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Two in police grips for allegedly conspiring to sell boy, 16, for Ghc800k

The Akyem Oda District Police Command in the Eastern Region has arrested two suspects for conspiring to sell a 16-year-old boy for Ghc800,000. The suspects...

Sunyani chiefs, residents embark on massive demo [Video]

https://youtu.be/AM_VtCVXdKU Scores of Sunyani residents including traditional rulers have taken to the streets to embark on a massive demonstration. The demo dubbed Sunyani Deserves Better is...

Eduwatch accuses WAEC of dishonesty over WASSCE results

The Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) has questioned the West African Examination Council (WAEC) figures put out as the number of subject results, withheld and...

Carjackers using Apple’s airtags to steal cars⁠

Apple released AirTags in April this year. AirTags are tracking devices designed to act as a key finder, helping people find personal objects. A police...

Tears as primary one pupil is killed by trailer at Asafo [Video]

A primary one pupil of T.I Ahmadiyya School in Kumasi has been killed in an accident involving a long-vehicle truck at Asafo in the Ashanti...

I was not invited to court – Nhyiaeso MP

Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso, Dr. Stephen Amoah has denied assertions of failing to appear in court after he had been arrested by the...

One robber shot dead at Tema Golf City, Police on manhunt for another

The Police in Tema on Monday, December 6, 2021, shot dead one suspected armed robber, while the other accomplice escaped during a shootout with...

Police chase robbers who attacked MOMO vendor

The Savanah Regional Police Command is on a manhunt for four armed robbers who attacked a mobile money vendor at Sawla Thursday afternoon. The youth,...

School feeding meals should not go beyond December 10 – Caterers told

Management of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) has warned its caterers in the various basic schools not to provide meals beyond Friday, December...

We are sorry, bring back our light – Coalition of Krobo youth begs ECG [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · KROBO RESIDENTS Residents and traders at Yilo and Manya Krobo are taking a dose of their own pill after threatening to deal with officials...

Kojo Tsikata laid to rest

Captain Kojo Tsikata (Rtd.) was laid to rest Thursday morning in Accra after a private funeral. This was disclosed in a statement from the family,...

Nhyiaeso MP turns himself in to police, faces court for road traffic offence

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Nhyiaeso, Stephen Amoah, has been put before the La Magistrate Court for flouting Road Traffic Regulations. The MP was...

UG extends undergraduate application deadline to this date…

The University of Ghana has extended the deadline for the application of undergraduate degree programmes to Friday, December 10, 2021. This was contained in a...

NPP has brought Ghana back to John Mahama’s era – Economist

A development economist, George Domfe, has revealed that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has currently brought Ghana back to Ex-President John Mahama’s era, according...

Woman jumps 50ft from building to escape ‘rapist’ in harrowing CCTV

A 20-year-old woman was forced to jump 50ft into snow to escape a ‘rapist’ who was on her trail and allegedly had two other...

80-year-old ex-soldier arrested for attempted murder

An octogenarian, Peter Boafo, and a resident of Bremang within the Suame Municipality on Monday, December 6, 2021, nearly lost his life when a...

Kufuor thanks well-wishers for birthday messages

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has expressed gratitude to members of the public for the well-wishes and prayers he received on Wednesday. The statesman on...

ECG cuts power supply to Tema Steel, Central University

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has cut power supply to three institutions that together owe the power distribution firm over ¢500,000 in electricity...

Kumasi lights up the city to ward-off criminals ahead of Christmas

Recent robbery attacks in dark spots within the city have prompted the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly to take action to improve illumination. City Mayor, Samuel Pyne,...

Dampare visits police station set ablaze at Tenbibian [Video]

https://youtu.be/--cNipUPc_Y The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akufo Dampare, and his entourage have visited the station which was burnt at Tenbibian near Obom. Dr...

Ex-military man shoots 2 children over rent issues with their father

Two children, aged six and eight years old, have been hospitalised after being shot by their father’s landlord. The landlord, 80-year-old ex-military officer, is reported...

Couple who were engaged for 11 years tie the knot three days before bride dies of cancer

A couple, who put off their wedding for 11 years, tied the knot three days before the bride tragically died of cancer. Ben and Jen...

Office of Special Prosecutor to institute Ghana Corruption League Table

The Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP) will from January 2022 institute an annual Ghana Corruption League Table. The initiative is part of the office's...

Engineer dies after falling from a lift

A young engineer died when he became wedged between a lift and the wall of its shaft while carrying out repair works at the...

Court strikes out injunction against NCA, others over SIM cards re-registration

The Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court has struck out an interlocutory injunction against the ongoing re-registration of the SIM Card.This was...

What God revealed to me about National Cathedral – Former MP reveals [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Kojo Adu Asare on National Catheral Just like God used prophets Samuel and Elijah to deliver messages to Kings, a former Member of...

Court rescinds bench warrant for Jomoro MP

The Sekondi Commercial Court A has rescinded a bench warrant issued for the arrest of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jomoro, Dorcas Affo-Toffey....

Sleep-driving possible cause of Sawla accident that claimed 9 lives – Police [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Sleep - Driving Possible Cause Of Sawla Accident That Claimed 9 Lives - Police The police say preliminary investigations have revealed that the accident...

GES congratulates WASSCE candidates

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has congratulated the 442,807 candidates who took the 2021 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). According to the Service,...

E-levy not compulsory; if you don’t want to pay, don’t do MoMo – Carlos Ahenkorah [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · E - Levy Not Compulsory; Keep Your Money On Your Phone If You Can’t Pay – Carlos Ahenkorah Tema West Member of Parliament...

Full text: Special Prosecutor’s speech on World Anti-Corruption Day

On 24 June 2007 Ghana ratified the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, which is the only legally binding universal anti-corruption instrument. In his foreword...

Special Prosecutor to prosecute 31 cases in 2022

The office of the Special Prosecutor will, beginning next year, prosecute 31 cases pending before it. The cases, according to the Special Prosecutor, Kissi...

Good riddance – Krobo Group snubs ECG, wants direct power from VRA

JoyNews/AdomNews · Krobo Group snub ECG A group calling itself the United Krobo Foundation is happy with the exit of the Electricity Company of Ghana...

Mentally challenged persons invade Anaji M/A school

A large presence of mentally challenged persons is threatening academic work at the Anaji Municipal Assembly Kindergarten and Primary School in the Western Region. “The...

National Road Safety Authority takes ‘Stay Alive’ campaign to churches

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) in the Eastern Region has engaged pastors and elders within the Kwahu West municipality on the 'Stay Alive'...

ECG justifies blackout in Krobo [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · ECG justifies blackout in in Krobo The people of Yilo and Manya Krobo in the Eastern Region will have to endure the power...

Armed robbers attack Prison Officer’s shop at Afram Plains

A gang of four armed robbers has attacked a shop at Forifori in the Afram Plains South District in the Eastern Region amidst indiscriminate...

Residents at Yilo and Lower Manya Krobo lament over ECG power cuts

Residents at Yilo and Lower Manya Krobo in the Eastern Region have expressed grave concern about the current energy situation in the area. For the...

I started Zoomlion with only one tricycle – Joseph Siaw

Executive Chairman for the Jospong Group of Companies, Dr Jospeh Siaw Agyapong, has recounted his humble beginnings with Zoomlion. According to him, before the idea...

Mason bags 18 years for stealing GH¢500 and Tecno phone

The Asamankese Circuit Court, presided over by Justice Abass Abubakari Adams, has sentenced a 32-year-old mason, William Agyekum alias Ninja, to 18 years imprisonment...