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Nigeria blasphemy: Jailed 13-year-old boy wins Kano appeal

A 13-year-old boy, who was handed a decade-long jail sentence for blasphemy last year, will now walk free. He was convicted by an Islamic court...

Suspected West Hills Mall employment fraudster arrested

A man suspected to be a member of a syndicate of fraudsters who use Accra’s major malls to extort money from young, unsuspecting job...

Cloth for Rawlings’ funeral pops up; check out name [Photo]

A new textile print has been introduced for the funeral of former President Jerry John Rawlings. The theme for the wax print is Odupɔn bi...

New ministers: Why Hawa Koomson is trending on Twitter [Read]

Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East, Mavis Hawa Koomson, is making waves again on social media after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo presented...

UCC student wows girlfriend with ‘kokonte’ [Watch]

A student from the University of Cape Coast (UCC), who returned to school recently, has been seen in a video that is fast going...

Boy, 13, burns beyond recognition in Buipe toll bridge fire

Another fire outbreak at the Buipe Toll Bridge in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region has burnt a 13-year-old boy, Ibrahim Musah,...

Buried body exhumed in Wa

The buried body of a 30-year-old man has been exhumed at Kpaguri in the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region. The body was said...

Profile: Samuel A. Jinapor, Lands and Natural Resources Minister-designate

Samuel A. Jinapor is a politician, a dedicated member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and a qualified Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme...

Why Oti Regional Minister nominee is trending

President Nana Akufo-Addo has won many hearts on social media after appointing Joseph Makubu as the Oti Regional Minister. This is because the young man,...

Citizens of these 11 African countries can’t enter UK over COVID 19 variant

The United Kingdom (UK) has extended a travel ban to travelers from 11 African countries in order to contain the new strain of the...

Fire destroys Suhum Islamic Girls SHS dormitory [Photos]

Fire has destroyed the storeroom of the dormitory block of Suhum Islamic Girls Senior High School in the Eastern Region. The fire incident, which occurred...

Akufo-Addo’s 2nd tenure ministerial nominations: Biggest movements

A few ministers who served in President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo’s first term of office should probably be smiling by now as they have...

Powerful ministers who have lost their jobs in Akufo-Addo’s 2nd govt

President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo has released the names of persons he has nominated for designated ministries, pending approval from parliament. The names as released...

License of doctors involved in baby-selling syndicate revoked

Operating licenses of doctors who have been implicated in an undercover investigation by the Medical and Dental Council (MDC) Ghana and the Economic and...

Coronavirus: Three inmates in Walewale police cells test positive

Three inmates in the Walewale police cells in the North East region have reportedly tested positive for Covid-19. The three are Miftaw Ibrahim, 22, Musah...

Taxi driver accused of killing son remanded

The Goaso Magistrate Court in the Ahafo Region has remanded into prison custody a 42-year-old taxi driver for the alleged murder of his son. The...

EC opens nominations for Council of State election

The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that effective Tuesday, February 1, 2021, nominations will be opened for persons who wish to contest for the...

Election Petition: Otchere-Darko chides Mahama for applying for suspension of trial

Founder of the Danquah Institute, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has chided the Petitioner in the 2020 Election Petition, John Dramani Mahama, for filing an application...

My mum forced me to go in for men for my upkeep – teenage mother

A 13-year-old teenage mother, only identified as Gifty, has recounted how her mother forced her to go in for men for her upkeep. Gifty got...

Universities’ senior staff declare nationwide strike

The Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG) has declared a nationwide industrial action. The association announced the withdrawal of its services with immediate...

Naval officer, several others run over by articulated truck in Takoradi [Video]

A naval officer sustained varied degrees of injuries after an articulated truck run over a parked Pontiac Vibe vehicle with registration number, WR 72-12...

Man, 24, arrested for killing friend over GH¢10.00

A 24-year-old unemployed, Bright Ofori, has been arrested after he allegedly clubbed to death 35- year-old Muniru Mohammed Haddi at Assin Awisem in the...

Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association wants all staff tested

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has called for the testing of staff at health facilities for Covid-19 as primary sufferers in...

Parliament eulogises late National Security boss

The 8th Parliament has been left in utter shock by the sudden demise of National Security Coordinator, Joshua Kyeremeh. During a sitting in the House,...

Prof Azar reacts to Amoako-Tuffour’s death

A lawyer and economics professor, Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare, has reacted to the sudden demise of the founding member of the New Patriotic Party...

What Wontumi told authorities of Prempeh College about his certificate

Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, (Wontumi), has revealed a passionate appeal he made to his Alma Mata, Prempeh...

Fresh charges against Professor Benneh’s murder suspects

The Police on Wednesday substituted and preferred fresh charges against two suspects allegedly involved in the murder of Professor Emmanuel Yaw Benneh. In the new...

Defeated Assemblyman ‘fights’ over toilet facility he invested in

A former student leader of the University of Ghana, who was voted out as Assemblyman in the Tema New Town community, Christian Yaw Amoah,...

What a doctor in baby harvesting syndicate told EOCO [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · EOCO boss reveals shocking thing one of busted doctors in baby harvesting syndicate told them Executive Director for the Economic and Organised Crime...

Woman accused of beating 3-year-old girl to death faces court

A 31-year-old woman is in the grips of the Dansoman police for allegedly beating her lover’s three-year-old daughter to death. The suspect, Evelyn Oduro, lived...

Gabby speaks on appointments in Akufo-Addo’s second term

Founder of the Danquah Institute, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, believes there is uneasiness in the head of President Nana Akufo-Addo over appointments in his second...

NPP loses founding member

A founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Kwame Amoako-Tuffour, is reported dead. Though the cause of death is not immediately known, his...

Lady kidnaps ex-lover for refusing to marry her

The Police Command in Kano on Wednesday paraded four suspected kidnappers among whom was a 23-year-old lady, Maryam Mohammed alias Hajiya, the mastermind of...

Bagbin overrules NPP Caucus’ attempt to block Ayariga’s “suspend tertiary fees” request

Parliament will, today, debate for approval of a motion asking the President to suspend the payment of fees by tertiary students as a Covid-19...

Musician who offered Kasoa slay queen $100 to twerk n*ked speaks

A lot of accounts have been given following the death of Ama Broni, a Ghanaian Slay Queen who passed on at an event venue...

Owusu Bempah in trouble

Ernest Owusu Bempah, Communications Director of Ghana Gas Company Limited, is on the verge of losing his house for defaming businessman, Ibrahim Mahama, online...

Number of ministers to be appointed will not exceed 85 – Eugene Arhin

Director of Communication at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, has hinted that the number of ministers, deputy ministers and regional ministers yet to be appointed...

Robbers kill driver at Gbani near Walewale leaving residents in fear

Residents of Gbani near Walewale in the North East Region say they are living in fear following the killing of a driver in the...

Parliament stands down motion to suspend payment of university fees

Parliament on Wednesday stood down a motion by Mahama Ayariga, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, calling on the Government of Ghana to...

5 on remand, Odikro of Adubinso Biaa on the run over lynching

Five people are in prison remand while an Odikro of Adubinso Biaa is on the run following the murder of a 28-year old man...