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21st Clinic CEO wins big at ’40 under forty’ Achievers Awards [Photos]

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the renowned 21st Clinic, Dr Blessed Foster, has won the best Health and Wellness (Alternative Hospital) award at...

Mfantseman MP reveals last conversation with late husband a year on

Member of Parliament (MP) for Mfantseman, Ophelia Hayford, who succeeded her slain husband, Ekow Quansah Hayford, has opened up on their last conversation prior...

Otchere Darko proposes Sam George as NDC next presidential candidate

Founder of the Danquah Institute, Gabby Otchere Darko is advocating for the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram, Sam George to be the...

One shot dead as robbers attack MoMO vendor

One person has been shot dead by armed robbers at Ekye Amanfrom, a fishing community in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District in the...

Akufo-Addo attends 60th anniversary of founding of Non-Aligned Movement

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Sunday left the country to lead a Ghanaian delegation to attend the 60th-anniversary ceremony of founding the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)...

Parliament receives over 124 memos on anti-LGBTQI+ Bill [Video]

The Constitutional, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament has so far received over 124 memoranda from the public over the anti-LGBTQI+ Bill, which...

Police chase top NDC official for having sex, abortion with biological daughter

The Central Regional Police Command is on a manhunt for the Central Regional Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The officer, Kwasi Dawood,...

CCTV exposes deeds of notorious ‘office thief’ [Video]

A Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) has exposed an alleged thief who targets unsuspecting persons in corporate settings. The man was exposed following his latest thievery at...

Ghana’s COVID vaccination certificate to be recognised by UK from Monday

Ghana will be removed from the United Kingdom (UK) government’s red list COVID-19 high-risk countries with effect from Monday, October 11, 2021 The country's Covid-19...

E/R: Robbers attack mobile money vendor; one shot dead

One person has been shot dead by suspected armed robbers at Ekye Amanfrom, a fishing community in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District of...

Four rail track thieves beaten to pulp after begging for forgiveness

Four robbers have begged for forgiveness after being caught red-handed stealing rail tracks at Pampaso Kensere, a village within the Bekwai Municipality of Asante...

Railway steel thief lands 39 months jail term

The Juaso Circuit Court has sentenced to three years and three months imprisonment a 45-year-old Tweneboah Malik for stealing Railway steel. The court, presided...

Gay debate not about religious beliefs – Akoto Ampaw

Private legal practitioner, Akoto Ampaw, has mounted a spirited defence for his position on the debate regarding the bill to criminalise homosexual activities. According to...

Motor rider falls to death from Pokuase Interchange; another injured

A young man died on the spot on Saturday, October 9, 2021, while another was injured after they both fell from the third route...

Chairman of Islamic Education Unit Council passes on

Chairman of the Ashanti Regional Islamic Education Unit Council has passed on, JoyNews' checks reveal. Dr Sheikh Osman Bawa Hafiz Aransah, known as Olando,...

Siblings drown in abandoned swimming pool in Kumasi

Two siblings under age four have allegedly drowned in an abandoned swimming pool at Appiadu New Site in Kumasi. Berlinda Idan was three years...

Okudzeto Ablakwa mourns as ‘brother’ passes on

North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, is mourning the death of a friend turned brother. According to him, the deceased has...

Jealous husband allegedly kills wife’s ‘lover’

Police in the North East Region have commenced investigations into the death of a farmer at Kpentaung, a farming community in the Bunkpurugu-Nakpanduri district....

Ghana receives Pfizer covid-19 vaccines from US [Photos]

Ghana has taken delivery of over 1.3 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States (US) government through the COVAX facility....

Jachie-Pramso SHS student found dead in uncompleted building

A 19-year-old male student of the Jachie-Pramso Senior High School (SHS) in the Ashanti Region has been found dead in an uncompleted building. ...

Man found dead in bush after being reported missing

A 38-year-old man, Akwasi Broni, has been found dead at Sefwi Aboabo, a suburb of Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality in the Western North Region....

39 MMDCEs confirmed by assembly members in Ashanti Region sworn in [Photos]

The Ashanti Regional Security Council has sworn in 39 out of 43 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) into office. They were sworn into...

All the photos you need to see from Dampare’s swearing-in

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Friday, sworn into office Dr George Akuffo Dampare as the substantive Inspector-General of Police (IGP). This was at a short ceremony at...

Catholic Church sets up medical units to ‘rehabilitate’ homosexuals [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Catholic Church sets up medical units to rehabilitate homosexuals President of the Catholic Bishops Conference, Most Rev Philip Naameh, has revealed that the...

Repented gay man makes shocking revelation [Listen]

After claiming to have had affairs with males for two decades, Aaron Adjetey Akron has disavowed the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+)...

Police officer hit by car and dragged 30m down the road by driver

An off-duty police officer was hit by a car while cycling and dragged 30 metres down the road. Sergeant Stephen Carr was left needing skin...

Man who was reported missing found dead at the beach

A 28-year-old man, identified as Papa Kwame, who went missing for about three days, has been washed ashore. The deceased reportedly drowned while...

Guan District inaugurated [Photos]

The Guan District made up of the Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe, and Lolobi (SALL) traditional areas in the Oti Region has been duly inaugurated. This...

Dadwen Traditional Council performs ritual for pastor caught having sex in bush

A 45-year-old self-styled pastor has been paraded at Dadwen in the Adansi North district for having sex in a bush. Kwabena Offin and his partner,...

AMA Assembly members promised ‘winning bonuses’ after approving Elizabeth Sackey as Accra Mayor

Assembly members of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly have been promised ‘winning bonuses’ after they gave 100 per cent approval to President Nana Akufo-Addo’s nominee...

Adopt healthy eating – UG Prof urges Ghanaians

A Professor at University of Ghana’s Nutrition and Food Science Department, Matilda Steiner-Asiedu, has urged the public to adopt a healthy eating lifestyle. According...

Jumia Ghana embarks on blood donation exercise

Ghana experienced a shortage of over 111,000 units of blood in 2020, representing more than 39.7% of national demand. This means that thousands of...

Akufo-Addo swears in Dampare as substantive IGP [Photos]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has sworn into office Dr George Akuffo Dampare as the substantive Inspector-General of Police (IGP). This was at a short ceremony...

Suspected gay incurs wrath of traditional leaders at Nkoranza [Photos+Video]

A 21-year-old man, suspected to be a homosexual, has incurred the wrath of the Nkoranza Traditional Council in the Bono East Region. Information...

Why I wept before Dzamefe Commission – NDC’s Adu Asare recounts ordeal [Video]

https://youtu.be/xTlDc8VN3WU Former Member of Parliament for Adentan Constituency, Kojo Adu-Asare, has for the first time opened up on why he broke down and wept when...

SHS student designs excavator that uses water instead of fuel

A Ghanaian student, known as Essifie Abraham from the Takoradi Technical Institute, has built an excavator that uses water as a power source. While demonstrating...

NSS exposes ‘self-styled agents’ [Audio]

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has sent a strong message to people parading themselves as agents of the scheme as the 2021/2022 service year...

Angry Ajumako teachers boycott workshop over alleged extortion

Over 600 angry teachers in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region have boycotted a workshop organised by the Controller and Accountant...

Energy Ministry to suspend fuel levies

The Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has said the ministry is working with the Ministry of Finance to suspend some levies that contribute...

Ambulance Service speaks on ‘abandoned’ vehicles

The National Ambulance Service has dismissed reports of abandoning some vehicles in an unidentified location. A widely circulated video on social media captured a number...