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Police Hospital to start second phase of mass burial exercise

The Ghana Police Hospital is to commence the second phase of a mass burial exercise for unidentified dead bodies by the close of work...

Ejura committee was an incubator of fake news, attack dog on media – Kaaka’s family

The family of Ibrahim Kaaka Mohammed, the social media activist who was murdered, has taken a jibe at the Justice Koomson Committee, which was...

Nursing mother dead, two in critical condition in accident on Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway [Photos]

A 39-year-old nursing mother has been reported dead with her baby and driver in critical condition in an accident at Gomoa Mpota on the...

Pius Hadzide lands new appointment

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed a former Deputy Information Minister, Pius Enam Hadzide Pius Hadzide as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth...

Kaaka’s murder: Family sends important message to Chief Imam

The family of late ‘Kaaka Macho’, a murdered social media activist at Ejura, is asking the Chief Imam to assist in the release of Kaaka's...

Savelugu Police intercept two containers of Rosewood

The Savelugu Police in the Northern Region have intercepted two containers of rosewood at Diare on the Tamale-Bolgatanga highway. Police sources indicated the rosewood, which...

Acting IGP yet to respond to our request for a meeting – Kaaka’s family

The family of ‘Kaaka Macho’, a murdered social media activist at Ejura, says its request to meet with the Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP)...

Bystanders filmed while people perished – Survivor of accident that killed 10 [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Bystanders filmed while we perished - Survivor of Gomoa Mampong accident that killed 10 A male survivor of Sunday's accident on the...

IGP, senior officers visit 4 personnel who were injured on duty [Photos]

Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, on Tuesday led a high-powered delegation to visit four officers in the Bono Region. These personnel...

Man who went missing found dead with hand in rat hole [Photos]

A middle-aged man, Rockson Kwasi Nsiah, who went missing for about a week, has been found dead at Biadan of the Bono Region. Mr Nsiah...

Man stabs friend to death over Bluetooth player [Photos]

A young man, believed to be in his 20s, has allegedly stabbed his friend to death at Nkawkaw Zongo in the Eastern Region. Reports...

Lands Ministry takes steps to ban production of Chang-fa boats

 The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources is taking steps to ban the use and assembly of Chang-fa boats, which float on water bodies...

Police Hospital to hold mass burial

The Police Hospital in Accra will embark on a mass burial of some unidentified and unclaimed bodies. According to a statement, signed by the Head, Public Affairs,...

Meet the visually impaired Ghanaian elected as President of Oxford University’s African Society

Ebenezer Azamati, a visually impaired Ghanaian student of Oxford University’s African Society (AfriSoc), has been elected to become the new president for the citadel...

Petition to remove Chief Justice unwarranted and unmeritorious – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has described as unwarranted and unmeritorious a petition seeking the removal of the Chief Justice (CJ), Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, from office. The Chief...

Abesim murder: Chiefs to pacify land to avert wrath of gods

Chiefs in the Bono region have resolved to pacify the land after the barbaric murder of three people in one of their towns called...

Notorious thief beaten to pulp while seeking refuge at Police station [Video]

A notorious thief, identified as Gabriel Gyapong, was beaten to pulp in an attempt to seek refuge at the Bibiani Police station. The suspect, believed...

Ghana Institute of Architects disowns Abesim murder suspect

The Ghana Institute of Architects says they do not know 28-year-old Richard Appiah, suspected to have murdered three persons at Abesim, near Sunyani in...

Covid worker sacked after filming himself urinating in soap dispenser at test centre

A Covid test worker has been sacked after filming himself urinating in a soap dispenser at a primary school used as a test centre...

‘Chale Wote’ organisers granted bail

The organisers of the Chale Wote Art Festival, who were arrested by the Police, have been granted bail. They were granted bail after being cautioned. They...

Abesim murder: Family of victims, police officers to get psychological support

JoyNews/AdomNews · Abesim murder: Family of victims, police officers to get psychological support Families of three persons murdered at Abesim in the Bono Region will...

Prioritise equipping already existing hospitals – Mahama tells govt

JoyNews/AdomNews · Government must prioritize equipping already existing hospitals along building new ones – Mahama Former President John Dramani Mahama says the government should prioritise...

Togbe Kwasinyi Agyeman V enstooled as new chief for Adidome [Photos]

The Kingmakers and Council of Elders of the Toh/Tovie Clan of Mafi Adidome and associated communities have announced the enstoolment of a new chief...

Robbers strangle driver’s mate, make away with 21k cedis

A driver’s mate, who is believed to be in his late thirties, has been strangled to death by suspected armed robbers at Oborpah, in...

Allotey Jacobs reveals why he left the Catholic Church [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Allotey Jacobs reveals why he left the Catholic Church Veteran politician, Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has shared a funny story of why he quit...

School Feeding caterers paid

The Government of Ghana, through the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has disbursed an amount of GHC160 million out of the GHC213...

COVID-19: Hajj Board urges Muslims to get vaccinated

The Ghana Hajj Board has urged all Muslims and prospective pilgrims to get the COVID-19 jab in preparation for next year's holy pilgrimage. Addressing a...

Titus-Glover has this to say about Abesim murder [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Titus Glover has this to say about Abesim murder Former Member of Parliament for Tema East Constituency, Nii Kwatei Titus-Glover, has described as...

Suspect in Abesim murder case is mentally challenged – Chief declares [Video]

The chief of Abesim, Barima Kumi Acheaw, says suspect Richard Appiah involved in the Abesim murder case is not mentally sound. He claims they...

WAEC ‘fires’ Africa Education Watch over ‘misleading’ information [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · WAEC 'fires' Africa Education Watch over misleading information The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has debunked claims by Africa Education Watch that the...

Seven injured in another accident [Photo]

All seven passengers on board an Opel Zafira with registration number UE 343-21 have sustained injuries in an accident at Zebilla in the Upper...

Abesim Murder: IGP makes passionate appeal to community

The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has appealed to the Abesim Community to support police investigations with any information in...

Man burnt alive after confessing to using juju to kill his brother

He confessed to killing his brother. So he was roasted alive in the village square with the crowd cheering. Ayo 'Cassidy' of Ofodua community in...

Mahama mourns at Bole

Former President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday was at Bole to mourn the death of his aunty, Gbolo Ayisha Kuamua. The deceased is the mother...

We will not condone wrong practices for the sake of dev’t – Shai-Osudoku DCE tells new cement company

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Shai-Osudoku District Assembly, Daniel Akuffo, says although it is the objective of any assembly to see developmental projects...

Six-month-old baby, others die in road crash at Apedwa

Some nine persons, including a six-month-old baby, have been confirmed dead in a deadly crash at the Apedwa section of the Accra to Kumasi...

Pru West: Man shoots wife to death for not leaving him food

A 45-year-old husband has shot his wife, Abena Jayon, a mother-of-nine, to death during a quarrel.The couple have been married for over a decade...

Abuga Pele breaks silence about his incarceration

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for the Chiana–Paga Constituency, Abuga Pele, says he believes that the truth about his incarceration “will come out one...

Man reports himself to police after allegedly killing wife

A man has reported himself to the police after allegedly killing wife at Prang in the Pru West district of the Bono East Region. Yaw...

Chale Wote 21: Two organisers, artiste arrested at Jamestown

Two organisers of ‘Chale Wote’, the popular annual street art festival held at Jamestown in Accra, have been arrested by the Accra Central Police. One...