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Blame me for Black Stars’ 2021 AFCON disaster – Kurt Okraku

President of the Ghana Football Association , Kurt Okraku, says he accepts the blame for the Black Stars’ unimpressive performance at the 2021 Africa Cup...

Popular footballer re-sentenced to nine years in jail for gang rape

Former Real Madrid and Manchester City star Robinho has been sentenced to nine years in prison for rape. The Court of Cassation in Rome rejected...

Let’s stay together through this period – Kurt Okraku pleads with Ghanaians

President of the Ghana Football Association, Kurt Okraku, has apologised to Ghanaians following the shameful performance from the Black Stars in the ongoing Africa...

Cause of Bogoso explosion revealed

Preliminary investigations by the Police found that Thursday’s blast at Appiatse in the Western Region was caused by a collision between a vehicle carrying...

Scores feared dead in explosion at Bogoso [Video]

Scores including children are feared dead in an explosion at Apiate near Bogoso in the Prestea-Huni Valley Municipality of the Western Region. The...

Ya-Na commiserates with Mahama [Photos]

Former President John Mahama on Wednesday received a delegation from the Overlord of Dagbon, Ya-Naa Abukari II. The delegation was present at Mr Mahama's...

Stampede at Christian crusade kills 29, including 11 children

At least 29 people, including 11 children and a pregnant woman, have died in a stampede at a Christian crusade in a densely populated...

CLOGSAG begins indefinite strike today

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG), will from today, Thursday, January 20, 2022, begin a nationwide indefinite strike. The industrial...

MP reportedly escapes Highway robbery attack

The Member of Parliament for Lambussie constituency, Bright Baligi, has reportedly escaped a robbery attack on the Bole-Bamboi Highway in the Savannah Region. The incident...

20-year-old arrested for motorbike robbery [Photos]

A 20-year-old, Eyram Botwe, is assisting the Akatsi District Police with investigations after he attempted to rob a Haojue Motorbike from an Okada rider. The...

E-Levy: Check out transactions to be affected and exempted

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, says he is working out modalities to resubmit the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy) to Parliament for approval. The tax,...

Danger looms as Bolgatanga Assembly locks up abattoir

The Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly has locked up the main abattoir in the Municipality after butchers declined to relocate to a newly constructed modern one...

Man jailed over sexual assault of woman in the bush

An Asamankese Circuit Court has convicted a 38-year-old unemployed to 30 months imprisonment for indecently assaulting a farmer. Stephen Anane Ayitey was also convicted...

61-year-old woman goes gaga as she finally ties knot [Photos]

Marriage indeed has no age limit, and that is exactly so for an elderly woman who has finally tied the knot with her lover. After...

Ghanaian Professor appointed acting Vice-Chancellor of University of Kigali

A chartered marketer, Professor Robert Ebo Hinson has been appointed Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kigali. His appointment takes effect from 19th January 2022. Prof...

5 dead, 14 including Immigration officer injured in Kintampo-Techiman accident

Five persons have been confirmed dead and 14 others injured in a crash that happened on the Kintampo-Techiman road, close to the Tuobodom Senior...

Ofosu-Ampofo, Boahen’s trial adjourned to February 17

The trial of Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo and Anthony Kwaku Boahen, National Chairman and a Communication Director, respectively, of the National Democratic Congress has been adjourned...

COVID-19 booster vaccination starts today

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) will begin the administration of booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines from today Thursday January 20, 2022. The move forms part...

COVID-19: 3 more deaths recorded by GHS

In 24 hours, three more lives have been lost in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the recent data released by the...

Chief Imam condemns deadly clash between Nima and Maamobi youth

National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu has condemned in no uncertain terms, the deadly clash between the youth of Nima and Maamobi. The violent...

Lands Minister bemoans lack of technology in Ghana’s international timber trade

The Lands Minister has bemoaned the lack of deployment of technology in the country’s external timber market. Samuel Abdulai Jinapor said Ghana has the capacity to do more in...

Court orders sale of NAM1 properties

The Financial and Economic Crimes Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice Afia Serwaa Asare Botwe has granted express permission to...

Butchers in Bolga on strike

Butchers operating in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region have embarked on an indefinite strike over efforts by the Municipal Assembly to...

GPRTU threatens to increase transport fares over fuel hikes

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has said it will increase transport fares should government fail to reduce fuel prices at pump stations as...

Nima clash: Police places ¢20k bounty on leaders’ heads

The Police has placed a GH¢20,000 bounty on the heads of the leaders of the two groups involved in violent clashes at Nima on...

Nima clash: Two more suspects arrested

The Ghana Police Service has announced that two more persons have been arrested in connection with the clash at Nima in the Greater Accra...

Question Nima Police over bloody brawl – Security analyst charges

Security Analyst, Dr Adam Bonaa, has reacted to the brawl that occurred at Nima yesterday, January 18. The analyst with more than 20 years of...

GJA cautions media over Asantehene-Dormaahene conflict

The Ghana Journalists’ Association (GJA) has urged journalists to be ethical and responsible in their coverage of the ‘simmering conflict’ between the Asantehene Otumfuo...

Stray bullet hits Okada rider in Nima clash

An okada rider was hit by a stray bullet during the clashes at Nima, a suburb of Accra on Tuesday, January 18, reports indicate.Police...

Woman found dead at Prayer camp

A woman has allegedly been murdered at a prayer camp near Suhum in the Eastern region. The deceased, yet to be identified, was...

GHS revises Covid-19 travel guidelines for Ghanaian travelers at KIA

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced some changes to the guidelines for Ghanaians entering the country through the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). Per the...

Ghana gets $80m annually from lotteries – NLA boss

Ghana generates annual revenue of $80 million from lotteries, the Director-General of the National Lotteries Authority (NLA), Sammi Awuku, has said. According to him, NLA...

I’m a dead goat – Psalm Adjetefio [Video]

Between the philanthropy, criticisms and trolls, Psalm Adjetefio seems to have developed a tough skin. The veteran actor has been the subject of controversy since...

I’m under pressure to give lotto numbers – NLA boss cries

JoyNews/AdomNews · Sammy Awuku under pressure to give lotto number The Director-General of the National Lottery Authority, Sammi Awuku, says he is under pressure to...

Majority of the players did not deserve call-ups- Saddick Adams

Award winning broadcast sports journalist, Saddick Adams Obama, has punched holes into the system built by the Ghana Football Association to elect players for...

COVID-19: Pregnant women can now be vaccinated – GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says based on local and international evidence; it is now safe for Covid-19 vaccines to be administered to pregnant...

I have been receiving death threats – NLC boss cries [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · I Have Been Receiving Death Threats - NLC Boss Cries The Executive Secretary of the National Labour Commission (NLC), Ofosu Asamoah, is alleging...

My husband and I run shift on boxer shorts – Lady discloses

A young couple who gave their names as Afia Boadiwaa and Peter have washed their dirty linens on-air in Kumasi-based Nhyira FM's studio. The wife,...

Owusu Bempah fails to show up for trial, case adjourned to Feb. 2

The case of assault and misconduct against some police officers involving the General Overseer of the Glorious Word Power Ministry International, Rev Owusu Bempah,...

Kasoa teen ‘killers’ make first appearance at High Court

The two Kasoa boys who have been charged for the murder of a 10-year-old Ishmael Mensah Abdullah have made their first appearance at the...