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Akosombo dam spillage: Govt sets up committee to coordinate response

The government has set up a 13-member inter-ministerial committee to coordinate responses to victims affected by the Akosombo dam spillage. This was announced in...

AG has done a good job on Ato Essien’s case – Sly Tetteh

Member of Parliament for Bortianor-Ngleshie Amanfro, Sylvester Tetteh has commended the Attorney General for recovering GH¢37 million from the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of...

NSMQ 2023: The 27 seeded schools for the 2024 edition

The one-eighth contest of the 2023 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) concluded with a total of 27 schools securing their place in the...

Kikibee CEO’s girlfriend remanded over his murder 

Mam Yandey Joof, who is said to be the girlfriend of Bennette Agyekum Adomah, owner of Kikibee’s Restaurant and Lounge, has been remanded into...

Defunct Capital Bank’s board chair should be prosecuted as well – Martin Kpebu

Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu says the prosecution of the Capital Bank case will not be complete until the board chairman is also prosecuted. The...

Akosombo Dam spillage: Mahama tours flood-affected communities [Photos]

Former President, John Mahama, has called on the Volta River Authority (VRA) to hasten efforts to support residents in communities along the Volta River...

Soldier being investigated for alleged fraud found dead  

A soldier with the 48 Engineer Regiment of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) who was being investigated for alleged fraud has been found dead. The...

Ambulance case: Ato Forson replies Deputy Attorney General

The Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, says he has not applied for a plea bargain in his ongoing ambulance trial.  The former Deputy Finance...

Akosombo Dam spillage: Sogakope Bridge at risk of flooding

The Sogakope Bridge is at risk of getting flooded as a result of the Akosombo Dam spillage. Floodwaters from the ongoing spillage have climbed up...

VRA disconnects Tain hospital from national grid over debt

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has cracked the whip on the Tain Government hospital by disconnecting its power supply over accumulated debt. The disconnection...

Fake lawyer arrested after winning 26 cases

A young man has been detained by Nairobi authorities for posing as a lawyer of the Kenya High Court. The suspect, identified as Brian...

Martin Amidu: Kissi Agyebeng’s petition to CJ fishing for a judge to hear OSP cases pending in court

On 12 October 2023, I received the hitherto unfathomable news that the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, had finally summoned the audacity and impunity to...

NDC Odododiodio party office vandalised as chaos erupts during vetting

The vetting of parliamentary candidate aspirants for the Odododiodio constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Greater Accra Region was disrupted by...

J.B Danquah’s case: Absence of juror halts murder trial of alleged killer

The absence of a juror halted the trial of Daniel Asiedu, aka Sexy dodon, who is being held for allegedly murdering former Abuakwa North...

Two officers injured in Kumasi Railway Police Station fire

Two officers of the Ghana National Fire Service sustained injuries while trying to douse a fire that gutted the building housing the Ghana Railway...

If you keep sleeping around with many people, these 5 things might happen

Apart from unwanted pregnancy and HIV/AIDS, there are many consequences to having multiple sexual partners. Casual sex has become very common these days, with...

Sheer greed! – Judge fumes before Ato-Essien’s sentence

Justice Eric Kyei Baffour, the judge who sentenced the founder of the defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, has justified his ruling. He said...

No Bra Day: 5 surprising benefits of going braless

Truth be told, women share a complicated relationship with bras. While a nice bra can offer a good fit and shape, on other days, bras...

KIA Covid tests: Frontiers Healthcare Services gained $84m while Ghana got under $7m

After a year-long legal battle initiated by JoyNews under the Right to Information Act, the extent of the revenue imbalance that has favoured Frontiers...

2023 AFCON: Ghana in Group B alongside Egypt (Check out full opponents)

The Black Stars of Ghana has been handed a tricky draw in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The group draw for the tournament...

Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, family commiserate with Kufuor [Photos]

Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings and her family on Thursday called on former President John Agyekum Kufuor at his Peduase residence to commiserate...

Ato Essien’s sentencing not surprising at all – Kweku Paintsil

Private legal practitioner, Kweku Paintsil says the sentencing of Founder of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien to 15 years in prison is not...

Speaker, MPs mourn with Kufuor

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has commiserated with former President John Agyekum Kufuor on the passing of his wife, former First...

Aisha Huang’s case: Court sets December 4 to deliver judgement

An Accra High Court has fixed December 4, 2023, to deliver its judgement in the case of En Huang, aka Aisha Huang, an alleged...

Assist ECOWAS with resources in terror fight, as you do for Ukraine – Akufo-Addo to UK, US, and EU

President Nana Akufo-Addo has called on leaders of the global community to put into full effect the provisions of Chapters Seven and Eight of...

Police on manhunt for Somanya filling station robbers

The Somanya Police Command is on a manhunt for eight suspected armed robbers for attacking the SP Gas Filling Station at Trom in the...

FDA goes after peddlers of unregistered medicines in Kumasi

Over GH¢850,000 worth of unregistered medicines, also said to be unwholesome, have been seized in the Central Business District of Kumasi. The Food and Drugs...

C/R: Chop bar operators angry after wildfire officers seize bush meat

Officers of the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission have seized various types of bush meats from chop bar operators in some parts of...

Robbers attack gas station; beat attendants, bolt with huge cash at Somanya

Police in Somanya are on a manhunt for eight suspected armed robbers who attacked the SP gas filling station at Trom in the Yilo...

Mahama backs CHASS’ demand to handle feeding of students

Former President John Mahama has backed calls by the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) on government to allow school heads purchase...

‘Galamsey’ report: It’ll be a height of injustice if … – Attorney General

The Minister of Justice and Attorney General has justified his decision not to recommend the prosecution of any of the persons mentioned in Professor...

OSP is not above the law – Cecilia Dapaah’s lawyer

Lead counsel for embattled former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Abena Dapaah has expressed disappointment at what she describes as an 'unethical behaviour' by the Office...

GAF warns public against use of military-pattern uniforms, accoutrements for protests

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has cautioned the general public against wearing military-pattern uniforms and accoutrements during protests. GAF has described the act as...

Akosombo dam spillage: Chinese man found dead at Asutaure

A yet-to-be-identified Chinese national has been found dead at Asutaure in the Shai Osuduku district of the Greater Accra region. The lifeless body was...

Energy Commission disowns fraudster in JoyNews’ ‘Power Thieves’ documentary

The Energy Commission has issued a formal request to JoyNews for an apology and retraction regarding what they call the publication of false information. JoyNews’...

Court sets date to rule on Aisha Huang’s case

The fate of Chinese national and alleged kingpin of illegal mining, En Aisha Huang, is set to be decided on December 4, 2023. This was...

Ato Essien jailed

An Accra High court has sentenced founder of defunct capital bank, William Ato Essien to 15 years in prison in hard labour. Mr Essien was...

Robbers mistake bread for cash; return to kill pregnant woman

Two robbers, who mistook a loaf of bread wrapped in a handbag for a bundle of cash, returned to kill the wife of their...

Cecilia Dapaah case: OSP petitions Chief Justice to remove trial judge

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has petitioned the Chief Justice to remove Justice Edward Twum from Cecilia Dapaah's case.  In a Facebook post...

I’m not surprised, even Akufo-Addo downplayed my report – Frimpong Boateng replies AG

Former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng says he is not surprised that the Office of the Attorney General said...