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Ghana, Boeing explore regional aviation MRO hub

Ghana is in talks with American aircraft manufacturer Boeing over the establishment of a regional Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility to provide technical...

Togbe Sesinu VI installed as new Paramount Chief of Hoe Traditional Area

The Hoe Traditional Council in the Volta Region has installed His Honour Samuel Boafo Amewuho as the new Paramount Chief of the area, ending...

The last goodbye of Ghanaian shot dead in the US

At about 6 pm on Friday, 18 September 2026, members of the Akamani family joined a conference call to discuss whether to send a...

GNFS calls for more fire hydrants at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has called for the installation of additional fire hydrants at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital following an inspection that...

GNFS stages mass-casualty simulation exercise at Wa Regional Hospital

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), in partnership with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the National Ambulance Service, has organised an emergency simulation...

Frequent power outages crippling businesses in Oti Region – Chonke Overlord

The Overlord of the Chonke Traditional Area in the Oti Region, Dasebre Attamafuwuesi Kwame Bonja, has appealed to the government to urgently address the...

Two reportedly die after being trapped in mining pit at Juaboso

Two people have died following an incident at a mining site in Juaboso in the Juaboso District of the Western North Region. According to 3News, two...

Education Ministry moves to institutionalise Ghanaian Sign Language

The government has announced plans to develop a sustainable policy for the development and use of Ghanaian Sign Language (GSL) in the country’s education...

NDC Oti Regional Organiser urges unity among aspirants ahead of constituency elections

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Regional Organiser for the Oti Region, Sulemana Mumuni, has urged party executives and aspiring constituency executives to remain united...

Boeing projects Ghana’s national airline could resume operations within 18 months

Ghana’s national airline could return to the skies within the next 18 months if the government puts the necessary structures and implementation arrangements in...

Anlo Royal Heritage welcomes Gomoa Amanful Benkumhene in celebration of shared ancestry and culture

The Anlo Royal Heritage has welcomed the Benkumhene of Gomoa Amanful, Nana Abena Etubra, Adonten Division of the Gomoa Assin Traditional Area to her...

Extractive firms urged to strengthen cyber defences as digital risks grow

Senior executives from Ghana’s mining, oil and gas industries have discussed the risks that cyberattacks, fraud and emerging technologies pose to their operations at...

Akrodie Ahantamo chief appeals for CHPS compound to improve healthcare

The Chief of Akrodie Ahantamo in the Ahafo Region, Nana Ofori Gyamfi II, has appealed to the government and the Asunafo North Municipal Assembly...

Labadi Beach Hotel marks 35 years of excellence with beach clean-up, donation, thanksgiving

Ghana's first five-star beach resort, Labadi Beach Hotel, is marking 35 years of excellence not with just celebration, but with community impact, unity and...

Fifty cents and a bag of oranges: How Esther Ocloo built Nkulenu empire

A teenage girl received a small monetary gift of 50 cents from her aunt and decided to start a business instead of spending it....

Two mass shootings in South Africa leave 27 dead

Gunmen torched vehicles as they fled the scene of a mass shooting at bar near Johannesburg

Man jailed 10 years for defiling 11-year-old girl at Kpandai

A 37-year-old man named Tibini Atta has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for defiling an 11-year-old girl at Digangan, a farming community...

No fire hydrant at CAGD, only 5 found functional in Ministries enclave during GNFS inspection

An inspected by the Greater Accra Regional Fire Command has revealed that only five of about 30 fire hydrants in the Ministries enclave at...

246 left without shelter, 93 houses collapse as floods hit in North East Gonja

Torrential rains in the North East Gonja District of the Savannah Region have left 246 residents homeless and destroyed 93 houses. Food stocks, farm produce...

EOCO should have secured warrant before Manhyia South MP’s attempted arrest attempt – Inusah Fuseini

Former Tamale Central MP Inusah Fuseini has criticised the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) for attempting to arrest Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei...

ECG announces 3-day power outage in parts of Tema; check out affected areas

Residents and businesses in several communities across the Tema Region should brace for temporary power interruptions as the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) carries...

Ghana Air Force passes out 293 recruits after six months of intensive training

The Ghana Air Force has passed out 293 recruits of Recruit Course 1/2026 after six months of intensive military training at the Air Force...

UPSA withholds students’ graduation after over 500 altered results in IT system

The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), has withheld the graduation of some postgraduate students after investigations uncovered the alteration of more than 500...

Gov’t directs release of 50,000 bags of grain to ECOWAS

The government has directed the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) to release 50,000 bags of grain to settle Ghana’s outstanding obligation to the...

NCA announces major voice and data disruption across Northern Ghana, parts of Oti region

Telecommunication services have been disrupted across Ghana’s five northern regions and parts of the Oti Region following multiple fibre cuts on key transmission routes. The...

Nursing mother, 27, shot dead in Bawku West

A 27-year-old nursing mother of a three-month-old baby, identified as Koyraga Nbeduma, has been shot dead by two unidentified gunmen along the Tilli–Widnaba road...

This isn’t the first cocaine bust; we must stop the politicisation – NACOC deputy boss

The Deputy Director-General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), Alexander Twum-Barimah, has cautioned against the politicisation of the recent cocaine seizures elsewhere linked to...

‘If that is the thank you we get, no problem’ – Ablakwa reacts to reports of regret by South Africa returnees

Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has defended the government’s decision to evacuate Ghanaians from South Africa, saying criticism from some returnees will not...

Four feared dead after trailer falls on taxi while climbing Kwahu mountain

Four lives have reportedly been lost after a trailer loaded with goods fell onto a taxi on the Atibie road while climbing the Kwahu...

Only Customs, Meridian Port Services officials are in scanning room – NACOC

The Deputy Director-General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), Alexander Twum-Barimah, says only Customs officers and officials of Meridian Port Services (MPS) are stationed...

950,000 barrels of Sankofa crude head to TOR as GNPC deepens domestic refining

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has supplied approximately 950,000 barrels of Sankofa crude oil to the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), deepening the link...

‘I never said I’ll declare a state of emergency’ – Mahama on galamsey

President John Dramani Mahama has sought to set the record straight on claims that his administration intends to declare a state of emergency over...

I have a crocodile skin; I don’t mind being insulted – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama says years in Ghanaian politics have toughened him against personal attacks, insisting that insults will not distract him from pursuing...

Rainstorm displaces many residents in Krachi Nchumuru

A devastating rainfall has caused widespread destruction in the Krachi Nchumuru District of the Oti Region, displacing several residents and leaving many households...

Govt links youth skills training to jobs, capital and career growth – Opare Addo

The government is moving to strengthen the link between youth skills development and actual employment opportunities, with a new focus on helping young people...

George Opare Addo engages French Ambassador on youth development partnership

Minister for Youth Development and Empowerment George Opare Addo has held discussions with France’s Ambassador to Ghana, Diarra Dimé-Labille, on strengthening cooperation between the...

Govt building pathways for Ghanaian youth to compete across African markets – Opare Addo

The government is seeking to position Ghanaian youth to take advantage of opportunities beyond the domestic economy by promoting skills, digital innovation and partnerships...

JoyNews listeners raise GH¢40K to support 17-year-old student with cerebral palsy attend SHS

Seventeen-year-old Priscilla Nana Ama Samson, a student living with cerebral palsy, has returned to senior high school (SHS) after Ghanaians rallied to support her...

Ghana Army warns new soldiers against social media misuse, uniform abuse

The Ghana Army has cautioned newly trained soldiers against the misuse of social media and their uniforms. The have also been urged to uphold the...

He entered at eight; he is now 16: Ghana’s children growing up in prayer camps

At eight years old, Hafiz Abdallah was taken to Nyinbonya, a prayer camp in Paga, near Ghana’s border with Burkina Faso. He is now 16. For...