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15-year-old hearing-impaired girl impregnated by father

A 45-year-old chainsaw operator, Albert Quansah, is reported to have defiled and impregnated his 15-year-old daughter who is deaf and dumb at Twifu Nkohunuho...

99 offending drivers arrested in Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis

The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) in collaboration with the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) task force has arrested 99 drivers for parking and...

FDA, MUSIGA launch drug abuse campaign

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), in partnership with the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), has launched a drug abuse campaign to mitigate substance...

My administration will not tolerate complacent and incompetent auditors – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo says his administration will not tolerate auditors who are either complacent or incompetent. He has charged Auditors in the various districts to...

Police react to brawl in Parliament

The Ghana Police Service has explained why it refrained from visiting Parliament to enforce the law during a scuffle between Members of Parliament (MP)...

3 police impersonators remanded

The Aflao District Court has remanded three suspects who were arrested for impersonating Police officers in a swoop at Aflao in the Ketu South...

Christian Council bares teeth at MPs

The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) has condemned the chaotic scenes in Parliament on Monday and called on Members of Parliament (MPs) to smoke...

Water hamper: The selling Christmas package in Kumasi

During Christmas, hampers are given as gifts to loved ones and the needy. These hampers usually contain small non-perishable food items, particularly seasonal favourites such as...

Three killed, 2 injured in fatal crash at Atebubu [Photos]

Three persons have been crushed to death in a head-on-collision at Atebubu in the Bono East Region. A woman and a six-month-old-baby, who sustained...

Pedestrians call for new crash barriers on Accra-Tema motorway

Pedestrians who use the Accra-Tema motorway around the ‘Eighteen Junction’ are calling on the government to restore the crash barriers there. According to the...

Blame 1st and 2nd Deputy Speakers for Chaos in Parliament – Vanderpuye

Member of Parliament (MP) for Odododiodoo constituency, Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has opined that chaos which happened in Parliament should be blamed on the two...

If you get power humble yourself – Eric Adjei tells Akufo-Addo

National Democratic Congress' (NDC) Deputy Director of Communications for the Bono Region, Eric Adjei, has sent a strong message to the President, Nana Akufo-Addo...

School Feeding caterers threaten demo

School Feeding caterers are fuming with anger over unpaid arrears from the School Feeding Secretariat. According to these caterers, they have been given...

Fear grips residents of Gomoa Fetteh [Audio]

Residents of Gomoah Fetteh are living in fear following the attempt by eight people to assassinate the chief, Nana Abor Atta II. Per reports from...

NPP govt is insensitive to the plight of Ghanaians – Haruna Iddrisu

Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale Central and the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has described the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government as insensitive...

GRA cleaner jailed for stealing 5 computers estimated at GHc70k

The Circuit Court in Accra has sentenced a 39-year-old Casual Worker (cleaner) at the Accra Sector regional office of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA)...

MoMo agents bare teeth at govt over E-levy

JoyNews/AdomNews · MoMo Agents Send Strong Message To Govt Over E - Levy The Mobile Money Agent Association of Ghana has vowed to resist the...

We can’t write off your debt – ECG tells Krobos

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) says it cannot work with the proposal by the Krobo Groups to declare the over eight years disputed...

Former Mayor of Accra passes on

Former Mayor of Accra, Nat Nunoo-Amarteifio, passed away on Monday, close family sources have confirmed. The cause of death is not immediately known, according to...

Ghana targets 10% use of renewable energy by 2030 – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said Ghana is working towards depending on renewable energy for at least 30% of her power needs by 2030. He...

Increase patrols and checkpoints on our highways – Former MP

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Upper West Akim, Derrick Ohene Assifo Bekoe, has implored the Ghana Police Service to increase patrols and checkpoints...

Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council condemns Asamankese ‘chieftaincy riots’

The Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council has condemned riots that erupted at the Asamankese palace on Monday. The council has called on the police to immediately...

Be quick in fixing traffic lights – Former MP urges National Road Safety Commission

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Upper West Akim, Derrick Ohene Bekoe, has urged those in charge of Urban Roads and the Road Safety...

Suspected kidnappers, robbers killed at Yeji; Police chase three others

The Bono Regional Police Command has shot and killed two suspected robbers and kidnappers at Yeji. The police are on a manhunt for three...

Assemblies of God pastor hooted at and chased out of church [Video]

https://youtu.be/NBwYxDjkqJA Worshippers at the Jesus Assembly at the Hilltop-Ohwimase Branch of Assemblies of God, Ghana on Sunday hooted at and chased away the Ashanti West Regional...

Former MP blames govt for lack of enforcement of laws in the country

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Upper West Akim, Derek Ohene Bekoe, has stated that the government is responsible for the lack of enforcement...

Drug peddlers, 115 motor riders arrested in swoops ahead of yuletide [Photos]

The Volta Regional Police Command has arrested 115 motor riders and 36 drug peddlers including eight females in swoops ahead of the Christmas festivities. The...

Three illegal miners including 18-year-old girl arrested [Photos]

Three suspected illegal miners including an 18-year-old girl have been arrested at Sekyere-Boase in the Wassa-East District of the Western Region. Some items found...

COVID-19: Ghana places travel ban on Israel, South Korea, and Malta

The Government of Ghana has placed a travel ban on Israel, South Korea, and Malta commencing Monday, December 20, 2021. According to the Ministry of...

Two shot in alleged forceful takeover of Asamakese palace [Photos]

Two persons have allegedly sustained gunshot wounds at Asamakese in the Eastern Region following the installation of Osabarima Atiabisa Kantinka Pobi Asomaning, a parallel...

UG-UTAG sets date for indefinite strike

The University of Ghana branch of the University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UG-UTAG) has rejected a decision by the National Executive Council (NEC) of...

Transport Union banned from operating at Shiashie after clash with police

The Ayawaso West Municipal Security Council (MUSEC) in the Greater Accra Region has banned Vim Transport, a drivers’ union, from operating at the Shiashie...

Lordina Mahama puts smiles on faces of children at various orphanages [Photos]

Former First Lady, Lordina Mahama, through the Lordina Foundation, has donated Christmas goodies to six orphanages across the country. This is an annual charity...

Gomoa Fetteh Chief breaks silence on assassination attempt [Listen]

The Chief of Gomoa Fetteh in the Central Region, Nana Abor Atta II, is thanking God for saving his life. JoyNews/AdomNews · Gomoa Fetteh Chief...

Parliamentary Service Board meeting in Dubai; Asiedu Nketia clears air [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Parliamentary Service Board Meeting In Dubai; Asiedu Nketia Clears Air A member of the Parliamentary Service Board, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has confirmed their...

Mahama, NDC bigwigs visit head of Saviour Church [Photos]

Former President John Mahama, has paid a visit to the head of the Saviour Church of Ghana, Opanyin Kwaku Abraham Adusei. The visit was...

Mobile Money Agents to embark on massive e-levy demo

The Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana (MMAG) is set to embark on a march in protest against the proposed 1.75% electronic transaction levy (E-Levy)...

Assembly member killed in heavy crash

The Assembly Member for Amanase North Electoral Area in the Ayensuano District in Eastern Region has been crushed while on a motorbike attending an...

Ejura shooting: Families of victims appeal to Parliament for budgetary allocation

Families of the victims of the Ejura shooting have appealed to the leadership of Parliament for funds to be made available in the 2022...

KATH gets 4 respirators from German partners to help with Covid-19 fight

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has received four respirators from the University Hospital Rechts der Isar in Munich, Germany. The devices, worth 70,000 euros,...