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Minority joins calls for withdrawal of semester-based academic calendar

The Minority in Parliament has expressed utmost disapproval with the new policy that changes the trimester to a semester-based academic calendar and has called...

GBA suspends former IBF champ Richard Commey indefinitely

The Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) has suspended former IBF lightweight champion Richard Commey following series of disrespect and misconduct against the GBA. A release by...

It may take 4 to 10 years to win fight against galamsey – Abu Jinapor [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · It may take 4 to 10 years to win fight against galamsey – Abu Jinapor Despite the strides made by the government...

Nestlé Ghana temporarily removes Ideal milk, Carnation Tea Creamer from shops

Nestlé Ghana has announced the temporal removal of all Ideal Evaporated Milk and Carnation tea creamer off the shelves. This follows the recent recall of...

Ato Forson pleads not guilty to charge of causing €2.3m financial loss to the state

Former Deputy Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, has pleaded not guilty to the charge of causing a €2.3 million loss to the state. Two other...

Do you wear your shoes before socks? – Deputy Employment Minister asks UTAG leaders

The Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Bright Wireko-Brobby, has asked the leadership of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to exercise...

Ghana College of Pharmacists launches 10th-anniversary celebration

The Ghana College of Pharmacists has officially launched its 10th-anniversary celebration at an event that was held on Thursday, January 13, 2022, at the...

Opuni files another motion against Justice Honyenuga

The Accra High Court hearing the GH¢217 million financial loss case against the former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr...

Our members are losing their lives over govt’s inability to pay debt – NAIS president

The National Association of Institutional Suppliers (NAIS) has revealed how some suppliers have lost their lives due to the government's inability to pay off...

Vic Mensa arrested by US customs for carrying ‘illegal’ mushrooms

Rapper Vic Mensa has been arrested at the Dulles airport in the United States on his return from Ghana where he had been spending...

AMA opens books of condolence in memory of former late Mayors [Photos]

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has opened books of condolence at its head office in memory of the late former Mayors; Nat Nunoo-Amarteifio and...

Businessman found dead in hotel room with private part missing

Friends of a tailor, identified as Azubuike Nwokolo aka Zubby More, are currently demanding justice for him on social media after he was reportedly...

Husband and wife in court for illegal possession of narcotics

Drama unfolded at the Wamfie Magistrate Court in the Dormaa East District of the Bono Region when a 49-year-old farmer wept bitterly when the...

Bagbin returns to Dubai for medical review

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has left Ghana to honour a medical review in the United Arab Emirates. Mr Bagbin, in...

Burial date for former Accra Mayor, Nat Nuno-Amarteifio announced

The family of the late former Mayor of Accra, Nat Nunoo-Amarteifio, has announced arrangements for his final funeral rites. A burial service will take place...

Head of Local Govt Service begs CLOGSAG over intended strike

JoyNews/AdomNews · Nana Ato Arthur gets CLOGSAG The Head of Local Government Service, Dr Nana Ato Arthur, has appealed to the Civil and Local Government...

COVID-19: We must intensify disinfections at Airports

A Senior Officer of the Vector Control Unit, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Abel Djangmah, has reiterated the need to continuously intensify the ongoing monthly disinfection...

AFCON: Ghanaian midfielder ruled out of decisive Comoros game

Ghana has received another injury blow as midfielder, Baba Iddrisu, has been ruled out ahead of the must-win 2021 Africa Cup of Nations clash...

Man arrested for allegedly smuggling narcotic drugs into police cells

The Weija Divisional Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old man, Christian Danso, for allegedly smuggling suspected narcotics into the police cells located at the...

Eduwatch backs teacher unions to oppose new academic calendar

JoyNews/AdomNews · Eduwatch backs teacher unions to oppose new academic calendar Education Think Tank, Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), is backing teacher unions opposing the new...

Gambia massacre: Coalition rejects ‘woefully-inadequate’ compensation for 2005 victims

Compensation packages proposed for victims and families of victims of the 2005 state-sponsored massacre of Ghanaians in The Gambia have been rejected. The Gambian authorities,...

One out of four marriages registered at AMA in 2021 collapsed

A total of 79 customary marriages were dissolved in the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) in 2021, according to Assembly data. The Assembly in 2021 registered...

Family of chief who died by suicide denies claims he lost ¢120k to betting

The family of the 76-year-old chief in the Ashanti Region, who allegedly died by suicide, is fighting claims he killed himself after losing some...

UG-UTAG continues strike despite NLC directive

The University of Ghana’s chapter of the University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UG-UTAG) has refused to call off its strike action. This is in direct...

Azumah Nelson’s younger brother passes on

Boxing legend Azumah Nelson has lost his younger brother, Joseph Awudu Nelson, who passed away last week after battling sickness for some time. He...

Unions in Education oppose semester-based academic calendar

Some unions in the basic education sector have called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to immediately withdraw the new policy changing the trimester...

Police investigate death of two young men at Kotwi

The Ashanti Regional Police Command is investigating the circumstances under which two young men perished under bizarre circumstances at Kotwi in the Atwima-Kwanwoma District,...

Thief who stole 2 gas cylinders from Ashaiman eatery sentenced

The Ashaiman Circuit Court has sentenced a 20-year-old Nigerian, Muayu Dauda, to pay a fine of ¢2,400 or in default serve 12 months imprisonment...

NPP race: John Boadu sends strong message to supporters of Alan Kyerematen

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has sounded a note of caution to one of its flagbearer hopefuls, Alan Kyerematen, to rein in some...

Man found alive after train runs him over on railway

A man miraculously survived being run over by a train as he lay sleeping on a Siberian railway track in -18C cold. There were fears the man had been...

Majority Caucus wades into Speaker Bagbin’s military guards brouhaha

The Majority Caucus in Parliament has described as untruthful and unfortunate, the comments by the Minority caucus on the withdrawal of the Speaker’s security. The...

Obasanjo mourns with Mahama [Photos]

Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has paid a courtesy call on former President John Dramani Mahama. This was to commiserate with him following the...

Fulani herdsmen kill 16-year-old boy near Agogo

A 16-year-old boy, identified as David Anyara, has been stabbed to death by nomadic herdsmen at Ananekrom in the Asante Akyem Agogo District of...

Blind woman explains how she ‘looks’ at images on phone – and shares hacks

When she was just 29 years old, Claire Sisk suffered two strokes, an ordeal that ultimately resulted in her losing sight in both eyes. Despite...

Over 300 construction workers sacked for allegedly attacking project manager [Audio]

Over 300 construction workers have been sacked at Assin Fosu by SHIMIZU DAI-NIPPON JV, a Japanese firm working on the Assin Fosu-Assin Praso stretch...

UTAG leadership meets after NLC declared strike illegal

The leadership of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) met on Monday to deliberate on the declaration of its strike as illegal by...

Plus size woman reveals that ‘big’ men prefer her to slim ladies [Video]

A former contestant in a plus size reality show, Josephine Mantey, who weighs 215kg, has revealed that most men prefer plus-size women to slender...

My mother took me to a herbalist, asked me to use my brother for money ritual – Suspect confesses

A suspected internet fraudster, identified as Afeez Olalere, has been caged by the Nigerian police after making a wild confession of his crimes. Afeez, who was...

AFCON: Dede was greedy – Former MP shades Black Stars captain [Video]

Former Member of Parliament for Tema East, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, has expressed his disappointment in the Black Stars captain, Andrew Dede Ayew after...

Water shortage threatens marriages at Kpandai

Residents of Wiae, a suburb of Kpandai District in the Northern Region, are calling on the government to, as a matter of urgency, come...