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Church of Pentecost Int’l holds welcome service for Ghanaian students in Norway

The Church of Pentecost International Norway has organised a welcome service for all Ghanaian students and other new international students within the Nordic country...

Attorney-General sends message to Supreme Court over Opuni case

The Attorney-General (AG), Godfred Yeboah Dame, has told the Supreme Court that its 3:2 majority decision that prohibited Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga, from continuing...

Hemang Methodist Basic School closed down over human excreta

Incessant desecration of classrooms with toilet at Hemang Methodist Basic School in the Central Region have forced school authorities to lock the school up...

Bawumia’s message to nine-member legal service board

The Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has charged the newly constituted nine- member legal service board to spearhead the establishment of...

LGBTQI+ brouhaha an attempt to push God aside – Pentecost Chairman [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · LGBTQI+ brouhaha an attempt to push God aside - Pentecost Chairman Chairman of the Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, has said the...

Revealed: Why canoe capsised on River Offin [Audio]

Initial findings on the drowning incident at Achiase in the Atwima Mponua District point to the canoe being overloaded. Four people, who were part of...

Chief bars community members from crossing Offin River after four went missing in the river

The Chief of New Achiase, Nana Kwambi Kufour I, has barred community members from crossing the Offin River until the water subsides or bigger...

Apostle Nyamekye sends strong message to LGBTQI+ campaigners [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Apostle Nyamekye sends strong message to LGBTQI+ campaigners Chairman of the Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, says when the fight against the...

African Studies scholar, Dr Charles Prempeh petitions Parliament to pass Anti LGBTQI+ Bill

An African Studies scholar and Christian, Dr Charles Prempeh, has petitioned Parliament of Ghana’s Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs in support of...

One shot as robbers attack NPP Vice Chairman; bolt with cash and gold [Video]

Armed robbers have attacked the Adansi Akrofuom constituency New Patriotic Party (NPP) Vice Chairman, John Kwabena Ampong, at Adamso in the Ashanti Region. Reports indicate...

Pharmacist allegedly commits suicide at Abura-Dunkwa

A 25-year-old pharmacist, who works with the Pharmacy Department of the Abura-Dunkwa Government Hospital, has been found dead in his room at Abura-Dunkwa. A police...

Police give insight into Nhyinahini SHS fire

The Ghana Police Service has given insight into the fire that razed down some portions of the Nyinahini Catholic Senior High School (SHS) in...

Youth groups in Obuasi clash after boozing incident [video]

Two youth groups from Tutuka and Gausu, all suburbs of Obuasi in the Ashanti region are said to have engaged in a brawl after...

‘Ghana School Feeding Programme is a trailblazer in Africa’ – AUDA-NEPAD official

The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) has been described as the “trailblazer” in Africa as far as the implementation and development of the Home-Grown...

Floodwaters trap Oyarifa residents in their homes 5 days after heavy rains

Scores of residents at Oyarifa Green Hill, a community within the La Nkwantanang Madina Municipality, have been trapped in their homes more than five...

2nd victim of Pokuase Interchange motorbike accident dies in hospital

The second victim of the motorbike accident that occurred on the Pokuase Interchange last Saturday has died. His death comes a day after his co-rider...

LGBTQI+ fight: Agyinasare anoints Sam George [Video]

The Leader and Founder of the World Miracle Church International, popularly known as Perez Chapel, has anointed the Ningo-Prampram Member of Parliament (MP), Sam...

Three arrested for attempting to sell dead body to fetish priest

The Volta Regional Police Command of the Ghana Police Service has arrested three suspects who have been accused of murdering a 30-year-old man and attempting to...

Final year student on the run after damaging invigilator’s car [Photos]

A final year student of the Nkawkaw Senior High School is on the run after allegedly vandalizing an invigilator's vehicle. The student, Enock Atikpor, committed...

Akufo-Addo approves removal of PSR levies for 2 months

President Nana Akufo-Addo has approved the removal of the Price Stabilisation and Recovery (PSR) Levies on petrol, diesel, and LPG for a period of...

21st Clinic CEO wins big at ’40 under forty’ Achievers Awards [Photos]

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the renowned 21st Clinic, Dr Blessed Foster, has won the best Health and Wellness (Alternative Hospital) award at...

Mfantseman MP reveals last conversation with late husband a year on

Member of Parliament (MP) for Mfantseman, Ophelia Hayford, who succeeded her slain husband, Ekow Quansah Hayford, has opened up on their last conversation prior...

Otchere Darko proposes Sam George as NDC next presidential candidate

Founder of the Danquah Institute, Gabby Otchere Darko is advocating for the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram, Sam George to be the...

One shot dead as robbers attack MoMO vendor

One person has been shot dead by armed robbers at Ekye Amanfrom, a fishing community in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District in the...

Akufo-Addo attends 60th anniversary of founding of Non-Aligned Movement

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Sunday left the country to lead a Ghanaian delegation to attend the 60th-anniversary ceremony of founding the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)...

Parliament receives over 124 memos on anti-LGBTQI+ Bill [Video]

The Constitutional, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament has so far received over 124 memoranda from the public over the anti-LGBTQI+ Bill, which...

Police chase top NDC official for having sex, abortion with biological daughter

The Central Regional Police Command is on a manhunt for the Central Regional Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The officer, Kwasi Dawood,...

CCTV exposes deeds of notorious ‘office thief’ [Video]

A Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) has exposed an alleged thief who targets unsuspecting persons in corporate settings. The man was exposed following his latest thievery at...

Ghana’s COVID vaccination certificate to be recognised by UK from Monday

Ghana will be removed from the United Kingdom (UK) government’s red list COVID-19 high-risk countries with effect from Monday, October 11, 2021 The country's Covid-19...

E/R: Robbers attack mobile money vendor; one shot dead

One person has been shot dead by suspected armed robbers at Ekye Amanfrom, a fishing community in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District of...

Four rail track thieves beaten to pulp after begging for forgiveness

Four robbers have begged for forgiveness after being caught red-handed stealing rail tracks at Pampaso Kensere, a village within the Bekwai Municipality of Asante...

Railway steel thief lands 39 months jail term

The Juaso Circuit Court has sentenced to three years and three months imprisonment a 45-year-old Tweneboah Malik for stealing Railway steel. The court, presided...

Gay debate not about religious beliefs – Akoto Ampaw

Private legal practitioner, Akoto Ampaw, has mounted a spirited defence for his position on the debate regarding the bill to criminalise homosexual activities. According to...

Motor rider falls to death from Pokuase Interchange; another injured

A young man died on the spot on Saturday, October 9, 2021, while another was injured after they both fell from the third route...

Chairman of Islamic Education Unit Council passes on

Chairman of the Ashanti Regional Islamic Education Unit Council has passed on, JoyNews' checks reveal. Dr Sheikh Osman Bawa Hafiz Aransah, known as Olando,...

Siblings drown in abandoned swimming pool in Kumasi

Two siblings under age four have allegedly drowned in an abandoned swimming pool at Appiadu New Site in Kumasi. Berlinda Idan was three years...

Okudzeto Ablakwa mourns as ‘brother’ passes on

North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, is mourning the death of a friend turned brother. According to him, the deceased has...

Jealous husband allegedly kills wife’s ‘lover’

Police in the North East Region have commenced investigations into the death of a farmer at Kpentaung, a farming community in the Bunkpurugu-Nakpanduri district....

Ghana receives Pfizer covid-19 vaccines from US [Photos]

Ghana has taken delivery of over 1.3 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States (US) government through the COVAX facility....

Jachie-Pramso SHS student found dead in uncompleted building

A 19-year-old male student of the Jachie-Pramso Senior High School (SHS) in the Ashanti Region has been found dead in an uncompleted building. ...