Three men falsely convicted of murder in the US state of Maryland have been set free after 36 years in prison. Alfred Chestnut, Andrew Stewart and Ransom Watkins had been sentenced to life in 1984 for killing a 14-year-old boy a year earlier. They were freed in Baltimore on Monday after a judge cleared their […]
An inmate of the Nsawam Prison, Gerald Geoffrey Amenyo has put together a 161 page book and is set to launch it today, Saturday, November 30th 2019, 9.a.m, at the Prisons Head Quarters in Accra. Dubbed, “Not Rejection but Direction”, the book seeks to encourage persons, especially prisoners who feel rejected by their family and […]
Three Ghanaian law students who pursued their legal education in the Gambia after they failed to gain admission to the Ghana School of Law have been awarded various honours for their impressive academic performance, ABC News can exclusively report. The three, first attempted to gain admission to the Ghana Law School in 2017 but failed on two […]
The National Lottery Authority (NLA) would like to caution the Public, Media Organizations and individuals not to fall victim to the operations and activities of lotto fraudsters who are using different platforms and communication strategies to dupe unsuspecting Ghanaians. These Lotto fraudsters and social media miscreants use radio stations, television stations, online platforms, Facebook, WhatsApp […]
The International Relations Secretary of the Ghana Union of Professional Students (GUPS) has paid a working visit to the Accra campus of the University College of Management Studies-UCOMS during the first day of their “Akwaaba” week celebration on November 27, 2019. The program which is on the theme ; “Entrepreneurship, the benefits to the 21st […]
A female pastor has been arrested by Police in Nigeria for stealing a 4 month old baby from a church member. The 52 year old lady pastor named Charity Okpara who is said to have carried out the criminal act with help of some accomplices is currently in police custody assisting with investigations. She has […]
A teenager has chopped off his penis and nearly killed his mother after smoking what has been described as a “super-strong” strain of Indian hemp. The delusional 16-years-old boy from Brighton reportedly went to bed with a knife, as he started hallucinating, fearing that some people lived right inside the walls of his room. He woke up in the […]
The National Entrepreneurship and Innovation programme, which is under the Ministry of Business Development has presented financial support to about seven hundred (700) startup’s and entrepreneurs in the northern regions. After presenting Cheques ranging from Ten thousand to Hundred thousand to beneficiaries in Tamale, the Minister for Business Development, Dr. Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed Awal in […]
A meeting of witchcraft practitioners as well as scholars in the disciplines of human behaviour and history is underway in the University of Nigeria-Nsukka (UNN) to deliberate on the phenomenon of witchcraft. The two-day conference, according to its host, Prof Egodi Uchendu, is supposed to help the Nigerian and African publics “determine amongst other things […]
The police have launched a manhunt for Ghana’s most wanted criminal who is believed to have succeeded in stealing more than 40 vehicles within a one year span. Yaw Akoto Bediako is said to have jumped bail and absconded after he was arrested and placed in custody. The suspect, said to be in his mid […]
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 because of the measures government […]
The Ghana Bar Association has eulogized the soon-to-retire Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana, Justice Sophia Akuffo, for her strong advocacy on upholding and maintaining high standards, professional ethics, dignity and integrity in the legal profession in Ghana. In a citation read by the President of the Ghana Bar Association, Anthony Forson, on behalf […]
