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Govt to foot medical bills of Motorway tollbooth accident victims

Roads Minister, Kwesi Amoako Atta, says the government will foot the medical bills of the people who were injured after a tipper truck crashed...

Staff, patients living in fear after robbers raid hospital and bungalow

Staff and patients at the Obuasi Government Hospital are living in fear after robbers raided the facility and made away with air conditioners and...

Samira to refund allowances paid her as she rejects new emoluments

The Second Lady, Samira Bawumia, has rejected the new emoluments approved for her by Parliament amid promises to refund all allowances paid her since...

Class two pupil found hanging dead [Photos]

A Class two pupil has been found hanging dead at Tikobo No 2 in the Jomoro Municipality of the Western Region. She was found dangling...

Female ‘coup plotter’ tried to seduce military employee to escape – Court hears

The only woman out of 10 accused persons standing trial for allegedly plotting a coup, Warrant Officer (WO II) Esther Saan Dekuwine, has been...

Cantonments Police intercept weapons hidden in food for inmate [Photo]

The Cantonments Police in Accra have intercepted weapons hidden in food for an inmate in custody. Police sources indicate this was at about 4:45 pm...

12-year-old girl found dead in classroom

Police at Half Assini in the Jomoro Municipality of the Western Region has begun investigations into what led to the death of a Primary...

Rebecca Akufo-Addo to refund GHC899,097 allowances paid her, rejects salary payment

First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo has declined the offer for her to be paid allowances. According to a July 12 statement, she has also “decided to...

Driver of tipper truck who crashed into Tema tollbooth killing one arrested

The Tema Police have arrested the driver of tipper truck for crashing into a tollbooth leading to the loss of one life and five...

GMA hints of shortage of ICU beds amid Covid-19 surge

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ghana may run out of ICU beds amid Covid surge - GMA The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is warning that Intensive Care Units...

BET boys chase Prophet Badu Kobi

Some youth are angry because they followed the prophecy of Badu Kobi to bet their last dime on the wrong team. The sports-loving fans are...

Court throws out Senyo Hosi’s defamation suit against Kennedy Agyapong

An Accra High Court has dismissed a defamation case filed by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors,...

Akufo-Addo commissions Salaga water supply project, Astroturf football pitch

President Nana Akufo-Addo has commissioned the Salaga Water Supply Project, and the newly constructed Astroturf football pitch in the Savannah Region as part of...

Scary moment govt statistician went dizzy on live TV [Video]

A viral video on social media has captured a scary moment government statistician, Prof Samuel Kobina Annim, went dizzy and almost collapsed on live...

Toll collection at Tema Motorway resumes after accident

Attendants at the Accra-bound side of the Tema Motorway have resumed toll collection after the process was suspended due to an accident earlier Monday...

School closed down for rituals after man allegedly commits suicide in premises

A portion of the St Anthony Catholic School in the Awutu Senya West district has been closed down after a man allegedly committed suicide...

One feared dead, others injured as tipper truck crashes into Tema Motorway tollbooth [Video]

An attendant at the Tema Motorway tollbooth is feared dead with others injured after a tipper truck crashed into it. The gory accident occurred in...

Deadline for 2021 Population and Housing Census extended

The Ghana Statistical Service has extended the deadline for the 2021 Population and Housing Census to Sunday, July 18. The exercise, which started on Monday,...

‘Okada’ rider stabbed to death at Satellite Junction on Accra-Nsawam Highway

An Okada rider, said to be in his mid-20s, has been stabbed to death at Satellite Junction on the Accra-Nsawam highway. The deceased, identified as...

Akufo-Addo, Boakye Agyarko, others mourn with popular MP [Photos]

President Nana Akufo-Addo, Former Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, among others, have commiserated with Bantama Member of Parliament (MP), Francis Asenso Boakye. This was on Saturday,...

Landlord threatens to shoot Census enumerator

An enumerator assigned to the Dr Berko Area for the 2021 Population and Housing Census has shared his chilling experience with the Daily Graphic,...

Boy healed of arm fracture while watching TB Joshua’s funeral service

“I experienced something I had never seen in my life,” so began Cherry Nnadi as she testifies about the experience of her son Success...

Two-year-old found dead in gutter after going missing

The death of a two-year-old at Obuasi Zongo in the Ashanti Region has thrown the community into a state of mourning. The deceased, identified as...

Police Service bids farewell to 4 COPs [Photos]

The Ghana Police Service has said goodbye to four Commissioners of Police (COPs) as they proceed on retirement upon attaining the age of 60. These...

Police in Bolgatanga arrest 3 suspected armed robbers in their hideout

Upper East Regional Police Command on Sunday, July 11, arrested three suspected armed robbers alleged to be involved in several armed robbery cases in...

Akufo-Addo commissions 85-bed Central Gonja District Hospital

President Nana Akufo-Addo has commissioned an 85-bed Central Gonja District Hospital, located at Buipe, in the Savannah Region, at the start of his two-day...

Armed robbers kill driver on Yeji Highway

A commercial driver from Efigyase in the Ashanti Region has been killed by armed robbers on the Yeji Atabubu highway. The armed robbers targeted and...

E/R: 35 SHS girls give birth, 7 pregnant in Suhum Municipality

A total of 35 Senior High School (SHS) students in the Suhum Municipality of the Eastern Region have been delivered of babies while seven...

Popular pastor hot over prediction on Copa America and Messi

Founder and Leader of the Glorious Wave Church is in troubled waters after his prophecy on the Copa America finals went sour. Prior to the...

Police on rampage against cargo drivers at Yapei

Some cargo drivers numbering about 80 have accused police at Yapei in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region of harassment, extortion, and...

I sold toffees and ice creams to survive – Dean of UPSA Law School

Dean of the Law School of University for Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Prof. Ernest. Kofi Abotsi, has in an interview on Joy FM, recounted...

AMA removes unauthorised signages along High Street

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has removed unauthorised signages mounted in the median along the John Evans Atta Mills High Street in Accra.The exercise...

Uber driver crushed to death

An Uber driver in charge of Nissan Versa Saloon car with registration number GR 9685-21 was killed in an accident on the Harbour dual...

Spouses of President and Veep deserves benefits from the State – Razak Kojo Opoku

A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) says considering the tasks undertaken by the spouses of the President and Vice President in support...

Wereko Brobbey petitions Speaker to halt payment of emoluments to presidential spouses

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Volta River Authority (VRA), Charles Wereko Brobbey, has petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin to call on...

Parliament orders probe into armed robbery attacks on mobile money vendors

Parliament has tasked its Defence and Interior Committee to investigate the surge in robbery attacks on mobile money vendors in the country. The Second Deputy...

Ejura probe: Kaaka’s family ‘snubs’ committee

The family of the late social media activist, Ibrahim ‘Kaaka’ Mohammed, will not participate in the ongoing public inquiry into circumstances that led to...

Bank of Ghana hospital now open to public

The Bank Hospital has now been opened to the public, with a pledge to provide quality service for clients, in line with best practices. Constructed...

Don’t open bottle lids with teeth – Dentist advises

A dentist at the Sunyani Regional Hospital has advised the general public to desist from opening bottle lids with their teeth to avoid getting...

7-member-committee set up to investigate Makola fire incident

A seven-member committee has been set up to investigate the Makola fire incident which occurred on July 5, 2021. The committee will consist of representatives...