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Class six pupil sentenced for stabbing friend over girl

The Assin Foso District Magistrate Court, presided over by His Worship, Abdul Majid Iliasu, has sentenced a 14-year-old boy to two years in a...

Horrific video captures moment orangutan attacks man

Orangutans are known for being aggressive, especially with humans, but a latest video in circulation shows exactly how aggressive the apes can be. A caged...

We do not owe service personnel allowance – NSS

The National Service Secretariat (NSS) has dismissed claims they owe service personnel allowances. According to the Deputy Executive Director, Gifty Oware-Mensah, all allowances have been...

2 reportedly injured in alleged dynamite blast at Santa Maria

Two people are injured in what has been described as a dynamite blast at Santa Maria in Accra. It is still unknown what triggered the...

Soldiers allegedly shoot man dead at Bawku [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Soldiers allegedly shoot man dead at Bawku Military personnel have reportedly shot one person dead at Bawku in the Upper East Region. Adom News'...

UN urges urgent action to avert famine in Somalia

The UN has warned that Somalia is heading towards a famine as the country faces its worst drought in at least four decades. Currently, close...

Togbe Afede’s ex-gratia: Asogli State ‘exposes’ Adom-Otchere

A special Aide to Togbe Afede XIV, Dr Elikplim Kwabla Apetorgbor, has reacted to Paul Adom-Otchere's claim that the Paramount Chief and the Agbogbomefia...

Achimota Rasta student’s alleged assault on father; The inside story [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Achimota Rasta student's alleged assault on father; The inside story Tyrone Marhguy, one of the Rastafarian students who had admission issues at the...

2023 AFCONQ: Mane scores late as Senegal maintain perfect start

Senegal star Sadio Mane scored a 98th-minute penalty in a 1-0 win over Rwanda to maintain the African champions' perfect start to 2023 Africa...

16-month-old baby drowns in well

A 16-month-old baby has drowned in a well at Ahwerewam-Domeabra near Mankranso in the Ashanti Region. The baby is believed to have crawled to...

ECG transformer thief busted

Thieves have raided the Station B transformer of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in Takoradi in the Western Region. The criminals cut and...

Newmont sells gold to BoG to boost country’s reserves

Newmont Ghana has announced that it has successfully sold 3,500 ounces of gold to the Bank of Ghana (BoG) under the central bank’s Domestic...

She found $36k inside a chair she got for free on Craigslist

Vicky Umodu had just moved into a new house in Southern California to be near her daughter and help care for her grandchildren. She...

Cobbler pours hot water on friend for allegedly eating his bowl of rice

A 32-year-old homeless man is struggling to get medical care after his street friend poured hot water on him for allegedly eating his food.  Francis...

Suspect, two victims dead in Tamale robbery

The Ghana Police Service has indicated one of the suspects in an alleged armed robbery in Tamale in the Northern Region has died. The Police...

MoMo vendor shot dead by robbers in Tamale

A mobile money vendor has been shot in the chest by armed robbers at Kalariga in the Tamale metropolis of the Northern Region. According to...

Armed robbers mount blockade next to police barrier; rob passengers at Nweneso

Armed robbers are reported to have today mounted a blockade next to a police barrier at Nweneso No.1 in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of...

Tyron was arrogant even before Achimota school case – Father of Rastafarian student

The Father of one of the two Achimota school students who were initially denied enrollment because of their dreadlocks, has expressed dissatisfaction over his son’s...

Poultry sector to collapse soon – Chicken Processor

Joseph Boakye Yiadom, CEO of Joerees, a company that specialises in chicken processing, has stated that the industry needs immediate attention or it will...

Achimota Rastafarian student slashes father’s hand during fight [VIDEO]

The father of one of the Rastafarian students who had admission issues at the Achimota School because of his dreadlocks, has alleged that his...

Four problems Council of State ex-gratia could have solved

The first loan of the Akufo-Addo administration was approved in April 2017, a little over three months after taking office.  That loan was a...

Terrorism threats: Ghana Police send important message to churches

The Ghana Police Service has advised religious bodies in the country to put in place stringent measures to forestall any terrorist attack on their...

EU sets date for common phone charge cable

The days of hunting through cables to find the right charger may be coming to an end. The European Union has provisionally agreed new portable...

Adjen Kotoku onion sellers send SOS to govt [Photos]

Onion sellers, who were moved from Agbogbloshie to Adjen Kotoku, are calling on the government to halt encroachment on the land allocated for them....

I was drunk – Man who announced Zimbabwe ‘toe selling’ business makes a U-turn

A Zimbabwean man, who went viral after a video of him stating that he is a dealer for toe buyers, has now disclaimed the story. After being...

Security issue not a Ghana Music Award – Security Analyst

Security Analyst, Adib Saani, has slammed National Security for appointing ambassadors for the ‘See Something, Say Something’ terrorism awareness campaign. He says appointing ambassadors doesn’t...

How 11-year-old girl joked about dad sacrificing her for rituals [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · How 11-year-old girl joked about dad sacrificing her for rituals Evelyn Kemeh, the mother of an 11-year-old girl whose father was busted in...

Residents of Zamrama Line left traumatised after alleged military attack [Listen]

Residents of Zamrama Line near Shukura in Accra say they have been left traumatised by last Saturday's alleged military attack on them. The incident,...

Nana Agradaa fights spiritual father

Fetish priestess turned evangelist, Patricia Oduro Kwarteng, popularly known as Nana Agradaa, is up in arms with her spiritual father, pastor Joseph Kyereh. She claimed...

Driver who crashed three brothers to death at Ejisu remanded again

The driver, who drove into pedestrians killing three brothers at Ejisu-Besease, has for the second time been remanded into police custody by the Ejisu District...

Excitement as Gifty Anti’s mother-in-law re-marries at age 74

The 74-year-old mother of Oheneyere Gifty Anti’s husband has tied the knot with her heartthrob in a solemn but beautiful wedding ceremony. Nana Ansah Kwao,...

Onion sellers in open defecation at Adjen Kotoku

Scores of onion sellers relocated from the Agbogbogloshie area in the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to Adjen Kotoku in the Ga West municipality of...

Ibrahim Mahama appointed Artistic Director in Europe

Renowned artist, Ibrahim Mahama, has been appointed as Artistic Director of the 35th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts (2023). Mr Mahama, who shared the news...

Girl at centre of money ritual accusation speaks [Audio]

The 12-year-old girl who was allegedly taken to a herbalist at Oyibi Kom, a suburb of Accra, by her father to be killed for...

I converted to Islam because of my girlfriend – Thomas Partey

Ghanaian footballer, Thomas Partey, has opened up months after news went viral that he has converted to Islam. According to him, he made the decision...

Teacher Union fumes at govt over neglect

A teacher union, All Teachers Alliance Ghana (ATAG), says the government is not being fair to newly trained teachers posted to various service stations...

NAGRAT piles pressure on govt as it threatens strike

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has began what they claim will be series of industrial actions to demand payment of Cost of...

Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill: Sponsors unhappy over delay of passage; demand answers from Constitution Committee

Sponsors of the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, popularly called the anti-LGBTQ Bill, are lamenting the delay in...

Kylian Mbappe ranked world’s most valuable player

Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Jr and Erling Haaland are the most valuable players in the world, according to research group CIES Football Observatory. Mbappe, 23, who rejected a...

Popular DJ’s mother opens up on cause of son’s death

Brenda Edwards has said her son Jamal died from cardiac arrhythmia after he took recreational drugs. The music entrepreneur, who helped launch the careers of...