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Human eyes, tongue were put in rubber bag – Wa Central MP shares harrowing experience

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Wa Central, Dr Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo, has condemned the recent serial killings in the Upper West Regional capital, Wa,...

Monkey pox: Ghana records 84 cases, 4 deaths

Ghana has confirmed 84 cases of Monkeypox diseases as of September 6, 2022, with Greater Accra Region recording the highest number for both suspected...

Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital a death trap – Hassan Ayariga

The founder and leader of the All People’s Congress (APC) party, Hassan Ayariga, has claimed that the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has become a...

Your response to Wa killings ‘knee-jerk – Wa Naa to Police

The Overlord of Wa Municipality, Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV, has expressed his displeasure with the Police response to the recent killings recorded in the...

GBA Upper West Chapter condemns killing of watchmen in Wa

The Upper West Chapter of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has condemned the disappearance and killing of watchmen in the Wa township. According to the...

Massive reaction as Ghanaians in UK hold funeral for Queen Elizabeth II [Video]

Some Ghanaians in the United Kingdom have decided to organise their own funeral for the late Queen Elizabeth II. While the late monarch was being...

Prime suspect in connection with Wa murder arrested

The Police have arrested one person believed to be the prime suspect behind the Wa murder case. The suspect, identified as Kankani Adongo, was...

Minister sends SoS message to Lower Manya Krobo MP over ECG brouhaha [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Minister sends SoS message to Lower Manya Krobo MP Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Kwame Acheampong, has asked the Member of Parliament (MP) for...

Faecal matter has found its way into Weija Treatment Plant – GWCL MD

The Managing Director of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), Dr Clifford Braimah, has disclosed that faecal matter has found its way into the...

Mother, two children burnt to death in domestic fire [Photos]

Three family members were burnt to death Monday dawn when fire gutted a nine-bedroom house at Asuoyeboa in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti...

Passion Air completes maiden flight to Sunyani [Photos]

Domestic airline operator, Passion Air, has commenced flight operations to the Sunyani Airport with a maiden flight on Monday, September 19, 2022. Onboard the flight which...

NABCO beneficiaries suspend plans to picket Jubilee House on September 20

The Nation Builders Corps Trainees Association of Ghana has suspended planned picketing at the Jubilee House over the 10-month unpaid allowances. The exercise, which...

I have not stolen power – MP reacts to ECG summons

Member of Parliament (MP) for Lower Manya Krobo Constituency, Ebenezer Teye Larbi, has fought off reports of power theft. He made this known on Asempa...

Gomoa East Assembly bans land guard activities

The Gomoa East District Assembly has banned all land guard related activities and collection of digging fees from developers with an immediate effect. The...

YEA opens applications for Community Protection Assistants

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has opened applications for its Community Protection Assistants (CPAs) Module. The application process, which began on Monday, September 19,...

Education Minister addresses UN Education Summit

Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei-Adutwum, has addressed participants at the United Nations (UN) Educational Summit in the United States of America. Speaking on behalf of...

Two die in galamsey pit at Sefwi Yaw Brefo

Two persons have been confirmed dead in illegal mining activity at Sefwi Yaw Brefo in the Juaboso district of the western north region. The deceased,...

Nurses at Kumdi receive 13-bedroom apartment from Fame Ghana

A non-profitable organization, Fame Ghana, has put up a 13-bedroom nurses bungalow for nurses at Kumdi, a farming Community in the Kpandai District of...

I was physically abused while pregnant, I lost my son – US-based woman shares her ordeal

US-based Jamaican Rose Greene has shared her unpleasant experience in her first relationship that caused her to lose her baby boy.Rose revealed that she...

Security man allegedly defiles 8-year-old girl in Tamale

A 30-year-old private security man has allegedly defiled an eight-year-old girl in the Tamale metropolis of the Northern Region. The suspect has been identified...

Aisha Huang was repatriated – Attorney-General

Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame says ‘galamsey’ kingpin Aisha Huang was repatriated from Ghana in 2018. This is despite police prosecutors telling a Circuit Court that...

Dampare heads to Wa over recent murders

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has visited Wa in the Upper West Region. This comes on the back of reports...

Fight against galamsey needs all hands on deck – Eastern Regional Minister

Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Kwame Acheampong, has bemoaned the politicisation of the fight against illegal mining aka ‘galamsey’. According to him, those engaging in illegal...

3 arrested for smuggling Cocobod, PFJ fertilisers

Three persons are in the grip of the police for their alleged involvement in the re-bagging and illicit smuggling of government-subsidized fertilisers. They were picked...

Student escapes from suspected kidnappers at cemetery at Bole [Video]

https://youtu.be/2ZHBwQmZwmM A 20-year-old student of the National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) at Bole in the Savannah Region has escaped a kidnap attempt. The suspects, according...

Elubo chief, brother remanded over ‘galamsey’ activities

The Sehwi Magistrate court, presided over by his worship Lawrence Buenor Bue, has remanded the chief of Sehwi Elubo, Nana Anim Baffour and his...

It’s impossible to register 2 million backlog before SIM registration deadline – NIA

With less than two weeks to the deadline for the SIM card re-registration, the National Identification Authority (NIA) has stated that it will not...

Akufo-Addo, wife attend Queen’s funeral

President Nana Akufo-Addo and wife, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, have joined scores of mourners at the Westminster Abbey Hall for the final funeral rites of Queen...

Checkout completed roads in Eastern Region

Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Kwame Acheampong, has disclosed that a total of 1,487.62km of road has been completed in the Region since 2017. A total...

WAEC files police complaint after attack on official in Accra

JoyNews/AdomNews · WAEC files complaint to police after men attacked official monitoring WASSCE in Accra The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it has filed...

Galamsey: Sefwi-Elubo residents jubilate after chief’s arrest

JoyNews/AdomNews · Sefwi Elubo residents jubilate over arrest of galamsey chief Residents of Sefwi-Elubo in the Western North Region are heaving a sigh of relief...

Illegal miner drowns in attempt to flee arrest

An illegal miner has drowned at Achiase –Atuntuma in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region in an attempt to flee from arrest...

KMA disassociates itself from assault on trader

Management of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has disassociated itself from an assault on a petty trader in the area. According to the KMA, the...

Woman die in accident while chasing husband and side chick

A middle-aged woman was killed in an auto crash while chasing her husband and his alleged mistress in Calabar, the Cross River State capital on Sunday. It was...

Musician Nii Funny apologises for saying Ga women like begging

Ghanaian musician, Nii Funny, has walked back his explanation for not marrying a woman from his own ethnic group. The singer, who is a Ga,...

Woman found trapped in toilet after going missing for 3 days banished

A 50-year-old woman, Yaa Prah, who went missing and was found in a pit latrine at Enyan Asempenyin in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District...

15.8m people have Ghana cards — NIA

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has so far issued 15,826,148 Ghana cards out of the 16,627,325 printed cards from 17,109,627 registrations as of the...

Man shoots himself to death while testing fortification against bullet

A man, believed to be in his late 30s, has reportedly shot himself to death at Agona Port near Diaso in the Upper Denkyira...

Asantehene will not attend Queen Elizabeth’s funeral

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, will be unavailable for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. According to reports, the ruler of the Ashanti Kingdom has...

Govt declares September 21 as public holiday

The government, through the Ministry of Interior, has declared Wednesday, September 21, 2022, as a statutory public holiday. This was contained in a statement by...