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Tell it to the dogs – Man of God charges at Akufo-Addo over ‘economy in good health’ claims [Video]

Founder and leader of the Glorious Wave Church, Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi, seemingly angered by President Akufo-Addo’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), has...

Popular Nigerian actor denies begging for financial assistance

Veteran Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu, has denied the news spreading around town that he is sick and begging for financial assistance. The movie star...

Prof Gyampo thanks God for ‘Sex for Grades’ expose’

Suspended senior political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has expressed gratitude to God for the 'many troubles' encountered since...

Sunyani residents subjected to beatings for defying funeral orders [Video]

Executioners and some policemen in Sunyani in the Bono region have allegedly assaulted scores of residents for defying funeral orders in the area. Residents,...

Court orders arrest of NPP’s Hajia Fati

A Bench Warrant has been issued against New Patriotic Party (NPP) loyalist, Hajia Fati. The court order issued today, Wednesday, February 26, 2020, by...

Watch how ‘slay thief’ stylishly stole hair from shop [Video]

A video has reached the streets of social media where a slay queen is filmed stealing hair bundles from a vendor in Accra. Portia Asare,...

NHIA pays over GH¢ 91m to health facilities

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has revealed it has so far in 2020 paid over GH¢ 91 million to service providers. According to the...

Bawumia bids farewell to Okumkom

VICE-PRESIDENT Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on Monday led a government delegation to bid farewell to the late Nana Akwasi Agyeman, aka Okumkom, at the Manhyia...

UPSA SRC President files petition to challenge suspension

The Student Representative Council (SRC) President of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA),Peter MwinZumah has filed a petition to the SRC’s High Chamber to challenge...

These hilarious photos of Akufo-Addo dressed to ‘deal’ with cold Norwegian weather will make your day [Photos]

Photos of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in a winter jacket in Norway has got social media talking. The talks suggest many Ghanaians are...

President Akufo-Addo set for historic state visit to Switzerland

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will pay a historic state visit to the Central European country of Switzerland from Friday, February 28 to Saturday,...

Truck carrying palm fruits crashes at Tarkwa

A Kia Rhino truck with registration number WR 291-20 truck loaded with palm fruits was involved in an accident on Monday in Tarkwa. Some pupils...

Snakes invade Kwanyako Health Centre

Snakes and other reptiles have invaded Agona Kwanyako Health Centre following deep cracks, developed in the structure giving open access to the reptiles. The cracks...

This 19-year-old medical student speaks 6 foreign languages fluently

A 19-year-old medicine and surgery student of the University of Nigeria has joined the list with her ability to speak Korean, Swahili, Shona, Filipino, Spanish, and...

Listen: How a primary 5 pupil quit school after teacher called her a witch

The harassment of a primary school teacher has forced a 15-year-old girl to drop out of school. The victim, Lucy Akati, has vowed not to...

Video: Rejected over elephantiasis – The story of Aziz Entsie

A 29-year-old man from Breman Asikuma in the Central region has been battling elephantiasis for the past eight years. ALSO READ: ‘Why I date small boys’Check...

Asempa FM launches ‘End Galamsey Now’ campaign

Multimedia Group Limited’s Asempa FM has successfully launched an anti-galamsey campaign to help in the fight against the menace. The campaign dubbed #End Galamsey Now, will...

Rawlings, Nana Konadu mourn late Kumasi Mayor [Photos]

Former President Jerry John Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings joined hundreds in Manhyia, Kumasi on Monday to pay their last respects to...

NDC man defends GetFund’s scholarships to Napo, Adwoa Safo, others [Video]

Former Ghana’s High Commissioner to India, Sam Pee Yalley, is of the view that scholarships awarded to some government appointees are in the right...

Revealed: NDC foot-soldiers angry over scholarships awarded to Ministers and MPs [listen]

It has emerged that there are some agitations among party foot-soldiers of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The agitations among party foot-soldiers of the NDC...

GETFund scandal: GRASAG calls for prosecution of public officials involved

The Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG) has called for the surcharging and prosecution of public officials who have been named among beneficiaries...

How GetFund turned down my scholarship application – NDC’s Namoale recounts [listen]

Following an Auditor-General’s performance report at the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GetFund) on the administration of scholarships, Nii Amasah Namoale, has shared a hilarious...

Audio: This man was the first to arrive at the scene of Ebony’s tragic accident

Kojo Ntim is a resident of Nyamebekeyre, a town on whose outskirt dancehall songstress Ebony Reigns and her colleagues died on February, 9, 2018. According...

GETFund Director clears air on scholarship brouhaha [Audio]

A former Director of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), Sam Gariba, has denied any wrongdoing in the manner in which scholarships were administered...

By God’s grace I don’t need GetFund scholarship – MP says

Member of Parliament (MP) for Akim Swedru in the Eastern region, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, has reacted to his name being included in a Ghana...

MP chides colleague GETFund scholarship recipients over ‘insincerity’

Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumbungu Constituency, Ras Mubarak, has jabbed fellow MPs who benefited from the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GetFund) scholarship scheme....

Adom News’ Isaac Normanyo honoured

The Ministers Manna International has honoured Adom News' Obuasi correspondent, Isaac Kofi Normanyo. The excellence award held at the Redemption Bibleway Church in Obuasi on...

Police clamp down motorbikes to minimise indiscipline

Police from the Dansoman Divisional Headquarters have embarked on an operation to clamp down on the use of motorcycles for criminal activities within the...

Family locks up son for 19 years over health condition [Video]

A family in the Nkwanta South District of the Oti region has for over 19 years locked up their 26-year- old son, Abass Basty,...

Mourner perishes in motor accident

The display of motor bike riders during funeral activities have left one dead and another hospitalised at the Ho Municipal Hospital. Mr Harry Nonu, 40,...

Listen: Auditor of controversial GETFund scholarship breaks silence

Principal Auditor, who led the audit of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), has spoken after their report went viral. RELATED STORIES: Napo reacts to his...

Adwoa Safo breaks silence on GETFund scholarship debacle

The Minister of State in-charge of Public Procurement, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has justified the decision by the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to...

GETFund exposé: I fund education of strangers why not mine – MP fumes [audio]

A Member of Parliament (MP) named as one of the beneficiaries of a Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) scholarship has denied receiving any such...

What man did to lady who turned down his proposal [Watch]

A man, believed to be in his twenties, who was angered by a lady after she refused to accept his proposal took away food...

Niger National jailed for attempting to register for Ghana card

The Ofaakor Circuit Court, presided over by his Lordship Ebenezer Osei Darko, has jailed a man from Niger who allegedly attempted to register for...

Audio: Fetish priest, pastor clash over leaked nude photos

A pastor, identified as Owusu Kwaakye, is in a banter with one Okomfo Sakumba, a fetish priest who allegedly leaked his nude photos for...

Land guards lock classrooms at Gomoa Sinbrofo

Classrooms of the various basic schools at Gomoa Sinbrofo in the Central region are reported to have been locked by land guards in the...

Gambia Massacre: Survivor casts doubts about reburied Ghanaian bodies

Martin Kyere, a Ghanaian who survived the massacre of 44 Ghanaians in Gambia, doubts whether the eight bodies that were reburied in 2009 at...

Gomoa Sinbrofo residents flee from land guards

Gomoa Sinbrofo, a farming community with a population estimated to be a little over 1,000 in Gomoa West in the Central region, is reported...

Ras Mubarak takes on Napo; here is why

Member of Parliament for Kunbungu, Ras Mubarak, has described as pathetic, the attempt by the Education Minister, Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, to explain himself away from...