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Deputy Finance Minister assures unpaid Nurses and Midwives of salary resolution

Deputy Finance Minister Thomas Ampem Nyarko has assured the Coalition of Unpaid Nurses and Midwives that their outstanding salary arrears will be addressed in...

Gov’t to link air, rail, road and water transport systems – Minister

Minister for Transport, Joseph Bukari Nipke, has announced government’s plans to integrate Ghana’s four major modes of transport to make travel more convenient and...

Businessman supports needy students in Nkwanta South [Photos]

Renowned businessman Emeka Gabriel has marked his birthday with a charitable gesture by donating essential items to needy but academically gifted students in the...

Efya speaks on KNUST SHS viral video

Ghanaian musician Efya has called for the country’s age of consent to be raised above 16 to better protect minors. Her comment, posted on X...

KNUST SHS student breaks silence on viral video with Assistant Headmaster 

  A female student of KNUST Senior High School(SHS) at the center of a viral video involving an Assistant Headmaster(Academic), Charles Akwasi Aidoo, has spoken...

Gov’t increases cocoa price to GH¢3,625 per bag for 2025/2026 Season

  The Producer Price Regulatory Committee (PPRC) has announced an upward adjustment in the producer price of cocoa for the 2025/2026 season. Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel...

Unpaid nurses and midwives protest salary arrears

The Coalition of Unpaid Nurses and Midwives staged a protest in Accra on Thursday, October 2, 2025, demanding the government pay nearly 7,000 nurses...

Sam George’s conduct would have cost him his job in other countries – Minority

The Minority on Parliament’s Communication Committee has accused the Minister of Communications, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, of deceiving Ghanaians over his...

Five dead, others injured in mining pit collapse at Kasotie in Ashanti region

A devastating mining pit collapse at Kasotie in the Atwima Mponua District of Ashanti Region has claimed the lives of at least five people,...

Mprumem farmers resist eviction from farmland

Farmers at Mprumem in the Central Region are protesting what they describe as an attempt by the Ghana Irrigation Authority (GIA) to reallocate farmland...

 Multimedia Group’s CEO pays courtesy call on former President Kufuor

Members of the executive team of the Multimedia Group Limited(MGL) on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, paid a courtesy call on former President John Agyekum...

Kwabenghene pledges support for adult education to drive development

The Gyaasehene of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council and chief of Akyem Kwabeng, Daasebre Ayimadu Kantamanto II, has reaffirmed his commitment to promoting adult...

Lands Ministry sensitizes Nkaseim community on responsible mining programme

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has engaged the chiefs and people of Nkaseim in the Ahafo Region on the Responsible Cooperative Mining...

Police probe death of 8-year-old girl in Dzodze

The Ketu North District Police Command has launched investigations into the death of an eight-year-old girl, allegedly linked to assault by her father at...

Four remanded over ‘susu’ box theft

Four people have been hauled before the Accra Circuit Court for allegedly breaking into the homes of people and stealing their personal valuable belongings...

All regions to get passport application centres by December 2025 – Ablakwa

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced that every region in the country will have a passport application centre by December 2025. According...

Energy sector in danger as Illegal miners attack power installations – Parliamentary committee

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Energy is wary of the impact of illegal mining on the energy sector, as heavy installations are threatened by...

 Three in critical condition after head-on collision at Gomoa Mampong

  Three persons are in critical condition following a head-on collision at Gomoa Mampong on the Kasoa–Winneba Highway in the early hours of Thursday, October...

Koku Anyidoho heads Christian Council committee to organise Ecumenical Convention

The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) has inaugurated a seven-member committee tasked with organising the maiden Ecumenical Convention, scheduled for November 14 to 16,...

Musk becomes world’s first half-trillion-dollar man

Tesla boss Elon Musk has become the first person ever to achieve a net worth of more than $500bn (£370.9bn), as the value of...

Kente finally stamped as Ghana’s first geographical indication

Ghana’s iconic cultural fabric, Kente, has officially been stamped with global recognition as the nation’s first-ever Geographical Indication (GI) product. A Geographical Indication (GI) is...

Nigeria enforces law on foreigners who have overstayed visas

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced the commencement of nationwide enforcement against foreigners who have overstayed their visas or violated immigration conditions. This follows...

Ghana’s youth don’t feel heard – Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings 

Korle Klottey MP, Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has taken aim at Ghana’s governance culture, accusing policymakers of sidelining young people and offering tokenistic solutions instead...

Trump’s administration cancels $8 billion for climate projects in latest shutdown cuts

The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it would be canceling $8 billion in climate-related projects in 16 states, the latest funding cut by the...

We’ll take advantage of Mahama’s meeting to end galamsey – Ken Ashigbey

The Convener of the Media Coalition Against Galamsey, Dr Kenneth Ashigbey, says civil society will seize the opportunity of President John Mahama’s meeting with...

Justice Kulendi faces fresh petition for removal over alleged misconduct

  A private citizen, Daniel Ofori-Atta, has formally petitioned President John Dramani Mahama, seeking the removal of Supreme Court Justice Yonny Kulendi over claims of...

Seized truckload of suspected Indian hemp arrives at Police HQ with half as sawdust 

A Hyundai 5-ton truck loaded with over 100 sacks of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp has arrived at the Eastern Regional Police...

We cannot give up on galamsey fight – Ken Ashigbey vows relentless battle

The Convener of the Media Coalition Against Galamsey, Dr Kenneth Ashigbey, has vowed that the fight against illegal mining will not be abandoned despite...

Deported from the US to Ghana then ‘dumped’ at the border: Nigerian man speaks out

A Nigerian man deported from the US to Ghana has told the BBC that he is now stuck in a hotel in Togo, after...

UTAG honours JoyNews’ Erastus Asare Donkor for fearless journalism on galamsey

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has honoured JoyNews journalist Erastus Asare Donkor with a Citation of Honour for his courageous and impactful...

“We may be blind, but our brains are working” – Visually impaired teacher laments over salary arrears

A visually impaired teacher, Mabel Agyei Twumasi has appealed to the government to immediately release funds for the payment of their 13-month salary arrears,...

Adom TV to air hard-hitting documentary on election violence

Adom TV is set to premiere a powerful new documentary exposing the scale of election-related violence that continues to threaten Ghana’s democracy. Titled “Ghana’s Gunpoint...

NLC directs Transport Ministry to agree on payment plan with railway workers to settle arrears

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has instructed the Ministry of Transport to immediately meet with the Management and Workers’ Union of the Ghana Railway...

Mahama promised to fight galamsey; he must ensure he delivers that promise – Odike

Founder and leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Akwasi Addai Odike, has called on President John Dramani Mahama to honor his campaign pledge...

Commercial services kick off on Tema–Mpakadan railway [Video]

The Ghana Railways Development Authority (GRDA) has officially launched commercial operations on the Tema–Mpakadan railway line. The service began on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, with...

Mahama announces Ghana-US partnership to address visa overstays

President John Dramani Mahama has revealed that Ghana will work closely with the United States government to tackle the problem of visa overstays, particularly...

2024 election: NPP lost due to govt’s performance, not Bawumia’s personality – Gideon Boako

Dr. Gideon Boako, spokesperson for former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) lost the 2024 elections because of its...

Galamsey has escalated in Tano North and it is alarming – Gideon Boako

The Member of Parliament for Tano North, Dr Gideon Boako, has expressed concern over what he describes as the alarming rise of illegal mining,...

33 illegal mining equipment destroyed in Bole operation

A district task force against illegal mining, led by the DCE for Bole and District Security Chairperson, Abdulai Muhmod, has destroyed 33 equipment used...