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Child’s scalp decaying after aunt poured kerosene on her head and set it ablaze

A six-year-old child is in severe pains after her aunty allegedly poured kerosene on her head to teach her a lesson in Nigeria. The...

Dominic Nitiwul breaks silence on military invasion in Parliament

Minister-Designate for Defence, Dominic Nitiwul, has fought off claims of being responsible for the soldiers who stormed the Chamber of Parliament. According to Mr Nitiwul,...

Chief Justice’s response after Tsatsu served notice to subpoena Jean Mensa [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Supreme Court orders parties to file their addresses for closure of case Chief Justice Anin Yeboah has said the Supreme Court cannot prevent...

Kan Dapaah explains military protection for individuals

The National Security Minister-nominee, Albert Kan Dapaah, has justified the increased military protection for individuals in the country. "Anywhere you have seen soldiers having to...

We leave women out of sciences at our own peril – Kwesimintsim MP

Women in Ghana, according to the Global Education Monitoring Team in 2018, account for less than a quarter of all Science, Technology, Engineering, and...

We are encouraged by disinfection of our facilities – Ashanti Region police

The Ashanti Regional Police Commander, COP Kwesi Mensah Duku, has indicated that the disinfection of their facilities will motivate police officers in the region...

Supreme Court orders parties to file their addresses for closure of case [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Supreme Court orders parties to file their addresses for closure of case The Supreme Court has ordered the two parties in the ongoing...

Kennedy Agyapong blasts colleague MPs over this…

Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong, has taken a swipe at his colleague MPs after they turned their three-day orientation and induction...

CCTV captures moment ‘mother and son’ stole from a wine shop [Watch]

A viral video captured the moment two persons, believed to be mother and son, stole from a wine shop in Tema. The act was initially...

Coronavirus: Kennedy Agyapong wades into re-closure of schools

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has called for the re-closure of schools and churches following a rise in Covid-19 cases in...

Abrumase, a Ghanaian community where residents hang phones on trees for signal [Photos]

Abrumase, a populated East Gonja District town in the Savannah Region still has its residents hanging their phones on trees for mobile network. Community members...

Databank withdraws from Agyapa deal as transaction advisor

Investment and brokerage firm, Databank has served notice to Imara Holding Limited of their decision to withdraw their services as a partner and transaction...

Ghana Armed Forces opens book of condolence for former CDS

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has announced the opening of a book of condolence for its former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Joshua Hamidu. The...

Man caught trying to write exam for his wife during recruitment exercise

A man identified as Adekunle Aremu has been apprehended for impersonating his wife during an Osun Teacher's recruitment exercise in Nigeria. The impostor was caught while trying...

Opoku Onyinah gets top appointment

Former Chairman of the Church of Pentecost, Prof. Opoku Onyinah, is the new Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral Project. He...

LGBT office pops up in Accra but Foh-Amoaning calls for immediate shutdown

Executive Secretary of the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values, Moses Foh-Amoaning, has called on the government to shut down...

Election Petition: Mahama files another application

Petitioner in the ongoing election petition hearing, John Mahama, has filed an application seeking to re-open his case. Counsel for the petitioner had closed his case,...

I am single – Former MP [Audio]

Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, minister-designate for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has revealed her marital status to parliament. Giving her self-introductory comments to the Parliament’s Appointments...

Kan Dapaah justifies BNI overhaul

National Security Minister-designate, Albert Kan Dapaah, says deliberate plans went into the refocusing of the erstwhile Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) to meet its...

Coronavirus: Akosombo Int’l School begins shift system

Akosombo International School is set to begin a shift system to curb the spread of Covid-19 infection in the school. This comes on the...

Potholes kill man at Doli, another injured [Photos]

A man, believed to be his 30's, identified as Adam Nuhu, has died in a fatal accident with another injured at Doli near Bole...

Kan Dapaah speaks on missing excavators

Government has not concluded investigations into galamsey activities that prompted President Nana Akufo-Addo to set up an inter-ministerial committee to fight the menace upon...

Nitiwul, Adutwum up for vetting today

Ministers-Designate for Defence, Dominic Nitiwul and Education, Dr Yaw Adutwum, will face Parliament’s Appointments Committee today to make a case for their approval for...

Election petition: Check out petitioners’ next move after Supreme Court ruling [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Check out petitioners' next move after Supreme Court ruling Lead Counsel for the Petitioner in the ongoing 2020 election petition, Tsatsu Tsikata, has...

Read: Supreme Court gives judgement on Jean Mensa

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Jean Mensa and Peter Mac Manu cannot be forced to...

2 robbers killed in Police shootout after botched attack at Odorkor

Two robbers have been killed after an attack at a Renault/Hyundai car dealership shop at Atico Junction along the Kaneshie-Odorkor highway. The deceased were members...

Ghana to receive COVID-19 vaccines by mid-March – Agyemang-Manu

Ghana is expected to take delivery of 350,000 AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines by mid-March under the United Nations COVAX facility. The Health Minister-designate, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, made...

Top prison bosses, others promoted by Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has approved the promotion of 12 senior officers of the Prisons Directorate in pursuant to Article 207(3) of the 1992 Constitution. The...

Annor Walker resumes duties as Great Olympics head coach

Annor Walker has resumed his duties as Great Olympics head coach after recovering from an illness which sidelined him for a month. Walker took a...

Ambulance attack: 2 suspects arrested

JoyNews/AdomNews · 2 arrested in connection to ambulance robbery The Eastern Region Minister-designate, Eric Kwakye Darfour, has confirmed that two persons have been arrested in...

22-storey building under construction at Airport collapses

A 22-storey building under construction at the Airport Residential Area adjacent the Association International School has collapsed. According to reports, some workers on site...

Agyeman-Manu calls for increase in NHIS premium [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Agyeman Manu calls for increase in NHIS premium Minister-Designate for Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, wants levies and premiums on the National Health Insurance Scheme...

Coronavirus: Bat scientists find new evidence

Scientists say coronaviruses related to Sars-CoV-2 may be circulating in bats across many parts of Asia. They have discovered a virus that is a close...

Four fined for assault on police officers

A Sogakope Magistrate Court has sentenced four persons who assaulted Police officers at Suipe-Kpelikope to a fine of ¢600 each. The convicts, aside the fine,...

Ahafo paramount chiefs to stage protest against govt

Ahafo Paramount Chiefs have united to stage a protest against government over deplorable roads in the districts. Authorities of Kenyasi Traditional Council in the Ahafo...

Social gathering ban: Agyeman-Manu reveals why he attended birthday party of NHIS boss [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · MUNTAKA ON AGYEMAN PARTY Member of Parliament (MP) for Asawase, Mohammad Mubarak Muntaka, has questioned Health Minister-designate Kwaku Agyeman-Manu on why he attended...

Frontline health workers to be paid by close of week [Listen]

Minister-designate for health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has said he is hopeful by close of the week frontline health workers will be duly paid their allowances. Speaking...

J.B. Danquah-Adu’s wife drops bombshell

The wife of the late Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, J.B. Danquah-Adu, has shared the frustrations she has gone through five years...

Mystery illness in Tanzania leaves patients vomiting blood

A mystery illness that causes people to vomit blood has killed 15 people and hospitalised more than 50 others in Tanzania. The illness detected in...

We dated online for 4 days and got engaged on Skype on the 5th day – Woman reveals

A woman took to Twitter to claim she and her husband dated online for only four days and got engaged on the 5th day...