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Ghana leads the way as UN’s largest contributor of female peacekeepers

Ghana has been lauded for its significant achievements including contributing the largest number of female peacekeepers to the United Nations (UN). The UN...

Ambulance case: Court orders Ato Forson to answer charges

Minority Leader Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has been ordered by an Accra High Court to open his defence in the ambulance case. Two others, former...

ECG to release load shedding timetable

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the coming days will release a schedule to guide consumers due to the shutdown of the Atuabo Gas Processing...

Fella Makafui sparks controversy with latest post about Medikal

Actress and wife of rapper Medikal, Fella Makafui, has left social media users with many questions after calling the former her boyfriend. This comes amidst...

Good news for National Service personnel

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has stated that recent economic difficulties are not the cause of the delay in payments of allowances to service...

5 collapse, over 500 rendered homeless as police evict residents of Buduburam

Five persons were left unconscious, over 500 residents of Suncity, a suburb of Buduburam rendered homeless following their eviction by a litigant of a...

McDan Salt company reacts to debt owed ECG

The management of Electrochem Limited, a salt mining company owned by Dr Daniel McKorkely, has reacted to claims that it owes GH¢300,000 debt to...

Father Campbell builds mosque for Weija Leprosarium [Photos]

Rev Father Andrew Campbell has constructed a mosque for the Weija Leprosarium in the Ga South municipality of the Greater Accra Region. The project to...

Alleged coup plot: Court expunges late Mac-Palm’s testimony from its records

The High Court in Accra has expunged the testimony of the late Dr Frederick Mac-Palm from its records. This comes after the court received confirmation...

DCE ‘charged with financial loss’ over fully furnished police station left to rot

District Chief Executive (DCE) for Amansie South, Clement Opoku Gyamfi, has disclosed he has been charged with causing financial loss due to the abandonment...

Attack on Golden Star Resource: MCE appeals to company not to withdraw service

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Tarkwa Nsuam, Benjamin Kesse, has appealed to Golden Star Mining Company to rescind its decision and resume...

Okada rider jailed 23 years for rape, robbery

The Tema Circuit Court B has sentenced a 28-year-old man, Louis Dordzi Dzidefo, to a 23-year prison term with hard labour, for robbing and...

Russian Embassy in Ghana takes on Kamala Harris

The Russian Embassy in Ghana has disputed claims by US Vice President Kamala Harris that the Russian-Ukraine war has impacted African countries. According to the...

People’s Forum: Krobo Odumase residents raise alarm over high water bills

Residents of Krobo Odomase in the Eastern Region are up in alms with the Ghana Water Company over unjustified water bills. They claim their bill...

136 structures to be demolished at Ramsar sites

The Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council has been given the green light to demolish 136 structures encroaching within the core area of the Sakumono...

Green Ghana: Govt reacts to debt owed seedling contractors

The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources responsible for Lands and Forestry, Benito Owusu-Bio, has dismissed claims circulating in the media space about...

Pope Francis in hospital with respiratory infection

Pope Francis has a respiratory infection and will need to spend a few days in hospital in Rome, the Vatican says. The 86-year-old had breathing...

3 ECG employees charged for stealing GH¢2.1 million in prepaid credits

Three employees of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and seven others have been slapped with 20 charges bothering on money laundering and stealing...

Three arrested for brandishing guns on social media

Three persons have been detained by the police for unlawfully possessing firearms and engaging in acts of vigilantism. The suspects were arrested on Monday, March...

Anti-LGBTQ bill: Let’s decide based on a nationalistic point of view – Alex Segbefia

Director of International Affairs for NDC, Alexander Segbefia, has given his take on the controversial LGBTQ after Vice President of the United States, Kamala...

Genuine anti-corruption crusaders don’t hide behind masks – Martin Amidu to Anas

The High Court (General Jurisdiction 2) Accra, on 15 March 2023 after hearing the defamation action brought by Anas A. Anas against Kennedy Agyepong...

NDC primaries: Mahama reacts to position on ballot paper

Ahead of the National Democratic Congress' (NDC) primaries, former President John Mahama has asked members to vote massively for him. This comes after he...

It seems Rawlings died with NDC – Allotey Jacobs [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · It Seems Rawlings Died With NDC - Allotey Jacobs A former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs,...

Kasoa ritual murder: Tears flow in court as mother gives testimony

The tearful mother of the 15-year-old juvenile offender who is standing trial with one another has given a chilling testimony in the case in...

Court confirms death of Dr Mac-Palm

The High Court in Accra has expunged the evidence of Dr Frederick Yao Mac-Palm who was standing trial together with nine others from its...

Ashaiman soldier’s murder: Police forward docket on suspects to A-G

The police have forwarded the docket on two suspects arrested in connection with the killing of 21-year-old soldier, Private Imoro Sherrif, at Ashaiman in...

Woman arrested over alleged human trafficking in Central Region

A 35-year-old woman has been arrested for alleged human trafficking at Biriwa in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. Information gathered indicates that...

Kamala Harris, husband honoured with Kente

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman, Douglas Emhoff received a traditional Kente cloth, from the Chief of Cape Coast, Osabarima Kwesi Atta...

IMF: Why it is crucial to pass 3 new tax bills – Oppong Nkrumah

The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, is pushing for the passage of new taxes in Parliament. This, he said, is to enable government secure...

Anti-LGBTQ Bill has not been diluted – NDC MP

Member of Parliament (MP) for North Dayi, Rockson Nelson Defeamekpor, has refuted claims made by President Nana Akufo-Addo that significant portions of the Anti-LGBT...

ECG disconnects McDan Salt Company over GH¢300k debt

Electrochem Ghana Limited, a salt mining company owned by Dr Daniel McKorley, has been cut off from the national power grid.  This was done by...

ECG threatens to disconnect Ho Teaching Hospital, Ho Municipal Hospital over arrears

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has threatened to disconnect the Ho Teaching Hospital and the Ho Municipal Hospital if they fail to clear...

Yul Edochie’s first son passes on

Emerging reports indicate that Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, has lost his first son, Kambilichukwu Edochie. It was gathered that Yul’s first son was rushed...

Green Ghana project: Seedling contractors chase govt for GH¢28m

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has debunked claims that the ministry owes some seedling providers in the country over GH¢2.5 billion under...

Anti-LGBTQ+: Titus-Glover defends Akufo-Addo

Former Tema East MP, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, has stated that President Akufo-Addo has made a clear stance about LGBTQ+. According to him, the President...

Herdsman arrested for inflicting cutlass wounds on farmer

A Fulani herdsman is in the grips of Damongo police in the Savannah Regional capital for inflicting cutlass wounds on a farmer. The suspect assaulted...

Ministerial approval: Focus or risk losing 2024 election – MP to NDC

Member of Parliament for Kwadaso, Dr Kingsley Nyarko, has advised executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to “get serious”. To him, it was unnecessary...

Your indecisive posture on LGBTQI+ issues problematic – Akufo-Addo told

Samuel Narteh George, a lead Sponsor of the Anti-LGBTQI Bill, has urged President Nana Akufo-Addo to emulate his predecessors in making his position clear....

Man who kept mum’s corpse in a sofa for 13 years arrested

A grieving son who mummified his mother's corpse and put it on a sofa in front of the TV after digging up her grave...

Check out committee to probe Kejetia market fire

The Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development on Wednesday inaugurated a five-member committee to probe the Kejetia market fire incident. The chairman...