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Otumfuo destools Kenyase II Manhene after 89-year reign

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has destooled Nana Kwabena Nsia Ababio, the Kenyase II Manhene, who was recognised as the longest-reigning Paramount Chief...

Doctors successfully remove motorbike key from farmer’s skull after Jasikan attack

A 29-year-old farmer from Awoma in the Jasikan Municipality of the Oti Region is recovering after doctors at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra...

Students trapped, scores feared dead as three-storey hostel collapses in Nigeria’s Anambra State

An unspecified number of students are feared dead, while several others remain trapped after a three-storey hostel collapsed in Oko, a host community of...

Two arrested over shooting of forest guard, destruction of plantation in Ashanti Region

The Ghana Police Service at Tepa in the Ahafo Ano South East District has arrested two suspects in connection with the shooting of a...

Greater Accra courts to suspend sittings for Supreme Court’s 150th anniversary celebrations

The Chief Justice, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, has directed all courts in the Greater Accra Region to suspend sittings on Tuesday, July 28, and Friday, July...

VALCO not for sale – Board Chairman dismisses claims amid return to profit

The Board Chairman of the Volta Aluminium Company Limited (VALCO), Horace Nii Ankrah, has firmly dismissed claims that the company is being sold, describing...

623 Ghanaians qualify for free passport replacement after June 29 floods – Ablakwa

Minister for Foreign Affairs Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has announced that 623 Ghanaians affected by the June 29 floods have qualified for the government’s free...

Ibrahim Mahama denies interest in acquiring VALCO, threatens legal action over claims

Businessman Ibrahim Mahama has denied claims that he is seeking to acquire the Volta Aluminium Company Limited (VALCO), describing the allegations as false and...

272 Ghanaians recruited into Russia-Ukraine war since 2022, about 55 dead – Ablakwa

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has revealed that an estimated 272 Ghanaians are believed to have been drawn into the ongoing Russia-Ukraine...

GUTA demands immediate enforcement of GH¢720 container charge after High Court ruling

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has called for the immediate enforcement of a High Court ruling directing shipping lines to comply with...

Foreign Affairs Ministry providing consular support to detained Asante Akyem North MP – Ablakwa

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has confirmed that the government is providing consular assistance to the Member of Parliament for Asante...

Body of xenophobic attack victim from South Africa arrives in Ghana, awaits second

The government of Ghana has confirmed receiving the remains of one of two Ghanaian nationals killed during the recent wave of xenophobic violence in...

How Ghana ushered in the television era in 1965

Ghana officially entered the television broadcasting era with the launch of its first national television service, a landmark project valued at 3.35 million cedis. The...

Ashanti NPP constituency chairmen announce night vigil in honour of Chairman Wontumi

The Ashanti Regional Constituency Chairmen's Caucus of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced plans to hold a night vigil in honour of the...

Government secures 200 jobs for returning Ghanaians evacuated from South Africa

The government has secured approximately 200 employment opportunities for Ghanaians returning from South Africa as part of efforts to support their reintegration following recent...

The Accra Strangler: Inside Ghana’s most notorious serial killing case

For nearly a decade, women in Accra and Kumasi were disappearing, found strangled — many stripped, some disfigured. Ghanaians, especially women, lived in fear,...

70-year-old woman found dead under mysterious circumstances in Eastern Region

A 70-year-old woman, identified as Afua Kyere, has been found dead under mysterious circumstances at Akyem Koforidua Akura, a suburb of Akyem Akroso in...

Kantanka family heads to court over Apostle Kwadwo Safo’s burial

Nana Kwadwo Safo Akofena I, Head of the Kantanka Family and Leader of the Kristo Asafo Mission of Ghana (KAMOG), has announced that the...

Xenophobic attacks: Ramaphosa vows crackdown on perpetrators

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured that his government will take firm action against individuals involved in xenophobic attacks, stressing that violence and...

Bagbin cautions parents against sending children abroad too early

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has cautioned Ghanaian parents against sending their children abroad for education at a very young age, warning that the...

Students of Techiman-Krobo Nursing and Midwifery Training College protest over poor conditions

Students of the Techiman-Krobo Nursing and Midwifery Training College in the Bono East Region have staged a demonstration to protest what they describe as...

EXIM Bank case: NPP bigwigs storm court to support Wontumi (Video)

Several senior figures of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) were at the General Jurisdiction Division of the Accra High Court on Monday as...

Vote-buying undermines democracy and public trust – Chief Justice Baffoe-Bonnie

Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie has cautioned that vote-buying poses a serious threat to Ghana's democracy, warning that the practice undermines democratic institutions and ultimately...

Ghana’s tallest man Awuche passes on

Abdul-Samed Sulemana, popularly known as Awuche and widely recognised as Ghana's tallest man, has died. His death was announced on Monday, July 27, 2026. He...

Fuel prices could go up again this week — COPEC

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has warned that fuel prices in Ghana could increase further this week as international crude oil and refined...

More Ghanaians evacuated from South Africa [Video]

A second batch of Ghanaians evacuated from South Africa has safely arrived in the country as the government presses ahead with efforts to bring...

Almost 80% of sachet water sampled contained bacteria — Study reveals

Ghana is facing a systemic food safety crisis, as there is widespread contamination across the country’s food production and distribution chain, the Ghana Medical...

Deadly Doses II: JoyNews investigation uncovers disturbing shift in Ghana’s growing drug crisis

A year after JoyNews’ Deadly Doses investigation exposed the thriving drug ghettos of Thinker Island and Columbia in the Ashanti Region, a follow-up has...

Eric Opoku should have resigned over Nkoko Nkitinkiti remarks – Prof. Boadi

The Executive Director of the Institute for Economic Research and Public Policy (IERPP), Prof. Isaac Boadi, has criticised the Minister for Food and Agriculture,...

Deadly Doses II: ‘Infused noodles’ hit food joints as drug abuse takes new twist

Psychiatrist Dr Ruth Owusu Antwi has raised concerns over a trend in Ghana's growing drug crisis, revealing that some drug users are mixing narcotic substances...

Suspected illegal loggers shoot forest guard at Abesewa

A forest guard has been critically injured after suspected illegal loggers allegedly shot him during a confrontation at a newly established forest plantation at...

EXIM Bank case: Appiah-Kubi withdraws as Wontumi’s lawyer

Private legal practitioner Andy Appiah-Kubi has withdrawn as counsel for New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi,...

Agric Minister destroyed Nkoko Nkitinkiti with beneficiaries consuming birds comment – Prof. Boadi

The Executive Director of the Institute for Economic Research and Public Policy (IERPP), Prof. Isaac Boadi, has criticised the Minister for Food and Agriculture,...

Economic indicators look good, but ordinary Ghanaians are yet to feel it – IERPP boss

The Executive Director of the Institute for Economic Research and Public Policy (IERPP), Prof. Isaac Boadi, says Ghana’s economy has achieved some level of...

Peace Council inaugurates committee to monitor Nkwanta conflict resolution efforts

The National Peace Council has inaugurated a nine-member Conflict Monitoring and Implementation Committee in Nkwanta South in the Oti Region as part of renewed...

VALCO workers protest in Tema over alleged sale (Video)

Workers of the Volta Aluminium Company Limited (VALCO), together with the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU), have staged a protest in Tema over...

Tax cuts commendable, but revenue replacement was needed – Prof. Boadi tells gov’t

The Executive Director of the Institute for Economic Research and Public Policy (IERPP), Prof. Isaac Boadi, has commended government’s decision to abolish what he...

Global InfoAnalytics poll: Asiedu Nketia, Ato Forson tied in race to lead NDC into 2028 election

A new baseline longitudinal poll by Global InfoAnalytics has found the race to lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC) into the 2028 general election...

Former Buffer Stock CEO’s wife seeks court approval to travel to UK for son’s medical treatment

The wife of the former Chief Executive Officer of the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO), Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba, has filed an application before...

Exim Bank case: Wontumi appears in court under heavy prison security

Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has appeared before the Accra High Court under...