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Nobody has attacked a man of God and gone scot-free – Prophet to IGP

Some Ghanaians have openly condemned the action of the newly appointed Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, over the recent arrest of...

JUSAG calls off strike

The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has  called off its intended industrial action to back demands for the review of salaries and...

Covid-19: Ghana’s death toll now 1,174

Two more lives have been lost to the deadly coronavirus diseases, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The Service in its latest update...

Two pistols intercepted on Accra bound vehicle

A Police patrol team has intercepted two foreign pistols with 61 rounds of ammunition and two spent shells on an Accra bound vehicle along...

Police secure order to refer husband of missing Rhodaline Amoah for psychiatric exams

The Police Service have secured a court order to refer husband of Rhodaline Amoah-Darko, a staff of the Ashanti Regional Lands Commission who went...

Group petitions Parliament over anti-LGBTQ+ Bill

As Parliament resumes sitting, the debate over the controversial Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill rages on. One of the...

Homosexuality does not pose a public health threat – Group against LGBTQ+ Bill claims

The Group of 18 renowned lawyers and academics have debunked claims that homosexuality constitutes a public health threat. According to the Group, the claim by...

COVID-19: Continuous disinfection of airports builds resilience

The monthly disinfection of the country's airports is helping to build resilience in the control of the Covid-19 disease, a Vector Control Officer of...

Meet the 11-year old boy with skin like snake

An 11-year-old boy whose ambition is to become a pilot is always uncomfortable among his schoolmates as he is bullied and referred to as...

13 Agric graduates in Israel for internship

Thirteen Ghanaian agricultural graduates are in Israel for an 11-month internship programme in agriculture production. It is expected to provide interns with intensive...

Security recruitment should be decentralised – Kofi Adams

JoyNews/AdomNews · Security recruitments should be decentralised - Kofi Adams Member of Parliament (MP) for Buem constituency in the Oti Region, Kofi Adams, is advocating...

Two senior police officers hauled before Parliament over Madina MP

Two senior police officers, who attempted to arrest Madina Member of Parliament (MP), Francis Xavier -Sosu, have been hauled before the Privileges Committee of...

Akufo-Addo presents 50 vehicles to army; cuts sod for US$24.8 million housing project

President Nana Akufo-Addo has presented 40 Jeep J8 vehicles, six Toyota Hi-ace mini buses and 14 Toyota Hilux pick-ups to the Ghana Armed Forces. According...

Cyclist killed by truck driver

A budding Ghanaian cyclist, Elorm Kwaku Dade (Jerome), died on Saturday after he was crushed by a truck on the Tema Highway while returning...

Woman, 23, found dead in her room in bizarre state

A 23-year-old woman, Doris Donkor, has been found dead in her room at Achinakrom in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The body...

Akufo-Addo lauds Okyenhene’s efforts on Climate Change

President Nana Akufo-Addo has lauded the Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin’s efforts in addressing the issue of Climate Change. “This initiative of the Okyenhene is...

Daughter of NDC official accused of incest narrates ordeal in court

The daughter of the embattled Central Regional Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Wednesday narrated her ordeal at the hands of...

2 dead, 13 injured in accident at Nkwanta

Two persons have lost their lives with 13 others in critical condition following a crash at Ahondwo along the Nkwanta-Accra highway in the Oti...

Akufo-Addo inaugurates Police Council [Photos]

President Nana Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, inaugurated the Police Council at the Jubilee House in Accra. The Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is the Chairman. Other...

New UG Vice-Chancellor announces juicy package for students [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · New UG Vice Chancellor announces juicy package for students The newly inducted Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof Nana Aba Appiah Amfo,...

Herdsman gets life imprisonment for grazing on cassava farm, shooting owner

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday, sentenced a 32-year-old herder, Muhammadu Abubakar, to life imprisonment for attempted murder. Abubakar was...

3 dead, 11 injured in accident on Dunkwa-Ayanfuri road

Three people have been reported dead and eleven others injured in an accident at Agyempaboa on the Dunkwa-Ayanfuri in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality...

Unemployed man jailed 14 years for stealing plantain and cassava

The Tepa Circuit Court has given a 24-year-old unemployed man 14 years prison sentence for stealing ¢50 worth of plantain and cassava, Justice Ezekiel, pleaded...

29 in big trouble for allegedly attacking 2 police officers

The Tema Regional Police Command has arraigned 29 suspects before the Tema Circuit Court A for assaulting two police officers at Luhuor, a community...

Retract and apologise for defamatory publication or I sue – Eugene Arhin

Solicitors of the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin have served notice to one Maame Afua Adom-Boakye to retract and apologise for...

Video of Otumfuo driving former President Kufuor warms hearts

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has been captured at the Manhyia Palace giving former president John Agyekum Kufuor a rare drive in a golf...

Joining Immigration Service will open doors for us to become billionaires – Applicants

Two young people, who have applied to join the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), hope to become billionaires when enlisted. The two have identified themselves as...

Over 300 Asare Bediako SHS female students risk eviction

Over 300 female students of Asare Bediako Senior High School (ABSEC) at Akrokerri in the Adansi West District of Ashanti Region risk eviction from...

I don’t know my father and will never look for him – 53-year-old woman

A 53-year-old Matilda Agyapomaa has indicated that she has no plans of searching for her father who abandoned her at a young age.In an...

IGP visits night duty officers in Northern Region

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Dr George Akuffo Dampare, and his team on Friday, 22nd October, 2021 visited night barrier and night patrol duty...

Govt to punish employers who refuse to pay pension for employees

The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations is set to take legal action against businesses failing to enroll their employees onto the various pension...

NSS to deploy personnel for ‘operation clean your frontage’

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has revealed the National Service Scheme (NSS) will deploy about 1,000 to 4,000 personnel for the operation...

30-year-old man stones mother to death in Savannah Region

A 30-year-old man, John Banuda, has stoned his mother to death at Gindabuo, a village on the Sawla-Wa highway in the Sawla District of...

Akufo-Addo reveals his vision for the Ghana Army

President Nana Akufo-Addo says his vision for the Ghana Armed Forces revolves around creating a soldier who is well fed, clothed and not easily...

7 ECG transformers stolen in Volta Region

The Electricity Company of Ghana ( ECG) has reported that seven of its transformers have been stolen in the Ketu South and North Municipalities...

Thousands of youth chase security jobs in Kumasi

Thousands of Ghanaian youth trooped to various centres in Kumasi to participate in a documentation and medical screening exercise for recruitment into Ghana’s security...

Support Dampare to deliver – Akufo-Addo to newly-inaugurated Police Council

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed confidence in the Police Service to provide accountable, responsive, trust worthy service and accommodate the concerns of...

Mum left with broken bones after neighbour beat her with baseball bat

A mum was beaten with a baseball bat and left with broken bones by a neighbour she had accused of making a pass at...

Takoradi: Woman in latest fake kidnapping jailed

A 29-year-old woman, who faked her kidnapping in Takoradi in the Western Region, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment with hard labour. Joan Krah’s...

Man found dead on Kadjebi-Nkwanta Highway

A lifeless body of a man, believed to be in his 50s, has been found at Okanta near Kadjebi in the Oti Region. Assistant Superintendent...