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The trauma of rape – A real life story

R-A-P-E; just a four-letter word; simple as it sounds, has the power to permanently alter the life of anyone who is unfortunate to go...

UK cuts import taxes on goods from poor countries

The UK is to cut import taxes on hundreds more products from some of the world's poorest countries to boost trade links. The Developing Countries...

UG launches project to advance women in STEM education

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, has launched a project to advance women in Science Technology Engineering and...

Cedi loses about ¢3.15 to dollar so far in 2022

The cedi has lost about ¢3.15 at face value to the US dollar so far in 2022. This is equivalent to about 32% loss since...

Ghana Digital Center CEO donates to school children

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Digital Center Limited, Kwadwo Baah Agyemang, is leaving a foot print and a remarkable social interventions in...

Special Prosecutor launches full investigation into issuance of customs rulings, benchmark values

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is about to launch a full-blown investigation into all rulings and benchmark values applied by the Customs...

Lady accused of murdering Canadian boyfriend makes startling revelations

Safinatu Adizatu Mohammed, the embattled 23-year-old Level 100 student of the University of Ghana, who is accused of allegedly stabbing her Ghanaian lover who...

Special Prosecutor still investigating alleged Airbus bribery scandal

JoyNews/AdomNews · Special Prosecutor still investigating alleged Airbus bribery scandal Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has revealed that it is still investigating the alleged...

Sack Ofori-Atta, Agyemang Manu, Afriyie-Akoto – Kufuor Foundation CEO tells Akufo-Addo

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kufuor Foundation, Prof Baffuor Agyemang-Duah, is the latest influential individual to join calls for a ministerial reshuffle in...

US-based Ghanaian taxi driver beaten to death by passengers over fare

New Yorkers have rallied behind an immigrant taxi driver who died on Saturday in what police described as an attack by passengers who had...

Ghana experiencing ‘mental health inflation’

National President, Ghana Psychological Association (GPA), Dr Collins Agyemang Badu, says Ghana is currently experiencing a “mental health inflation.” He attributed the problem to stress,...

Parts of Tamale, Sagnarigu flooded after heavy downpour

A heavy downpour last Friday night submerged parts of the Tamale metropolis and the Sagnarigu municipality, displacing hundreds of households. However, there has not been...

Majority announces next line of action over Adwoa Safo

The Majority in Parliament has hinted that they will go to court if Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin takes any decision contrary to the...

NPP Secretary escapes robbery attack

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Secretary for Nhyiaeso in Kumasi, Micheal Essel-Mills, has reportedly escaped a robbery attack in his home at Santasi. The...

Pastor blasts members for failing to buy him luxury watch

A Kansas City pastor is going viral after he blasted his members for not honoring him by spending on him. The pastor’s sermon for the...

GIISDEC Board embarks on community engagement in Oti Region

The Board of the Ghana Integrated Iron and Steel Development Corporation led by its Chairman and Member of Parliament for Yendi, Alhaji Farouk Aliu...

Many terrorists killed, several wounded as police foil attack

The Katsina State Police Command says it killed many terrorists and injured several others when it foiled an attack by the hoodlums on Dadawa...

Did Adutwum cook up report on $1.2m Galop project?

It has emerged that the Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, presented what is suspected to be a fictitious report supposedly to convince...

Commonwealth-Mensah Sarbah Hall clash: Vandals Hall Master, Senior Tutor suspended

The Management of the University of Ghana has suspended the Hall Master and Senior Tutor of the Commonwealth Hall for their inaction that caused...

Ghana Music Awards USA comes off on Saturday, August 20

The 2022 edition of the Ghana Music Awards is scheduled to come off on Saturday, August 20 at the Lincoln Theatre in Columbus, Ohio...

Man allegedly rapes friend’s neighbour

An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday remanded a 20-year-old man, Musa Salimon, at the Agodi Correctional facility for allegedly raping his friend’s...

Largest ‘wee’ farm uncovered at Afram Plains, 5 arrested for cultivating 80 hectare cannabis farm

The largest cannabis farm ever has been discovered at Afram Plains in the Eastern Region.The 80-hectare cannabis farm was discovered in the Obuo Akroma...

Notorious robbers who attacked family in broad daylight arrested

The Police have arrested two members of a robbery gang that attacked a family at Suhum in the Eastern region in broad daylight on...

Hidden underwater village resurfaces for first time in 40 years as UK heatwave dries lake

A secret underwater village hidden for over 40 years has been uncovered as Britain's scorching heatwave dries up the lake where it was previously hidden. The houses that used...

Ursula Owusu, Nana Cheddar’s pilgrimage to Axim [Photos]

Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful and businessman, Nana Bediako Cheddar, have embarked on a trip to Axim in the Western Region....

Man, 26, killed in mining pit

The search for gold in an abandoned mining pit of AngloGold Ashanti at Obuasi by a group of miners turned disastrous as one of...

Sulley Muntari could join Asante Kotoko from Hearts of Oak – Reports

Former Ghana international, Sulley Ali Muntari, could join arch-rivals Asante Kotoko on a free transfer this summer according to local media reports. Midway last season, the...

Full text: Utility tariff increment announced by PURC

2022-2025 MULTI-YEAR MAJOR TARIFF REVIEW FOR NATURAL GAS, ELECTRICITY AND WATER SERVICES The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), has concluded its regulatory process for the examination...

Chelsea manager to face FA inquiry over referee comments

The FA will investigate Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel following Sunday's post-match comments about referee Anthony Taylor. Tuchel was angry after Harry Kane's equaliser six minutes...

Charcoal seller allegedly commits suicide over GHS 3,000 debt

A 22-year-old charcoal seller, Kwabenya Gyata, has been found hanging dead in an abandoned public toilet at Gomoa Obiri in the Gomoa West District...

What Bridget Otoo said about Lydia Forson after her wedding

Two days after her most-talked-about wedding, Bridget Otoo has taken to social media to extol Lydia Forson for her unparalleled support, remarking that the...

We’re committed to making Ghana safer – IGP reiterates as he receives new motorbikes

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has renewed his pledge to make the country the safest place. The police chief is poised...

Electricity, water tariffs up by 27.15%, 21.55%

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced tariff increases effective September 1, 2022. Tariffs for electricity and water are expected to go up by...

Star Assurance, AssureAdvisors to launch repackaged insurance products

Star Assurance, one of Ghana’s leading general insurance providers has together with their Corporate Agency, AssureAdvisors Limited, launched two re-packaged personal insurance products into...

Office of Special Prosecutor employing services of investigative journalists

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has announced it is employing the services and expertise of investigative journalists. The move, according to the office, is...

50 killed and many displaced in northern Nigeria flooding

At least 50 people have died and "many" displaced after recent torrential rains caused flooding in northern Nigeria, Sani Yusuf, executive secretary of the...

Security agencies to permanently patrol river bodies to fight galamsey

The Chief Executive of the Minerals Commission, Martin Ayisi, has declared that as government’s permanent solution to the fight against illegal mining, the Ministry...

Akufo-Addo presents 1,500 motorbikes to Ghana Police Service [Video]

https://youtu.be/mhfdbxWyirM President Nana Akufo-Addo has presented 1,500 Apsonic motorbikes to the Ghana Police Service to aid their work. The presentation was done in a brief ceremony...

One dead, 17 injured after stage collapsed at music festival

One person died Saturday and 17 have been injured, three of them seriously, after a stage collapsed at a music festival near Valencia, Spain,...

Egypt Fire outbreak: Dozens killed in church fire

At least 18 children died in a fire that killed dozens of worshippers gathered for Sunday morning mass at a church in Giza, greater...