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Pupils of Chati Akura M/A primary school learn under trees and sit on tree roots

Education is pain for pupils of Chati Akura M/A primary school in the Nkwanta South Municipality in the Oti Region. Some of the pupils learn...

Some commercial drivers in Kumasi buy fuel on credit

Some commercial drivers in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, are being compelled to buy fuel on credit, following the rise in fuel prices, which...

Akoto Ampaw’s strong message to Barker-Vormawor’s supporters after bail

Akoto Ampaw, lead counsel for #FixTheCountry convenor, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has charged supporters to jubilate in moderation following his bail. Mr Barker-Vormawor was on Wednesday granted...

Queen mother declares 3-day fasting and prayer for Drobo

Wednesday, March 16, 2022 marked the beginning of a three-day fasting and prayer programme at Drobo in the Bono Region. The programme was organised by...

All set for 2022 Kwahu Paragliding Festival – GTA

All is set for this year’s Kwahu Easter Paragliding Festival, Kofi Atta Kakra Kusi, Deputy Head, Corporate Affairs, Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), has disclosed. He...

Educate youth in management of plastics

The Ministries of Sanitation and Water Resources, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Local Government and Education have been urged to sensitise the youth in the management...

Suspended Sekondi MCE faces court today

The suspended Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western Region, Abdul Mumin Issah, is expected to reappear before court today . He was...

Prof Adei chides Mahama over Supreme Court comment

The Chairperson of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Professor Stephen Adei, has criticised former President John Mahama over his comments on the recent...

Group ‘angry’ at Agric Minister

A group of key players in Ghana’s agricultural industry has expressed its utmost disappointment in certain utterances made by the Agric Minister, Dr Owusu...

Bawku: 9-year-old and female student killed

An Assembly Member at Bawku, Paul Musah, has disclosed that, in addition to three Military officers, some residents were also caught up in the...

Teachers to pay bungalow rent not new but controversial – Ministry of Information

Information Officer at the Ministry of Information, Raymond Coffie, has clarified that a release from the Ghana Education Service (GES) over the payment of...

Free SHS policy must be reviewed – Prof. Stephen Adei

Economist and Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission, Professor Stephen Adei, has called for a review of the government’s flagship Free Senior High...

Executive must cut pay by 25% – Prof. Adei

The Chairperson of the National Development Planning Commission, Professor Stephen Adei, has added his voice to calls for government to reduce its expenditure in...

Oliver Barker-Vormawor spends one more night behind bars despite bail

#FixTheCountry convener, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, spent one more night in Police custody despite being granted bail. Barker-Vormawor was granted bail to the tune of GH¢2 million...

Bawku Police Commander calls for reinforcement

Police at Bawku in the Upper East Region are calling for reinforcement following the murder of three military officers in renewed clashes. The situation, according...

GES sets records straight on 10% salary for rent

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has defended its decision to deduct 10 per cent of salaries of teachers who reside in government bungalows as...

Two killed, houses burnt over renewed chieftaincy dispute at Jantong

Two persons have been confirmed dead and five houses torched in a renewed chieftaincy dispute at Jantong in the North East Gonja District of...

Bullion van robberies: Family of late Corporal Stephen Nyame speaks

The family of the late police officer, Lance Corporal Stephen Kwaku Nyame, has disclosed that their brother struggled financially and sometimes called back for...

Fair-minded citizens who spoke up during Mahama’s regime must speak now – Franklin Cudjoe

The founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, Mr. Franklin Cudjoe, has urged Ghanaians who criticised the...

3 military officers shot in Bawku

JoyNews/AdomNews · One military officer battling for his life, 2 others seriously injured at Bawku The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Amadu Hamza Zoogo has confirmed...

2022 Kwahu Easter Festivities: GTA adds hot balloon air to paragliding activities

The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has assured the 2022 Easter Festivities at Kwahu in the Eastern Region will be nothing short of the usual...

2022 Kwahu Easter: Planning Committee to release festival guide

The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has announced the release of a festival guide for the 2022 Easter celebration at Kwahu in the Eastern Region. The...

Crime officer to process Barker-Vormawor’s bail nowhere to be found – #FixTheCountry convener

The trial of #FixTheCountry Movement convener, Oliver Barker-Vomawor, has taken a rather interesting twist even after he was granted bail. Hours after his bail application...

GNAT demands withdrawal of 10% rent charges on teachers

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has asked the Ghana Education Service (GES) to withdraw its circular directing teachers or staff occupying government...

Bible never said money is the root of evil – Sam George

The Ningo-Prampram Member of Parliament (MP), Sam Nartey George, has called on Christians to leverage every legal means possible to earn as much money...

Stop giving free fuel to govt appointees for them to understand us better – Duncan Amoah [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · COPEC ON FREE FUEL Executive Director of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers, Ghana (COPEC) says government appointees do not feel the heat of...

Govt not helping the people like it promised – D-Black

Desmond Kwesi Blackmore, popularly known as ‘D-Black’, has added his voice to the recent public sentiments about the cost of living in the country. In...

Former NADMO staff arrested over GHS43K salary [Video]

https://youtu.be/gVgn2o7F5qg A former staff of the Savelugu National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Alhassan Seidu Mahama, has been arrested over a GHS43,000 salary. Mr Mahama, despite...

CLOGSAG calls for removal of Henrietta Lamptey as head of Births and Deaths Registry [Audio]

The Executive Secretary of Civil and Local Government Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG), Isaac Bampoe Addo, has called for the removal of madam Henrietta Lamptey as...

Challenging Heights rescues 23 children on Volta Lake

Over 23 children have been rescued from 15 different villages along Lake Volta engaged in modern-day slavery. The children, 17 boys and six girls, are...

Huge dog interrupts video call by cheekily climbing over helpless owner

A dog has been caught hilariously interrupting a Zoom video call by climbing all over his poor owner and sticking his fluffy tail in front of...

Beyi W’ano: Efua Sutherland’s family starts online petition for Children’s Park renovation [Video]

The current state of the Efua Sutherland Children’s Park, which was established in 1979, is nothing to write home about as it has been...

30% of palm oil in Ghanaian markets fail FDA’s Sudan dye test

As part of the Food and Drugs Authority’s (FDA) routine market surveillance activities on food safety in 2021, about 30% of palm oil found...

People with flashy lifestyles being monitored – GRA [Listen]

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has said it has set up a new department to ensure rich individuals, as well as those who live...

Presec-Legon NSMQ team member crowned overall best WASSCE student in Ghana, 2nd in West Africa

An immediate past student of the Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School (Presec-Legon), Kwame Brako Asante, has emerged as the overall best student in the 2021...

Radio Gold back on air

Accra-based Radio Gold is back on air after three years of being shut down due to sanctions imposed on it by the National Communications Authority (NCA). The...

Aide stabbed as thugs vandalise NPP MP’s office and bolt with cash

The office of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Constituency, Alfred Obeng Boateng, has been vandalised by some unidentified...

Odaw drain choked ahead of seasonal rains

The Odaw drain, which begins at the Caprice Bridge at Alajo and runs 10 kilometres to the edge of the Korle Lagoon in Accra,...

Encroachers on spare dealers’ land at Anyaa served final evacuation notice

The Greater Accra Second hand Spare parts Dealers Association (GASSDA) with support from the Ga Central Municipal Assembly and the police has given final...

GRA sends important message to landlords over tax on property[Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · GRA sends important message to landlords over tax on properties The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has called on landlords in the country to...