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TVET Education: Deputy Minister sends all-important message to parents

Deputy Education Minister, Gifty Twum Ampofo, has urged parents to be supportive of their children who have an interest in Technical and Vocational Training...

EC top officials kicked out of Parliament

Two Deputy Chairpersons and other officials of the Electoral Commission (EC) were kicked out from a meeting of Parliament’s Special Budget Committee considering the...

My colleague MPs and I are proud to ‘frustrate’ dubious e-levy – Ablakwa

North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, says he and his colleague Minority MPs are proud to belong to a group that...

Airport worker raids lost property, steals luggage in revenge for being sacked

A rookie airport worker enlisted up to 10 friends to help him plunder its lost property office in a raid after losing his job. Arfan...

Three-year-old burnt to death in fire incident at Tikrom

A three-year-old girl has burnt to death in a house fire at Tikrom in the Ejisu-Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The incident happened Tuesday dawn...

Krobo groups make fresh demands to ECG over bills

Two major youth groups in the Krobo area of the Eastern Region have called on the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to declare its...

Tipper truck driver fined for killing 11-year-old boy

A 27-year-old tipper truck driver, Emmanuel Ackon, who crashed an 11-year-old pupil, Michael Abekah Jackson to death, has been sentenced to a fine of...

ICED receives $US1.56m grant for new research

The International Centre for Evaluation and Development (ICED) has received a US$1.56 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to fund its...

Bessa 4 Better: Bessa Simons launches manifesto ahead of 2022 MUSIGA elections [Video]

Aspiring President for the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Henry Bessa Simons, pledged to solve musicians’ greatest problems in Ghana during his manifesto launch...

Popular pastor makes interesting revelation about tithe, wealth

Nigerian Televangelist and General Overseer of the Power City International Ministry, Dr Abel Damina, has said that giving offerings and tithes does not guarantee...

Anthology: Lockdown: True COVID-19 stories

The Ama Ata Aidoo Centre for Creative Writing at the African University College of Communications, Accra is launching its third anthology of short stories...

Fire ravages 12 shops at Agbogba [Photos]

Fire has razed down about 12 kiosks which served as shelter for some squatters at Agbogba Cemetery junction in the Greater Accra Region. The...

First batch of ‘Twa w’anum na kÉ” Spain’ promo winners rewarded

GB Foods Ghana, one of the leading FMCG companies in Ghana and manufacturers of Gino and Pomo range of products, has rewarded the first...

3-day-old baby dumped at refuse site rescued

A three-day-old baby boy has been found alive on a refuse dump at Sefwi Asem Nyinaa Krom, a farming community in the Bia East...

NLA releases over GHS5 million for payment of outstanding lotto wins

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has disbursed over GHS5 million to all Partner Banks for payment of unpaid lotto wins, a statement from the...

Education Minister hauled before Parliament over ‘1 Teacher, 1 Laptop’ policy

Education Minister, Dr Yaw Adutwum, has been hauled before Parliament over the government’s ‘1 Teacher, 1 Laptop’ policy, which has triggered division and agitation...

Man shot dead during gun battle with armed robbers at Sehwi

A man, believed to be in his forties, has been shot dead during a gun battle with suspected armed robbers at Sehwi Bokabo in...

Sammy Gyamfi gives condition under which he’ll take covid vaccine [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Sammy Gyamfi gives conditions under which he will take covid vaccines The Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has revealed...

Joy FM’s Philip Nai and friends to feed underprivileged kids on Christmas eve

It’s that season of the year again – Christmas – during which love is spread in various ways around the world. This year, Lead Producer...

Five new symptoms of Omicron – and how it differs from original Covid

Symptoms of the Omicron variant of coronavirus appear to be very different from previous strains, doctors and epidemiologists believe. Although some people are reporting...

Angry youth chase chief over galamsey

Some youth at Asamang Tamfoe in the Atiwa East District of the Eastern Region are up in arms over what they described as the...

Check out the cleanest river in Ghana

Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor has named River Dayi in the Hohoe Municipality of the Volta region as the cleanest...

Man butchers elder brother over their mother’s estate

A 34-year-old man, who slashed his elder brother’s thigh and shoulder with a cutlass over their mother’s estate at Teshie, near Accra, has appeared...

Over 1,000 textbooks were approved before I left office – Former NaCCA boss

Vice-Chairman of the Education Committee of Parliament, Dr Prince Hamidu Armah, has said more than 1,000 new textbooks were approved before he left office...

NSMQ: Ketasco’s Fransica Lamini scores another straight As in WASSCE

National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) poster girl, Francisca Lamini has continued to exhibit impressive prowess even outside the contest. Though her school did not...

Chief in police grips over Tatale dispute

The Northern Regional Police have picked up another Chief in connection with the dispute in the Tatale district of the Northern Region that led...

Economic Fighters League quits #FixTheCountry Movement

The Economic Fighters League (EFL) has announced its decision to quit the FixTheCountry Movement. According to the group, the FixTheCountry Movement which began as a...

UNICEF celebrates 75th anniversary in grand style [Photos]

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) office in Ghana has marked the 75th anniversary of the global scheme in a grand event Monday, December...

Saboba drowning: Headteacher to reappear in court on this date

A Tamale District Court on Monday, December 13, 2021, adjourned the case involving Jashain Emmanuel, the headteacher of the Junior High School from which...

Man arrested for allegedly murdering woman at Parkoso [Photos]

Police have arrested a man suspected of murdering a young woman at Parkoso close to Asokore Mampong in Kumasi. Scenes from his house indicated that...

National Cathedral will bring ‘Israel to Ghana’ – Prophet Boateng

Founder of Power Chapel Worldwide and the Executive Secretary of Board of Trustees, National Cathedral, Prophet Victor Kusi Boateng, has revealed that the building...

COVID-19: Vaccination must be by choice not by force – Sammy Gyamfi fumes

The Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress has hit back at the Ghana Health Service (GHS) for its decision to make vaccination compulsory...

Prisoner freed just 48 hours into four-year jail sentence

A prisoner, who was freed just a couple of days into a four-year jail sentence, partied for 10 days before he was dragged back. Lauras...

Do magic before it’s too late – CETAG cautions govt with ultimatum

The Colleges of Education Teachers Association Ghana (CETAG) is urging the government to redeem its promises to the teachers to avert an industrial action. The...

Check out latest update on 2021 police recruitment exercise

The Police Service says medical examination and interviews for successful applicants in this year’s recruitment exercise will commence today, Monday. In a press statement, signed...

Scores of dead fish washed ashore at Weija Lake

Scores of dead fish have been washed ashore at the Weija Lake in the Greater Accra Region.The incident coincided with the sudden blackening of...

No covid vaccination card, no entry – NPP delegates warned ahead of conference [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · NPP leadership to prevent unvaccinated delegates from attending national conference Delegates coming for the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) upcoming National Annual Delegates Conference...

COVID-19: European Investment Bank supports Ghana with €82.5m

European Investment Bank (EIB) has supported Ghana with €82.5 million to strengthen healthcare, provision of specialist medical equipment and medicines across Ghana under the...

Two brothers jailed 50 years for robbing Uber driver

Two persons who robbed an Uber driver of his techno mobile phone and cash of GHC600 after pulling out a pistol and cutlass on...

Police officer jailed for sharing photos of murdered sisters

A cop has been jailed for sharing photos of two murdered sisters who allegedly boasted about covering up crimes in racist WhatsApp messages. Pc Deniz...