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Cedi appreciation not by chance – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that the appreciation of the cedi against all major trading currencies is a result of deliberate policy...

Lack of ethical behaviour leads to greed at work places – Special Prosecutor

The Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Ghana, Kissi Agyebeng, has said lack of ethical behaviour at work places and society begets morally opprobrious...

Forestry Commission to establish 3 additional zoos in Ghana

The Chief Executive officer (CEO) of the Forestry commission, John Allotey, has revealed the commission's agenda to establish three additional zoos in the country. This...

15.3% reduction in transport fares takes effect today

Road Transport Operators effective today, December 19, 2022, are expected to reduce fares by 15.3%. The move follows the recent fall in petroleum prices...

GRA retrieves over US$93m revenue via informants’ scheme

The Ghana Revenue Authority(GRA) has recovered in excess of US$ 93 million and an additional GH¢421million from multinational and local companies operating in the...

Several injured as bees invade hospital [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Several injured as bees invade hospital One person is said to be in critical condition while others have sustained various degrees of injuries...

Akufo-Addo appeals to traders to reduce prices of goods

President Nana Akufo-Addo has pleaded with the business community and industry to reduce the prices of goods and services as the cedi appreciates against...

Ghana Card: NIA begins premium services in Ashanti, Eastern and Western Regions

The National Identification Authority (NIA) will on Monday, December 19, begin premium services for the Ghana Card registration exercise at three of its regional...

Ursula Owusu supports constituents with ‘cheap’ yam sale [Photos]

Ablekuma West Member of Parliament (MP), Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has organised a 'cheap' yam sale for her constituents. The initiative ahead of the Christmas festivities...

ECG to embark on fake meter education in Krobo areas

The Krobo Office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has embarked on a campaign against fake energy meters in a bid to protect...

Pavo sausage linked to listeriosis outbreak in Italy impounded in Ho

The Food and Drugs Authority  has impounded four cartons and 27 packs of expired Pavo Frankfurt II and Wurstsel DI Pollo E Trachino Congela, a...

COVID-19: Ghana records four active cases

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has cautioned the public to observe COVID-19 protocols during the festive season as many countries from where people visit...

Seven dead, one injured in renewed conflict at Bawku

Seven people have been killed at Bawku in the Upper East Region following renewed ethnic disturbances between Kusasis and Mamprusis. Adom News sources indicate that...

46 NDC delegates involved in accident while returning from party’s elections

Some 46 National Democratic Congress (NDC) delegates in the Upper West Region have been involved in an accident while returning from the party's delegates...

Barima Yaw Kodei Oppong inducted as Director of Legal Education and Director of the Ghana School of Law

Barima Yaw Kodei Oppong, Manwerehene of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area, has been inducted as the new Director of Legal Education and also the Director...

Mason jailed for slashing man’s palm over music video

A mason who slashed the palm of another man with a machete during an argument over a music video at La, in Accra, has been...

Pharmacist in court for allegedly raping sister-in-law

A Pharmacist, Patrick Afun, who allegedly sedated his fiancée’s elder sister and had sex with her while she was unconscious, was arraigned before a...

Transport fares reduced by 15.3 percent effective Monday

Road Transport Operators have reduced transport fares by 15.3% effective Monday, December 19. The move follows the recent downward trend of petroleum prices, a statement...

27-year-old lady beaten to death at Buduburam

A 27-year-old lady has been reportedly beaten to death at Buduburam in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The deceased, who is yet...

Beautifying Accra: Burma Camp-Giffard overhead given a facelift

Ghana’s capital, Accra, is gradually becoming a city adorned with art thanks to the numerous extraordinary graffiti designs, splurged on the city’s walls. It’s...

Ghana to get $1.5 million grant to tackle pollution

The World Bank says it has secured USS 1.5 million in grant for the implementation of actions aimed at tackling marine and plastic pollution...

Farmer who robbed woman, scared her kids, jailed 20 years

The Asante Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced a farmer to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour for robbery. Michael Nhyira Cobbina, 31, robbed Mrs Bernice...

15 arrested over violent chieftaincy dispute at Battor as Police restore calm

The Police have restored law, order and security at Bator in the Volta Region and arrested 15 suspects in connection with a violent chieftaincy...

Deadline for domestic debt exchange extended

The Ministry of Finance has announced an extension of the deadline for the domestic debt exchange from December 19 to December 30, with a...

Mother who abandoned 3-month-old baby in bush detained

A 21-year-old mother, who allegedly abandoned her three-month-old baby at Beahu in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region, has been apprehended by...

Asaman Tamfoe robbery: 5 suspects arrested so far as Police grab another

The Police have arrested one more suspect in connection with the Asaman Tamfoe robbery, bringing the number of suspects arrested so far to five....

Police on manhunt for robbers who shot 2 at Brofoyedu

The Ghana Police Service says it is pursuing a gang of robbers who attacked a household and shot two people at Brofoyedu in the...

Over 100,000 foreign tourists expected in Ghana at Christmas

The Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dr Mohammed Awal, has disclosed that the country is expecting to receive over 100,000 foreign tourists in...

City planning officers to appear before A/R house of chiefs over poor spatial planning

Lands and spatial planning engineers in the various local assemblies are to appear before the Ashanti regional house of chiefs over the poor spatial...

Opuni’s stay motion adjourned

An interlocutory motion for stay of proceedings filed by former Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Stephen Opuni, has been adjourned...

Burkina Faso summons Ghana’s envoy over Akufo-Addo’s allegations

The government of Burkina Faso has summoned Ghana’s ambassador, that country’s state information agency has said. Boniface Gambilla was summoned by the government of Apollinaire...

Otumfuo cautions against selling central market stores

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has asked the Ashanti regional minister to ensure traders temporarily relocated to the Racecourse and other satellite markets...

VIP hints of transport fare reduction

The VIP JEOUN Transport Service has assured the travelling public to expect a fall in fares in the coming days as the Christmas festivities...

Fire guts Atebubu co-operative distillers retailing office [Photos+Video]

Workers of the Atebubu co-operative distillers retailing office are counting their loss after fire engulfed the property on Friday, December 16. The fire, which reportedly...

Appointments Committee vets Gender Ministry nominees

The Appointments Committee of Parliament has vetted President Nana Akufo-Addo's nominees for the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection. The nominees, Abudu...

Nigerian police uncover bomb factory, arrest suspects

The Ebonyi State Command has uncovered the biggest bomb factory in the southeast allegedly operated by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its...

Fuel prices drop by more than ₵2 at pumps

Some Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) in the country have started reducing prices of fuel at the pumps from today, December 16, 2022.  Leading marketing oil...

AMA launches ‘Street Sweepers’ initiative to improve sanitation in Accra

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has launched the 'Street Sweepers' initiative to address littering and other related sanitation issues in the city. The initiative, which...

One killed, another injured as robbers attack house at Brofoyedu

The Police are on a manhunt for a gang of robbers who attacked a household and shot two persons at Brofoyedu in the Ashanti...

I will bring back O and A level educational system if elected president – Kwabena Agyapong

A former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyei Agyapong, says the current educational system needs to be reviewed. He said the...