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Community Police Assistant jailed for fraud, impersonation

An Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced a 28-year-old Community Police Assistant (CPA) to four years imprisonment over charges of impersonation and defrauding by false...

Ukraine war: Russia to curb Kyiv assault as peace talks progress

Russia has announced it will "drastically reduce" military combat operations in two key areas of Ukraine "to boost mutual trust" in peace talks. The decision...

Ghanaians react to passage of E-levy Bill

Ghanaians on social media are astounded by the passage of the Electronic Transaction levy (E-levy) Bill in Parliament. The Majority-sided Parliament on Tuesday approved the...

Partey’s stunner helps Ghana qualify for Qatar 2022 World Cup

Black Stars have booked their place at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after a 1-1 draw against Nigeria at Moshood Abiola Stadium. The two...

Meet Enoch Seyram Gbesemete (Mr Ceyram), Procurement Officer who is using social media to change lives

The phrase, “If it must be done, it must be done well”, has motivated most people in doing what is expected of them positively...

E-levy: Checkout transactions to be affected and exempted

Parliament is now waiting on President Akufo-Addo to give his assent to the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) Bill. A Majority-sided House approved the E-Levy after...

Two ex-convicts arrested for serial burglary in Denu

The Denu police command has arrested two ex-convicts, Joseph Senahia, 22; and Wisdom Agorsu Atorsu, 23, for committing various crimes. A manhunt has also...

Mahama urges Black Stars to be ‘resolute’ ahead of Nigeria game

Former President John Dramani Mahama has urged the Black Stars to be 'resolute' as they prepare to take on Nigeria in the second leg...

Assin North MP files fresh application at Supreme Court

Lawyers for Assin North MP, James Gyakye Quayson, have filed a fresh application at the Supreme Court. This brings to three, the applications by...

Boy, 9, and his 11 months brother chased out of home for being wizards

A nine-year-old boy and his 11-month-old sibling have allegedly been chased out of the house by their aunt over witchcraft allegation. This unfortunate incident, which...

New Juaben Traditional Council bans noise-making, funerals

The New Juaben Traditional Council has placed a one-month ban on noise making and all other social and religious activities associated with noise making. The...

Baby born at 25 weeks goes home after 460 days in NICU

For the first time in his life, 15-month-old Kendall Jurnakins is home. The baby boy spent the first year of his life in the neonatal...

Military maps out strategy to tackle ‘galamsey’

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has mapped out new strategies, in collaboration with the Minerals Commission and the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources,...

Churches, houses demolished in Gomoa East

Authorities in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region have supervised a demolition exercise on Tuesday. Over 10 buildings including residential and church facilities...

Russia-Ukraine war: Abramovich spotted in Istanbul peace talks

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has appeared at Turkish-led peace talks on the Russian war in Ukraine, hours after reports that he suffered poisoning symptoms...

Parliament finally passes E-Levy bill

Parliament has approved the controversial Electronic Transactions (E-Levy) Bill this afternoon. This decision was reached after the Consideration Stage was completed by a Majority-sided House...

Community police assistant jailed for fraud, impersonation

An Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced a 28-year-old Community Police Assistant (CPA) to four years imprisonment over charges of impersonation and defrauding by false...

Bid for Apiate redesign begins

The government has opened a design competition to allow registered building industry firms and individuals to come up with a redesigned plan for Apiate,...

GJA, NMC, RTI Commission to redevelop International Press Centre

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), National Media Commission (NMC) and the Right to Information Commission (RITC) have committed to redeveloping the International Press Centre...

Russia/Ukraine war affects fertilizer price – COCOBOD

The Russia and Ukraine war keeps impacting global food supply chains and Ghana’s major export earner, cocoa, is not left out. Chief Executive of Ghana...

Fire guts Akatsi Municipal Hospital

The main surgical theatre of the Akatsi Municipal Hospital in the Volta Region was on Saturday razed by fire. The fire, which started around 1100...

What Jesus Christ told me when I met him face-to-face in 1999 – Prophet reveals

Eccentric clergyman and self-styled prophet Passion Java has claimed that he met Jesus Christ face to face in 1999. He was in grade six...

COVID-19: Nose mask patronage drops drastically

The wearing and patronage of nose masks in the country’s capital, Accra, has dropped considerably, less than 24 hours after President Nana Akufo-Addo directed...

E-Levy moves to consideration Stage in Parliament after Minority stages walkout [video]

Parliament has completed the second reading of the Electronic Transfer (E-Levy) Bill. The move was adopted at the reduced rate of 1.5% from the initial...

Musama Disco Christo Church distances itself from ‘sodomy’ pastor [Listen]

The Musama Disco Christo Church (MDCC) has distanced itself from the Musama Church International (MCI) after their head pastor at Gomoa Amoanda branch, Isaac...

Nigeria govt orders closure of offices at 1:00pm ahead of Black Stars match

The government of Nigeria has directed that all offices in the country be closed at 1:00pm today. A press statement issued by the Civil Service...

Sachet and Packaged Water Producers announce price increment

The National Association of Sachet and Packaged Water Producers (NASPAWAP) has announced price increment for bottled and sachet water effective April 1, 2022. The move,...

Thieves destroy ECG transformer to steal copper windings

Thieves have vandalised and stolen parts of a newly installed transformer of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) that serves residents of Dunyo, a...

Akufo-Addo celebrated as he turns 78

It is all joy on social media platform Twitter as President Nana Akufo-Addo turns 78 years today. Describing Nana Akufo-Addo for who he is, Ghanaians...

Police grab 3 family members for burying baby alive

Police in the Central Region have arrested three members of one family, including a 70-year-old man, for allegedly burying a two-year-old boy alive on...

Opuni’s witness unwell

Charles Tetteh Dodoo, a defence witness in the case involving Dr Stephen Opuni and others, has presented an excuse duty letter to an Accra...

Lady goes dumb after visiting lover she met on Facebook

Residents of Iyana-Isashi community of Lagos State were recently thrown into confusion when a young lady suddenly went dumb after she visited a lover...

2022 WCQ: Black Stars battle ready in Abuja ahead of Nigeria game [Video]

The Black Stars have arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja ahead of the second leg tie against Nigeria in the 2022 World...

Police involved in bullion van robberies denied bail

The four policemen at the centre of recent bullion van robberies in Accra have been remanded into police custody for one week by an...

Manchester United: Erik ten Hag needs ‘football club, not commercial club’ – Louis van Gaal

Former Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has suggested Erik ten Hag should rule out a move to the Red Devils because they are...

Akufo-Addo to present State of the Nation Address on Wednesday

President Nana Akufo-Addo is set to present the State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. This sessional address, which...

Universities to go off govt payroll: Okudzeto Ablakwa predicts

JoyNews/AdomNews · Okudzeto Ablakwa reacts to government decision to wean universities off government payroll Former Deputy Minister of Education and Member of Parliament for North...

My life is in danger – Businessman linked to bloody Tarkwa ‘galamsey’ group clash cries

A Tarkwa- based businessman, Emmanuel Kutubebi, says his life is in danger following violent clashes between two 'galamsey' factions at Bonsa tollbooth in the...

Will Smith apologises to Chris Rock after Oscars slap

Will Smith has apologised to Chris Rock after he slapped him at the Oscars, saying his behaviour was "unacceptable and inexcusable". "I would like to...

COVID-19: Okudzeto Ablakwa questions PCR testing at KIA

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu has described as surprising, President Nana Akufo-Addo’s reluctance to completely suspend the Covid-19 testing process at the...