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Buaben Asamoa gives new twist to E-levy tax

The Director of Communications of the New Patriotic Party, Yaw Buaben Asamoa, says the introduction of the 1.75 per cent E-levy ushers Ghana into...

IET, Ghana gets new president

The Institution of Engineering and Technology, (IET) Ghana has inducted a new president, Engineer Henry Kwadwo Boateng, who takes over the mantle of leadership...

Keta tidal waves: NADMO boss sends strong message to critics

The Director-General of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Eric Nana Agyemang-Prempeh, has replied critics who were displeased with how the institution handled the...

2 die as vehicle plunges into river

The Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun Command has said that two persons lost their lives when another vehicle plunged into the Ososa River along...

Pressure mounts on popular pastor to resign for saying “the best person to rape is your wife”

An online petition initiated to call for the resignation or removal of a Seventh-Day Adventist Church pastor who urged men to rape their wives...

Sam George, 6 other colleagues escape highway robbery attack

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram, Sam George, and six other colleagues on Wednesday night escaped a robbery attack. The incident reportedly occurred on...

Chief, 21 others arrested over shooting incident at Yamoah Nkwanta [Video]

https://youtu.be/TIycixHagFY The Central East Police Command has arrested 22 persons including the Chief of Yamoah Nkwanta near Kasoa over a shooting incident that marred the...

More than 280,000 Ghanaians live with type 2 diabetes

More than 280,000 Ghanaian adults, 40 years and above, are living with type two diabetes due to poor dieting, inactivity, and the intake of...

Kwesi Nduom wins big case in US

A United States (US) Federal court in Chicago, Illinois, has dismissed a complaint filed against GN Bank, its Chairman, Dr Papa Nduom, as well...

Man, 35, stabbed to death at Buduburam

A 35-year-old man, Samuel Tuga, has reportedly been stabbed to death at Buduburam Big Apple in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region....

There is no hiding place for criminals in Kasoa – Police assures

The Central East Regional Police Command has assured residents in Kasoa and surrounding communities that it will leave no stone unturned in its bid...

GRA to publish names of tax defaulting OMCs

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has given a grace period for Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) and their managers who have defaulted in the payment...

I don’t have any image in Ghana now – Health Minister [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · I Don't Have Any Image In Ghana Over Sputnik Deal - Health Minister Embattled Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has expressed sadness over the...

EC proposes use of Ghana Card for 2022 voter registration

As part of preparations for its voter registration exercise next year, the Electoral Commission (EC) is proposing the adoption of the Ghana Card as...

UPSA reacts to expulsion of students over ‘lesbianism’

The Management of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) has urged the public to disregard reports of expelling two female students from the...

Technical University Senior Administrators Association hints of imminent strike

The Technical University Senior Administrators Association has registered their displeasure over the unfair treatment of some senior members who are non-teaching staff. According to the...

Tanzania to scrap ban on pregnant school girls

A 19-year-old rule that banned pregnant students from attending school in Tanzania is to be scrapped, a minister says.Education Minister Prof Joyce Ndalichako said...

Police apologise for shooting incident

The Northern Regional Police Command has apologized for the incident which led to the shooting of one person at Bimbilla on Tuesday evening. The Command...

Ghana might go back to ‘dumsor’ by 2026 if…

"Going into 2022 we no longer have excess capacity. Because now, when people were talking about excess capacity four years ago we have been...

Kpandai SDA honours mason for erecting 500 capacity church for free

The Kpandai Hospital Road Seventh-Day Adventist Church has honoured a mason for his generosity in erecting a church building for free. The church, which started...

Allotey Jacobs attributes NSMQ success to Free SHS

JoyNews/AdomNews · Allotey Jacobs attributes NSMQ success to free SHS The performance of some Senior High Schools (SHS) known as 'underdogs' in the ongoing National...

COVID-19: Mass vaccination kicks off in Volta Region

The Volta Regional Co-ordinating Council has announced that a mass COVID-19 vaccination exercise has begun in all 18 districts and municipalities of the region. A...

Bawku Security Council bans smocks

JoyNews/AdomNews · Security Council bans smock in Bawku The Bawku Municipal Security Council in the Upper East Region has imposed a ban on the wearing...

18-year-old lady abducted on way to meet boyfriend who waited all night for her

A missing teen may have been snatched from the street by a "stranger" while her distraught boyfriend waited all night for her to arrive. Bobbi-Anne...

Curfew imposed at Bawku

The Minister for the Interior has announced a 14-hour curfew in the Bawku Municipality in the Upper East Region. The duration of the curfew, which...

VIP bus crashes two motor riders to death

A motor rider and his pillion passenger have been crashed to death by a VIP bus with registration number GT 5416-20 at Techiman-Tanoso in...

Release Funny Face’s mobile phone to him – Court orders investigators

The Circuit Court in Accra has ordered investigators to release the mobile phone of Nana Yaw Oduro Boateng, popularly known as Funny Face, to...

Konongo-Odumasi SHS killing: Court remands suspects for the third time

The Konongo District Court has for the third time remanded the five students arrested for their roles in the death of a student of...

Man found dead in cesspit at Battor

A man, believed to be in his 60s, has been found dead in a cesspit at Battor in the North Tongu District of the...

Former Venture Capital CEO, others default in payment of GH¢20m

The former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF), Daniel Duku, and three others are yet to settle their indebtedness....

Korle Bu disowns unauthorised Covid passport

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has denied issuing any Covid-19 passport as a vaccination document in the name of the hospital. Covid passports are usually...

NSMQ 2021: Good news for Keta SHTS squad

A former Presidential Staffer under the erstwhile Mahama administration, Stan Dogbe, is set to gift laptops to the 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) Keta Senior...

Man, 22, shot dead for allegedly stealing spices

An unknown person has shot dead a 22-year-old man after he allegedly stole spices from a shop at Asuofia-Asamang in the Atwima Nwabiagya North...

Teach human rights in schools – Akoto Ampaw

A lawyer and human rights activist, Anthony Akoto Ampaw, says it has become imperative to include the teaching of human rights in the country’s...

2 students of UPSA expelled from hostel over alleged lesbianism activity

Two female resident students of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) have been expelled from the institution’s hostel for allegedly engaging in a...

Opuni trial: Association of Magistrates and Judges fight off accusations against Supreme Court Judge [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · JUDGES GO WILD The Association of Magistrates and Judges has described as malicious and false some accusations levelled against Supreme Court Judge Clemence...

We will label E-levy projects for all to see – John Boadu

General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, John Boadu, has indicated all projects to be executed with revenues generated from the Electronic Taxation Levy...

We chose the best for the country – Abu Jinapor on E-levy brouhaha

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has mounted a spirited defence for the government's decision to introduce an Electronic Taxation...

There won’t be any sky train in Ghana, it’s not possible now – Minister for Railway Development

The Minister for Railway Development, John Peter Amewu, has said the government would not be able to construct any sky train in the country. According...

Horrific moment car veers off road and slams into woman smoking cigarette on bench

This is the shocking moment a woman smoking a cigarette is suddenly pinned against a street bench by an out-of-control hatchback. Astonishing CCTV footage shows...