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Charlotte Osei shares her Afghanistan experience

Former United Nations (UN) Elections Commissioner in Afghanistan, Mrs Charlotte Osei, has praised Afghans for their hospitality despite the violence there. According to the former...

ECG asks Asawinso residents to pay 10 percent of debt before reconnection

The Sefwi-Wiawso District office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has asked residents of Asawinso disconnected over the debt owed the company to...

Agenda 111 project – Dr Nsiah-Asare reveals source of funding

JoyNews/AdomNews · Government to fund Agenda 111 project - Dr Nsiah-Asare Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, has said that the Agenda 111 hospitals...

Ghana must exploit and monetise her gas for industrialisation- NAPO

The Minister for Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has stated that the country’s huge gas reserves make it imperative for her to exploit and monetise...

Man who raped daughter to prevent spiritual calamity remanded

A man, who told his 16-year daughter that his pastor had directed him to have sex with her to spare their family of spiritual...

Ridge Hospital clears air on funds for separation of Siamese twins

The Medical Director of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge Hospital), Dr Emmanuel Srofenyo, has cleared the air on funds for the separation of...

Agric Ministry to destroy 2 containers of Morroco tomatoes at Port

The Ministry of food and Agriculture (MoFA) says it would destroy two containers of tomatoes imported from Morocco at the Tema habour. This was announced...

Robbers attack anti-robbery police team

Some police officers deployed for anti-robbery duties in the Eastern Region were on Tuesday dawn attacked by a robbery gang. The robbers, allegedly wielding AK47...

UTAG agrees to call off strike

The University Teachers Association (UTAG) has agreed to suspend its strike following an emergency meeting with the National Labour Commission and the Ministry of...

Public Sector demo: Low turnout due to lack of funding – Leader explains [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Low turnout to Public Sector demo due to lack of funding The leader of the aggrieved public sector workers has explained the low...

Women lawyers bare teeth at ‘holy kiss’ priest

The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA-Ghana) has condemned the Anglican Priest involved in the kissing incident at St. Monica’s College of Education. FIDA-Ghana, therefore,...

Sack Adwoa Safo – School Feeding caterers to Akufo-Addo

Some aggrieved caterers of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) have made a fierce demand on President Akufo-Addo, to sack the Minister of Gender,...

Covid-19: Environmental officers suspend burial of dead bodies

The Environmental Health Officers Alliance Ghana (EHOAG) says it has suspended the burial of all persons who will die of Covid-19 in the country. The...

Low turnout at public sector workers’ demo [Photos]

The aggrieved public sector workers' demonstration recorded a low turnout as police personnel providing security outnumbered the protestors. The demo, which started at 9: 00...

Drop the cassock if you can’t stop kissing young girls— Bishop to kissing Anglican Priest

The Head Pastor and the Founder of Alabaster International Minis-Ines (Alabaster House Chapel), Prophet Kofi Oduro, has told the Anglican Priest, who was caught...

NRSA eulogises Koduah Atuahene for role in Authority’s transition

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has conferred an honorary award on Kwame Koduah Atuahene for playing an instrumental role in its transition from...

Ken, Angela Ofori-Atta build flats for doctors

The Ken and Angela Ofori-Atta Foundation has handed over a newly completed six-unit accommodation facility to the Kyebi Government Hospital in the Abuakwa South...

Akufo-Addo eulogises Adu Boahen as he commissions durbar ground in his honour [Photos]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has heaped praises on a late founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Prof Albert Kwadwo Adu Boahen for his...

Charlotte Osei sends message to churches over LGBT+ saga [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Charlotte Osei sends message to churches over LGBT+ saga Former Electoral Commission (EC) chair, Mrs Charlotte Osei, has waded into the ongoing debate...

Estate Developer swindles church member over Malawian visa and ticket

 A 32-year-old Estate Developer, accused of swindling his own church member over a Malawian visa and air ticket, has appeared before an Adentan Circuit...

Victoria Hamah’s father to be buried on this date…

The funeral rites of John Alex Hamah, the father of Victoria Hamah, an appointee in the erstwhile Mahama administration, have been scheduled for Saturday,...

Man found hanging dead on orange tree

A man, believed to be in his forties, has committed suicide by hanging on an orange tree at Tinkong, a farming Community in Akuapem...

Its absolute lie – Mahama speaks on financing #FixTheCountry campaigners

Former President John Dramani Mahama has denied financing the #FixTheCountry demonstration recently staged in Accra. He has, therefore, described as an “absolute lie”, a claim...

Deputy Education Minister reacts to ‘Holy Kiss’ brouhaha [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Deputy Education Minister reacts to ‘Holy Kiss’ brouhaha Deputy Minister for Education, Rev John Ntim Fordjour, has described the viral 'holy kiss' scandal...

Accra goes red as public sector workers embark on demo [Photos]

The Obra Spot at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle was wrapped in red and black as the aggrieved public sector workers embark on a demonstration. The...

St. Monica’s College of Education begins counselling for female students kissed by reverend father

Authorities of St. Monica’s College of Education at Asante Mampong have started providing counselling services to students who were kissed by the Chaplain of...

Minister storms Kokomlemle, removes pillars, abandoned cars on road [Photo]

Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has taken his making Accra clean campaign to his constituency. The Minister, who is Member of Parliament for Ayawaso...

Agenda 111: This is what Gabby has to say

A member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has lauded government's intent to build 111 hospitals across the country. Government has...

Hairstylist in court over bigamy

A hairstylist, Angelina Azumah, has appeared before a Madina District Court over charges of bigamy and fraudulent breach of trust. She is said to have...

1 dead, another injured in accident at Fetteh Kakraba

A 45-year-old man, Kofi Nyame, has met his death, while another is in critical condition in a gory accident at Fetteh Kakraba on the...

Crushed Young: Queen mothers, other stakeholders resolve to become Road Safety Ambassadors

There were emotional outbursts by some participants at the public screening of the latest JoyNews documentary, ‘Crushed Young’, produced by Seth Kwame Boateng. Touched by...

Aggrieved customers of Gold Coast Fund Management threaten demo

"If you have an ambition of leading the New Patriotic Party (NPP), then show leadership as the head of economic management team of the...

Teenager who pulled machete on teacher jailed

The Odumase Krobo District Court in the Eastern Region has jailed a man who stormed Kodjonya Millennium Presbyterian Junior High School with a machete...

Agenda 111: Over 20,000 health professionals to be employed in new hospitals

President Nana Akufo-Addo has indicated that about 20,000 health professionals would be employed when government’s Agenda 111 hospital projects is completed. The project involves the...

Kasoa murder: Teen suspect reveals 10-year-old’s last question

Chilling details have emerged from the Kaneshie District Court about how the two teenagers murdered a 10-year-old at Kasoa in the Central Region. Felix Nyarko...

Drama as man’s hand gets stuck in public toilet while chasing his phone [Video]

A 26-year-old man met his misfortune Monday afternoon when his hand got stuck inside a squatting pan while chasing his phone. In what has been...

Agenda 111 Hospital Projects: Check out cost, completion timeline

The government's Agenda 111 projects will be completed within 18 months, President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced. According to him, each of the projects will also...

Two-year-old boy electrocuted at Afigya Kwabre

Two-year-old Kwaku Antwi has been electrocuted at Ahenkro in the Afigya Kwabre North District of the Ashanti Region. Reports indicate the incident occurred around 2:30...

Provision of street lights will reduce accidents and crimes on our roads – NRSA

The Head of Regulations, Inspection and Compliance at the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), Kwame Koduah Atuahene, has called on City Mayors, Chief Executives...

Covid-19: Ghana’s death toll hits 930

Deaths associated with the Covid-19 pandemic are on the rise, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). As of August 12, the number of deaths...