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Environmental Health Officers are not on strike – Local Govt Service clarifies

The Office of the Head of the Local Government Service has dispelled information circulating on social media that Environmental Health Officers across the country...

Security agencies recruitment: We don’t receive applications – Interior Ministry

The Ministry of Interior has called on persons interested in being recruited into security agencies to desist from sending their applications to the Ministry. According...

Chainsaw operator shot dead in forest

A chainsaw operator, Daniel Kwaku Owusu, has been gunned down by yet-to-be-identified person at Amenam in the Birim North district of the Eastern Region....

Special Prosecutor’s Office relocated

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has been moved to a new location at Number 6 Haille Selassie Avenue at South Ridge in...

Oswal Investment Limited wins Best Innovative Construction Company of the year award

OSWAL Investment Group Ltd, the first Ghanaian company constructing a flyover at Adjirigano, near East Legon, in Accra, has been adjudged the ‘Best Innovative...

‘How falling from a roof inspired me to become a musician’

When Tony Kofi was 16 years old, he had an accident at work. As he fell from a great height, he had a vision...

417 people attempted suicide between January and June this year – Mental Health Authority

A total of 417 Ghanaians attempted suicide from January to June this year. This is according to the Mental Health Authority in its press release...

Rev Father slumps and dies while preaching

Congregants of the St John's Anglican Church have been taken aback by a bizarre turnout of events, Wednesday evening. A Nigerian priest, identified as Rev...

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Zoomlion trains 51 women in heavy duty truck driving

A total of 51 female beneficiaries of the Youth Employment programme have received training in driving heavy-duty trucks under its Zoom Captains programme of...

Job seekers injured in ‘stampede’ at YEA fair [Video]

https://youtu.be/Jj1HG77_y-w Scores of job seekers have reportedly been injured in a stampede at the Accra International Conference Centre. This was during the second day of the Youth...

NDC MP reacts to petition to ban dog and cat meat

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Builsa South is not amused by a petition by an animal rights activist to ban dog...

Rev Owusu Bempah defends Mahama’s ‘do or die’ comment [Audio]

The founder and leader of the Glorious Word and Power Ministries has defended former President John Mahama's 'do or die' comment. Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah...

Singer Abiana finally lays mum to rest in solemn funeral ceremony [Photos]

Award-winning songstress, Abiana, has finally laid to rest her late mother, Esther Mawusi Kofitse, following her sad departure on the 14th of July after...

Samuel Takyi, Ghana’s sole Tokyo Olympics medalist honoured by Binatone Ghana

Binatone Ghana has honoured Samuel Takyi, Ghana’s sole medalist at the just-ended Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The team's President, George Lamptey; the coach, Mr Ofori...

Banker bags 5 years for stealing customers’ savings

The Asamankese Circuit Court, presided by His Honour Abubakari Abass Adams, has convicted a mobile Banker to five years imprisonment. The banker with the South...

GBC workers protest land takeover

The Unionised Staff Association of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) has warned that it will resist any move by the management of the Ghana...

UEW: Friend of student who died after failed gymnastics drops shocking details [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · UEW: Friend of student who died after failed gymnastics drops shocking details A friend of a final year student at the University of...

Corruption Watch: Apegusu, Mpakadan residents demand compensation over railway project

https://youtu.be/TcTeF0AZJH0 Residents at Apegusu and Mpakadan in the Asuogyaman Constituency of the Eastern Region have bemoaned the long neglect of persons affected by the ongoing...

Kuami Eugene approached me for ‘African Money’ remix but his manager said it’s political – Sidney reveals [Video]

Ghanaian highlife artiste, Barima Sidney, says he was surprised when Kuami Eugene declined to feature on his popular 'African Money' hit song. According to Sidney,...

Level 400 UEW student dies after failed acrobatic move [Video]

A final year student of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has died after a failed acrobatic move during wild jubilations. Saani Majeed is said...

Krachi Paramount Chief apologises to Akufo-Addo

The Paramount chief of Krachi Traditional Area, Nana Mprah Besemuna, has apologised to President Nana Akufo-Addo for the Oti Region’s inability to produce a...

6 armed robbers attack gold merchant, bolt with his cash

Fear and panic has taken over residents of Sehwi Proso in the Juaboso District of the Western North region after an armed robbery attack. Six...

Legon final year student passes on; leaves ‘strange’ note

Students at the University of Ghana (Legon) have been thrown into a state of mourning following the death of a colleague who was in...

Pastor arrested for using church as baby trafficking factory [Photos]

The police in Imo state, Nigeria, has nabbed some persons, including a pastor who allegedly used a church as a baby factory in the...

Woman’s nose ripped off in dog attack

A woman, who had her nose ripped off by a pitbull, refuses to blame the dog - despite having to endure seven facial surgeries. Gabrielle Myers, 31,...

It’s your fault – Wife blames husband after he caught her cheating with another man in his house

A man has taken to social media to lament after his wife brought another man to his house, slept with him and blamed him...

Man remanded for allegedly killing brother by breaking his neck

An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Thursday ordered that a 30-year-old man, Bello Ibrahim, be remanded in prison custody for allegedly killing his brother. The...

Man, 19, jailed 20 years for robbery

A Cape Coast Circuit Court has sentenced a 19-year-old resident of Assin Fosu Habitat, Emmanuel Addae, to 20 years in prison custody. This was after...

Police foil clash between Agradaa and Rev Owusu Bempah’s camp [Video]

Drama ensued yesterday when junior colleagues of popular pastor, Owusu Bempah stormed the residence of Evangelist Oduro Kwarteng also known as Nana Agradaa. The unusual...

President Biden nominates daughter of Ghanaian immigrants as District Court of California judge

President Joe Biden of the United States has nominated a daughter of Ghanaian immigrants in the United States, Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, to serve as...

Man commits suicide, leaves behind phone’s pattern and MoMo pin in note

Lawrence Munene, 24, who committed suicide in his house on Monday, September 6, has been found to have left behind a suicide note, his...

Court raises concerns over minors being presented in open court on murder charges

The Bekwai Magistrate Court on Thursday expressed reservations about the appearance of three minors before an open court. The three juveniles are accused of murdering...

NRSA bares teeth at MMDAs over unlawful permits to tricycle owners

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has exercised its enforcement mandate and directed six Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to cease any acts...

Bolt driver jailed for stealing from passenger

A 27-year–old Bolt driver, who stole from a passenger at Ashaiman in Greater Accra Region, has been jailed for six-months. The Ashaiman District Court handed...

Agric Minister reacts to Mahama’s food shortage prediction

Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has expressed reservations about former President John Mahama's claims of imminent food shortage. According to him, the...

Your people have been the biggest beneficiaries of PFJ programme – Agric Minister to Mahama

Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has fought off claims that the government's Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) has been a...

John Dumelo speaks on Mahama’s ‘do-or-die’ statement

Actor cum politician, John Dumelo, has shared his thoughts on former President John Dramani Mahama’s 'do-or-die' statement that has been trending for days now. The...

Do-or-die t-shirts hit town [Photos]

Moments after ex-President John Dramani Mahama made his 'do-or-die' statements ahead of presidential elections in 2024, some t-shirts have been spotted in the market...

Akufo-Addo satisfied with work on Oti IRECOP

President Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed satisfaction with ongoing work so far on the construction of the state-of-the-art Integrated Recycling Compost Plant (IRECOP) at Dambai,...