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Rawlings’ burial: Paramount Chief writes to family

The Paramount Chief of the Tefle Traditional Area in the Volta Region, Togbe Nakakpo Dugbaza VIII, has made an appeal to the family of...

Artisan remanded over sex with minor

A 34-year-old artisan, Carlos Kofi Apeti, is said to have allegedly lured a 14-year-old girl into a wooden structure at Mempeasem, near East Legon...

GIPC, German Cooperation sign €762,300 financing agreement

The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has signed a €762,300 financing agreement with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development to help...

Police chase election violence suspects

The Ghana Police Service is pursuing all suspects identified to be involved in violent activities, including the discharge of firearms during the December 7,...

Set up independent body to investigate police over … – Agalga

The Minority Spokesperson on Defence and Interior says an independent body must be set up to investigate several electoral deaths in which the police...

Young Health Advocates pay courtesy call on presidential advisor on HIV in Ghana

A delegation from Young Health Advocates Ghana (YHAG), a national network of young people working to prevent HIV among young Ghanaians under the auspices...

Meet the lawyer whose fees were paid by Dr Bawumia

A lawyer, who was recently called to the bar, Akbar Yussif Rohullah Khomeini, has showered praises on Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for paying...

Residents sit on time bomb amid rains, chocked, dirty and smelly gutters [Photos]

The rainy season is here again and residents, who have erected property along drainage lines have, as expected, begun feeling jittery. What are their fears?...

Kantamanto traders hail Bawumia over this…

Traders at Kantamanto within the Central Business District of Accra have hailed Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and the government for providing them with...

CID investigates Techiman South electoral violence

The Criminal Investigations Department says it is still conducting investigations to unravel persons behind the shooting which lead to the death of two persons...

Mahama, Jane Naana storm Central Police Station

It was a joyful moment when the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama and his running mate, Prof Jane Naana...

Arrest Mahama – Parliament’s Defense committee

Vice-Chairman of Parliament’s Defense and Interior Committee, Collins Owusu Amankwah, is calling on the security agencies to arrest the presidential candidate of the opposition...

Savelugu shooting: Police give update on chief, NDC candidate over weapons [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · POLICE ON SAVELIGU SHOOTING The case involving a Savlugu chief and a parliamentary candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), who were arrested...

Kandahar boys, others storm NDA over employment

Kandahar Boys, a Tamale-based vigilante group, believed to be affiliated to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), has attacked the Northern Development Authority (NDA). The...

Protestors arrested for unlawful assembly at EC office granted bail

The Adjabeng Court has granted bail to some supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) arrested for unlawful assembly at the Electoral Commission's (EC)...

Why Otchere-Darko wants Mahama to concede after EC’s verdict

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a leading member of the New Patriotic Party, has advised National Democratic Congress' (NDC) flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama to concede defeat...

Fresh trouble for journalist who threatened Akufo-Addo

The Attorney-General (A-G) has dragged a journalist with Accra-based Power FM, Oheneba Boamah Bennie, who insulted and threatened President Nana Akufo-Addo to court for...

Mahama briefs Secretary-General of The Commonwealth on election results declared by the EC [Photos]

Former President and flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has shared photos after he met with the Secretary-General of The...

Electrician’s wrist chopped off over hen coop [Video]

A 32-year-old electrician, Mohammed Muntala, whose wrist was chopped off in an altercation, is seeking justice. The electrician, narrating his ordeal to Joy...

NPP identifies ‘crucial factors’ that accounted for lost seats in Central Region

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central Region says it has identified some crucial factors that accounted for the loss of many of...

National Inspectorate Board changes its name

The National Inspectorate Board (NIB) under the Ministry of Education has announced a change of its name. The NIB is now referred to as the...

NPP top executive reported dead!

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Secretary for the New Juaben South constituency, Isaac Adjaben, has been reported dead. Reports indicate he passed at the St...

Koku Anyidoho to show off faces of persons who want to kill him

Founder of the Atta Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho, has vowed to show the faces of some persons who are threatening his life on social...

Covid-19 trust fund donates to Nat’l Commission on Culture

The COVID-19 National Trust Fund Secretariat has presented a double cabin Mitsubishi pick-up and a cheque of Ghc646,400 to the National Commission on Culture...

Alleged fake lawyer for Western Togoland suspects busted [Photo]

More woes for accused persons in the Western Togoland saga as lawyer defending their case has been allegedly exposed to be fake. The accused has...

Roads Minister directs engineers to repair Medie-Nsawam road

Roads and Highways Minister, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, has directed Maripoma Limited, an engineering company constructing the Accra-Kumasi road to complete a major sectional repair of...

Parliament approves €18.8 million loan to procure more ambulances

Parliament has approved €18.8 million euros loan to procure an additional 112 ambulances for the National Ambulance Service. The loan agreement is between the Government...

Ghana Airports clarifies report on security man caught stealing phones

Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has reacted to reports of a security man caught stealing 10 phones at a checkpoint. Social media buzzed this morning...

Man divorced by wife while in prison gets ‘borga’ wife

An ex-convict by the name Kofi Agyekum, who was divorced by his wife, has found favour in the sight of an Italy-based woman who...

Atwea prayer mountain to be developed into tourist centre

The Methodist Church is working in close partnership with the Sekyere Central District Assembly to develop the Atwea Prayer mountain into a monumental sacred...

Sammy Gyamfi apologises to the media over this…

National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has apologised to the media over what he says is attacks by some...

Police gun down robber on Buipe-Tamala road

A Police escort team has killed an armed robber on the Buipe-Tamale road in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region. According to the...

Minority demands immediate dismissal of IGP

The Minority in Parliament is demanding the immediate dismissal of the Inspector- General of Police (IGP) over the outcome of the December 7 general...

Lady catches best friend nak*d in her husband’s house

A viral video has captured moment a Ghanaian lady caught her best friend naked in her husband’s house.  From the video, it was gathered that Maa...

Over 400 new lawyers called to the Bar

A total of 424 new lawyers have been called to the Bar to commence the legal profession after a short ceremony organised by the...

Police officer beaten by Ajumako DCE transferred

The police officer, who was allegedly assaulted by thugs allegedly led by the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Ajumako in the Central Region, Ransford...

Why NDC supporters stormed EC headquarters

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has begun calls for the resignation of the Electoral Commission (EC) boss, Mrs Jean Mensa. Their demand stems from what...

Election 2020: Suspect in Ablekuma shooting remanded in custody

A suspect in the electoral violence in Ablekuma Central Constituency in Accra has been remanded into police custody for a week by the circuit...

Test driver runs over mother and daughter at Santasi

A mother and daughter came face-to-face with death Thursday morning when a test driver run them over with her private car at Santasi Apre. Per...

Meet the woman who prefers driving a taxi to teaching [Video]

A Ghanaian woman, Edith Awuah, who has been driving a taxi at the Atomic Junction taxi rank for four years in Accra, says she...