patriotic Survey

The B-HeCK Africa NGOs Alliance has rolled out a local governance patriotic survey as part of the Royal Citizen Honours Africa - Ghana (RoCHA-21) celebration. It...

Law students hit streets over entrance exam saga [Photos]

The National Association of Law Students (NALS) has taken to the streets to protest against another mass failure the 2021 Ghana School Law entrance...

Lightning kills two in Volta Region

The Kpetoe District Police in the Volta Region is investigating the death of two persons who were allegedly struck by lightning at Manoaha, a...

Three-year-old disappears during staged fight

The parents of three-year-old Nohim Ishola have been thrown into panic after he disappeared on Sunday in Otto community, in the Ebute-Meta area of...

Meet new Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, two other countries

The State of Israel has appointed H.E. Shlomit Sufa as the new Ambassador to Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone.  Ambassador Sufa replaces H.E. Shani Cooper...

Shatta Wale in more trouble as ASEPA files complaint against him

The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) has filed a criminal complaint at the Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) against Charles Nii...

Shatta Wale: 2 arrested over fake gunshot attack

Two persons are in the custody of the police for spreading false information in connection with the alleged gun attack on popular dancehall artiste,...