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GES targets 2027 to reverse double-track system

The Deputy Director-General for Quality and Access at the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr. Munawaru Issahaque, has revealed that the Service is collaborating with...

Mahama calls for bold global action on women’s empowerment

President John Dramani Mahama has called on world leaders and development partners to move beyond rhetoric and take decisive action to advance women’s empowerment...

Financial clearance secured for payment of nurses, midwives – Health Minister

Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, says the government has made substantial progress in addressing the issue of unpaid salaries and allowances affecting health...

Health Minister blames unpaid nurses’ salaries on lack of financial clearance

The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has attributed the delay in paying some nurses and midwives to the absence of financial clearance for...

Police arrest ten suspects for operating fake online food delivery platforms

The Ghana Police Service, through the Cybercrime Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), has arrested ten individuals for allegedly creating fake online food...

Mahama urges world leaders to protect progress made since 1995 Beijing Declaration

President John Dramani Mahama has called on global leaders to prioritize safeguarding the progress made in advancing the rights of women and other vulnerable...

Whoever wins NPP flagbearership will suffer defeat in 2028 – Berekum West MP

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Berekum West, Dickson Kyere-Duah, has said the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) will suffer another defeat...

Revoke small-scale mining licenses without environmental safeguards – Cadman Atta Mills to gov’t

Dr. Cadman Atta Mills, brother of the late President John Evans Atta Mills, has urged government authorities to revoke all small-scale mining licences granted...

GNFS denies claims of responding to fires with empty tenders

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has refuted reports suggesting that its personnel deliberately attend to fire outbreaks without water in their tenders. To dispel...

Let’s end drug abuse, it’s killing Ghana’s future – Ejurahene

The Chief of Ejura Divisional Council, Barimah Osei Hwedie II, has called for concerted efforts to halt the rising cases of drug abuse in...

Oppong Nkrumah to speak on Africa’s trade future in Washington

Ofoase Ayirebi MP and Ranking Member on the Economy and Development Committee in Parliament, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, will speak at a high-level forum on...

Driver’s mate fined for stealing air conditioner copper pipes

An Adenta Circuit Court has imposed a fine of GH¢3,000 on a driver’s mate for dishonestly appropriating quantities of air conditioner copper pipes worth...

Gov’t defends transparency and security in U.S. deportation arrangements

The Government of Ghana has reaffirmed its commitment to national security amid public concerns over the recent deportation of Ghanaian nationals from the United...

Five dead in gory accident at Tano-Odumase

A tragic road accident at Tano-Odumase, near Agona in the Sekyere South District of the Ashanti Region, has claimed the lives of five people. The...

Customs Staff Association executives dragged to court over alleged constitutional breaches

Executives of the Customs Staff Association (CSA) under the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) have been taken to court over alleged constitutional breaches during its...

Prof. Opoku-Agyemang calls for well-structured blended financing model to support rural cocoa processors

Vice President Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has announced that Ghana is stepping up efforts to increase local processing of cocoa beans as part of...

Veep opens up on new law to ban mining in water bodies and forest reserves

Vice President Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has announced that government is drafting new legislation to completely ban mining activities in Ghana’s water bodies and...

NSA extends emergency gazette service to Kumasi

The National Service Authority (NSA) has announced the extension of its Emergency Gazette Service, in partnership with the Ghana Publishing Company Limited, to the...

4 injured in accident involving ambulance at Nkawkaw

Four persons have sustained injuries after a National Ambulance Service vehicle from Nkawkaw was involved in an accident at Afosu in the Birim North...

11 children among 15 dead in Kete Krachi canoe disaster

Eleven children are among fifteen people who lost their lives in a tragic canoe disaster near Kete Krachi in the Oti Region on Saturday,...

Police arrest 2 suspects over alleged plot to assassinate chief

The Eastern South Regional Police Command has arrested two suspects for allegedly plotting to assassinate the Akyem Kwabeng Chief and Okyeman Gyaasehene, Daasebre Ayimadu...

15 perish, 6 injured after canoe carrying mourners capsizes on Oti River

A tragic canoe accident has claimed the lives of 15 people in the Krachi West District of the Oti Region. According to eyewitness accounts, the...

Akuapem Traditional Council reaffirms unity ahead of 2025 Odwira Festival

The spokesperson for Okoman, Odehye Sammy Mfum, together with other members of the Akuapem Traditional Council, has addressed recent concerns surrounding the Akuapehene, Obrempongkese...

Health Minister calls for leniency in case against queried nurse

The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has appealed to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to exercise leniency in dealing with Ms. Bernice Aboagye,...

2,470 Ghanaians in U.S. ICE detention awaiting deportation

A total of 2,470 Ghanaian nationals are currently being held in detention facilities across the United States awaiting deportation, according to new figures from...

Nurse queried over abusive remarks against Health Minister

A staff nurse identified as Ms. Bernice Aboagye has been issued a query letter by her employers after she was captured in a viral...

Fire engulfs portion of 7-bedroom apartment at Nsukwao

A fire outbreak on October 8, 2025, destroyed one room of a seven-bedroom apartment at Nsukwao, near the Safe Gold Hotel in Koforidua. The Koforidua...

Ghana’s food losses could feed Ashanti Region for over a year – Agribusiness leaders warn

Ghana’s persistent post-harvest losses have reached crisis levels, with the nation losing enough food every year to feed the entire Ashanti Region for more...

Adom News’ Halidu Dasmani wins top award at Upper East GJA for impactful SRHR reporting

Adom Multimedia Group Limited’s Upper East Regional Correspondent, Halidu Dasmani, has been honoured as the Best Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Journalist...

Fomena Police Command appeals for more support to fight crime

The Fomena District Police Command has received a motorbike donation to aid its operations in combating crime across communities in the district. The donation, made...

President Mahama attends Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women in Beijing

President John Dramani Mahama and First Lady Lordina Mahama have arrived in Beijing, China, to participate in a Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women, jointly...

TDC Ghana introduces mandatory military training for NSS personnel

TDC Ghana Limited has announced a new policy requiring all National Service Personnel assigned to the company to undergo a two-week basic military and...

Five years in a row: UCC retains position as top university in Ghana and West Africa

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has once again consolidated its standing as a force to be reckoned with within the higher education landscape,...

Bono Regional Police embark on ‘Show of Force’ operation in Sampa

The Bono Regional Police Command has carried out a special security exercise dubbed “Operation Show of Force” in Sampa, the capital of the Jaman...

Two arrested over robbery and murder of 20-year-old at Tweapease-Aboo

The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has arrested two men in connection with the robbery and killing of a 20-year-old, Kofi Mensah, at Tweapease-Aboo...

Interior Minister presents three buses to Ghana Prisons Service 

The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has presented three new buses to the Ghana Prisons Service to boost the transportation of inmates to...

HeFRA shuts down 23 unlicensed health facilities nationwide

The Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) has closed 23 health facilities across Ghana found to be operating without valid licenses or failing to meet...

Mason rescued with severe leg injury after building collapse at Kasoa New Market

A mason who was trapped under debris after a building collapsed at Kasoa New Market has been rescued and taken to the Korle-Bu Teaching...

GES distributes over 6.6 million sanitary pads to schoolgirls nationwide

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has rolled out the distribution of more than 6.6 million sanitary pads to schoolgirls across all 16 regions as...

Galamsey: I see NAIMOS as a rapid response, rather than a solution – Erastus Asare Donkor

JoyNews journalist, Erastus Asare Donkor, says while the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Squad (NAIMOS) is making some progress in the fight against illegal mining...