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Medical Laboratory Professional Workers’ Union threatens to join COLA strike

The Medical Laboratory Professional Workers’ Union (MELPWU) has declared its support for Organised Labour’s call for the payment of a Cost of Living Allowance...

GPRTU reacts to purported increase in transportation fares

The Ghana Private Road and Transport Union (GPRTU) has urged the public to disregard any recent report about upward adjustments in transportation fares. According to...

PURC defers tariff announcement

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has deferred its tariff announcement for the 2022 to 2027 Multi-Year Major Tariff.In a statement issued by the...

Chelsea set to sign Koulibaly from Napoli on four-year deal

Chelsea are set to sign Senegal defender Kalidou Koulibaly from Napoli on a four-year deal. The 31-year-old flew to London on Wednesday to undergo a...

Famous boxing belt donated to Mandela stolen

South African police have launched a manhunt for suspects who stole a boxing belt donated to Nelson Mandela by US champion Sugar Ray Leonard. The...

One dead 84 injured in Sri Lanka protests

One person has died and 84 others injured after protests rocked the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo on Wednesday, hospital officials have said. The 26-year-old...

Man stabs woman in bar for refusing to dance with him

Kenyan police have reportedly launched a manhunt for a man who stabbed a woman at Kilifornia bar and restaurant after she refused to dance...

37-year-old woman gives birth to quintuplets at Agormanya

A 37-year-old woman has given birth to quintuplets at the St Martin De Porres Hospital at Agormanya in the Eastern Region. The quintuplets, who were...

Five suspected cyber fraudsters on the run after being granted bail

Five out of 12 suspected cyber fraudsters granted bail by the Bole District Magistrate Court, presided over by His Worship Edward Essel, are currently...

One arrested, one at large for allegedly killing an okada rider for rituals

A 22-year-old boy, Mawunya Francis, has been arrested by the Awutu Bereku District Police Command while his accomplice is at large for allegedly killing...

Liverpool fans blamed for Uefa final chaos

A French inquiry into the security fiasco at the Uefa Champions League final in May has found it was caused by a litany of...

Africa 100m Champion in danger of missing World Athletics Championship

Kenyan and African record holder, Ferdinand Omanyala, is yet to receive his United states visa 48 hours before he takes to the track for...

Inflation hits transport, others by 29.8% in June 2022

Year-on-year inflation shot up further by 2.2% to 29.8% in June 2022, the latest data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed. This is...

‘Senior high students may be forced to go home over food shortage’

Senior high schools across the country are on the verge of being shut down as the food shortage situation worsens. The Education Ministry had said...

CSOs blame Finance Ministry for SHS food shortage

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has been pointed out by Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to be operating in the education sector as the causal...

This is how much govt owes Kate Gyamfua over burnt excavators [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · This is how much govt owes Kate Gyamfua over burnt excavators New Patriotic Party’s National Women’s organiser, Kate Gyamfua, says the government owes...

Bawumia pays tribute to Bibiani Anhwiaso MCE killed in accident

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is saddened by the death of the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai assembly. Hours after Alfred Amoah...

Demolition exercise to protect transmission towers and lives of encroachers – GRIDCo

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has explained that its ongoing demolition exercise is to get rid of encroachers occupying its Right of Way. GRIDCo...

Afrobarometer survey: Majority of Ghanaians believe the country is heading in wrong direction

The latest Afrobarometer survey on Economy, public services and taxation has revealed that majority of Ghanaians believe the country is heading in the wrong...

COLA strike: Organised labour, govt should negotiate in good faith – NLC

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has intervened in the stalemate between Organised Labour and the government over the demand for 20% Cost of Living...

Doctors, nurses and other health workers to withdraw services over COLA

Doctors, pharmacists, nurses and other health workers across the country have served notice they will withdraw their services if the government fails to pay...

Cut down on number of ministers – Majority Leader suggests to Executive

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has suggested a reduction in the number of ministers of state. He opined that fewer ministers than currently...

Cargo truck falls off pontoon at Dambai

A cargo truck with the registration number As 32-27 loaded with boards has fallen from the pontoon at Dambai in the Krachi East Municipality...

Pentecost elder survives gory car accident [Photo]

Deputy Director of the Evangelism Ministry of The Church of Pentecost, Elder Evans Ayim, escaped unhurt from a gory motor accident that occurred on...

Jackie Appiah hosts Mr Beautiful, other actors in her mansion

Star actress Jackie Appiah has opened the doors of her much-talked-about mansion at Trasacco estate in Accra. This time, the award-winning actress hosted several...

Charles Bissue withdraws from NPP general secretary race

Charles Bissue, a general secretary aspirant of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has withdrawn from the contest a few days to the national...

Teacher testifies against Assin North MP in perjury trial

A teacher at Yamoransa in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region, Richard Takyi-Mensah, has testified against James Gyakye Quayson. Mr Takyi-Mensah is the first...

5 suspected fraudsters on the run after being granted bail

Five of 12 suspected cyber fraudsters, who were granted bail by the Bole district magistrate court presided over by His Worship Edward Essel, are...

MMDCEs go red over colleague killed in ghastly accident on Accra-Kumasi highway

JoyNews/AdomNews · MMDCEs go red over colleague killed in ghastly accident on Accra-Kumasi highway Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) nationwide have been asked...

I paid for everything except the knife used for CS – Man who lost son recounts awful NHIS experience

A 37-year-old man, Bernard Ofori, has recounted how he was compelled by health officials at the 37 Military Hospital to pay huge sums of...

Notorious motorbike thief lynched at Nkwanta South

A notorious motorbike thief, Kiss Boy, who had allegedly been terrorising residents of Nkwanta South in the Oti Region, has been lynched. The lifeless body...

COLA: Public sector workers to withdraw their services on this date

The Public Services Workers Union is set to strike from July 19 to demand a 20 percent Cost of Living Allowance. The union will be...

Senior High Schools risk shutdown as food shortage worsens

Senior High Schools across the country are on the verge of being shut down as the shortage of food supplies worsens. The Education Ministry had...

Nsoatreman FC appoints Mohammed Gargo as head coach

Nsoatreman FC has confirmed the appointment of Mohammed Gargo as the club’s new head coach ahead of the 2022/3 Ghana Premier League season. The former...

Police certified riding ambassadors inaugurated

As part of the road safety campaign of the Ghana Police Service, the Police Certified Riding Ambassadors (POCRA) initiative has been inaugurated to help...

Twitter sues Elon Musk over $44bn purchase deal

Twitter is suing billionaire Elon Musk to try to force him to buy the social media firm, setting up a legal battle with the...

Nollywood actress Jennifa announces intent of going into politics

Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele Bello, popularly known as Jenifa of Jenifa’s diary fame, has declared her intention of venturing into politics. The popular actress and...

Doctor caught on camera sexually assaulting pregnant woman while she gave birth

An anesthetist who allegedly raped a pregnant woman during a cesarean may have assaulted two other mothers on the same day. Giovanni Quintella Bezerra, 32,...

Ex Rwandan official jailed over genocide role

The man who planned one of the bloodiest single episodes of the Rwandan genocide has been found guilty of complicity by a French court...

I never sat down to write ‘Friday Night’ – Lasmid

“I didn’t sit down that I am coming to write something, I just did it,” Ghanaian musician, Lasmid Owusu Nathaniel, popularly known as Lasmid,...