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COVID-19: Achimota School records 135 cases

JoyNews/AdomNews · Covid-19: 135 Achimota School students test positive, mostly Delta Variant Some 135 students of Achimota School have tested positive for Covid-19, with most...

Fire guts Railways Quarters

Fire has gutted the homes of many squatters at the Railways Quarters area behind Accra Breweries Limited and Graphic Communications Company Limited. The inferno is...

Former IGP sues TV talk show host for defamation

The immediate past Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Apeatu, has sued Net 2 TV’s ‘The Seat’ talk show host, Justice Kweku Annan, for...

KNUST: Many injured in Katanga and Conti clash

A number of students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have suffered various degrees of injuries following a clash between...

PDS loses ECG assets management case

The Commercial Division of the Accra High Court has dismissed an application by Power Distribution Services (PDS) challenging the cancellation of its operation licences. This...

Two MMCEs to be sanctioned for failure to lead clean-up exercise

Northern Regional Minister, Alhaji Alhassan Shani Shaibu, has warned that the two acting Metropolitan and Municipal Chief Executives (MMCEs) of the Sagnarigu and Tamale...

Okada rider allegedly murdered by two pillion riders at Adaklu

Police are on the heels of two assailants, who allegedly murdered Komla Tsomana, 28, an Okada rider of Mafi-Kumasi in cold-blood inflicting multiple machete...

Abuga Pele pardoned on health grounds

President Nana Akufo-Addo has granted a presidential pardon to Abuga Pele, a former National Coordinator of the now-defunct Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development...

Popular security expert recounts encounter with ‘corrupt’ police officer

The Director of Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) claims a police officer is extorting...

Covid-19: Ghana’s active cases hit 1,674

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Ghana has risen to 1,674, according to latest figures released by the Ghana Health Service. Of that number,...

2 friends convicted for stealing motorbike

The District Magistrate court at Enchi has fined two friends ¢600 each for stealing a motorbike valued at ¢4,200. Ebenezer Kwaw, a Junior High School...

Chief Imam wants thorough investigations into Ejura shooting

Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu says a thorough work from the three-member committee set up to investigate the Ejura shooting will help build...

Ghana loses GH¢1.9bn in judgment debts over last two decades

Ghana paid a total of GH¢1.9 billion in judgment debts over the last two decades, a comprehensive review by the Centre for Social Justice...

Landlords liable to 2-year jail term if…

Landlords who demand more than six months advance from their tenants before renting out their property are liable to a two-year jail term. This is...

Man undergoes surgery after military brutality in Wa [Photos+Video]

A 29-year-old man, who was allegedly assaulted by rampaging soldiers in Wa, has undergone surgery at the Upper West Regional Hospital. Gafur Mahama developed a...

Building collapses on man after heavy downpour [Photos+Video]

A middle-aged-man has died after a building collapsed on him at Bugu in the Asante Akyem South Municipality of the Ashanti Region. Reports indicate the...

Ejura MCE clears air on his dismissal

The Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipal Chief Executive Officer (MCE), Mohammed Salisu Bamba, has debunked reports of his dismissal from office. According to him, he is still at...

I’ve relocated my family – Journalist who recorded military brutality in Wa

The journalist, who secretly filmed soldiers brutalising some residents of Wa in the Upper West Region, says he has moved his wife and children...

Akufo-Addo pays glowing tribute to Zambia’s founding president

Tribute by President Nana Akufo-Addo, at the funeral of the Llte Kenneth David Kaunda, at the National Heroes Stadium, On Friday, 2nd July 2021, In Lusaka,...

Good news for NDC as Police make U-turn on planned demo

The Ghana Police Service has given the greenlight for the youth wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to embark on their “March for...

Ejura: Chilling account of how ‘Kaaka Macho’ was murdered pops up in court

The Asokwa District Court has been told of the chilling manner in which social media activist, Ibrahim Mohammed, also known as Kaaka Macho, was...

Police invite social media user who accused officers of dad’s death

The Police Service has invited a social media user for questioning after she accused some personnel of killing her father in his home. The user,...

Fire destroys parts of CMB Police Station [Photos]

Fire has destroyed parts of the CMB Police Station at Accra Central. The fire incident, which cause is yet to be known, is reported to...

Ejura: It’s conflict of interest for Interior Minister to probe killings – Victim’s family

The family of Abdul Nasir Yusif, one of the victims in the Ejura shooting, expected investigations on the shooting incident to have been left...

Kennedy Agyapong to lead probe in Wa Military brutality

The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu, has directed the Defence and Interior Committee to probe the circumstances that led to Military...

Sista Afia reacts to rumours that Duncan-Williams has bought a house for her [Video]

Singer Sista Afia has rubbished rumours that she has been given a house by presiding Archbishop and General Overseer of the Action Chapel International...

Soldiers hit my head with an object: Upper West RCC PRO recounts ordeal

Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Upper West Regional Coordinating Council (RCC), Cletus Awuni, has recounted how he was assaulted by military men in...

I sanctioned Ejura Military deployment – Minister

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has accepted responsibility for the Military presence at Ejura in the Ashanti Region. Mr Mensah has explained he...

Govt will not shield anyone culpable in Ejura killings – Bawumia

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has assured that government will not shield anyone found culpable in the Ejura disturbances that led to the...

Wa Central MP reacts to military brutality, demands compensation for victims

The Wa Central Member of Parliament (MP), Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo, has demanded an apology from the military over the brutality meted to some of his...

Ejura: Three suspects in court over Kaaka’s death [Video]

https://youtu.be/l4aQ28bXnHo Three suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a social media activist, Kaaka Macho at Ejura are making their maiden appearance at the...

Bawumia to visit Ejura over death of three persons

The Vice President, Dr Mahamdu Bawumia, is expected to visit Ejura in the Ashanti Region over the death of a social media activist and...

Basic school at Manhyia shut down after parent cursed teachers for punishing her child

Authorities at the Adwumam/Manhyia Roman Catholic Primary and Junior High School in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti Region have shut down the...

Revealed: Agbogbloshie scrap dealers rejected GH¢50,000 offer from govt

JoyNews/AdomNews · Agbogbloshie scrap dealers rejected GH¢50,000 offer from govt It has emerged that the scrap dealers, who are opposing the relocation of Agbogloshie market...

Minister lifts morale with powerful ‘jama’ at Agbogbloshie [Video]

All work and no play indeed makes jack a dull boy and that was what exactly came to play when the Greater Accra Regional...

Agbogbloshie onion traders make fresh demands [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Agbogbloshie onion traders make fresh demands Onion traders at Agbobloshie market, who were moved to Adjen Kotoku in Accra, are marking fresh demands. This...

Scholarship Secretariat to spend ¢85m on 55,000 beneficiaries

The Ghana Scholarship Secretariat is expecting to spend some ¢85 million on an estimated 55,000 beneficiaries for the 2021/22 academic year, the Registrar, Kingsley...

Our demo will take place as planned – NDC to Police

The National Democratic Congress' (NDC) Youth Wing has hinted their demo dubbed ‘A March for Justice’ will take place as planned. According to the party,...

We will not tolerate homos3xuality – GPCC

President of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC), Reverend Paul Frimpong-Manso, has said the Council will not tolerate any lifestyle that would bring...

Police ‘stops’ NDC’s ‘A March For Justice’ demo

The Ghana Police Service has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) cannot hold its planned "A March for Justice' demo. This, according to the police,...