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Yellow Fever: Central Region on high alert

The Central Region is on high alert following the outbreak of yellow fever in parts of the country, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has...

FDA cautions animal rearers to stop using antibiotics as growth promoters

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) is cautioning people who rear animals to stop using antibiotics as growth promoters in food producing animals. In statement...

4 notorious robbery suspects busted at Weija

The police have arrested four suspected notorious robbers who operate within Weija in the Ga South Municipality of Accra and its environs. The suspects have...

Missing armoury: Auditor-General drops bombshell

Five AK47 rifles and 100 rounds of ammunition have gone missing from the armoury of the Tamale Police Station; this is according to the...

Alban Bagbin mourns with Dzifa Attivor’s family [Photos]

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, on Friday led a delegation to commiserate with the family of late former Transport Minister, Dzifa Attivor. The National Democratic...

AIDS Commission warns against unprotected sex as HIV soars in Eastern Region

The acting Eastern Regional Technical Coordinator of the Technical Unit of the Ghana AIDS Commission, Ebenezer Appiah Agyekum Abrokwa, has disclosed that HIV infection...

Over five communities at Kumbungu protest over bad roads

Over five communities in the Kumbungu District of the Northern Region, including Dalun and Nawuni Monday, demonstrated against the government over the abandoned Kumbungu...

Bawumia’s Executive Secretary installed chief

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s Executive Secretary, Augustine Blay, has been installed Boafohene of Sefwiman for his immense contribution to Ghana’s digitalisation agenda and...

Teachers raise red flag over ‘1 teacher 1 laptop’ initiative

JoyNews/AdomNews · Teachers raise red flag over 1 teacher 1 laptop initiative Some concerned teachers are raising issues about the 'one-teacher one laptop' initiative by...

35-year-old Fire Officer who died in rescue operation laid to rest [Video]

The final funeral rites for the late Fire Officer Joseph Baidoo has been held at Ntranoa, a farming community close to Ankaful Prison Quarters...

Amoako Atta’s reasons for abrupt halt of toll collection is an insult to road users – IMANI boss

The Chief Executive of IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, Franklin Cudjoe, says the Road Minister’s justification after he was reprimanded by Parliament for...

Tsikata’s family breaks silence on his death; announces burial plans

The family of Captain Kojo Tsikata has confirmed the death of the former National Security Head under late Rawlings' Provisional National Defence Council. The...

Child labour: 3 Million minors locked up

The traffic lights are meant to regulate the movement of vehicles and maintain order at road intersections, but for 13-year-old Razak, who makes his...

Yilo Krobo: One shot, 3 sustain machete wounds in renewed chieftaincy dispute [Photos]

There is escalating tension in the Yilo Krobo Traditional area following a renewed chieftaincy feud which has led to one person being shot while...

Convict shot dead in attempt to escape on his way to prison

Police in Accra have shot and killed a convict who tried to escape while being conveyed to prison. The incident happened on Friday morning,...

We should reconsider how people are enrolled into Law School – UTAG President

National President of the University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UTAG), Prof. Solomon Nunoo, has called for a review of existing policies about legal education....

Toilet Day: Over 1,500 residents register for household toilets in Greater Kumasi

The Greater Kumasi Sanitation Project, an intervention by city authorities, to reduce open defecation in parts of Ashanti Region, is yielding positive results. Through the...

Sammy Gyamfi proposes ways Ghana can recover from economic hardship

The National Communications Officer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has proposed ways Ghana can recover from economic hardship instead of the...

Ghana Immigration Service to construct new headquarters

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) is set to embark on massive developmental infrastructure across the country. The Greater Accra Regional Commander of GIS, DCI Mrs...

COVID-19: Our airports are safe ahead of Christmas

The Senior Vector Control Officer at Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), Enoch Mintah, has reassured Ghanaians of his outfit's preparedness to contain any ensuing danger...

ESPA calls for environmental service providers in Northern Ghana to join umbrella organisation

Executive Secretary of the Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA), Mrs Ama Ofori Antwi, has called on all environmental service providers including waste management companies...

Farm labourer jailed over indecent assault

A 20-year-old farm labourer has been sentenced to nine months imprisonment by the Tepa District court for indecent assault. Kwadwo Ayaama was said to have...

BECE: Boy drowns while jubilating with friends

A 14-year-old boy has allegedly drowned while jubilating with friends who had just completed their Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). This unfortunate incident occurred at...

GNFS engages drivers on proper preventive measures against fire outbreak

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), Kwame Nkrumah Circle Division, on Friday, November 19 held an educational programme for drivers at the Ghana...

World Children’s Day: UNICEF unveils new mural designed by pupils

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Ghana on Friday, November 19, unveiled a new mural designed by school children across Ghana. Under the theme 'A...

2022 Budget: Police to meet FixTheCountry convenors over demo

The Ghana Police Service has scheduled to meet convenors of the FixTheCountry Movement over their decision to protest on Friday, November 26, 2021. The meeting...

FixTheCountry Movement to demonstrate over 2022 Budget

The convenors of the #FixTheCountry Movement say they will demonstrate on November 26, to register their dissatisfaction with the 2022 Budget. In a statement on...

What this invigilator did to a BECE candidate will shock you [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · BECE candidate eases on self after invigilator denies access to washroom A 15-year-old Basic Education Certificate (BECE) candidate was embarrassed at Mankessim Methodist...

Female passenger dies as container falls on bus

The Federal Road Safety Corps at Anambra said an accident involving two vehicles at Amansea junction, by Awka-Enugu Expressway, claimed the life of a...

62-year-old woman scammed by fraudster who pretended to be her daughter

A gran lost more than £6,500 after a fraudster posed as her daughter on WhatsApp. Grandmother Teresa Griffiths believed the texts from the messaging app were from her...

We are charting a new path – IGP on Policing in Ghana

The Inspector-General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has declared his intention to transform the Ghana Police Service from an infamous institution to one...

Lady, 21, who bathed ex-lover’s girlfriend with acid sentenced

The Bole District Magistrate Court, presided over by His Worship, Edward Essel, has convicted and sentenced 21-year-old Hannah Bayiri who poured acid on her...

Good news for newly-trained teachers

The Ministry of Finance has given financial clearance for the recruitment of over 16,000 newly-trained teachers by the Ghana Education Service (GES). “Financial clearance is...

Ghana, South Africa Match: No Ghanaian stabbed to death – High Commission

The High Commission of Ghana in South Africa has denied reports that a Ghanaian has been stabbed to death following the outcome of the...

Budget 2022: School Feeding National Coordinator reacts to expansion

The National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), Gertrude Quashigah has lauded the government’s pronouncement to increase the number of beneficiary pupils...

Ken Ofori-Atta opens up on his health status [Listen]

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has opened up about his struggles with ill-health in recent times. Speaking in an interview on Accra-based Metro TV,...

Final year student narrates 29-day ordeal with kidnappers

A victim of kidnap from Bassa in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger, Rufai Galadima, on Thursday related the agonising 29 days he spent...

Ken Ofori-Atta declares presidential stance

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has settled a debate on whether or not he has any presidential ambition. According to him, he is not...

Tema drivers resist toll removal; propose alternatives to govt [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Tema drivers resist toll removal; propose alternatives to govt Though a section of the public is happy about the closure of toll booth...

Family of General Acheampong meets Asantehene [Photos]

The family of Ghana’s former head of state, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, has paid a courtesy call on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. ...