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GoldBod data shows 98.8% of Ghana’s small scale gold exports went to Dubai and India in 2025

Data obtained by JoyNews Research from GoldBod through a Right to Information request shows that Ghana’s small scale gold exports in 2025 were overwhelmingly...

EPA boss urges journalists to stay committed in fight against galamsey

The Chief Executive Officer of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), Professor Mrs. Nana Ama Browne Klutse, has called on media practitioners to remain steadfast...

Asutifi North DCE urges government to complete Agenda 111 hospital at Kenyasi

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Asutifi North in the Ahafo Region, Dauda Hafiz, has appealed to government to prioritise the completion of the...

Gov’t not serious about us – stranded UK PhD students

President of the UK-based Ghanaian PhD students’ cohort, Prince Komla Bansah, has criticised what he describes as the government’s lack of urgency in...

Hwidiem Paramount Chief backs government’s 24-Hour Economy market initiative

The Paramount Chief of Hwidiem in the Ahafo Region, Osuodumgya Barima Apea-Dwaah Boafo, has described the government’s plan to introduce 24-hour economy markets across...

Lack of School Feeding Programme driving enrollment decline at Kumaho D/A Basic School – Headmaster

The Headmaster of Kumaho D/A Basic School in the Asunafo North Municipality of the Ahafo Region, Mr. Oscar Azumah, has raised concerns over a...

Ghana Standards Authority denies GH¢6 cement price hike

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has denied circulating reports on social media claiming that cement prices will rise by ¢6 per bag starting Monday,...

We’ve not made contact with Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu yet – US Ambassador

Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States, Emmanuel Victor Smith, has revealed that officials at Ghana’s mission in the US have not yet been able...

Asuogyaman MP supports 220 more students, GES commends gesture as a boost to tertiary enrolment

The Asuogyaman District Director of Education, Madam Augustina Adwoa Owusu, has stated that the annual tertiary education support scheme instituted by the Member of...

Speeding, drink-driving behind 18.5% surge in road fatalities -NRSA

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has renewed calls for stricter compliance with traffic laws after road crashes claimed 2,673 lives between January and...

First-time at Kwame Nkrumah Circle? here’s how to stay safe

Kwame Nkrumah Circle is one of Accra’s busiest transport and commercial hubs. Long-distance buses and vehicles operate day and night, linking all 16 regions...

JoyNews uncovers details behind arrest of 17 Burkinabe soldiers by Ghanaian security officials

JoyNews has uncovered new details surrounding the arrest of 17 armed Burkinabe soldiers by Ghanaian security forces on December 30, 2025, an incident that...

Serwaa Amihere apologises to PRESEC over ‘homosexual breeding ground’ comment

Broadcast journalist and lawyer Serwaa Amihere has issued a public apology following criticism over comments linked to her suggesting that Presbyterian Boys’ Senior High...

Four including children killed after truck crashes into salon at Kumawu

Four people, including two minors, have died after a tipper truck crashed into a hair salon at Kumawu in the Ashanti Region. The fatal accident...

Tension mounts in Akyem Akroso over plans to sell royal cemetery for supermarket project

Tension is rising at Akyem Akroso in the Asene-Manso-Akroso District of the Eastern Region following a dispute between the Towa No. 1 Royal Family...

Aide to NTMT boss arrested amid intensified crackdown on illegal logging

An aide to the Director of the newly inaugurated National Timber Monitoring Team (NTMT), identified as Edem, has been arrested by the Tepa Police...

Ghanaian family disowns relative after fraud conviction in Australia

A Ghanaian family has publicly distanced itself from a relative, Maxwell Kyere, following his conviction in Australia for offences related to financial fraud and...

Student in court over GH¢24,849 ATM card theft  

A student has been arraigned before the Dansoman Circuit Court for allegedly using a GCB Bank automated teller machine (ATM) card to withdraw GH¢24,849 from two...

Driver rams into robbers, foils MoMo robbery at Darkuman

A robbery attempt at Darkuman in Accra was foiled on Tuesday after a quick-thinking motorist rammed his vehicle into two suspected armed robbers who...

Suspect in Kalakpa Resource guard murder allegedly commits suicide in cell

The prime suspect in the murder of Raphael Ganyo, a resource guard at the Kalakpa Resource Reserve, has allegedly committed suicide by hanging while...

China records lowest birth rate ever in 2025

China clocked its lowest birth rate on record in 2025 as its population shrank for the fourth year in a row, deepening a demographic challenge that could...

Iran warns attack on Supreme Leader would be declaration of war

Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, warned on Sunday that any attack on the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would be a declaration of war. In an...

NPA pushes back on proposals to scrap Fuel Price Floor Policy

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has pushed back against calls to remove the Fuel Price Floor Programme, insisting the policy remains necessary due to...

Fire guts warehouse at Ashaiman Gulf City

A major fire outbreak has been reported at a warehouse located at Ashaiman, Gulf City, prompting a swift emergency response from the Ghana National...

53 arrested in major cybercrime ring bust in Accra

A multi-agency security team has dismantled a network of suspected cybercrime centers operating in multiple suburbs of Greater Accra, resulting in the arrest of...

Bureau of Languages approve Ahanta Language orthography for use in schools

The Ahanta Language Orthography has been officially endorsed for use in educational institutions across Ahanta land, paving the way for the teaching, learning and...

Driver injured in accident on Ejisu Manhyia-Adadientem road

A severe road accident was recorded on the Ejisu Manhyia/Adadientem stretch in the Ashanti Region involving a Ford bus with registration number AS 9856-22...

Kwahu West MCE commissions nursery, KG block at Nkawkaw Zongo Islamic School

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Kwahu West Municipality, Tamimu Halidu, has commissioned a newly constructed four-unit, two-storey Nursery and Kindergarten block at the...

Court remands farmer over GH¢110,000 car fraud

A 54-year-old farmer, believed to be part of a vehicle fraud syndicate, has been remanded into police custody by the Amasaman Circuit Court to...

Galamsey: NAIMOS arrests foreign nationals, cleans up Birim River

The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) disrupted multiple illegal mining sites, destroyed equipment, and arrested foreign nationals in the Eastern Region. The operations, conducted...

Sports journalist Alex Kobina Stonne elected UniMAC External Affairs Commissioner

Sports journalist and media personality with Adom Brands of the Multimedia Group Limited, Alex Kobina Stonne, has officially stepped into the world of student...

Malnutrition crisis hits Nkwanta South amid conflict; health authorities step up screening

The Nkwanta South Municipality in the Oti Region is grappling with a severe malnutrition and healthcare crisis following recent conflicts and disturbances in the...

Ekosiisen ‘Beginning The Year Right’ Conference highlights financial independence and purpose [Photos]

The Ekosiisen Beginning The Year Right Conference was held on Saturday, January 17, at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra, urging Ghanaians to be...

Maiden Ekosiisen “Beginning The Year Right” Conference 2026 held in Accra [Photos]

The maiden edition of the Ekosiisen “Beginning The Year Right” Series Conference 2026 was successfully held at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra, bringing...

Adom Brands General Manager lauds successful maiden “Beginning The Year Right” Conference

The General Manager of Multimedia Group Limited in charge of Adom Brands, Abdulai Awudu, has expressed satisfaction with the success of the maiden Beginning...

34 injured in another gory accident at Asuboi

Thirty-four passengers were injured when a 34-seater KIA Grandbird bus overturned on the Accra-Kumasi Highway at Asuboi early Saturday morning. The Suhum Municipal Fire Station...

Man captured in viral video assaulting lady remanded amid new sextortion allegations

Christford Affadu Danful, also known as Ekow Black, has been remanded in police custody over a viral video showing him physically assaulting a woman...

Hwidiem chief lauds government’s 24-hour market initiative to boost local economy

The Paramount Chief of Hwidiem in the Ahafo Region, Osuodumgya Barima Apea-Dwaah Boafo, has praised the government’s plan to introduce 24-hour economy markets, describing...

Nkoko Nketenkete project: Adansi Asokwa Assembly distributes 10,000 chicks to farmers

The Adansi Asokwa District Assembly has launched the Nkoko Nketenkete poultry project by distributing 10,000 chickens to over 150 farmers in the district. The...

Labourer remanded for threatening to kill mother

A 25-year-old labourer has been remanded into prison custody by the Toase District Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality for allegedly threatening to...