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GITTA Winners League Table unveiled

Ghana’s biggest Tech industry awards, Ghana Information Technology & Telecom Awards (GITTA) now in its 12th edition has unveiled a comprehensive GITTA Winners League Table,...

Lawyers are the best candidates for heaven – GBA President

JoyNews/AdomNews · Lawyers are best candidates for Heaven – Ghana Bar President President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Yaw Acheampong Boafo, has dismissed some...

Akufo-Addo cuts sod for much anticipated 4-tier Suame Interchange

President Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for construction works to begin on the much anticipated Suame Interchange project in Kumasi. The four-tier interchange project, to...

Panic as Nigerian students are attacked in India

Nigerian officials have called on the authorities in India to ensure the safety of Nigerian students in the country. This followed fighting between Nigerian and...

Being in jail felt like vacation – Shatta Wale

Dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale, has said that he felt at home when he was arrested and put in jail. According to him, contrary to some people’s assumptions,...

7,000 females benefit from Huawei, Rebecca Foundation Digital Technologies Training

Huawei Technologies Ghana in partnership with the Rebecca Foundation and the Ghana Education Service (GES) has successfully engaged over 7,000 young girls and traders...

Popular actress battling strange ailment quits acting

Ailing Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar, has quit acting. Her management announced the development in a statement on her official Instagram account. The statement noted that Halima...

Economic reform must not affect employment – GRNMA to govt

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) wants the government to ensure restructuring of the economy under an IMF programme will not adversely...

Midwife and husband abandon 4-year-old boy in forest

A midwife and her husband, who is a trained teacher, are currently in the grips of the Esiama District Police Command in Ellembelle for...

12-year-old girl found dead inside box

Parisians have been stunned by the shocking murder of a 12-year-old schoolgirl whose body was found on Friday in a container in the courtyard...

Tima Kumkum, Top Choco embark on breast cancer awareness campaign in SHSs

Top Choco and Adom TV presenter, Cynthia Tima Yeboah, aka Tima Kumkum, have embarked on a breast cancer sensitisation programme in two Senior High...

Living Standard Series: First class graduate returns to selling ‘bofrot’ for survival

After graduating with a first-class and completing her national service as a teaching assistant at a university, Priscilla Akwagu had to return to her...

COCOBOD trial: Doctor justifies 6 weeks excuse duty to Opuni

The Medical Director of St. Lucy Eye Clinic, Dr Kodjo Abalo, has provided justification for the six weeks excused duty granted to Dr Stephen...

Totally unprofessional – Hearts of Oak legend blasts former coach Samuel Boadu

Samuel Boadu has been heavily criticised for his conduct moments before the start of the CAF Confederation Cup match between Hearts of Oak and...

Illegal miners chasing people out of their homes [Video]

Some residents of Apinamang, a town in the Eastern Region are intimidated and frustrated as they are being forced out of their homes by...

Akufo-Addo’s convoy booed in Kumasi

The hardship many Ghanaians are going through in the wake of economic downturn is getting more apparent than ever. The citizens appear not to be...

2022 BECE: Candidate goes into labour in examination room

A candidate, who was writing the ongoing Basic Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) at Kechiebi R/C Centre in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the...

Man creates scene in bank after millions vanished from his account

A yet-to-be-identified man did not have any mercy on staff of his bank when he created a scene over some unwarranted debit alert. The elderly...

LaLiga hosts El Clasico viewing party for football lovers in Accra

Ghana, being one of the most passionate places for world football, hosted a very special event on Sunday, October 16, 2022, and the most...

Ban small-scale mining now – Christian Council

The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) has called on government to ban small-scale mining with immediate effect. According to the Christian Council, the rate at...

10 years after passage of law: Mental health care still unsatisfactory

Ten years after the passage of the Mental Health Act 2012, Act 846, mental healthcare delivery in the country is nowhere near satisfactory. The Chief...

Seeking IMF bailout was a difficult decision – Akufo-Addo

JoyNews/AdomNews · Seeking IMF bailout was a difficult decision to make – Akufo-Addo President Nana Akufo-Addo says the decision to go to the International Monetary...

Ballon D’or 2022: Sadio Mane wins Socrates Award for charity work

Sadio Mane has received France Football’s inaugural Socrates Award, in recognition of his charity work in his native Senegal. Mane, 30, is accustomed to writing...

Akufo-Addo commissions modern residential complex for judges

President Nana Akufo-Addo has commissioned a modern residential complex for Appeal Court judges in Kumasi with a firm assurance to do more for the...

Parliament to vet 4 Supreme Court nominees

The Appointments Committee of Parliament will today (Tuesday, October 18) vet four persons nominated by the President for appointments as Supreme Court Judges.  They comprise...

We didn’t go to ‘galamsey’ sites to pray – Clergy

The Christian Ecumenical Bodies of Ghana is angered about the public uproar over their visit to illegal mining sites in the Eastern Region. According them,...

Russian warplane crash kills 13 in apartment block

At least 13 people have now died after a Russian fighter-bomber plane crashed into an apartment block in the southern Russian town of Yeysk,...

Be patient: GRTCC on transport fare increment

Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC) is urging commercial drivers not to increase transport fares. The Council said they were yet to meet the government...

Eleven persons in court for rioting over GPRTU revenue

Eleven persons who were picked for rioting over ticketing and revenue at the Shukura Lorry Station have appeared before an Accra Circuit Court.  They are...

Cedi slumps to world’s most performer versus dollar

Ghana’s cedi slumped to the world’s worst-performing currency to the dollar as wait-and-see investors continued to squeeze foreign capital into the West African country...

Galamsey: Occupyghana makes fresh demands

A pressure group, OccupyGhana has asked President Akufo-Addo to confiscate all ‘galamsey’ lands across the country.  The Group in an open letter dated October 17...

GPRTU demands 40% increment in transport fares

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) is pushing for a 40 percent increase in transport fares ahead of its meeting with the government...

Akufo-Addo refers Captain Smart to Media Commission

The government has debunked and rebuked a publication by Onua TV titled “Nana Addo is actively involved in galamsey – Captain Smart”. Per the article...

Zoomlion donates to schools to mark global handwashing day

Waste management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, is donating handwashing items to schools. The donation forms part of Zoomlion’s activities to commemorate Global Handwashing Day (GHD),...

Re-constructed 44-year-old KATH maternity and children’s block nears completion

President Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed great satisfaction with the progress of work ongoing on the reconstruction and modernisation of the Maternity and Children’s block...

Two arrested for allegedly shooting fire officers at Offinso

The Police on Monday arrested two suspects, Banda Johnson and William Owusu, for allegedly shooting two fire officers at Offinso in the Ashanti Region. The...

Coalition of Muslim Organisations raises red flag over ‘offensive’ textbook

The Coalition of Muslim Organisations, Ghana (COMOG), has raised concerns over the publication of a textbook which they say casts the religion in a...

Why UTAG-UCC is out of university labour unions’ strike

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) chapter of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has abandoned the ongoing strike action of the four...

Akufo-Addo names his 5 best-performing Ministers

President Nana Akufo-Addo says he will not reshuffle some of his best-performing Ministers just because their critics believe they have served for too long...

EPA revokes licences of some illegal miners

The Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr Henry Kokofu, has disclosed that the Agency has sanctioned and revoked licenses of some...