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Ashanti region records 40 per cent drop in fire outbreaks

Fire incidents has dropped by 40 per cent in the Ashanti Region,  between January and September of this year, compared to 2016. Casualty rates over...

PHOTOS: Train derails at Tesano

An Accra-bound train from Nsawam has derailed at the Tesano Railway Monday morning.It is unclear how many people were in the train, but two persons...

More deaths imminent over illegal pits – Mining firm warns

Management of Shaanxi Mining Company operating in the Gbane area of the Talensi District of the Upper East Region, have warned that illegal mining...

Men who impregnate girls under 18 in Sissala districts to pay money, buy cow

Traditional leaders have joined forces with parents in the Sissala East and West areas in the Upper West Region to devise some by-laws to...

Volta Region GJA launches maiden awards

The Volta Region branch of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has launched an award ceremony in Ho over the weekend to appreciate journalists and...

Tension in Accra as new Ga Mantse is installed

Tension is building in Accra following the installation of another Ga Chief, Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II.The rituals began late Friday and were carried through...

Ayensu Starch factory begins production

Ghana's only starch producing company which was shutdown for maintenance has begun production.Managing Director of the company, Evans Kwame Ayim confirmed this to Adom...

Police Officers to receive GH¢50,000 insurance cover

Mr David Asante-Apeatu, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) has announced that every police officer would soon have GH¢ 50,000 insurance cover.He said the amount would...

I have not invited Bastie to eat Banku at Flagstaff House – Akufo-Addo

The President’s Social Media Management team says a purported tweet congratulating Bastie Samir for defeating popular boxer Braimah Kamoko (Bukom Banku) is fake.A disclaimer...

Hot video: Bukom goes agog after Banku’s defeat

Residents at Bukom as suburb in Accra are in a jubilant mood following the humiliating defeat of boxer, Braimah Kamoko popularly known as 'Bukom...

NCA shows mercy; slashes FM stations’ fines by 50%

In an act of leniency, the Ministry of Communications and the National Communications Authority (NCA), have slashed the fines for the sanctioned commercial FM...

Atomic Junction gas explosion: Tanker driver dies

The driver of the Gas Tanker which exploded at Atomic Junction, near Madina about a fortnight ago which claimed seven lives and injured 134...

Hot Audio: Juju scare hits Kweikrom Basic School

Pupils and teachers of Gomoa Kweikrom basic school in the Central region are gripped with fear after fowls believed to have been slaughtered for...

HOT VIDEO: Rousing welcome ushers the King back to the Kingdom

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II was given a rousing welcome by a massive crowd at the Kumasi Airport upon his return from Brazil...

Audio: Angry Kwadaso residents threaten to close dangerous bridge

Angry residents at Kwadaso Estate in Kumasi have vowed to close to traffic a partly collapsed bridge that links the community to the rest...

PHOTO: Man commits suicide 3 days after posting suicide note on Facebook

A Ghanaian young man whose name has been given as Kofi Shanti Boafo has committed suicide three days after saying goodbye to his friends...

Stop whatsapping while driving – NRSC

Impact Souls Mission, in collaboration with Intercity State Transport Company and National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), has launched a campaign dubbed ‘The Accident Victim’s...

Atomic gas explosion: Tanker driver dead

The driver of the gas tanker that exploded at the Atomic Junction, Ussif, has died.This was confirmed by the Chairman of the Gas Tanker...

Nayele Ametefe mum fights state over assets

An Accra Financial High Court has dismissed a motion of stay of execution filed by lawyers of Akua Adubofour, mother of convicted cocaine baroness,...

PHOTOS: Otumfuo arrives home to rousing welcome

Business activities came to a halt as scores of residents in the Kumasi Metropolis lined up on the streets to wave at the Asantehene...

Okay FM, Hello FM off-air after NCA crackdown

Accra-based Okay FM and Kumasi-based Hello FM, both under the Despite group, have been shut down by the National Communications Authority (NCA), after their...

Photos: Pupils of Tapa Amanya RC sit on stones to learn

There are no classrooms or desks but pupils of Tapa Amanya Roman Catholic School primary school in the Biakoye district of Volta region are...

STC asked to suspend operations at Asafo Terminal

Intercity STC has been instructed to suspend its operations at the Asafo Lorry Terminal following the impasse between its management and VIP.The instruction came...

Video/Step by step guide: How to register on Digital Address system, other things you need to know

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has launched the National Digital Address System, “ghanapostGPS” in Accra.In partnership with the Communications Ministry and Ghana Post, the...

Bawumia’s convoy brouhaha: Can Prof Addai be complicit?

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr was an erstwhile Supreme Court Judge of United States of America. He was reported to have asserted that “certitude is...

Hot audio: Kwaku Bonsam to lead demo against ‘dangerous’ gas station

Popular fetish priest, Nana Kwaku Bonsam is lacing his boots to lead the people of Akomadan Afrancho to demonstrate against the citing of a...

REGSEC moves to resolve STC/VIP confusion

The Ashanti Regional Security Council (REGSEC) is urging calm as it takes steps to resolve the confusion between the State Transport Company (STC) and...

Our lives are in danger – Police cry

Personnel of the New Weija (SCC) Police in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region are living in fear over the siting...

Businessman partners TMA to solve Tema flooding problem

A private businessman in the Greater Accra Region has started partnering the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) to solve the perennial flooding in the city.Sledge...

Anlo Youth Council challenges the state on the acquisition of Keta Lagoon Complex as Ramsar Site

The state has been accused for not going according to the constitution of the land in acquiring the Keta Lagoon Complex compulsory   before its convention...

Daily Guide office in Kumasi locked

The office of Daily Guide newspaper in the Ashanti region has been locked by some irate youth in the area.The motive of the group...

Sack teachers, all 400 GES Directors to improve education – Prof Adei

Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Ashesi University, Prof. Stephen Adei has recommended the dismissal of all Directors of Education and...

Don’t ask successful people for money, ask for ideas Rev. Dr. Ofosu-Appiah admonishes

Senior Pastor and Founder of the All Nations Church in Atlanta, Georgia, Rev. Dr. Frank Ofosu-Appiah has advised the youth to desist from the...

‘Fresh’ lifeless baby found in Subin River

Traders of the Abinchi market in Kumasi of the Ashanti Region were yesterday (Monday) thrown into a state of shock when they discovered the...

Alert: False circulation of E-recruitment advert – GAF

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has cautioned the general public against fraudsters claiming to recruit personnel using social media as a ploy to achieve...

ACP Maame Tiwaah appointed acting Director of CID

Information reaching Adomonline.com is that Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Mrs Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah has been appointed as the acting Director General of...

Hot Audio: UK authorities clear Asantehene of money laundering claims

The National Crime Office in the UK has cleared the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu of wrongdoing when he handed about £350,000 cash to a...

61 Chinese arrested by Operation Vanguard task-force

Ninety-nine (99) illegal miners including 61 Chinese, have been arrested by government’s anti-galamsey task-force, Operation Vanguard.The latest arrest brings to 461 the number of...

Atomic Gas explosion-Sack “incompetent” NPA officials- Energy Minister told

Following last week’s gas explosion at Atomic Junction that killed a total of seven people and injured about 132 people, major stakeholders in the...