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Ghana Health Service probes death of 19-year-old law student

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is investigating the unfortunate passing of Nana Obeng, a 19-year-old second-year law student at the University of Ghana, at...

We don’t want you again – Dome market women tell Adwoa Safo

Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament (MP), Adwoa Safo's visit to the Dome market took a different turn as some women booed and hooted at her....

Menzgold customers storm court ahead of NAM 1’s hearing

The police are having a tough time controlling a swarm of Menzgold customers who have stormed the court ahead of Nana Appiah Mensah’s (NAM...

NPP vice chairman dies in motor accident 

The First Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Offinso South constituency of the Ashanti Region, Dauda Afriyie, has been killed...

Why I chose Bawumia as running mate – Akufo-Addo reveals

President Nana Akufo-Addo has for the first time publicly revealed the reasons behind his selection of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as his running mate despite...

Any poll that puts Bawumia below 75% is not credible – Sammy Awuku

The campaign team of the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has rejected the Global Info Analytics survey suggesting that Dr Bawumia leads with 43.5%...

Akosombo Dam spillage: Floods recede at Mepe

The Deputy Director-General of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Seji Saji Amedonu has said the flood has receded by more than three feet...

Global Info Analytics predicts run-off in NPP presidential election

As the New Patriotic Party (NPP) primaries draw nearer, a recent survey conducted by Global Info Analytics reveals Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as...

Court sets aside injunction against Ga Manye’s funeral

An Accra High Court has set aside an injunction against the funeral of the Ga Manye, Naa Dedei Omaeduru II.Some seven on Wednesday...

Photos: A night at a shelter housing Akosombo Dam spillage victims

As the sun sets over Mepe, a solemn moment of reflection descends upon the victims of the recent flooding caused by the spillage of...

Ga Manye funeral: Traditional Council reacts to injunction

The organizers of the funeral service for the late Ga Manye, Naa Dedei Omaedru III, say they will proceed with the ceremony on Saturday,...

I only disagree with Mahama on partisan balance of judiciary appointments – Atuguba

A retired justice of the Supreme Court, William Atuguba, has stated that former President John Dramani Mahama has every right to address the growing...

Kasoa teenagers buried 11-year-old boy alive – Investigator tells court

The investigator in the case in which two teenagers are standing trial for allegedly murdering an 11-year-old boy for money ritual at Kasoa has...

Cecilia Dapaah case: CJ rejects OSP’s request to remove judge

The Chief Justice has requested a request by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to remove Justice Edward Twum from Cecilia Dapaah's case.The...

Western Togoland Secession trial: Six convicted

An Accra High Court has convicted six persons for their various involvement in activities to break away the ‘so called’ Western Togoland from Ghana.  The convicts...

Retired judge slams Supreme Court over 2020 election petition

A former Appeals Court judge, Justice Saeed Kwaku Gyan has expressed his dismay at the Supreme Court's handling of the 2020 Election Petition.Justice Gyan...

GJA petitions military over assault of Akyemansa FM journalist by soldiers

The Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) has petitioned the Military High Command over the assault of the morning show host of Akyemansa FM, Nicholas Morkah...

Supreme Court ruling on Gyakye Quayson’s case scandalous – Atuguba

Former Supreme Court Justice, Justice William Atuguba, has taken on the Supreme Court over its judgment in the case of the Assin North Member...

Ghanaian woman arrested in Taiwan for overstaying visa for 34 years

A Ghanaian national suspected of illegally staying in Taiwan for an estimated 34 years has been arrested, after officers noticed her “acting suspiciously” when...

Man jailed 20 years for defiling baby

A 31-year-old man, who defiled a one-year, seven-month-old baby at Madina Social Welfare, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour by...

Police confirms complaint of assault on GHOne TV presenter by alleged Chief Imam’s security

The Police have confirmed that a case of assault has been lodged against persons alleged to be associated with the National Chief Imam, Sheikh...

Catholic priest takes a wife; says God didn’t make a mistake creating man and woman

An ordained Kenyan Catholic priest has taken the unusual step of getting married.In the Catholic tradition, priests are supposed to commit to a life...

Akosombo Dam Spillage: Desist from drinking water from Volta Lake – FDA Warns 

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has warned the public, especially people living along the Lower Volta to desist from drinking water from the...

Saglemi Housing Contractor found dead

The contractor who executed the controversial Saglemi Affordable Housing Project, Andrew Clocanas, has reportedly died at his Airport Residential apartment.Reports say his remains...

Chief arrested over alleged attempted sodomy of 17-year-old boy

Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested the chief of New Akrofuom, Nana Kwaku Amoah, in the Adansi Asokwa district for allegedly attempting to...

Ticking Time Bomb! Kusasis and Mamprusis deepen conflict on social media with animal labels

In 1992, Rwandan politician Leon Mugesera referred to Tutsis as “Inyenzi”, meaning cockroaches. This insulting, dehumanizing language triggered a genocide, which happened in 1994...

Galamsey fight: I was confident of Akufo-Addo’s support but I was wrong – Frimpong-Boateng

Former Environment Minister, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has expressed his disillusionment with the lack of support from President Akufo-Addo in the battle against illegal small-scale...

JK wins Adepam Season 3

In a thrilling finale of Adepam Season 3, JK, representing the Central Region, clinched the prestigious title, leaving the female contestants disappointed once again.This...

One dead in Makango floods, hundreds displaced

One person has been reported dead in the Makango floods in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region, while two persons, who drowned...

Akosombo Dam spillage: I can’t even eat – Businessman who lost ¢200k cries

A businessman who lost about ¢200,000 worth of products due to the Akosombo Dam spillage said he urgently needs the state to come to...

Akosombo Dam spillage: Displaced single mother of 3 calls for help

Benedicta Atigodo, a single mother of three, has been displaced by floodwaters in Mepe, a town in the North Tongue District of the Volta...

Over 200 shops destroyed in fire outbreak at Makola

Over 200 shops have been destroyed in a fire outbreak at the Makola Mall opposite the Ghana School of Law in Accra.The fire, whose...

We remain JoyNews, beware of imitations!

JoyNews, a brand of the Multimedia Group, has become aware of a website named joynewsroom.com. We wish to state that the website is neither part...

Asantehene replies Dormaahene

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has replied the Dormaa chief, Oseadeayo Agyeman Badu II on his recent pronouncements about the powers of the...

Renowned lawyer Akoto Ampaw passes on

Veteran Ghanaian lawyer and human rights, activist, Anthony Akoto Ampaw has passed on.Accra-based Asaase radio confirmed this in a post on X formerly Twitter.According...

Poisoned for Gold: Ten major rivers in Ghana polluted with heavy metals – Test reveals [Video]

Tests conducted on ten major rivers across the country have revealed high levels of dangerous heavy metals.The Oda, Ankobra, Tano, Offin and six others...

Anti-galamsey taskforce commander shot in Eastern region

The Commander of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners Task Force, Patrick Don-Chebe has survived gunshots by galamsey operators during their routine...

Gyakye Quayson’s contempt case against K.T Hammond dismissed

An Accra High Court says it does not find Trade Minister, Kobina Tahir Hammond guilty of contempt following some comments made regarding the outcome...

Akosombo dam spillage: Flood victims resort to using polluted water

There is danger ahead for thousands of residents in parts of the Volta region affected by the floods caused by spilled waters from the...

National Cathedral Secretariat reacts to Duncan-Williams, Eastwood Anaba’s resignation

The National Cathedral Secretariat has refuted the basis for the resignation of Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams and Rev. Eastwood Anaba from the Board of Trustees.In...