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Attorney-General commiserates with Justice Marful-Sau’s family

The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice has eulogised the late Justice Samuel Marful-Sau, describing him as an excellent Common Law judge with immense intellectual...

Shell to pay $111m over 1970s oil spill in Nigeria

Oil giant Shell will pay a Nigerian community $111m (£80m) over an oil spill more than 50 years ago. A spokesman said the payment would...

Kaaka’s murder: No show for suspects as docket is forwarded to A-G’s office [Video]

Relatives of three accused persons standing trial for the murder of social media activist, Ibrahim Mohammed at Ejura, were left disappointed as the court...

Landlord jailed for renting out facility without toilet

A landlord has been sentenced for renting out his building without a toilet facility to tenants. Abdulai Maman pleaded guilty with an explanation that he...

French Ambassador apologises after hosting Sam George

The French Ambassador to Ghana, Anne Sophie Ave, has rendered a public apology after hosting Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram, Sam George,...

ECG’s procured prepaid metres worth ¢59m not in use after 5 years – Auditor-General

It has emerged that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), between 2014 and 2016, procured prepaid meters and conductors worth ¢59 million, but the...

Man found dead in uncompleted building [Photos]

A middle-aged man has been found dead in an uncompleted building at Adweso Estate near the Trinity Presbyterian Church of Ghana in the New...

Heavy traffic on Tema Motorway as trailer, other cars are involved in accident

There is heavy vehicular traffic on the Tema Motorway after a Tema-bound tractor-trailer skidded into the middle of the road. This has made it difficult...

Robbers on raping spree at West Mamprusi

Residents in communities along the Wulugu - Kpasenkpe road in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region are calling on the Inspector-General...

Speaker Bagbin sends important message to Ethiopian MPs

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has charged some Ethiopian Members of Parliamet (MPs) to disregard the negative aspects of the country’s democracy and take...

Dubai Sheikh refunds Ghana’s money after botched Sputnik vaccine deal

The Emirati at the centre of the botched Sputnik V vaccine deal, Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum, has fulfilled his promise to refund $ 2,470,000 to...

Ghana Immigration Service repatriates 76 illegal immigrants

The Ghana Immigration Service has repatriated some 76 illegal immigrants suspected to be recruited as internet fraudsters. The immigrants, which consist 72 Togo nationals and...

Kofi Dzamesi appointed CEO of Bui Power Authority

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Samuel Kofi Dzamesi as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bui Power Authority. The immediate past Minister for...

Food shortage hits Damongo SHS [Photos]

Over 1,800 students at Damongo Senior High School (SHS) in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region are worried as the school is...

Woman claims her sisters made her blind after a rich man promised to marry her at age 13

Visually impaired old lady, Portia Essah, lives alone in a village called Saakye in the Central Region and she claims that her sisters caused...

Akufo-Addo enstooled as ‘Nkosohene’ at Chiraa

President Nana Akufo-Addo has been installed as Nkosohene (Development Chief) by Nana Yeboah Pene, the Queen-Mother of Chiraa in the Sunyani West District of...

Groom whose wife refused to kiss him breaks silence [Video]

A young Ghanaian couple recently went viral after a video from their marriage ceremony popped up on social media. In the video, the bride, for...

1D1F: Akuapem Gold set to begin processing of avocado oil in September

Akuapem Gold Avocado Cultivation and Processing Limited, is set to start processing oil from avocado as well as export the raw fruit beginning September...

Bibiani Degede wife killer arrested [Photo]

The 28-year-old man, who allegedly murdered his wife at Bibiani-Ahwiaso-Bekwai in the Western Region, has been arrested by the police. Emmanuel Okyere Baffuor was apprehended...

Lighthouse Chapel mounts defence against former pastors

The Lighthouse Chapel International (LCI) Ghana has mounted a defence against six former pastors who have, among other things, sued the church over Social...

ASEPA petitions Special Prosecutor to investigate Frontier Healthcare Services’ contract

Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), has petitioned the Special Prosecutor to investigate the contract between Frontiers Healthcare...

NPP Chairman’s all-important message about Ghana’s youth

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Constituency Chairman for New Juaben North in the Eastern Region, Kwadwo Boateng-Agyemang, has called for a united front towards youth...

NYA to mark 2021 International Youth Day in style

The National Youth Authority (NYA) will on Thursday, August 12, 2021, hold a summit to commemorate International Youth Day. The event is scheduled for 10:00...

Akufo-Addo commissions Bono Regional Fire Service HQs, Sunyani hospital maternity block

President Nana Akufo-Addo has commissioned the Bono Region Headquarters of the Fire Service, a newly constructed Maternity and Mental Block at the Sunyani government...

A/R: Fire destroys entire house

Several tenants have been displaced after an inferno raged an entire house at Meduma Asorenkwanta in the Kwabre East District of the Ashanti Region. Though...

Repented priestess charges against husband for ‘dating’ their daughter, 15

A Kumasi-based woman has sworn to torment her husband for life for allegedly having an amorous relationship with her daughter. Ama Mansa insisted that her...

Ill-resourced Labour Commission can’t perform its roles – Govt told

The Secretary-General of Trades Union Congress, Ghana (TUC), Dr Yaw Baah, has bemoaned the government’s inability to adequately resource the National Labour Commission (NLC). The...

Our exam questions can never leak – WAEC [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Our exams questions can never leak Head of Public Affairs at West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Mrs Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, has denied that their...

IGP, senior officers console family of late Chief Inspector Kaakyire

Acting Inspector-General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, on Tuesday led a high-powered delegation to console the family of late Chief Inspector Abednego Kaakyire...

Ofori-Atta has this to say about Sputnik vaccine brouhaha

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has expressed reservations over calls for the resignation and dismissal of the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, over the botched...

We cannot rely on free vaccines alone – Dr Kuma Aboagye

The Director-General of Ghana Health Services, Dr Kuma Aboagye, has warned that continuous over-reliance on free vaccines from donors will not help Ghana get...

COVID-19: 6 children, 86 hospital staff test positive in Hohoe

Six children, aged between five and 12 years have tested positive for Covid-19 in the Hohoe Municipality. Five of the children were treated and discharged...

The other side of invigilators, supervisors in WAEC operations [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · The other side of invigilators, supervisors in WAEC operations Head of Science, Maths and Technical Subjects Department at the West African Examinations Council...

Abuse of Sirens is an offence – National Ambulance Service warns

JoyNews/AdomNews · Abuse of Sirens is an offense - National Ambulance Service The Ashanti Regional Manager of the National Ambulance Service, Sommik Duut Miilon, has...

Work on 101 district hospitals to start next week – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo says funds are now available for work to begin on the construction of the 101 district hospitals he promised last year. He...

Peace Council reveals major threats to Ghana’s peace

The National Peace Council (NPC) has identified violent demonstrations, farmer-herder conflicts and violent communication through the media as some of the biggest threats to...

Family announces burial date for murdered gym instructor

The final funeral rites of the gym instructor, Stephen Akowuah, aka ‘Little’, who was gruesomely murdered, have been scheduled for September 18, 2021. The funeral...

Chainsaw operator shot dead at Numreso

A Chain Saw Operator, Kwame Kaya, has allegedly been shot dead at Numreso in the Amansie Central of the Ashanti Region.Reports gathered indicated that...

55-year-old woman found dead in her farm [Photo]

A 55-year-old woman, Abena Kwenuwa, has been found dead in her farm at Enyan Abaasa in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central...

Your tour is alien; abort it or be obstructed – NDC warns cadres

The Eastern Regional Secretariat of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has kicked against a tour embarked on by a group of cadres. The tour is...