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One-year-old boy drowns in abandoned manhole

A one and a half year-old boy has drowned in an abandoned manhole filled with water at Akyem Osiem in the Eastern Region. Father of...

Robbers kill 45-year-old trader

A 45-year-old trader is reported dead after he was allegedly robbed of unspecified amount of money and shot by robbers, in Kataa, in the...

Fire guts Zylofon TV

The property housing Zylofon TV has been gutted by fire Monday evening. JoyNews’ Maxwell Agbagba reported that two fire engines provided by the Ghana National Fire Service...

Papavi tricks government

Interesting details are emerging about how Charles Kormi Kudzordzi, also known as Papavi, has applied an assortment of tricks to push his so-called Western...

Amnesty International Ghana to probe sexual harassment on campuses

Amnesty International Ghana, a non-governmental organisation, has told JoyNews it intends to conduct research to establish the veracity of sexual harassment claims on university campuses. The Coordinator...

13 LBCs drag GRA and COCOBOD to court

Some 13 Licensed Buying Companies (LBCs) have filed a lawsuit against the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD). READ THIS: Govt sets...

Akwamuhene intervenes to get destooled Kwahu chief reinstated

A sub-chief at Kwahu Obomeng in the Eastern region, Nana Effah Pinamang III, who was recently destooled by the Kwahu Paramount Chief, Daasebre Akuamoah Agyapong II,  has...

Photos: Windstorm causes havoc in Somanya

An unusual strong wind is said to have wrecked havoc at Somanya in the Eastern region. READ: To cancel or not: Akufo-Addo to take...

PIWC Sakomono Women’s Ministry supports Nungua new Life Orphanage

The Women’s Ministry of the Pentecost International Worship Centre, (PIWC) in Sakumono in the Teshie Nungua area of the Church of Pentecost has donated...

GRA, COCOBOD sued over VAT

The Ghana Revenue Authority and its Commissioner-General, Ghana COCOBOD and its CEO have been sued by some Agricultural companies over the imposition of Valued...

‘Wake-keeping’ banned at Akrofuom

‘Wake-keeping’ — a vigil kept over a corpse the night before burial has been banned in the capital of Adansi-Akrofuom District of...

Police hospital to undertake mass burial

The Police Hospital in Accra will embark on a mass burial of some one hundred and twenty unidentified and unclaimed bodies, a statement by...

Speaker advocates comprehensive affirmative action bill

The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye, has challenged government to draft a comprehensive affirmative action bill that will achieve the...

NDC calls for arrest, prosecution of Osafo-Maafo

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called for the arrest and prosecution of Ghana's Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo. The party's demand, according to its General...

120 unclaimed bodies for mass burial

At least 120 unidentified and unclaimed bodies are due for mass burial as part of routine measures to decongest Police Hospital Mortuary, the...

AG, Akufo-Addo must intervene in Domelevo, EOCO tussle – Lawyer

Private legal practitioner, Yaw Oppong, has asked for the Attorney General and the President's intervention in the feud between the Auditor General, Daniel Domelovo...

Woman allegedly kills granddaughter over hatred for son-in-law

A 42-year-old woman, Temitope Akinola, has been arrested by operatives of Ogun State police command in Nigeria for allegedly killing her 2-day-old granddaughter. According to spokesman...

‘Wake-keeping’ banned at Akrofuom

‘Wake-keeping’ — a vigil kept over a corpse the night before burial has been banned in the capital of Adansi-Akrofuom District of the Ashanti...

South African Tourism Minister to visit Ghana

South African Tourism Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, is set to attend the first UNWTO Presidential Leadership Taskforce on Women Empowerment on Tourism Sector to be held...

Facebook, Instagram to block under-18s from viewing sexually explicit content

Facebook and Instagram will block under-18s from viewing sexual content from as early as next year, it has been claimed. The social networks plan to...

Pai Katanga chieftaincy killings: The sad inside story [Audio]

Spokesperson for two of the people who were shot and killed at Pai Katanga, a community in the Oti Region, Frank Agyari, has detailed...

Fabewoso: Adom FM’s #MyRoadMyVote team storms Eastern region

Team members of Adom FM, as part of Dwaso Nsem’s ‘My Road My Vote’ campaign, took to Somanya, Koforidua and Akyem Oda, all towns...

Be satisfied with your wife’s ‘bobby-stand’ or ‘bobby-sleep’ – Agyinasare to husbands

Husbands must be satisfied with the breasts of their wives only – be they firm or saggy, Bishop Charles Agyinasare has told Christians. The Presiding...

This is one place on Earth where no life can exist

Life exists in extreme environments on Earth, from arid deserts and frozen tundras to thermal, toxic vents in the deepest reaches of the ocean...

This powerlifting grandma, 82, made an intruder regret breaking into her home

A man broke into the Rochester, New York, U.S. home of an 82-year-old grandmother. It didn't end well -- for him. Willie Murphy said she...

Soldier, 2 others nabbed for impersonating anti-galamsey team

A military man has been apprehended for posing as a member of the Operation Vanguard team fighting illegal mining across the country. Private Bawa Kobore,...

Manasseh’s book reveals John Mahama planned to resign before Mills’ death

The latest book by freelance investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, has revealed that before former President John Evans Atta-Mills died, his Vice-President, John Mahama,...

Trader remanded for biting off finger of policeman

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a trader for allegedly biting off the forefinger of General Sergeant Kwame Abu, a policeman when effecting his...

Auditor-General sues EOCO

Auditor General, Daniel Domelevo, is challenging the legality of an ongoing investigation by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) into alleged procurement breaches at the...

Police deployed to Pai Katanka after 3 killed at funeral grounds

Calm has returned to Pai Katanka in the Oti Region after clashes on Saturday over suspected chieftaincy dispute. Three people were reportedly shot dead, while...

Anas scoops two awards at 2019 Ghana NiBs Innovations Awards

Ace Ghanaian Investigative reporter, Anas Aremeyaw Anas was on Friday, November 22nd, at the maiden Ghana NiBs Innovations Awards, recognised for his outstanding contribution...

Man confesses to attempting to sell daughter for GHC 50,000

A 27-year-old man has confessed to attempting to sell his daughter but says she did so as a result of hardship. Frank Abisah, the suspect,...

Plane carrying 19 people crashes after takeoff

A Dornier-228 aircraft carrying on board about 19 people has crashed into homes, shortly after taking off in Goma, in the Democratic Republic...

Elephant invasion imminent – Wildlife

The Wildlife Unit of the Forestry Commission has cautioned communities within the Eastern Corridor to be on the lookout for an imminent ...

Otumfuo Osei Tutu’s visit to Rawlings; details here

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, on Friday, November 22, visited former President Jerry John Rawlings at the latter's Ridge residence in Accra. Otumfuo Osei...

Soldier, accomplices grabbed for impersonating Operation Vanguard team

A soldier and two accomplices suspected to be posing as Operation Vanguard personnel, harassing and extorting money from civilians at Sekyere Atiwa West District,...

Chief killed by speeding bus [Audio]

A chief of Awutu Awin-Taso in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region, Nai Akufu, has been killed in a fatal road...

Police deployed to Pai Katanka after chieftaincy clashes

Calm has returned to Pai Katanka in the Oti Region after clashes on Saturday over suspected chieftaincy dispute. Three natives were reportedly shot dead with...

School bus with 15 occupants catches fire [Photos]

A bus carrying 15 pupils of Western Link Educational Complex at Wenchi in the Bono region has reportedly caught fire while going on a...

Full List: Winners of 2018 GJA Awards

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has, over the weekend, awarded a number of Ghanaian journalist for the excellence brought to their works over the...