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Crushed Young: Ekosii Sen Impact Project cuts sod for 3-bedroom apartment for road accident victim [Photos]

A sod has been cut for work to begin on a three-bedroom apartment for Moses Addai, a 13-year-old boy whose right leg has been...

Gushegu police arrest man for allegedly defiling 10-year-old girl

Police at Gushegu in the Northern Region have arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl on Monday, August 9, 2021. The Gushegu...

Minister involved in ghastly accident [Photo+Video]

The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah, has been involved in a ghastly accident. The accident occurred on Saturday on the Fiapre-...

MP escapes death after vehicle somersaults twice [Photos]

The Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi, Rockson Dafeamekpor, has escaped death after being involved in a ghastly accident. The accident occurred after a...

Health Minister has a message for Ghanaians

Embattled Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, says he has always acted in the interest of Ghana in discharging his core mandate. According to Mr Agyemang-Manu, he...

Ga Mashie celebrates Homowo today

The celebration of Homowo, the primary festival of the people of Ga, will be held in Ga Mashie today with a call on all...

One-week observation for policeman who died in Bagbin’s convoy accident [Photos]

The one-week observation for the dispatch rider of Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin's convoy, Chief Inspector Abednego Kaachire Kofie, has been held. The ceremony took...

I want to go back – 10-year-old street boy begs after losing ‘home’ under overhead bridge

Born and raised in the border town of Sampa, somewhere in the Bono region, 10-year-old Eben was excited about the prospects of visiting Accra...

Mahama mourns with former GRIDCo boss as he buries son [Photos]

Former President John Mahama, on Friday, August 13, 2021, joined ex-boss of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), William Amuna, to lay his son, Andrew...

SHS final year student stabs teacher

A final year student of Three Town Senior High School (SHS) near Denu in the Ketu South Municipality has stabbed his teacher. The teacher, John...

25-year-old arrested for allegedly defiling girl, 10

A 25-year-old man, Sulemana Manu, has been arrested by the Gushegu police in the Northern Region for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl at Pisinga. The...

Woman shot in highway robbery

A female passenger sustained gunshot wounds in another highway robbery attack at Afram Plains South District of the Eastern Region. The woman was rushed to...

Policeman crushed to death on Tema Motorway

A policeman attached to the Workshop of the Ghana Police Service in Accra has been crushed to death by a motorist on the Accra-Tema...

Sections of N1, N2 Highways to experience disruptions in traffic flow on Saturday and Sunday

The Ministry of Roads and Highways has announced that parts of the N1 and N2 Highways will experience disruptions in traffic flow between Saturday,...

JHS shut down as man invades premises with machete

Kodjonya Millennium Presbyterian Junior High School (JHS) in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region has been temporarily closed down. This is...

‘Three months grace period’ for tenants to vacate rented place is not in our laws – Rent Control PRO

There has been some form of confusion as to whether or not a landlord should grant a tenant grace period to vacate a premise...

Manasseh Azure Awuni: Andrew Amuna returns home, but not to stay

Andrew Mbabila Amuna had missed his mother and father, so he invited them to visit him in the United States. Some months earlier, William...

COVID-19: GHS starts administering Johnson and Johnson vaccines

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has begun administering the Johnson and Johnson vaccines. The Director of Health Promotion at the GHS, Dr Aboagye DaCosta, revealed...

Former Standards Authority boss cited for receiving double salary

A former Executive Director of the Ghana Standards Authority, Dr George Ben Crentsil, has been cited in a 2020 Auditor-General’s report for receiving a...

COVID-19: Six die at Suntreso hospital in one month

Six persons have died of the coronavirus within a month at the Suntreso Government Hospital in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region. The Medical...

Woman arrested with dead birds allegedly infected by avian flu at Mankranso

Police at Mankranso in the Ahafo Ano South East District of the Ashanti Region are holding a middle-aged woman in custody after she was...

One arrested in connection with alleged lynching of miner

A 31-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an alleged assault on a miner at Manso-Asamang in the Amansie West District of the...

Graduate reportedly commits suicide over fear of carryover [Photos]

The burden of failure was too heavy for a fresh university graduate to bear and as a result, she reportedly took her life. Oshokoya Deborah...

Covid-19: GMA makes shocking revelation about Delta variant [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Covid-19: GMA makes shocking revelation about Delta variant The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has said the third wave of coronavirus infections driven by...

Latest on 2021/2022 nursing and midwifery admissions at 37 Military Hospital

The Nursing and Midwifery Training College of the 37 Military Hospital on Thursday announced that it would end the sale of online admission application...

At least 4 dead, others injured in fatal accident on Konongo road [Video]

At least four persons have been reported dead with others injured in a fatal accident on the Konong-Kumasi highway. The incident, according to reports, occurred...

38-year-old woman cut into 2 in fatal accident near Suhum

A 38-year-old woman has died after she was severed in a fatal accident at Krobom-Obretema near Suhum on the Accra-Kumasi highway. The deceased has been...

NACOC, police intercept 9,752 slabs of cannabis [Photos]

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), in collaboration with the Volta Regional Police Command, has seized 9,752 slabs of cannabis. The seized items are estimated to...

IGP launches Horse Patrol Operations [Photos]

The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has launched the Horse Patrol Operations as part of efforts to strengthen the resolve to...

Chief remanded for raping his sister-in-law

A 42-year-old sub-chief at Gomoa Buduatta in the Central Region has been remanded into police custody for allegedly raping his sister-in-law. The Awutu Bereku District...

COVID-19: GHS to begin offering Johnson & Johnson vaccine shots from Friday

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is expected to begin giving out jabs of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against the COVID-19 virus in the...

Akwamuman SHS wins 2021 0nga Art Cook Competition

The third edition of Onga Cook Art, a second cycle culinary contest came to a successful end with Akwamuman SHS emerging as champions. This was...

COVID-19 is no respector of persons – Hassan Ayariga preaches after near-death experience

Founder and Leader of the All People's Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has joined the COVID-19 awareness campaign. This was after his near-death experience after being...

Nurse accused of replacing COVID-19 vaccines with saline solution

Authorities in Northern Germany have appealed to thousands of people to get another shot of the Covid vaccine. This was after a police investigation found...

Judges, magistrates and police must experience prison life – Justice Kulendi

Supreme Court Judge, Yonny Kulendi, says the difficulty in justice delivery in the country can be reduced when agents including judges, magistrates and police...

Mining firm guards allegedly assault worker to death at Manso-Asamang

A 27-year-old man is alleged to have been assaulted to death by guards of a Community Mining firm at Manso-Asamang in the Amansie West...

8 districts record Covid-19 Delta Variant cases in Western Region

The Western Regional Health Promotion Officer says eight Districts in the Region have recorded the Covid-19 Delta Variant cases. Daniel Bomfeh said the Regional Covid-19...

Kadjebi records increases in HIV/AIDS cases

The Kadjebi District in the Oti Region has recorded 66 new HIV/AIDS cases as of June 2021 compared with 51 cases recorded in the...

Deputy Majority Leader confirms receipt of $2.4m refunded by Sheikh Al Maktoum

Deputy Majority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has confirmed that the United Arab Emirates-based agent in the botched attempt to procure Sputnik V vaccines...

Fixing Ghana is a collective responsibility – Chief of Chiraa to Ghanaians

The Chief of the Chiraa Traditional Area in the Sunyani West District of the Bono Region, Nana Afari Mintah, has told Ghanaians that Ghana...