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BECE 2022: Pregnant candidate in Kpandai district delivers

One out the 207 candidates writing the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) at Kabonwure D/A JHS Centre in the Kpandai District of the...

Produce former MASLOC CEO or … – Court orders Alex Mould

The Accra High Court has given a former boss of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, up to December 22,...

Court remands woman over DNA brouhaha

A Berekum Magistrate Court has remanded a 28-year-old woman into police custody over contempt. She failed to pay for a DNA test ordered by the...

Jane Rita drops visuals for her latest gospel, ‘Patience (Abotre)’

After kicking off the last two years with her immensely acclaimed single "God of Miracle" with Kofi Kinaata, the singer with the heavenly voice, Jane Rita,...

Rwanda opposes contraceptives for 15-year-olds

Rwandan parliament has rejected a bill to amend a 2016 law to allow contraceptives to be given to girls from the age of 15. A...

Nigeria floods: Death toll hits 603, more than a million displaced

The death toll from floods in Nigeria this year has increased to 603 as local authorities race to provide relief to hundreds of thousands of people...

Otto Addo to leave Black Stars

Otto Addo has confirmed he will leave his role as Black Stars head coach after the the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Qatar. Following the...

2,000 dogs to be vaccinated against rabies

Asutifi North District Director of Agriculture in the Ahafo Region, Paul Boakye, has said the directorate has begun putting measures in place to fight...

Mankessim killing: Relatives of accused flee amid fight with bereaved family

Relatives of Jonathan Obeng, the third accused person in the case of the slain prospective nursing student at Mankessim, on Tuesday fled for their...

GUTA members close shops beginning today

Members of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) will today close shops in Accra to protest deteriorating economic situation.  The group described the industrial...

Fight against galamsey is not an event, it’s a process – Lands Minister

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has sought the support of all and sundry in the fight against illegal mining. He...

20 illegal miners reportedly trapped at Obuasi

At least 20 gold miners have been trapped in one of the pits of Anglogold Ashanti at Obuasi in the Ashanti region. Reports indicate that the people...

My detractors in Ashanti Region will be put to shame – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has jabbed detractors of his government who say he has done little in terms of development in the Ashanti Region. According to...

GUTA disowns TAGG

 The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has said the Traders Advocacy Group Ghana (TAGG) is not part of them. GUTA President, Dr Joseph Obeng,...

Man in court for stealing Bibles from supermarket

A 37-year-old man, Godwin Idumu, was on Monday, October 17, charged at a Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing four Bibles from a supermarket.  The defendant,...

I know Ghanaians are suffering – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has acknowledged the prevailing hardship in the country.  According to him, he receives briefing on the situation routinely.  The President said he is...

Inside of Appeals Court Judges’ residential complex inaugurated by Akufo-Addo [Photos]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday commissioned a modern residential complex for Appeals Court judges in Kumasi with a firm assurance to do...

Groom ‘runs mad’ on wedding day after discovering bride has 4 children

A groom, whose identity is not immediately known, disrupted his own wedding after uncovering his wife's dangerous secret. The distraught groom went haywire after the...

Two escape death after truck plunges into lagoon

Two persons narrowly escaped death when a waste compactor truck plunged into the Lagos lagoon. The incident, according to an eyewitness, happened at about 7.45 pm...

Allied Health Professions boycott mother body’s activities

The Ghana Federation of Allied Health Professions (GFAHP) has declared a boycott of all activities being organised by the Regulatory Agency (Allied Health professions...

Akufo-Addo sacks GES Director-General

President Nana Akufo-Addo has sacked the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa. His termination was contained in a letter signed by...

GUTA reveals when shops will be re-opened for business

Members of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) will from Wednesday, October 19, 2022, close down their shops in a nationwide protest. The decision,...

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...