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If you get power humble yourself – Eric Adjei tells Akufo-Addo

National Democratic Congress' (NDC) Deputy Director of Communications for the Bono Region, Eric Adjei, has sent a strong message to the President, Nana Akufo-Addo...

School Feeding caterers threaten demo

School Feeding caterers are fuming with anger over unpaid arrears from the School Feeding Secretariat. According to these caterers, they have been given...

Fear grips residents of Gomoa Fetteh [Audio]

Residents of Gomoah Fetteh are living in fear following the attempt by eight people to assassinate the chief, Nana Abor Atta II. Per reports from...

NPP govt is insensitive to the plight of Ghanaians – Haruna Iddrisu

Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale Central and the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has described the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government as insensitive...

GRA cleaner jailed for stealing 5 computers estimated at GHc70k

The Circuit Court in Accra has sentenced a 39-year-old Casual Worker (cleaner) at the Accra Sector regional office of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA)...

MoMo agents bare teeth at govt over E-levy

JoyNews/AdomNews · MoMo Agents Send Strong Message To Govt Over E - Levy The Mobile Money Agent Association of Ghana has vowed to resist the...

We can’t write off your debt – ECG tells Krobos

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) says it cannot work with the proposal by the Krobo Groups to declare the over eight years disputed...

Former Mayor of Accra passes on

Former Mayor of Accra, Nat Nunoo-Amarteifio, passed away on Monday, close family sources have confirmed. The cause of death is not immediately known, according to...

Ghana targets 10% use of renewable energy by 2030 – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said Ghana is working towards depending on renewable energy for at least 30% of her power needs by 2030. He...

Increase patrols and checkpoints on our highways – Former MP

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Upper West Akim, Derrick Ohene Assifo Bekoe, has implored the Ghana Police Service to increase patrols and checkpoints...

Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council condemns Asamankese ‘chieftaincy riots’

The Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council has condemned riots that erupted at the Asamankese palace on Monday. The council has called on the police to immediately...

Be quick in fixing traffic lights – Former MP urges National Road Safety Commission

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Upper West Akim, Derrick Ohene Bekoe, has urged those in charge of Urban Roads and the Road Safety...

Suspected kidnappers, robbers killed at Yeji; Police chase three others

The Bono Regional Police Command has shot and killed two suspected robbers and kidnappers at Yeji. The police are on a manhunt for three...

Assemblies of God pastor hooted at and chased out of church [Video]

https://youtu.be/NBwYxDjkqJA Worshippers at the Jesus Assembly at the Hilltop-Ohwimase Branch of Assemblies of God, Ghana on Sunday hooted at and chased away the Ashanti West Regional...

Former MP blames govt for lack of enforcement of laws in the country

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Upper West Akim, Derek Ohene Bekoe, has stated that the government is responsible for the lack of enforcement...

Drug peddlers, 115 motor riders arrested in swoops ahead of yuletide [Photos]

The Volta Regional Police Command has arrested 115 motor riders and 36 drug peddlers including eight females in swoops ahead of the Christmas festivities. The...

Three illegal miners including 18-year-old girl arrested [Photos]

Three suspected illegal miners including an 18-year-old girl have been arrested at Sekyere-Boase in the Wassa-East District of the Western Region. Some items found...

COVID-19: Ghana places travel ban on Israel, South Korea, and Malta

The Government of Ghana has placed a travel ban on Israel, South Korea, and Malta commencing Monday, December 20, 2021. According to the Ministry of...

Two shot in alleged forceful takeover of Asamakese palace [Photos]

Two persons have allegedly sustained gunshot wounds at Asamakese in the Eastern Region following the installation of Osabarima Atiabisa Kantinka Pobi Asomaning, a parallel...

UG-UTAG sets date for indefinite strike

The University of Ghana branch of the University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UG-UTAG) has rejected a decision by the National Executive Council (NEC) of...

Transport Union banned from operating at Shiashie after clash with police

The Ayawaso West Municipal Security Council (MUSEC) in the Greater Accra Region has banned Vim Transport, a drivers’ union, from operating at the Shiashie...

Lordina Mahama puts smiles on faces of children at various orphanages [Photos]

Former First Lady, Lordina Mahama, through the Lordina Foundation, has donated Christmas goodies to six orphanages across the country. This is an annual charity...

Gomoa Fetteh Chief breaks silence on assassination attempt [Listen]

The Chief of Gomoa Fetteh in the Central Region, Nana Abor Atta II, is thanking God for saving his life. JoyNews/AdomNews · Gomoa Fetteh Chief...

Parliamentary Service Board meeting in Dubai; Asiedu Nketia clears air [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Parliamentary Service Board Meeting In Dubai; Asiedu Nketia Clears Air A member of the Parliamentary Service Board, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has confirmed their...

Mahama, NDC bigwigs visit head of Saviour Church [Photos]

Former President John Mahama, has paid a visit to the head of the Saviour Church of Ghana, Opanyin Kwaku Abraham Adusei. The visit was...

Mobile Money Agents to embark on massive e-levy demo

The Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana (MMAG) is set to embark on a march in protest against the proposed 1.75% electronic transaction levy (E-Levy)...

Assembly member killed in heavy crash

The Assembly Member for Amanase North Electoral Area in the Ayensuano District in Eastern Region has been crushed while on a motorbike attending an...

Ejura shooting: Families of victims appeal to Parliament for budgetary allocation

Families of the victims of the Ejura shooting have appealed to the leadership of Parliament for funds to be made available in the 2022...

KATH gets 4 respirators from German partners to help with Covid-19 fight

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has received four respirators from the University Hospital Rechts der Isar in Munich, Germany. The devices, worth 70,000 euros,...

5 dead as police foil assassination of Gomoa Fetteh Chief

Five persons have been shot dead by the Police who foiled an assassination attempt on the Gomoa Fetteh Chief. The persons, numbering eight, are said...

Teacher Kwadwo breaks silence on dismissal from GES

Teacher Kwadwo, known professionally as Michael Owusu Afriyie, has broken his silence on his dismissal by the Ghana Education Service (GES) for alleged misconduct. The...

Moment IGP Dampare rushed to the aid of woman who fainted at airport [Video]

A video showing how Ghana's Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Dampare, rushed to the aid of a woman who went unconscious at an...

Wedding of two hearing impaired couple wows fans [Video]

History was recorded at the Koforidua District of the Church of Pentecost when two members of Persons with Disability tied the knot. The service for...

Kpandai Church donates to Nkachina Leprosy camp

The St Kizito Parish Roman Catholic Church at Kpandai has donated items to the leprosy camp at Nkanchina, a suburb of Kpandai District of...

Police, family, pay last respects to murdered police officer at Zuarungu [Photos]

The Ghana Police Service, Saturday, December 18, 2021, held a burial ceremony for the late No.57658 General Constable Adams Sulley who was gruesomely murdered...

Railways Minister reacts to ghastly head-on train collision

The Minister for Railways Development, Peter Amewu, has announced he will set up a committee to probe the head-on train collision at Wassa Manso...

EC staff shot at Walewale

A staff of the Electoral Commission (EC) at Walewale is battling for his life after he was shot last night by gunmen suspected to...

Otuo Siriboe appreciates Akufo-Addo [Photos]

The Omanhene of Juaben Traditional Area, Nana Otuo Siriboe II, has led a delegation to thank President Nana Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House. The visit...

Four dead, 11 injured in head-on train collision at Wassa Manso [Photos]

Four passengers have been killed in a head-on train collision at Wassa Manso in the Western Region. Eleven others have sustained various degrees of...

Tricycle, motorcycle top in road accident deaths in Volta Region this year

Tricycle and motorcycle accidents have resulted in more deaths than any other motor accident in the Volta Region, between January 1, and September 30,...