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Man hires hoodlums to attack teacher for beating daughter

A 35-year-old man, Abidemi Oluwaseun, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly hiring hoodlums to attack a teacher...

Mother jumps to her death with two kids in her arms

A mother allegedly jumped almost 200ft to her death with her newborn baby and toddler son in her arms, killing both children, say police. Olga...

Check out number of inmates on Ghana’s death row

By the end of the year 2020, there were 160 inmates including five females on Ghana's death row, Amnesty International (AI) Ghana Office has...

Police officer narrates how defendant sent naked pictures to his 16-year-old niece

An Investigating Police Officer, DSP Offiong Nsa has told an FCT High Court, Kubwa that one Yusuf Yahaya sent naked pictures and pornographic videos to...

Kumasi: 1 arrested, 9 vehicles impounded over fuel adulteration at BOST

The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) has arrested a driver and impounded nine vehicles in connection with fuel adulteration at the Kumasi...

Renominate Mordecai Quarshie as LEKMA MCE – Concerned youth of Teshie appeals to Akufo-Addo

Concerned Unit Committee Members of the Ledzekuku Municipal Assembly (LEKMA), in collaboration with Teshie Youth for Development, are appealing to the president to renominate...

Suspected robber under police guard at hospital

A robbery suspect shot by the police in an exchange of gunfire is on admission at the Obuasi Government Hospital while the police hunt...

NDC official accused of incest, abortion: Granny of victim drops shocking details [Video]

https://youtu.be/RJvOMwiNtRw Margaret Arthur, ‘the mother-in-law’ of Kwasi Dawood, a National Democratic Congress (NDC) leading member, who has been accused of alleged incest with his biological...

2 dead, another in critical condition in accident on Yamoransa road

Two teenagers were run over by a 207 bus on the Yamoransa-Abura Dunkwa road in the Central Region on Monday, October 26. One other person...

Kofi Jumah opens up on Kufuor role in son’s marriage to Akufo-Addo’s daughter

The Chief Executive of GIHOC Distilleries has recounted the pivotal role former President John Agyekum Kufuor played in the marriage ceremony between President Akufo-Addo’s...

Anti-LGBTQI+ bill: You’re not an MP…- Majority Leader tells Bagbin

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, says the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, cannot predetermine the fate of the Anti LGBTQI+ bill before the House...

AK47 rifle buried in room retrieved as police arrest suspected robbers

Two suspected armed robbers, believed to be masterminds behind attacks at Akyem Asuom in the Kwaebibirim District of the Eastern Region, have been arrested....

NCA approves licenses of Radio Gold, XYZ, other FMs

The National Communication Authority (NCA) has approved the licenses of Radio Gold and Radio XYZ for operation. The two stations are part of some 131...

Anti LGBTQ+ bill: Akufo-Addo must assent immediately after passage – Former Pentecost Secretary

A former General Secretary of the Church of Pentecost, Apostle Dr Alfred Koduah has appealed to President Akufo-Addo to immediately assent to the Anti...

Law School failures: Students Association calls on govt to dissolve Legal Council

The Ghana Law Students Association has called on the government to dissolve the General Legal Council (GLC) over their silence on the mass failure...

Justice Honyenuga was just waiting to sentence Opuni – Lawyer tells Supreme Court

Lawyers of the former Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) Chief Executive Officer have told the Supreme Court not to set aside its decision to bar...

Mfantseman MP opens up on late husband’s ‘special ritual’

“I have been able to fit into his shoes but one thing I haven’t been able to do is his special fasting on Thursday,”...

Fake Ghanaians jailed over Ghana Card

The Head of Corporate Affairs at the National Identification Authority (NIA) has disclosed that several foreigners have been prosecuted for posing as Ghanaians in...

Police announce hotlines, deploy rescue teams amid Tuesday’s heavy downpour

The Ghana Police Service has deployed patrol teams to monitor the flood situation and assist individuals and communities in flood-prone areas amid a heavy downpour on...

Mahama, other NDC executives commiserate with family of late Dr Sheikh Osman

Hundreds of people including former President John Dramani Mahama have thronged the family house of the late Sheikh Osman Bawa Hafiz to sympathise with...

UPSA student in police grips for threatening to kill family members

A 26-year-old level 400 student of the University of Professional Studies (UPSA) has been arrested by the Akyem-Oda police for threatening to kill all...

Commuters stranded due to heavy traffic in parts of Accra

Parts of Accra came to a standstill following heavy traffic that hit the capital on Monday, October 6, 2021. The traffic lasted for hours...

Akufo-Addo is one of the wisest in the world, a great erudite – Serbian President

“I learnt so many things from my friend, the President of Ghana, today speaking about world power. We completely share some positions about the...

Palm wine tapper kills friend he saw sleeping with fiancée in his dream

Residents of Wawasi in the Afigya Kwabre South District have nabbed a 45-year-old man for what is being reported as an action undertaken after...

Anglican Church of Ghana states position on anti-LGBTQI+ Bill

The Anglican Church, Ghana (Internal Province of Ghana) has thrown its weight behind the anti-gay (LGBTQI) Bill currently before Parliament. According to the Church, the...

CESIS Ghana sensitises stakeholders in mining communities on mine-site assessment tool

A day's workshop has been held at Obuasi to sensitize Stakeholders in mining communities on the new approaches to address their grievances and strengthen...

Church of Pentecost Int’l holds welcome service for Ghanaian students in Norway

The Church of Pentecost International Norway has organised a welcome service for all Ghanaian students and other new international students within the Nordic country...

Attorney-General sends message to Supreme Court over Opuni case

The Attorney-General (AG), Godfred Yeboah Dame, has told the Supreme Court that its 3:2 majority decision that prohibited Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga, from continuing...

Hemang Methodist Basic School closed down over human excreta

Incessant desecration of classrooms with toilet at Hemang Methodist Basic School in the Central Region have forced school authorities to lock the school up...

Bawumia’s message to nine-member legal service board

The Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has charged the newly constituted nine- member legal service board to spearhead the establishment of...

LGBTQI+ brouhaha an attempt to push God aside – Pentecost Chairman [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · LGBTQI+ brouhaha an attempt to push God aside - Pentecost Chairman Chairman of the Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, has said the...

Revealed: Why canoe capsised on River Offin [Audio]

Initial findings on the drowning incident at Achiase in the Atwima Mponua District point to the canoe being overloaded. Four people, who were part of...

Chief bars community members from crossing Offin River after four went missing in the river

The Chief of New Achiase, Nana Kwambi Kufour I, has barred community members from crossing the Offin River until the water subsides or bigger...

Apostle Nyamekye sends strong message to LGBTQI+ campaigners [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Apostle Nyamekye sends strong message to LGBTQI+ campaigners Chairman of the Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, says when the fight against the...

African Studies scholar, Dr Charles Prempeh petitions Parliament to pass Anti LGBTQI+ Bill

An African Studies scholar and Christian, Dr Charles Prempeh, has petitioned Parliament of Ghana’s Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs in support of...

One shot as robbers attack NPP Vice Chairman; bolt with cash and gold [Video]

Armed robbers have attacked the Adansi Akrofuom constituency New Patriotic Party (NPP) Vice Chairman, John Kwabena Ampong, at Adamso in the Ashanti Region. Reports indicate...

Pharmacist allegedly commits suicide at Abura-Dunkwa

A 25-year-old pharmacist, who works with the Pharmacy Department of the Abura-Dunkwa Government Hospital, has been found dead in his room at Abura-Dunkwa. A police...

Police give insight into Nhyinahini SHS fire

The Ghana Police Service has given insight into the fire that razed down some portions of the Nyinahini Catholic Senior High School (SHS) in...

Youth groups in Obuasi clash after boozing incident [video]

Two youth groups from Tutuka and Gausu, all suburbs of Obuasi in the Ashanti region are said to have engaged in a brawl after...

‘Ghana School Feeding Programme is a trailblazer in Africa’ – AUDA-NEPAD official

The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) has been described as the “trailblazer” in Africa as far as the implementation and development of the Home-Grown...