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Ghana is dying – Nunoo-Mensah

Former Chief of Defense Staff, Brigadier Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, has said Ghana is dying looking at the current dispensation. He bemoaned that systems are not...

Family of late Jerry Rawlings appreciates Akufo-Addo [Photos]

The family of late former President Jerry John Rawlings has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to thank him for a successful funeral. The delegation to...

Kwakye Ofosu mocks Hawa Koomson

A former Deputy Communications Minister, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has mocked the Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister-Designate, Hawa Koomson. This was after Madam Koomson, who doubles as...

We have delivered Global Peace in 100 cities in 100 countries – Kobla Asamani

The Coordinator of Campaign and Advocacy of Global Peace and African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), Kobla Asamani, has said that...

Man rescued after suspected suicide attempt at Dome [Video]

Some Dome residents gathered in shock as a man, believed to be in his thirties, was found lying unconscious in front of a shop...

Two dead, many injured in accident at Mile 40

Two persons have been confirmed dead in an accident at Mile 40, a suburb of the Central Gonja district of the Savannah Region. Per reports...

Primary pupils team up to build classroom during study hours [Video]

In the absence of classroom blocks to enhance quality education, pupils of Kechiebi Asuogya M/A basic school have teamed up to erect structures. The school,...

New twist in closure of LGBTQI office in Ghana

A human rights lawyer, Joyce Opoku Boateng, has opined that it will be illegal to shut down an office of the LGBTQI group which...

Hawa Koomson apologises for Kasoa shooting incident

Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East, Hawa Koomson, has rendered an unqualified apology to her constituents. Her apology was in relation to a shooting...

How female inmates of Ho Central Prisons were pampered on Val’s Day

'Groom Dat Girl,' a girl-child empowerment initiative, on Valentine's Day, served female inmates of the Ho Central Prisons with acts of kindness to mark...

Top govt official passes on

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Railway Development Authority (GRDA), Richard Dombo, has died. Sources say he succumbed to Covid-19 complications on Wednesday,...

Akufo-Addo congratulates new WTO boss, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has congratulated Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her “historic” appointment as the new Director-General of the...

Lecturer slumps, dies in lecture hall

The Management of Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education has confirmed the death of a senior lecturer, simply identified as Mr Echetama, who slumped...

Yagaba Kubori MP commissions two health facilities in constituency [Photos]

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Yagaba-Kubori and minister-designate for Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif, has commissioned two health facilities in the Mamprugu Moagduri...

Ex-convict in trouble for stealing sheep

A 25-year-old ex-convict, Sule Mahama, has been rearrested by the Bole police for stealing a sheep. The suspect, who is now a butcher, is said...

Adwoa Safo wades into LGBT brouhaha

The Minister-designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has taken a bold stance against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)...

Coup Plot: ACP Agodzor, Mac-Palm, others’ treason trial adjourned

The Accra High Court hearing the case of Dr Frederick Yao Mac Palm and ten others, being held over alleged treason, has adjourned the...

Absence of these elements make a health facility substandard – HeFRA boss

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA), Dr Philip Bannor, has announced the minimum requirements for the establishment of hospitals...

Kumawu Polyclinic suspends some services after storm rips off roof [Photos]

Kumawu Government Polyclinic in the Sekyere Kumawu District has suspended surgeries and other services after a rainstorm ripped part of its roofing off. Speaking to...

Rescuers helpless as attempt to salvage broken ferry fails

Several attempts to salvage the ferry which has ran aground on the Volta Lake at Ekye Amanfrom in the Kwahu Afram Plains District has...

Interior Minister-designate reacts to police suicides [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Police to engage services of Ghana Psychological Association over alleged suicides - Ambrose Dery Interior Minister-designate, Ambrose Dery, says his ministry, in response...

Tears as groom-to-be dies few days to wedding [Photo]

The sudden death of a Ghanaian groom who has died four-days to his wedding has left his friends and family members devastated and mourning. Reports...

Right To Play organises training for scrap dealers, kayayei, others under sport for development programme

A five-day training workshop to equip scrap dealers, kayayei and other artisanal workers with relevant skills, has opened at Agbogbloshie in Accra.  The trainees, including...

Coronavirus: Ghana records 6 more deaths; active cases now 7,866

The upsurge of the novel coronavirus in Ghana has claimed six more lives bringing the death toll to 561. According to the Ghana Health Service...

Ebola: GHS issues red alert to all hospitals

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has directed the management of all health facilities in the country to initiate response protocols for the Ebola Virus...

Man impregnates two biological sisters at Kasoa

A man, identified as Kweku Boateng, is in the grips of Kasoa Tollbooth Police for allegedly defiling and impregnating two biological sisters. Mr Boateng, who...

EU defends LGBT group

The European Union in Ghana has waded into the debate surrounding the opening of a new community space for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and...

Community Police Officer stabs neighbour to death

Police in Upper Denkyira East District of the Central Region are on a manhunt for a Community Police Officer (CPO). The CPO is being looked for...

COVID-19 partly to blame for delay in paying contractors – Amoako-Attah [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Delay in paying contractors due to Covid-19 - Kwasi Amoako Atta The Roads Minister-designate, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, has attributed the delay in paying road...

Botweburg donates Covid-19 protective items to Nii Sowah Din schools

Botweburg, a social club made up of professionals from varied backgrounds in Accra, has made a donation to the Nii Sowa Din Memorial Cluster...

Man who posed as late Jerry Rawlings’ aide busted

A man, who posed as former aide to late former President Jerry John Rawlings, is in the grips of the police. The suspect was trying...

Allotey Jacobs sends message to NDC over Bawumia, election 2024

Former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Allotey Jacobs, has showered endless praises on Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. According to the...

Passengers, cargo stranded as ferry’s engine stops midway on Afram river

Scores of passengers and goods got stuck on River Afram after a ferry transporting them developed a mechanical fault. The ferry was transporting scores of...

Suicides: Retired police officer reveals real police problems [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · RETIRED OFFICER ON SUICIDE A retired police officer has reacted to reports of some personnel of the Ghana Police Service committing suicide in...

Pupils stranded as unknown persons lock classrooms [video]

Pupils of the Nana Badu Bonsu Junior High School and Methodist Primary School in the Western Region had the shock of their...

Robbers invade SHS, molest female students

Armed robbers have attacked students of Spiritan Senior High Technical School (SHS) at Adankwame in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti Region. The...

Pontoon breaks down on Volta Lake, passengers stranded [Video]

A pontoon that transports cargo and passengers across the Volta Lake at Ekye Amanfrom in the Kwahu Affram Plains South District has...

Group calls for closure of LGBTQI office in Ghana

The National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values has expressed disapproval over an alleged opening of an office by the Lesbian,...

Ursula Owusu defends shut down of some radio stations

The Minister-designate for Communications and Digitisation, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has defended a decision by the National Communications Authority (NCA) to shut down Radio XYZ and...

‘Vitamin C will not save you from catching Covid-19’

Contrary to popular belief that taking Vitamin C supplements will protect an individual from catching Covid-19, a new opinion suggests otherwise. It may rather shorten...