A mentally challenged woman believed to be in her early 30s has succesfully given birth to a bouncing baby girl at the Aboabo forest in the Tamale metropolis. According to an eyewitness, the woman was found in labour by a young man who was attending to natures call in the …
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Ghana Water Company resumes supply to Sekondi-Takoradi after 10 days
The Western Region Office of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has resumed water supply to the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis from its Daboase Headworks in the Wassa East District after ten days of cut in supply. The cut in water supply was as a result of a cable blast, which affected …
Read More »Akua Donkor heads to ICJ over case against Akufo-Addo, Bawumia
Founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) Akua Donkor has said she is heading to the International Court of Justice over the violation of her human rights, following the dismissal of her case against President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Her suit sought the removal of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa …
Read More »Bukom Banku’s ‘enemy’ Bastie Samir returns to the ring on December 26
Two years after his historic and emphatic victory over Bukom Banku, Bastie Samir is set to make a return to the boxing ring on December 26, 2019. Bastie inflicted on Banku his first and so far, only defeat of his boxing career with a performance of a lifetime in one …
Read More »Globacom Ghana pays $900,000 arbitration settlement
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) wishes to announce for the information of its members and all stakeholders that, an amount of $900,000 US Dollars, being arbitration settlement by Globacom Ghana has been bequeathed to it by the former Normalisation Committee of the GFA. The $900,000 US Dollars was paid into …
Read More »Ghanaian nationals In Eastern Cape Appeal For Consulate
Ghanaian nationals in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa have passionately appealed to the government of Ghana through the High Commission of Ghana in South Africa to open a consulate for them. According to them, the risks and difficulties in traveling for about one thousand (1000) kilometers distance from …
Read More »President has authority to suspend referendum – Kyei Mensah Bonsu
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Member of Parliament for Suame constituency, Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, has dismissed suggestions that the President, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, lacks the locus to suspend the December 17 referendum if he so desires. According to him, as an executive arm of government, the President …
Read More »Afrobarometer report on economic performance is good feedback – Government
The government says it is encouraged by the new Afrobarometer report which says more Ghanaians believe that the country is “moving in the wrong direction” than two years ago. Speaking on Eyewitness News, a Deputy Information Minister, Pius Hadzide said the report points “to the fact that the people do …
Read More »I will be critical about standards even in my retirement – Outgoing CJ
Outgoing Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, has served notice that she’ll continue to be critical of standards in the studying of law and its practice in Ghana even while she’s on retirement. Describing her relationship with the Ghana Bar Association as “bittersweet”, she emphasized the need to always main a high …
Read More »Leader of Osono group arrested for picketing Asenso-Boakye’s house
The leader of pro-government Elephant Youth Association, Stephen Amoh alias Osono, has been arrested by the police for unlawful assembly in breach of the public order act. This was after he led the group to picket the private residence of the deputy chief of staff Francis Asenso-Boakye on Wednesday, 27 …
Read More »Kuamsi: Suspected thief stoned to death at Dichemso
A suspected thief has been stoned to death by residents of Dichemso Plaza Hotel in Kumasi, after they accused him and two other’s of snatching a lady’s mobile phone. The suspect believed to be in his thirties was reportedly apprehended by some angry vigilante group who witness the scene around …
Read More »Grant Us Our Freedom- UEW SRC of Kumasi and Mampong Campuses to Government
The Students’ Representative Council of University of Education Winneba, Kumasi and Mampong Campuses whose core mandate is to promote the general welfare and interest of students, coordinating the social, cultural, intellectual and recreational activities of the students in the University have appealed to the government of the day to give …
Read More »Speaker rejects accusation of visa fraud by UK’s High Commission
Speaker of Parliament has accused the United Kingdom’s High Commission in Ghana and its former head of mission, Jon Benjamin, of a smear campaign against the institution of Parliament in a visa fraud allegation. Addressing news editors on Thursday, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye said the House neither accepts the findings nor the tag of visa fraud. …
Read More »‘Govt must prove Atewa is out of Bauxite deal’ – NGOs
The Coalition of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Concerned Citizens Against Mining in Atewa has urged Government to demonstrate that indeed Atewa is out of the $2 billion sinohydro bauxite deal. The Coalition made the request in its response to Dr. Gideon Boako, spokesperson for the Vice President, statement “that government …
Read More »HIV infections on the rise, 19,000 new cases in 2018 – Report
The Ghana AIDS Commission has announced a surge in the number of persons who are contracting HIV infections in Ghana. In a statement released to the Community through the churches, mosques and the media, ahead of World AIDS Day slated for December 1, 2019, the commission said 19,931 new HIV …
Read More »Kojo Yankah owes me – Clemento Suarez cries out
Popular Comedian and Actor Clement Ashiteye known in showbiz as Clemento Suarez, has said with sadness that Mr Kojo Yankah has still not paid him after he played a role in the play “The Trial of JJ Rawlings”. In an interview with US-based “Loud Silence Radio & TV Network” on …
Read More »Sudan crisis: Party of ex-leader Omar al-Bashir dissolved
A law has been passed in Sudan dissolving the party of ousted former president Omar al-Bashir. Mr Bashir seized power in a 1989 coup and ruled for almost three decades, until he was overthrown by a protest movement in April. The country’s transitional authorities also repealed a public order law …
Read More »I’m a more experienced politician than Bawumia – Kwakye Ofosu
A former Deputy Minister of Communications is not surprised about the recent jabs launched at former President John Mahama by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. Mr Felix Kwakye Ofosu says given the conduct of the second gentleman of the land, it is obvious the office has overwhelmed him. “Bawumia is …
Read More »Woman narrates how she got raped at police station
A lady who only gave her name as Gladys has narrated how a policeman raped her as a precondition to helping her bail out her husband. Gladys who hails from the Northern part of Ghana said she travelled to Nkwanta in the Oti Region upon hearing that her husband was …
Read More »‘Broken-hearted’ fans go ‘gaga’ after Kidi flaunts son
‘Love’ is his thing, and he rocks it in his emotional ‘love songs’. His style and swag have got many, particularly, female fans ‘drooling’ over him. He hasn’t officially declared his ‘girlfriend’ status, from his answers so far, he is ‘very single’. We do know that his preference is older …
Read More »Step mum arrested for torturing 2-year-old boy with electric heater
A lady, who tortured her two-year-old stepson with electric water-heater, has been arrested and charged for causing harm. Abena Tawiah who claims to be 17 years, a resident of Afari in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of the Ashanti Region, allegedly plugged an electric water-heater until it reached a boiling point …
Read More »Sad story of 200 babies abandoned by wicked mothers
Sensing it from afar as fate may have it, one hears the voice of these innocent kids at the Royal Seed Orphanage Home at Kwoa Bondzie, a suburb of Kasoa in the Central Region of Ghana. When Adom TV inquired about the whereabouts of the mothers of these children, the saddening response …
Read More »We’re still in transition; things will get better in 2020 – NPP on Afrobarometer report
The governing New Patriotic Party, in the wake of the Afrombarometer report in which many Ghanaians expressed dissatisfaction with the country’s economic situation, has assured things will get better in 2020. Communications Director of the party in an interview with Joy News’ Kwesi Parker Wilson said, things only seem difficult …
Read More »Zimbabwe ‘on brink of man-made starvation’, UN warns
Zimbabwe is on the brink of man-made starvation, a UN official has warned. More than 60% of the country’s 14 million people are considered food-insecure, according to the findings. Hyperinflation, poverty, natural disasters and economic sanctions were among the identified causes. Women and children were “bearing the brunt of the …
Read More »Macron is a sponsor of terrorism, says Turkish foreign minister
Turkey’s foreign minister has accused French President Emmanuel Macron of being a “sponsor of terrorism”, dismissing the French leader’s criticism of Turkey’s Syria offensive. Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters that Mr Macron wanted to be the leader of Europe but was “wobbling”. Last month Mr Macron angered Turkey by hosting an …
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