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Former KMA Mayor, Kojo Bonsu fêtes children at Osu orphanage to mark birthday [Photos]

Former Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Mayor, Kojo Bonsu on Saturday, spent time feasting with children at the Osu orphanage. The joyful moment was to...

Health Ministry to begin recruitment of nurses, midwives

The Health Ministry has announced it will from November 10, 2021, begin the recruitment of private and public trained nurses who graduated from training institutions...

Joy News’ Kwetey Nartey nominated for ‘Journalist of the Year’ category in the Ghana Cocoa Awards

Joy News' Kwetey Nartey has been nominated for the second consecutive time for the prestigious Cocoa Awards. His entry “Robbing the Poor” was...

Asempa FM’s ‘Ekosii Sen’ wins CIMG Radio Programme of the Year

Asempa FM’s late afternoon radio talk show, Ekosiisen, has won the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG) Radio Programme of the Year 2020. This...

NSMQ 2021: Here are the 15 best runners-up qualified for one-eighth stage

The 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) is already buzzing with many surprises and exciting contests from the preliminary stage. Many zonal and regional...

Two shot after man mistakenly fires into crowd at Suhum [Video]

https://youtu.be/pMGytkSVCNo Two persons have sustained gunshot wounds after a man mistakenly shot into a crowd at Suhum in the Eastern Region. The incident reportedly occurred during...

Another chop bar operator arrested under Mallam Interchange

Two women have been arrested for operating a fufu chop bar under the Mallam Interchange on the Accra-Kasoa Highway. The two have been identified...

Suspected robber dies under bizarre circumstances

Another suspect, believed to be part of armed robbery syndicate that had been operating at Kwahu Afram Plains, has been shot dead by the...

Teenage driver’s mate remanded for allegedly stealing GH₵65k car

A 14-year-old driver’s mate has been remanded into a juvenile cell by the Ashaiman District Court for allegedly stealing a Toyota Fish minibus worth...

Car burglar knocked dead while running away after loud alarm

A car burglar has met his untimely death at Tafo Pankrono in the Ashanti Region in an attempt to flee from a crime scene....

Family announces burial date for Kofi Adda

The final funeral rites of late former Aviation Minister, Joseph Kofi Adda has been scheduled for February 11 to 13, 2022. The ceremony is...

One dies as vehicle lands in River [Video]

https://youtu.be/OO3sjfSHU54 One person has died in a fatal accident that occurred at Assin Kwaata in the Assin South District of the Central Region. The Kia...

Anti-LGBTQI+ bill: Parliamentary committee to commence sitting on this date…

The Parliamentary committee handling Ghana's anti LGBTQI+ Bill will commence sitting next week. A total of 150 memoranda have been received on the Promotion of Proper...

East Gonja chiefs angry with assembly members for voting against President’s nominee

A total of 15 traditional rulers in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region have expressed their anger towards 25 Assembly Members...

Mpraeso MP announces GH¢25K motivation package for top 50 BECE students

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Mpraeso in the Eastern Region, Davis Opoku Ansah, has announced GH¢25,000 motivation package for the top 50 Basic...

Prophet 1 saved me from going to prison – NDC man

JoyNews/AdomNews · Opambour saved me from going to prison Deputy Communications Director of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has revealed how popular prophet Ebenezer...

Galaxy Oil sales manager jailed for stealing ¢70k

The Asamankese Circuit Court has sentenced a 55-year-old Sales Manager of Galaxy Oil filling station at Akyem-Osenase in the Eastern Region to four years...

We are ready to offer counselling to halt LGBTQI+ activities – Foh Amoaning

The National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values has pledged social and counselling support for people who need help to stop...

NAM 1 directs lawyers to appeal bench warrant

Former Chief Executive Officer of defunct gold dealership firm MenzGold, Nana Appiah Mensah, popularly known as ‘NAM 1’, has directed his lawyers to appeal...

Ghana Police Service meets editors and media partners

The Ghana Police Service continued its strategic stakeholder engagements, yesterday, Thursday, November 4, 2021, with a meeting between the Police Administration and editors, media...

Pastor beaten to pulp for stealing at Kaneshie Polyclinic [Video]

https://youtu.be/D-GVYlwM8m0 A young man, believed to be in his 30s, has been beaten to a pulp by security men and other workers at the Kaneshie...

Akufo-Addo invites investors from Japan

President Nana Akufo-Addo has invited investors from Japan to take advantage of the various opportunities that exist in the country and invest in the...

11-month-old baby found dead in well after leaving sleeping mother [Video]

https://youtu.be/ulALWlpls2E An 11-month-old baby has been found dead in a well after reportedly leaving his sleeping mother's side at Yeji in the Bono East Region....

Roads around Ridge to be closed for reconstruction works

The Ministry of Roads and Highways, acting through the Department of Urban Roads, has announced the closure of roads around Ridge in Accra for...

Thundery showers to hit parts of Accra, four other regions today – Meteo Agency warns

The Ghana Meteorological Agency has warned of thundery showers in four regions of the country on Friday, November 5, 2021. These are; Ashanti, Volta, Eastern...

WASSCE leakage: WAEC reacts to Eduwatch report

Three schools captured in the Eduwatch monitoring report of the just ended West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) did not participate in the...

Good news for fishermen over premix fuel

The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development has announced processes have been initiated to digitise the supply and distribution of premix fuel to fishermen....

Teacher who severely beat 9-year-old pupil over Maths assignment arrested

The Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit of the Manhyia Divisional Police Command has arrested the teacher with the Happy Royals International School for...

91 vehicles impounded over fake insurance certificates

The Eastern Regional Office of the National Insurance Commission (NIC), in collaboration with the Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD), has impounded 91 vehicles...

51-year-old man arrested for incest, defilement in Tamale

The Domestic Violence and Victims’ Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service in the Northern Region, has arrested a 51-year-old man, Mohammed Hamza,...

Roads Minister warns contractors [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Roads Minister on delayed projects The Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, has indicated delays will no longer be tolerated from contractors...

Panic as acrobat falls after failed backflip [Video]

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Meet first female neurosurgeon trained in Ghana

A Ghanaian woman has withstood all odds to become the first black female to be trained as a neurosurgeon in the country. Dr Mabel Banson...

NPA boss commends fuel retail outlets

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Petroleum Authority, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, says the rate of failure of Ghana's fuel retail outlets in...

12 suspects including a pastor arrested in connection with abuse and extortion of some 20 women

Police in the North East Region have arrested 12 suspects in connection with the abuse and extortion of some 20 women over a witchcraft...

Mahama supports Radio Gold with GHC100k to resume operations

Former President John Mahama has donated GHC100,000.00 to the management of Accra-based Radio Gold. The money is to support the company as it resumes...

Two toddlers drown in abandoned water tank [Photo]

Two toddlers, a boy, and a girl have reportedly drowned in a concrete water tank at Anwomaso-Domeabra in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti...

Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem gets results: Dying man ‘abandoned’ by family steps on recovery path [Video]

Jacob Kofi Tutu, who was involved in an accident in 2016 that affected both legs and has since been bedridden, did not expect to...

Govt slashes Office of Special Prosecutor’s budget of GH¢1.2b to GH¢80m

On Tuesday, October 26, 2021, a group of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) working on anti-corruption and good governance issues met with the Special Prosecutor...

Man jailed 20 years over attempted sodomy of 16-year-old boy

The Bekwai Circuit Court in the Ashanti Region presided by His Honour Mark Diboro, has jailed 38-year-old Collins Sarfo to 20 years imprisonment for...