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Mali accuses Macron of ‘neo-colonial’ attitude

The military government in Mali has accused French President Emmanuel Macron of a "neo-colonial, paternalistic and condescending" attitude. The junta asked Mr Macron to stop...

Nkawie police rescue 11-year-old girl abducted at Atwima Akrofuom

The Nkawie police in the Ashanti Region have rescued an 11-year-old girl at Akrofuom in the Atwima Nwabiagya Municipality. Her hands and legs were tied...

Police step up investigations into shooting of a student at Sofoline in Kumasi

The Suntreso Police in the Ashanti Region have stepped up investigations into the killing of a student of the Oyoko School of Dispensing Optics by...

I’m not and have never been corrupt – Abuga Pele

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Chiana-Paga, Abuga Pele, has disclosed that he is not and has never been corrupt both in private and public...

Zipline appoints Mawuli Atiemo as new General Manager

Zipline has appointed Mawuli Atiemo as the new General Manager of its Ghana operations, effective July 2022. He is joining Zipline from AstraZeneca, where he...

Nigeria shuts schools in Abuja over fears of attack

All schools have been told to shut and children sent home amid security fears in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, and in nearby Nasarawa state. Intelligence reports...

Two jailed for flouting AMA sanitation bye-laws

An Accra Magistrate Court has sentenced two persons to a fine of GHC 10,000 or in default spend three months imprisonment with hard labour. The...

Can you survive the Tsunami? Sam George asks NPP after Adwoa Safo’s dismissal

Ningo Prampram Member of Parliament (MP), Sam George, has questioned if the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will be able to survive a Tsunami embattled...

Target the WBC champion instead – Boxing legend tells Dogboe

Three-time boxing world champion Joseph ‘King Kong’ Agbeko is advising his compatriot Isaac Dogboe to pursue a possible title opportunity with the WBC featherweight...

If you’re offered bribe, don’t take it – Martin Kpebu to police officers

Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has advised police personnel across the country to outrightly reject bribes. According to him, this is the only way...

Former Chief of Staff loses brother

The brother of the former Chief of Staff in the erstwhile John Mahama government, Julius Debrah, has passed on. The incident, sources say, happened on...

2022 WASSCE begins today

This year’s West Africa Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) is scheduled to start today, Monday, August 1 with project work subjects. According to the schedule...

Missing Newmont security officer found

A security officer at Newmont Africa’s Ahafo mine reported missing on the evening of Wednesday, 27th July 2022 has been found. A joint search party,...

Uneasy calm at Okuapeman as traditional council cancels 2022 Odwira festival

There is uneasy calm at Okuapeman as traditional council declares null and void the launch of the 2022 Odwira festival by some chiefs and...

Three dead in accident at Juaso

Three persons have been confirmed dead in an accident at Juaso in the Ashanti Region on Sunday. The accident, which occurred around 8:00 am, was...

Monkeypox kills soldier in Bolgatanga

A soldier with the Ghana Armed Forces has died of Monkeypox in Bolgatanga, the Upper East Regional Health Directorate has said. He was admitted at the Bolgatanga Regional...

Presby minister killed in car crash

A fatal accident that occurred at Oforikrom on the Techiman-Nkoranza highway in the Bono East Region on Saturday claimed the life of the Tuobodom...

Suspect allegedly commits suicide in police custody

A 48-year-old native of Kyeremasu, Solomon Kyere, has been found dead in his cell at the town’s police station. The late Solomon Kyere was held...

Nigeria, Mexico renew effort for hibiscus export

With untapped huge potential in commercial agribusiness, Thursday, Nigeria and Mexico renewed effort to boost hibiscus export. Nigeria is the largest hibiscus exporting country to...

NHIS: If you paid for any of these, it’s a violation of your membership rights

The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has been in operation for well over 15 years since its establishment in 2006 under the Insurance Act,...

Plaintiff enforces order of substituted service against ‘disputed’ GJA president

The plaintiff in the case involving the current Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) President, Albert Kwabena Dwumfour and the former President Roland Affail Monnie, has...

Shocking: 99-year-old woman’s dying wish causes massive stir

A great-grandmother had a singular request for her grave: a 5½-foot-tall, nearly 600-pound penis statue. Catarina Orduña Pérez’s family erected the monument in “recognition of...

Fire officer injured while dousing fire at CMB [Photos +Video]

Fire has destroyed several property at CMB, Abuja market in Accra. The inferno ravaged the market on the dawn of Sunday, July 31. A fire officer,...

Three injured in accident on KNUST campus [Photos]

A Toyota Corolla with registration number AW 5256-21 has been involved in an accident on the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)...

Professor Takyiwaa Manuh joins CDD-Ghana as Senior Fellow

Professor Takyiwaa Manuh has been appointed by the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) as a Senior Fellow, effective August 1, 2022. Prof. Manuh is...

Ukraine grain tycoon killed in Russian shelling of Mykolaiv

One of Ukraine's richest businessmen has been killed with his wife in "massive" Russian shelling of the southern city of Mykolaiv. Oleksiy Vadatursky, 74, and...

CCTV captures thief in broad daylight operation

An elderly man has been exposed on CCTV using unusual means to steal from a phone shop. The man successfully got away with two phones,...

Woman inflicts serious wounds on daughter over 50p toffee

An eight-year-old girl (name withheld) is battling for her life after her mother, Janet Awo, assaulted her over 50 pesewas toffee. The incident happened at...

Fierce fire spreads rapidly in California’s north

A wildfire in California has exploded in size to become the largest blaze in the state so far this year. The McKinney Fire, which started...

Adopt visa application refund policy – Afaglo urges govt

Though Ghana has been described as the gateway to Africa, the country still lacks certain policy directions in relation to visa application refund policy. Currently,...

How Speaker Bagbin consulted the ‘old lady’ on Adwoa Safo’s fate

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has deferred the decision on the fate of Sarah Adwoa Safo and two other legislators referred to the Privileges...

British High Commissioner enstooled queen mother of Gbese [Photos]

The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson, has been enstooled as Development Queen mother of Gbese in Accra. Madam Thompson will serve with the...

All set for 2022 Bible and Governance Conference awards

The 2022 edition of the Bible and Governance Conference awards has been slated for August 4, at the Justice D.F. Annan auditorium (Job...

Extend SIM re-registration exercise to 2023 – MoMo agents tell govt

The Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana (MMAAG) has called on government to consider another extension of the deadline for the SIM card re-registration...

How State Housing bounced back and collected over 30-year-old debt after near collapse [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · How State Housing bounced back and collected over 30-yr-old debt after near collapse Managing Director of State Housing Company Limited, Kwabena Ampofo Appiah,...

SIM card re-registration extended to Sept 30

The nationwide SIM cards re-registration exercise has been extended to September 30, 2022 The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful announced this at a...

Bawumia and NPP gurus mourn with Dr Boadi Nyamekye [Photos]

Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has led high-ranking government officials to grace the one-week ceremony of the late father of lead Pastor of The...

We are in a system of beneficiaries and victims – Sulemana Braimah

Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, has described the reaction of Members of Parliament (MP) regarding the ongoing...

Let religion be a force of unity, not a force to divide us – Bawumia

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has made a clarion call to Ghanaians not to allow religion to create division amongst them. Religion, Dr...

Deadline for SIM re-registration not needed – Technology Analyst

A Technology Analyst, Maximus Ametorgoh, has called for the deadline for SIM re-registration to be scrapped. According to him, he does not see the...