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I share gold coin honour with my country – Otumfuo

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has said the Otumfuo Commemorative Coin is an honour he shares with his country, Ghana. He said for more...

Vehicle crashes mother, 2 children to death while returning from church

A 45-year-old woman, Peace Denyo and her two children, who were crashed to death, are set to be buried on December 30, 2021. The two...

Bolt driver battling for his life after being set ablaze [Photos]

A Sekondi-Takoradi based Bolt driver, believed to be a soldier, was on Wednesday night, December 22, 2021, set ablaze by an unknown rider who...

I’m very disappointed in Bagbin- Allotey Jacobs speaks out [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · I Am Disappointed In Bagbin - Allotey Jacobs Former Central Region Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has expressed...

Filling station manager jailed 9 years for stealing

Filling station manager, Leans Komlan, has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment in hard labour for stealing by the Nsuta Circuit Court in the...

UCC Governing Council to demolish structures of staff, satellite community on encroached lands

The Governing Council of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has served notice it will demolish all structures on the university’s encroached lands pursuant...

Two robbery suspects arrested in Bolgatanga; another on the run

A special Anti-Robbery squad and the Upper East Regional Police Command have arrested two robbery suspects. The arrest was through an intelligence-led operation on...

Ghana College of Pharmacists launches ‘GCP Journal’

The Ghana College of Pharmacists on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, launched the official journal for the college, GCP Journal. According to the College, the journal...

NSS to support nationwide cancer education [Photos]

The National Service Scheme (NSS) is considering the training and deployment of national service persons to undertake nationwide education on the prevention and control...

I regret asking Asiedu Nketia to leave the Chamber- NPP MP

Member of Parliament (MP) for Yendi Constituency, Farouk Aliu Mahama, has revealed how remorseful he felt after asking the General Secretary of the NDC,...

Bank of Ghana to start gold purchase from small scale miners – Bawumia

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has indicated that in conjunction with the Bank of Ghana, government will begin a gold purchase programme which...

TUTAG honours Education Minister [Photos]

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Adutwum, has been honoured by the leadership of the Technical Universities Association of Ghana (TUTAG) for his immense...

December 27, 28 declared public holidays

Government through the Interior Ministry has declared Monday, December 27 and Tuesday, December 28, as public holidays. In a statement dated December 22 and signed by...

20-year-old man jailed for stealing cocoa at Akyem-Awaham

The Asamakese Circuit Court has sentenced a 20-year-old man to three months imprisonment for stealing cocoa pods at Akyem-Awaham. The convict, who is to serve...

I’m not asleep – Henry Quartey roars

Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has sent a strong word of caution to residents of Accra and Ghanaians at large that he is...

Our Covid-19 OPDs are filling up – GHS

JoyNews/AdomNews · Our Covid-19 OPDs are filling up; infection of health workers on the rise – Dr Owoo Head of Critical and Severe Cases at...

Ghana Police Service assures of public safety during Christmas festivities

The Ghana Police Service has reassured that security will be beefed up across the country during the Christmas festivities. Speaking on the Super Morning Show,...

Covid-19: 72 people infected in 24 hours

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says 72 individuals have contracted the coronavirus disease within 24 hours. As of December 16, the Service recorded 437 new...

Covid-19: Active cases hit 3,000 – GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has indicated that the country’s active Covid-19 cases number about 3,000 as of December 22, 2021. Speaking on the Super...

CLOSAG threatens nationwide strike next year

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has served notice it will embark on a nationwide strike on January 22, to...

Mason bags 18 years for defiling 3-year-old girl

The Nsuta Circuit Court in the Ejura-Seyedumase Municipality of the Ashanti Region has sentenced a mason, Isaac Bimpong Junior, to 18 years imprisonment for...

Travellers escape death in Tamale as bus crashes into Kiosk [Photos]

Some 50 passengers escaped death after a bus with registration number 5059-16 veered off the road and crashed into a kiosk at Agric Traffic...

Bawumia launches nationwide E-Pharmacy

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Wednesday launched the government's nationwide E-Pharmacy platform. The event took place at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC). Dr...

Otumfuo officially receives commemorative gold coin [Photos]

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has said the Commemorative Coin is an honour he shares with the Asanteman and Ghana at large. This is...

Two robbers busted at Kaneshie

The Ghana Police Service has arrested two notorious robbers at Kaneshie in Accra. The two are Chisom Nsube and Ebuka Salvation; both aged 28 years. They...

ECOWAS must sanction abuse of constitutional authority – Zanetor

Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has urged the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to sanction governments in the...

Court rejects Jomoro MP’s appeal to amend answer

A Sekondi High Court has rejected an appeal by the embattled MP for Jomoro, Dorcas Afo Toffey, to amend her answer to a petition...

COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah gets top appointment

The Ghana Police Service has released Commissioner of Police (COP) Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, Director-General, Police Professional and Standards Bureau (PPSB) of the Service...

Produce land documents or lose your property – Odumase Krontihene

Krontihene of Odumase, Osabarima Kwabena Yeboah Ababio, has directed land owners to produce documents or lose their property. During his thanksgiving service, he stated that...

Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu is dangerous to Ghana’s democracy- Ahmed Ibrahim

Deputy Minority Chief Whip and Member of Parliament for Banda constituency, Ahmed Ibrahim, has 'exposed' the 'dirty tricks' by the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu...

Debts partly responsible for dysfunctional traffic lights – Dep. Roads Minister [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Debts Owed Partly Responsible For Dysfunctional Traffic Lights - Deputy Roads Minister Deputy Roads and Highways Minister,  Stephen Pambiin Jalulah, has opined debts...

Man jailed for defilement, stealing baby at Asuom

A-24-year old unemployed man, Kyei Boadu, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by the Asamakese Circuit Court for defiling a 15-year-old girl and...

Ghana wins case in Norway

The Oslo District Court, presided over by Justice Dagfinn Gronvik, has dismissed an action instituted by Messrs Jongsbru AS, sellers of a property identified...

Six injured in another train crash in Sekondi

Six persons have reportedly been injured after a train crashed at Nkotompo level crossing near Sekondi in the Western Region. The incident occurred at...

Tafo MP apologises to Bagbin

Member of Parliament for Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has expressed his sincere apologies for the use of harsh words against the Speaker, Rt. Hon....

Covid-19: 8 more deaths recorded; active cases on the rise

The country’s Covid-19 death toll currently stands at 1,263, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). This is a result of eight deaths recorded within...

Zuarungu police murder: Member of robbery gang shot dead

A 34-year-old man, Laayaame Simon aka Yendu, a member of a robbery gang that killed two policemen at Zuarungu in the Upper East Region...

MoMo vendor shot dead at Konongo

Two suspected robbers have shot and killed a Mobile Money (MoMo) vendor at Konongo in the Ashanti Region. Police sources indicate the incident happened...

E-levy: MP backs MoMo demo

JoyNews/AdomNews · E-levy: NDC MP backs MoMo demo Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ada constituency, Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe-Ghansah, is backing the protest by the...

NSS launches new module for tourism sector

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has deployed 700 service persons to a new module created to support the tourism industry. The module is a...