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Danger looms over fragile health system, bad roads at Yuni

Residents at Yuni in the Kumbungu District of the Northern Region are struggling for health centres coupled with difficulties in transporting sick persons to...

Check out contractor in charge of National Cathedral, number of workers

Work is steadily progressing on Ghana's interdenominational National Cathedral expected to be commissioned on March 6, 2024. One of the biggest firms in...

3 suspected robbers stab ‘pragya’ rider; bolt with cash

A 19-year-old tricycle (pragya) rider, Samuel Mensah, is fighting for his life after he was stabbed by robbers at Bibiani- Lineso. Adom News' Augustine Boah...

Okyenhene marks 71st birthday with clean up exercise

The Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin and the Okyeman Environment Foundation (OEF), in collaboration with Zoomlion Ghana Limited, organised a clean-up exercise on Monday,...

Bawumia launches Ghana TVET Service [Photos]

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Tuesday launched the Ghana Technical Vocational and Education Training (TVET) Service. This is part of the government's commitment...

Nat’l Cathedral: I’ll resign if we take money from gay community – Trustee Secretary [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Nat'l cathedral: I'll resign if we take money from gay community - Trustee Secretary The Secretary of the Board of Trustees in charge...

All TVET institutions to meet world-class statuses – Deputy Education Minister

All our 35 TVET institutions are being equipped to meet world-class statuses, Deputy Education Minister, Gifty Ampfo Twum has said. The move, according to...

Iron ore discovered in commercial quantities in Oti Region

Iron ore has been discovered in commercial quantities in the Oti Region. It is at Akokrowa, a farming community in the Oti Region. The Minister of...

TVET Education: Deputy Minister sends all-important message to parents

Deputy Education Minister, Gifty Twum Ampofo, has urged parents to be supportive of their children who have an interest in Technical and Vocational Training...

Three-year-old burnt to death in fire incident at Tikrom

A three-year-old girl has burnt to death in a house fire at Tikrom in the Ejisu-Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The incident happened Tuesday dawn...

Krobo groups make fresh demands to ECG over bills

Two major youth groups in the Krobo area of the Eastern Region have called on the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to declare its...

Tipper truck driver fined for killing 11-year-old boy

A 27-year-old tipper truck driver, Emmanuel Ackon, who crashed an 11-year-old pupil, Michael Abekah Jackson to death, has been sentenced to a fine of...

Fire ravages 12 shops at Agbogba [Photos]

Fire has razed down about 12 kiosks which served as shelter for some squatters at Agbogba Cemetery junction in the Greater Accra Region. The...

First batch of ‘Twa w’anum na kɔ Spain’ promo winners rewarded

GB Foods Ghana, one of the leading FMCG companies in Ghana and manufacturers of Gino and Pomo range of products, has rewarded the first...

3-day-old baby dumped at refuse site rescued

A three-day-old baby boy has been found alive on a refuse dump at Sefwi Asem Nyinaa Krom, a farming community in the Bia East...

Man shot dead during gun battle with armed robbers at Sehwi

A man, believed to be in his forties, has been shot dead during a gun battle with suspected armed robbers at Sehwi Bokabo in...

Sammy Gyamfi gives condition under which he’ll take covid vaccine [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Sammy Gyamfi gives conditions under which he will take covid vaccines The Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has revealed...

Joy FM’s Philip Nai and friends to feed underprivileged kids on Christmas eve

It’s that season of the year again – Christmas – during which love is spread in various ways around the world. This year, Lead Producer...

Angry youth chase chief over galamsey

Some youth at Asamang Tamfoe in the Atiwa East District of the Eastern Region are up in arms over what they described as the...

Check out the cleanest river in Ghana

Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor has named River Dayi in the Hohoe Municipality of the Volta region as the cleanest...

Man butchers elder brother over their mother’s estate

A 34-year-old man, who slashed his elder brother’s thigh and shoulder with a cutlass over their mother’s estate at Teshie, near Accra, has appeared...

NSMQ: Ketasco’s Fransica Lamini scores another straight As in WASSCE

National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) poster girl, Francisca Lamini has continued to exhibit impressive prowess even outside the contest. Though her school did not...

Chief in police grips over Tatale dispute

The Northern Regional Police have picked up another Chief in connection with the dispute in the Tatale district of the Northern Region that led...

Economic Fighters League quits #FixTheCountry Movement

The Economic Fighters League (EFL) has announced its decision to quit the FixTheCountry Movement. According to the group, the FixTheCountry Movement which began as a...

UNICEF celebrates 75th anniversary in grand style [Photos]

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) office in Ghana has marked the 75th anniversary of the global scheme in a grand event Monday, December...

Man arrested for allegedly murdering woman at Parkoso [Photos]

Police have arrested a man suspected of murdering a young woman at Parkoso close to Asokore Mampong in Kumasi. Scenes from his house indicated that...

National Cathedral will bring ‘Israel to Ghana’ – Prophet Boateng

Founder of Power Chapel Worldwide and the Executive Secretary of Board of Trustees, National Cathedral, Prophet Victor Kusi Boateng, has revealed that the building...

COVID-19: Vaccination must be by choice not by force – Sammy Gyamfi fumes

The Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress has hit back at the Ghana Health Service (GHS) for its decision to make vaccination compulsory...

Check out latest update on 2021 police recruitment exercise

The Police Service says medical examination and interviews for successful applicants in this year’s recruitment exercise will commence today, Monday. In a press statement, signed...

Scores of dead fish washed ashore at Weija Lake

Scores of dead fish have been washed ashore at the Weija Lake in the Greater Accra Region.The incident coincided with the sudden blackening of...

No covid vaccination card, no entry – NPP delegates warned ahead of conference [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · NPP leadership to prevent unvaccinated delegates from attending national conference Delegates coming for the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) upcoming National Annual Delegates Conference...

COVID-19: European Investment Bank supports Ghana with €82.5m

European Investment Bank (EIB) has supported Ghana with €82.5 million to strengthen healthcare, provision of specialist medical equipment and medicines across Ghana under the...

Two brothers jailed 50 years for robbing Uber driver

Two persons who robbed an Uber driver of his techno mobile phone and cash of GHC600 after pulling out a pistol and cutlass on...

Police officer jailed for sharing photos of murdered sisters

A cop has been jailed for sharing photos of two murdered sisters who allegedly boasted about covering up crimes in racist WhatsApp messages. Pc Deniz...

Otumfuo commemorates gold coins launch with praise to the King

A host of dignitaries on Sunday, December 12, 2021, gathered at the Manhyia Palace to toast to the successes of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei...

Zoomlion donates GH¢50,000 to Ghana National Mosque complex project

The management and staff of Zoomlion Ghana Limited led by the Executive Chairman, Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has donated GH¢50,000.00 to the National Chief...

COVID-19: Vaccination card not mark of ‘666’ – GHS

The COVID-19 vaccines have been scientifically proven to be safe, and the vaccination card is not a mark of “666”, the mark of the...

Peace FM loses another employee

The Despite Media Group is mourning the sudden demise of one of its employees. Emmanuel Atiemo, until his demise, was the IT technician working with Accra-based Peace FM. He...

Opuni files another application to remove Justice Honyenuga from his case

A former Executive Director of COCOBOD, Dr Stephen Opuni, has filed a new application at the High Court seeking the removal of Justice Clemence...

DOVVSU drops scary rape, defilement statistics

Statistics available at the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service indicate that 1,047 girls were defiled, while 305...