HomeNewsLocal News

Local News

Police officer clashes with soldier on the street

A Police Officer has sustained cuts in the eye after he got into a physical fight with a military officer. The incident occurred at the...

Man who allegedly killed, secretly buried mother arrested

Benjamin Kofi Yeboah, the 35-year-old man suspected to have killed his mother and secretly buried her at Ayigbe Town, Dome Kwabenya in Accra, has...

NDC Youth Organiser found dead in his room

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Youth Organiser for Mempeasem Polling Station, at Essikado-Ketan Constituency in Sekondi-Takoradi, has been found dead in his room. Abass Seidu...

Sin can never take a man to hell – Pastor claims

During a service in a church, a man of God averred that Jesus Christ died to pay for the sins of men, thus sin...

Kasoa: Woman arrested for alleged burglary

A woman, believed to be in her late forties, has been arrested by the Kasoa New Market Police for alleged burglary. According to information, the...

Woman fined ¢120k for possession Indian hemp

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 47-year-old woman to a fine of ¢120,000.00 for possessing Indian hemp. Rita Atsufui Koffie would spend three years...

Police arrest 339 suspected criminals in Accra

A special police swoop has led to the arrest of 339 suspected criminals including 12 women from various parts of the Accra metropolis. The exercise, which...

Man scalds wife with hot water for failing to serve him food

An angry husband has allegedly scalded his wife with hot water for failing to serve him his dinner at Odumasi, a farming community at...

Meet late Sir John’s wife and adorable children [Photos]

Photos of the late former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sir John's children and wife have popped up on social media. This...

What happened after Achimota School admitted Rasta student, Tyrone Marhguy

The second Rastafarian student, Tyrone Marhguy, has successfully been admitted at the Achimota School. Master Marhguy arrived in the school in the early hours of...

NDC marks 42nd June 4 anniversary [Photos]

 The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has commemorated the 42nd June 4 uprising with a call on members to defend the revolution in the country. The...

UNICEF removes controversial p*rn report

The United Nations Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF) has removed a controversial report which asserted that children are unaffected by viewing sexually explicit material. UNICEF in the report...

GJA President sends message to hungry journalists

The President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Affail Monney, has stated that the poor conditions of service and at times no remuneration at...

Abuga Pele hospitalised!

Former National Coordinator of the defunct Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency (GYEEDA), Abuga Pele, has been hospitalised. Mr Pele, who is currently in jail...

Photos drop as Tyrone Marhguy arrives at Achimota School

Tyrone Iras Marhguy, the second Rastafarian student denied admission by Achimota School, has arrived at the school to go through his admission process. This follows...

You can show ‘The Returned Bribe’ documentary — Court tells Manasseh, JoyNews as it throws out dismissed FDA lawyer’s injunction

An Accra High Court has given Manasseh Azure Awuni and JoyNews the greenlight to show 'The Returned Bribe' investigative documentary. The ruling by Justice...

More donations pour in for 13-year-old accident victim [Photos]

Smiles are beaming on the face of 13-year-old accident victim, Moses Addai as several individuals have offered help to cater for his surgery. The teenager...

Arla Foods donates products to New Life Orphanage to mark World Milk Day

Arla Foods, producers of one of the country’s leading milk brands Dano milk, has donated products to New Life Orphanage to mark World Milk...

One feared dead, others in critical condition in accident on Motorway [Photos]

A man in his mid-forties has been killed with several passengers in critical condition following an accident on the Tema Motorway. The accident occurred in...

Suspected ‘galamseyers’ attacked by angry youth; several injured

Suspected illegal miners at Nangrumah in the Mamprugu Moaduri district of the Northeast Region have been attacked by some angry members of the community. The attack,...

Robbers attack filling station, order attendants to pick all coins that fell

A seven-member robbery gang has attacked the Pacific Filling Station at Lamptey in the Upper West Akim District of the Eastern Region. Information gathered from...

Gbane mine disaster: Another body retrieved, death toll rises to 10

The body of another miner has been discovered and retrieved from a tunnel at the Gbane mine in the Talensi District of the Upper...

Fire officer dies in gory accident, others injured

A female fire officer, Cynthia Moale, stationed at Salaga has lost her life in a gory accident on the Tamale-Salaga highway. Madam Moale died on...

Two Chinese, Ghanaian arrested with 21 gold bars

Two Chinese and a Ghanaian are in the grip of the National Security Secretariat (NSS) in Accra over the movement of 21 gold bars from...

Ada West Assembly ‘runs away’ from cement ambulance

The Ada West District Assembly/Sege constituency has denied ownership of an ambulance captured in a viral video carting cement. The video, which has received backlash,...

Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana extends strike action

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana (SSA-UOG) has directed its members to continue with their industrial action until...

Preventing children from watching p*rn may infringe on their human rights – UNICEF Report claims

A report published by the United Nations (UN) Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says that pornography may not always be harmful to children. And preventing children...

Armed robbery rendering my constituency a ghost town – MP laments

Pru East Member of Parliament (MP), Dr Kwabena Donkor, says residents within his constituency are fleeing for their lives due to increasing armed robbery...

June 3rd survivor still undergoing surgery six years on

One of the survivors of the June 3, 2015 twin disaster that struck Accra, remains in a critical condition nearly six years after the...

National Daily Minimum Wage increased by 6%, now ¢12.53

The National Tripartite Commission (NTC) has concluded negotiations on the determination of the National Daily Minimum Wage in respect of 2021 and 2022 at...

Asempa FM gets results: Roads Minister supports 13-year-old accident victim

The plight of a young accident victim on admission at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has touched the heart of the Minister for...

Pregnant woman dead in suspected poisoning at Asuaba

A 27-year-old woman, identified as Gladys Yaaba, has been pronounced dead in what Asuaba residents suspect to be poisoning. Pregnant Yaaba was found groaning in...

Good news for nursing assistants

The Ministry of Health has announced the recruitment of Nurse Assistant Clinicals and Nurse Assistant Preventives. The beneficiaries, according to the outfit, will be persons...

Sir John’s funeral: Sakora Wonoo residents bare teeth at NPP

Some residents of Sakora Wonoo in the Kwabre East District of the Ashanti Region are furious over government's delay to complete their road ahead...

Sir John: Check out unseen photos from funeral grounds

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, was laid in state ahead of his official burial. The funeral rites of the...

Akufo-Addo’s brother sues Class Media, ASEPA boss, 2 others

Managing Director of Amaadi Cold Stores Limited, Edward Akufo-Addo, has dragged the Class Media Group and three others to court over defamation. In a writ...

Former AIDS Ambassador, Joyce Dzidzor Mensah tests positive for HIV

Former HIV/AIDS Ambassador, Joyce Dzidzor Mensah, has tested positive for HIV after taking a medical test on live TV to clear doubts of Ghanaians regarding...

Central Regional House of Chiefs withdraws membership of Nkusukum Traditional Council president

The Central Regional House of Chiefs has, in a unanimous resolution by the Standing Committee of the House, withdrawn the membership of the Acting...

Man caught with stolen meat tied around his body [Video]

A man has stunned netizens after he was exposed for stealing what looks like goat meat which he cleverly tied around his body like...

Akufo-Addo swears in 21 Ambassadors, High Commissioners

President Nana Akufo-Addo has presented letters of credence to 21 appointed envoys and urged them to champion the Government of Ghana’s post-COVID-19 recovery agenda. At...