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I spent 50% of my 8-year savings in 2 years – Man recounts how he survived Covid-19

A family man has recounted how his family was able to survive despite the financial devastation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Sharing his story on Joy...

Police on manhunt for robbers who attacked commuters on Apedwa road

The Anti-Robbery Squad and the Eastern Regional Police Command in collaboration with the local Police are pursuing robbery suspects who attacked some commuters along...

Govt settles arrears of school feeding caterers

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has announced the full payment for the caterers of the National School Feeding Programme for the...

Couple of coups may happen in West Africa between now and June 2023 – Prof Aning

https://youtu.be/q8M1jqUmyi8 Director of the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Prof. Kwesi Aning, is predicting a...

Apiate explosion: Health officials react to claims of demanding money from victims [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Apiate explosion: Health officials react to claims of demanding money from victims Health officials in the Western Region have reacted to claims of...

ECOWAS suspends Burkina Faso

The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has announced the suspension of Burkina Faso from its membership. The action follows a coup d’Etat...

Commercial transport operators to decide on fare increment on February 2 [Video]

The Coalition of Private Transport Operators and the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) says engagements on the increment of fares will be concluded...

Shutdown of public universities imminent as UTAG strike continues

The shutdown of public universities may still not be off the table as the lecturers’ strike continues. Members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana...

Fire destroys several shops in Tamale market [Video]

https://youtu.be/t3vTe0BxbnY A fire outbreak at the Aboabo Market in Tamale has destroyed hundreds of bags of grains and agro products worth thousands of Ghana cedis. The...

E-Levy is a lazy man’s approach to collect revenue – Kofi Bentil [Video]

Senior Vice President, IMANI-Africa, Kofi Bentil, has criticised government’s decision to generate revenue through the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-levy). Speaking to Samson Lardy Anyenini...

Legon fresher drowns in campus swimming pool

A level 100 male student at the University of Ghana (Legon) has been reported dead after attempting to use the swimming pool. The incident...

Car robbery gang jailed 75 years

Five of the six-member armed syndicate who robbed a car from its owner at gunpoint in Tamale last Sunday have been sentenced to a...

Apiate explosion: Wreckage clearing begins

Bulldozers and other earthmoving machines have started demolishing damaged buildings and property and clearing debris at Apiate to pave the way for the reconstruction...

Man shot dead after stabbing 2 Police officers at Kwabenya

The Kwabenya District Police Command on Friday shot to death an assailant who stabbed two police officers in the head. According to the Police, before...

Driver jailed 3 years for duping 51 people

A Cape Coast Circuit Court has sentenced a 32-year-old driver to three years imprisonment for duping 51 people to the tune of ¢57, 510...

Join us to fight corruption – Bawumia charges Anglican Church

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has called on the leadership and members of the Anglican Church to consciously contribute to the growth of the...

We’ll continue to engage UTAG – Education Minister

Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has reiterated that further engagements will be held with the leadership of the University Teachers’ Association of Ghana...

New law to regulate transportation of explosives, mining industry in the offing – Akufo-Addo

JoyNews/AdomNews · New law to regulate transportation of explosives, mining industry in the offing – Akufo-Addo President Nana Akufo-Addo says the government is working to...

Some victims of Apiate explosion experiencing mild to moderate hearing loss

Some victims of last week Thursday’s explosion at Apiate are experiencing mild to moderate hearing loss, according to a retired ear, nose and throat...

Dr K.K. Sarpong appointed Chancellor of UPSA

The Governing Council of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) has appointed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana National Petroleum Company,...

Teacher, manager on motorbike crushed to death by truck

Two persons on a motorbike have been confirmed dead after crashing with a truck on Accra to Akosombo Highway in the Eastern Region.The deceased...

Apiate: Traditional leaders hold memorial in honour of explosion victims [Video]

https://youtu.be/U68z9_AszUk Traditional rulers in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality of the Western Region on Thursday held a memorial service in honour of victims of an explosion at...

30 bodies of kidnapped children discovered in hidden mortuary

An illegal morgue where deceased k!dnapped victims are deposited has been uncovered inside an abandoned General Hospital in Nigeria.Following a tip-off, the chairman of...

3 fined ₵3,600 for spilling concrete along Pigfarm-Circle stretch

A driver and his two supervisors were on Tuesday arrested for spilling concrete at Abavana Junction along the Pigfarm-Circle stretch in Accra. The three accused,...

Latest on ‘kidnap case’ involving KNUST lecturer

There was no show at the Asokwa District Court hearing the case in which a lecturer at KNUST is standing trial for the alleged kidnapping of his wife,...

Two siblings crushed to death after falling off motorbike

A Tipper truck with registration number, NR-153-20 has crushed a five-year-old pupil and her 10-month-old sibling to death at Kalpohin Estates in Tamale. The...

Star Assurance supports victims of Apiate explosion

Star Assurance Company Limited has donated assorted items to support residents of Apiate who lost their livelihood and property through the explosion that occurred...

Ghana is a key partner in deepening global, regional economic and security matters – US Secretary of State

The United States of America’s Secretary of State, Antony J. Blink en, has touted Ghana’s key position in global and regional security and deepening...

One dead, others injured in crash on Hohoe-Kadjebi road

A man believed to be in his 40s has lost his life on the Hohoe-Kadjebi road, while others have sustained various degree of injuries...

Tears flow at one-week celebration of family of 7 killed in Buduburam house fire

The one-week funeral rites for family of seven killed in a house fire at Big Apple, a suburb of Gomoa Buduburam in the Gomoa...

Her mini skirts attracted me – Man who defiled step-daughter

A Kumasi-based man, identified as Abilo, has confessed to sexually assaulting his 13-year-old step-daughter who was left in his care. Abilo, who claimed to have...

Let’s convince everyone in West Africa democracy is safer for all – Akufo-Addo to African leaders

President of Ghana and Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Nana Akufo-Addo, has reminded ECOWAS leaders that happenings in the...

NSS personnel in Accra to partake in ‘Operation Clean Your Frontage’

The management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has directed all national service personnel in the Accra metropolis to participate fully in the Operation...

Henry Quartey gives date, latest details of ‘Operation Clean your Frontage’

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has hinted on the date of the commencement of ‘Operation Clean Your Frontage’. Speaking on Badwam on Adom...

Amasaman robbery gang arrested

The Police have arrested a gang of four suspected armed robbers for robbery on January 6, 2022, at Amasaman in the Greater Accra...

Celestine Donkor raps at Multimedia Group’s annual thanksgiving service [Video]

https://youtu.be/D2zf3FQeQ3M Gospel diva, Celestine Donkor, completely stole the show when she stepped forward to perform at the 2022 edition of the Multimedia Group Limited’s (MGL)...

2 ladies who flogged and assaulted ‘boyfriend snatcher’ fined

A Tamale Circuit Court has fined two persons an amount of ¢150 for assaulting a lady. In default, they are to serve a month term...

5 men jailed 15 years each for robbery, possession of firearms

The Tamale Circuit Court has sentenced five armed robbers to 15 years imprisonment each for their involvement in a recent car snatching incident at...

Management of artistes should go beyond ‘boys-boys’ services – Sam George

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampam Constituency, Sam Nartey George, says management of artistes goes beyond using the services of ‘boy-boys’. This comes on the heels...

Be ambassadors for Ghana Post – MD to Juaso residents

The Acting Managing Director (MD) of Ghana Post, Bice Osei Kuffour aka Obour, has paid a working visit to the chiefs and people of...