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Audio: JB Danquah’s ghost haunts family

The family of the late Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North constituency, Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu has made a passionate appeal to the government...

Dr. Nduom donates $64,000 to Catholic institutions

The Chairman of Ghana’s largest conglomerate, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has made a donation to some religious and educational institutions in the country as...

83% of Ghanaians without National ID

A report by the Committee on Communications of Parliament shows that the National Identification Authority (NIA) is yet to register and issue a national...

Fight against galamsey: Foreigners face 25 years jail term

The Government of Ghana, through a project management approach, shall be placing a moratorium on illegal mining for one year, in order to regain...

AMA declares war on ‘fly-dumpers’

We are galvanising a very strong public objection against undignified waste disposal in the Accra metropolis, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has noted, adding...

Assin North records high teen pregnancies

The Assin North District has recorded 273 teenage pregnancies in the first quarter of 2017.This represented an increase of 27 as against the 248...

Government to pay teacher trainee allowance in September

The scrapped allowance for teacher trainees across the country is to be restored by September this year, government has announced.Minister in charge of Tertiary...

Six Fire Officers caught in twin explosion in Takoradi

Six Fire Officers were part of the many who were injured during a gas explosion at the premises of a utensil company, Ghana Household...

Okyenhene is not involved in galamsey – Lands Ministry

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, has rubbished media reports suggesting that the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), in its latest report accused...

Dr. Nduom donates $64,000 to Catholic institutions

The Chairman of Ghana’s largest conglomerate, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has made a donation to some religious and educational institutions in the country as...

Talk to your citizens to respect our laws – Hamid tells Chinese Ambassador

The Minister of information, Mustapha Hamid has told the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana that the country will not hesitate to apply the full force...

Photos: Taxi driver stabs popular prophet to death

A renowned prophet in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis of the Western Region, Odeefo Nkwantabisa, has been stabbed to death by a taxi driver over a...

Over 70 SHS in northern Ghana postpone reopening

Senior High Schools in the three northern regions have delayed reopening indefinitely, JoyNews has learnt.The three regions together have a total of 72 Senior...

Audio+Photos: Kwanyarko sub chiefs demonstrate against chief

Sub-chiefs and members of Asafo companies in the Agona Kwanyarko of the Central Region have demonstrated against the chief of the town, Dr. Nana...

VIDEO: Kintampo Assembly blows GHC 370, 000 on rice and sugar for Muslims

The Kintampo District Assembly in the Brong Ahafo Region is in the news for blowing an amount of GHC 370, 000 on the purchase...

Amewu backs Okyenhene in BNI galamsey report scandal

The Ministry of Lands of Forestry has jumped to the defence of the Okyenhene in a recent BNI report accusing the Okyehene and his...

Be vessels of hounour unto God – Women advised

The General Overseer of the Jesus is the Light Evangelistic Ministry (JELEM), has urged women in the country to explore their God given talents...

Governor jailed for blasphemy against Koran

An Indonesian court has sentenced the minority Christian governor of Jakarta to two years in prison for blaspheming the Koran following a trial that...

VIDEO: Soldier lashes driver, mate for wrongful parking

A driver and his mate endured some painful strokes of a cane on Friday morning from a man in military uniform at 37 for...

Photos: Tema residents besiege police station over deadly shooting

There was a running battle between some residents of Tema and the police as the family of a man shot and killed by the...

Asia Huang remanded into prison custody

Asia Huang, the Chinese lady accused of deep involvement in illegal mining (galamsey) in Ghana has been remanded into prison custody by Justice Charles...

Church Building collapses on 15 worshippers

At least 15 people sustained various degrees of injury when an uncompleted church building they were worshipping in caved in at Gbawe-Borla in the...

Scores injured in gas explosion in Takoradi

There has been a gas explosion in Takoradi in the Western Region.Twenty five to thirty persons are said to have sustained varied degrees of...

137 fishermen arrested in Accra

A total of 137 fishermen have been arrested at Prampram in the Ningo-Prampram District in the Greater Accra Region for engaging in illegal fishing...

Contractors owed GH¢1.3bn – Report

Contractors engaged by government for the execution of various projects across the country are owed Ghc1.3 billion as at December 2016, the Parliamentary Select...

Students loan to go up by 50% …a maximum of GH¢3,000 accessible

Government, will from the beginning of the next academic year –2017/2018, increase the amount of loans that tertiary students are eligible to take for...

Hot AUDIO: Captain Smart, BT Baba clash over galamsey

It was fireworks on Adom FM’s Morning Show on Monday morning when host of the show, Captain Smart interviewed Member of Parliament for Talensi,...

Scrap dealer killed by robbers in broad daylight at Tema

A scrap dealer believed to be in his mid-40s was on Monday afternoon gunned down by unidentified gun men around the Tema Oil Refinery...

MoFA ‘cheap cars’ auctioneer risks losing license

The auctioneer involved in the irregular auctioning of 24 vehicles at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) risks losing his licence or being suspended...

Beer made from human urine being brewed in Denmark

Due to its yellowish color and strong odor, beer has oftentimes been likened in jest to urine.However, one brewery in Denmark, has been taking...

Upper East Regional Minister to sue Bugri Naabu over false accusation

The Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari has served notice that he’ll sue his fellow party member and Northern Regional Chairman of the governing...

We’ll resolve your issues next week – MoH to allied health professionals

Deputy Minister of Health Tina Mensah has assured members of the Coalition of Bonded Unposted Allied Health Professionals that government will address issues concerning...

GAF is not involved in ‘galamsey’- Col Aggrey Quarshie

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has denied claims that its officers are involved in galamsey activities in some parts of the country as stated...

Arrest of powerful Chinese galamsey woman; blow-by-blow account

A harmless revelation on Joy FM's Newsfile programme about how a powerful Chinese woman, blackmailed Ghana's top politicians and security officers with sex tapes...

708 killed within four months in road accident

Statistics from the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) indicates that a total of 708 people killed while 3,983 got injured in 4,049 road accidents...

Audio: Gov’t owes school feeding caterers GHC 165m

Government is indebted to caterers rendering services under the Ghana National School Feeding Programme (GNSFP) to the tune of GHc165 million.Public Relations Officer of...

Africa short of ‘true leaders’ – Alabi

Retired Rector of the University of Professional Studies Accra, Professor Joshua Alabi has advised the youth in the country to adhere to their dreams...

Avoid early sex to prevent cervical cancer

Dr Shimaila Ibrahim medical doctor in charge of the Daboase Ahmadiyya Hospital has entreated young ladies, especially teenagers to desist from engaging in early...

PHOTOS: “Who killed JB Danquah” posters pop up

The debate over the circumstances surrounding the death of former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North constituency, Joseph Danquah Adu appears to have been...

Drunkards strike, bare teeth at FDA over Adonko ban

Alcohol abusers in Ghana are currently on strike and have vouched to demonstrate against the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) if they fail to...