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ASEPA boss detained by Police over ‘Akufo-Addo presidential jet UK trip’ allegation

The Executive Director of the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), Mensah Thompson, is currently being detained at the Teshie District...

Private citizen challenges reinstatement of Prof Avoke

A Private Citizen, Kwabena Ofori, has filed a case at the Supreme Court asking that it sets aside a ruling of a Winneba High...

Otumfuo’s achievements monumental – Bawumia

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, says leading the Committee of Eminent Chiefs to restore peace to Dagbon after 17 years of chieftaincy conflict...

Stanbic Bank clears air on arrest of customer in banking hall

Stanbic Bank Ghana has reacted to the arrest of a customer in the banking hall of one of its branches. The customer had alleged on...

5 fishermen die of groin hernia due to inability to raise money for surgery

About five fishermen in the Western regional town of Axim died from groin hernia due to the lack of money for surgery in 2021,...

Angry Kejetia traders rescind decision to pay electricity bills for separate meters

Traders at the Kejetia Market in Kumasi have rescinded a decision to pay for the cost of separate meters at the facility. The traders in...

UTAG strike: Africa Education Watch calls for closure of universities until…

Africa Education Watch has called on Vice-Chancellors to close down all public universities until the UTAG strike is called off.The Africa Education Watch observed...

Bawumia is a friend of the church- Christian Council of Ghana

General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Cyril Fayose, has praised the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for his cordial relations with...

PAC grills Foreign Affairs Ministry over $60K ‘ghost’ project

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday spent hours questioning officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs over payments unaccounted for in the Auditor...

Yaa Naa donates GH¢10,000 to national cathedral project

The overlord of Dagbon, Yaa Naa Abukari II, has made a donation of GHC10,000 to the national cathedral project. The donation was made on his...

Covid-19: GHS records 7 deaths in 2 days

Seven people died of Covid-19 from February 2 to 3, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed. As of February 1, the GHS reported 1,412...

Thieves break into prophet Kumchacha’s house; bolt with GHC10k [Video]

https://youtu.be/gOeC4NySxLc Suspected thieves have broken into the home of the founder and leader of Heaven's Gate Ministry, Prophet Nicholas Osei, aka Kumchacha at Kasoa-Tuba. The incident,...

Covid-19: 40 biomedical scientists undergo training in RNA extraction techniques for testing [Photos]

The Department of Molecular Medicine of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) together with Kumasi Hive Biolab, are working around the...

Health Minister speaks on Covid-19 deaths

JoyNews/AdomNews · The country needs fixing, but government needs time - Health Minister Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has revealed that Ghana’s Covid-19 death toll as...

LGBTQ+ bill: Don’t succumb to pressure – Chief Biney tells govt

Deputy National Organizer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Chief Biney Hamilton Nixon, has advised the government to make firm decisions regarding the anti...

Pastor who shaved congregants’ pubic hair in fresh trouble

Leader of the End-time Church of Nations, Nana Mensah-Mark, popularly known as Pastor Blinks, has been arrested and is facing court. The pastor is known...

MTTD makes GH₵136k from road offences in January

The Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service has revealed that a total of GH₵136,440.00 was accumulated from road and...

Supreme Court throws out lawyer Kwasi Afrifa

The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by Mr Kwasi Afrifa who is seeking to stop disciplinary proceedings against him by the General Legal Council...

UN Peace Ambassador visits Mahama over national security issues

United Nations Eminent Peace Ambassador, Dr Samuel Ben Owusu, has paid a courtesy call on former President John Mahama to discuss National Peace and Security development. Among many things that...

He who pays the piper dictates the tune – Sam George criticises CDD’s survey on Anti-LGBTQ+ bill

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo-Prampram and Lead Sponsor for the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill, Sam George, has dismissed the survey by the Centre for Democratic...

DVLA to implement computer-based test in 6 local dialects

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has revealed it will soon roll out a voice-over touch screen test in six local dialects.  The computer-based...

Assin North MP was attending urgent Parliamentary business – Tsatsu Tsikata tells Supreme Court

Renowned Legal Practitioner, Tsatsu Tsikata, says his client, James Gyekye Quayson, was attending to urgent Parliamentary business, hence his absence from the Supreme Court...

Residents of Borae No.2 forced to share drinking water with animals

Residents of Borae No. 2 in the Krachi-Nchumuru district in the Northern region are compelled to share their only fungal-contaminated dugout source of water...

Major Mahama: Investigator refutes claims that lynching video was manipulated

Chief Inspector Samuel Agyarkwa, the investigator in the trial of the alleged murderers of Major Maxwell Mahama, says it is not possible the video...

Govt urged to partner with private institutions to build more houses

Chief Executive Officer of Properties GH, Eugene Baah-Duodu, has called on the government to collaborate with institutions into building property to help address the...

Ghana Airports Compay MD breaks silence on dismissal [Audio]

The dismissed Managing Director (MD) of the Ghana Airports Company Limited, Yaw Kwakwa, says he is not aware of any letter to that effect. JoyNews/AdomNews...

Witch doctor, husband arrested over assault on 70-year-old ‘wizard’

A witch doctor and her husband have been arrested for allegedly instigating the attack on 70-year-old Abia, accused of being a wizard. Zianatu and her...

Kwadwofour D/A ‘collapses’ due to inadequate classrooms

Kwadwofour D/A basic school in the Krachi-Nchumuru District of the Oti Region has collapsed due to lack of classrooms infrastructure for effective teaching and...

GES begins ICT training for teachers nationwide

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has rolled out an Information Communication Training training as part of the One Teacher One Laptop initiative. The training,...

It’s a fact Ghanaians are suffering – Gabby Otchere-Darko

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has acknowledged Ghanaians are suffering. But he is quick to add it is a global phenomenon in...

GRA fails to account for 97 confiscated vehicles – Auditor-General reveals

The Auditor-General (A-G) has cited the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) for failing to account for 97 vehicles the authority seized between January 2015 and...

Alleged $5m bribe: Kwasi Afrifa to face General Legal Council on February 16

The lawyer at the centre of the alleged $5 million bribe involving the Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, is to appear before the General Legal...

Parliament approves agreement to construct bridge over Afram River

Parliament has approved an amount of €350M for the construction of a bridge over the Afram River and of 124Km of roads from Adawso-Bunso,...

MD for Ghana Airports Company sacked

President Nana Akufo-Addo has terminated the appointment of Yaw Kwakwa, the Managing Director (MD) of the Ghana Airports Company Limited. A letter dated February 4,...

Why CDD is mounting strong defence against anti-LGBTQ bill [Audio]

The Centre for Democratic Development Ghana (CDD-Ghana) has reiterated it is against the passage of the Anti-LGBTQ bill. Lead Researcher at CDD, Bernard Anaba, speaking...

UTAG strike: Student groups clash over demo

JoyNews/AdomNews · Student groups clash over UTAG strike demo The planned demonstration by university students over the strike by University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG)...

IFES supports NTC’s entrance exam for colleges

The Institute for Education Studies (IFES) has rallied support behind the National Teacher’s Council (NTC) on their entrance examination agenda. This examination is to be...

Govt sets 14 conditions Maxam company must meet before permit

Government has outlined some 14 conditions for Maxam Limited, the company at the centre of the explosion that occurred at Apiate near Bogoso in...

One dead in road accident on Kumasi-Accra highway

A driver’s mate has been confirmed dead after an articulated truck loaded with bags of rice run into another truck loaded with cement at...

Emile Short wades into controversial e-levy debate

A former Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, Justice Emile Short, has called on the government to pay heed to the views of...