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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,...

Full speech: Minority’s address on Debt Exchange Programme

The Minority in Parliament has expressed dissatisfaction with the government's Debt Exchange Programme. The Caucus has reiterated the country is already in a bad...

Man grabbed over alleged contract killing attempt at Ekwamasi

A man at Ekwamasi, a town in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region, Kofi Badu, has been arrested for contracting someone...

IGP heads to Kumasi over death of Policeman, family in fire incident

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has visited Kumasi following the tragic death of a policeman and his family in a...

NLA strikes again, goes after illegal lotto operators

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) will in the coming days revoke the licenses of Private Lotto Operators who have not yet regularized their operations...

Individual bondholders threaten demo over Debt Exchange Programme

The Ghana Individual Bondholders Forum says they will organise a demonstration against the government if it goes ahead and include investments in the ongoing...

Jomoro MP surprises daughter, Fantana with new Range Rover [Photos]

Singer and businesswoman, Francine Koffie aka Fantana, has received a brand new Range Rover from her mother, Jomoro MP, Dorcas Affo-Toffey. Fantana took to...

Why Special Prosecutor has been unsuccessful in corruption fight – Prof Gyampo

Political Scientist, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has expressed disappointment in the Office of the Special Prosecutor with regards to the fight against corruption. Speaking on...

Policeman, family killed in fire outbreak

A police officer with the Anti-Robbery Unit of the Ashanti Regional Police Command has been killed after fire gutted his residence at Apromase. The policeman died together...

Education Ministry to appoint Dean of Disciplinary Affairs in SHS

The Ministry of Education (MoE) says it will soon appoint a Dean of Disciplinary Affairs in the various senior high schools in the country.  Their...

Latest video of Mahama on ‘grandpa’ duties melts hearts [Watch]

Former President John Mahama is still basking in euphoria over the birth of his first grandchild. The baby, who happens to be a girl,...

Court orders National Security, Attorney General to apologise to journalist

The Accra High Court has ordered three State institutions to apologise to Emmanuel Ajarfor Abugri, editor of ModernGhana.com news portal, for human rights violations. The parties...

Soldier allegedly shoots man at Aflao

A 35-year-old man, Kwaku Tengey, is battling for his life after he was allegedly shot by a yet-to-be-identified military man at Aflao in the...

Man arrested over COCOBOD recruitment scam

Bernard Frimpong Boateng, unemployed, who allegedly collected GHC21, 800 under the pretext of facilitating the recruitment of three persons into COCOBOD but failed has...

Fire destroys four shops at Hohoe

A raging fire has destroyed four shops at Hohoe in the Volta Region. The fire, according to reports, started at about 3:30 am on...

NABCO beneficiaries to picket at Finance Ministry over unpaid allowance

Beneficiaries of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) say they will picket at the Finance Ministry to demand allowances due them under the just-ended programme. They...

Chiana SHS students case: Koku Anyidoho commends Akufo-Addo

Former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, has said that the eight students who were sacked for insulting President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo should...

National Cathedral: Okudzeto Ablakwa’s latest exposè about secretary will blow your mind

Painstaking and diligent parliamentary oversight with the gracious guidance of the omniscient and omnipotent has led to what can only be akin to Tsar...

Debt Exchange programme a necessary evil – Gabby to bondholders

A member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described government’s debt exchange programme as a ‘necessary evil’. According to Gabby Otchere-Darko, though the...

Nduom cries for former employees

The Chairman of Groupe Nduom, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has alleged that the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) is treating his former employees unfairly. According...

Ghana is in a very difficult place – Gabby Otchere-Darko

A leading member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, has asserted that Ghana is in a ‘very difficult place’ with regards...

Jamestown chieftaincy clashes: 10 suspects arrested

Some 10 persons have been arrested by the Police at Jamestown, Accra, after a violent clash that took place in the area on Sunday. A...

Man chops off father’s hand and leg at Assin Tomfokor

A 32-year-old man, identified as Kwaku Nyankomago, is in police grips for physically assaulting his biological father with a cutlass at Assin Tomfokor in...

2 Chinese, 4 Ghanaians arrested over galamsey at Enchi

Two Chinese and four Ghanaians have been arrested at Asemkrom in the Aowin Municipality of the Western North Region for their involvement in illegal...

477 sanitation offenders were prosecuted in 2022 – AMA

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) through its Public Health Department successfully prosecuted 477 environmental health and sanitation offenders last year. This represents 61% out of...