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Nurse assists neighbour to deliver twins in taxi [Video]

A general nurse has earned the admiration of many people after she assisted a pregnant woman to deliver twins in a taxi. Juliet Acheampong...

Alan Kyerematen mourns with Chief of Staff [Photos]

Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyerematen on Saturday commiserated with the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Opare Osei over the demise of her brother....

Five suspected teen robbers arrested

Police in Sunyani have arrested five teenagers who allegedly robbed a taxi driver at gunpoint on the Nsoatre-Berekum highway in the Bono Region. The...

Curfew hours renewed in 3 troubled areas

The Ministry for the Interior has renewed the curfew hours in three troubled areas of the country. The areas are Bimbilla in the Northern...

NLC invites UTAG, Fair Wages over ongoing strike

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has invited the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) for a...

Your freedom is not without bounds – Otumfuo tells journalists

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has asked media practitioners to disabuse their minds of the notion that their freedom is without bounds. Speaking at the...

FDA recalls batches of coagulated milk products from Nestle after consumer complaints

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says it has undertaken a comprehensive regulator action to ascertain why customers’ milk were coagulated despite not being...

Tema records 584 fires in 2021

The Tema Region of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), which comprises 13 fire stations, recorded a total of 584 fire incidents between January...

SHS students, others, feared dead in Bibiani-Anhwiaso road accident

About 13 persons including Senior High School (SHS) students are feared dead in an accident that occurred on the Bibiani-Anhwiaso road in the Western...

Why we sacked Covid-19 expenditure whistleblower – KATH Management

JoyNews/AdomNews · KATH management defends sacking of Covid-19 expenditure whistleblower Management of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has been defending its sack of an...

Ghana Legend Asamoah Gyan visits Akufo-Addo ahead of book launch

Former Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan has formally paid a visit to President Nana Akufo-Addo ahead of the launch of his book.  He paid a...

Opuni trial: Case adjourned as court system breaks down

The continuation of the trial in which Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni and two others are standing trial has been forced into adjournment following the...

Sammy Awuku begs youth to take down billboard mounted in honour of him

Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), Sammy Awuku has appealed to a youth group in Akwapim North in the Eastern region to pull...

ASEPA boss apologises over Akufo-Addo’s relatives using ‘Presidential jet for shopping trip’ allegation

The Executive Director of Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), Mensah Thompson, has rendered an unqualified apology to the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). Aside...

Ablakwa sets up fund towards accessing ambulance services in North Tongu

The MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has started a fund for the establishment of the Ambulance services in his constituency. In a Facebook...

Beyi W’Ano: How security recruits are exploited – Security Analyst reveals

A security analyst, Adib Saani, has raised concerns with the ostensible exploitation of prospective applicants, hoping to join the country's security services. According to reports,...

Road Safety Authority to implement use of speed-monitoring cameras

Acting Director, Regulatory Inspectorate and Compliance at the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), Kwame Kodua Atuahene, has hinted at the placement of cameras at...

More Cuban scholarships in the offing for Ghanaians – Ambassador

Cuba has pledged to support Ghana’s education sector to help increase the country’s economic transformation agenda. The Cuban Ambassador, Mrs Anette Chao Garcia, during her...

Two injured as fire guts hotel

Two persons have been injured after fire razed parts of Grand Eco Cabanas Hotel at Pepie near Abono in the Bosomtwe District of the...

Judge goes wild on police over poor investigation

There was drama in the courtroom of Koforidua Circuit Court “B” when the Presiding Judge, Kwame Polley described as “twea” poor police investigation into...

Family of 6 drowns on return from wedding

A man, his wife, three children and an in-law have all died in an accident at Hwediem near Nkwawie in the Atwima Nwabiagya South...

Robbery gang busted in Western Region [Photos]

The combined efforts of the police and members of Wassa Appiahkrom and Ayiem communities has led to the arrest of nine robbery suspects. Police reports...

NUGS backs UTAG’s intended strike

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS), has welcomed the decision by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), to embark on an indefinite...

Notorious armed robber arrested at Sandema

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a notorious armed robber who has been involved in series of robberies at Sandema and its environs. Abdulai Issaka...

GAF reacts to Akufo-Addo’s relatives using ‘Presidential jet for a shopping trip’ allegation

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has debunked allegations that the Presidential aircraft of the Force was used by relatives of the President for a...

Water shortage hits Cape Coast; GWCL blames galamsey activities

Water shortage has hit Cape Coast and surrounding towns in the Central Region due to illegal mining activities affecting River Pra. According to the Ghana...

Covid-19: Ghana records 3 more deaths within 24 hours

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has revealed that three more lives were lost between January 3 and 4. As of January 3, the country’s death...

2,797 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2021

A total of 2,797 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer in Ghana last year.   This was disclosed by a Family Medicine Resident with the...

COP Tiwaa Addo-Danquah appointed EOCO boss

COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, a former Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), has been appointed the Executive Director of the Economic and...

UTAG to strike on Monday

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has announced that its members would be withdrawing their services on Monday, January 10. According to UTAG, the...

If your children are your retirement plan, you may be disappointed – Financial Expert

A Financial Expert, Paul Mante, has cautioned parents who intend to depend on their children for subsistence during retirement to discard such notion because...

Chief Imam, others mourn with Mahama [Photos]

 The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Nuhu Sharibatu, has commiserated with former President John Mahama over the demise of his brother, Emmanuel Adam Mahama. Mr...

Constitution Day is not an idle holiday – Interior Minister [Video]

The Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, has dismissed claims that January 7, set aside by government to celebrate Ghana’s constitutional rule is an idle holiday. Interacting...

Trickling credit: mobile phone users in Ghana pay for unknown subscriptions

“My credit finishes too early” has become a mantra among many mobile phone users in Ghana. Have you been experiencing faster mobile credit depletion...

NCA rolls out measures to decongest SIM card re-registration centres

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has announced measures to deal with the congestion associated with the ongoing nationwide SIM re-registration exercise. NCA in a...

KATH sacks staff who dragged management to CHRAJ

 Awuni Akyireba, staff at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi who petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate the...

Sissala West MP pays fees of 42 UEW students

Sissala West Member of Parliament (MP), Mohammed Adams Sukparu, has paid the fees of 42 constituents at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW). The beneficiaries,...

Buildings on lands earmarked for dual-carriage construction to be demolished

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako Attah, has warned that any project that stands in the way of the construction of dual-carriage...

JoyNews’ investigations uncover how a child could be rented for ₵800 to work on cocoa farms [Video]

Eight hundred cedis is how much it costs to get a child to work on a cocoa farm at Elluokrom in the Western North...

Man found hanging dead at Awudome cemetery

An unidentified man, believed to be in his early 40s, has allegedly committed suicide by hanging, at Awudome Public Cemetery in Accra. The deceased...