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Check out full list of 2020 10 best performing Ministers, Deputies

FAKS Investigative Services has released its annual survey on the performance of Ministers and Deputy Ministers. The survey, according to the Chief Executive Officer of...

Okada riders make fresh demand

Commercial motorbike riders have reminded the government of some juicy packages they listed in their campaign manifesto, just about a month after the election. With...

Patapaa begins German lessons [Video]

Barely two weeks after tying the knot with his German lover, one Corner' hitmaker 'Patapaa', has taken steps to learn his wife's native language. The...

Kwaku Manu, another arrested for child trafficking in Tamale

A man identified as Kwaku Manu and one other accomplice has been arrested in Tamale for allegedly trafficking ten children from Mayado in the...

Supreme Court Judge attempted to bribe NDC MP to vote for Mike Oquaye – MP

A Supreme Court judge led the charge in attempting to bribe some Members of Parliament on the National Democratic Congress side to vote for...

KNUST reacts to reports saying 17 persons died in fire incident

School authorities of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have dismissed claims that 17 lives were lost during a fire outbreak on...

Check out when Domelevo will resume work

The Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, says he will resume work in March following a directive from the Presidency in July 2020 to proceed on...

Akufo-Addo dissolves Inter-Ministerial committee on galamsey

President Nana Akufo-Addo has dissolved the Inter-ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining, Starr News has learnt. Sources with knowledge of the development say the President will...

Company fines employees who use the toilet more than once per day

A Chinese company has come under fire for fining “lazy” employees who take more than one toilet break per day. Anpu Electric Science and Technology,...

Coronavirus: Basic & SHS schools disinfected ahead of reopening

As part of the measures aimed at safe reopening of schools in the country, Zoomlion Ghana Limited has disinfected basic and Senior High Schools...

Fire guts three-storey building at Kumasi Central Market [Photos]

Fire has gutted a three-storey building housing several businesses including the Asante Akim Rural Bank at Roman Hill near the Kumasi Central Market in Kumasi. The...

Shops around KNUST Republic Hall gutted by fire [Photos]

Fire has gutted part of a market sited behind the Republic Hall of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). According to reports, the...

Keta MP attacked again! [Photos]

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Keta Constituency, Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpey, has been attacked once again. Suspected armed robbers, Sunday dawn, attacked the Rootsenaf...

COVID-19: JoyNews’ Raymond Acquah shares near-death experience

Multimedia journalist, Raymond Acquah, has shared his near-death experience after contracting Covid-19. Mr Acquah, after a full recovery, took to social media to give details...

Man, 40, allegedly commits suicide at Gbetsile

A 40-year-old commercial driver, identified as Ernest Kwabena Afrani, allegedly committed suicide in the early hours of January 7, 2021, at Gbetsile in the...

Christian Council reacts to MPs’ drama in electing Speaker

The Christian Council of Ghana has condemned the chaotic contention among Members of Parliament (MPs) over the election of a Speaker, describing the behaviour as “distasteful...

242 lives lost in Central Region 2020 road crashes

 A total of 242 lives were lost in road accidents in the Central Region in the year 2020 as against 183 recorded in 2019. In...

242 lives lost in Central Region due to road accidents

A total of 242 lives were lost in road accidents in the Central Region in 2020 as compared to 183 deaths in 2019. In all,...

Man shoots himself dead after being denied alcohol

Residents of Gbane in the Talensi District in the Upper East Region were thrown into a state of shock when a young man shot...

Meet the first female Ghanaian pilot

Melody Millicent Danquah is Ghana’s 1st Female Pilot and Squadron Leader. She was the first to fly solo, and first to finish in her...

Akufo-Addo wins big; check it out

The African Leadership Magazine - a popular Pan African political magazine on the Continent – has declared President Nana Akufo-Addo winner of the 2020...

Land guards shoot man at Amanfrom, two arrested

Angry Youth of Ngleshie Amanfrom near Kasoa in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region have besieged the Amanfrom District Police Command...

Mahama, NDC hold victory party to celebrate Bagbin as Speaker of Parliament [Photos]

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has held a party to celebrate its victory in the just ended Speaker of Parliament election won by parliamentary...

Chief Justice bolted when soldiers entered Parliament – Sam George

Ningo Prampram Member of Parliament, Samuel Nartey George, has said the Chief Justice, who was in the legislative house at the time of the...

Farmer beheads son and buries him, stabs pregnant girlfriend

A farmer, believed to be in his 40s, has been arrested by the Dunkwa Divisional Police Command for allegedly murdering his seven months old...

Former NPP MP exposes colleagues over Prof Oquaye’s loss [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Former NPP MP exposes colleagues over Prof Ocquaye’s loss A former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Obuasi East in...

NDC sends strong message to Joe Wise

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has demanded that the Member of Parliament for Bekwai and now 1st Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu...

Patapaa and wife involved in accident [Photos+video]

Ghanaian artiste, Patapaa, real name Justice Amoah and his wife, Liha Miller, have survived an accident which occurred at Swedru. In a post, Miss Miller,...

Scores of UG freshers stranded after failing to secure accommodation ahead of reopening

Scores of first-year students of the University of Ghana (UG) and their parents are stranded on the school’s campus after failing to secure accommodation...

Basic schools in Bono East disinfected ahead of reopening

Basic schools in the Bono East Region on Thursday (January 7, 2021) begun benefiting from the ongoing Ministry of Education and Zoomlion Ghana Limited...

Mensah-Bonsu gives vivid account of what happened during voting of Speaker [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu gives vivid account of what happened during voting of Speaker of Parliament Majority Leader of the 7th Parliament, Osei-Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has brought...

‘Judas’ in NPP: Bright Wireko-Brobby reacts to ’empty vote’ reports

Member of Parliament (MP) for the Hemang Lower Denkyira Constituency in the Central Region has reacted to reports that he might be one of...

NDC will not recognise Akufo-Addo as President until…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it will not recognise President Nana Akufo-Addo until all issues of the 2020 elections are resolved. The General Secretary,...

Presby moderator sends message to Akufo-Addo at his thanksgiving service [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Presbyterian moderator sends message to Akufo-Addo Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rt Rev Prof. Joseph Obiri Yeboah...

Parliament clears air on viral Mahama photo hanging in Speaker’s office

The Parliament of Ghana has reacted to a photo of former President John Mahama hanging in the office of Speaker Alban Bagbin. The picture showed Mr...

We’re in a country where MPs snatch ballot papers so how do you expect laws to work ?– Kwaw Kese [Video]

Rapper Kwaw Kese says he wasn't surprised when he received a message from Ghana Police two years ago that investigations into the death of...

Identical twins marry, welcome child at 17 [Video]

A love tale of some twin siblings has sent shock waves across social media, with some describing the duo as demonic. The twin, a female,...

Sue if you want to enjoy free money -Akandoh told after …

Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, says Juaboso Member of Parliament (MP), Kwabena Mintah Akandoh can sue colleague, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful if he wants...

Lifeless body of day-old baby dumped at Dome-Crossing

The Accra Regional Police Command is searching for the mother of a lifeless day-old baby, dumped in a bush at the Dome-Crossing in Accra. Deputy...

Koku Anyidoho descends on ‘babies with sharp teeth’ again!

Chief Executive Officer of the Atta Mills Institute, Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has scorned some Members of Parliament of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Persons at...