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Abuakwa North Assembly sends strong warning to families over corpses

The Abuakwa North Municipal Assembly in the Eastern Region has directed bereaved families not to bring corpses to homes before burial. The Assembly has directed...

Nyankomasu bullion van robbers arrested at Kasoa [Photo]

Two robbers, who attacked a bullion van, and killed a policeman at Nyankomasu have been arrested at Kasoa. They were arrested in a police operation...

Rawlings’ death: Konadu, children’s mood as Parliament calls on them [Photos]

A Parliamentary delegation, led by the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, on Friday, called on the family of the late Former President...

Muntaka apologises to Supreme Court over bribery allegation

Member of Parliament (MP) for Asawase, Mohammad Mubarak Muntaka, has unreservedly apologised to the Supreme Court of Ghana over allegations of bribery he made...

Man who bit policeman’s finger remanded

A suspect, Eric Awutey, who reportedly bit a police officer’s finger in an attempt to resist arrest, has been remanded into police custody by...

Chainsaw operator jailed 5 years for stealing

A 27-year-old chainsaw operator has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly court for unlawful entry and stealing at Kwadaso...

Murder of 4 T’aadi girls: Photograph of human skull, bones tendered in as evidence

The prosecution team at the trial of the kidnapping and murder of four Takoradi girls at the Sekondi High Court on Tuesday, tendered in...

19-year-old girl slashes throat of her day-old baby [Photo]

A 19-year-old girl has cruelly slashed the throat of her day-old baby and dumped the body in a cocoa farm at Atenrom, a village...

UG lecturers respond to ‘threats’ from Vandals over Commonwealth Hall Annex project

Faculty members at the University of Ghana (UG) have broken their silence over claims that some 27 members of the faculty are against the...

Coronavirus: Three schools record cases in Bono Region

A College of Education and two Senior High Schools in the Bono Region have recorded nine Covid-19 cases among students since the re-opening of...

Covid-19: Speaker shoots down calls for closure of Parliament

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has rejected calls for the House to shut down after some 71 persons tested positive for Covid-19. The affected...

60-year-old man dies while taking part in drinking challenge

A 60-year-old man has died while taking part in a drinking challenge live on Youtube. Yuri Dushechkin took in one-and-half litres of vodka on a...

Taxi driver impregnates three biological sisters [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Taxi driver impregnates three biological sisters Nemesis has finally caught up with an Accra-based taxi driver (name withheld) for having illicit affairs with...

Dr Obengfo granted GH¢100,000 bail

Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Bodysculpt Centre, widely known as Dr Obengfo Hospital, has been granted bail of GH¢100,000.00. This follows Dr Dominic Kwame Obeng-Andoh’s...

Man in trouble for killing monkey at Boabeng-Fiema monkey Sanctuary

A-40-year- old man, Kwabena Adu, alias Natibongo, is in trouble for allegedly killing a monkey at the Boabeng-Fiema monkey sanctuary. Natibongo from Akumsa-Dumase, a suburb...

Election petition: Why Akoto Ampaw wanted 23 out of Mettle-Nunoo’s 32-paragraph statement deleted

The legal team of President Nana Akufo-Addo in the ongoing election petition asked the Supreme Court to strike out 23 of the 32-paragraph statement...

Suspect flirts with female judge during virtual bond hearing [Video]

A Florida burglary suspect tried to shoot his shot at the female judge during a virtual court appearance on Thursday, February 4. Defendant Demetrius Lewis flirted with...

Four in critical condition after shooting incident near Songor lagoon

At least four people are in a critical condition after a shooting incident on Friday at Madagbeh, a community in the Ada West District...

Covid-19: Fear grips MPs over recent cases

Fear has gripped some Members of Parliament (MPs) from both sides after some colleagues tested positive for the coronavirus. Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, on...

Church under fire as six-week-old baby dies during baptism

The Orthodox Church in Romania is facing growing pressure to change baptism rituals after a  six-week-old baby died following a ceremony earlier this week. The...

Tema Regional Police Commander takes steps to rid area of land guards

The Tema Regional Police Commander, DCOP Barima Tweneboah Sasraku II, on February 3, 2021, assured the chiefs and people of the Region of...

Ghanaian large-scale gold company, Takoradi Gold Ghana Limited, secures parliamentary ratification

Takoradi Gold Ghana Limited (TGGL), a Ghanaian owned large-scale mining company, has secured parliamentary ratification for its 15 years mining lease in respect of...

CHRAJ calls on MPs to declare assets

Commissioner for the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Joseph Whittal, on Thursday, charged Members of Parliament (MPs) and government appointees to...

Farmer beaten to death with condoms planted on him

A farmer by name Akwasi Nyarko has been allegedly beaten to death at Assin Nsuem in the Central region by people who are yet...

Noguchi appeals for monthly disinfection

A Senior Research Fellow at the Immunology Department of Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Dr Kwadwo Asamoah, has made a passionate appeal to...

Covid-19: Mass testing for students, workers of AIS after 40 students test positive

Mass testing of all students and workers of the Akosombo International School continue as forty-two students test positive for Coronavirus. In an interview with JoyNews,...

Boy, 20, defiles 15-year-old girl in the bush

A 15-year-old primary six pupil has been allegedly defiled by one Kotey, 20, a Junior High School leaver at Wassa Agave in the Wassa...

Klagon Chief, six others remanded for murder

The Kaneshie District Court has remanded into police custody, the Chief of Klagon, Nii Bortey Klan I, and six others. The seven have been accused...

Girl, 18, recounts terrifying tale of how she survived ritual kidnapping [Video]

An 18-year-old girl has recounted the terrifying moment three men abducted her for ritual purposes and how she survived the ordeal. She recalled how...

Koku Anyidoho breaks hearts with photo from daughter’s burial

The Founder of the Atta Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho, has left hearts broken with a photo from the burial of his eight-year-old daughter.  Mr Anyidoho...

Why is Jean Mensa being protected like North Korean leader? – Kofi Bentil wonders

Vice President of IMANI-Africa, Kofi Bentil, is wondering why the head of Ghana’s Electoral Commission, Mrs Jean Mensa, is being followed by army men...

GES sends message to 2020 BECE graduates on SHS placement

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced preparations are underway for the release of Senior High School (SHS) placement for 2020/21 academic year. This was...

Driver shot in the head as robbers attack ambulance transporting pregnant woman

The driver of an ambulance with registration number GV 644-20 has been shot in the head after he was attacked by highway robbers at...

UG ends registration, deferment of courses

The deadline for the registration of courses and deferment of programmes for the first semester of the 2020/2021 academic year at the University of...

Judicial officer dispatched to join Rojo Mettle-Nunoo as he gives evidence through Skype [video]

A judicial officer has been dispatched to join the third witness of the petitioner, Robert Joseph Mettle-Nunoo, from where he is testifying. Mr Mettle-Nunoo will give...

Good news for nurses and midwives

Nurses, their assistants and midwives can now renew their PIN/AIN via a new online payment system.This was announced by the Nursing and Midwifery Council...

Muntaka recounts how his wedding, father’s funeral were held same day

Member of Parliament for Asawase, Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, has recounted his father's death on his wedding day to his first wife. As the...

I had millions in my account by my 2nd year in university – MP tells fascinating story

Member of Parliament for Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai constituency, Alfred Obeng-Boateng has revealed he was already rich by the time he entered his second year in the...

NDC Deputy Organiser passes on

The Savannah Regional Deputy Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mahama Asumah has passed on. Mr Azumah, popularly known as "Chuu" reportedly died in...

Mysterious radio station broadcasts for 39 years with no face behind

MDZhB is the name of a mysterious radio station that has been broadcasting for nearly four decades, but that no one has ever claimed...