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Roll back of Free SHS: Finance Minister reveals stand of govt

The Akufo-Addo government has no intention of rolling back its flagship Free Senior High School (SHS) policy. This was contained in the Finance Minister's briefing...

Full list of Finance Minister’s measures to mitigate economic hardship

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has revealed a wide range of plans to salvage the country’s economy. The Minister, at a press conference in Accra, expressed...

Cabinet ministers, heads of SOEs to cut salaries by 30% – Ofori-Atta

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has confirmed that government has approved a 30% salary reduction for all Cabinet Ministers and heads of State-Owned Enterprises...

Govt cuts fuel allocations for appointees

The government will from April 1, 2022, cut fuel allocation coupons for all government appointees by 50 per cent. The move forms part of...

Taxi driver busted for buying stolen motorbike at Yeji

Police in the Bono East Region have arrested a taxi driver known as 'Hot man' for stealing a motorbike at Yeji. The detective in charge...

Average farmer to spend ¢3,300 to cultivate an acre of land

The Programmes Officer with the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana, Bismarck Owusu Nortey, says there has been a significant increase in the cost of cultivating...

Egypt seeks IMF support amid Ukraine crisis

Egypt has asked for help from the IMF as the government struggles to deal with the impact of the war in Ukraine. As the world’s...

PassionAir suspends flights to Ho

Local airline operators, PassionAir has suspended flights to the Volta regional capital, Ho. According to the airline, although the new Ho route did not...

Speaker orders MPs to wear Black stars colours ahead of Nigeria clash [Video]

First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu, has asked all Members of Parliament to wear the colours of the national team to show support as...

Cedi records 1.20% appreciation to dollar

The cedi appears to be responding to the increment in the Policy Rate by 2.5 percentage points to 17% and other actions taken by...

Minority in Parliament rejects 30% pay cut

Members of the Minority Caucus in Parliament have declined to join their colleagues in the Majority and members of the Executive to cut their...

Two fake ECG staff nabbed in Accra

Two suspects who feigned to be staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and extorted money from some customers have been arrested and...

Full speech: Finance Minister’s statement on mitigating measures to fix economy

Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press and fellow citizens. Thank you for availing yourselves. I am here today to announce to you measures...

Ken Ofori-Atta doesn’t respect Parliament – Minority fumes over Finance Minister’s absence

JoyNews/AdomNews · FINANCE MINISTER ABSENT Minority in Parliament is demanding answers from the Majority leadership on why questions programmed for the Finance Minister have not...

Somali militants kill female MP in suicide bombing

At least 15 people, including a female member of the Somali federal parliament, were killed in two suicide bombings in Beledweyne town in central...

Agenda 111: Mentally ill patients at Accra Psychiatric Hospital to be integrated into communities

The Accra Psychiatric Hospital has said it will be reintegrating its patients into the society when the facility is downsized for a redevelopment project. Under...

Ken Ofori-Atta addresses Ghanaians on measures to reduce economic hardships [watch]

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta is addressing Ghanaians on measures government has taken to mitigate the current economic challenges. The Minister will highlight the outcome of...

Lands Commission pays last respects to late La chief

A delegation from the Lands Commission paid their last respects at the funeral of the Paramount Chief of the La Traditional Area, Nii KpoboTettey...

Catholic Church lost 3% of members to Pentecostal, Charismatic Churches

The President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference and Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale, Most Reverend Philip Naameh, has bemoaned the drop in membership of...

Police to block roads ahead of Ghana-Nigeria clash

The Ghana Police Service has announced some stringent measures it intends implementing to avoid any incident of hooliganism before, during and after the Ghana-Nigeria...

Finance Minister addresses the nation today

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, will address the nation on Thursday, March 24, 2022 on measures instituted by government to resolve the current economic challenges. This...

Supreme Court Review upholds Elia Asirifi Dadeako as Spiritual Head of Saviour Church of Ghana

The Supreme Court has overturned an earlier ruling that confirmed Opanyin Abraham Kwaku Adusei as the leader of the Saviour Church at Osiem in the...

Beautiful videos drop as top politicians storm traditional marriage of Ghanaian business mogul

The traditional marriage between Ghanaian business mogul Kojo Jones and Rachael Osei took has taken place at a colourful ceremony. In what appears to be...

I have older women making advances at me but…. Yaw Tog

Budding rapper and drill musician Yaw Tog has disclosed he has the presence of older women, presumably sugar mummies in his life. Despite admitting he...

Govt announces measures to cushion Ghanaians

Government has announced that it will pump an amount of $2 billion into the economy to curb the continuous depreciation of the cedi. This forms...

World TB Day: Increase financial commitment towards fight against TB – Aurum Institute to govt

The Aurum Institute Ghana, an NGO aimed at combating Tuberculosis (TB) has called on the government to bring it's attention to the disease and...

Fuel prices may reduce if cedi appreciates against the dollar – Analyst

JoyNews/AdomNews · Theo Acheampong on fuel hike Economist and Political Risk Analyst, Dr Theo Acheampong, has projected that the price of fuel at the pumps...

Former US Secretary of State passes on

Madeleine Albright, a Czech immigrant who went on to become the first female secretary of state in US history, has died aged 84. A...

Chelsea: Club allowed to sell tickets after government alters licence

Chelsea will be allowed to sell tickets to away games, cup matches and fixtures involving the women’s team after the UK government made alterations...

Things no one tells you about sex after marriage

Sex before marriage and after marriage can be very different. Is it the same act? Yes, but how we feel, perceive our partner, changes. There...

Robert Mugabe’s son joins opposition party that kicked his father out of office

The late former president Robert Mugabe’s eldest son, Robert Mugabe Jr, has got social media talking after he was spotted at a Zanu PF...

The fullness of time has exposed Bawumia – Sammy Gyamfi

It is the view of the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress, Sammy Gyamfi, that the current Ghanaian economy and the silence...

Presby Church prays for peace at Bawku as midwifery college, hospital partially shuts down

The Presbyterian Church of Ghana has appealed to residents of Bawku in the Upper East Region to allow peace to prevail in the area. A...

Ukraine’s biggest zoo caught in the crossfire

The Mykolaiv Zoo bills itself as the best in Ukraine, but now the 4,000 wild animals it holds are trapped in a whole new...

Politicians who discontinue govt projects should be shunned – Okudzeto Ablakwa

South Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has taken position on ruling governments (Politicians) that discontinue projects of their predecessors. Speaking to Emefa...

Ask Bawumia to step aside as Chairman of the Economic Management Team – Ablakwa charges Akufo-Addo

The Member of Parliament for the North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has asked President Akufo-Addo to ask the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia...

We will soon give up on Adwoa Safo – Majority Chief Whip

The leadership of the Majority Caucus in Parliament has dispelled rumors that they have an agenda against fellow Member of Parliament (MP) Sarah Adwoa...

Private water consumers in Upper West owe over ¢2m – GWCL

Chief Manager of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), Serina Kwakye Mintah, has revealed that private consumers in the Upper West Region are owing...

Bawku unrest: MPs demand interdiction of three police officers

Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Kusaug Traditional area in the Upper East Region are demanding an immediate interdiction of three police personnel for...

Prof Naana Opoku-Agyeman slams govt over meaning of ‘review’

The 2020 Running Mate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has said that she is waiting with bated breath...