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Free SHS is a revolutionary policy – IMF resident rep

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has described the Akufo-Addo government’s major flagship programme, Free SHS as a revolutionary one. As such, the fund said it...

Ministers, MPs should be compelled to send their kids to public schools – Teacher

A teacher, Emmanuel Afful, has suggested some solutions to the woes of the country’s public education system. According to him, one of the surest ways...

Why I will not go back to Michy – Shatta Wale [Video]

Dancehall musician Shatta Wale says he cannot go back to dating his baby mama, Michelle Diamond, popularly known as Michy. Speaking on Daybreak Hitz on...

1,300 killed in road crashes this year

At least 1,300 people died in 7,687 reported road accidents between January and June this year, statistics from the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA)...

Full text: Bawumia’s speech on Ghana’s IMF return

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has addressed Ghanaians on the country’s decision to seek economic assistance from the International Monetary Fund. He spoke at...

Food shortage: Some SHSs are yet to receive food supplies from Education Ministry

Reports reaching JoyNews are that there is an anxious wait for food supplies in senior high schools across the country as students are hungry and forced...

23-year-old jailed for biting off man’s finger

A 23-year-old man identified as Mohammed Abubakar, has been sentenced to three months imprisonment by an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun state for biting off...

Shocking as CCTV footage captures children dancing on tracks in front of oncoming train as adults watch

Two young children dance on railway tracks as a train thunders past at more than 125mph while two adults watch in shocking CCTV footage. The boys were...

CIMG launches Ghana Customer Satisfaction Index 2021 Report 

The Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG), last Friday, officially unveiled the Ghana Customer Satisfaction Index (CIMG-CSI Report, 2021), dubbed 'The Coffee-Table Publication.' The...

GES bans two SHSs at Jaman over inter-school competition riot

The Jaman North Education Directorate has slapped both Nafana Presby and Sumaman Senior High Schools (SHS) with an indefinite ban on all social gatherings...

IMF blames Covid-19, Russia-Ukraine war for Ghana’s economic woes

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has disclosed that Ghana’s debt situation has been worsened by the combined effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the...

List of worker unions on strike, others imminent

July seems to be an unending one for the government. The myriad of disturbances in the labour space has worsened as deliberations so far are...

NDC outdoors digital payment platform, releases timetable for internal elections 

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has released its internal elections timetable to elect new leaders for the next years. The event was also used to...

Poverty can trigger mental illness – Dr Akwasi Osei

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Mental Health Authority (MHA), Dr Akwasi Osei, has scored the state of Mental Healthcare in Ghana five (5)...

Special Prosecutor probes GH¢73m GRA’s new office deal

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has opened preliminary investigation into the construction of head office building of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA)...

Suit challenging legality of SIM card registration in Ghana ‘thrown out’

The suit, which was challenging the legality of SIM card registration in Ghana, has been dismissed by the Accra High Court. The Human Rights Division...

Ghanaian adjudged Best Graduating student in UK University

A Ghanaian student, Chelsea Sarpong, has been awarded the best graduating student at the University of Portsmouth. Ms Sarpong, who completed her Master’s Programme (MSc)...

Medical Laboratory Professional Workers’ Union threatens to join COLA strike

The Medical Laboratory Professional Workers’ Union (MELPWU) has declared its support for Organised Labour’s call for the payment of a Cost of Living Allowance...

GPRTU reacts to purported increase in transportation fares

The Ghana Private Road and Transport Union (GPRTU) has urged the public to disregard any recent report about upward adjustments in transportation fares. According to...

PURC defers tariff announcement

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has deferred its tariff announcement for the 2022 to 2027 Multi-Year Major Tariff.In a statement issued by the...

Shatta Wale sprays money on fans at Kokomlemle [Photo+Video]

Prior to Shatta Wale’s exit from the premises of The Multimedia Group, fans of the artiste had massed up around the area at Kokomlemle. His...

NPP must postpone its national conference – MFWA boss

The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, has urged the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to postpone its upcoming...

Clerk must inform EC that Adwoa Safo’s seat is vacant – Privileges Committee

Chairman of Parliament’s Privileges Committee, Joseph Osei-Owusu, says the Clerk of Parliament is required to inform the Electoral Commission (EC) that the Dome Kwabenya...

I’m the next National Organiser of NPP – Nana B

Aspiring National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, is predicting a landslide victory ahead of the party’s National Delegates' Conference...

There is no life after death; Heaven and Hell not real – Mr Logic [Video]

Entertainment pundit and artiste manager, Emmanuel Barnes, popularly known as Mr Logic, says there is no place called 'Heaven and Hell' after one's death. According...

Man stabs woman in bar for refusing to dance with him

Kenyan police have reportedly launched a manhunt for a man who stabbed a woman at Kilifornia bar and restaurant after she refused to dance...

37-year-old woman gives birth to quintuplets at Agormanya

A 37-year-old woman has given birth to quintuplets at the St Martin De Porres Hospital at Agormanya in the Eastern Region. The quintuplets, who were...

Euro falls below dollar for first time in 20 years

The euro has fallen below the dollar for the first time in nearly 20 years as the war in Ukraine pushes the single currency...

Inflation hits transport, others by 29.8% in June 2022

Year-on-year inflation shot up further by 2.2% to 29.8% in June 2022, the latest data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed. This is...

‘Senior high students may be forced to go home over food shortage’

Senior high schools across the country are on the verge of being shut down as the food shortage situation worsens. The Education Ministry had said...

Woman paralysed after picking up a dollar bill

A Kentucky woman was hospitalized after she picked up a dollar bill she suspected was laced with fentanyl on Sunday. "My body went completely numb,...

CSOs blame Finance Ministry for SHS food shortage

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has been pointed out by Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to be operating in the education sector as the causal...

Moment Rita Dominic and husband shared passionate kiss at their party [Video]

A viral video has captured the untense moment of newlyweds Rita Dominic and her husband, Fidelis Anosike. The lovers had their public display of affection...

This is how much govt owes Kate Gyamfua over burnt excavators [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · This is how much govt owes Kate Gyamfua over burnt excavators New Patriotic Party’s National Women’s organiser, Kate Gyamfua, says the government owes...

Bawumia pays tribute to Bibiani Anhwiaso MCE killed in accident

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is saddened by the death of the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai assembly. Hours after Alfred Amoah...

I was shocked to hear my deputy competing me – NPP’s Women’s Organiser [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · I was shocked to hear my deputy competing me - NPP's Women's Organiser Incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) Women Organiser has said she...

Demolition exercise to protect transmission towers and lives of encroachers – GRIDCo

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has explained that its ongoing demolition exercise is to get rid of encroachers occupying its Right of Way. GRIDCo...

Afrobarometer survey: Majority of Ghanaians believe the country is heading in wrong direction

The latest Afrobarometer survey on Economy, public services and taxation has revealed that majority of Ghanaians believe the country is heading in the wrong...

IMF reaffirms support to Ghana

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Carlo Sdralevich that visited the country to assess the prevailing economic situation after government requested for...

NPP elections: Kwaku Baako endorses Nana B

The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has endorsed a National Organiser hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). In...