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I can’t sleep at night – Prophet Nigel Gaisie cries

General Overseer of the True Fire Prophetic Ministry, Prophet Nigel Gaisie, has disclosed having sleepless nights over some revelations he keeps having about Ghana...

Coronavirus: Ghana records 12 new deaths

Twelve more persons have died from the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ghana pushing the death toll to 494. The country has also recorded 554 new...

Obuasi SecTech designs touchless dustbin for persons with disabilities [Video]

Good news for children and persons with disabilities as students of the Obuasi Senior Technical School have created a touchless dustbin. One of the students,...

NPP group ‘fights’ re-appointment of Sekyere Kumawu DCE

Some residents of Sekyere Kumawu have appealed to President Nana Akufo-Addo not to appoint the District Chief Executive (DCE), Samuel Addai Agyekum, for a...

Pillars holding AICC are weak -Ayorkor Botchwey

The Accra International Conference Centre (AICC), which is under the control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is in poor shape at the moment,...

Coronavirus: Omane Boamah warns govt over Covax vaccines

A former Communications Minister under the Mahama administration has cautioned the government against solely depending on the Gavi/WHO instituted Covax vaccines for fighting the...

Boy, 12, dies after being knocked down by bus at Adansi

The manner of death of a 12-year-old schoolboy has sent shock waves across Asante Akyem Adansi. The primary two pupil was knocked down by a...

J.B. Danquah-Adu’s alleged killers finally get a lawyer

Alleged killers of J.B. Danquah-Adu, former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, have finally been provided with a new lawyer. On November 27, last year,...

Coronavirus: Ghana engaging Russia, China to get vaccine – Shirley Ayorkor

The Minister-designate for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, has revealed that government through her office, has engaged China and Russia as...

Construction of Nungua Traditional Council edifice begins

The Paramount Chief of Nungua Traditional Council, Oboade Notse King Prof Odaifio Welentsi III, has cut the sod for the commencement of construction of...

Dominic Nitiwul breaks silence on military invasion in Parliament

Minister-Designate for Defence, Dominic Nitiwul, has fought off claims of being responsible for the soldiers who stormed the Chamber of Parliament. According to Mr Nitiwul,...

Kan Dapaah explains military protection for individuals

The National Security Minister-nominee, Albert Kan Dapaah, has justified the increased military protection for individuals in the country. "Anywhere you have seen soldiers having to...

We leave women out of sciences at our own peril – Kwesimintsim MP

Women in Ghana, according to the Global Education Monitoring Team in 2018, account for less than a quarter of all Science, Technology, Engineering, and...

We are encouraged by disinfection of our facilities – Ashanti Region police

The Ashanti Regional Police Commander, COP Kwesi Mensah Duku, has indicated that the disinfection of their facilities will motivate police officers in the region...

Kennedy Agyapong blasts colleague MPs over this…

Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong, has taken a swipe at his colleague MPs after they turned their three-day orientation and induction...

CCTV captures moment ‘mother and son’ stole from a wine shop [Watch]

A viral video captured the moment two persons, believed to be mother and son, stole from a wine shop in Tema. The act was initially...

Coronavirus: Kennedy Agyapong wades into re-closure of schools

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has called for the re-closure of schools and churches following a rise in Covid-19 cases in...

Abrumase, a Ghanaian community where residents hang phones on trees for signal [Photos]

Abrumase, a populated East Gonja District town in the Savannah Region still has its residents hanging their phones on trees for mobile network. Community members...

Databank withdraws from Agyapa deal as transaction advisor

Investment and brokerage firm, Databank has served notice to Imara Holding Limited of their decision to withdraw their services as a partner and transaction...

Ghana Armed Forces opens book of condolence for former CDS

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has announced the opening of a book of condolence for its former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Joshua Hamidu. The...

Opoku Onyinah gets top appointment

Former Chairman of the Church of Pentecost, Prof. Opoku Onyinah, is the new Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral Project. He...

LGBT office pops up in Accra but Foh-Amoaning calls for immediate shutdown

Executive Secretary of the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values, Moses Foh-Amoaning, has called on the government to shut down...

I am single – Former MP [Audio]

Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, minister-designate for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has revealed her marital status to parliament. Giving her self-introductory comments to the Parliament’s Appointments...

Kan Dapaah justifies BNI overhaul

National Security Minister-designate, Albert Kan Dapaah, says deliberate plans went into the refocusing of the erstwhile Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) to meet its...

Potholes kill man at Doli, another injured [Photos]

A man, believed to be his 30's, identified as Adam Nuhu, has died in a fatal accident with another injured at Doli near Bole...

Kan Dapaah speaks on missing excavators

Government has not concluded investigations into galamsey activities that prompted President Nana Akufo-Addo to set up an inter-ministerial committee to fight the menace upon...

Election petition: Check out petitioners’ next move after Supreme Court ruling [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Check out petitioners' next move after Supreme Court ruling Lead Counsel for the Petitioner in the ongoing 2020 election petition, Tsatsu Tsikata, has...

Ghana to receive COVID-19 vaccines by mid-March – Agyemang-Manu

Ghana is expected to take delivery of 350,000 AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines by mid-March under the United Nations COVAX facility. The Health Minister-designate, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, made...

Top prison bosses, others promoted by Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has approved the promotion of 12 senior officers of the Prisons Directorate in pursuant to Article 207(3) of the 1992 Constitution. The...

Ambulance attack: 2 suspects arrested

JoyNews/AdomNews · 2 arrested in connection to ambulance robbery The Eastern Region Minister-designate, Eric Kwakye Darfour, has confirmed that two persons have been arrested in...

22-storey building under construction at Airport collapses

A 22-storey building under construction at the Airport Residential Area adjacent the Association International School has collapsed. According to reports, some workers on site...

Four fined for assault on police officers

A Sogakope Magistrate Court has sentenced four persons who assaulted Police officers at Suipe-Kpelikope to a fine of ¢600 each. The convicts, aside the fine,...

Ahafo paramount chiefs to stage protest against govt

Ahafo Paramount Chiefs have united to stage a protest against government over deplorable roads in the districts. Authorities of Kenyasi Traditional Council in the Ahafo...

J.B. Danquah-Adu’s wife drops bombshell

The wife of the late Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, J.B. Danquah-Adu, has shared the frustrations she has gone through five years...

Man takes back TV he bought for girlfriend after breakup [Video]

A video making rounds online captured moment a man took back a flat screen television and decoder he bought for his girlfriend after breakup.  In...

Woman exposes preacher husband for womanising [Watch]

An aggrieved wife, Gladys, has exposed her husband who happens to be a church elder for womanising. Gladys, who said she was hopeful her partner's...

Check out how much govt has spent so far on Covid-19 fight [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Agyemang Manu on amount spent on covid-19 Minister-Designate for Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has said it will be difficult for him to reveal the...

Agyemang-Manu speaks on Ghana’s disease centre, 88 district hospitals

The Health Minister-Designate, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has revealed that the government will build Ghana’s centre for disease control by the end of 2021. This, he said,...

Ministerial Vetting: Check out Agyeman-Manu’s answer when asked if he is fit to be minister

The Minister-designate for Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has shot down claims that he is not fit to continue to hold himself as a Minister. This follows...

‘Beyi W’ano: ‘Deathtrap’ school block forces authorities to merge multiple classes [Video]

Over 50 pupils of Mubarikia Islamic Junior High School in Worawora in the Oti Region are forced to share one classroom as a result...