HomeNewsLocal News

Local News

Police impound 17 vehicles on Tema- Shai-hills Highway [Photos]

The Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service has impounded 17 vehicles on the Tema-Afariwa-Shai hills- Akosombo stretch (N2) Highway. This...

Man found dead in a gutter [Photo]

An unidentified man has been found dead in a gutter at the main Manaam junction in Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region. The...

Kweku Baako hit with sad news again!

The younger brother of ace journalist, Abdul-Malik Kweku Baako, has passed on to eternity. He died on Sunday. The death of Francis Kwame Nkrumah Baako...

JHS 2 pupil drowns in River Merekwe at Obuasi

A Junior High School (JHS) 2 pupil of the Anglican Basic School has drowned in the Merekwe River at Obuasi. The 16-year-old Sekinatu Mohammed is...

Churches to observe National Cathedral week – Chairman of Board of Trustees [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Churches to dedicate 1 week yearly for prayers and special offerings towards project The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National...

Sad moment as police constable killed by lover is laid to rest

It was a sad moment for family and friends when they laid Police Constable Sandra Asiedu, who was allegedly killed by her lover, to...

Meteo releases weather forecast for tomorrow; check it out

The Ghana Meteorological Agency has released the weather forecast for tonight and Monday morning. The Agency is announcing that clouds, heavy rains and thunderstorm will...

Police arrest two over sale of unwholesome rotten chicken

Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in the sale of unwholesome rotten chicken, Citi News reports. According to...

3 persons on motorbike crushed to death at Asuboi

A long vehicle truck has crushed three persons on a motorbike to death at Asuboi, a Community along the Accra to Kumasi Highway.The accident...

Roads Minister hints of redesigning Tamale roads

The Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amoako-Atta, has hinted at redesigning roads in the Tamale Township after assessing damage caused by recent heavy...

Three die in fatal accident on Kumasi highway

Three persons are reported dead in a fatal accident on the Kumasi highway while several others have sustained serious injuries. A National Security Officer, Francis...

Gyampo takes on Presby Moderator over Agenda 111

A lecturer at the University of Ghana Political Science Department, Prof Ransford Gyampo, has expressed worry over the use of Christianity by some leading...

Bird disrupts KLM flight at KIA [Read]

The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) says KLM Royal Dutch Airline will reschedule its aborted flight to Amsterdam as soon as possible. This is contained...

Police arrest suspected narcotics dealer [Photos]

A team of Special Weapon And Tactics (SWAT) officers from the National Headquarters Operations, upon a tip-off, has arrested one Samuel Asante at the...

Car thief offers poisoned drink to taxi driver, rushes him to hospital

The Eastern Regional Police Command has arrested a suspected car snatcher who allegedly spiked a drink for a taxi driver and sent him to...

Upper West Floods: 86-year-old widow rendered homeless [Photos]

The heavy downpour that caused havoc to road network and farmlands in the Upper West Region three weeks ago, has rendered an 86-year-old woman...

Presidential travels: It will be in the interest of govt to bring alternative figures – Nana Akomea

Managing Director of Inter-City STC Coaches Ltd, Nana Akomea has urged the government to come out and clarify controversies surrounding the presidential travels. According...

Mahama’s aide charges A-G to prosecute men who impregnate teenage girls

Special aide to former President John Dramani Mahama has charged the Attorney-General to lead a campaign against teenage pregnancy. Speaking on the Super Morning Show,...

Covid-19 protocols: Defiants made to clean site for Ablekuma District Hospital

Persons seen without face masks and littering in Agbogbloshie in Accra were made to clean gutters on Friday, September 3, 2021. Motorcyclists without helmets were...

Man nabbed with sacks of suspected Indian Hemp

A team of Special Weapon And Tactics (SWAT) officers from the National Headquarters Operations has nabbed a suspected drug dealer in his home. Samuel Asante...

More details emerge as family announces burial of murdered gym instructor

More details of gym instructor who was shot dead has been released as his family announces his burial preparations. Stephen Akowua, popularly known as Little...

GNPC Bribery Scandal: Apologise or meet me in court – Haruna Iddrisu to The Herald

The Leader of the Minority Caucus in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu has called on The Herald newspaper to retract and apologise for a story it...

COVID-19: Ghana’s active cases drop

Ghana has recorded a drop in active cases of the dreaded COVID-19 virus. Some 112,460 persons have also recovered and have been discharged, bringing the...

Boy, 9, tied in sack escapes from kidnappers

Police are on a manhunt for the alleged kidnappers of a 9-year-old boy, Philip Ametepey at Kasoa Transformer in the Awutu Senya East...

Radiation from Microwave Ovens ‘not harmful’ – GAEC

Research Scientists at the Radiation Protection Institutes (RPI) of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) have dismissed fears about the health risks of Microwave...

Oppong Nkrumah reacts to UCC’s No.1 global ranking

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has congratulated the University of Cape Coast (UCC) after the university was ranked as the number one university for...

One dead as Afrancho residents chase off 8 suspected armed robbers

Residents of Afrancho in the Atwima Kwanwoma district have foiled an 8-man robbery attempt when they gave the criminals a hot chase. Residents have been...

Spousal killings: Watch out for these signs – Criminologist [Audio]

Criminologist, Jones Opoku Ware has urged couples to be mindful of the behaviours of their partners following the high number of cases of spousal...

Scary moment as residents saved man from drowning [Video]

Flooding as a result of the heavy rains pouring since the past few days almost claimed the life of a man. The man whose identity...

Immigration Service wages war against foreigners with Ghana passport

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has waged a war against foreigners who attempt to acquire Ghanaian passports through dubious means. It has, therefore, repatriated 52...

Gov’t to recruit medical and dental officers

The Ministry of Health (MoH) will from Tuesday, September 7, 2021, begin the recruitment of medical and dental officers. Qualified applicants, according to the MoH must have...

Two dead, others in critical conditions after being electrocuted at funeral

Two persons have been reported dead while two others have sustained injuries after being electrocuted while fixing canopies at a funeral. The incident reportedly occurred...

Sandema youth block Road Minister’s convoy

A youth group, known as Common Interest of Buluk in Sandema, in the Builsa North Municipal capital of the Upper East Region on Thursday,...

Sad news hits Education Minister

Education Minister and Member of Parliament (MP) for Bosmotwe constituency, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has lost his mother. She reportedly passed away Thursday afternoon. The...

How finger counting gives away your nationality

Many people around the world learn to count on their fingers, but we don’t all do it in the same way. Could there be...

Five injured in Accra-Kumasi highway accident

Five individuals have been left injured after two vehicles crashed on the Accra-Kumasi highway in the wee hours of Friday, September 3. According to sources,...

5-year-old dead, 3 injured during heavy downpour at Tuna

A five-year-old boy has died while three others are in critical condition after a heavy downpour hit Tuna in the Sawla District of the...

Tafo prisoner bites off inmate’s testicles during fight

A fight between two inmates in a cell left one hospitalised after his testicles were damaged. The cause of the incident, which happened Thursday morning...

FIDA-Ghana demands prosecution of men who impregnated 2,865 under-aged girls

The International Federation Of Women Lawyers ( FIDA-Ghana) is pushing to prosecute perpetrators who impregnated under-aged girls during the 10 months shut down of...

Suhum-NPP clash: Man who slashed Communicator’s head remanded

The Koforidua District Court B in the Eastern Region has remanded into police custody Samuel Kofi Adjei, alias Jamalo, who slashed the New Patriotic...