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Medikal to appear in court

Hiplife artiste, Samuel Adu Frimpong, popularly known as Medikal, is expected to appear in court today, Friday, October 22, 2021, Citi News has reported....

Student chokes to death in hot dog eating competition

A talented student choked to death after participating in a hotdog eating competition. Madelyn Nicpon, a popular lacrosse player, took part in the off-campus content with friends. The...

Graduate awaiting posting allegedly raped to death

A Nigerian graduate from the Benue State University has been allegedly raped to death in Makurdi while delivering goods to prospective buyers in the...

2 police officers die while pursuing suspected robbers, 3 others in critical condition

Two police officers are reported to have died in a road accident on the Walewale- Bolgatanga Highway. The deceased were members of the Anti-robbery Taskforce...

Parts of Kumasi submerged after 3-hour downpour

Tuesday, October 19, 2021, will go down as one of the days to remember by residents in the Ashanti Region, especially those in the...

Onion Sellers Association thanks Akufo-Addo for relocation to Adjen Kotoku

Jubilant members of the Onion Sellers Association, who were recently moved from Agbobgloshie, have showered praises on President Nana Akufo-Addo for ensuring and facilitating...

Akufo-Addo commissions phase II of Accra Compost and Recycling Plant

President Nana Akufo-Addo has commissioned Phase II of the Accra Compost and Recycling Plant (ACARP), executed by the Jospong Group and Partners. Speaking at the...

Man who murdered pregnant wife dies while on admission after poisoning himself

The 44-year-old man, who is alleged to have murdered his wife at Nyankyerenease in Kumasi, has died. Police say he had taken in some poisonous...

Three-year-old boy found dead half-naked in car [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Toddler found dead in car in Kumasi Police are investigating circumstances surrounding the death of a three-year-old boy whose body was found in...

Komenda Sugar Factory to bounce back by February 2022 – Akufo-Addo

"By February next year, we will have got the Komenda Sugar Factory working again. This is the target that they have," President Nana Akufo-Addo...

NSS directors tour registration centres [Photos]

The Directors of the National Service Scheme (NSS), led by the Acting Executive Director, Osei-Assibey Antwi, have embarked on a visit to all designated...

Woman slaps police officer to resist arrest

A cook, Yengi Best, on Wednesday appeared in a Grade I Area Court in Karu, Abuja, for allegedly assaulting a police officer. The police charged...

NDC official accused of incest, abortion granted bail

An official of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), who was remanded into police custody for alleged incest and abortion, has been granted bail. The...

Akufo-Addo reacts to Western Togoland leader Papavi’s death

President Nana Akufo-Addo has described as a pity, the death of the leader of the Western Togoland separatist group in the Volta Region, Charles Komi...

Identity, other details of burnt body discovered at Gomoa emerge

JoyNews/AdomNews · Identity, other details emerge on burnt body discovered at Gomoa The identity, personal details of charred body discovered by residents of Fiifi, a...

I called my family to say goodbye – Man whose car was trapped in Kumasi floods recounts

A 36-year-old businessman, who got trapped after his vehicle was swept away in Kumasi floods, has recounted the web of emotions he went through in that...

Complete E-block yourself if delay frustrates you – Nana Addo to Aflao chief [Video]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked the Paramount Chief of the Aflao Traditional Area to “complete” the abandoned E-block community day senior high...

Henry Quartey didn’t want to be Regional Minister but … – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed satisfaction with the work done so far by the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey. Mr Quartey, who doubles as...

Court refuses appeal challenging NCA’s decision to reduce Joy FM and Asempa FM’s coverage area

The Court of Appeal Thursday morning agreed with the High Court’s decision affirming the National Communications Authority (NCA)’s power to demand a reduction in...

Woman allegedly commits suicide over ‘cheating’ husband

A 35-year-old woman has allegedly committed suicide over her 'cheating' husband at Kasoa Oldtimers in the Central Region. The deceased, identified as Rebecca Amoah, reportedly...

Accra is second most expensive city in the world – Survey

Ghana’s capital city, Accra, is the second most expensive city in the world in terms of the 'property price to income ratio', according to...

Ursula Owusu-Ekuful to receive top award

The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu- Ekuful would be receiving the Digital Leader of the Year Award at the 11th Ghana...

Akufo-Addo begins 3-day tour of Greater Accra

President Akufo-Addo will today, Thursday, October 21, 2021, begin a three-day tour of the Greater Accra Region. This will be President Akufo-Addo’s first official tour...

Trending: Man designs pot that cooks two meals at a go

A Nigerian man is currently making waves on social media with the invention of a cooking pot that can cook two different meals simultaneously....

Shatta Wale, others face court today

Dancehall artiste, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly known as Shatta Wale, is expected to appear in court later today, Thursday, October 21, 2021. He...

Odododiodoo MP reports profane song with potential to promote LGBTQ+ to police

The Member of Parliament for Odododiodoo, Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has reported a profane song to the police. According to him, the song promotes immoral acts...

Three teen burglars arrested in Koforidua

The Eastern Regional Police Command has arrested three teenage burglars in Koforidua. The accused persons are Prince Sabla, 18, Amponsah Isaac, 19, both labourers,...

Notorious murder, robbery suspect arrested at Adeiso [Photos+Video]

A robbery and murder suspect, Godstrong Tettey has been arrested at Adeiso in the Eastern Region. Mr Tettey has been on the police...

Ghana’s Ambassador to Italy passes on

Ghana’s Ambassador to Italy, Madam Eudora Quartey-Koranteng, has passed on. She died on Tuesday, October 19, 2021. This was contained in a press statement issued by...

Coup plot: Money is no problem – Mac Palm assures soldiers

The brain behind the alleged plot to overthrow the government, Dr Frederick Yao Mac Palm, was captured in a video assuring the soldiers who...

Speeding car runs over traders at Nzema-Nkwanta

Some traders at Nzema-Nkwanta in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region have been crashed by a speeding private car. ...

Covid-19: Only 4% of Ghanaians are fully vaccinated – Asiedu Bekoe

Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Franklin Asiedu Bekoe, has disclosed that just about four per cent of the...

Man weeps in court over sentence

A 32-year-old aluminium fabricator wept uncontrollably when an Adentan Circuit Court jailed him three years for stealing iron rods valued at GH¢1,300. Charged with stealing,...

Two arrested for allegedly sodomising 16-year-old boy at Madina

Two persons are in the grips of the La Nkwantanang Madina District Division of the Ghana Police for allegedly sodomising a 16-year-old boy. The two...

University of Ghana gets female Vice-Chancellor

Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo has been confirmed as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana. This follows a decision by the University’s Council on...

Man on the run after allegedly killing 30-year-old girlfriend

A chainsaw operator, only identified as Kwaku, is on the run after allegedly killing his 30-year-old lover at Wassa Asamang in the Western Region....

GWCL to prosecute over 6, 500 customers in Eastern Region

The Ghana Water Company Limited would be prosecuting over 6,500 customers in the Eastern Region for defaulting payments for a year and more. The over 6,...

Meet the man who nearly lost $200,000 to fraudsters [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Man nearly lost $200,000 to fraudsters A Ghanaian businessman is counting his blessings after he was nearly duped by online fraudsters while...

2 involved in accident at spot where five cars crashed in a week

Two persons survived a car accident Wednesday morning on the Kwamekrom-Kpando road. The incident, which occurred around 9:00 am, saw the driver sustaining injuries on...

Shatta Wale has not been granted bail – Police

The Ghana Police Service has dispelled rumours that dancehall musician, Shatta Wale, has been granted bail. According to the Service’s Acting Public Affairs Director,...