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Fuel prices begin to fall as Star Oil cuts petrol to GH¢16.45

Some oil marketing companies (OMCs) have begun reducing fuel prices at the pumps as the second pricing window for October takes effect. Star Oil reduced...

NSA extends 2026/2027 national service registration deadline

The National Service Authority (NSA) has extended the registration deadline for National Service Personnel (NSPs) for the 2026/2027 service year from October 15 to...

GES announces dates for 2026 staff promotion examinations

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced the timetable for its 2026 staff promotion examinations, scheduled to take place from November 2 to 4,...

AMA evacuates refuse along Graphic Road, warns against indiscriminate dumping

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has evacuated heaps of refuse illegally dumped along Graphic Road to improve sanitation and maintain a clean and healthy...

Abomosu STEM SHS 1 student dies 12 days after reporting; family demands answers

The family of a 14-year-old student who died barely two weeks after reporting to Abomosu STEM Senior High School in the Eastern Region is...

Probe must go beyond Obuasi SHTS into his previous schools – MP on headmaster’s alleged sexual abuse

Deputy Health Minister Dr Grace Ayensu-Danquah has questioned whether the controversy involving the headmaster of Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS), Zakaria Abdulai, is...

Obuasi SHTS: Crime has no political colour – Deputy Health Minister on reports embattled headmaster is NDC member

Deputy Health Minister Dr Grace Ayensu-Danquah has urged the public to separate the political affiliation of the Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS) headmaster,...

NUGS condemns alleged sexual abuse by suspended Obuasi SHS headmaster

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has condemned the alleged sexual abuse of a female student by the headmaster of Obuasi Senior High...

Ghana, Germany explore stronger cooperation in TVET

Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has held discussions with German Ambassador to Ghana Frederik Landshöft on strengthening bilateral cooperation in education, with particular emphasis on...

Gov’t secures financing to fix water shortages in Tamale, Yendi and Damongo

Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has announced a €323 million financing package for the Northern Ghana Water and Sanitation Project, aimed at addressing...

Justice, truth must prevail – Chief urges police over suspended Obuasi SHTS headmaster’s case

The Adansi Akwamuhene, Nana Kwadu Kwakye II, has called on the police to arrest and prosecute anyone found culpable in the controversy surrounding the...

Mahama, Otumfuo, and Bawumia to grace KNUST grand educational summit

The Asantehene, His Majesty Otumfuor Osei Tutu II, President John Dramani Mahama, and former Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia are among the high-profile personalities expected...

Organised Labour should seek fair adjustment, not excessive pay rise – Austin Gamey

Labour consultant Austin Gamey has urged Organised Labour to pursue a fair adjustment in the 2027 base pay negotiations, cautioning that excessively high expectations...

Full video: Deputy Health Minister Dr. Grace Ayensu-Danquah’s one-on-one interview on Adom FM Dwaso Nsem

Deputy Health Minister Dr Grace Ayensu-Danquah is speaking on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem about the government’s free primary healthcare initiative, the controversy surrounding Obuasi...

Chief Justice designates Achimota Court to handle petroleum diversion cases

The Achimota Court has been designated to handle cases involving the diversion of petroleum products, in a move aimed at strengthening the prosecution of...

Ghana Health Service begins Yellow Fever vaccination campaign in Upper West

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has launched a five-day yellow fever vaccination campaign targeting approximately 244,869 people across three districts in the Upper West...

CAGD settles promotion arrears for 56,003 teachers

The Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD) has paid promotion-related salary adjustments and arrears to 56,003 teachers of the Ghana Education Service (GES), ahead of...

Water tanker catches fire and burns beyond recognition at Gomoa Akotsi

A water tanker belonging to Nag Fairmount Construction Company, the contractor working on the dualisation of the Kasoa–Winneba Highway, has been burnt to ashes...

St. Joseph the Worker Credit Union hits 44,800 clients, ranking 3rd in Ashanti

The St. Joseph the Worker Co-operative Credit Union has made significant financial gains over the last year, recording an increase in the number of...

Keep custody of your susu book – Ashanti Regional Director of Cooperatives advises credit union members

The Ashanti Regional Director of Cooperatives, Amos Sakyi, has advised members of credit unions nationwide to remain vigilant in their transactions with mobile bankers...

Galamsey: Rivers that fed our grandparents now ‘run the colour of chocolate milk’ – Sam Jonah

Renowned Ghanaian businessman and mining executive Sir Sam Jonah has raised concerns about the widespread destruction of rivers, forests and farmlands through illegal mining,...

Mine worker jailed 14 years for defiling 8-year-old girl at Manso Kumpese

The Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced a 30-year-old mine worker, Atta Kwadwo, to 14 years’ imprisonment for defiling an eight-year-old girl at Manso Kumpese...

Mahama unveils $2bn annual investment to accelerate industrialisation

President John Dramani Mahama has outlined plans for an annual investment of $2 billion over four years under the government’s proposed $10 billion New...

Republic Bank–JoyNews Habitat Fair opens in Ho today

The Republic Bank–JoyNews Habitat Fair opens today, Friday, October 16, at the Ho Sports Stadium, bringing housing opportunities, building solutions and financial services closer...

Foreign Affairs Ministry asks Auditor-General to audit evacuations since 2017

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked the Auditor-General to conduct a special audit of all evacuation exercises undertaken by the Ministry since 2017,...

Parliament’s Human Rights Committee condemns alleged sexual abuse at Obuasi SHTS

The Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights has condemned allegations of sexual abuse at Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS), calling for the speedy prosecution...

Underground cable fault causes power outage in parts of Kumasi

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has attributed a power outage affecting several communities in the Ashanti Region to an underground cable fault at...

Tamale Teaching Hospital records 44 new breast cancer cases in the first half of the year

Breast cancer continues to dominate the caseload at the oncology unit of the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), with 44 new cases recorded in the...

CHASS asks government to raise SHS allocations by 20%, clear unpaid funds

Heads of the country’s assisted senior high schools say government funding is too little and arrives too late, and they want it raised by...

GES approves October 30 CPD day for private school teachers

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has approved Friday, October 30, 2026, as a National Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Day for teachers in private schools...

All you need to know about Kwame Nkrumah’s late son Gamal

Born into the shadow of one of Africa’s most influential leaders, Gamal Gorkeh Nkrumah spent much of his life telling stories about a continent...

GNECC calls for stronger child protection in schools, backs Education Minister’s response to misconduct allegations

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has called for stronger child safeguarding measures in schools following reports of pregnancy-related withdrawals at Potsin T.I....

GAMLS commends MahamaCares for progress in first year of implementation

The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) has commended the management of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, also known as MahamaCares, for the...

Vincent Assafuah petitions CHRAJ over alleged World Cup visa irregularities

Old Tafo MP Vincent Ekow Assafuah has petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate alleged corruption and administrative irregularities...

NPP demands Parliament summon Sports Minister over $600,000 World Cup visa scandal

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on Parliament to summon the Minister for Sports and Recreation, Kofi Adams, to answer questions over allegations...

44 teacher sexual abuse cases tracked since 2015; school heads feature in 40% of recent cases — JoyNews Research

A JoyNews Research review has tracked at least 44 cases of teachers and heads of schools accused of sexually abusing students since January 2015,...

12-year-old boy found dead in muddy pit at Opeikuma

A 12-year-old boy has been found dead in a muddy, water-filled pit in a bush behind a building fence at Opeikuma Vat in the...

Ablakwa announces plans to open second passport application centre in Ashanti Region

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, says the ministry will open a second Passport Application Centre (PAC) in the Ashanti Region by...

NACOC, Postal Commission team up to crack down on drug trafficking

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) is working with the Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission (PCSRC) to tighten security around parcel deliveries and prevent...

AMA demolishes illegal pigsty obstructing waste evacuation at Agbogbloshie

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has demolished an unauthorised pigsty at Agbogbloshie after its operators failed to comply with a final notice to remove...