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Police officer detained for alleged shooting incident in Ashanti Region

The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has detained a police officer, believed to have been involved in a shooting that resulted in the loss...

Government releases GH¢150m to settle arrears of food suppliers

The government has released GH¢150 million to the Ministry of Education to settle the outstanding arrears owed the National Food Suppliers Association. Spokesperson for...

Unemployed Environmental Health Officers demand permanent postings

The Unemployed Environmental Health Officers Association is demanding permanent placements, three years after completing their course. A spokesperson for the Association, Fred Awune Atinga, lamented...

Leave government scholarships to those who need them – Joyce Bawah

Aide to the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Joyce Bawah Mogtari has emphasised the importance of preserving government-sponsored scholarships for the truly...

Let’s work together to resolve power crisis – John Jinapor

Ranking Member on Parliament's Mines and Energy Committee, John Jinapor is calling for a collaborative effort to resolve the erratic power supply being experienced...

Persistent vandalism targets development efforts in Ledzokuku constituency [Photos]

In the Ledzokuku Constituency of the Greater Accra region, a concerning trend of vandalism targeting the billboards and signage of Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye,...

Ejisu primaries: Vitus Azeem sends SOS message to Kwesi Nyantakyi

Anti-corruption campaigner Vitus Azeem has urged the former Ghana Football Association (GFA) boss, Kwesi Nyantakyi, to rescind his decision to contest the New Patriotic...

I am a man of good character – Kwesi Nyantakyi

Former President of the Ghana Football Association Kwesi Nyantakyi, has rebuffed suggestions that he lacks good character to consider himself worthy enough to become...

Ejisu NPP Primary: I’m the Ronaldo in this contest – Nyantakyi

Former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President, Kwesi Nyantakyi has said he has what it takes to be New Patriotic Party's (NPP) parliamentary candidate in...

I rejected several calls to contest Ejisu seat in the past – Kwesi Nyantakyi

A former President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi, has revealed the reason behind his decision to finally enter politics as an...

Ejisu by-election: Kwesi Nyantakyi reveals why he joined NPP

Former President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi, has revealed why he decided to join the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in pursuing...

Thursday, April 11 declared public holiday

Government has declared Thursday, April 11, as a statutory public holiday to mark the celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr. A statement issued by the Interior Minister,...

IPGG reacts to Akufo-Addo’s directive to halt electricity export

The Independent Power Generators Ghana (IPGG) has lauded President Nana Akufo-Addo's directive for the Volta River Authority (VRA) to halt electricity exportation to Togo,...

Presidential aspirant woos TUC with E-Sika policy

A new entrant into the 2024 presidential elections, George Twum-Barimah-Adu has engaged the Trades Union Congress (TUC) of Ghana in his bid to become...

Ruling makes Florida new epicentre in US abortion battle

Florida's Supreme Court delivered two rulings on abortion on Monday, with competing consequences. First, the court upheld the state's right to prohibit abortion, giving...

Ofankor-Nsawam road project: Residents struggle with air pollution

Residents along the Ofankor-Pokuase-Nsawam road, which is part of the Accra-Kumasi route, are grappling with severe dust generated by the ongoing road construction works....

New passport fees will not be reviewed – Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration says it will not review the new passport fees. According to the Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Kwaku...

Chip-embedded passports to be introduced in six months – Foreign Affairs Ministry

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong, has announced that chip-embedded passports will be introduced in Ghana within the next six...

Taiwan: Rescue efforts continue after 900 injured in earthquake

Rescue efforts are under way in Taiwan after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the island's eastern coast, killing at least nine and injuring more...

Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany

The president of Botswana has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in a dispute over conservation. Earlier this year, Germany's environment ministry suggested there...

Fears for Gazans as aid groups halt work over deadly Israeli strike

Many Palestinians in the Gaza Strip will be wondering how they are going to feed their families after World Central Kitchen (WCK) paused its...

ECG needs competent managers – IEA

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) Ghana says the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) needs expert managers to tackle the inefficiencies in its operations. ...

Basketmouth, Jacinta, 2Face and others thrill patrons at ‘The Canceled Culture’

As part of his tour dubbed 'The Canceled Culture', Nigerian comedian Bright Okpocha, also known as Basketmouth, made another stop in Ghana after performing...

Revealed! Here is why we have ‘dumsor’

The findings below are based on GRIDCo’s analysis of Ghana’s power supply situation from March 27 to April 2, 2024 and explains why Ghana...

Why I rejected national team appointment – Asamoah Gyan

Ghana legend, Asamoah Gyan, has disclosed that he declined an offer to take up a coaching role within the national team. Gyan, who has...

Ejisu NPP Primary: Don’t contest if you have conscience – Nyantakyi told

Anti-Corruption Campaigner Vitus Azeem has urged the former President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi, to rescind his decision to contest the...

Renowned Ghanaian composer, Elder S.K. Ampiah passes on

Renowned Ghanaian composer, Elder Samuel Kofi Ampiah of the Apostolic Church-Ghana, has passed on. Elder S.K Ampiah as he is popularly known passed on Easter Sunday,...

Meta’s WhatsApp down for thousands, Downdetector shows

Meta Platforms-owned WhatsApp was down for thousands of users on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. There were about 12,000 incidents of U.S. users...

Rainstorm wreaks havoc at Biadan Methodist JHS [Photos]

A heavy rainstorm has ripped the roofs of four classroom blocks at Biadan Methodist Junior High School (JHS) in the Bono Region. The unfortunate...

Kofi Adu Domfeh writes: There is anger in the land and it’s heat-induced

The night rains come as soothing relief to many homes and families in Ghana. But soon, the land is heated up, consuming the little...

Climate change: Prof. Antwi-Agyei worried about dire effect on Ghana’s cocoa production

Climate expert at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Prof. Philip Antwi-Agyei is worried climate change continues to wreak havoc on Ghana’s...

Akufo-Addo grants two retroactive contracts to Dr Ammishaddai as GRA boss

President Akufo-Addo has awarded two retroactive contracts to Rev. Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, appointing him as the Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). These contracts,...

Ejisu NPP primary: Aspirants increase to nine as two more people pick forms

Two more persons have today picked forms to contest in the Ejisu New Patriotic Party (NPP) bring the number of aspirants to nine. The by-election...

Missing genitals: Court remands another trader over false alarm

A 20-year-old trader who allegedly made false claims that his penis had vanished has been remanded by a District Court in Awutu Breku in...

Man in leaked video with popular ‘broadcaster’ breaks silence

Henry Fitz, the Ghanaian businessman who has since gone viral after a video of him in bed with popular broadcaster has finally spoken on...

Free SHS students exempt from paying WASSCE registration fees  

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says Form Three students enrolled in the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) programme are exempt from paying registration fees...

Akufo-Addo receives KPMG’s report on GRA/SML contract

President Akufo-Addo President Akufo-Addo has received the audit report conducted by KPMG into the revenue mobilization contract between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and...

Police inspector accused of murdering his girlfriend not dead

Joynews can authoritatively report that the police inspector accused of using a service rifle to kill his girlfriend at Adum in Kumasi is alive...

Election 2024: Do not resort to bloodshed and confusion – Bawumia to political opponents

Ahead of the December polls, the flagbearer of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has charged his political opponents not to...