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Former Ejisu MP under fire over bribery allegation

Former Roads Minister, Kwabena Owusu Aduomi, is under fire for openly confessing payment of about 3 million Ghana Cedis as an enticement fee during...

Apiate explosion: 96 discharged, 4 in critical condition

The Ghana Police Service has provided an update on the number of casualties from the explosion that occurred at Apiate in the Western Region...

Apiate explosion shot ‘coaltar’ into victim’s tummy – Doctor

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bogoso InnerCity Hospital where some victims of the Apiate explosion were rushed to for medical care says...

Asante Kotoko appoint Countryman Songo as communication team member

Asante Kotoko has announced the appointment of award winning sports journalist, Patrick Osei Agyemang, as a member of their communications team. The club released a...

Community police officer shot dead while chasing murder suspect

A Fulani herdsman has reportedly shot dead a Community Police Assistant, Salisu Lampo at Lingbinkura, a farming community near Buipe in the Central Gonja...

Apiate Explosion: 11-year-old boy to be airlifted to Accra for treatment

The administrator of the Tarkwa Municipal Hospital, Mukabbir Amasa Abass, has revealed that the hospital is preparing to airlift an 11-year-old boy, a victim...

Coach arrested for allegedly sodomising footballers [Video]

A 26-year-old coach, Benjamin Kojo Bannor, is in the grips of the Central East Regional Police Command for alleged sodomy at Kasoa Zion in...

Nima-Maamobi gang clash: 7 suspects plead not guilty

Seven out of 11 suspects accused of rioting and causing harm during Tuesday’s clash between Nima and Maamobi youth, have pleaded not guilty to...

Another explosion renders many homeless [Photos]

Firefighters battled an intense blaze that emanated from a fuel tanker at the Kaase Industrial Area in Kumasi on Friday. The affected area is alleged...

Tamale Police arrest woman and daughter for selling ‘wee toffee’ to pupils

The police in the Northern Region have arrested a woman and her daughter at Sakasaka, a suburb of Tamale Metropolis for processing and selling...

Ghana takes over AMERI plant

Ghana has taken full ownership of the 250-megawatt (MW) power production plant from the African and Middle East Resources Investment Group, otherwise known as...

Confusion as father-of-six dumps wife to marry househelp

A distraught woman has threatened to deal mercilessly with her spouse after he ditched her to wed their househelp on her blind side. In a voice tape that has...

It’s as if we’re in a war-torn country – Witness recounts explosion near Bogoso

A witness has recounted his experience regarding the explosion at Apiate, a community near Bogoso in the Western Region. In his narration, he said human...

13 dead, 59 injured in Apiate explosion

A total of 13 people have been confirmed dead in the Appiatse explosion near Bogoso in the Western Region. The incident which occurred as a...

Mahama commiserates with victims of Bogoso explosion

Former President John Dramani Mahama has commiserated with the victims of the Apiate explosion which occurred in the Bogoso District of the Western Region,...

Apiate explosion: Interior Minister issues orders to explosive manufacturer

Ambrose Dery, the Minister of Interior, has ordered the management of MAXAM, one of the world’s leading explosives manufacturer and technical services provider, operating...

Apiate explosion: Sue mining company for damages – Kwaku Azar

A US-based Ghanaian lawyer and scholar, Prof. Stephen Kwaku Asare, has bemoaned the lack of implementation of rules and regulations in the country in...

Committee to probe Bogoso-Apiate explosion

The Lands and Natural Resources Ministry has announced a committee will be set up to probe the fatal explosion at Apiate near Bogoso in...

GES directs teachers to pay GH¢10 for appointment letters

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced the release of about 1,000 appointment letters to newly-trained teachers in the country. The beneficiaries, according to the...

Foreign Affairs Minister holds discussions with UN Secretary-General on Africa security

Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration on Tuesday held discussions with the UN Secretary-General on the security situation in the Sahel and...

Ghana Police Service introduces new phase of DOVVSU

Director of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU), Chief Supt Owusuwaa Kyeremeh, has said that the Ghana Police Service has introduced a...

Sad: 15-month-old baby among deceased in Apiate explosion

The aftermath of the horrific explosion that happened at Apiate, near Bogoso in the Western Region is still being felt. Thursday’s incident occurred when a...

Bawumia, Dampare, other govt officials visit Apiate [Video]

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has led a delegation to commiserate with residents of Apiate near Bogoso in the Western Region. This follows a...

Apiate: Victims of explosion speak for the first time [Video]

Affected victims have shared their horrifying accounts on the cause of explosion at Apiate, on Thursday, January 21. Buildings and other facilities at Apiate near...

Sepaase insecurity; Police call on assembly to complete police station

The Atwima Nwabiagya South District Assembly has been asked to immediately complete an ongoing police station project at Sepaase to help combat crime effectively. The...

CLOGSAG calls off strike; directs members to resume work on Monday

Members of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) have called off their strike. The industrial action, which started this morning, was...

The Police know where they are- NPP member wades into Nima clash

Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alhaji Kamal-Deen Abdulai, has alleged that the Police have information on the whereabouts of the...

Waste-to-Energy plant to provide power to local ginger processing company

A six million euro waste-to-energy plant will supply power to a local ginger processing company at Gyankobaa in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of...

I’m adding 1,000 branches to my 378 churches in 2022 – Rev Obofour [Video]

Leader and Founder of Anointed Palace Chapel, Reverend Obofour, says he is certain he'd add about 1,000 branches to his already existing 378 branches of...

Nima clash could escalate to other rival groups if… – Spokesperson of Chief Imam [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Nima feud could escalate to other rival groups if not dealt with – Spokesperson of Chief Imam The Office of the National Chief...

Semester calendar will not affect contact hours – Education Unions told

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has urged cool heads among Education Unions over the semester-based academic calendar as it will not affect contact hours. According...

Highway robbers shoot man dead

One person has been confirmed dead after he was shot by highway robbers at Nweneso No.1 in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti...

Man opens up on how his wife stabbed his forehead over sex

"If not for his excessive love for cat meat and alcohol, I would still be married to him", said a wife who has packed...

Strong economic growth, domestic revenue mobilisation being pursued- Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has spoken on the pursuit of domestic revenue mobilisation to rebound the economy from the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking...

Dodo Fie D/A Basic School in tatters

The lives of pupils and teachers of Dodo Fie D/A Basic School in the Kadjebi Akan District of the Oti Region are in danger...

GITFiC’s outlook projects Ghana’s economy in first quarter of 2022

Trend analysis by the Ghana International Trade and Finance Conference (GITFiC) has projected Ghana’s economy will not achieve any huge success gap in the first quarter...

Bogoso: What mining truck driver told residents prior to explosion [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · TARKWA MP ON BOGOSO EXPLOSION Member of Parliament (MP) for Tarkwa-Nsuem Constituency, George Mireku Duker, has made a shocking revelation following the explosion...

Apiate is dead, no human can live there – NADMO [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Apiate Is Dead, No Human Can Live There – NADMO Apiate near Bogoso in the Western Region where an explosion occurred which left...

Polluting education environment worrying – All Teachers Alliance Ghana

All Teachers Alliance Ghana (ATAG) says many happenings in the education sector have culminated into falling standards and teacher demotivation across the country. In a...

Akufo-Addo reacts to Bogoso explosion

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reacted to the sad news of an explosion that happened at Apiate in the Western Region. Many are feared...