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Man in court for selling broken tiles as phone

A self-professed phone trader, Mustapha Hamidu, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly selling packed broken tiles as phones. He has been charged...

Court refuses to halt coup plotters’ trial

An Accra High Court refused to stay proceedings in the trial of 10 persons arraigned before it for attempting to violently overthrow the Nana...

Three shot in land guard attack at Awutu Papaase

Three construction workers have been injured after suspected land guards shot them at Awutu Paapase Number 2 in the Central Region. The armed land guards,...

Man in court for selling broken tiles as phones

A self-professed phone trader, Mustapha Hamidu, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly selling packed broken tiles as phones. He has been...

Man arrested for setting wrong house on fire, killing family of 7

A magistrate court in Kenya on Monday, January 16, 2023, allowed police to detain a man accused of arson attack which left seven members...

Govt blackmailing investors – Adongo 

Member of Parliament(MP) for Bolgatanga Central Constituency, Isaac Adongo, has accused government of blackmailing bondholders. He claimed that investors know they have to comply with...

Schoolgirl dies after being bitten by snake in classroom

A Zimbabwean Form 6 school girl has died after she was bitten by a black mamba while in class. The now-deceased student, Melody Chiputura,...

Govt to borrow ¢2.42bn in T-bills

Government will borrow ¢2.42 billion in Treasury bills to refinance the upcoming maturities of ¢2.22 billion in this week’s T-bill auction. This is coming...

National Cathedral: It was a loan refund – Secretariat on Ablakwa’s GHC 2.6m to JNS claims

The National Cathedral Secretariat has disputed claims by North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, of a GHC 2.6m illegal payment to JNS...

Nana Agradaa cries over small offertory in church [Video]

The founder and leader of the Heaven Way Church, Patricia Asiedua, alias ‘Nana Agradaa’ is not a happy woman of God. According to her, the paltry...

Hold ECG, GWCL accountable to justify tariff increment – Affail Monney to journalists

A former President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Roland Affail Monney, has charged journalists to put the spotlight on the Electricity Company of...

Lands Commission to demolish structures on state lands in these areas…

The Lands Commissions has served notice to the public that it will from January 17th, 2023 begin a process to recover encroached state lands...

EC adjourns Lower Manya Krobo District elections

The Electoral Commission (EC) has adjourned the District Level Elections for the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region. The election was scheduled...

Innocent teacher jailed 20 years over defilement regains freedom

The Accra High Court has acquitted Maxwell Bernieh, a teacher who was wrongly convicted of defilement in 2016. The judgment comes after Mr Bernieh had...

Woman’s head found in shower after decapitation by her husband

The Texas woman who was allegedly decapitated by her husband was found in a pool of blood near the couple’s bed — and her head was...

ECG prepares grounds for tension-free year in Krobo District

From the latter part of 2021 to 2022, Krobo district under Tema region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) stood out as a...

Trader who allegedly defrauded driver granted bail

A 52-year-old trader, who allegedly took GHS28,000.00 from a driver under the pretext of obtaining a Mexican Visa for him but failed, has been...

Heavy security presence at Buipe following disturbances

There is heavy military and police presence in Buipe in the Savannah Region following some disturbances in the area. Some persons besieged the Damongo Police...

Okudzeto Ablakwa hauls Rev Kusi Boateng to CHRAJ

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate the...

Police vehicle crashes man on Damongo-Busunu highway

An unidentified middle-aged man has been crashed to death in a motor accident involving a police vehicle on the Damongo-Busunu highway in the Savannah...

BBC Komla Dumor Award 2023 launched

The BBC is seeking a rising star of African journalism for the BBC News Komla Dumor Award, now in its eighth year. Journalists from across...

Alan Kyerematen hands over to Abu Jinapor [Photos]

Former Trade and Industry Minister, Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, has officially handed over the sector to caretaker minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor. This follows a directive...

Police to evacuate personnel from Apromase barracks after fire incident

The Ghana Police Service has announced the evacuation of personnel from a facility housing the officers at Apromase for a complete assessment after a...

Akufo-Addo’s colleague opens up about their working relationship

A colleague of President Nana Akufo-Addo, Yaw Nsarkoh, has opened up about his working relationship with Him. To him, the recent economic challenges among other...

ECG to undertake maintenance works, check out affected areas

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that it will from Tuesday, January 17, 2023, undertake maintenance works in some parts of Accra. The...

Unrest in Burkina Faso as 50 women are abducted

Some 50 women have been abducted by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso, local officials say. Residents in Arbinda said two groups of women were...

Survivor of 2005 Ghanaians’ massacre testifies at German court

A survivor of the 2005 Ghanaians massacre in Gambia, Martin Kyere, is set to testify in a German court this week. This follows the arrest...

Man who survived more than a decade in a coma woke up to tell a remarkable story

A man who was ‘locked’ inside his body for years while still being able to hear, see and comprehend everything around him has shared...

Major Mahama trial: Accused person reveals what he did to deceased in video

Bernard Asamoah, alias Daddy, an accused person in the trial of the 14 alleged murderers of the late Major Maxwell Adams Mahama, has told...

I have always known Rev Kusi Boateng as Adu Gyamfi – National Cathedral CEO [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · I Have Always Known Rev Kusi Boateng As Adu Gyamfi - National Cathedral CEO The Executive Director of the National Cathedral project,...

Check out beautiful videos as Black Sherif steals spotlight at 8th AFRIMA Awards

Popular Ghanaian rapper Black Sherif performed at the just-ended 8th edition of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) which was held in Dakar, Senegal. The...

NCA approves sale of Vodafone Ghana to Telecel

The National Communications Authority (NCA) says it has granted conditional approval for the transfer of 70 percent of government’s shares in Ghana Telecommunications Company...

PURC increases electricity and water tariffs; check out details

The Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission has increased electricity and water tariffs by 29.96% and 8.3% respectively. The new rates take effect from February 1,...

NSS poised to support education in Ghana

The Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Osei Assibey Antwi, has affirmed the preparedness of the scheme towards the development of education...

Easy access to quality justice delivery our priority – Chief Justice

Easy access to quality justice delivery, at all levels, is the top priority of the judicial system, Justice Anin Yeboah, the Chief Justice, has...

French court orders town to remove statue of Virgin Mary

A French court has ordered a small town to remove a statue of the Virgin Mary, saying the religious display violates the separation of...

Activities to mark first anniversary of Apiate explosion announced

Apiate, a town between Bogoso and Bawdie in the Western Region, will from Wednesday, 18 January 2022, commemorate the first anniversary of the explosion...

Minority calls for immediate suspension of Debt Exchange Programme

The Minority in Parliament has called for the immediate suspension of the government's Domestic Debt Exchange (DDE) Programme. To the Caucus, the programme has...

How this Kumawood actor lost GH¢120,000 to galamsey will shock you

Kumawood star, Ras Nene, also known as Dr. Likee, has recounted how he invested an initial amount of GH¢70,000 in illegal mining, known in...

2-year-old girl killed in church building collapse at Kwadaso

A church building has suddenly collapsed, killing a two-year-old girl and also causing body injuries to a 45-year-old man. The lifeless body of the deceased,...