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IGP aims to reduce police response time to 10 minutes

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, is attempting to bring down the average police response time to ten minutes. This commitment...

‘Change the name of the national football team’ – Prophet Ajagurajah [Video]

The founder of the Ajagurajah Movement, Bishop Kwabena Asiamah, popularly known as Prophet Ajagurajah, says that the name of the Ghana national team, Black...

Qualified family members to replace police officers who die in line of duty – IGP

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare has revealed that officers who die in line of duty will be replaced by qualified...

Railway Workers Union threatens to seize Accra to Tema route from August 22

The Railway Workers Union has threatened to seize running the Accra to Tema and Takoradi to Tema routes from Monday 22nd August, 2022, if...

Prepaid meters in Lower Manya Krobo MP’s house missing

JoyNews/AdomNews · I had 250 worth of credit on my prepaid meter - Lower Manya Krobo MP Prepaid meters installed at the residence of the...

Economic problems could trigger unrest if… – Nunoo-Mensah

A former Chief of Defence Staff has warned that riots may break out in Ghana if immediate action is not taken to address the...

Buhari meets families of Nigeria train attack victims

President Muhammadu Buhari has met families of passengers kidnapped during a train attack in late March in northern Nigeria. It was the first time such...

Zimbabwe to launch cheaper gold coins

Zimbabwe's central bank is to introduce lower denominations of gold coins to allow ordinary people to purchase them, according to the state-owned newspaper The...

Mother burns 4-year-old daughter in hot water over missing sandals

A four-year-old girl is in critical condition after her mum dipped her in hot water for misplacing a new pair of sandals she bought....

Gunman hailed hero for holding up bank over savings

An armed man who held a bank hostage for more than six hours in Beirut because he could not withdraw savings has been hailed...

Tiwa Savage releases new single

Nigerian Afrobeats superstar singer, Tiwa Savage, has released a new single titled ‘Jaiye Foreign’ featuring street-hop/Marlian sensational superstar singer, Zinoleesky. The Afrobeat Amapiano sensational jam...

Krobo ‘dumsor’: Odumase residents charge phones in mortuary [Video]

https://youtu.be/HYTRyPzKuFw It has emerged that some residents of Odumase in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality now charge their phones in the mortuary due to the...

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation donates science textbooks to deprived basic schools at Akrofuom District

The Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation, in pursuit of improving the quality of life of Ghanaian children through education, has donated science textbooks and...

Sierra Leone protests are acts of terror – president

Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio has described anti-government protests in the country as acts of terrorism instigated by agitators living abroad. About 130 people...

Police investigate dumping of 8,000 tree seedlings

The Asante Mampong police are investigating circumstances under which over 8,000 seedlings of different tree species were dumped at a public refuse site at...

Kenyan MP-elect surrenders to police over shooting

Kenya’s newly re-elected lawmaker, Didmas Barasa, has surrendered to police after being on the run for three days over the shooting and killing of...

Electrical technician fined GH¢5,400 for illegally installing ECG meters

An electrical technician, Henry Teye Adjirackor, was on Thursday sentenced to a fine of GH¢5,400 by the Circuit Court in Accra, for illegally installing...

35-year-old foreign national arrested on suspicion of being a terrorist

A 35-year-old foreign national is in the grips of the Zabzugu police on suspicion of being a terrorist. According to the youth in the town,...

National Cathedral Board of Trustees reacts to resignation reports

The Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral project has dismissed reports of some members resigning. According to the Executive Secretary of the Board, ...

French Ambassador enstooled queen mother of Osu [Photo+Video]

Ambassador of France to Ghana, H.E. Anne Sophie Ave, has been enstooled as Development Queen mother of Osu in Accra. Madam Ave will serve under...

Morocco sack head coach Vahid Halilhodžić three months to World Cup

Morocco have parted company with national team coach Vahid Halilhodzic just three months before the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The country's football federation (FRMF)...

Nigerian sex trafficking victim repatriated

A 20-year-old Nigerian sex trafficking victim who became stranded in Koforidua after being thrown out of a brothel for getting pregnant has been evacuated...

Bread and butter issues influence swing votes, not ministerial reshuffle – Ben Ephson

The Managing Editor of the Daily Dispatch, Ben Ephson, has dismissed claims that President Nana Akufo-Addo’s refusal to reshuffle his ministers will affect the fortunes...

I lost GH¢50,000 in business investment; 60% of my friends caused my downfall – Businessman reveals

Businessman, Ronald Nii Awuley Adiko, has disclosed that his business that collapsed caused him to lose all of his startup capital in a year.He...

Akufo-Addo is playing games with the security apparatus to ‘break the 8’ – Martin Amidu

Former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has accused President Nana Akufo-Addo of scheming to capture the National Security apparatus towards the agenda of getting the...

I slept in a train and mingled with drunkards in Germany – Ghanaian

Germany-based Ghanaian, Richmond Yankey, has said he had to befriend German drunkards and slept in a train because he had no one to host...

Abandon expensive plan to relocate AMERI Plant to Kumasi – CSOs to Energy Ministry

The Alliance of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) working on Extractives, Anti-Corruption, and Good Governance has urged the Ministry of Energy to abandon plans to...

Afigya Kwabre East residents bare teeth at NPP govt and MP for failing to construct town roads

It is the voting powerhouse of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), amassing over 80,000 votes in the last general election. But Mampongteng, capital of...

UDS student attacked over comments about Regional Minister’s dressing on social media

Police in the Northern Region are investigating an alleged assault on a female student of the University for Development Studies (UDS). The student, was assaulted...

Three mentally challenged women raped and killed in 3 months at New Abirim

There has been a disturbing trend in New Abirim in the Eastern Region which has left residents in fear. Over the past three months, some...

Zoomlion threatens legal action against IMANI Africa’s Bright Simons

Zoomlion Ghana Limited has threatened legal action against Vice President of IMANI AFRICA, Bright Simons. This comes on the back of allegations that Zoomlion is...

86-year-old man shares what has kept him strong and what is killing the youth

Abraham Gbodzi is an 86-year-old who has been working as a sewing machine repairer for 63 years, and he shares some secrets about what...

Get top four or you’re in trouble – Arteta given Arsenal sack warning

Arsenal gaffer, Mikel Arteta, has been told to perform this season or risk the prospect of being pushed out of the club. Former Arsenal defender,...

Self-acclaimed evangelist arrested with skeletons [Photos]

A 45-year-old self-acclaimed evangelist, Osofo Elijah, has been arrested with skeletal parts at Buoku Nkwanta in the Wenchi Municipality of the Bono Region. The assemblyman...

Man cuts off daughter’s fingers with blade for begging

A 53-year-old man has been arrested by the police for physically abusing his seven-year-old daughter. The father, who the girl stays with, reportedly cut parts...

Ambulance staff found hanging dead in his room [Video]

https://youtu.be/wqsxh_uVFwg A 38-year-old staff of the National Ambulance Service, Famous Afeku, has allegedly committed suicide at New Edubiase in the Adansi South District of the...

Violent protests in Sierra Leone over cost of living

Anti-government protesters are clashing with police in Sierra Leone's opposition areas. It has been reported that a number of officers and protesters have died. Many Sierra...

Mali military ruler holds phone talks with Putin

Mali's interim President Col Assimi Goïta said he held a telephone conversation on Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a post on Twitter, Mr Goïta...

Staking lotto is not under the Gaming Commission of Ghana – PRO

Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the Gaming Commission of Ghana, Beatrice Baiden, has said the Gaming Commission of Ghana operates differently from the National...

Bossman Asare explains why NDC lost 2020 election petition case

Deputy Chairman in charge of Corporate Services at the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Bossman Asare, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was not...