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Woman charged with murder after kiss with inmate during visitation

A woman, who shared a kiss with a prisoner during a visitation in Tennessee, has been charged with murder after the inmate died shortly...

Man allegedly kills wife over disagreement on condom during sex

The Awutu Ofaakor district police command has arrested one Gideon Tetteh for allegedly murdering his wife over a misunderstanding during sex. The 57-year-old man tied...

Pregnant woman pours urine on husband over alleged cheating [Video]

A 30-year-old woman has ‘showered’ her husband with her urine, accusing him of cheating. According to Afia Adjeiwaa, a neighbour complained of her husband’s advances...

Opoku Ware management confirms its students were involved in Kumasi robbery

Authorities of Opoku Ware Senior High School (SHS) in Kumasi have confirmed three students arrested for alleged robbery are students of the school. The students,...

Man who impregnated 3 daughters undergoes purification rites [Photos]

The traditional authorities at Assin Andoe in the Assin South District of the Central Region has performed a purification rite for Opanin Kwame...

Ellembelle MP, 2 others sue Chief of Defence Staff, Adamus Mines

Ellembelle Member of Parliament (MP), Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has filed a civil rights suit at the Accra High Court against Adamus Resources Limited Mines...

Ridge Hospital doctor cries out after his backpack was stolen while he was in operating room [Video]

A medical doctor at the Ridge Hospital has cried out on social media after his backpack was stolen while he was busy in the...

Three Opoku Ware SHS students arrested for robbery

Three final year students of the Opoku Ware Senior High School (SHS) have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a robbery incident in Kumasi. Sources at the Ashanti Central...

Coup trial: ACP Agordzo files criminal appeal against orders to open defence

Lawyers of the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Dr Benjamin Agordzo have filed a criminal appeal to challenge the High Court’s order for him...

4 remanded over 80 hectares cannabis farm

The Donkorkrom Magistrate Court has remanded four suspects who were arrested for cultivating about 80 hectares of cannabis in a forest reserve in the...

N&MC reacts to viral video of student nurse threatening to kill patients

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (N&MC) has condemned a viral video of a lady in a nursing uniform threatening to kill her patients over...

Former PURC PRO questions timing for utility tariff increase

Former Director of Public Relations and External Affairs of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), Nana Yaa Jantuah, has questioned the timing for tariff...

Parliament was not transparent in passing Narcotics Control Commission Act – Supreme Court

The Supreme Court says Parliament did not act transparently in the passage of the Narcotics Control Commission Act.  Specific reference is made to portions...

U-20 WWC: Ghana won’t make it past group stage – Head Coach

Head coach of Black Princesses, Ben Fokuo, has dismissed any chances of his team progressing to the knock-out stage of the U-20 Women’s World Cup...

Wassa, Aowin residents face unemployment as Samatex company risks shut down over ‘galamsey’

Timber Workers Union (TWU) fears residents of Wassa Amenfi, Aowin and Samreboi would face mass unemployment as one of the biggest companies, Samatex Timber...

Pharm.D house officers to quit housemanships

Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) graduates of 2021 have announced plans to halt their services effective Monday, August 29, 2022. The decision, according to them, is related...

BoG to hold emergency MPC meeting over economic woes

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) will on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, hold an emergency Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on Ghana's recent economic...

Utility tariffs: Ghanaians willing to pay a little more to avoid ‘dumsor’ – Gabby

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is optimistic that Ghanaians are willing to pay more utility tariffs to enjoy the services...

Ghana’s Consulate visits family of Ghanaian taxi driver beaten to death in the US

The Consul General of Ghana’s Consulate in New York, Kingsley Daniel Atta Boafo, has visited the family of the Ghanaian taxi driver who was...

Akufo-Addo appoints Miracles Aboagye as Executive Secretary of IMCC on Decentralisation

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Dennis Miracles Aboagye as the Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee (IMCC) on Decentralisation. The appointment is an additional...

Crystal Palace player receives ‘death threats’ after Darwin Nunez red card

Joachim Andersen has received more than 400 abusive messages on Instagram - including sickening death treats - after Darwin Nunez was sent off on Monday night. Liverpool striker...

Adwoa Safo remains NPP’s surest bet for Dome-Kwabenya seat – Aide [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · AIDE ON SAFO BET 2024 Nana Dubin Kwapong, the aide to Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has said she...

Rapper A$AP Rocky charged over Hollywood shooting

Rapper A$AP Rocky has been charged with assault with a firearm in connection with a shooting in Hollywood last year. The star, whose real name...

Kenya’s first runner up rejects election result

Raila Odinga has rejected the results of Kenya's presidential election saying that the figures announced on Monday were "null and void". According to the official...

Mahama donates food items to Apiate victims; GH₵5K to relief fund

https://youtu.be/YS7wKGHnPEQ Former President John Mahama has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to, as a matter of urgency, seek compensation for the victims of the Apiate...

NDC top executive passes on

The Northern Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ibrahim Mobila, has been reported dead. Sources indicate he passed on in the afternoon of...

Russia blames sabotage for new Crimea blasts

A week after an apparent Ukrainian attack on a Russian military base in occupied Crimea, an arms store at another military facility has been...

Supreme Court on why it struck out licence to grow cannabis

The Supreme Court has held that it struck out the law on licence to grow cannabis popularly known as 'wee' because Parliament was not...

Heavy security presence on UG campus following Vandals’ protest

Authorities of the University of Ghana have deployed armed Police personnel on campus. This is in reaction to a protest by students resident in the...

Family of 3 including pregnant woman burnt to death in house fire [Video]

https://youtu.be/5Kn6ZgDVUnw A pregnant mother and her two children have died after a fire gutted their home at Ohwim in Kumasi of the Ashanti region. The incident...

Retired soldier killed, others injured in fuel station attack

A security man has been killed in a Goil Fuel Station robbery at Subriso, Wassa Akropong in the Amenfi East Municipality of the Western...

Commonwealth Hall residents protest suspension of Hall Master, Senior Tutor over clashes

Residents of the Commonwealth Hall at the University of Ghana are peeved by the decision to suspend their Hall Master and Senior Tutor. Management of...

We will not compromise on service quality to consumers – ECG

The General Manager of External Communications for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Charles Nii Ayiku Ayiku, says the ECG will not compromise on...

Ghanaians react to Asamoah Gyan’s wish for Black Stars return

Some Ghanaians are keen to see Asamoah Gyan return for a last ride with the Black Stars for the World Cup later this year. Gyan,...

Nigeria seizes crystal meth hidden in heads of fish

The authorities in Nigeria have uncovered a haul of crystal methamphetamine that was concealed in heads of fish packed in boxes for export to...

Kenya’s president staying silent after poll declaration

It's now a week since Kenyans have seen or heard from President Uhuru Kenyatta. He briefly spoke to journalists last Tuesday after voting at a...

UN ship leaves Ukraine with grain for Ethiopia

The first UN ship to leave Ukraine since the Russian invasion has set sail for the drought-hit Horn of Africa. The MV Brave Commander departed...

Nana Addo’s legacy not attractive, it cannot win power for NPP in 2024 – Political Science lecturer

Senior lecturer at the Department of History and Political Studies of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Dr Kwasi Amakye Boateng, has...

Ashaiman left out in Year of Roads – NPP polling station executives petition Akufo-Addo

New Patriotic Party's (NPP) polling station executives at Ashaiman have petitioned President Nana Akufo-Addo to address the bad road network in the Ashaiman Constituency. The...

Ghost names uncovered by Controller and Accountant General’s department – Bawumia announces

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has announced that government has uncovered hundreds of ghost names on its payroll. This includes duplicates, a phenomenon that is...