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Tanker drivers declare strike

Members of the Tanker Drivers Association will effective Monday, August 1, 2022, embark on a sit-down strike. The strike action, according to the unions, is...

Suspected ritualist slits throat of tricycle rider

A suspected ritualist has slit the throat of a tricycle rider aka yellow yellow believed to be in his early 20s at Gumo in...

Military vehicle and ‘trotro’ crash on Dawhenya road [Video]

https://youtu.be/oxlIj7wVCKs A military vehicle and a commercial bus (trotro) have been involved in an accident on the Dawhenya road in the Greater Accra Region. The incident...

GIS intercepts 2,497 slabs of suspected Indian hemp

Officers at the Nyive Sector Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) in the Volta Region have intercepted 2,497 slabs of substances suspected to...

Kofi Boakye’s son graduates as best recruit from Police Training School

Kwaku Aduenin Boakye, son of the Director-General of Prosecution and Legal of the Ghana Police Service, COP Kofi Boakye, has graduated from the Police...

Central region is third richest in Ghana – Survey

Contrary to the assertion that the Central Region is the fourth poorest in Ghana, the narrative has changed for good but unfortunately on the...

Road accidents: Ghana records a reduction in first quarter of 2022

Ghana, between January and June 2022, recorded a decrease in reported road crashes as compared to the same period in 2021, the National Road...

Two arrested over ‘murder’ of Canada-based Ghanaian on vacation

The Police have arrested Safina Mohammed Adizatu, a student and Michael Fiifi Ampofo Arku, a Technical Officer for their alleged involvement in the murder...

The cocaine addict who refuses to bath [Video]

A 30-year-old man, Bismark Appiah, has shared his cocaine addiction story with Step One TV. Speaking to Barima Agyemang in his upcoming documentary on drug...

Woman grabs private part of presidential candidate during campaign [Video]

Video of Roots Party's presidential candidate, Professor George Wajackoyah being sexually assaulted while campaigning has gone viral on social media. Local news platforms reported that this occurred...

Pupils of Wulensi D/A primary school bemoan sitting on bare floor to learn

Lack of furniture continues to be a huge challenge confronting several schools in the Northern Region and the situation is more profound in hard-to-reach...

One soldier killed, two injured by terrorists

It has emerged that terrorists who attacked the Army Check-point at Zuma Rock on Thursday night killed one soldier while two other soldiers sustained...

Man jailed for bathing lover with acid over divorce

The Bibiani Circuit Court, presided over by his Honor Joshua Caleb Abaido, has sentenced a 25-year-old man, Francis Ennin to 10 years imprisonment. He was...

Decomposing body of man, 57, found in his room

Police have retrieved a nearly decomposed body of an a-57-year-old man in his room at Odumase in the Sunyani West Municipality. The body of Kwaku...

A Plus graduates from GIMPA

Political activist, Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as, A Plus, has successfully graduated from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). This was...

SIM card registration deadline – Govt will lose any suit if… Gary Nimako warns

JoyNews/AdomNews · Gary Nimako joins calls for extension of SIM card registration An external solicitor for the National Communications Authority (NCA), is hinting government could...

John Kumah disowns fake soldier who claims to be his brother [Video]

Ejisu Member of Parliament (MP), John Kumah, says he does not have any relation to a fake soldier arrested over a Ghana Armed Forces...

SIM card registration: There should be an extension – Sam George asserts [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · SAM GEORGE ON SIM CARD The Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George, has said despite the July 31, 2022 deadline for the...

SIM re-registration: Good news for MTN subscribers

MTN Ghana is urging its customers to take advantage of over 6,735 community registration points created to have their biometric data captured and register...

Fire razes Mile 7 market [Photos+Video]

Fire has destroyed portions of the Mile 7 Market in Accra. The incident occurred on the dawn of Saturday, July 20, 2022, with the cause...

Scrap dealer jailed 20 years for cutting stolen truck into spare parts

The Kibi Circuit court in the Eastern Region, presided over by Peter Oppong-Boahene, has jailed a 41-year-old spare parts dealer, Hassan Ziblim, to...

NPP loses leading member

The Bono Region New Patriotic Party (NPP) has lost one of its leading members, Nana Osei. Though the cause of death remains sketchy, news about...

Justice Sector Support Activity engages stakeholders on paralegal guide

Legal Resources Centre (LRC), implementation lead of USAID, Justice Sector Support Activity, has held a consultative workshop on the draft legislative Instrument (LI) and...

Kenya threatens Facebook suspension over hate speech

Facebook risks being suspended in Kenya if it does not adhere to policies to prevent the spread of hate speech, a government agency has...

Dome-Kitase road to be completed in 24 months – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the construction of the Dome to Kitase Road, which serves as a vital link between the...

Bawumia explains ‘I will choose Ghana Card over 1,000 interchanges’ comment [Video]

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has strongly defended the controversial comment about his preference for Ghana Card over a thousand interchanges. Speaking at the Accra Business...

Check out how much Ghana Statistical Service spent on recent corruption survey

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that it spent ¢6 million in conducting its corruption perception report recently released. According to the GSS, a...

Finance Minister hints of review of Free SHS

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, has indicated that the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme will be reviewed to address the current challenges facing...

Otukonor bags PhD from University of Ghana

Congratulations are in order for a deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamah Otukonor as he graduates from the University...

Four jailed 76 years for robbing mobile money vendor at gunpoint

Three ex-convicts and another have been sentenced to 19 years imprisonment each for robbing two mobile money vendors at gunpoint at Ablekuma in the...

Trial of Collins Dauda, others to begin in October

The trial Alhaji Collins Dauda, a former Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing who doubles as NDC MP for Asutifi South in the...

Ato Essien, 2 others face judgement on Nov. 17

The trial of founder and Chief Executive officer of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, and two other persons has come to an end...

Photos: How Team Ghana ‘Kentefied’ the 2022 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony

Ghana’s contingent in Birmingham for the 2022 Commonwealth Games turned up at the opening ceremony in grand style as they made the headlines. The representatives...

If no one sees your good works, God does – Aburihene lauds Akufo-Addo

The Paramount Chief of the Aburi-Akuapim Traditional Area, Nana Otubour Djankwasi II, has encouraged President Akufo-Addo to continue his good works for the country...

University of Ghana gets first female Dean of Student Affairs

The Governing Council of the University of Ghana (UG) has approved the appointment of Prof. Rosina Kyerematen as the first female Dean of Student...

Education Ministry releases ₵57m to Colleges of Education

Government has announced that an amount of ₵57,460,000 has been released to the colleges of education across the country. The said amount is expected to...

Govt releases GH¢50m to WAEC for WASSCE

The government has made a part payment of GH¢50 million to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for the money it owes the council...

Scrapping E-levy is a ‘no-no’ – Ken Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, says the government is not willing to scrap the e-levy. According to him, taking into consideration the rapid digitalization of the...

SSNIT withholds over ¢312m in pensions due to non-renewal of pensioner certificates

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has withheld more than GH¢312 million belonging to 21,337 pensioners due to failure to renew their...

Alleged coup plotters ordered to open defence

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Benjamin Agordzo, Colonel Kojo Gameli and eight others accused of plotting to overthrow the government, have been ordered by...