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Another decaying body discovered in uncompleted building at Bole

Another lifeless body has been discovered in an uncompleted building at Chorebaar, a suburb of Bole in the Savannah Region sparking fear among residents. The...

Why NABCO trainees were asked to remain at post [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · NABCO BOSS ON WHY THEY ARE STILL AT POST Chief Executive Officer of Nation Builders’ Corps (NABCO), Dr Ibrahim Anyars, has revealed why...

Court sentences unemployed for mobile phone theft

The District Magistrate Court at Enchi has sentenced Raymond Donkor, 19, unemployed, to a fine of GH¢600 or in default, serve six months in...

Full capacity approved for Hearts and Kotoko super clash – NSA

The National Sports Authority (NSA) has confirmed that the match between Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko will be played in front of a...

Special Prosecutor summons former Ejisu MP for allegedly paying bribes to delegates

The Office of the Special Prosecutor has begun processes to prosecute former Member of Parliament for Ejisu, Kwabena Owusu Aduomi, for allegedly confessing to...

ECG fixes falling pylon after Nhyira FM reports

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has taken steps to protect a pylon that posed safety threat to some residents in the Buokrom community...

One Teacher-One Laptop policy successful, 80% of laptops distributed – Bawumia

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has said the distribution of laptops to teachers under the ‘One Teacher-One Laptop’ policy has recorded impressive success...

Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing plant to be set up in 2 years – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo says government aims at building a domestic Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing plant in the next two years. According to him, the plant would...

Ghana’s unemployment rate among the least in the world – Employment Minister

The Employment and Labour Relations Minister, Ignatius Baffour Awuah, has asserted that Ghana is among countries with the lowest figures on unemployment in the...

Expect transport fares increment – Transport Minister

JoyNews/AdomNews · Expect transport fares increment Minister for Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has said commuters should expect an increment in transport fares. He explained that, anytime...

70-year-old man commits suicide

A 70-year-old man has died after he reportedly jumped into a well at Kukurantumi in the Abuakwa North municipality of the Eastern Region. ...

Motion for probe into Mills’ death won’t go beyond Speaker’s office – Asiedu Nketia

JoyNews/AdomNews · Asiedu Nketia reacts to motion on Mills' death General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has said calls...

63-year-old jailed 18 years for defiling great-granddaughter

A 63-year-old farmer, Isaac Appah, who defiled his 12-year-old greatgranddaughter at Twifo Hemang in the Central Region, has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment...

NABCo boss ‘clashes’ with trainees over unpaid allowances

Chief Executive Officer of Nation Builders Corps (NABCo), Dr Ibrahim Anyars, has revealed the reason behind the undue delay of salaries of trainees for...

GCB Bank PLC names fraudsters; exposes their new trick

The GCB Bank PLC has exposed two individuals, posing as their staff to defraud unsuspecting victims. The persons, according to the bank, are acting under...

Man, 62, shoots himself in the mouth

A 62-year-old farmer, Selinty Gehele, has allegedly shot himself at Nkyensekrom near Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region. The incident...

When Atta Mills died – Former Director of State Protocol recounts in upcoming book

There is controversy surrounding the death of former President Prof John Evans Atta Mills yet again. Four NPP MPs, led by Majority Chief Whip, Frank...

Nduom wins again as Birim loses appeal in US

A District Judge of the United States Federal Court in Chicago, Illinois, Thomas M. Durkin, has dismissed an appeal filed by Birim Group against...

First Lady donates GHC50K to Apiate Support Fund

The First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, on Thursday donated GHC50,000 to the Apiate Support Fund for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the community. In her...

BOST sanctions transporters for fuel adulteration

The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) has surcharged six transporters for adulterating petroleum products worth GH¢3,445,200.00 at its Kumasi depot last...

What do you care about his death? – Atta Mills’ brother quizzes Annoh-Dompreh [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · What do you care about his death? - Atta Mills' brother quizzes Annoh-Dompreh Samuel Atta Mills, a brother of the late President John...

Assembly member charged for stealing relief items

The assembly member for Kedzikope in the Keta municipality, Joseph Quashigah, has been dragged before the Keta Circuit Court in the Volta region. The action...

Dzifa Attivor finally goes home [Photos]

The final funeral rites of former Transport Minister, Dzifa Attivor has been held. The forecourt of the State House was wrapped in red and black...

Atta Mills’ brother throws big challenge over motion to probe his death [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Samuel Atta Mils On Probe Samuel Atta Mills, brother of late Professor Atta Mills, has dared four Majority parliamentarians to proceed with their...

UPSA-UTAG rescinds decision to return to class despite court order

The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) chapter of the University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UTAG) has rescinded its decision to return to class...

UTAG strike: No politician can call it off, only members – Gyampo

Secretary to the University of Ghana Chapter of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Prof Ransford Gyampo, says it is out of place...

Tema High Court dismisses Barker-Vormawor’s ‘habeas corpus’ application

The Tema High Court has dismissed a habeas corpus application by Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormawor who has been charged with treason felony and is currently...

Chiefs are reducing the roles of queen mothers – Asantehene

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, says he has noticed the troubling trend of chiefs diminishing the functions of queen mothers by reducing their resources. Despite...

Fire guts 3 storey building at Obuasi Kyekyewere [Video]

A three-storey building consisting of 16 bedrooms owned by Shengfa Company Ghana Limited has been completely destroyed by a fire outbreak. The Chinese company near...

Annoh-Dompreh, 3 others file motion for bi-partisan investigation into Mills’ death

Four members of the Majority in Parliament, led by Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, have filed a Private Member’s motion calling for a bi-partisan...

Let go of our past, we’ve been born again – IGP tells Ghanaians

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has entreated members of the public to forgo the past and reignite their hope in...

GPRTU to increase fares effective February 26

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has announced that commuters should expect an increment in transport fares from Saturday, February 26. Speaking in an...

Ghanaian’s react to fuel price hike

Some Ghanaians have complained bitterly about the sudden and rapid fuel price increment in the country. On February 17, Private Commercial Transport Operators announced the...

Gunmen kill chief volunteer at Ejura

Gunmen have shot and killed a community chief volunteer on the Kyenkyenkura stretch at Ejura in the Ashanti Region. Dabilnam Paknamwa was shot in the...

Why Meteo workers are on indefinite strike

Workers of the Ghana Meteorological Agency have declared an indefinite industrial strike. The workers, in a statement, indicated it takes effect from Friday, February...

Govt to set up military base at Afram Plains

The government will set up a military base at Akyemfuor near Maame Krobo in the Afram Plains South District to tackle growing insecurity associated...

Checkout photos of girl who hoisted CAN 2008 trophy all grown up

The eight-year-old girl, who held the trophy during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana, has been revealed. The picture of the...

Health Minister inaugurates Ghana College of Pharmacists Board

Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has inaugurated an 11-member governing body of the Ghana College of Pharmacists. The board, chaired by Odeneho Kwafo Akoto III, was...

We know the cause of Atta Mills’ death – Family [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · We know the cause of Atta Mills' death – Family Brother to the late President of Ghana, John Evans Atta Mills, Samuel Atta...

I have no evidence… – Investigator in Ofosu-Ampofo case tells court

Chief Inspector Bernard Berko, the investigator in the case in which the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo and Anthony...