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Man jailed for stealing pot of stew from restaurant

A Magistrates’ Court in Nigeria has sentenced one Isaac Dumabara to one-month imprisonment. The Magistrate jailed the 23-year-old on Wednesday without an option of fine,...

Armed robbers attack Bridget Otoo’s shop again

Armed robbers on Wednesday raided journalist Bridget Otoo's cement shop. This would be the second time her shop has been attacked; the first was in...

Man overpowers armed robber, beats him mercilessly for attempting to rape his wife

A suspected armed robber, Tosin Ominiyi, has been arrested while attempting to rape a woman after robbing her family of valuables in their house.Parading...

I’m tempted to believe Ghana will not work again – Former MP

A former Member of Parliament (MP) for Obuasi in the Ashanti Region, Edward Ennin, says he has lost hope in the believe that Ghana...

Russia to stop gas supply to Europe

The head of the International Energy Agency has warned that Russia may stop supplying gas to Europe this winter. Fatih Birol says he believes a...

Govt is not a financial institution – Agric Minister on why farmers can’t be funded [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Agric Minister On Commercial Banks Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Akoto Afriyie, has stated it will not be a realistic plan...

EX-NPP Cabinet Minister indicts Akufo-Addo for failing to sack Adwoa Safo, attacks Bagbin for behaving like MPs

Kwadwo Adjei Darko, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Sunyani West from 1997 to 2009, has taken a swipe at President...

National Theatre partners Methodist Church to train youth in performing arts

https://youtu.be/bXhzp5Mo11E National Theatre has partnered the Methodist Church Ghana in a youth development programme to train persons in performing arts. The partnership is to offer...

There is no Ebola outbreak in Ghana – GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has downplayed media reports claiming a case of Ebola has been recorded in the country. The Director-General of GHS, Dr...

COVID-19 expenditure: Minority engaging in propaganda – Deputy Finance Minister

JoyNews/AdomNews · Minority doing propaganda with COVID expenditure Deputy Finance Minister, Abena Osei Asare, has accused the Minority group in parliament of engaging in propaganda...

Policeman knocked down by taxi while on duty provided with prosthetic leg [Photos]

General Corporal Isaac Opoku Asumam has become the second officer to benefit from the GH₵ 6.1 Million Police Emergency Medical Intervention Fund (PEMIF) after being...

Government committed to empowering local industries to face emerging global architecture – Bawumia

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has reiterated government’s commitment to empowering indigenous industries in order to get them ready for the emergence of...

India’s richest state in crises after lawmakers flee

India's richest state, Maharashtra, is witnessing high political drama that has put the fate of its government in jeopardy. Around 35 lawmakers - led by...

Maradona: Medical staff to face trial for football legend’s death

Eight medical personnel are to stand trial accused of criminal negligence in the death of legendary Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona. A judge has ordered a...

Freeze sale of Tamale state lands – Minority Leader to Akufo-Addo

Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu has called on President Akufo-Addo to instruct the Lands Minister to freeze the further sale of state lands in the...

Three tollbooth workers die after being rendered redundant

The Chairman of the Ghana Tollbooth Workers Union (GTBU) has revealed that three of his members have died after the cessation of the collection...

Contraceptive pills cannot abort pregnancy – GHS

Deputy Upper East Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in charge of Clinical Care, Dr Abdul-Razak Dokurugu, says an overdose of contraceptive...

A-G threatens Ablakwa with lawsuit

The Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has demanded that North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, retracts and apologizes for saying he has been...

Finance Ministry is not running away from accountability – John Kumah

Deputy Finance Minister, John Kumah, says the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is not running away from accounting for the Covid-19 expenditure. According to him, the...

Monkeypox cases shoot up to 18 – GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed that positive monkeypox cases have increased to 18. Speaking at a Covid-19 briefing on Wednesday in Accra, the...

Extension board, dildo, bra, other items retrieved from body of female shoplifter [Video]

A female shoplifter faced huge embarrassment when she was caught red-handed concealing shop items in her dress. The incident which happened in a supermarket...

Why I’m being prevented from meeting Akufo-Addo – NPP 1st Vice-Chair hopeful

First Vice Chairman hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Danquah Smith, has addressed issues regarding the attempts to prevent him from meeting President...

AngloGold Ashanti reacts to ‘unemployment’ demo by Obuasi youth

AngloGold Ashanti Ghana (AGAG) has reacted to unemployment concerns raised by the Obuasi Youth Community Mining Association through a demonstration. A group of irate...

Man, 30, arrested after 89-year-old woman was stabbed to death in her home

A man has been arrested after an 89-year-old woman was stabbed to death at home. Police were scrambled to the property in Croydon, South...

School feeding Caterers in Ashanti region begin cooking for wards

Some caterers in the Ashanti region have begun cooking for pupils at primary schools. This comes after the government settled the 68-day arrears owed to...

Floods on Takoradi-Agona-Tarkwa highway an engineering problem – Western Region Minister

The Western Region Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah has attributed the perennial flooding incident on the Takoradi-Agona-Tarkwa highway to an engineering problem. According to him, wetlands...

Presidential spouses emoluments case adjourned again

The Supreme Court has, for the second time, adjourned the case against presidential spouses and vice-presidential spouses being paid allowances to July 27. The first...

Sadio Mane joins Bayern Munich from Liverpool in £35m deal

Sadio Mane has completed a £35m move from Liverpool to Bayern Munich on a three-year contract. The Reds will receive 32m euros (£27.4m) with an...

Soldier, 26, dies in horror accident during exercise

A soldier has died during a routine exercise on Salisbury Plain after crashing with an armoured vehicle. Emergency services were rushed to the Wiltshire training ground on...

Singapore records first monkeypox case

Singapore has recorded its first recent case of monkeypox in a British flight attendant who entered the country last week. Authorities on Tuesday disclosed the...

I’ve had ‘beefs’ with almost everybody in Ghana – Kuami Eugene

Award-winning high-life singer, Eugene Kwame Marfo, popularly known as Kuami Eugene has said almost everybody in Ghana has a ‘beef’ with him because they...

Couple conspires to defraud company of $650k

Husband and wife, both shareholders of Onango Ghana Limited, have confirmed to the Police that they took $650,000 from the company of which they...

Greater Accra Minister leads security forces to reclaim CSIR lands

Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has led a team of security personnel to reclaim lands belonging to the Council for Scientific and Industrial...

Covid-19 expenditure: All 16 questions and how they were answered by Ken Ofori-Atta

With the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta appearing before Parliament today, he is expected to answer some 16 questions filed by some lawmakers. Aside from...

Checkout how much govt has spent on Planting for Food and Jobs

Agric Minister, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has disclosed that GH₵2.6 billion has so far been invested into government’s flagship programme in Agriculture, Planting for...

Supreme Court throws out Ato Essien

The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed an application filed by founder and Chief Executive Officer of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, seeking special leave...

Two arrested for tampering with ECG metres at Kpong

Two individuals who tampered with the newly installed prepaid meters by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) at Kpong in the Krobo district of...

50,000 Krobo customers being migrated to prepaid meters – ECG

Some 50,000 customers are billed to be migrated from postpaid to pre-paid metering in the Krobo area following a resolution of a standoff between...

My biggest regret was 2008 elections – NPP 1st Vice Chairman hopeful

New Patriotic Party (NPP) 1st Vice Chairman hopeful, Danquah Smith, says his biggest regret was after the party lost the elections to the opposition...

MPs refund ‘double salaries’

The Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD) has confirmed that monies paid to some Members of Parliament (MPs) as overpaid salaries have been refunded. The Kintampo...