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Proposed debt exchange programme will bring some confidence into economy – BoG Governor

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison, has expressed hope that the proposed debt exchange programme to restructure the country’s debt...

Sad: Baby drowns in bucket of water

A year-old boy has died after falling into a bucket of water in Nnewi, Anambra state of Nigeria. The child's parents reportedly left him...

Prospective teacher trainees to write entrance exams from 2023

Applicants seeking admissions into Colleges of Education in Ghana will from 2023 be expected to write an entrance exam. The exam will be based...

Two including Imam shot in mosque attack

Bandits have attacked a mosque in Maigamji village in Katsina State of Nigeria. An eyewitness, Alhaji Lawal Maigamji, said the bandits stormed the mosque during...

Residents of Agbeve unhappy over dredging activities on Volta River by foreign vessel

Residents of Agbeve, a fishing community in the South Tongu District, have expressed their displeasure over the dredging activities of a foreign vessel on...

Qatar 2022: Ayew’s penalty miss changed the game – Daniel Amartey

Ghana defender, Daniel Amartey, says the penalty miss by skipper Andre Ayew affected the their game when they lost to Uruguay in their last...

Dr Okoe-Boye installed chief

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr Bernard Okoe-Boy, has been installed as a Health Development Chief in...

Health Service Workers Union sends strong message to govt over ‘haircut’ on pension funds

The Health Services Workers Union (HSWU) has warned government they will resist any attempt to touch their pensions as part of the debt restructuring...

Fire Service reacts to viral video of personnel in drunk state

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) says its attention has been drawn to a viral video of one of its personnel captured in a...

2022 WC: We were determined to prevent Uruguay from qualifying – Amartey

Ghana centre-back Daniel Amartey says his team was determined to prevent Uruguay from reaching the World Cup knockout stages if they could not qualify...

Woman shot as armed robbers attack Awutu Bereku residents

A 35-year-old woman is in critical condition after a robbery attack at Awutu Edahadaha, a suburb of Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya West...

There were lots of negatives surrounding my appointment – Otto Addo 

Outgoing Head Coach of the senior national team, the Black Stars, Otto Addo says there were lots of negatives surrounding his appointment. At a press...

Iran to disband morality police amid ongoing protests

Iran’s morality police, which is tasked with enforcing the country’s Islamic dress code, is being disbanded, the country’s attorney general says. Mohammad Jafar Montazeri’s comments,...

T-bills, individual bond holders exempted from Domestic Debt Exchange – Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, says government has put in place measures to minimise the impact of the country’s domestic debt exchange on investors. These measures...

Western North Regional Minister enstooled Nkosuohene at Sehwi Asawinso

The Western North Regional Minister, Richard Ebbah Obeng, has been enstooled as the Nkosuohene (Development Chief) of Sehwi Asawinso in the Sehwi Wiawso municipality...

Adom News gets results: 1997 Wesley Girls Group donates GHS 70,000 worth of equipment to Kakumdo CHPS compound

The Kakumdo Assemblyman has lauded Adom News for a publication which has brought some interventions to the district. After a reportage that threw light on...

Farmers appeal to govt, warn of looming food crisis

Some peasant farmers in the Northern Region have lamented over high cost of farm inputs as they appeal to the sector minister as well...

2022 WASSCE results prove Free SHS is working well – Akufo-Addo

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has described the results of the 2022 batch of students who wrote the West Africa...

HIV/AIDS in Zongo communities scary – Ahafo Region Advocate

Percy Korankye, an HIV/AIDS Advocate in the Ahafo Region, has revealed that prevalence of the virus is high and scary in Zongo communities, and...

11 in critical condition in gory accident at Assin Nyankomase

Eleven passengers on board a Hyundai Grace car are currently battling for their lives after they sustained varying degrees of injuries in a gory...

Fugitive arrested after commenting on ‘most wanted’ post made by police

A Georgia man assisted law enforcement in his arrest after he commented on the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page. The sheriff’s department, located east...

Govt responsible for unrest in labour sector, not workers – Kofi Bentil

Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, says the unrest in the labour sector is the doing of government. The lawyer, who was...

It was in self defence – Nigerian man who beheaded girlfriend at Spintex says

Daniel Dennis, a Nigerian man who beheaded his girlfriend at Spintex, has revealed he did it in self-defence. He disclosed this when he appeared...

AG Ghana Executive Presbytery pays courtesy call on John Mahama and Georgina Theodora Woode

Former president John Dramani Mahama has spoken highly of how Assemblies of God has changed his life. Former President Mahama was speaking when the...

GRA clears air on imposition of luxury vehicle levy

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has debunked a social media report suggesting the outfit has imposed levies on luxury vehicles. GRA has described the...

Woman found hanging dead in uncompleted building

A 67-year-old woman, Antie Aba Yaa, has been found hanging in an uncompleted building at her own house at Nkusukum, a suburb of Mankessim...

Police arrest man in fatal shooting of rapper Takeoff

Police have arrested a man and charged him with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of rapper Takeoff. The 28-year-old Grammy-nominated musician was shot...

Capital Bank trial: We cannot be compromised – Deputy Attorney-General [Video]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/LkoyrM2J8XY Deputy Attorney-General, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, says the office has not been compromised in the ongoing trial of the founder of the defunct Capital Bank, William...

Govt supports farmers in Savannah Region

About 45 female farmers in the Savannah Region have benefitted from the distribution of 400 cockerels and 5,400 layers to boost poultry production in...

How relatives locked sickle cell patient in a room to die [Video]

https://youtu.be/3D7z119EMJM?t=144 Doris Benjamin, a sickle cell patient and advocate, has recounted how her pain and that of her three other siblings weren't taken serious by...

Decades of battling sickle cell disease; The story of Doris Benjamin and siblings

https://youtu.be/3D7z119EMJM As someone who has lived with sickle cell for the past three decades, she still lives each day in fear not knowing what to...

2022 World Cup: No need to blame Andre Ayew for Black Stars elimination – Otto Addo

Otto Addo says he pinned no blame on Andre Ayew after the striker missed a penalty in their 2-0 defeat to Uruguay on Friday...

Manhyia District Hospital nurses call off strike

The leadership of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association has called off the strike by nurses at the Manhyia District Hospital as well...

Fire Service blames Kantamanto traders for extent of damage in fire outbreak

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has blamed traders at Kantamanto for the extent of damage caused them in a fire outbreak on Tuesday....

Kantamanto fire: We can’t be blamed; there was no water in hydrants – Fire Service

A Deputy Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has said firefighters had to travel to Farisco in search of water...

One of conjoined twins separated at Ridge Hospital dies

One of the conjoined twins whose surgery was done at the Greater Accra regional hospital at Ridge has died, Starr FM has reported. ...

Man, 22, allegedly beheads grandfather and stepmother at Okorase

A 22-year-old man, known as Alex Tengeh, has been arrested by the Police in Koforidua after beheading his grandfather and stepmother at Okorase, a...

Police on manhunt for robbers who attacked and killed woman at Aprawhem

The Police have embarked on a special operation to arrest a gang of armed robbers who shot and killed a woman at Aprawhem in...

981 parcels of suspected marijuana intercepted near Burkina Faso border

A joint team of Immigration Officers and Formed Police Unit have intercepted 981 sacks of compressed substances suspected to be marijuana at Liero around...

Western North Regional Best Farmer gets brand new Kia Hunter Pickup

Celebrating this year's Farmers' Day under the theme; 'Accelerating Agricultural Development Through Value Addition', some committed farmers were awarded for their enviable contribution towards...