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Girl needs urgent surgery to save fingers dipped into boiling water over ¢2

A nine-year-old girl has given a chilling account of how her guardian held her hand into boiling water as punishment for taking ¢2 to...

Police give update on Nkroful Magistrate Court, Esiama Police station chaos

The Western Regional Police Command has, so far, arrested eleven persons for their involvement in the attacks on the Esiama Divisional Headquarters, the Nkroful...

Man, 40, dies in hotel after allegedly taking sex enhancement drug

A 40-year-old man identified as Albert Agomavi has died in a hotel room after allegedly using an aphrodisiac to enhance his sexual intercourse with...

Televise court proceedings to avoid bias accusations – Judge urges

A Justice of the Court of Appeal, Justice Sir Dennis Dominic Adjei, is calling for court proceedings to be televised to give the public...

Curfew imposed at Kwabenya

A 12-hour curfew has been imposed on Kwabenya and its environs in the Dome Kwabenya Constituency of the Greater Accra Region. The 7 pm to...

Corrupt people hate transparency – Dr Bawumia

The Akufo-Addo government’s infusion of digitalization in the provision of government services as part of the fight against corruption is beginning to yield major...

Fumesua Anglican Basic JHS students endure congestion and intense heat

Students of Fumesua Anglican Basic and Junior High School have called on the government to immediately complete a six-unit classroom block abandoned at the school premises. The...

Emotional tribute by Dag Heward-Mills’ wife to late son [read]

The death of the eldest child of the Heward-Mills’ came as a huge surprise to many across the world but even more concerning was...

E-levy: Some money transfers have already been done to the Consolidated Fund – Ken Ashigbey

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, Dr. Ken Ashigbey, says since the implementation of the E-levy some 5 days ago,...

ECG extends debt payment to five years for Krobo customers

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has offered customers within the Krobo District five years repayment period to clear all their indebtedness to the...

Pastor charges $700 fee to ‘take people to heaven’

An evangelist is in trouble after telling people he knows of a gate leading to heaven from south-western Nigeria that he can show them,...

E-levy: Panic withdrawals hit mobile money vendors – Spokesperson for Association

The Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana has stated that there has been unprecedented panic withdrawals at the mobile money vending stations after five...

Driver’s mate dead, others in critical condition in fatal accident at Gomoa Okyereko [Photos]

A driver's mate has been confirmed dead in a fatal accident at Gomoa Okyereko on the Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway in the Central Region. Two others...

It is a calling from God – S3x worker opens up on job [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Prostitution is a calling from God - S3x worker A sex worker who has given her name as Rochelle Grace has revealed the...

Driver jailed 10 years for pouring acid on girlfriend

The High Court in Accra has sentenced Bright Boso, a driver, who was charged for allegedly pouring acid on his girlfriend to 10 years...

UDS to integrate Ghanaian students from Ukraine

The University for Development Studies (UDS) has rolled out an initiative to help integrate Ghanaian students who returned from Ukraine into the university to...

Court temporarily suspends hearing of Ato Essien’s case

The High Court has temporarily suspended hearing the criminal case against the founder of defunct Capital bank, Michael Ato Essien while waiting for the...

Transport fares to go up

Transport unions in the country have vowed to increase transport fares. This follows President Akufo-Addo’s outright rejection of suggestions to scrap taxes on petroleum products...

ECG sends SOS message to prepaid customers

The Electricity Company of Ghana is assuring consumers that the technical challenge with respect to the prepayment system will be rectified by the close...

The reality is that the journalist’s salary is not the best – Francis Abban

A broadcast journalist and programmes manager at Accra-based Starr FM, Francis Abban has admitted to the low-income levels of journalists across the country. According...

15-year-old girl arrested for faking kidnapping incident

The Assin Fosu Police Command has arrested a 15-year-old girl for allegedly faking her kidnapping and demanding a ransom of ¢20,000 from her father. An...

SHS 2 student invents car from scraps

A Senior High School (SHS) 2 Automobile Engineering student of the Tarkwa Community Development And Vocational Technical Institute (CONVOTECH) has invented a mini truck...

Asantehene plays golf [Photos]

Photos of Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II playing golf has gone viral on social media. The Asantehene is in Memphis, Tennessee, USA attending the Memphis...

Akufo-Addo receives peace award

The Young Democrat Union of Africa (YDUA) has presented to President Nana Akufo-Addo the ‘Africa Peace Award’. The award is for contributions to the...

‘Why are you bent on appealing High Court ruling that reinstated Avoke, others?’ – UEW Governing Chair quizzes

The Governing Council of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), says it’s getting frustrated how some of its principal officers are determined to appeal...

Govt reacts to report on press freedom

Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has stated that the government has welcomed the report by the Reporters Without Borders (RSF), on Ghana’s press...

I stopped my son from investing in Ghana – Japan-based Ghanaian reveals

Japan-based Ghanaian, Kwabena Yeboah has said he stopped his son who is an architect from investing in Ghana. He feared those who would be put...

NHIA CEO Okoe Boye assumes office

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) transition team has ushered in its new Chief Executive, Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, into office.    At a brief management...

Why do you name your child ‘owuo’? It’s foolishness, ignorance – Duncan-Williams

Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has said it is “foolishness” for any parent to name their child 'Owuo', which means death in the Akan language of...

Supreme Court sends important message to GRA over E-Levy deductions

The Supreme Court has ordered the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to keep accurate records of all e-levy deductions to enable a refund to payees...

Duncan-Williams’ powerful prayer for ailing Benny Hinn

Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has led his church to pray for healing for fellow preacher, Benny Hinn who is battling a heart problem. The Israeli...

Zoomlion CEO wins maiden CEO of CEOs Award of the Year

The Chief Executive Officer of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has been adjudged the “CEO of CEOs” and “CEO of the Year-Sanitation”...

GJA reacts to Ghana’s latest Press Freedom ranking

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) says it did not expect Ghana's "precipitous" decline on the World Press Freedom index even in the existence of a...

E-Levy: Supreme Court dismisses application for interlocutory injunction

An interlocutory injunction application being sought by the Minority in parliament on the operationalisation of e-levy pending the determination of a substantive case before...

CCTV footage of gory accident at Labone junction

A Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) footage that gives a visual account of the gory accident that occurred at Labone junction in Accra which claimed...

Nurse who lost legs in Russian war dances with husband during wedding ceremony

A couple in Ukraine shared a moving first dance on Monday, with the groom holding the bride in his arms weeks after she lost...

Baby dumped in public toilet named after Adom FM

A newborn baby dumped in a public toilet at Tuna in the Sawla District of the Savannah region has been named after Adom FM. This...

Afi Azaratu Yakubu appointed Executive Secretary of Small Arms Commission

President Akufo-Addo has appointed Afi Azaratu Yakubu as the Executive Secretary of the Small Arms Commission and Light Weapons. She takes over from Jones...

Police on manhunt for killers of top politician’s daughter

South African police are hunting for the killers of the 28-year-old daughter of a former secretary-general of the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters party. Hillary Gardee’s...

Boy, 4, found dead with body parts missing at Gomoa Nyanyano [Video]

https://youtu.be/ojrdyJ794p0 A four-year-old boy has allegedly been killed and dumped into a river at Gomoa Nyanyano in the Central region. According to eyewitnesses, the body of...