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ECOWAS approves US$250,000 donation for Ghana flood victims

Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has announced that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has approved a donation of US$250,000, equivalent...

GNFS contains Teshie house fire, prevents major property loss

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has successfully contained a domestic fire at Teshie Penny in the Greater Accra Region, preventing the blaze from...

Education Ministry clarifies language of instruction policy for basic schools

The Ministry of Education has clarified the government's proposed language of instruction policy for basic schools, dismissing claims that foreign languages have been made...

Two firefighting helicopters collide in Greece wildfires, Hungary shuts nuclear plant

Two firefighting helicopters collided in Greece while helping to control a huge wildfire on Sunday that has destroyed more than 100 homes northwest of...

Samson Lardy Anyenini explains why Court of Appeal overturned Sedina Tamakloe’s conviction in MASLOC case

Legal analyst and host of JoyNews’ Newsfile and The Law, Samson Lardy Anyenini, has explained the reasoning behind the Court of Appeal’s decision to overturn the conviction...

You can’t win an argument with a woman – Mahama shares humorous marriage experience with Lordina [Watch]

President John Dramani Mahama has shared humorous anecdotes from his marriage to First Lady Lordina Mahama, advising men to avoid unnecessary arguments with their...

AMA fines Rawlings Park food vendors GH¢1,000 each for defying sanitation exercise

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has imposed on-the-spot fines of GH¢1,000 each on several food vendors operating at Rawlings Park for failing to suspend...

Unemployed graduates with disabilities give government one-week ultimatum over GES recruitment

The Coalition of Unemployed Graduates with Disabilities has given the government a one-week ultimatum to recruit its qualified members who applied for teaching positions...

TikTok stars Peller and Jarvis celebrate lavish wedding, receive luxury gifts including plot of land

Popular TikTok creators Habeeb Hamzat, widely known as Peller, and Elizabeth Amadou, popularly known as Jarvis, celebrated their wedding in grand style on Saturday,...

Krachi West records major infrastructure gains under MCE Prosper Addo

Krachi West Municipality in the Oti Region is witnessing significant infrastructure development under the leadership of Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) Prosper Addo, who has...

NYA organises clean-up exercise at Kenyasi No. 1 to promote sanitation

The Ahafo Regional Office of the National Youth Authority (NYA) has organised a clean-up exercise at Kenyasi No. 1 in the Asutifi North District...

Mahama raises concerns over unhygienic fish drying at Tema Newtown

President John Dramani Mahama has expressed concern over a video by the Buzstop Boys that showed fish being dried under what he described as...

Asunafo South MP donates six vehicles worth GH¢2.1 million to health directorate

The Member of Parliament for Asunafo South and Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has donated six pickup vehicles valued at GH¢2.1 million...

Asiakwahemaa calls for collective effort to eradicate galamsey

The Queen Mother of Akyem Asiakwa in the Abuakwa South Municipality of the Eastern Region, Nana Yaa Fosua Boatemaa III, has urged Ghanaians to...

The Big Six: Meet the men who set Ghana on the road to independence

In 1948, six men were arrested for demanding self-government from the British colonial rulers, and this was when the name the 'Big Six' emerged. The...

ECG announces power outages for Airport area, Accra East

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced a temporary power outage in the Airport area of Accra and surrounding communities on Sunday, August...

GMet forecasts thunderstorms in northern Ghana, rain expected in parts of the country

Thunderstorms accompanied by rain are expected to continue across parts of northern Ghana this evening, while much of the country will experience mostly cloudy...

Police arrest two over viral video of 12-year-old driving articulated truck

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a 12-year-old boy and a 34-year-old man following a viral video showing the minor driving a DAF XF...

GRDA raises safety concerns over encroachment, vandalism on Tema-Mpakadan railway line

The Ghana Railway Development Authority (GRDA) has raised concerns over increasing safety threats along the Tema-Mpakadan Railway Line following a passenger train collision with...

If I have to choose between the court and public sentiment, I would side with the court – Manasseh Azure

Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni says he would trust the Court of Appeal's judgment over public opinion in the Sedina Tamakloe case, saying that...

Ghana Prisons Service joins security operation for Dagbon Regent’s enskinment

The Ghana Prisons Service deployed officers to support security arrangements during the enskinment of the Regent of Dagbon at the Gbewaa Palace in Yendi...

Commercial tricycle rider jailed seven years for defiling minor

The Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court has sentenced Nicholas Adjarlolo, a 23-year-old commercial Pragia (tricycle) rider, to seven years’ imprisonment for defiling a 13-year-old Junior High...

Don’t pay anyone to facilitate your recruitment – Police

The Ghana Police Service has assured applicants in its ongoing 2025/2026 recruitment exercise that those who have not yet been invited to the next...

Commissioner General of Ghana Boundary Commission concludes five-day operational assessment in Oti region

The Commissioner General of the Ghana Boundary Commission (GhBC), Major General Anthony Ntem, has concluded a 5-day operational assessment and stakeholder engagements along sections...

Akyem Sokode Dwaso chief swears oath of allegiance to Okyenhene, appeals for support for education

The Chief of Akyem Sokode Dwaso, Barimah (Dr) Kwabena Awuah I, has officially sworn the Oath of Allegiance to the Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori...

NACOC arrests 10 over alleged cannabis distribution at KTU SRC Week

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has arrested 10 suspects for allegedly engaging in the distribution of cannabis and cannabis-infused drinks during the Koforidua Technical...

Used vehicle dealers urge gov’t to review October deadline for new import regulation

The Chamber of Autodata Ghana has appealed to the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) to reconsider the October 1, 2026 deadline for enforcing new conformity...

Eldest son of late Ya-Na enskinned as Dagbon Regent – Mahama urges calm in selection of new Overlord

The Dagbon Kingdom, on Friday, July 31, entered a new phase in its customary succession process with the enskinment of Kampakuya Naa Yakubu, the...

Prosecutors must seek justice, not just convictions – Inusah Fuseini

Former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Inusah Fuseini, has stressed that prosecutors must focus on achieving justice rather than merely securing convictions, following...

Coconut seller fined GH¢360 for dumping husks into drain at Bubuashie

A coconut seller, Prince Nyame, has been fined GH¢360 by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court for dumping coconut husks into a public...

Armed robbers attack two VIP JEOUN buses, five injured

Five people have sustained gunshot injuries after armed robbers attacked a VIP JEOUN passenger coach on the Accra–Kumasi Highway in one of two separate...

Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu’s acquittal: Manasseh Azure expresses disappointment

Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has expressed disappointment over the Court of Appeal's decision to acquit and discharge former Chief Executive Officer of the...

Two killed, 10 injured in Dompoase crash on Cape Coast–Takoradi Highway

Two people have been confirmed dead while ten others have sustained various degrees of injuries following a road crash at Dompoase on the Cape...

Free SHS can be improved to sustain its gains – Tabitha Ayillah

The Spokesperson for the NPP Policy Committee on Education, Tabitha Apegyine Ayillah, has called for sustained investment in Ghana's Free Senior High School (Free...

Why the Court of Appeal is unable to rule on AG’s stay application

A newly constituted Court of Appeal panel that sat on an emergency basis on Friday morning to hear the Attorney-General's application for a stay...

Make boarding SHS fully fee-paying; it’s unfair to taxpayers – GNACOPS to gov’t

Executive Director of the Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS), Obenfo Nana Kwasi Gyetuah has called for boarding education under the Free Senior...

Free SHS: EduWatch boss calls for an end to ‘freebies’ with resources redirected to basic schools

Executive Director of Africa Education Watch, Kofi Asare, has renewed calls for a review of Ghana's Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy, urging...

How Adwoa Safo disguised the casket to pull off her father’s burial

Sarah Adwoa Safo's team appears to have outwitted both police and rival family members to ensure her father, the late Apostle Kwadwo Safo Kantanka,...

Sustain, Reform or Redesign: Calls grow for reforms as stakeholders debate the future of Free SHS

Stakeholders in Ghana's education sector have called for comprehensive reforms to the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy, agreeing that while the programme...

Boarding should be optional under Free SHS, parents who can afford it should share the cost – Kwasi Gyetuah

Education policy advocate Kwasi Gyetuah has proposed reforms to Ghana's Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy, suggesting that government should focus on funding...