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How a child with a fractured skull grew up to become the ‘world’s fastest...

What’s 869,463,853 times 73? While the average person would still be reaching for their calculator, 20-year-old Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash already has the answer. It’s 63,470,861,269 and...

Akufo-Addo should be loaned to the USA to help solve their problems – Ken...

Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong says with the achievements of the President of Ghana in these few years, he should...
Kurt Okraku

GFA to purchase 56-seater bus for national team

Ghana Football Association (GFA) president Kurt Okraku has confirmed that a 56-seater bus and other major facilities will be acquired through the FIFA...
MOMO

4000 MTN MoMo subscribers to be rewarded for patronising digital payments

MTN MoMo has launched the ‘MoMo Pay & Win’ promotion to reward customers who make payments for goods and services through MoMo Merchant IDs...
Kotoka International Airport

Passengers go wild over $150 fee for PCR test at Kotoka Airport [listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · ‘Borgas’ go wild over $150 fee for PCR test at Kotoka Airport Some Ghanaians abroad have expressed dissatisfaction about the government’s decision to...

Airport re-opening: Government defends decision to charge arriving passengers $150 for PCR test

Deputy Health Minister Dr Bernard Okoe Boye has defended government’s decision to charge arriving passengers at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) $150 for Covid-19...
Nigeria

Covid-19: Doctors in Nigeria’s capital to begin strike

Resident doctors in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, will begin an “indefinite” strike on Tuesday morning over non-payment of what they term as “Covid-19 hazard and...
Jordan Ayew

Jordan Ayew eyes European football with Palace

Ghana international, Jordan Ayew, says he is hoping to qualify his club side, Crystal Palace for European competition next season. Palace finished the 2019/20 season...
coronavirus

Persons exempted from mandatory testing as airport reopens [Read]

It has emerged that some persons will be exempted from the mandatory COVID-19 testing as the airport reopens to international traffic. Children under the...

Covid-19: This is how much travellers will pay for testing as airport reopens

As the Kotoka International Airport reopens to international traffic on Tuesday, September 1, 2020, travellers will bear the cost of coronavirus testing. Each...

Aviation Ministry partners Zoomlion to disinfect Kotoka Airport

Ahead of the reopening of Kotoka International Airport (KIA) to international traffic September 1, the Aviation Ministry, in partnership with Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL),...
Justice Blay

Justice Blay’s price tag ridiculous, says ex-Kotoko striker

Former Asante Kotoko striker, Yahaya Mohammed, believes pricing midfielder, Justice Blay $100,000 is ridiculous and unreasonable. Blay was scintillating in the 2019/20 Ghana Premier League...
Fumigation Exercise is Terminal 3 ahead of Airport Reopening

Fumigation exercise at Terminal 3 ahead of Airport reopening [photos]

Ghana's main airport, the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), is being disinfected less than 24 hours ahead of international flight resumption. This comes after KIA was...
The Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS)

Association of Private Schools replies Akufo-Addo over reopening of schools [listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Why the Association of Private Schools wants to embark on a demo against government The Ghana National Association of Private Schools says it...
Nana Yaw Amponsah

Kotoko CEO makes a wish as club marks 85th anniversary

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Asante Kotoko, Nana Yaw Amponsah, has pledged to make the club great again as the club marks its 85th...
President Akufo-Addo and GFA President, Kurt Okraku

Covid-19: Here is govt’s latest decision on football

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said football and contact sports remain suspended despite the recession of Covid-19 cases in the country. President Akufo-Addo made this known in his...

Akufo-Addo takes decision on academic year for nursery, primary pupils

The Ghana Education Service (GES), after extensive consultations, has postponed the resumption of the academic year for schools to January 2021. This includes pupils in...

Key points from Akufo-Addo’s 16th address on Covid-19 fight

The President, Nana Akufo-Addo on Sunday updated the nation on efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country. He announced a...
Kotoka International Airport

6 things you must know about international flights to Ghana during COVID-19

President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo has announced six measures that have been put in place at Ghana's Kotoka International Airport to prevent the importation...
coronavirus

India sets world record for most COVID-19 infections in 24 hours

India reported 78,761 new coronavirus infections in 24 hours on Sunday, the highest single-day rise in the world since the pandemic began, while the...
Akufo-Addo inspects work at Kotoka International Airport ahead of September 1 reopening

Akufo-Addo inspects work at Kotoka International Airport ahead of September 1 reopening

President Akufo-Addo has inspected work at the Kotoka International Airport as the facility gears up for reopening on Tuesday, September 1, 2020. This...
coronavirus

Covid-19 burial team boycotts duties after attack from relative of deceased

Environmental health workers with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) in charge of the burial of victims who succumbed to the novel coronavirus say they...

JHS 2 pupils, SHS 2 students to report to school on this date

The Government of Ghana has announced the reopening of schools for Senior High Schools (SHS) continuing students who were not able to complete their...

Kotoka Int’I Airport to be opened on September 1

The government has announced the reopening of the Kotoka International Airport to international traffic on Tuesday, September 1, 2020. President Nana Akufo-Addo announced this during...
Lionel Messi

Messi can only leave Barcelona if €700m release clause is paid, says La Liga

La Liga has dashed Lionel Messi's hopes of leaving Barcelona on a free transfer by stating his release clause will have to be paid...

Man weeps after girlfriend rejected his marriage proposal [video]

A video of a Nigerian man weeping and rolling in the mud after his girlfriend rejected his marriage proposal has been shared online. According to...
Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi fails to show up for mandatory Covid-19 test

Wantaway Lionel Messi has failed to show up for Barcelona's mandatory coronavirus testing. He was supposed to turn up at 10.15 on Sunday morning to...
Jordan Ayew

Jordan Ayew blames Covid-19 for Crystal Palace’s poor finish last season

Ghana forward, Jordan Ayew, has blamed the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic for Crystal Palace's poor finish last season. Palace finished the 2019/20 season on the...
Arsenal's Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang lifts the trophy after winning the English FA Community Shield football match between Arsenal and Liverpool at Wembley Stadium in north London on August 29, 2020. - Arsenal won the match 5-4 in a penalty shootout after drawing 1-1 in normal time. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / POOL / AFP) / NOT FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING USE / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE

Arsenal beat Liverpool on penalties to win Community Shield

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a superb goal and netted the winning penalty in a shootout as Arsenal beat Premier League champions, Liverpool, in the Community...

#VGMA21: Interesting photos of what celebrities wore

The biggest names in Ghanaian and African music gathered on Friday for the first night of the 21st edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA). The...

VGMA: Check out musicians who have won ‘Artiste of the Year’ from 1999 to...

Ghana music awards festival is an annual music awards scheme organised by Charterhouse to reward and honour hardworking Ghanaian artistes of all genres. Since its...

Prisons inmates protected against COVID-19 – Bawumia assures

Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has touted the government’s efforts to improve healthcare provision in prisons across the country. He said this move is to...
Joseph Esso

Joseph Esso completes Dreams FC move

Former Hearts of Oak forward, Joseph Esso, has completed a move to fellow Ghana Premier League side, Dreams FC. The 23-year-old signed a two-year deal...
travel

The 14 holiday destinations you don’t need to quarantine either there or on return

Brits hoping to enjoy a foreign holiday this summer face a summer of chaos as travel restrictions continue to thwart holidaymakers. Travellers have been warned...
Drogba

Drogba’s candidacy to be Côte d’Ivoire’s football federation president rejected

Former Côte d’Ivoire captain, Didier Drogba’s, hopes of becoming president of his country’s football federation were dealt a serious blow after he was informed that...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ‘to resign for health reasons’

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to resign for health reasons, local media report. He has suffered from the disease ulcerative colitis for many...

Zimbabwe makes it illegal for schools to expel pregnant girls

Zimbabwe has made it illegal for schools to expel pupils who get pregnant, a measure aimed at tackling gender inequality in the classroom and...
Coach Karim Zito

Karim Zito justifies 70 players call up to Black Satellites camp

Black Satellites head coach, Abdul Karim Zito, has justified his player call up for the pre-camping which begins on Friday, August 28‬, 2020. A total...

Opambour ‘cries’ over NPP [Video]

The General Overseer of Ebenezer Miracle Worship Centre, Prophet Ebenezer Adarkwa Yiadom, has bemoaned his neglect by the incumbent government. According to the renowned man...

VGMA 21: Ghanaians get ready for a weekend of music

Many Ghanaians have taken to social media to advocate for votes for their favourite artiste ahead of the 2020 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA). The...