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Homes flooded in Kumasi after heavy rains

Some communities in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region have been flooded after about 10 hours of rain in the region. Residents of Apemso and Emina...

17 OMCs fail to pay taxes – Auditor-General’s report

Seventeen Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) did not pay duties and taxes totalling ¢249,800,802.28 on 219,995,530 litres of fuel products lifted for the period January...

Cocoa farmers threaten to smuggle product if govt fails to increase prices

Cocoa farmers at Gyampokrom in the Sehwi Juaboso District in the Western North Region have threatened to smuggle their cocoa produce to Ivory Coast...

Campaign to empower men to examine women for breast cancer launched

A project that is seeking to consciously empower men to fight against the rising cases of breast cancer in Ghana has been launched. The newly...

Galamsey: Sefwi Elubo chief, brother granted bail

The chief of Sefwi Elubo in the Western North Region, Nana Anini Baffour and his brother, Kwadwo Affi, who were recently arrested for their...

11 in 11 years: Hearts of Oak coaches axed under Togbe Afede XIV

Hearts of Oak Board showed their ruthless nature again by firing Samuel Boadu from the head coach role on Tuesday after an emergency meeting. The...

There is nothing in your coconut heads – KT Hammond slams youth for hooting at Akufo-Addo at Global Citizen Festival [Video]

Member of Parliament (MP) for Adansi Asokwa, Kobina Tahir Hammond, also known as KT Hammond, has descended on the Ghanaian youth who hooted at...

Shakira to stand trial in Spain for tax evasion

Colombian music star Shakira will stand trial in a Spanish court for allegations of tax fraud amounting to €14.5m (£12.9m). A Barcelona court has ordered...

Apple removes Russia’s largest social network from App Store

Apple has removed the iOS apps belonging to VK, the technology conglomerate behind Russia’s version of Facebook called VKontakte, from its App Store globally. In...

Asamoah Gyan shows off ripped physique in latest video as Qatar looms

Ghana's all-time top scorer, Asamoah Gyan, has displayed a trimmed figure as he is working around the clock to be fit for the 2022 World...

How this policeman drowned while chasing galamseyers will break your heart [Audio+photos]

JoyNews/AdomNews · How this policeman drowned while chasing galamseyers will break your heart District Chief Executive for Sefwi Amoaya in the Sefwi Bodi District of...

3 in critical condition as Kia truck crashes into Articulator at Amanfrom

Three persons are in critical condition in an accident involving multiple cars at Ngleshie Amanfrom in the Ga South Municipality of the Accra-Kasoa Highway. Per...

Bank of Ghana sends strong warning to MoMo loan defaulters

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has said mobile money loan defaulters who have deliberately discarded their SIM cards risk attracting negative repercussion. In a statement,...

Former Nigeria and Chelsea star Mikel Obi retires from football

Former Nigeria international John Mikel Obi has retired from football at the age of 35, declaring himself "very satisfied with all I was able...

6 fire service officers involved in road crash at Dormaa

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) says six of its personnel are receiving treatment at the Dormaa Presbyterian Hospital in the Bono Region. According to...

Adom TV’s Adepam finale 2022 in pictures

The grand finale for the Season 2 of Adom TV’s fashion show, Adepam came off on Sunday, September 25, 2022, at the forecourt of...

NSA boss adopts effective policy to promote education in Ahafo

The Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Professor Peter Twumasi has announced plans to introduce incentives to promote education in the Ahafo...

Man goes blind while attempting to kill prayerful mother with ‘juju’

A prison inmate, Richard Ofosu Dame, has been confessing his evil deeds since becoming a free man.His confession included his attempt to kill his...

I don’t work – 16-year-old girl reveals ‘smoking’ is her job

A 16-year-old girl, Monica Owusu Sekyere, who sleeps at the marketplace in Kantamanto, Accra, has disclosed that she fled from home at a young...

I’m coming after those selling gov’t lands, Ramsar site occupants – Henry Quartey

The Greater Accra Regional Minster, Henry Quartey is cautioning against the sale of government land by self-acclaimed owners of such lands. He contends, the sale...

Massive reactions as Hearts of Oak coach Samuel Boadu resigns

A number of reactions have greeted the sacking of Hearts of Coach Head Coach, Samuel since the news came in yesterday. Mr Boadu has mutually...

‘I forgot about myself’ – Barber grabbed with drugs at police station

A barber who went to visit his friend on remand at Baatsona Police Station, has ended in Police cells for possessing drugs. Abdulai Hamza was...

Fetish priest sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for defrauding with fake currency

A 43-year-old fetish priest has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by a Koforidua Circuit court for defrauding people with counterfeit currency. Richard Vormowor alias...

Man gets 8 years for hacking cousin he accused of stealing fish from soup

A Circuit Court in Koforidua has sentenced a private security man to eight (8) years imprisonment for inflicting deep matchete wounds on his cousin. The...

Police investigate drowning of Officer at Sefwi Amoaya

The Police have commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the drowning of a Police officer at Sefwi Amoaya in the Sefwi Bodi District...

We are receiving threats of contract termination – School Feeding Caterers

President of Greater Accra School Feeding Caterers Association, Madam Juliana Cudjoe, says members of the Association are receiving threats of contract termination for demanding...

Rousing welcome for Otumfuo [Photos]

Hundreds of excited people accorded the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, a rousing welcome at the Kumasi Airport on Sunday. The Asante Monarch, who has...

Aisha Huang trial: We need to take strong stance on against illegal mining

Circuit Court Judge Samuel Bright Acquah is making a case for courts to take a strong stance against illegal mining. Ruling on a bail application...

Aisha Huang denied bail again

Galamsey kingpin, Aishà Huang, has been denied bail once again by an Accra Circuit Court. The Chinese national pleaded not guilty to her suspected illegal...

Nicaragua won’t be as tough as Brazil – Otto Addo

Black Stars coach, Otto Addo, has stated that Ghana’s friendly game against Nicaragua will afford the technical team the opportunity to try new systems...

Uruguay defender Araujo undergoes surgery, could miss World Cup

Ghana's 2022 World Cup group opponent, Uruguay has suffered an injury blow as Ronald Araujo is set to undergo surgery and could miss the...

14-year-old pregnant girl, 23, others rescued from being trafficked to Cote D’Ivoire

A 14-year-old girl, who is pregnant and 15 other children, have been rescued from being trafficked from the Central Region to Cote d’Ivoire. The children,...

SIM registration: Group to sue govt

JoyNews/AdomNews · Pressure mounts on government to scrape SIM card registration deadline With three days to the September 30 SIM re-registration deadline, the Communications Ministry...

Mali players fight each other at Basketball World Cup

Basketball's world governing body has launched an investigation after a fight broke out among Mali players at the Women's World Cup in Australia. One member...

King Charles: New royal cypher revealed

The cypher of King Charles III has been revealed, showing an image to be used by government departments and on state documents and post...

Barber vising friend on remand arrested with drugs

A barber, who went to visit his friend on remand at Baatsona Police Station, has ended in Police cells for possessing drugs. Abdulai Hamza was...

Its a special feeling to play for Ghana – Inaki Williams

Inaki Williams says he's super excited following his Black Stars debut on Friday against Brazil. The 28-year-old won his first cap for Ghana when he...

Some Ghanaian medical students willing to go back to war-torn Ukraine

Some Ghanaian students studying medicine and dentistry in war-torn Ukraine are lacing their boots to return to the European country. According to reports, some have...

A Plus reacts as NPP accuses NDC of planting people to hoot at Akufo-Addo

Musician and political activist, Kwame A Plus, has opened up in a long note after the New Patriotic Party (NPP) called out the National...

NASA flies spacecraft into asteroid in direct hit

The American space agency's Dart probe has smashed into an asteroid, destroying itself in the process. The collision was intentional and designed to test whether...