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Let’s prioritise healthcare -Speaker urges

Agents of development in the country must prioritise the healthcare and infrastructural needs of the public as a first step to improve human capital,...

20cm stick found in abdomen of 16-year-old suspect at Agogo

Doctors at the Agogo Presbyterian Hospital, who are treating a 16-year-old suspect, have found a 20-centimetre-long stick in his belly. The situation has created holes...

COVID-19: Take your own destiny into your hands – Akandoh

Ranking member on Parliament’s Health Committee, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has stated that Ghana will struggle to bring the rising Covid-19 cases under control "unless...

Tema tollbooth accident: Injured discharged, police investigation intensifies

The medical doctor in charge of the Accident Ward at the Tema General Hospital, Dr Nancy Ofori, has confirmed that all four injured victims...

3 jailed 22 years for robbery

A motor rider, who robbed a man and his family at gunpoint at Oshiyie, near Accra, has been sentenced to 22 years imprisonment by...

Supreme Court rules on Opuni’s application July 28

A former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni’s application to change the judge handling his trial...

Prof Gyampo commends Rebecca Akufo-Addo

Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Ghana, Ransford Gyampo, has commended First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo on her decision to refund all allowances paid to...

45-year-old man jailed 12 years for defiling 11-year-old pupil

The Asamakese Circuit Court has sentenced a 45-year-old man to 12 years imprisonment for defiling an eleven-year-old pupil at Asuokyerema, a suburb of Adeiso. The...

Apologise to Rebecca, Samira – Eugene Arhin tells TUC Secretary

The Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, has called on the Trade Union Congress (TUC) to immediately apologise to Rebecca Akufo-Addo and...

Street robber arrested at Abokobi

Police at Adentan have arrested one Alfred Asare for attacking and snatching the handbag of two persons (names withheld) containing a Samsung tablet and...

South Africa: Scary moment baby was thrown from building to survive burning

A mother was forced to throw her young child from a burning building during rioting in South Africa set off by the imprisonment of former...

MFWA condemns Kennedy Agyapong’s threat against Erastus Asare Donkor

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has condemned threats by Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong, against Multimedia journalist, Erastus Asare...

Lawyer sends important message to NDC over Chief Justice [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Lawyer sends important message to NDC over Chief Justice A constitutional lawyer has described as unnecessary the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) demand for...

Ejura MCE withdraws application for re-appointment

The Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mohammed Salisu Bamba, has withdrawn his application for re-appointment. The MCE has come under pressure following the death of...

Irate Wenchi residents burn chief’s residence over murder

Some irate residents at Wenchi Zongo in the Bono Region have torched the residence of a sub-chief over the death of one Adamu Wahab...

Missing 35-year-old man found dead in river

A 35-year-old man, Isaac Oppong, has been found dead in a river at Adansi Brofoyedru in the Adansi Asokwa District of the Ashanti Region. This...

Bawumia to launch Ghana.gov

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, is expected to launch the Ghana.gov platform today. The launch forms part of the government’s quest to ensure that...

Why are you after Lordina and not Nana Konadu? – A Plus asks NPP members

Musician cum politician, Kwame A Plus, says New Patriotic Party (NPP) members who are asking former First Lady, Lordina Mahama, to return allowances paid...

Rebecca Akufo-Addo refunds GH¢899,097.84 allowance

The First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has fulfilled her promise to refund an amount of GH¢899,097.84 paid to her as allowance from the year 2017...

It will be fatal to gamble with Kennedy Agyapong’s threat on life of Erastus Asare Donkor – GJA [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · It will be fatal to gamble with Kennedy Agyapong's threat on Erastus Asare Donkor - GJA The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) says it...

Anas reacts to Kennedy Agyapong’s threat on Erastus Asare Donkor

Ace investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has reacted to a formal complaint by the Multimedia Group Limited against the Member of Parliament (MP) for...

EOCO gets new boss

Steve Raymond Dapaa-Addo has been appointed as the Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), effective July 9, 2021.  Mr Dapaa-Addo practised in...

Read: Bole NPP executives, youth groups make passionate appeal to Akufo-Addo

A HEARTFELT APPEAL TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO 13TH JULY 2021.* We the NPP party footsoldiers, polling Station executives, constituency executives, council...

Angry Bole NPP executives threaten to abandon party if DCE is retained!

Some youth groups and polling station executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at Bole-Bamboi have warned that they will ditch the party if...

Two reported dead in fatal collision at Saltpond [Video]

Two persons, believed to be drivers, have been reported dead with others injured in a fatal accident at Saltpond in the Central Region. Reports indicate...

Assin North Dual Citizenship case: Supreme Court sets date for ruling

A Cape Coast High Court hearing the dual citizenship case of the Assin North Member of Parliament (MP) has deferred judgment of the matter...

Farmer found dead on his farm

The Police in the Bono Regional town of Wenchi is investigating the circumstances that led to the death of Adamu Wahab, well known as...

NSS directs user agencies, stakeholders to pay administrative service charges via ghana.gov. platform

Ghana National Service Scheme (NSS) has directed user agencies and all other stakeholders to pay administrative service charges to it through ghana.gov. platform. The Deputy...

Akufo-Addo apologises to Wa residents over military brutalities

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has apologised to the Overlord of the Waala Traditional Area, Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV,...

MP threatens demo over border closure

The Jomoro Member of Parliament (MP), Dorcas Toffey, has threatened to embark on a demonstration with his constituents over Ghana's border closure. According to her,...

The Multimedia Group refutes defamatory statements by Kennedy Agyapong

The Multimedia Group has refuted defamatory statements made against it by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong on NET2...

Why some drivers are getting confused on Pokuase Interchange [Read]

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Ga West Municipal Assembly, Clement Wilkinson, has said that some drivers are heading in the wrong direction...

Ejura: I saw Kaaka’s brother dragging him on the ground by his hand – Co-tenant tells c’ttee

The woman, who testified at the police station to trigger the arrest of the brother of late social media activist Ibrahim Kaaka Mohammed, Saida...

Senyo Hosi’s lawyers want defamation case against Kennedy Agyapong back in court

Lawyers for the CEO of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors, Senyo Hosi are asking the High Court to take a second look at...

24-year-old man being sought for girlfriend’s death

The Dunkwa Municipal Police has arrested 24-year-old Daniel Agyei, for allegedly stabbing his 25-year-old girl, Vivian Akatsa to death. Reports indicate the incident happened at...

CHRAJ reacts to alleged $5m bribe against Chief Justice

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) says it is giving the necessary attention to a petition asking that it probes an...

Mother and baby die after building collapses at Wenchi

A mother and her baby have died after a building collapsed on them at Akrobi Old Town in the Wenchi Municipality of the Bono...

Multimedia Group drags Ken Agyapong to CID

The Multimedia Group Limited has lodged a formal complaint against the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong. The media conglomerate's Kumasi subsidiary, Luv...

US$5m bribery allegation against Chief Justice: The inside story [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · US$5million bribery allegation against Chief Justice: The inside story A chief of the Efutu and Gomoa Adjumako traditional area, Ogyeedom Obranu Kwesi Atta...

Pfizer CEO says third Covid vaccine dose likely needed within 12 months

Pfizer Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Albert Bourla, has said people will “likely” need a booster dose of a Covid-19 vaccine within 12 months of getting fully vaccinated....