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Takoradi kidnapping: Court orders suspect to undergo pregnancy test

A Takoradi Harbour Circuit court, presided over by Michael Ampadu, has ordered that a pregnancy test be done on Joana Krah before convicting her. On...

One shot dead in chieftaincy clash at Prampram

Unknown assailants have shot one person dead at Prampram in the Greater Accra Region. The deceased has been identified as Nii Otu Sei Klo,...

Takoradi: Apremdo Divisional Stool raises concerns over fake kidnapping reports

The Apremdo Divisional Stool of Ahanta Traditional Council has noted with grave concerns, bizarre incidents of fake kidnapping reports being recorded in the Western...

Jesus Ahuofe speaks on gun found in his room during police search

Self-styled prophet of the Founder and Leader of New Life Kingdom Chapel International, Stephen Akwasi, aka Jesus Ahuofe, has spoken up on a gun...

I was misquoted – Pastor who prophesied Shatta Wale’s death cries

JoyNews/AdomNews · Jesus Ahoufe speaks after bail The pastor, who allegedly prophesied the death of dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale, is blaming social media for his...

Ministry of Education sends good news about completed E-blocks

The Deputy Public Relations Officer at the Ministry of Education, Yaw Opoku Mensah, has assured that all completed E-blocks will be put to use...

Operation clean your frontage: Check out punishment for defaulters

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, says one of his policies clean your frontage has come to stay and people must comply to...

My encounter with Shatta Wale an act of God – Jesus Ahoufe

The man of God, who is facing the law after musician Shatta Wale faked his gun attack, is certain the incident is an act...

IGP Dampare’s message of caution to religious organisations [Photos]

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has urged religious leaders to be mindful of Ghana’s laws while expressing their faith and...

Prison inmates welcomed me with Black Sheriff’s song – Jesus Ahoufe

JoyNews/AdomNews · Prison inmates welcomed me with Black Sheriff’s song – Jesus Ahoufe The man of God at the centre of Shatta Wale’s fake gun...

Tragedy: Ghana Railway’s Accra manager killed in line of duty

The Accra Area Manager of the Ghana Railways Company Limited, Engineer Michael Asante, has met his untimely death after a train reportedly ran over him. The...

Akua Donkor reveals how she survived assassination attempt

The Founder and Leader of the Ghana Freedom Party, Akua Donkor, has opened up on how she survived an assassination attempt in her life....

Heavy traffic on the Spintex Road-Flowerpot Junction

Ongoing road construction on the Spintex Road-Flowerpot area has resulted in heavy vehicular traffic on that stretch, the Ghana Police Service has announced. ...

Cabinet approves GH¢43.9m to retool Veterinary Services

Cabinet has approved a budget of GH¢43.98 million as an emergency fund to enable the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to combat the current...

Twists and turns: Justice Dotse fights off Opuni bias claims

Supreme Court Judge Justice Jones Dotse has fought off claims that his impartiality is in question, barely hours to the Supreme Court delivering a...

Akufo-Addo celebrates late Ambassador

President Nana Akufo-Addo has praised the late Ambassador, Eudora Quartey-Koranteng, who died in the service to the nation. Until her death on October 19, 2021...

Ghana to receive over 6.4 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines by end of 2021 – GHS

Ghana’s fight against Covid-19 is expected to be given a boost with the arrival of over 6,410,960 doses of vaccines by the end of...

Check out number of tourists expected to arrive in Ghana by December

The country expects 150,000 tourist arrivals between now and December this year, the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dr Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, has...

Farmer jailed 20 years for defiling two siblings

A 45-year-old farmer has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for defiling two siblings at Akyem Abordom near Kade in the Eastern Region. The convict,...

Covid-19: Ghana’s death toll rises to 1,172

Three more lives have been lost in the country’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) reveals. These additional casualties according to...

Treason: We don’t want to fail, it must happen – Dr Mac Palm

The brain behind alleged high treason, Dr Frederick Yao Mac Palm, was on Monday heard in an audio recording cautioning some of the accused members...

16-year-old boy who dresses as a female grabbed [Photo]

A 16-year-old boy, dressed as a woman, has been arrested by the Juaboso police. The boy, whose name has been withheld, was spotted wearing a...

Islamic clerics arrested at Nambagla released after a month in custody

The Islamic clerics arrested at Nambagla in the Savelugu Municipality have been released after almost a month in the custody of National Security Operatives.  National Secretary...

Aflao E-block community day SHS 96% complete – Education Ministry

The Ministry of Education has said that work is on course to fully complete the E-block community Senior High School at Agblekpui, Aflao in...

Only 40k out of 1.25m gun owners renew their licence in Ghana

A Security Analyst, Adib Saani, has revealed that only 40, 000 people out of over 1.25 million gun owners in Ghana renew their licence...

Thousands throng El-Wak stadium for Ghana Immigration Service screening

Thousands thronged the El-Wak Sports Stadium in Accra on Monday for screening and subsequent recruitment into the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS). According to the applicants,...

Aunt drags nephew to court for stealing $2,000 meant for her treatment

A 22-year-old man, Emmanuel Okorie, was docked in an Upper Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja, for allegedly misappropriating his aunt’s 2,000 dollars. The police charged Okorie of...

Trotro driver parks in the middle of the road to urinate

A commercial minibus driver has been apprehended by the Pantang Police for allegedly parking in the middle of the road to urinate, causing traffic...

South Sudan to understudy Ghana’s National Service Scheme [Photos]

A delegation from South Sudan, led by the Minister for Youth and Sports, Peter BaptistAbakar, has called on the Executive Director of the National...

Sad moment as Ayariga brothers lay mother to rest

The Founder of All People's Congress, Hassan Ayariga and his brother, Bawku Central Member of Parliament (MP), Mahama Ayariga, have laid their mother to...

CBOD calls on govt to fix deplorable road network in petroleum industrial area in Tema [Video+Photos]

The Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distribution (CBOD) is calling on the government to urgently rehabilitate and properly maintain the road network in and...

Advertising Association of Ghana President passes on

The Great Argon Holding Limited has announced the passing of its Chairman, Torgbor Mensah. Mr Mensah died on Saturday, October 23, while he was on...

Interior Minister sends strong warning to Gaming Commission

Government has challenged the newly inducted Governing Board of the Gaming Commission to mitigate underage gaming in vulnerable communities. Speaking at the swearing-in ceremony for...

Scores queue for immigration, Fire Service recruitment [Video]

https://youtu.be/5infPkeEcD4 Thousands of Ghanaian youth have besieged the El-Wak Sports Stadium with their credentials, hoping to be recruited into the Ghana Immigration Service. The long queue...

Motor rider crushed to death on Asikuma-Bogoso road [Video]

https://youtu.be/_MDt8j3VVa8 A motor rider, identified as Mustapha, has been crushed to death in an accident on the Asikuma-Bogoso road in the Western Region. The accident,...

Court sets date to rule on Akuapem Poloo’s appeal case

The Criminal Court 1 Division of the High Court has set December 1, 2021, for judgment in the appeal case of social media personality,...

Pastor who prophesied Shatta Wale’s death granted bail

Bishop Stephen Kwesi Appiah, also known as ‘Jesus Ahuofe’ of the New Life Kingdom Chapel, has been granted bail. He was granted bail to the...

LGBTQI+ brouhaha: Don’t disappoint the next generation – Akufo-Addo told [Video]

https://youtu.be/NqabKWX3CTM The host of Adom Ahengua and the Accra Regional Overseer of the Resurrection Power and Living Bread Ministries, Bishop Yaw Owusu-Ansah, has waded into...

‘Fast and Furious reckless Benz driver’ admitted at hospital

The 28-year-old driver, who was arrested for reckless driving akin to the Fast and Furious movies at Opeibea in Accra, has taken ill. The...

C/R: Footballer jailed 10 years for defilement

The Cape Coast Circuit Court 1, presided over by Her Honour Mrs Dorinda Smith Arthur, has sentenced a 31-year-old self-acclaimed footballer at Assin Aworosso...