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Prempeh College’s 2021 NSMQ star Eden to get full tertiary scholarship [Video]

The Deputy Railway Minister, Kwaku Asante Boateng, has pledged a scholarship to Eden Nana Kyei, one of the students of Prempeh College who represented...

Manasseh digs into Akufo-Addo’s Forbes African of the Year award

Senior investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, has taken to his social media platform to react after President Nana Akufo-Addo was adjudged Forbes African of...

This is not the time for strike – Titus-Glover to drivers

Former Deputy Minister for Transport, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, has kicked against the strike which took effect in the early hours of Monday, December...

Kofi Kinaata’s SOS message to govt on TVET

Multiple award-winning musician, Kofi Kinaata, has made a clarion call to the government to prioritise Technical and Vocational Training (TVET) in the country. According...

Mum’s body left in the mortuary freezer because staff forgot about her

A mum's body was left in a mortuary freezer for six weeks because staff forgot about her. Police ordered toxicology tests which found...

Ejisu: Ex-police officer allegedly shoots at tenant over rent arrears [Photos]

A 37-year-old ex-police officer has been arrested by police at Ejisu for allegedly shooting at his tenant over rent arrears. Prince Nyarko was said to have...

Yaa Naa Abukari II commends B-Heck Africa NGOs Alliance for RoCHA Social Change Prize – Ghana

The Overlord of the Dagbon Traditional Area, Yaa Naa Abukari II, today commended the enactment of the RoCHA Prize Ghana Celebration while expressing his...

Commercial drivers call off strike

The Coalition of Commercial Transport Owners has suspended its indefinite strike on Monday, December 6, 2021. The decision was reached after President Akufo-Addo requested a...

Forestry Commission lifts ban on hunting in forests

The Forestry Commission has announced a lifting of the ban on hunting wild animals in Ghana’s forests. The ban, effected on August 1, 2021, is...

Peter Amewu mourns after being hit with sad news

The Volta Regional New Patriotic Party (NPP) Second Vice-Chairman, Ebenezer Amuzu has passed on. Minister for Railway Development and Hohoe MP, John Peter Amewu...

Akufo-Addo stops Ministers from travelling

President Nana Akufo-Addo has placed a month’s travelling ban on all ministers and their deputies except travels involving serious medical emergencies. The temporary ban, according...

Unidentified men kill security guard, injures 70-year-old woman

A security guard has died while a 70-year-old woman is receiving treatment after a yet-to-be-identified suspect attacked them at Chorkor in the Greater Accra...

Dagbon overlord lauds National Best Farmer

The Overlord of Dagbon, Ndan Ya-Na Abukari II, has praised the National Best Farmer for 2021, 44-year-old Alhaji Mohammed Mashud, who hails from Mion...

Teacher union to demonstrate over laptop deductions

A teacher union, known as All Teachers Alliance Ghana (ATAG), is set to embark on a demonstration on Wednesday, December 15, 2021. The protest, according...

Our drivers not part of strike – GRTCC

The Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC) has distanced itself from the ongoing strike action by commercial drivers. General Secretary of GRTCC, Emmanuel Ohene Yeboah,...

We’ll soon pay School Feeding caterers – Cecilia Dapaah assures

The caretaker Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cecilia Abena Dapaah has reassured that the remaining arrears owed to caterers of the Ghana...

Two hippos test positive for COVID-19

A Belgian zoo has said that its two hippopotamuses have been taken into quarantine after testing positive for coronavirus. It is unclear how Imani, aged...

Six arrested over illegal AK47 transaction

The National Operations Highway Patrol team has arrested six men for their alleged involvement in an illegal AK 47 rifle transaction. The first suspect,...

Police nab two suspects involved in East Legon robbery

Police in Accra have taken into custody two men on the suspicion of involvement in a robbery that rocked East Legon Hills. The suspects,...

Cecilia Marfo weeps uncontrollably as she recounts Brother Sammy’s slap saga [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Cecilia Marfo speaks on Brother Sammy's slap saga It was an emotional moment for gospel musician and prophetess, Cecilia Marfo, as she opens...

Groom loses parents, siblings in accident after attending his wedding

An auto crash that occurred in the Bayelsa state of Nigeria on December 4, has claimed the lives of nine persons who were returning...

Strike: Ashaiman ‘trotro’ drivers, conductors turn bus station into football pitch [Video]

In an interesting turn of events, drivers of commercial vehicles, popularly known as ‘trotro’, and their conductors, popularly called ‘mates’, have turned the Ashaiman...

Passengers stranded as commercial drivers embark on indefinite strike

The Coalition of Commercial Transport Owners has stayed true to its words and withdrawn its services until government scraps some taxes on fuel to...

Police will no longer display faces of suspects

The Ghana Police Service has resolved to no longer show or display faces of suspects who are yet to be convicted. It said the...

Two suspected thieves escape lynching at Awutu Bereku

Two young men, believed to be in their late twenties, narrowly escaped lynching for stealing at Awutu Bereku, a district in the Central Region....

Airport officials observe as man excretes 96 pellets of cocaine

A 44-year-old father-of-three, Gabriel Anthony Patrick, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International...

CAF CC: Hearts of Oak crashed out in 4-0 defeat to JS Saoura

Hearts of Oak's hope of playing in the group phase of the CAF Confederations Cup has been crashed out after losing 4-0 to JS...

How I unknowingly got pregnant for my husband’s son – Lady narrates

A lady, identified as Justina Agbumi, had narrated how she unknowingly got pregnant for her stepson in a bid to end her barrenness. Speaking to The Nation,...

Hot video from wedding of man who married two pregnant lovers drops

Video from the wedding of John Nana Erere, the man who tied knot with two pregnant lovers, has found its way online. The flowery-themed wedding,...

Two students reportedly turned into yam; police break silence

The Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Abiodun Abdulramah, has refuted claims that two students were turned into tubers of yam in Ibadan area of...

Housewife arrested for allegedly setting husband’s side chick ablaze

The police in Ogun State have arrested a 32-year-old housewife, Kehinde Abdul Wasiu, for allegedly setting her husband’s mistress ablaze.The mum of three allegedly...

Plumber finds hundreds of cash, cheques in toilet wall of popular pastor

A plumber doing repair work at pastor Joel Osteen Lakewood's Church found hundreds of envelopes of cash and checks hidden in a wall that police think is...

Transport operators to embark on strike tomorrow if…

The Coalition of Transport Operators in Ghana has announced its decision to embark on a sit-down strike across the country on Monday, December 6...

15 family members, others die on their way to parent’s wedding

A rescue mission coordinated by Kenya Navy divers late Saturday night retrieved 23 bodies of members of Mwingi Catholic Church choir who perished after the bus they...

Man battles for his life as 2 women kidnap, rape him at gunpoint

A man is fighting for his life at a local hospital after he was reportedly kidnapped, drugged and raped before being dumped. The 27-year-old...

‘Gay’ lawyer charged for sexually attacking male court interpreter

A Zimbabwean Magistrate has faced court for allegedly sodomising a court interpreter. The Magistrate, Simbarashe Gundani, 30, reportedly attempted to sodomize Kudzanai Pesanai, 32, after...

E-levy: This is not time for jerky manoeuvres; hold more consultations – Pianim to govt

Economist and New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Kwame Pianim, has advised government to abandon its decision to introduce an electronic transaction levy (E-levy) as...

Two drivers, another dead; 7 injured in accident at Sege [Photos]

Three persons have been confirmed dead in a fatal accident at Sege in the Greater Accra Region. Seven others are said to have sustained...

Akufo-Addo, Ramaphosa joins hundreds to celebrate Otuo Siriboe

It was a display of a mixture of different Ghanaian cultures of drums and dance as Juaben re-enacted its traditional roots to climax a year-long...

Govt to recruit 1,100 veterinary officers

The government is set to recruit 1,100 veterinary officers into the Ministry of Food and Agriculture following Cabinet approval. President Nana Akufo-Addo announced this while...