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Association of Judges and Magistrates condemns Sosu

The Association of Magistrates and Judges has described comments made about judges by Madina MP, Francis Xavier-Sosu, as “unfortunate, reckless and misguided”. During a street...

Parliament summons Ayorkor Botchwey over Ghana Card as e-passport

The Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament has summoned the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration,y Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, to appear before it to...

Kitchen fire destroys school structures in Tamale [Video]

Portions of the Laurenda International School in Kanvii, a suburb of Tamale in the Northern Region have been completely destroyed by a fire outbreak. Nine...

Drama as wife, 4 side chicks shock husband with arranged lunch

A 36-year-old Ugandan man is undergoing medical examination after collapsing at a restaurant where he was being treated for lunch. Kelvin Waweru got the shock...

Teacher Kwadwo denies ‘I’ll never fight GES again’ comment

Teacher Kwadwo, known professionally as Michael Owusu Afriyie, has disassociated himself from reports that he will not fight the Ghana Education Service (GES) if...

Two jailed 30 years for robbing driver of his phone valued at GH¢800

Two unemployed men who smeared pepper powder unto the face of a Bolt driver and made away with his Techno Carmon Phone valued at...

IGP Dampare really surprised us – Hopeson Adorye on Abronye’s detention [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Dampare Really Shocked Us - Hopeson Adorye on Abronye's arrest, detention A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Hopeson Adorye, has...

58-year-old man found dead in river at Abesim

A body of a 58-year-old man, identified as Pascal Moro, has been discovered in River Wakoa at Wakogyamu, a suburb of Abesim near Sunyani...

UTAG strike: Lecturers’ needs will be met when the ability is available – Former MP

Former Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Ayeh-Paye, has said the government will comply with UTAG's proposals and needs if there is the ability to...

Boy, 12, drowns in river at Nkoranza

A 12-year-old boy, Stephen Amponsah, has drowned in a river at Nkoranza in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region. The incident occurred around...

E-levy: Minority’s tussle in Parliament was a fight for democracy – Mahama tells clergymen

Former President John Mahama has described the fistfight that erupted in parliament over a disagreement during the voting on the controversial Electronic Transaction Bill...

Woman appeals to President, IGP to help find her husband

A 48-year-old petty trader at Akyem Oda, Mrs Mercy Kwarteng, has appealed to President Nana Akufo-Addo and the Inspector-General of Police, Dr George Akuffo...

Former Akuapem North MCE appointed presidential staffer

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in consultation with the Council of State, has appointed former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Akuapem North, Dennis Edward...

Fire Service reacts to fatal accident involving its officers

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has expressed sadness over a fatal accident that has left four of its officers in critical condition. GNFS in...

Farmer attempts suicide after shooting wife over sex

A 31-year-old farmer has been nabbed by the Adansi Nyakumase police for attempting to kill his wife, 21-year-old Doris Amoah. Charles Soglo's defence is that...

UTAG Strike: Some lecturers are not even happy but… NLC [Listen]

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has welcomed the Accra High Court's order for the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to suspend its strike. Speaking...

We’re not returning to the classroom on February 16 – Legon UTAG President

President of the University of Ghana Chapter of the University Teachers Association (UTAG), Dr Samuel Nkumbaan, has indicated that the aggrieved lecturers will not...

Tears flow for 18-year-old Lamashegu shooting victim

The body of 18-year-old Abdul Hakim Yakubu, a Junior High School (JHS) graduate who was hit and killed by a stray bullet in the...

Apiate explosion: Male victims complain of sexual weakness

Some men in the Apiate community affected by the explosion on Thursday, January 20, 2022, are complaining of sexual weakness. The men said, aside the...

Covid-19: Ghana’s death toll now 1,431

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has noted that as of February 8, the country’s total Covid-19 death toll stood at 1,431. From February 5 –...

Top clergymen meet Mahama to discuss matters of national interest

A delegation from the Charismatic and Pentecostal Council has called on former President John Mahama at his office in Accra to discuss a wide...

Parts of Greater Accra, Eastern Region to experience power outage

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced it will be undertaking planned maintenance works, today, February 16. This is to improve service delivery in...

Kwaku Azar calls for release of Abronye and other ‘speech prisoners’ now

Prof Stephen Kwaku Asare, a US-based Ghanaian academic and a lawyer, has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, to release...

Abronye hale and hearty – Nana B

The National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye (Nana B), says the Bono Regional Chairman, Kwame Baffoe aka Abronye...

SHS postings out: GES announces confirmation of school selection for 2021 BECE candidates

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced confirmation of school selection for 2021 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates. In a release signed by the...

Abronye is being sacrificed – Kwesi Pratt [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Abronye Being Sacrificed - Kwesi Pratt Seasoned journalist and Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has opined the New Patriotic...

Mahama Al-Qaeda Coup Claim: Abronye DC granted bail

The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, who alleged on radio that former President...

Nima-Maamobi clash: Suspected ringleader, 3 others granted ¢320k bail

An Accra Circuit Court has granted one of the rival groups’ suspected ringleaders, Ibrahim Hussain, aka Kumodzi, and three others involved in the Nima-Maamobi...

Exposé on how National Blood Service syndicate illegally sell a pint of blood for ¢750 [Video]

A JoyNews’ and Corruption Watch investigation has uncovered the illegal collection of fees for blood supply by a syndicate operating within the National Blood Service...

Lamashegu: Irate youth set fire officer’s house ablaze [Video]

https://youtu.be/J7pIbNmelgc Some irate youth at Lamashegu in the Tamale Metropolis of the Northern Region have set the house of a fire officer ablaze. The youth...

Woman gives birth to baby girl inside courtroom

A Harare woman is reported to have given birth to a healthy bouncing baby girl at Harare Magistrate Court. According to Zimmorningpost, 39-year-old Patience Mubaiwa went...

Fire tender involved in accident; 5 personnel in critical condition

An accident on a section of the Kwame Danso-Atebubu highway has left five personnel critically injured. The fire officers were reportedly responding to a distress...

How Abronye DC arrived at Accra Police Command [Photos]

Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, has been charged with two counts of publication...

Court orders UTAG to suspend strike

The Labour Division of the Accra High Court has put an injunction on the strike by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG). The court,...

Assin North MP not above the law but… – Haruna Iddrisu [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Haruna Iddrisu On Assin North MP Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has said it has at no point in time been the intention of...

25 robbery suspects arrested

The Ghana Police Service within the past two weeks, from 1st to 14th February, has arrested 25 robbery suspects in various regions across the...

Man builds his own grave to cushion family from high funeral expenses when he dies

A Tanzanian man has shocked his village by building his own grave in preparation for his death. Patrick Kimaro, 59, says his family is slowly...

Webometrics ranks UG best tertiary institution in Ghana, 11th in Africa

The University of Ghana (UG) has been ranked Ghana’s top tertiary institution in the January 2022 Webometrics Rankings and the World Scientific Index for...

Man discovers ‘extra hole’ in kitchen sink that helps make washing up a breeze

Have you ever looked at your kitchen sink and noticed there's a cap fitted to the basin on the opposite side to your taps?...

Anybody who has ever lived under military rule will not wish for a coup – Manteaw

Civil Society activist, Dr Steve Manteaw, has said the coup comment made by Convener of the #FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor is reckless.He said anybody...